Rider’s Log – Week 1

June 2, 2011 in Rider's Log with 5 Comments

Well, as some of you may or may not know – I signed up a few months ago for the Pelotonia Bike Ride here in the Central Ohio area. It is to support a cause that is close to my heart – ending cancer. All the money I raise goes to Ohio State University James Cancer Hospital. I’m riding this year in honor of my friend Katy Kochederfer who passed away this year unexpectedly from cancer. I’d ask that you please check out my page and either donate (any dollar amount helps!) or pass it along to others. I committed to be a high roller and raise $4000.00 as well as ride the entire 180 mile ride across two days (with a bunch of hills).

Please visit my rider’s page here to view my progress, read my story and donate!

To catch you up to where I am today here is how I’ve been doing:

I began riding this season on a 2009 Schwinn Hybrid Bike from Target. It was a good bike for a casual rider or someone who isn’t looking to do serious distance. As I began to rack up the miles – it became more apparent that this was not going to do. I held on and kept riding this bike from March to May and rode several longer rides (60+ miles some days) before I purchased my current bike – 2011 Giant Defy Advanced 3.

Since buying this bike I’ve also learned how to use “Clip-ins”, purchased biking shorts, jersey, gloves and a helmet. I’ve also picked up a pump, C02 Cartridges, Spare Tubes and all the other necessities for changing a tire. I’m now focusing on riding and continue training. I’m using Columbus Outdoor Pursuits and Twitter friends to find rides so I’m not alone as I do training.

I encourage you to follow me on this journey and hope that it will inspire others in some way. Also looking for words of encouragement with the diet and training… it seems for me that the will power is half the battle.

I’m about to do something I’ve never done in the history of my blog… release how much I weigh. As of the writing of this post I weigh in at 230.6 and I’m roughly 5′ 11″. As you can tell… I’m overweight. I’m hoping that through posting this publicly that it will help motivate me to watch my diet even closer and to train harder.

Hope you enjoy the journey and I look forward to hearing from my (few) readers.

Take care!
John

Return to Sender: Address Unknown

April 6, 2011 in Faith with 2 Comments

Sometimes I think God likes to get our attention in the most subtle of ways. As I’ve struggled with finding something to blog about I started many posts but never published them because I experienced writers block. I kept asking God and searching my brain for something to write and I began this post over a year ago. Finally I think it is time to finish what God placed on my heart a year ago – it’s all about prayer. So welcome to the first post in a small series where I plan on breaking down what God tells us about prayer and how to pray and what “The Lord’s Prayer” means for our lives.

I think maybe the basics would be the best to start with. Let’s start with - why do we need to pray. Prayer is our way of communication with God. It’s funny how many people tell me that they feel like God has left them or that they “miss Jesus”. I hate to be the one to inform you that Jesus didn’t move and forget to leave a forwarding address – you did. I think that what we forget is that though God is our Father – He is not a smothering overprotective parent. What I mean by that is you have to invite Him in. He’s not going to barge His way into your life. You have to order your priorities and show Jesus where He sits in your life. Hopefully that would be at the throne of your heart but many times this seat is already full of our own selfish wants, ambitions and idols – you know… money, people, friendships, a relationship, depression, emotions, etc…

In the same respect God is not about to send you friendly reminders that you stopped communicating with Him or that you walked away from Him. That’s the beauty of free will. It surly saddens Him to see one of His children walk away but He’s not going to chase you down and drag you kicking and screaming back to Him. It has to be your choice to turn around and reach out for His help and guidance back into His safe arms. He never leaves you – you leave Him.

Without prayer it’s like knowing someone and just expecting them to know everything about your life but you haven’t talked to them in ages! God wants to know you and to do that, you need to pray.

I think the next step here would be – how do I pray?

Matthew 6:5-15 is a passage where Jesus is teaching His disciples how to pray. I think there are some interesting things that Jesus mentions before talking about the actual form used to communicate in prayer. This is what He informs his disciples,

“But when you pray, go into your room, close the door and pray to your Father, who is unseen. Then your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you. And when you pray, do not keep on babbling like pagans, for they think they will be heard because of their many words. Do not be like them, for your Father knows what you need before you ask Him.”
- Matthew 6:6-8

I think this is something we should even think about today. Jesus gave this direction to his disciples because back during that time people used to pray as a public show as a gaudy way of trying to impress and be seen. I think we should look at this in two ways.

