At first glance, I missed the "ads by Google" label and saw the words and immediately this picture:
Yeah, that makes me want to go to those Loveland doctors with their friendly, convenient care!
Wednesday, July 25, 2012
Did I just read that?
This one was a winner. I don't think the doctors who paid to have their ads put up on sites meant it to come up like this.
At first glance, I missed the "ads by Google" label and saw the words and immediately this picture:
At first glance, I missed the "ads by Google" label and saw the words and immediately this picture:
Sunday, July 22, 2012
Did I just read that?
"OMG fire burns 1300 acres near Shivwits reservation near St. George"
Is that really the name of that fire? Best fire name ever. I think that's what I would say if I saw a fire burning 1300 acres.
I'll text it to you: OMG! Fire!
Friday, July 20, 2012
Did I just read that?
From the AP (no joke!): "3 LA-area homeless people found stabbed with notes"
That's some fancy origami that made it so they could be stabbed with notes instead of something a little sharper--like knives.
Sunday, July 15, 2012
Dear President Obama,
I realize that Tim didn't build the roads. And that the sound equipment guys contributed a LOT toward his career.
But the reality is, the roads and sound equipment would exist without Tim, but his business wouldn't. He did build it. It is his. And if it succeeds or fails, it does have a great deal to do with Tim.
Perhaps you should start a business before you try to talk about them.
Thanks,
Me
PS When you can do this, then we'll talk about whether or not you deserve credit (and Tim's pay) for whatever success he might have.
But the reality is, the roads and sound equipment would exist without Tim, but his business wouldn't. He did build it. It is his. And if it succeeds or fails, it does have a great deal to do with Tim.
Perhaps you should start a business before you try to talk about them.
Thanks,
Me
PS When you can do this, then we'll talk about whether or not you deserve credit (and Tim's pay) for whatever success he might have.
Saturday, July 14, 2012
Did I just read that?
"Worldwide, 2011 was the coolest year on record since 2008, yet temperatures remained above the 30 year average, according to the 2011 State of the Climate report released online today by NOAA. "
http://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2012/20120710_stateoftheclimatereport.html
Yup, you heard it from NOAA.gov: 2011 was the coolest year since 2008! Since three whole years before it. It wasn't even the coolest year in the last 5 years. Nice.
Monday, July 09, 2012
Another cute lie on a card
Oh, boy. This one shows up all over facebook in various forms, all on cute little quote cards: "Believe that everything happens for a reason." or "Everything happens for a reason."
I don't know who wrote that, or who is trying to promote it, but it's a big, fat, emotionally dangerous LIE.
Try telling that to a little girl whose dad molested her for years.
Try telling that to Elizabeth Smart, who was held captive as a sex slave to a mad man for 9 months when she was barely a teenager.
Try telling that to the mom whose daughter was kidnapped, raped, and murdered last month in Utah.
Try telling that to the mom who was 2 days shy of her baby's due date when her car was hit by a drunk driver on a suspended license--and it killed her baby.
Then look me in the eye and tell me why you think that lie is going to help ANYONE. The reason those things happened is another person made a very bad choice, and someone else suffered for it. That's the reason.
Sometimes things happen because there are truly wicked people in this world. Sometimes really good, innocent people suffer a lot for their whole lives because one selfish, wicked person did something bad to them. And sometimes someone else made a mistake that had really sad ripples. Sometimes good people do dumb things that end up hurting other people.
And it makes me sick to think that all those facebook posters are trying to tell them that happened for a reason (presumably that some higher power condones). The quote seems to imply that God is controlling all these things that happen, and He WANTED it to happen.
Sometimes, there are bad things that happen because someone else made a choice, and sometimes it's dumb luck, and sometimes there seems to be no reason, and wasting energy searching for the reason is a waste of time and emotion.
I wish people would stop saying that everything happens for a reason. It's not helpful.
Really, bad things happen. And it's a good thing Jesus came and can help us get through them without it destroying our whole lives.
I don't know who wrote that, or who is trying to promote it, but it's a big, fat, emotionally dangerous LIE.
Try telling that to a little girl whose dad molested her for years.
Try telling that to Elizabeth Smart, who was held captive as a sex slave to a mad man for 9 months when she was barely a teenager.
Try telling that to the mom whose daughter was kidnapped, raped, and murdered last month in Utah.
Try telling that to the mom who was 2 days shy of her baby's due date when her car was hit by a drunk driver on a suspended license--and it killed her baby.
Then look me in the eye and tell me why you think that lie is going to help ANYONE. The reason those things happened is another person made a very bad choice, and someone else suffered for it. That's the reason.
Sometimes things happen because there are truly wicked people in this world. Sometimes really good, innocent people suffer a lot for their whole lives because one selfish, wicked person did something bad to them. And sometimes someone else made a mistake that had really sad ripples. Sometimes good people do dumb things that end up hurting other people.
And it makes me sick to think that all those facebook posters are trying to tell them that happened for a reason (presumably that some higher power condones). The quote seems to imply that God is controlling all these things that happen, and He WANTED it to happen.
