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Random Words of Kindness Paying Forward :) Aug 14, 2006 8:58 am
Mood: beautiful, 992 Views
You know it is really weird but I was thinking about the movie Pay It Forward yesterday and how we could use that idea here on the blogs to make others feel really good about themselves and their lives.

Then wham, I read Cruiser's blog and what is she talking about but the movie Pay It Forward. That is spooky.

What is so weird is that this always happens to me or so it seems I'll be having a conversation with someone on IM and we'll both say the exact same thing at the exact same time. It's like our minds are in sync.

Well my main point is not to feel like I'm stealing Cruiser's thoughts on Pay It Forward but rather to start a Pay It Forward blog to let others know they are cared about or thought about in a positive way.

For those who don't know in the movie Pay It Forward a young man played by Haley Joel Osment starts a project for his 7th grade social studies teacher played by Kevin Spacey to try and make a difference in the world. The project is called, Pay it Forward. Paying it forward means you do something nice for someone else just to be kind. It's someone you don't even know. Instead of them paying you back for your act of kindness they do an act of kindness for someone else and then that person does an act of kindness for someone else and it keeps going.

I really liked the movie although it's sad. But what a great idea for blogsville. Say a blog for another blogger and then they will say one about someone else not the person who wrote something nice about them, someone else. How many pay it forward blogs can we get out of this?

So, when you do it, preface it with "Pay it Forward blog for......." and the name of the person. Then when they do theirs they'll do the same.

So I'll start this out, I'm going to pay it forward to my new friend Cruiser 387. You seem to be a very loving, caring, sensitive and bright person. I know you are going through a lot and are sad but you have an overwhelming gift of positivity and a great sense of humor. I am so glad that you have become a part of the FF blogs as well as a member of some of the same discussion groups I frequent. I already value your friendship. Thanks so much for helping me launch this idea. Now, go out and pay it forward to another lonely blogger out there that is hurting
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Woohahahahahahahahahahahahaha :) Aug 14, 2006 12:08 am
Mood: devious, 1070 Views
Ah my fellow T-League members, we could not have had it work out any better for us had we been given three wishes.

Without lifting a finger (or anything else) they have been assigned to come and get us instead. The Cheesecake Fairy has fallen into our cleverly laid trap.

Some of us even get two lovely Estrogen princesses to comfort us. So my fellow T-League members just remember to play along and you need not go to the bar looking for nice looking women for the Cheesecake Fairy is sending them right to your front doorstep. Make sure you've got out your fake remote controls so that you can hand them that when they seduce you. LOL!

Also wine and chocolate is a sure fired way to make them forget what they really came over for. Just remember T-Power gentleman. T-Power conquers all. Oh and just a friendly word of advice don't let them know we like this. Mum's the word .

And Rugged PLEASE put away that blow up doll, I don't think you'll be needing that. LOL! Just remember wine, chocolate and fake remote controls. You'll be fine. Trust me your fearless leader.

Oooooo and tonight's message is puss N Boots had a nasty furball. LMAO! Did everyone copy?
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Blog #400 is a Weekly Numerology :) Aug 13, 2006 12:19 pm
Mood: devious, 1014 Views
Well how appropo that my 400th blog here will be a numerology post too.

1-last weekend day here before school starts up.
2-More weekdays until school starts back up.
3-Ladies that I like a lot right now and also like me.
4-the number of hours I have to work today. Grrr
5-the latest I'll probably go in today if not before.
6-Number of songs I sang at karaoke on Friday.
7-Number of people I think I IMed yesterday.
8-August is the 8th month.
9-Time I got up this morning
10-Approximate number of months of school ahead.
11-Number of members in my Fantasy Book and Movie Discussion group here on FF.
39-My current ranking on the most viewed male member list on the friend network side of FF, go Lisa, go Lisa, go Lisa
117-Current population of Spudville, Idaho after a nest of squirrels was discovered at the company picnic in the park yesterday. LOL
201-Number of members of my Omaha Friends Part II 2006 discussion group as of today.
312-Number of members on my Omaha Friends Regional group which is now in its third week of not working. grrrrrrrrr
400-# of blogs counting this one that I've written in just over a year.
1,548-# of blog comments in a little over a year on FF.
2,751-# of views by people putting me just behind person #38 on the Most Popular Male Members list on the friend network side of FF. Go Lisa, go Lisa, go Lisa LOL!
29,221-# of posts I've made to the various FF discussion groups since Feb. 2004. Still not the leader though LOL
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An Ode to Some Ordinary Numbers. Aug 12, 2006 8:02 pm
Mood: nostalgic, 1127 Views
Just ordinary numbers to most people, 8, 12, 28, 78.
Not ordinary to me for on 8/12/78 I was married to the love of my life. Her name is Andrea. She has lovely auburn hair (still) flashing green eyes and a temper to match .