First, he talks about praying in private. I see no where here where it says, “Go into your room, lay down in your bed, get nice and cozy then start praying.” One thing I hear often from people is, “Well, my prayer life isn’t good because I fall asleep praying.” Easy answer, “Stop praying after you get settled into bed.” God isn’t interested into listening to your snoring in the middle of you talking to Him. That’s like calling your friend and falling asleep on the phone in the middle of a conversation.

If you just have it ingrained in you to pray before bed then I’d advice doing like many of you may have done as a child, get down on your knees and pray. I’m pretty sure this is going to keep you awake. Also if you can think outside the box, try setting some time aside in your day to pray. View it as a priority not as a “thing to do before I sleep”. I treat my prayer time with priority and dedicate time to pray.

I think this also speaks of setting a mood or tone. I will say that you should pray throughout the day – I do. I pray whenever and wherever I think I need to. What I think that people forget sometimes is setting a mood for their time of prayer. Don’t pray and be working on your to-do list in your mind, balancing your check book or whatever else may be distracting. Set a mood and tone of worship to pray. You’ll find that when you remove the distractions and make prayer an EVENT in your busy schedule that you’ll begin to have a more fulfilling prayer life.

To sum it all up, I love the way The Message puts this opening paragraph

Pray with Simplicity
“And when you come before God, don’t turn that into a theatrical production either. All these people making a regular show out of their prayers, hoping for stardom! Do you think God sits in a box seat? (This made me laugh).

Here’s what I want you to do: find a quiet, secluded place so you won’t be tempted to role-play before God. Just be there as simply and honestly as you can manage. The focus will shift from you to God , and you will begin to sense His grace.

The world is full of so-called prayer warriors who are prayer-ignorant. They’re full of formulas and programs and advice, peddling techniques for getting what you want from God. Don’t fall for that nonsense. This is your Father you are dealing with, and he know better than you what you need. With a God like this loving you, you can pray very simply.”

Then He says to not babble. I think this is a great way to move into the next subject of what do I say?

Jesus set forth a MODEL prayer in Matthew saying,

“Our Father in heaven,
hallowed be Your name,
Your kingdom come,
Your will be done
on earth as it is in heaven.
Give us today our daily bread.
Forgive us our debts,
as we also have forgiven our debtors.
And lead us not into temptation,
but deliver us from the evil one,
for Yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever.
Amen”

Something key to notice here I wrote the word MODEL prayer. Jesus laid this out to His disciples as an example of how to pray. This isn’t something that you are going to recite daily until you die and expect your prayer life to flourish. I think what needs to happen is to simply break down the prayer and see the meaning behind each line and phrase.

I like how The Message translation puts this prayer,

“Our Father in heaven,
Reveal who you are.
Set the world right;
Do what’s best-
as above, so below.
Keep us alive with three square meals.
Keep us forgiven with you and forgiving others.
Keep us safe from ourselves and the Devil.
You’re in charge!
You can do anything you want!
You’re ablaze in beauty!
Yes. Yes. Yes.”

I think the best thing we can do is just talk to God like He’s a person sitting right next to you. No need for formal language – thees, thous and begottens. Speak to God like He is your best friend that if someone overheard you they’d think that you’re talking to someone on the phone. God is pretty simple and only wants you to talk, it’s not an art form just simply a form of communication. When you’re talking with words that you’re comfortable with I think that makes it easier to talk to God and easier for you to not feel like prayer is useless.

Next week I’ll begin to analyze and break down the model prayer and what each line means and practical application for our prayer lives. Comments are always appreciated and welcome.

Night,
- John

How can I love you best?

April 5, 2011 in Life with 2 Comments

The other day I was sitting around with friends and the question was asked,

What is more important to you – actions or words?

It was interesting to see how everyone responded. It was almost split down the middle between actions and words. I for one was on the actions side – if you know about my past you’ll know that I very much take words at “face value” and it takes me a long time to trust the words that people tell me in regards to things that directly relate to me.