Sometimes, there are bad things that happen because someone else made a choice, and sometimes it's dumb luck, and sometimes there seems to be no reason, and wasting energy searching for the reason is a waste of time and emotion.
I wish people would stop saying that everything happens for a reason. It's not helpful.
Really, bad things happen. And it's a good thing Jesus came and can help us get through them without it destroying our whole lives.
Cute Lies on Cards
It's become a serious fad to post cute little sayings on virtual cards all over facebook.
They're driving me nuts!
Some are harmless. Some are actually nice (like quotes from the prophets that are encouraging).
Some of the most popular are downright lies.
Like this one: "At any given moment, you have the power to say: This is not how the story is going to end."
Yeah, right.
Really, the end of the story is when and how you die, right? How many of us get to choose that? Barring suicide, none.
But even if we take "the story" to mean not your entire life, but just a little section of it, it's a cruel thing to tell someone that they have control over all the outcomes in their lives. Moms don't really get to decide if their babies are born healthy and without disabilities. Cancer patients don't get to decide to be healthy. Some people work all their lives and never get a baby/spouse/job/miracle/whatever they're hoping and praying for.
Sometimes you get fired.
Sometimes you end up in a wheel chair.
Sometimes your kid does.
Sometimes people get raped or tortured.
Sometimes there's a giant wildfire and it burns your house to the ground.
Sometimes the drunk driver does hit your car, and all you saying "This is not how the story is going to end!!" won't stop that. Sometimes that IS the end, and you can't stop it. And if it's not the end, then saying that is stupid.
We can't control other people, and for all our fuzzy warm thoughts, and all of our independent spirits, and all our empowerment, other people's choices do have a major impact on our lives--and we can't change that.
And sure, you can say, "The story is not going to end here"--because if the story wasn't completely over, you do have to pick up and move on.
Really, in life, the choice is not how the story ends. The choice is how we react, what we choose, and sometimes how we're going to focus from here on out (NOT necessarily what happens to us next).
Every story, ultimately, ends in death. And that's how it's supposed to be. But we don't get to choose a great deal of the things that happen to us, and it's truly not helpful to people who are struggling when we lie to them and tell them they can.
Because the reality is, either this IS how the story is going to end and you have no choice over that, or you haven't reached the end yet and you don't know what's going to happen next, so you choose your own actions and pray for the best.
They're driving me nuts!
Some are harmless. Some are actually nice (like quotes from the prophets that are encouraging).
Some of the most popular are downright lies.
Like this one: "At any given moment, you have the power to say: This is not how the story is going to end."
Yeah, right.
Really, the end of the story is when and how you die, right? How many of us get to choose that? Barring suicide, none.
But even if we take "the story" to mean not your entire life, but just a little section of it, it's a cruel thing to tell someone that they have control over all the outcomes in their lives. Moms don't really get to decide if their babies are born healthy and without disabilities. Cancer patients don't get to decide to be healthy. Some people work all their lives and never get a baby/spouse/job/miracle/whatever they're hoping and praying for.
Sometimes you get fired.
Sometimes you end up in a wheel chair.
Sometimes your kid does.
Sometimes people get raped or tortured.
Sometimes there's a giant wildfire and it burns your house to the ground.
Sometimes the drunk driver does hit your car, and all you saying "This is not how the story is going to end!!" won't stop that. Sometimes that IS the end, and you can't stop it. And if it's not the end, then saying that is stupid.
We can't control other people, and for all our fuzzy warm thoughts, and all of our independent spirits, and all our empowerment, other people's choices do have a major impact on our lives--and we can't change that.
And sure, you can say, "The story is not going to end here"--because if the story wasn't completely over, you do have to pick up and move on.
Really, in life, the choice is not how the story ends. The choice is how we react, what we choose, and sometimes how we're going to focus from here on out (NOT necessarily what happens to us next).
Every story, ultimately, ends in death. And that's how it's supposed to be. But we don't get to choose a great deal of the things that happen to us, and it's truly not helpful to people who are struggling when we lie to them and tell them they can.
Because the reality is, either this IS how the story is going to end and you have no choice over that, or you haven't reached the end yet and you don't know what's going to happen next, so you choose your own actions and pray for the best.
Wednesday, July 04, 2012
Did I just read that?
"Hot dog eating face off set for Fourth" (This was the way the article headline was summarized on CNN.com's home page--the link takes you to a more accurate headline on the article itself).
Maybe I'm just really really tired, but when I read this, I started wondering whose face the hot dog was eating off, and why they scheduled it for the fourth?
But then again, the "fixes" you could apply don't help: "Hot dog-eating faceoff set for Fourth" isn't much better. Poor overheated canines!
Tuesday, July 03, 2012
Did I just read that?
"Missing 2-year-old boy found safe, fad arrested"
http://www.9news.com/news/world/275679/347/Boy-abducted-by-father-found-safe-in-semi?odyssey=obinsite
So it was a fad for 2 yo to go missing, but they stopped that fad. Good thing!
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