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WILL YOU WEAR BLUE???
MORAL FOR TODAY
One day a farmer's donkey fell down into a
well. The animal cried piteously for hours as
the farmer tried to figure out what to do.
Finally, he decided the animal was old, and the
well needed to be covered up anyway;
it just wasn't worth it to retrieve the donkey.
He invited all his neighbors to come over and
help him. They all grabbed a shovel and began
to shovel dirt into the well. At first, the
donkey realized what was happening and cried
horribly. Then, to everyone's amazement he
quieted down.
A few shovel loads later, the farmer finally
looked down the well. He was astonished at what
he saw. With each shovel of dirt that hit his
back, the donkey was doing something amazing.
He would shake it off and take a step up.
As the farmer's neighbors continued to shovel
dirt on top of the animal, he would shake it
off and take a step up.
Pretty soon, everyone was amazed as the donkey
stepped up over the edge of the well and
happily trotted off!
*****
Life is going to shovel dirt on you, all kinds
of dirt. The trick to getting out of the well
is to shake it off and take a step up. Each of
our troubles is a steppingstone. We can get out
of the deepest wells just by not stopping,
never giving up! Shake it off and take a step up.
Remember the five simple rules to be happy:
Free your heart from hatred - Forgive.
Free your mind from worries - Most never happen.
Live simply and appreciate what you have..
Give more.
Expect less
NOW .......
Enough of that crap. The donkey later came back,
and bit the farmer who had tried to bury him.
The gash from the bite got infected and
the farmer eventually died in agony from septic shock.
MORAL FROM TODAY'S LESSON:
When you do something wrong, and try to cover your ass, it always comes back to bite you.
well. The animal cried piteously for hours as
the farmer tried to figure out what to do.
Finally, he decided the animal was old, and the
well needed to be covered up anyway;
it just wasn't worth it to retrieve the donkey.
He invited all his neighbors to come over and
help him. They all grabbed a shovel and began
to shovel dirt into the well. At first, the
donkey realized what was happening and cried
horribly. Then, to everyone's amazement he
quieted down.
A few shovel loads later, the farmer finally
looked down the well. He was astonished at what
he saw. With each shovel of dirt that hit his
back, the donkey was doing something amazing.
He would shake it off and take a step up.
As the farmer's neighbors continued to shovel
dirt on top of the animal, he would shake it
off and take a step up.
Pretty soon, everyone was amazed as the donkey
stepped up over the edge of the well and
happily trotted off!
*****
Life is going to shovel dirt on you, all kinds
of dirt. The trick to getting out of the well
is to shake it off and take a step up. Each of
our troubles is a steppingstone. We can get out
of the deepest wells just by not stopping,
never giving up! Shake it off and take a step up.
Remember the five simple rules to be happy:
Free your heart from hatred - Forgive.
Free your mind from worries - Most never happen.
Live simply and appreciate what you have..
Give more.
Expect less
NOW .......
Enough of that crap. The donkey later came back,
and bit the farmer who had tried to bury him.
The gash from the bite got infected and
the farmer eventually died in agony from septic shock.
MORAL FROM TODAY'S LESSON:
When you do something wrong, and try to cover your ass, it always comes back to bite you.
Things to ponder
* I USED TO EAT A LOT OF NATURAL FOODS UNTIL I LEARNED THAT MOST PEOPLE DIE OF NATURAL CAUSES.
* THERE ARE TWO KINDS OF PEDESTRIANS: THE QUICK AND THE DEAD.
* LIFE IS SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED.
* HEALTHY IS MERELY THE SLOWEST POSSIBLE RATE AT WHICH ONE CAN DIE.
* THE ONLY DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A RUT AND A GRAVE IS THE DEPTH.
* HEALTH NUTS ARE GOING TO FEEL STUPID SOMEDAY, LYING IN HOSPITALS DYING OF NOTHING.
* HAVE YOU NOTICED SINCE EVERYONE HAS A CAMCORDER THESE DAYS NOT ONE TALKS ABOUT SEEING UFOS LIKE THEY USED TO?