From there we moved into a discussion about “The 5 Love Languages”. If you’re not familiar with the popular book by Gary Chapman here are the 5 Love Languages:

  1. Words of Affirmation
  2. Acts of Service
  3. Physical Touch
  4. Quality Time
  5. Gifts

I had encountered the book when I was younger but I have to admit I’ve never fully read the book cover to cover so that night I decided to pick up a copy from the Amazon Kindle store and began reading it. I skipped ahead and took the test to find out what my love language(s) are and if you’re curious… here is how I came out (in order from most to least)

  1. Words of Affirmation / Quality TIme (equal score)
  2. Acts of Service
  3. Physical Touch
  4. Gifts

I can’t say that the results surprised me and I’d completely agree with the outcome. I do enjoy being told how much I mean to someone about as much as I enjoy spending time with people. I don’t ask for it but I am very appreciative when people go out of their way to help me, I really don’t care to ever be touched and don’t hug and I HATE receiving gifts. So I’d say the test is pretty accurate.

In this impromptu discussion I referenced earlier we began to form observations about how our love languages may be conditioned vs created (similar to the ongoing nature/nurture argument). I think that our love languages can be conditioned based on my personal experience. I can think of countless bad experiences that has caused those love languages to take different priorities.

Take physical touch for example. I was hugged a lot as a kid and to this day I’m very much loved by my family in the form of hugs but you’ll rarely see me willingly hug someone I am not related to. I’ll be honest that over the years people who expressed their love to me via a hug also are some of the people that hurt me the most – and now I don’t like to be hugged and that love language is at the bottom of my list. The same goes for gifts – throughout the years I feel like people who give you gifts expect something in return or throw it in your face later. I also feel that I’m so blessed in life that I don’t need people to give me things and I think they should spend their hard earned money elsewhere.

What I find interesting is how these negative actions also have changed how I love others. I really feel bad for people in my life who are loved best via physical touch because as much as I hate being on the receiving end – I also never think to give a hug to people, put my arm around them, or anything that involves contact. So, if you’re reading this and that’s your number one love language then well… I hope you have a close second because you might not feel very loved by me.

I’m still reading the book but what I’m curious about is how I can learn to fix the love languages in my life that are “broken”. Recently I’ve had this desire to learn how to love people in the way they most feel loved (hence the book purchase) and I’d like to learn how to deal with the gifts that are on the bottom of my list because I know some people that rate my lowest languages pretty high on their list and if that is how they feel loved then I want to love them in a way they most feel loved.

So, I’ve gotten into this “propose a question at the end of each post” trend and I’ll keep it going until something new strikes me. My thought for you is “do you believe your love languages are conditioned due to negative incidences in your life or do you believe that you’re created to possess the love languages that are on the top of your list regardless of situation”?

Wow… I’ve done well with the writing. Keep commenting and letting me know you’re out there reading – it brings me encouragement to keep writing.

Oh and one last question – how are you best loved (based on the 5 languages above)?

Night,
- JM

Best Embrace The Suck

April 1, 2011 in Faith, Life with 2 Comments

Did that title get your attention?

Recently (this week), I went and saw the movie Beastly with my friend Josh. It was a modern take on the age old fairy tail of Beauty and the Beast. I’m going to be honest and say that I can only compare it to the Disney version as that’s the only “Beauty and the Beast” I know. I think they did a good job putting a modern spin on the story and I won’t tell you the entire story – you should go watch it if you want to know how it turns out (spoiler: everyone doesn’t die at the end… just going to throw that out there).

So at this douche bag of a kid gives a really self centered speech at this school and he uses the phrase “Best Embrace The Suck” and then you hear this phrase later during a “turning point” in the movie. So being the over analytical lets-look-for-deeper-meaning-in-everything type person I am – I began to think.

As you’ll see from the previews this douche bag kid becomes an ugly scarred person (essentially the ugliness inside became visible via his outward appearance). This just sent me into overtime with what I could write about.

So my deep thought of the day today is – what if you woke up tomorrow and you had to “embrace the suck” by having who you are on the inside be displayed for the world to see? Would you awake with some battle scars and a few blemishes or would you be something that only appears in ‘R’ rated horror movies? I’m not talking about the “you” that everyone knows – I’m talking about who “you” are inside that only you know. The things you hide under the rug or tucked away neatly in your compartmentalized life. I bet we all would look different than most people would expect. Can you imagine being truly that transparent?

