December 2009
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Screw You, H1N1! You Are Just the FLU! →
A little list of the top 10 Scams of 2009. Those damn Robocallers tried to play me but I threw them on the grrrround!
“Alana Marie Has Eaten All the Kettle Chips: Loss and Food in the 21st Century”
– Every now and then a phrase crosses my path or mind and I think “That would be a hilarious title for a memoir”. I rarely write them down so I’m going to start again.
“Giovanni Ribisi’s speech about just exactly what the corporation was doing...”
– Videogum splits my sides once again. So dead on. So much disregard for grammar in a way that is somehow endearing.
Sun Travel, or the Magical Transportation Powers...
Sometimes the sun shines in this magical way and I feel as if I could open my door and step out onto a Manhattan street full of sounds and people (and smells!). I don’t know what it is or why it is.
This morning, I was laying in bed and the sun was shining through the curtains and I felt for certain - in that hazy state between asleep and awake - that New York was outside my window. I...
“Have a verry, Merry Christmas!”
– I just realized I wrote this on many a Christmas card yesterday. Maybe it was the wine. Maybe it was the late hour. What do I do? Can I pass this off as a joke? A pun?
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Highs and Lows
Friend #1 : How's life?
Friend #2: Well, I'm not at my breaking point. For now.
Friend #1: I definitely found myself hiding in the back corner of a gym storage room, sitting on a mesh bag of shorts, trying not to cry today. How's that for a low?
Friend #2: Were the shorts clean or dirty?
Friend #1: I didn't check - how do you like that? I didn't even care. The only self-preservation thought I had was to avoid sitting on the floor.
Friend #2: See? There is an upside!
Website Nav That Makes You Go "Click" →
I was just going to mention a few but a few turned into nearly ALL of them so check them ALL out yourself!
The Imperfect Board Member →
The audio book isn’t out yet however I had the opportunity to record the preface, chapter titles and ending credits for this book by Jim Brown, a friend of ours from church. He also sits on Counsel at our church and I work with his wife and kids in drama and music - to be brief.
Anyway, it’s a great little book for boards and non-profits especially and I’m glad to have been a...
“I tried to click on that link but it was blocked by the Saudi government”
– Friend of mine working overseas
Whoa…..I don’t know about you but I’m taking a moment to be grateful we live in North America.
Bridges of New York
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I was going through my film archive today scanning classic images of New York City and I kept coming across these bridge shots which I started loving. They are so monolithic and when I find myself on one I always seem to shoot it out of respect for its sheer enormity. Unlike tunnels which are hidden from view, bridges are what take us in and out of the city in the most magnificent...
Hmmm...
I love it when people try to make compelling and pompous statements about someone they believe is ignorant or unintelligent and then proceed to misspell the very words they’re using as insults. That’s not to say that they’re right or wrong in their judgment of said someone - just to say that I find it hilarious. And it makes me regard the opinion of the insulter just a little bit...
Star Wars Status Updates →
I am more than nerdy enough to LOVE this. Definitely had to hold back the laughter so as not to have to explain what was making me nearly pee my pants.
Feeling Guilty About Giving This Christmas? →
For every pair of shoes you buy from Tom, he donates a pair to a child with no shoes at all. And for a lady who would almost rather have shoes than food, I can get with THAT! My kind of charity! Now you can spend more than you (probably) would have on a pair of shoes AND give to the poor at the same time. See? I told you you could do it :)
True, most of these shoes have a face only a neo-hippie...
“Ok, so you know the lady who rooms with Grandma, who is an Alzheimer’s...”
– My mom in response to my FB status of “SCOOBY DOOBY” - I couldn’t get “Pennies from Heaven” out of my head after watching the clip from Elf.
I Hate "Xmas" - Retraction?
Not really but sort of. Here goes #4 .
4. You Keep Using Dis Word; I Do Not Think It Means What You Think It Means
My friend Tricia kindly pointed out to me (and I do mean kindly because it could have been handled quite rudely) that the X originally stood as a totally and completely legitimate abbreviation for Christ. And that people DID and DO use it for words like chrysanthemum (xant)...
