Pet Peeve #0002

People who talk loud on their cell phones in places like Borders, the library or any other place where the majority of people are trying to focus, study or read.

the church

Erwin McManus (pastor of Mosaic in Los Angeles) says:

"We somehow think that the Church is here for us;
we forget that we are the Church,
and we're here for the world"

Source - Churches of Christ in Victoria and Tasmania Future Directions Newsletter - July 2004.

(Thanks signposts)

Don Corleone Dead at 80

Favorite quote from Marlon Brando (a.k.a. Don Corleone) in the Godfather:

What have I ever done to make you treat me so disrespectfully? If you'd come to me in friendship, then this scum that ruined your daughter would be suffering this very day. And if by chance an honest man like yourself should make enemies, then they would become my enemies. And then they would fear you.

Brando died today at his home in California. He was 80 years old.

More about Marlon Brando here.

Gmail

I've been given a couple more invites to Gmail. I'll shoot the invites off to the first two people who email me at: happyweeble (at) hotmail.com.

Eat Shrimp, Go to Hell

I guess God is pretty pissed at shrimp right now.

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p.s. This just in... He also hates FIGS.

Microsoft Evangelist Visits Fellowship Church

Robert Scoble works at Microsoft as an (corporate) evangelist on the Windows team. He recently visited Fellowship Church (Ed Young, Jr.) in Dallas and wrote about his experience on his blog. You can read it here.

Bumber Sticker

This one was a hard picture to take cruising down the tollway today, but I had to share the moment with you. In case you can't read it, it says, "Grandparents do it - BELIEVE IT OR NOT!"

It wasn't so bad until I passed the guy and saw what he looked like. (Sometimes I hate mental pictures...)

Real World Needs to Get Real

I used to be a big "Real World" fan until a couple of years ago when it began going downhill big time.

For 12 years now, Real World has dominated the television sets of 20 & 30 somethings. The very first season took place in NYC and the cast was great - probably because they had no idea what they were getting themselves into. (The 3rd season in San Francisco was good too...) Now the show has turned to mush and it's about as fun to watch as an episode of the Jerry Springer show.

Gael Fashingbauer Cooper from MSNBC has written a good analysis as to why the show has lost its touch.

(A cool link - a website about the houses the casts lived in.)

(Thanks Gothamist)

Steppenwolf Theatre

In the last 30 years or so, the Steppenwolf Theatre has become a Chicago landmark to thousands of theatre goers. Steppenwolf Theatre Company’s mission is "to produce world class theater based on the principles of ensemble performance that showcases the work of the finest actors, directors, and playwrights."

Some of their well known ensemble members include: John Malkovich, John Mahoney (Frasier), Laurie Metcalf (Roseanne), and Gary Sinise (also a co-founder of Steppenwolf).

You can learn more about The Steppenwolf here.

(picture taken 6/27)

Czech Company Creates Pot-Flavored Vodka

As if it doesn't taste bad enough without the pot flavoring...

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Pet Peeve #0001

I've decided to add a new feature to my blog. Whenever I discover or recall a pet peeve I am going to post it (unless one of you are my pet peeve and then I will be sure to keep it to myself...).

Pet Peeve #0001:

People who don't flush the toilet in public restrooms. (My daughter is 4 and she sometimes forgets - but only about 5% of the time. You non-flushers have no excuse.)

eastmountainsouth

Shouts out to Lani & Erika for pointing me to eastmountainsouth. Check their site out (great performance on Conan...). Sort of indy, acoustic, folksy type music.

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Gmail

I've just been given 2 more Gmail accounts. If anyone wants one of them shoot me an email at: happyweeble (at) hotmail.com. The first 2 people to request one will be sent an email from me w/ instructions on how to obtain your address.

Gmail is a free email service available right now only via special invite through Google. You will get 1000MB (1GB) of free storage and since it's brand new you can probably still get the name you want. (But please only request the invite if you plan on using it...).

Worst Job

What was the worst job you've ever had?

Mine was probably selling cars in the middle of winter in Minnesota. That was absolutely the worst thing imagineable.

For one, in the middle of winter we would literally go days without selling any cars. Plus, every time that it snowed we would have to get out on the car lot, sweep the snow off the cars (hundreds of cars I might add...), and then move the cars around while our manager stayed warm and listened to some good rock and roll in his heated plow truck.

By the end of the day we would be miserable. Wet from being outside, bodies aching, etc... And then we would finally go home and wake up the next day to another snow storm to again repeat it all over again. It was like a bad dream. And calling in sick to avoid the plow days? SIN. Mortal sin. I'm talking bobsled to hell sin.

And on top of all of that - we were making very little money.

What was your worst job? (Maybe your current one...?)

Tradition!

Seth Godin has a great post today about tradition and how it tends to effect our everyday decisions. Definitely worth a quick read...

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