Then to further my point – could you see beyond that horrible ugly being and look for the good that lies beyond? One of my favorite quotes touches on this subject:

“Know this: You should judge every person by his merits. Even someone who seems completely wicked, you must search and find that little speck of good, for in that place, he is not wicked. By this you will raise him up, and help him return to God. And you must also do this for yourself, finding your own good points, one after the other, and raising yourself up. This is how melodies are made, note after note.”
- Reb Nachman of Breslov

Sometimes in life I struggle with seeing beyond “the suck” with people. I also think a lot of times as “Christians” (yep… that word belongs in quotes) we too often tend to play holier than thou with non-believers (or even believers who have less understanding of the faith) and we look at people and all we see is “the suck”. Sometimes I wonder what it would be like if I knew that someone wouldn’t judge me, think less of me or run away screaming if they saw me for everything that I am.

Truly, it’s something that I strive for every day to learn to “embrace the suck” in everyone around me and not judge them but to instead love them for who they are. I think sometimes “Christians” completely lose this point they’re so interested in conversion or witnessing that they forget to love people.

Just another random thought to start your weekend.

Night,
-JM

Precious Possessions

March 30, 2011 in Faith, Life with 2 Comments

What is most precious to you?

That was a question that was recently proposed at a Bible study I attended. I think as humans we would respond – my family, my house, my car, or something we place value on. I then began to analyze and think about this question and how I would answer.

Sure, at first pass I would tell you my family. Don’t get me wrong – they’re very precious to me and I would do anything in the world for them and I do my best to make sure that they’re provided for. I think though if you pressed me for a more personal answer I would tell you an answer that I think a lot of people wouldn’t even consider but I’m sure deep down it is the same:

My Failures

I’ve identified in my life that my failures are one of the most precious things to me. Sounds like an odd thing to say but here is how good ol’ Webster defines the word precious:

Precious: of great value or high price

I’d agree that I feel my failures are of great value/high price. Sure, I’d like to let everyone think that I’m perfect but the (shocking I know) reality is that I’m not and I have my fair share of failures and screw-ups. As I began to think about it I prize these things above some things in life that a lot of people put great value on. I let random people drive my car, I will let you come to my house and I’ll let you use anything electronic I own but I just won’t tell anyone about my failures.

Blame my competitive nature but I hate to fail. I get so frustrated with myself when I don’t do something right or I attempt a challenge and can’t complete. Now, granted, I’ve learned a lot in my few short years on earth and I always make sure I learn from every mistake I make but it is still hard to tell people about my failures.

So, what are your thoughts? Do you agree that our failures are one of the most precious and closely guarded things in our lives or am I part of the minority on this one?

Just some deep thoughts to start your Wednesday…

-JM

Wandering

March 24, 2011 in Faith, Life with 1 Comment

Do you ever feel like you are somewhere and you’re suddenly aware that you’re supposed to be there? Many times in my life I question decisions that I make. Moving, job changes, churches I attend, people I am friends with, and even the little things like what I wear or how to cut my hair.

Yesterday as I was walking back from taking the trash out I was wondering “why” I had chose to move to my new place. To be honest, it was a decision that I didn’t give a lot of prayer to. I felt at the time that it was one of those things I didn’t want to “bother” God with.

I have been searching for a church home for years. Something close and some place where I fell accepted. I also didn’t want to “be known” or “someone’s friend”. For the first time in my life I wanted to be the unknown newcomer. I wanted to see if a body of believers would want to know me without any other outside connections.

I visited a church or two before finding the one I’m attending currently and quite frankly the taste that several churches left in my mouth was so bitter – I pray for the lost that stumble upon them. At one church I was never greeted, sat alone and no one would talk to me during the greeting. By the looks I was getting I was judged for wearing jeans even though the website said “casual dress preferred”. Then to top it off the senior pastor went on a rant to the people who show up “on time” that they’re lazy and must love God less because they can’t be there early… I showed up that morning right on time because there was no parking and I had to take the last spot and walk 10 minutes to the sanctuary. Way to make the new one feel welcome.

Discouraged I took a week off and then went back to the hunt. I tried a church just about 5 minutes from where I live. I was so worried after what happened last week I showed up 20 minutes early for service.

This experience has been completely different.

I was warmly greeted by people and my “casual” dress fit right in with the atmosphere. I saw a lot of younger people and noticed that I wasn’t the only person there alone. The worship was amazing and so was the teaching. I left that Sunday just amazed at how much I genuinely loved this church.

So I came back.

The next Sunday I put a “visitors card” in the offering plate with my information and all I checked was “I would like more information about the church.” The week following I received several phone calls welcoming me to the church as well as a nice letter saying they were glad to have me and a few phone numbers to call if I had questions or wanted to chat about the church. Then I received a call from a lady who organizes dinners for new people – this is where things began to change (don’t worry… for the better).

