Lifetimes

There's just not enough life in our lifetime. 

I've come to the conclusion I'll never live long enough to do everything I want. There isn't enough time. Maybe if I lived to be 200 years old with relatively good health I may accomplish most of my goals. That's probably not realistic. I wish my body didn't need sleep. I could be much more productive. I want to learn languages, learn to play many more instruments, study history, study physics, build a house, build a car, raise a family, do the splits. I can work towards all those goals but I'll never cross the desired finish line for many of them. It's an issue of time. Life's too short.

Hello

Way back in the day, when I used to play guitar at church, I would take the hymns we were practicing and change the music. It's amazing to see how versatile some of these 300 year old lyrics really are. I'd change them up into country, jazz, and rock.  One of my favourites was turning Blessed Assurance into a 90's hip hop rap. Just imagine it.

Anyway, I came across Leo who does something similar with current songs. Here's Adele's Hello. I think it's better than the original.

Solstice

It's my favourite time of the year. The shortest day of the year. Once again, every day for the next 6 months is going to be a little longer, a little brighter, than the day before. We made it.

OK GO! Does It Again

Epic Wedding

Well, I'm married now.

That's me beside the girl in the white dress.

I'm still busy, but in different ways. I won't write a lot about marriage, or my wife, at this time. I'm still figuring things out. Different responsibilities, different busy-ness. But it's all good. I'm away from home doing some training for my new job, and with not much to do in my off time I thought I'd put this picture up for you to admire.

Thunderstruck

Sometimes a classic transcends all boundaries.

The Pickle Jar

Sleep

I used to think that time was the only commodity of which you couldn't get more. I'm adding sleep to the list.

Randoms

The days are noticeably longer now. Last week it seemed like it was always dark. This week I lost track of time because it is so bright late in the day. It makes me happy.

Here's a good song to start your weekend:

My dad's picking up his Christmas present on Monday:

Someone at work mistook me for 27 years old.
Someone at work thought I was married with kids.
I wonder if that's the "vibe" I put out.


I've got  invisible braces:

I'm going to New York in a couple months:

I manage a regional airline's scheduled flight service. Here's an email I received recently:

Thanks. I have wanted to send a note to your office to express how impressed I was with my flight to ________. From the minute I came through the door and checked in for the flight the service was friendly and amazing, I have been talking you up in our office and will definitely be using your serve more often now....

You guys should be doing training sessions for the big airlines...

Sincerely

__________

Investment Advisor
__________ Securities

I get emails like this from our customers on a regular basis.


This is the most recent song I've learned on guitar:

That's it for now.

Proverbs XIX

There's a lesson in there somewhere.

"That's The Way It's Supposed To Be" or "That's The Way It's Always Been"

The family was gathered for Easter dinner. The youngest newly married daughter was preparing her first family dinner. As she was about to put the large ham in the oven to begin baking, her mother stopped her and said "You have to cut three inches off the ham before you bake it." 

Puzzled, the daughter asked her mother why? 

"Because that's the way my mother taught me to do it," said the mother. 

Still puzzled, the daughter went to find her grandmother. 

"Nana," she asked, "Mom says you have to cut 3 inches off of the ham before putting it in the oven to bake. Why?" 

"Well, that's how my mother taught me to do it, and it's the way I've always done it," replied the grandmother. 

Well, the daughter's husband had heard all of this and he wanted to get to the bottom of the mystery. He went into the living room where the family was gathered around great grandmother. 

"Nona," he asked, "Grandma says you taught her to cut 3 inches off of the ham before putting it in the over. I'm puzzled. Why is that necessary?" 

"Well, dear, when I was a new bride, just starting out, I baked my first ham for Easter dinner. The ham was 18 inches long. The largest roasting pan I had was 15 inches long, so I had to cut three inches off of the ham to make it fit the pan."

Not To Brag...

...But here's an email I received from one of my employees today.

You rock.

Thanks boss!

See you tomorrow.

300

How is it August already?

Yeesh!

Ok. This is post number 300! Celebrate good times, come on. It's a celebration. I had planned to write some epic and memorable post when I hit 300. Of course, there have been about 10 posts over the years that I have actually taken down or deleted, so this is probably closer to 310. Regardless, this is the 300th post to make it online and stay.

Let's see... What should I talk about?

I honestly don't know. I've been so busy with so many things I just felt like writing a post when I found a few moments of peace and quiet.

Oh, I went to Ohio last week. I did some stuff...

I went to a bridge opening. It's as exciting as it sounds.

I went to a play in the park. It was really good. I had a much better than anticipated time.

And I woke up at 4am this morning to go flying.

So, that's my Summer. And it's almost half over. :(

Well, I need to go check some more things off my To Do list.
-Fix Car
-Get rid of old appliances
-Renovate a rental property
-Finish renovating another rental property
-Sleep

Shoes

Seriously, what is it with women and shoes?

I will never understand, but I can observe. There's the old adage that babies and puppies attract women. That may be true. I can't say for sure, seeing as I don't have either, but women seem to be far more attracted to shoes than the other two combined. After receiving yet another compliment from a single women on my choice of shoes I have decided to use my power of the shoe carefully. With great power comes great responsibility.

Who Reads My Thoughts

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Modern Worship Music

OK,

This will be my last post on why I dislike most "Christian" music (worship songs in particular).

I'll begin by saying that I don't hate all "Christian" music or worship music, just half of it. Admit it, you know every other song is pretty much identical. Same progression, timing, words, "feeling". Ugh. Apparently I'm not the only one who's thought this.

I apologize if the following video offends anyone. (But it's true.)

You can listen to the whole song by clicking here (if you really want to).

Now compare that to some of the "classics".

School's Out For Summer

I was recently directed to an interesting partnership between a church that belongs to the denomination I grew up in and Alice Cooper.

Here's the video...

Learning

I like to learn new things.

I've been on a fairly intensive learning spree the last 6 months or so. I've discovered things I never knew about things I never knew about. I've also discovered new things about my self. I've learned new skills and am about to learn more new skills. I'm excited. Next month is going to be a month of self discovery. I can't wait.

It's good to learn. It's good to acquire new skills. It's good to grow.

I may disappear from the interweb for a while but I'll be back eventually.
(There may be some sporadic posting)

When I return I'll be better than ever.

Understanding Introverts

Merry Christmas

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