* WHENEVER I FEEL BLUE, I START BREATHING AGAIN.
* ALL OF US COULD TAKE A LESSON FROM THE WEATHER. IT PAYS NO ATTENTION TO CRITICISM.
* IN THE 60S, PEOPLE TOOK ACID TO MAKE THE WORLD WEIRD. NOW THE WORLD IS WEIRD AND PEOPLE TAKE PROZAC TO MAKE IT NORMAL.
* HOW IS IT ONE CARELESS MATCH CAN START A FOREST FIRE, BUT IT TAKES A WHOLE BOX TO START A CAMPFIRE?
* WHO WAS THE FIRST PERSON TO LOOK AT A COW AND SAY, "I THINK I'LL SQUEEZE THESE DANGLY THINGS AND DRINK WHATEVER COMES OUT?"
* IF JIMMY CRACKS CORN AND NO ONE CARES, WHY IS THERE A SONG ABOUT HIM?
* IF QUIZZES ARE QUIZZICAL, WHAT ARE TESTS?
* IF CORN OIL IS MADE FROM CORN, AND VEGETABLE OIL IS MADE FROM VEGETABLES, THEN WHAT IS BABY OIL MADE FROM?
* DO ILLITERATE PEOPLE GET THE FULL EFFECT OF ALPHABET SOUP?
* DOES PUSHING THE ELEVATOR BUTTON MORE THAN ONCE MAKE IT ARRIVE FASTER?
* WHY DOESN'T GLUE STICK INSIDE OF THE BOTTLE?
Example of Government out of control
ARGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!! If you don't think that the people in our local state and federal governments are putting the screws to us here is a prime example.
I just received in the mail our trim notice. According to the trim notice my property value fell $32,450 last yr. So you would think that my taxes should go down as well. You would be incorrect, our property appraiser and the people in government are proposing raising my overall taxes from last year by $43.51. When will our elected leaders realize that they need to cut spending now and not raise taxes. If they continue to tax us here in FL, the state will lose a lot more than the 58,000 people it did last year.
Oooooh I know your saying it's only $43.51 be glad it's not more. The problem is if they're raising my taxes this much during one of the worst economic periods of our lifetimes how much will they raise them when and if our economy gets going again.
We need to start electing officials that are fiscally responsible and not worried about getting relected as soon as they are elected.
Let your voice be heard
In the mail today I received a questionnaire from the Republican party asking me where I stand on Obama's policies. At the end of the questionnaire they asked me for a contribution. Instead of providing a contribution I wrote a letter to Michael Steele and the Republican party.
I'll summarize the letter. I told the Republican party and Michael Steele that no political parties will get a dime from me until they start working and putting the needs of the country first and putting the party 2nd. Until we as Americans stand up to the 2 parties in politics our country we be worse off.
I encourage you all to write a quick letter, or email your local political party or elected politicians and tell them to get there act together for the sake of our country. Until we start tellling our politicians how we feel about their greed and corruptness we will be taken advantage of.
Stand up, and let your voice be heard. I felt so much better after writing even a quick 5 minute note.
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Moving to Posterous
After careful consideration and after reading Steve Rubels articles on his explanation on why he made the move to posterous. I've decided to make the move to posterous as well. The biggest factor in all of this was the ability to consolidate the manner in which I aggregrate, consume and publish information. I currently use blogger for my blogging purposes. One of the main reasons I don't publish more content is time constraints and the ability to post items quickly to one location and have them automatically published to other sites at the same time.
Posterous allows you to post via email to it's site and to any sites it supports i.e. friendfeed, flickr, twitter, etc. More importantly it allows me to aggregrate most of what I consume into gmail and consolidate aggregation into one service. Whether having one service for all aggregration is good is another issue all together.
Hopefully going forward you will see more posts from me.
Posterous allows you to post via email to it's site and to any sites it supports i.e. friendfeed, flickr, twitter, etc. More importantly it allows me to aggregrate most of what I consume into gmail and consolidate aggregation into one service. Whether having one service for all aggregration is good is another issue all together.
