expectations
Monday, May 19, 2008
nooma
The latest NOOMA video, NOOMA 020 | Shells, is available for viewing on Facebook for free until Wednesday, May 21 at 12 noon EST!
It's easy to get overwhelmed with appointments, gatherings, to-do lists. But what are we really doing with our time? Many of us are running from place to place and it seems like life is just passing us by. We're doing so many things, a little bit of everything, and yet it doesn't feel like much of a life. But most of us find it hard to say no. We feel obligated. There are so many good things to do. So many good causes to join. But while we're busy doing all these good things, are we missing out on something great? Maybe saying no would be easier if we knew what it meant to say yes.Here's the link
Labels: video
Buddy Greene
I recently came across Buddy Greene. Akma pointed to the song Denomination Blues. It probably needs a few more verses!
Here's Buddy Greene's site. I love the warning: Caution to all curmudgonns: contents could make you happy. Don't hold me to it.... but I would almost go to a Gaither concert to hear this guy!
Check this out for some classical harmonica
Here's Buddy Greene's site. I love the warning: Caution to all curmudgonns: contents could make you happy. Don't hold me to it.... but I would almost go to a Gaither concert to hear this guy!
Check this out for some classical harmonica
Why the chicken crossed the road - update
Michael Kruse updates the old "Why did the chicken crossed the road?
BARACK OBAMA:
The chicken crossed the road because it was time for a CHANGE! The chicken wanted CHANGE!
JOHN MC CAIN:
My friends, that chicken crossed the road because he recognized the need to engage in cooperation and dialogue with all the chickens on the other side of the road.
HILLARY CLINTON:
When I was First Lady, I personally helped that little chicken to cross the road. This experience makes me uniquely qualified to ensure -- right from Day One! -- that every chicken in this country gets the chance it deserves to cross the road. But then, this really isn't about me.......
DR. PHIL:
The problem we have here is that this chicken won't realize that he must
first deal with the problem on 'THIS' side of the road before it goes
after the problem on the 'OTHER SIDE' of the road. What we need to do is
help him realize how stupid he's acting by not taking on his 'CURRENT'
problems before adding 'NEW' problems.
OPRAH:
Well, I understand that the chicken is having problems, which is why he
wants to cross this road so bad. So instead of having the chicken learn
from his mistakes and take falls, which is a part of life, I'm going to
give this chicken a car so that he can just drive across the road and
not live his life like the rest of the chickens.
GEORGE W. BUSH:
We don't really care why the chicken crossed the road. We just want to
know if the chicken is on our side of the road, or not. The chicken is
either against us, or for us. There is no middle ground here.
COLIN POWELL:
Now to the left of the screen, you can clearly see the satellite image
of the chicken crossing the road...
ANDERSONCOOPER - CNN:
We have reason to believe there is a chicken, but we have not yet been
allowed to have access to the other side of the road.
JOHN KERRY:
Although I voted to let the chicken cross the road, I am now against it!
It was the wrong road to cross, and I was misled about the chicken's
intentions. I am not for it now, and will remain against it.
NANCY GRACE:
That chicken crossed the road because he's GUILTY! You can see it in his
eyes and the way he walks.
PAT BUCHANAN:
To steal the job of a decent, hardworking American.
MARTHA STEWART:
No one called me to warn me which way that chicken was going. I had a
standing order at the Farmer's Market to sell my eggs when the price
dropped to a certain level. No little bird gave me any insider information.
DR SEUSS:
Did the chicken cross the road? Did he cross it with a toad? Yes, the
chicken crossed the road, but why it crossed I've not been told.
ERNEST HEMINGWAY:
To die in the rain. Alone.
JERRY FALWELL:
Because the chicken was gay! Can't you people see the plain truth?'
That's why they call it the 'other side.' Yes, my friends, that chicken
is gay. And if you eat that chicken, you will become gay too. I say we
boycott all chickens until we sort out this abomination that the liberal
media white washes with seemingly harmless phrases like 'the other side.
That chicken should not be crossing the road. It's as plain and as
simple as that.
GRANDPA:
In my day we didn't ask why the chicken crossed the road. Somebody told
us the chicken crossed the road, and that was good enough.
