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A few issues ago, I did a section
on "Life Lists". As the New Year often turns our attention
to New Year's Resolutions, and as one of the Holiday 'blockbuster' releases focus our attention on such things, I thought we should revisit it.
Do you have goals for your life, this year, for today, for this moment. As I mentioned a few weeks ago, I found the helps and hints at www.Your100Things.com to be, well...helpful. I'm reminded of the old adage: "If you don't know where you are going, how will you know when you get there?" Happy New Year!
A few weeks ago, I put a bonus "music video" at the end of the Featured Funny. It is a song I have enjoyed for a number of years. The same singer/songwriter, Sean Morey [check out the "Free Songs" link on the home page], has another one about Toast, that I also love, but that is for another time. That bonus video generated more than a few comments about a man's life, so in that honor (or maybe in spite of it) I dug this out of the "Old Stuff" and dusted it off for you this week. Enjoy.... Men's
Rules
Women, learn to work the toilet seat. You're a big girl. If it's up, put it down. We need it up, you need it down. You don't hear us complaining about you leaving it down. Birthdays, Valentines, and Anniversaries are not considered by us to be opportunities to see if we can find the perfect present again! Sometimes we are not thinking about you. Live with it. Sunday = sports. It's like the full moon or the changing of the tides. Let it be. Don't cut your hair. Ever. Long hair is always more attractive than short hair. One of the big reasons guys fear getting married is that married women always cut their hair, and by then you're stuck with her. Ask for what you want. Subtle hints do not work! Strong hints do not work! Obvious hints do not work! Just say it! We don't remember dates. . . .Period!! Most guys own three pairs of shoes - tops. What makes you think we'd be any good at choosing which pair, out of thirty, would look good with your dress? Yes and No are perfectly acceptable answers to almost every question. Come to us with a problem only if you want help solving it. That's what we do. Sympathy is what your girlfriends are for. A headache that lasts for 17 months is a problem. See a doctor. Anything we said 6 months ago is inadmissible in an argument. In fact, all comments become null and void after 7 days. If you won't dress like the Victoria's Secret girls, don't expect us to act like soap opera guys.
"Sometimes I wonder if men and women really suit each other. Perhaps they should live next door and just visit now and then." ~Katharine Hepburn Bonus: "If it can't be fixed by duct tape or WD-40, it's a female problem." ~Jason Love
Happy New....Moment
Happy New Year, Happy New Week, Happy New Day, Happy New Hour, Happy New Moment; yes, Happy New Moment. My two small children have little or no since of time. My wife mentioned going to Disney "in a couple years" to our 3 1/2 year old. Now he regularly askes if we are going to Disney "tomorrow". When we say something like: "Do you know where we are going Saturday?" His answer will almost certainly be an excited "Disney!?!" Tomorrow means very little to him, much less next year. We are all God's children, and we too can (maybe should) loose the perspective of time. God's time is not our time (2 Peter 3:8, Psalm 90:4), we cannot wrap our mind around 'always has been, always will be.' It is too easy to try to break up eternity (and all its consequences) into years, decades, or even millennia--but those are our concepts, God's is eternal and infinite. We have New Year's Resolutions: We are going to loose weight, be better with money, spend more time with family, etc. But because they are anchored to a "year" we almost always fail. Tomorrow is much to easy when we have a whole year to get it done. The same is true with Christian living and the discipline God's children are called to. We have to be true to each moment, we have to be the reflection of Christ this very moment and only for a moment--but moment after moment. When we try to be Christ-like 'today'; well, that isn't over until we crawl into bed, there's still plenty of time. Besides, we aren't going to do anything truly bad, right? In the time since you started reading this, at least a couple moments have past, were you reflecting Christ? NOW, is a new moment, Happy New Moment...reflect Christ in this moment...just this moment, until the next one and then reflect Him again...only for a moment. Live in the moment. Loose your since of time, know that this moment is God's moment, we are just its steward. We are called to reflect our Savior. We are called be His children..."Are we there yet?"
I got fussed at during my holiday travels. "I can't believe you didn't talk about Bob River's Comedy Corps," 'he' said accusingly. He was right, of course, and I can't believe I didn't take at least one of the Christmas-time Friday Funnies to highlight the comic renderings of this vocal team. So under the belief of better late than never... PS: From the links below, you can listen to parts of songs, buy the albums (can you still call it that), or MP3's.  
  
Frankly, that sounds funny coming from me--it wasn't too many years ago when Bowl Season would have related to 31 Flavors (or more) of ice cream, not football. But, none-the-less, the fruit of countless hours of rehearsal and practice comes to a head with these games. Some of them the pinnacle of their athletic career, others a stepping stone to professional sports. With so much focused on the athletes it is easy to remember the others who add to the overall Bowl experience--the cheerleaders and bandsmen. To honor them, I went digging through my "Old Stuff" files and found this video for you. A tribute to those almost unknowns who also spend countless hours of rehearsal and practice. All for the love of the 'sport'.  (wmv format) (left click to view - right click to save) |
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