My passions are pretty obvious… especially when it comes to food, and the incomparable Eva Stringleman provided a rather inventive Christmas present this year for yours truly!

Knowing my love of Chocolate in it’s many forms both milk and dark AND my devotion to Pepsi Max she devised the ultimate taste test for me. Can I tell the difference between 5 different forms of chocolate and can I taste the difference between Pepsi Max and Coke Zero?

Most people overestimate the ability of their taste buds to differentiate between subtle differences in food and drink. Professional food taster is actually a job, and usually requires a degree in food science. So I was not going to believe this would a simple task.

First of all I melted the five chocs into an ice cube tray because I would have been able to tell the difference in the shape of the squares – eg. Lindt has a very thin flat piece. Then put them into the fridge to harden again (now i’m not sure that affects the consistency of the chocolate but I think it worked ok!)

While I sat blindfolded Beci handed me small pieces of the chocolate to try and I tried to figure which brand they were.

So the result!

I was able to pick each of the different chocolates and got a 2/3 for Pepsi vs. Coke!

But it wasn’t as clear cut as I expected, quite a challenge to pick exactly what I was eating…

Anyway, I award this blog post ‘Random Post of the Year’, and would like to thank my sponsor Eva Stringleman for her brilliant idea!

Taste Test

For those of you interested the 5 Chocolates were:

• Nestlé Club Chocolate
• Lindt EXCELLENCE Dark 70%
• Cadbury Old Gold 70%
• Whittakers 50% Dark Block
• Whittakers 72% Dark Ghana

NOTE: I have a soft spot for Whitakers Chocolate a New Zealand family business dating back to 1896!

Things that are awesome!

Number 1: Funny man Dan No. 8

Number 2: Steve and Jeremy

Number 3: Full Episode 1 from Hillsong Kids Big: Supernatural!

Big Message 1: Supernatural BiG

Number 4: Top 100 Baby!

I am honoured to be number 7 on the list of Top Children’s Ministry Blogs. (down from last year though!)

And that’s what is awesome!

We at Hillsong Kids once lost an entire drive full of videos and content from our ministry. In fact this Tuesday myself and Nathan Mclean will be filming a new leaders training video because of that disaster.

So take heed and maybe join the World Back Up Day and back up all of your data.

I have backups, but they are currently all stored in my house.

My plan is to make a copy and move it to my office at work. That is insurance… the odds of my house and the church office burning down on the same day are astronomically small!

I want to learn how to ski, just so I can wear these!

A tiny screen embedded in the polarized and light-adjusting lens displays GPS metrics such as location, speed, and distance traveled.

From https://www.zealoptics.com/transcend

CAN IT TEXT? BLOG? SCROLL? WI-FI? TWEET? No. . . It’s a book.

Love this forthcoming children’s book called… It’s a Book.

Check out the trailer:

No matter how many electronic devices are available these days, you can’t deny the simple appeal of a good book. Monkey is reading a book, but his friend wants to know what the book can do. Does it have a mouse like his computer? Can you make the characters fight? And does it make loud noises? No, it’s a book. Monkey’s friend discovers that a good book doesn’t need fancy electronic accessories.

Who would have thought this book would have been even an idea a few short years ago!

The times they are a-changin’

I just knew there was another use for kids!

The Kid Workout

Merry Christmas 2010.

From all of us here at davidwakerley.com (and by all of us I mean me and various assorted chocolates that have found there way into blog headquaters) (and by blog headquarters I mean wherever my computer happens to be).

Wiley Vs. Rhodes

I almost sat down to write something of substance on this somewhat neglected blog, but instead you get a video of Cookie Monster trying out to host Saturday Night Live.

Sesame Street: Cookie Monster Auditions for Saturday Night Live

I hope that will be okay for now…

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Conference has officially finished this year. Lots of highlights and new things. Full report to come, but right now enjoy the Hip-Hop.

Love it!