BARBARA WALTERS:
Isn't that interesting? In a few moments, we will be listening to the
chicken tell, for the first time, the heart warming story of how it
experienced a serious case of molting, and went on to accomplish its
life long dream of crossing the road.
ARISTOTLE:
It is the nature of chickens to cross the road.
JOHN LENNON:
Imagine all the chickens in the world crossing roads together, in peace.
BILL GATES:
I have just released eChicken2007, which will not only cross roads, but
will lay eggs, file your important documents, and balance your check
book. Internet Explorer is an integral part of eChicken. This new
platform is much more stable and will never cra...#@&&^(C% .........
reboot.
ALBERT EINSTEIN:
Did the chicken really cross the road, or did the road move beneath the
chicken?
BILL CLINTON:
I did not cross the road with THAT chicken. What is your definition of
chicken?
ALGORE:
I invented the chicken!
COLONEL SANDERS:
Did I miss one?:
DICK CHENEY:
Where's my gun?
AL SHARPTON:
Why are all the chickens white? We need some black chickens.
BARACK OBAMA:
The chicken crossed the road because it was time for a CHANGE! The chicken wanted CHANGE!
JOHN MC CAIN:
My friends, that chicken crossed the road because he recognized the need to engage in cooperation and dialogue with all the chickens on the other side of the road.
HILLARY CLINTON:
When I was First Lady, I personally helped that little chicken to cross the road. This experience makes me uniquely qualified to ensure -- right from Day One! -- that every chicken in this country gets the chance it deserves to cross the road. But then, this really isn't about me.......
DR. PHIL:
The problem we have here is that this chicken won't realize that he must
first deal with the problem on 'THIS' side of the road before it goes
after the problem on the 'OTHER SIDE' of the road. What we need to do is
help him realize how stupid he's acting by not taking on his 'CURRENT'
problems before adding 'NEW' problems.
OPRAH:
Well, I understand that the chicken is having problems, which is why he
wants to cross this road so bad. So instead of having the chicken learn
from his mistakes and take falls, which is a part of life, I'm going to
give this chicken a car so that he can just drive across the road and
not live his life like the rest of the chickens.
GEORGE W. BUSH:
We don't really care why the chicken crossed the road. We just want to
know if the chicken is on our side of the road, or not. The chicken is
either against us, or for us. There is no middle ground here.
COLIN POWELL:
Now to the left of the screen, you can clearly see the satellite image
of the chicken crossing the road...
ANDERSONCOOPER - CNN:
We have reason to believe there is a chicken, but we have not yet been
allowed to have access to the other side of the road.
JOHN KERRY:
Although I voted to let the chicken cross the road, I am now against it!
It was the wrong road to cross, and I was misled about the chicken's
intentions. I am not for it now, and will remain against it.
NANCY GRACE:
That chicken crossed the road because he's GUILTY! You can see it in his
eyes and the way he walks.
PAT BUCHANAN:
To steal the job of a decent, hardworking American.
MARTHA STEWART:
No one called me to warn me which way that chicken was going. I had a
standing order at the Farmer's Market to sell my eggs when the price
dropped to a certain level. No little bird gave me any insider information.
DR SEUSS:
Did the chicken cross the road? Did he cross it with a toad? Yes, the
chicken crossed the road, but why it crossed I've not been told.
ERNEST HEMINGWAY:
To die in the rain. Alone.
JERRY FALWELL:
Because the chicken was gay! Can't you people see the plain truth?'
That's why they call it the 'other side.' Yes, my friends, that chicken
is gay. And if you eat that chicken, you will become gay too. I say we
boycott all chickens until we sort out this abomination that the liberal
media white washes with seemingly harmless phrases like 'the other side.
That chicken should not be crossing the road. It's as plain and as
simple as that.
GRANDPA:
In my day we didn't ask why the chicken crossed the road. Somebody told
us the chicken crossed the road, and that was good enough.
BARBARA WALTERS:
Isn't that interesting? In a few moments, we will be listening to the
chicken tell, for the first time, the heart warming story of how it
experienced a serious case of molting, and went on to accomplish its
life long dream of crossing the road.
