With the Olympics in full swing I got to thinking about some of the ridiculous events that they include for some unknown reason. Which got me to thinking about what I would replace them with.
First, here’s my list of the top three (in order) events I would can…
Ice Dancing…no explanation needed.
Men’s Figure Skating…not even gonna go there.
Curling…looks like fun to play, but in the Olympics??
And here’s what I would replace them with…
Snowball Fighting…both individual and team.
Snow Angel Making…would give some creative outlets.
Downhill Tubing…would be some awesome wipe-outs here!
How about you? What would you get rid of and what you you replace it with??
(BTW, if you’re reading this as a note on Facebook, come check out the real thing here).
There’s an old joke by Steven Wright that goes something like this: “Why do people drive on a parkway and park on a driveway?” While this is largely a question for English majors, it does beg a question that came up last night as we drove up to some friends’ house for dinner.
Why don’t people park in driveways? Why is it socially “taboo”?
Anita and I got in a little “discussion” about this as she parked on the street while there was a perfectly good parking spot on the driveway. And we have people over all the time…with a huge driveway…and they park on the street about 90% of the time.
Now, I can understand it if your car leaks oil like a sieve, but not many of the people I know anymore have cars that do that (we aren’t driving clunkers like we used to). I know our car doesn’t leak, but there we were parked on the street.
What gives? I don’t get it. Please…shed the light on my perplexity…and for goodness sakes, park on my driveway…
I got an email yesterday that is either funny or not funny at all…I am pretty sure that I am not the intended target market for this product.
Here’s the subject line of the email: “You may qualify for an electric wheelchair at little or no cost.”
Here’s the body of the email:
There are two things wrong with this ad:
I am not the right target market (at least I hope I’m not…maybe they know something I don’t know?). I have no idea how they got my email address…first time something like this has come to my inbox.
Ed McMahon passed away over a month ago (June 23rd to be exact). Is he really the spokesperson you want for the actual intended target market? you’d think you wouldn’t want that kind of reminder going out in your marketing campaign. I’m just sayin’.
This did serve as a reminder for me that we need to ensure that our message is reaching the intended market in a way that they will understand and relate to. Otherwise we simply miss the mark and go unheard..right into the recycle bin like this email is headed towards.
Someone sent me a link to a funny website a few weeks ago and I need to share. I actually visit this site first thing in the morning to get my day started at work on the right foot. The site is called:
People post family photos and candids and share awkward family stories. The photos are sometimes scary and often hilarious. We can all relate. We’ve all taken photos we wish had never been taken. We all have people in our families that look and act like these people. This is simply a reminder that we are part of one big happy family. We’re all a little weird. We’re all a little awkward. Welcome to the human race. Enjoy the website…
This past week has been insanely busy with the final weeks of school (I graduate on the 24th!), but there’s always some time for a little humor. I should be back at it in full force in June. Until then, here’s little something to keep you smiling:
This video stands on its own…there are no words. I put it here in celebration of the Nuggets (and a slight protest to my beloved Broncos). At worst this video will make you shake your head…
Last Saturday night Anita was taking the boys to my mom’s so that we could go on a date night. On the way there someone asks why we have church on Sunday (I assume because the next day was Sunday). Anita started to explain that we have church on Sunday because that’s the day Jesus rose from the grave on Easter.
She went on to explain that the women came to Jesus’ grave with spices on the Sunday after He had died on the cross and that’s when they found that the tomb was empty. And that’s when Kyle does what he often does—says something you never expect. It went something like this:
Anita: “The women went to the tomb with spices to put on Jesus.”
My intent is for the Journeyman Journal to be a repository of random thoughts and ideas—a place for me to share what God is doing in my life and have a place to sharpen the often wild and crazy ideas the Spirit lays on me. He’s got me on a grand journey and I’m along for the ride...wherever that takes me.