Hopefully going forward you will see more posts from me.
Experience of a lifetime
Friday Favorites
The week is almost over and I've decided to start a new tradition. I hope that in the coming weeks and months it will take off. That's if I can remember to post it every Friday.
I have recently begun to dip my toes into the whole social networking scene and have really fallen in love with friendfeed. The one aspect that really intrigues me is the ability to create a lasting conversation with anyone from around the globe. As most of my followers have noticed I love politics and love baseball. (Go Rays!) Being a newbie to friendfeed and not having a lot of followers yet. I've decided to create a new tradition.
So without further ado here's the new tradition. It's called Friday Favorites. Basically it's a shout out to the social networking legions to come up with what they have found interesting the past week in the world. It could be anything from politics to something totally heartfelt and just good old fashioned Americana the 21st century way.
So here is my 2 picks for my Friday Favorites.
1.
As they say a picture is worth a 1000 words. The picture is classic 21st century Americana in my book. Louis your what America is all about.
2. Robert Scoble (You liked this)
I have recently begun to dip my toes into the whole social networking scene and have really fallen in love with friendfeed. The one aspect that really intrigues me is the ability to create a lasting conversation with anyone from around the globe. As most of my followers have noticed I love politics and love baseball. (Go Rays!) Being a newbie to friendfeed and not having a lot of followers yet. I've decided to create a new tradition.
So without further ado here's the new tradition. It's called Friday Favorites. Basically it's a shout out to the social networking legions to come up with what they have found interesting the past week in the world. It could be anything from politics to something totally heartfelt and just good old fashioned Americana the 21st century way.
So here is my 2 picks for my Friday Favorites.
1.
2. Robert Scoble (You liked this)
“Facebook just shot a HUGE hole in yellowpages.com's business model. Why? Think about your phone books.”
I'm amazed at how Robert can take a piece of technology news and make a correlation on how it will affect old technologies. Best of Luck Robert in your new journey.
Well that will do it for my 2 favorites this week how about your's? Let me know I'm curious to see what all you found interesting.
You know your getting old when?
Scotch with two drops of water.
A lady goes to the bar on a cruise ship and orders a Scotch with two drops of water. As the bartender gives her the drink she says, 'I'm on this cruise to celebrate my 80th birthday and it's today.'
The bartender says, 'Well, since it's your birthday, I'll buy you a drink. In fact, this one is on me.'
As the woman finishes her drink, the woman to her right says, 'I would like to buy you a drink, too.'
The old woman says, 'Thank you. Bartender, I want a Scotch with two drops of water.'
'Coming up,' says the bartender.
As she finishes that drink, the man to her left says, 'I would like to buy you one, too.'
The old woman says, 'Thank you. Bartender, I want another Scotch with two drops of water.'
'Coming right up,' the20bartender says. As he gives her the drink, he says, 'Ma'am, I'm dying of curiosity. Why the Scotch with only two drops of water?'
The old woman replies, 'Sonny, when you're my age, you've learned how to hold your liquor. Holding your water, however, is a whole other issue.'
'OLD' IS WHEN...
Your sweetie says, 'Let's go upstairs
And make love,' and you answer,
'Pick one; I can't do both!'
'OLD' IS WHEN...
Your friends compliment you
On your new alligator shoes
And you're barefoot.
'OLD' IS WHEN...
A sexy babe catches your fancy
And your pacemaker opens the garage door,
'OLD' IS WHEN...
Going bra-less
Pulls all the wrinkles out of your face.
'OLD' IS WHEN...
You don't care where your spouse goes,
Just as long as you don't have to go along.
'OLD' IS WHEN...
You are cautioned to slow down by the doctor instead of by the police
'OLD' IS WHEN..
'Getting a little action'
Means you don't need to take any fibre today.
'OLD' IS WHEN...
'Getting lucky' means you find your car
In the parking lot.
'OLD' IS WHEN...
An 'all nighter' means not getting up
To use the bathroom.
AND
'OLD' IS WHEN...
You are not sure these are jokes?
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