ARISTOTLE:
It is the nature of chickens to cross the road.
JOHN LENNON:
Imagine all the chickens in the world crossing roads together, in peace.
BILL GATES:
I have just released eChicken2007, which will not only cross roads, but
will lay eggs, file your important documents, and balance your check
book. Internet Explorer is an integral part of eChicken. This new
platform is much more stable and will never cra...#@&&^(C% .........
reboot.
ALBERT EINSTEIN:
Did the chicken really cross the road, or did the road move beneath the
chicken?
BILL CLINTON:
I did not cross the road with THAT chicken. What is your definition of
chicken?
ALGORE:
I invented the chicken!
COLONEL SANDERS:
Did I miss one?:
DICK CHENEY:
Where's my gun?
AL SHARPTON:
Why are all the chickens white? We need some black chickens.
Labels: humour
change
One of the things about life in the Bells household is that things change.
We were making plans to move to Leaskdale so we could provide support for Janice's mom. But this has been a rough winter on her. She's now had at least 3 pouts of pneumonia this winter [the last one was a different strain she caught in hospital]; as well as other medical conditions needing treatment. She has been in Uxbridge Cottage Hospital for the last week now.
As a result of this, in in consultation with her doctor, physiotherapist and other attending staff we have recognized that she cannot live alone. Our intent in moving to be with her was to provide support not have Janice become here full-time 24hour care giver. In fact, when we talked moving to Leaskdale, Janice's mom suggested she might be able to get a part time job in Uxbridge.
So the plan is for her to move into Butternut Manor early this week [as soon as her physical strength will allow her to]. As you can imagine, this will be a huge adjustment for her - and for the family.
Janice is up there Saturday through Wednesday this last week, and is up there this week until at least Thursday coordinating the move.
And because nothing is ever one thing at a time with the Bells - one of the students we had with us earlier this year is back today for a couple of week. This makes Joel the chief cook this week.
And as well, Janice and I are meeting with the leadership team from Orillia Community Church on Thursday evening about the next step(s) on that aspect of our journey.
We were making plans to move to Leaskdale so we could provide support for Janice's mom. But this has been a rough winter on her. She's now had at least 3 pouts of pneumonia this winter [the last one was a different strain she caught in hospital]; as well as other medical conditions needing treatment. She has been in Uxbridge Cottage Hospital for the last week now.
As a result of this, in in consultation with her doctor, physiotherapist and other attending staff we have recognized that she cannot live alone. Our intent in moving to be with her was to provide support not have Janice become here full-time 24hour care giver. In fact, when we talked moving to Leaskdale, Janice's mom suggested she might be able to get a part time job in Uxbridge.
So the plan is for her to move into Butternut Manor early this week [as soon as her physical strength will allow her to]. As you can imagine, this will be a huge adjustment for her - and for the family.
Janice is up there Saturday through Wednesday this last week, and is up there this week until at least Thursday coordinating the move.
And because nothing is ever one thing at a time with the Bells - one of the students we had with us earlier this year is back today for a couple of week. This makes Joel the chief cook this week.
And as well, Janice and I are meeting with the leadership team from Orillia Community Church on Thursday evening about the next step(s) on that aspect of our journey.
birds
We were down at Sparta on Thursday and popped into Winter Wheat. Mike came out and point out to us, just a few metres away a blue bird, a couple of red necked grosbeaks and some goldfinches. After a while an or
As I write this... a couple of gold finch sits on my deck railing... while I see at least a dozen Canada Geese on the school yard behind us.
As I write this... a couple of gold finch sits on my deck railing... while I see at least a dozen Canada Geese on the school yard behind us.
random 50
tomatoes
I love tomatoes right out of the garden... but this is a little over the top
fraggle rock - the movie
nadine blogs about this upcoming musical.
perfect balance
photos of the art of rock balancing.
Admit it... there's part of you that wants to knock these over.
no friends
This is what happens when you have no friends: you sit dead in front of TV for 42 years.
chart transposing tool
worship trench links to what looks like a cool tool change chords
I love tomatoes right out of the garden... but this is a little over the top
fraggle rock - the movienadine blogs about this upcoming musical.
perfect balance
photos of the art of rock balancing.
