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Monday, May 26, 2008
Sunday, May 25, 2008
Lyrics, misunderstood
So I've always enjoyed making up my own lyrics... this takes my "Oh, for tuna" to the next level.
This one wasn't much of a stretch - Eddie never had the best enunciation.
This one wasn't much of a stretch - Eddie never had the best enunciation.
Thursday, May 22, 2008
Blast from the past
So my friend Susan emailed me with a picture from the Duran Duran concert in Cary... I can't even imagine what it would have been like had she actually met, let along *touched* Simon back in junior high... Definitely some serious swooning!
Friday, May 16, 2008
Tuesday, May 13, 2008
Tired of the BS
I'm tired of hearing about BS things from the media when there is so much more important news (like cyclones and earthquakes)...
1) Hillary Clinton
2) steriods in Major League Baseball
3) Brittney Spears - is she pregnant/her breakdown/her custody battle
4) either Hilton sister
5) either Simpson sister
6) Hillary Clinton's pant suits
7) being "Green" because it's trendy
8) ED medications
9) gas prices
10) Hillary Clinton's northern/southern/mid-western childhood
1) Hillary Clinton
2) steriods in Major League Baseball
3) Brittney Spears - is she pregnant/her breakdown/her custody battle
4) either Hilton sister
5) either Simpson sister
6) Hillary Clinton's pant suits
7) being "Green" because it's trendy
8) ED medications
9) gas prices
10) Hillary Clinton's northern/southern/mid-western childhood
Wednesday, May 07, 2008
Wake County & Year Round Schools
I'm having a hard time understanding why some parents are so adamantly opposed to sending their kids to year-round schools. Studies have proven that students retain more of what they've learned with the shorter track-out breaks. Kids (especially older ones) get into more and more trouble as the long summer break progresses and they get bored. We can increase efficiency of school facilities by 30%... plus you can take family vacations at off-peak times! I know I would have loved year-round schools as a child, and if we ever actually get around to having a kid, we'll be planning on sending him-her to year-round schools as much as possible.
See the Triangle Business Journal article: year-round schools
See the Triangle Business Journal article: year-round schools
Bill Gates' Lessons for Life
Rule 1:
Life is not fair - get used to it!
Rule 2 :
The world won't care about your self-esteem. The world will expect you to accomplish something BEFORE you feel good about yourself.
Rule 3 :
You will NOT make $60,000 a year right out of high school. You won't be a vice-president with a car phone until you earn both.
Rule 4 :
If you think your teacher is tough, wait till you get a boss.
Rule 5 :
Flipping burgers is not beneath your dignity. Your Grandparents had a different word for burger flipping: they called it opportunity.
Rule 6:
If you mess up, it's not your parents' fault, so don't whine about your mistakes, learn from them.
Rule 7:
Before you were born, your parents weren't as boring as they are now. They got that way from paying your bills, cleaning your clothes and listening to you talk about how cool you thought you were. So before you save the rain forest from the parasites of your parent's generation, try delousing the closet in your own room.
Rule 8:
Your school may have done away with winners and losers, but life HAS NOT. In some schools, they have abolished failing grades and they'll give you as MANY TIMES as you want to get the right answer. This doesn't bear the slightest resemblance to ANYTHING in real life.
Rule 9:
Life is not divided into semesters. You don't get summers off and very few employers are interested in helping you FIND YOURSELF. Do that on your own time.
Rule 10:
Television is NOT real life. In real life people actually have to leave the coffee shop and go to jobs.
Rule 11:
Be nice to nerds. Chances are you'll end up working for one.
Life is not fair - get used to it!
Rule 2 :
The world won't care about your self-esteem. The world will expect you to accomplish something BEFORE you feel good about yourself.
Rule 3 :
You will NOT make $60,000 a year right out of high school. You won't be a vice-president with a car phone until you earn both.
Rule 4 :
If you think your teacher is tough, wait till you get a boss.
Rule 5 :
Flipping burgers is not beneath your dignity. Your Grandparents had a different word for burger flipping: they called it opportunity.
Rule 6:
If you mess up, it's not your parents' fault, so don't whine about your mistakes, learn from them.
Rule 7:
Before you were born, your parents weren't as boring as they are now. They got that way from paying your bills, cleaning your clothes and listening to you talk about how cool you thought you were. So before you save the rain forest from the parasites of your parent's generation, try delousing the closet in your own room.
Rule 8:
Your school may have done away with winners and losers, but life HAS NOT. In some schools, they have abolished failing grades and they'll give you as MANY TIMES as you want to get the right answer. This doesn't bear the slightest resemblance to ANYTHING in real life.
Rule 9:
Life is not divided into semesters. You don't get summers off and very few employers are interested in helping you FIND YOURSELF. Do that on your own time.
Rule 10:
Television is NOT real life. In real life people actually have to leave the coffee shop and go to jobs.
Rule 11:
Be nice to nerds. Chances are you'll end up working for one.
Monday, May 05, 2008
Thursday, May 01, 2008
Getting a Joy Habit
Boy, did this advice come at a needed time. Gotta take the Doc's advice:
The Joy Habit–Joy empowers people. It is a source of energy that enables people to hope and plan and change their lives for the better. Spend some time around someone who is relentlessly negative and how do you feel–drained, right? More and more research shows that joy is not something that just happens to you, like a bolt of lightening out of the blue. Joy is, instead, a habit to cultivate. Negative thinking and despair are the crabgrass of our souls–weeds that take root and spread, sometimes to all areas of life. Joy, in contrast, is a soul’s rose–hardy when cared for, able to put down roots over time and withstand disease and extremes. Like a rose, however, your joy can become blighted from neglect or harsh conditions. We all need to tend to our joy–to prune away the badness, and to know that, even though it may look like a prickly bare root, if you invest time in a joyous outlook, gorgeous things will bloom, even in the harshest conditions. The Joy Habit are posts to help remind us all of the joy potential in our lives.
Doc Gurley
The Joy Habit–Joy empowers people. It is a source of energy that enables people to hope and plan and change their lives for the better. Spend some time around someone who is relentlessly negative and how do you feel–drained, right? More and more research shows that joy is not something that just happens to you, like a bolt of lightening out of the blue. Joy is, instead, a habit to cultivate. Negative thinking and despair are the crabgrass of our souls–weeds that take root and spread, sometimes to all areas of life. Joy, in contrast, is a soul’s rose–hardy when cared for, able to put down roots over time and withstand disease and extremes. Like a rose, however, your joy can become blighted from neglect or harsh conditions. We all need to tend to our joy–to prune away the badness, and to know that, even though it may look like a prickly bare root, if you invest time in a joyous outlook, gorgeous things will bloom, even in the harshest conditions. The Joy Habit are posts to help remind us all of the joy potential in our lives.
Doc Gurley
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