For me, I often find joy in the little things. The world could have fallen apart or I could just have been having a lousy day but my frown would be turned upside down by doing nothing simpler than reading customer reviews of Tuscan Whole Milk on Amazon.com.
Joy is there, just waiting to be [...]
Archive for January, 2008
The Little Things
Posted in Everyone Take Notes! on January 29, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Maybe…
Posted in Yep. on January 23, 2008 | 1 Comment »
…maybe dreams are plans that God puts in your hands.
The View From the Mountain Top
Posted in Yep. on January 21, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Happy Martin Luther King Jr. Day, a day honoring a great leader and the man with the fighter’s heart behind non-violent protests for justice. Here’s an excerpt from his speech, “I’ve Been to the Mountain Top,” his last speech which he gave on April 3, 1968, the eve of his assassination, in Memphis, TN.
Now, let [...]
Slow Life
Posted in I Hope I'm Not Serious, Either on January 21, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
It must be a slow life when you have dreams about your job.
With FedEx, my job is to go to my assigned stops and pick up packages and do it all on time. In my dream, I had just started my route and I already had two lates.
[[sigh]]
Around the World
Posted in Time You're Never Getting Back on January 17, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Traveler IQ: 98
I should be ashamed of myself.
How well do you know your world?
It Was A Slow Day So I, Like, Stuck a Teapot Up My Nose
Posted in I Really Is Stupid, You Knows That?, Wow. Just Wow. on January 17, 2008 | 2 Comments »
I’ve found that I live with a perpetual cold or at least show symptoms of it with alarming regularity. I don’t really care to see a doctor about because I’ve learned to live with it and I’m mostly pretty cheap, too. I seem to always have either a stuffy nose or a runny nose. One [...]
All This to Say, “Thank You”
Posted in Wow. Just Wow., You Should Be More Excited About This on January 12, 2008 | 6 Comments »
Dear Taco Bell Order-Taker Guy,
Even as I write this I feel the slightest bit silly, but write I must. You see, this whole thing began as simple admiration of your gift, your talent. I didn’t notice at first but the more I visited the less I could ignore the obvious. I say, while holding the [...]
And We Also Put a Man on the Moon…
Posted in Wow. Just Wow. on January 9, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Times have changed. And my, has technology changed with it. Of the thousands of examples I could cite right now illustrating this point I’m choosing this:
Here are some video games I played a few years ago:
Now here are some screenshots of a video game people are playing today:
http://www.gamingbits.com/content/view/3267/2/
LEGO Batman. Seriously, that’s pretty cool-looking. We’ve [...]
Give It Up, It’s Over.
Posted in Everyone Take Notes! on January 5, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Okay, it’s now January 5th. Take your Christmas lights down.
*08
Posted in Yep. on January 2, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
We’re a day into 2008 and for once it feels like a new day, a new year. I don’t usually care for the so-called significance of a new year, that it’s a time for new beginnings, time for new resolutions, for new chances. I’m looking forward to 2008 if for no other reason than to [...]