She told me about this outreach program where all new people they invite to have dinner at someone’s home after church. I told her I thought it was a great idea and would love to attend one. About a week later a lady named Wendy called and told me she would be hosting this dinner and asked me my age/marital status. She then told me the date that she could have the dinner on and I told her that would be just fine.

I remember going to church that day – I was so nervous. I wasn’t sure how many people there would be, if they would like me or what was going to happen. I didn’t back down though – I went and had an amazing time. A bunch of people my age showed up and talked to me and actually wanted to get to know me. I forgot what it was like to feel that welcomed by strangers. So after an afternoon of fun we said our goodbyes and I was invited to Sunday School and Bible Study next Sunday.

So that brings me to Sunday. I went to Sunday School this morning and saw many of the same faces I did at the dinner the week before. Everyone was actually excited to see that I decided to show up and we had a great discussion about how God manifests Himself in our lives.

Then we went to Worship service and I kind of got separated from everyone so I just took my normal seat as always. The people from my class actually found me and asked to sit with me – which was nice since I normally sit alone. Following the service they told me that they all get together and go to lunch after church and asked me to come with them. So I spent lunch and the early part of the afternoon hanging out with this great group of people.

Following this I went home and grabbed my bike and headed out for the trail near my house. It seems I get some great thinking done while I bike. It gives me a chance to clear my head and just focus on topics. Today’s topic? Where I am today.

As I was riding back from Plain City (where the trail ends) I was suddenly brought into this realization that I am where God wants me to be and this “move” that I didn’t want to bother God with… He was in – all the time.

Today at church we sang this song – Come Thou Fount. As I was singing these words seem to stand out to me the most:
“Prone to wander, Lord I feel it
prone to leave the God I love.
Here’s my heart, O take and seal it.
Seal it for thy courts above”.

As last year ended and this year began I really did feel like I was wandering. As I sang these words they rang true in my mind and heart and I finally don’t feel like I’m wandering.

Then to end what I would call a perfect day – I went to Bible Study. We talked about what it is to be a true friend and using John as an example. As we discussed the passage they asked us to share examples of friendship and sacrifice in our lives and I was able to talk about my life and everyone got to know each other that much better. Afterwards we just hung out and enjoyed each other’s company. We finished the night by salsa dancing on the back deck of the house until I finally had to go home.

So life for me right now is ever changing and this is only one small instance of how my life has changed in the last six months but if you know me you know that my faith, relationship with Christ and church is a big part of my life. It’s such a great feeling to have a church home and be with a body of believers that you enjoy.

Just wanted to share some of my thoughts. Hopefully this writing thing I can pick back up and won’t be so scarce as I was last year.

Night,
- JM

Chase Bank Website Outage

September 15, 2010 in Life, Technology with 0 Comments

So today I got a message from one of my clients asking if they were having any network issues because they couldn’t access their online banking. I did a quick health check and didn’t find anything out of the ordinary so I asked what bank site they were trying to access – they responded www.chase.com.

Well, I bank with Chase. I knew that there was a 24-48 hour outage earlier in the week but everything seemed to be up this morning when I checked the balance of my bank account from my iPhone app. So I browsed to the site from my office and sure enough it didn’t have an outage message but instead the User ID and Password fields.

Now I was confused thinking maybe something was wrong with their PC or browser. So I tried to login – in two different browsers – no go. I didn’t get an outage message but instead some cryptic error code. So I browsed around the site a little more to see if I could find an “official” message from Chase regarding website access – nada.

So I turned to Google News and did a search for “Chase Banking Outage”. In streamed the articles saying how Chase is now down for the THIRD DAY. I think it is funny though that they’re keeping their customers guessing as to why they couldn’t access their bank account instead of putting a message stating that the website was down for maintenance. I just don’t understand why?

In the today’s world with social media you don’t think people are going to Tweet about not being able to access their bank accounts? Did they honestly think by taking down the maintenance message that the news would think that everything has returned to normal? Now it worries me and makes me wonder what they’re trying to hide.

So I figured I’d blog about it and maybe give a place to discuss the outage and whatnot.

Has the Chase Bank website outage caused you issues?

Orchestra of the Future?

August 31, 2010 in Music, Technology with 1 Comment

Thanks to www.tuaw.com for this find!

