-i know i listen when an astrophysicist makes suggestions on how to improve anything about me. shouldn’t all the airlines? cause this one has come up with a method that might reduce boarding times by five-sixths.
-Michael Guerriero got fired and made the most of it. he hopped in his SUV and criss-crossed the country looking for the best parties. now he’s written a book about it. and for all of you out therrrre looking forrrr a rrrrrrowsing good rrruckus to be a parrrrt of, there’s even a festival in Florida where a ship full of ”pirates”sails into port, takes over everything, and even gets the keys to the city from the mayorrrrr. rrrable-rowsing ensues. good times.
-how cool is the title “Grand Warlock,” especially Mexico’s Grand Warlock? cause he’s got some inside info that says that the US pulls out of the Middle East and instead hungrily looks at our neighbors like Kobayashi looks at a pile of Hebrew Nationals. yep, he predicts a buildup of military strength along the border as we try to grab some additional territory. for what it’s worth, he predicted that 2008 would see the deaths of Britney (you know which one) and Fidel (you also know which one) and that oil prices would be stable.
-inspired by the example of famed Iraqi journalist Muntazer al-Zaidi, a few hundred good people hurled shoes at various political figures. well, at their pictures at least, which is far less illegal than tossing footwear at a dignitary. and God bless the news writers and reporters around the world who don’t have English as a first language, but the first sentence in this report alone is worth the look. what does a venting spleen truly entail?
-you’d think that maybe two or three investigations would be enough to detect fraud. maybe 5. but 8? averaging 1 every 2 years for 16 years? and they all failed? i saw that the SEC must defend its existence, and i readily agreed, because we all know Les Miles is a douche, and that the Pac-10 is truly the conference of champions. then i realised we were talking securities and exchange, and i still readily agreed.
-i recently had a conversation with a few people i respect, asking the question of whether it’s better to be involved in multiple service initiatives or throwing one’s life into a single cause, at least one cause at a time. obviously, some things are temporary or even seasonal, hence the exception. i also was wondering aloud if there was a way to meet and help people who may be homeless or on the brink of homelessness, and that have no desire to stay that way. the single mom and kids who just couldn’t make ends meet but don’t desire to live on the street. the vet who’s checks only cover rent in a small apartment in a bad part of town, so he instead pays for food and lives at the night shelter. the 19 year old who fled an abusive home and wants to go back to school but has to work full time just to make it week to week. so, here’s a great story about a lady named Irish. she was a druggie. she was homeless. and apparently, she had gangly teeth. but through the Day Resource Center, and through programs in Fort Worth’s 10 year plan to end chronic homelessness (betcha didn’t know it existed), she has signed the lease on an apartment last March. she works full time. she has new teeth thanks to the generosity of these programs. i consider that success. and i want in.
-4,042 homeless people were recorded in Fort Worth during the 2007 census.
-back to the 1 pursuit vs. many pursuits question. i just finished a book called “the Dip” by Seth Godin. in answer to my own question, i’ll use an analogy from his book. consider a woodpecker. he could stay busy all winter long, tapping 100 times on 2000 different trees. or he could tap 200,000 times on one tree… and get dinner. for what it’s worth, the book is truly short at Godin’s readers’ behest, and it’s sharply to the point. highly recommended.
-just to even things out, here’s a little infoon how absent the Kingdom of God is from the metroplex. and how generally stupid, hurtful, ignorant, and racist we are, also.
SLY… 360 days left this year
Posted by joezissss on January 5, 2009
-i know i listen when an astrophysicist makes suggestions on how to improve anything about me. shouldn’t all the airlines? cause this one has come up with a method that might reduce boarding times by five-sixths.
-Michael Guerriero got fired and made the most of it. he hopped in his SUV and criss-crossed the country looking for the best parties. now he’s written a book about it. and for all of you out therrrre looking forrrr a rrrrrrowsing good rrruckus to be a parrrrt of, there’s even a festival in Florida where a ship full of ”pirates”sails into port, takes over everything, and even gets the keys to the city from the mayorrrrr. rrrable-rowsing ensues. good times.
-how cool is the title “Grand Warlock,” especially Mexico’s Grand Warlock? cause he’s got some inside info that says that the US pulls out of the Middle East and instead hungrily looks at our neighbors like Kobayashi looks at a pile of Hebrew Nationals. yep, he predicts a buildup of military strength along the border as we try to grab some additional territory. for what it’s worth, he predicted that 2008 would see the deaths of Britney (you know which one) and Fidel (you also know which one) and that oil prices would be stable.
-inspired by the example of famed Iraqi journalist Muntazer al-Zaidi, a few hundred good people hurled shoes at various political figures. well, at their pictures at least, which is far less illegal than tossing footwear at a dignitary. and God bless the news writers and reporters around the world who don’t have English as a first language, but the first sentence in this report alone is worth the look. what does a venting spleen truly entail?
-you’d think that maybe two or three investigations would be enough to detect fraud. maybe 5. but 8? averaging 1 every 2 years for 16 years? and they all failed? i saw that the SEC must defend its existence, and i readily agreed, because we all know Les Miles is a douche, and that the Pac-10 is truly the conference of champions. then i realised we were talking securities and exchange, and i still readily agreed.
-i recently had a conversation with a few people i respect, asking the question of whether it’s better to be involved in multiple service initiatives or throwing one’s life into a single cause, at least one cause at a time. obviously, some things are temporary or even seasonal, hence the exception. i also was wondering aloud if there was a way to meet and help people who may be homeless or on the brink of homelessness, and that have no desire to stay that way. the single mom and kids who just couldn’t make ends meet but don’t desire to live on the street. the vet who’s checks only cover rent in a small apartment in a bad part of town, so he instead pays for food and lives at the night shelter. the 19 year old who fled an abusive home and wants to go back to school but has to work full time just to make it week to week. so, here’s a great story about a lady named Irish. she was a druggie. she was homeless. and apparently, she had gangly teeth. but through the Day Resource Center, and through programs in Fort Worth’s 10 year plan to end chronic homelessness (betcha didn’t know it existed), she has signed the lease on an apartment last March. she works full time. she has new teeth thanks to the generosity of these programs. i consider that success. and i want in.
-4,042 homeless people were recorded in Fort Worth during the 2007 census.
-back to the 1 pursuit vs. many pursuits question. i just finished a book called “the Dip” by Seth Godin. in answer to my own question, i’ll use an analogy from his book. consider a woodpecker. he could stay busy all winter long, tapping 100 times on 2000 different trees. or he could tap 200,000 times on one tree… and get dinner. for what it’s worth, the book is truly short at Godin’s readers’ behest, and it’s sharply to the point. highly recommended.
-just to even things out, here’s a little infoon how absent the Kingdom of God is from the metroplex. and how generally stupid, hurtful, ignorant, and racist we are, also.
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