Admit it... there's part of you that wants to knock these over.
no friends
This is what happens when you have no friends: you sit dead in front of TV for 42 years.
chart transposing tool
worship trench links to what looks like a cool tool change chords
Labels: random
riding hard
Friday, May 16, 2008
I was out for the 2nd time this year on my bike. I planned on taking it nice and easy. But as I picked up speed coming through the round-about close to our house, and then went through the slight curve just ahead, I spotted someone on a bike about 150m ahead. Google hasn't updated the photography in this year in the last year - the roundabout is at the intersection of Beaver Creek & Laurelcreek.
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And so the push was on. I caught him. And of course I had to keep pushing hard to make sure I stayed well ahead of him. So much for the easy ride. But it felt pretty good.
I had my second physical check up in 5 years. The doc gave me a clean bill of health. I've now gone from 10 years between appointments to 5 years.
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And so the push was on. I caught him. And of course I had to keep pushing hard to make sure I stayed well ahead of him. So much for the easy ride. But it felt pretty good.
I had my second physical check up in 5 years. The doc gave me a clean bill of health. I've now gone from 10 years between appointments to 5 years.
bonhoeffer
Sunday, May 11, 2008
redemption junkie posted this, which he found in a comment on the Jesus Creed blog by John L:
In his Letters from Prison, Bonhoeffer shared something of great importance,
"I often ask myself why a 'Christian instinct' often draws me more to the religionless people than to the religious, but which I don’t in the least mean with any evangelizing intention, but, I might almost say, “in brotherhood.” While I’m often reluctant to mention God by name to religious people – because that name somehow seems to me here not to ring true, and I feel myself to be slightly dishonest (it’s particularly bad when others start to talk in religious jargon; I then dry up almost completely and feel awkward and uncomfortable) – to people with no religion I can on occasion mention him by name quite calmly and as a matter of course..."
Labels: quote
mother's day music satire
Saturday, May 10, 2008
This is wonderful
What would Mother’s Day be without some gentle musical satire?
Glad you asked.
Here’s a (mercifully brief) live performance recording of a “non-autobiographical cautionary tale” I wrote* a couple of years ago to mark the occasion (click the title to listen):A Mother’s Day Song
via craig hodgkins
Labels: music
vegetarian christmas
Friday, May 09, 2008
quote
Tuesday, May 06, 2008
It is not allowable to love the Creation according to the purposes one has for it, any more than it is allowable to love one’s neighbor in order to borrow his tools.via inward outwardWendell Berry: The Gift of Good Land
Labels: quote
4am
productivity or time wasters
Monday, May 05, 2008
Do sites like this really enhance productivity, or five us a valid reason to waste time as we pursue productivity?
top 100 productivity and lifehack blocks
32 crucial websites for internet freaks
top 100 productivity and lifehack blocks
32 crucial websites for internet freaks
black button
A short film by Lucas Crandles.
If you couldn't get caught, would you kill a stranger for $10 million?
evangelical outpost
If you couldn't get caught, would you kill a stranger for $10 million?
evangelical outpost
Labels: video
in my Father's house
Saturday, May 03, 2008
some good gospel blues
Could have been raised on the block,
and wandered near and far.
No matter where you come from,
No matter who you are.
Don't need no ID, don't need no membership card.
Don't you know you're always welcome in my Father's house.
**********
Could be a child of the streets, could be a rich man's son.
No matter what you're doing, no matter what you've done.
When you've got no place to hide, and no place left to run.
Don't you know, there's always shelter in my Father's house.
***********
When you're lonely and discouraged,and misery won't end.
When you need that helping hand,and no one wants to lend.
And when you're down on your knees,and praying for a friend.
Don't you know, you'll surely find one, in my Father's house.
***********
When you're mistreated in this world, like a stranger in a strange land.
And when the chains around your heart,are just to much to stand.
When heaven's just a word, and hell is close at hand.
Come lay your burden down child, in my Father's house.
