I just heard what is my latest favorite movie quote. It’s from the 2010 version of True Grit.
As Mattie and Federal Marshal LeBoeuf discuss the difference between two Latin legal terms, a prostrate, drinking Rooster Cogburn states:
I’m struck, as LeBoeuf has been shot, trampled, and nearly severed his tongue; not only does he not cease to talk but he spills the banks of English.
Filed under From my Phone, humor
Here’s a picture of Daniel holding Lindsey up to put the angel on the tree this year.
And this is one of our treasured ornaments with Daniel’s picture when he was about seven years old.
So many blessed years!
Merry Christmas!
Filed under Family, From my Phone, God, Grace
Some silly spontaneity with Lindsey. I let her play with my phone video recorder. Here are some of the scenes she captured…
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As a boy, I spent many hours with my friends, building “forts” out of hay bales in their barns. This view took me back to those awesome endless (hot, sticky, itchy, wonderful) boyhood days when the only source of light was through the windows and walls. It was a sanctuary, of sorts, and it’s forever in my heart!
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The waters saw thee, O God; The waters saw thee, they were afraid: The depths also trembled. -Psalm 77:16
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My awesome wife told me I could get an iPhone 4 about a month ago. Due to character flaws that are beyond my control, that was the last meaningful discussion that I can recall we had.
In all seriousness, this thing is incredible! I wonder how I survived without it all those years. Weather, news, games, email, texts, and skype are just a few of the things with which I can waste spend my time. And I have to fight my obsessive nature and force myself to put it down and actually make eye-contact with my family.
One of my self-imposed rules is not to spend too much time playing around with apps that don’t in some way enhance my life. This simple rule has helped me delete quite a number of time-wasters.
One app that almost bit the dust was Instagram (IG). Boy am I glad I stuck with it! It is a facebook-type app where you can share your iPhone pictures and learn from other users how to take better shots. I’ve found that most of the IG users are very kind and open about the settings and filters they use. And if I do say so myself, I’ve seen an improvement in the pictures I take.
Rather than go into boring detail about the app, I’ll just share some of my favorite pics:
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All the above pictures were taken and edited on my iPhone and shared on IG.
One of the things that I most appreciate about IG is a no pornography rule. And it’s world-wide, so I’ve become “friends” with several people from Japan, Spain, Korea, the UK, and even as far away as Cleveland, OH!
As of this time, IG is only available to iPhone users, but I look for it to grow into a full-fledged community.
By the way: I recently found Webstagram – Instagram Web Viewer online which is linked to the users of IG.
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My work schedule just eased up. Maybe I can start blogging again.
It’s amazing how uncreative I can be when I feel so constricted by my work. Work had been so uninspiring. But then I got the brilliant idea (pardon my boasting) of being creative at work. After all, if I can’t write what I when I want to, maybe I can fulfill that desire while at work. It’s worth a try.
See, I’d been on a four ten-hour day schedule for years, but it recently was changed due to downsizing in the shop. ”Not enough coverage,” the management told us. We’d have to work a regular five-day week like the rest of the world.
I was beside myself. I had really grown to love the extra day off as my time to get things done around the house, but mostly I enjoyed updating my blogs. Now I felt like I was working an extra day for no extra pay, and all of my quiet time was gone. That was worth more than I knew.
Anyway, back to being creative at work…
My first self-appointed creative project was to change my own work schedule so that I could have more days off at home while still working my 40-hours. Hey, who says selfishness has to be lazy?
As soon as the thought entered my head, I realized that this was a better idea than wallowing in self-pity about my “terrible five-day work-week”.
So I went around the shop and discussed the idea to all of the other guys. Some liked the 5 day work week. But like me, some preferred four ten-hour days. I worked up a schedule proposal, ran it past the guys again, and then presented it to my boss.
He liked it. It guaranteed the coverage that the shop needs during the week, and met our needs as the workers. Win-win.
So today I’m off. Now where’s that creativity?
I guess I used it up on the work schedule!
Filed under Leadership, Management
Chapter I
Once upon a time, there was a young boy named Bilbo. He’s not the famous Bilbo that you know, but a very different-looking one with a very similar heart. He’s a very ordinary Bilbo who happened to like grilled cheese. He had many older brothers who had matured much faster than him. They all liked fillet mignon. One day as they all finished their meals (fillet for everyone but Bilbo) Mamma said, “I have one extra fillet. Who would like it?” All the brothers shouted and hollered for their chance at the extra piece of steak. They got in such an uproar that accusations between the brothers ensued and fists began to fly. Bilbo mentioned to one of his brothers (who was not fighting at the moment) that he might like to try the fillet mignon.
“Nonsense,” shouted his brother over the din. ”You should be happy that you at least have grilled cheese!” This seemed very easy for him to say, but very strange because he never seemed thankful even for his fillet. And as he spoke, his eyes lit up with joy, for Mamma had just Continue reading
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