Our wedding is emblazoned in my memory forever. She wore a lovely dress and a matching hat with flowers on it. Her bridesmaid wore robin's egg blue and my brother was my best man. Our tuxes were a beige color. Probably have only worn a tux one time since then. I still remember the music because the church wouldn't allow the typical wedding processional and recessional and so we picked classical music and not the typical "Here Comes the Bride" funeral dirge or the "Wedding Recessional" which was actually music written for the Shakespeare play, A Midsummer Night's Dream by Mendohlson.

It was in Lincoln. I still remember the minister's name was Stillwell. Amazing to me that it's 28 years ago to this day exactly. A lovely Saturday morning. My friends soaped up the car windows of my Pontiac LeMans and also pulled out a spark plug wire which caused the darn thing to backfire all the way back to her apartment after the reception.

The next day we honeymooned for a week in Minnesota on my favorite lake. Haven't been there for awhile, I'm almost afraid to because of the rush of emotions and memories I'm likely to feel if I do.

The week after I got back from my honeymoon I started my first fulltime teaching job up here in the Omaha area.

8/12/78-One of the most important days of my life, my wife, the mother of my child, a person that I can never forget even if I wanted to.

28 years, I took her out to dinner tonight. She would love me to mention her in my blog in a tribute so this is a tribute to her, my ode to the woman I've spent more than half my life with.

Probably never an ordinary marriage but certainly the numbers seem ordinary to an outsider.

That's my ode, and I'm sticking to it. No explanations, no complaints just a kind ode to a special person and of course some seemingly ordinary numbers.
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Casper Sighting :) Aug 11, 2006 1:36 pm
Mood: devious, 931 Views
One Adam 12, Great White Whale seen in central Omaha, please investigate.

This is one Adam 12, that's a negative on Moby dick it was in fact Casper the Friendly Ghost, over. LOL!

Hahaha as I smeared coppertone on myself I was thinking of how white I look especially this late into the Summer. Nevertheless I ventured out today for what may or may not be the last refreshing swim of the summer at the pool that sits some fifty feet to my right as I type this.

It is not exceedingly hot today here in the big O but it is warm and sunny. Well just waiting to go to work here and then to karaoke.

Hmmmm do you think my tan looks good or am I too pale? hehehe
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Blog Ethics? Aug 10, 2006 10:52 am
Mood: disappointed, 1178 Views
Hmmmm, are there any rules or standards for blogging? Probably not "official" rules but are there unwritten rules? Some "code of conduct" we're supposed to be following? I think that officially about the only true restrictions are those put here by FF such as not advertising products or personal services, not directing people to other sites, not giving away personal contact information and not mentioning the dreaded "Y" site.

I'm sure that we can't break any laws without having some repurcussions but I'm not talking so much about rules and regulations as I am talking about doing the proper and right thing on blogs.

Perhaps I'm confusing someone but it's kind of like the difference between lying and breaking the law. Both are wrong but one carries a punishment if caught and the other is just wrong because it's unethical.

Ethics have to do with doing something because it's the right or proper thing to do not because there's a penalty attached to getting caught.

In the last few months a few people here on the blogs have done things which I find unethical although certainly not illegal. What I mean is that they have done something that I think is not right.

In two cases at least they published the personal IM or e-mail conversations of people they were upset with apparently to make a point of some kind about these people being jerks. They not only included the direct messages from the person but also their personal handle so that people could identify them and presumably tell them off for being jerks.

Now I will not disagree that the two men in question were probably being jerks but something about seeing their private conversations cut and pasted to a blog seemed unethical to me.

My first thought when seeing that was, "Hmmm, I don't think I ever want to IM those ladies because if they get mad, they'll paste my private IM's to them on their blogs."

Maybe I'm in the minority but I think that people's private behavior and comments should be considered dirty laundry and should be maybe kept private. The exception to me would be threatening stuff or illegal stuff that should be reported to the authorities but still doesn't really belong on a public blog to humiliate the person.

I feel bad for these ladies that they hooked up with drippy guys but why are they having long IM conversations with these men in the first place if they hate them enough to expose what crumbs they are on their blog?

Okay well if you disagree please don't savage me for expressing my opinion. It just troubles me to see people quoting things said privately. Would you want someone to do that to you? Would you want anything you said to someone in an IM being potential blog material if they turned on you? Next time you get upset can you think of a better way to express your anger than to resort to quoting their private conversations with you?