The iPad Orchestra from Alex Shpil on Vimeo.

iPhone 4 = Vista? Seriously Microsoft…

July 15, 2010 in Technology with 1 Comment

Earlier today according to Computerworld the COO of Microsoft, Kevin Turner was quoted saying:

“It looks like the iPhone 4 might be their Vista, and I’m okay with that,”

I’m glad to know that Microsoft finally admited Vista was the worst thing on earth but seriously to compare it to the iPhone 4′s reception issues? We’re talking about an Operating System that no one wanted from the start vs a phone 1.7 Million people purchased in four days. I’m pretty sure Microsoft didn’t have that kind of turn out for the Windows Vista launch. I also believe that Apple is addressing the issue in a timely manner vs Microsoft who never really admitted that Vista was the worst thing ever – well, next to Windows ME. Then he later goes on to talk about Windows 7 phone and how you don’t have to worry about how you hold it. Woah there Mr. Turner you might want to discuss that with the list of hardware manufacturers that is using your Windows 7 Phone OS since you don’t control the hardware being used…

It appears that Apple has announced they’re holding an “iPhone 4 Press Conference” on Friday. I wonder what they’re going to offer/talk about. I think after the mass media coverage I’d assume they’re going to recognize a flaw and hopefully provide a fix. What is baffling me though is I see so many iPhone 4 users complaining online about the issue but none of them will explain why they haven’t returned the handset? Apple has a 30 day return policy so if you’re that unhappy why not get your money back? Then there is also the camp of people that seem to not have the issue at all.

As I posted before I hope this press conference on Friday will be Apple extending their exceptional customer service and offering a true solution to the problem beyond “don’t hold it like that.” Thoughts?

- John

Is Apple the New Toyota?

July 13, 2010 in Technology with 0 Comments

For months now poor Toyota has been in the spotlight. It seems that if something could be blamed on them – it was. Wave after wave of recalls and owners being upset that their car is trying to kill them and the news media having a hayday conducting tests and talking to distraught Toyota owners fearing for their life every time they got in their car (and some not even going near their car). Just as the dust settles it seems that Apple may now be the new company in the dreaded consumer (dis-)satisfaction spotlight.

The iPhone 4 Signal Quality Issue.
(Dum, Dum, Dummmmmm)

Everyone seems to be talking about it:

  • TMobile/Sprint/Verizon Camp – Our (insert Android phone of your choice) is so much better. We don’t have signal issues.
  • iPhone Users Without Upgrade Privileges Camp – Oh, I’m waiting for Apple to get that fixed before I buy one
  • iPhone 4 Users Who Don’t Regret the Purchase Camp – I have no problems at all or it isn’t as bad or Look I have FaceTime and you don’t!
  • iPhone 4 Users with Buyers Remorse – RECALL

Then you have the fence jumpers and the people who play all sides but you get the idea. Now, do I have an iPhone 4 – no. Am I planning on getting one – not sure. (Gasp, shock and horror… I know).

I’ve been an Apple customer for years now. Owning several of their desktops, laptops and two iPhones now I have been a happy customer and one of the main reasons I paid the “Apple Tax”, as many like to call it, for their products is for the customer service. I’ve had them fix out of warranty items, go above an beyond to make me happy when Micro Center sold me a known defective laptop, and always helped me when I’m in the Apple store. The iPhone has been the ONLY phone I’ve ever kept for my entire contract term and the only phone I’ve ever upgraded to the newer model when time came.

Then came the iPhone 4.

When I first saw it, I wasn’t sure I liked the new design. After seeing it in person, I love the new design. I’m also using the iOS4 on my iPhone 3GS and enjoy the new features that has brought with it. The problem I have right now is that our personal and my business contracts are coming to an end. I’m going to move to a month to month if possible but it leaves me wondering will I upgrade to an iPhone 4 or not?

I’m sure the slew of people that I convinced to switch to AT&T to experience the iPhone would murder me if I went to Verizon and picked up an HTC Incredible with Google Android OS but right now that is an option. I am curious to see how Apple handles this. So far, not so great, after Consumer Reports said to not buy the phone Apple deleted the discussion regarding the article off their forum [UPDATE: I guess there is now a thread they've left intact].

Will I upgrade? We’ll see. I think I’m going to hold out a little longer with my 3GS and see what developments happen or who knows, maybe I’ll skip this revision all together. Any of you have thoughts? Is Apple the new Toyota?

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