(Eric Bibb)
and wandered near and far.
No matter where you come from,
No matter who you are.
Don't need no ID, don't need no membership card.
Don't you know you're always welcome in my Father's house.
**********
Could be a child of the streets, could be a rich man's son.
No matter what you're doing, no matter what you've done.
When you've got no place to hide, and no place left to run.
Don't you know, there's always shelter in my Father's house.
***********
When you're lonely and discouraged,and misery won't end.
When you need that helping hand,and no one wants to lend.
And when you're down on your knees,and praying for a friend.
Don't you know, you'll surely find one, in my Father's house.
***********
When you're mistreated in this world, like a stranger in a strange land.
And when the chains around your heart,are just to much to stand.
When heaven's just a word, and hell is close at hand.
Come lay your burden down child, in my Father's house.
(Eric Bibb)
random 49
tetris
my wife plays tetris... but not like this
source: tetris
bill gates is made of felt
this is an oldie
via mac user
mac mocking
here's a great ad
via chandoo
what leads to success?
a presentation at TEDS
via PowerPoint Without Bullet Points
my wife plays tetris... but not like this
source: tetris
bill gates is made of felt
this is an oldie
via mac user
mac mocking
here's a great ad
via chandoo
what leads to success?
a presentation at TEDS
via PowerPoint Without Bullet Points
Labels: random
10 Affirmations for the Permanently Crabby
From Ian's Messy Desk comes this wonderful list:
- As I let go of my feelings of guilt, I can get in touch with my Inner Sociopath.
- I assume full responsibility for my actions, except the ones that are someone else’s fault.
- I honour my personality flaws, for without them I would have no personality at all.
- I am grateful that I am not as judgmental as all those censorious, self-righteous people around me.
- I need not suffer in silence while I can still moan, whimper and complain.
- Today I will gladly share my experience and advice, for there are no sweeter words than “I told you so.”
- Becoming aware of my character defects leads me to the next step—blaming my parents.
- I can change any thought that hurts into a reality that hurts even more.
- Why should I waste my time reliving the past when I can spend it worrying about the future?
- I am willing to make the mistakes if someone else is willing to learn from them.
Labels: humour
thanks
Thanks to all the readers of this blog and my facebook page who wished me happy birthday last weekend
It's been a busy last week... with being out of town a fair bit... I haven't had time to post this last week.
It's been a busy last week... with being out of town a fair bit... I haven't had time to post this last week.
random 48
Monday, April 21, 2008
living in trees
via George Steinmetz has photos of the Korowai People in West Papua, Indonesia - these are a tree dwelling people.
he's dead, Jim
Every "He's dead, Jim" line from classic Star Trek.
Here's the link
via coudal.
indiana jones and the kingdom of the crystal skull
Coming May 22
The latest trailer.
The official site
summer must be here
It's roller coaster season. With a record-breaking height of 420-feet and record-breaking speed of 120 mph, Top Thrill Dragster delivers on its promise of thrilling riders this summer at Cedar Point, Ohio.
Check out more pictures here. The last one is why I don't do roller coasters.
becoming a better teacher
Check out this link on the frisch bowl.
argument to the 5th
via addison road
advertizing wars
bmw - audi - sabaru and bentley
via vidslib
via George Steinmetz has photos of the Korowai People in West Papua, Indonesia - these are a tree dwelling people.
he's dead, Jim
Every "He's dead, Jim" line from classic Star Trek.
Here's the link
via coudal.
indiana jones and the kingdom of the crystal skull
Coming May 22
The latest trailer.
The official site
summer must be here
It's roller coaster season. With a record-breaking height of 420-feet and record-breaking speed of 120 mph, Top Thrill Dragster delivers on its promise of thrilling riders this summer at Cedar Point, Ohio.
Check out more pictures here. The last one is why I don't do roller coasters.becoming a better teacher
Check out this link on the frisch bowl.
argument to the 5th
Sid Caesar and Nanette Fabray, from Caesar’s Hour, 1954. Remember, this was all done on live TV, without the benefit of edits or retakes.
via addison road
advertizing wars
bmw - audi - sabaru and bentley
via vidslib
