Archive for January, 2009
Things are looking up…
Since being let go on Tuesday I’ve been surprisingly busy. I scraped the ceiling in my guest room and removed the ugly popcorn that was linking my house to the 80’s. I’ve worked out and I’ve talked to a myriad of friends and I’ve got some great job opportunities already.
I think that for a while [...]
Lizzy Borden Took an Axe… and So Did Texas Instruments
“Each of us must face adversity at different times in our lives and we must deal with it in our own way…” Wilbur Smith’s character Centaine De Thiry in his book, Power of the Sword.
Lay-offs are necessary. When a ship is sinking sometimes you have to throw a few people overboard in order to save [...]
Running the Sahara
On Showtime there was this show about 3 guys who were running non-stop across the Saraha Desert. In 111 Days they ran a total of about 170 marathons and over 2,000 miles. I can barely run a mile right now and I was inspired by these guys. They had to deal with crossing borders and keeping up [...]
Radical Honesty
“Do you always tell the truth?”
“Yes”
“What is that called again?”
“Radical Honesty.”
I was watching “Lie to Me” and one of the actors on there always tells the truth no matter what. I wonder what would happen in our culture if we always told the truth? What if when someone asked you a question, no matter how [...]
Down 7 Pounds
Weight Watchers seems to be working – slowly but surely. My goal this month was just to lose 8-10 pounds. If I can do that consistently for 12 months then I will be able to lose around 100 pounds and reach my goal weight of 265 by the end of the year.
The hardest part is [...]
12 oz. Mouse
I just watched an episode of this animated feature that was recently featured on iTunes. It is called 12 oz. mouse, thus my ingenius title. I know, I know, you want to know how I became so witty. Mostly, it was my parents and the 40 plus people we had living with us over the [...]
I lika dat
Last night I had an excellent deep tissue massage from Heather at Massage Envy. As I was lying on the table I realized how much I needed this massage. It wasn’t just the fact that Heather had hands of an angel, it was just the human contact that I needed. For some reason yesterday I [...]
If I have to take my pants off one more time…
Today I went to the doctor because of this pain I have in my right side. It hurtslike a small tumor is trying to grow there in my side where my appendix is. I did some blood work and my white blood cells are fine and so they thought, “Hey, maybe it’s a hernia so [...]
“It looked more like a chickens ass than a mullet”
“Nice Mullet!” It was a phrase I would hear often throughout the night and I was starting to feel like I did indeed look good in my 1980’s style mullet. When I look at the pictures I do not look good, not hardly. I look like an oversized brown man wearing a wig that sort [...]
No Resolutions
I’ve been doing Weight Watchers all week. I went to my first meeting last night and weighed in at 365 pounds. That’s a lot for anyone and about 35 pounds heavier than I’ve been for the last 4-5 years. I wanted to get some help and so I decided Weight Watchers is the route I’d [...]
Edified Events – Event Planning with a Christ-Based Focus
Our niche? Those people who don’t have to have alcohol to have a good time and who want to raise money for Christian causes. We plan to donate a portion of our proceeds to ministries both local and abroad.
Second Grade
I’d been holding my hand up for so long that my arm hurt. I shook it wildly in an effort to get the obviously blind teacher’s attention. I made grunting noises and ooh ooh sounds to further encourage her that I knew the answer, but she wouldn’t call on me.
“Billy, what do you think the [...]