Entries from December 2008

December 31, 2008

Happy New Year!

I love this video from JibJab via YouTube. I think it sums up 2008 very well. I’ll be back to regular posts next week.

December 24, 2008

Merry Christmas

Merry Christmas to all of you and may all of your Christmases be filled with Peace, Love and Joy. Oh, and may they always be White, at least in your hearts.

December 21, 2008

Getting An 10 Year Old to Give Stuff Away

Continuing with the topic of “Simplify”, I want to tell you the story of how we got my 11 year old son in on the act. Justin’s picture from many years ago is the header picture for this blog. I put it there as a reminder to myself to remember the “Why” behind [...]

December 19, 2008

One of my Favorite Christmas Movies

One of my favorite Christmas movies is Scrooge.  This musical version of Dickens’ A Christmas Carol is generally panned by the critics, however I and my family LOVE this version.  Around Christmas time, we watch this and other movies of the season, but none of the others lifts us like this movie does.  After watching the [...]

December 17, 2008

Fred on the Economy

Regardless of your political views on the topic, Fred Thompson’s ability to poke fun AND make sense at the same time is impressive.

more about "Fred on the Economy", posted with vodpod

December 16, 2008

Getting Rid of the Junk!

In an earlier post, I wrote about my and my wife’s efforts to reduce the clutter, excess, and junk in the house.  We started with the clothes and moved on to the rest of the house.  Each of us had areas where we struggled with what to keep and what to remove.  For me, it was [...]

December 11, 2008

links for 2008-12-10

Signal Map – Find the best cell phone coverage in your area, or add your own cell phone signal to the map.
(tags: Cell Phone Signal)

December 10, 2008

Disney is MINE!!!!

I get to have Disney dedicated to me for a year!
Sun7News.com video

December 9, 2008

Car ad found online

I love this “ad.”  Found it via from !rcrowley  
(Pardon the language if you find it offensive, but I think it fits)
 
 
 
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December 9, 2008

links for 2008-12-08

How Children Cope With Failure
Great Article about how we set our Children up for failure by not allowing them to fail today
(tags: Children failure community tools)