I see other things that bother me here too. People posting 25 blogs in a row and trying to crowd everybody else out. This is usually a mistake made by new people before they've learned the proper etiquette of blogging.

I also see people being rude or mean to others on their blogs. If a person comes here tries to write something and someone rips them apart it is devastating. Not all of us write like Keats or Burns. I think sometimes we jump on people and make them feel bad and then we wonder why they leave and never return.

I would like to see FF blogs be a kinder, gentler and much more sympathetic and ethical place. I hope I haven't offended someone by even posting this blog.
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Hmmm Humpday Reflections :) Aug 9, 2006 2:46 pm
Mood: contemplative, 923 Views
Well it's already Wednesday. Thought I'd just reflect a little bit on things on this the last Wednesday before I have to go back to school for pre-year workshops and meetings.

The Summer-Pretty nice Summer, managed to take a short but fun trip out to the Rockies last week. Did the economy route and managed to not spend a fortune and still see some scenery and have some fun. Still don't feel ready for the school year to start up. This Summer seems to have flown by. The early part of the Summer I spent quite a bit of time hanging out with my son. We went karaoking together several times and also made it down to the College World Series. We watched some movies together and were considering travellig together until he decided he had to get out of here and moved to St. Louis to try to get serious about job searching and life in general. It's been hot and dry around here. Usually we've gotten good amounts of rain in June but this year we didn't get that either. Biggest event of the summer for me was settling into my new place which I really do like a lot.

Life-Feeling fairly happy right now with the old life. Wish I was still as young as I feel but I can only act that age not make myself that age. I have to admit a fear of growing older and being forgotten about or uncared about. I also have fears of seeing life pass me by and not being a part of the fun side of it sometimes. I've pretty much decided that life still holds a lot of fun and adventure in store for me and I'm going to at least do all I can do to enjoy it as much as possible so I don't get to the end of it and feel like I wasted a lot of time and it's too late anymore to do anything about it. Important people that I care a great deal about continue to hold vast influence on my life.

Feelings-I guess the best word to describe my feelings is to say tumultuous. I go through swings in my feelings. Sometimes I feel sad about mistakes I made or things I may have said or done that came out wrong. I have such a love for life and so much want love and attention from others that this overwhelming need to be loved and to receive attention seems to trump everything else. Still I look at my life as a whole and not in happy or unhappy segments. My life as a whole has been a wonderful life filled mostly with love, humor and happiness. Everyone that I've had the privilege of loving remains a treasure to me regardless of whether I am with them in body and/or spirit anymore. I can no more cast aside my feelings for these special people than I could decide to just remove my heart and soul.
Still the future is frightening to me and I must say I feel the ticking clock a lot more at 51 than I ever thought I would even at 48 or 49. Still I remain the eternal optimist that things will work out for the best in the long run and that turning back and reflecting on past unhappiness or dissatisfaction is a dead end road that serves no useful purpose and only brings me down or makes me second guess myself.

There is no point in doing second guessing. We pick the paths we think are the best for ourselves at the time. We can either accept that and travel them dealing with whatever comes our way on that journey or whine and moan about what we might have done instead. One of my favorite lines that kind of reflects my feelings comes from Sound of Music. "When God closes one door, he opens another." So true. Rather than dwelling on my mistakes or the mistakes of others I love I just accept the fact that there is a reason why when some doors close even painfully that new ones open with fresh exciting opportunities behind them.

Career-Hmmm I'm happier right now in my chosen profession than I've been in over a decade. Choosing to become a special education teacher was a god-send for me. It taught me almost as much about myself and my own weaknesses as a person than it did about the students I work with. This coming school year will be a big challenge because they have me assigned to teach a new subject that I've not really taught and we're switching our school day to what is called a 4x4 block. Basically we will have only 4 classes each day, really 3 because one is a plan. Each block is 90 minutes long. This means that things that worked in a 45 minute long period might not work nearly as well in a 90 minute long period. Although we've had a year to prepare for it, there are some of my colleagues who would need a lifetime and they still would do terrible in this type of setting.
At the end of this year I will be officially tenured which means I will have bit more job security, not that I'm too worried as a special education teacher anyway.

Most school districts are so desperate for special education teachers that a pulse is the main job requirement. LOL!
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T-League Members, Do You Copy? :) Aug 7, 2006 8:26 am
Mood: devious, 1059 Views
Okay good news in our plan to testosterize this place. OD has the Fairy under control, I'm letting the Robot neutralize the Terminator, Bubbles tied herself to the chair with her own whip so we can get to her later.

I of course am managing to deal with all the others who just won't leave me alone. LOL!

We still need Jake, Clarry and any other sensible T-oriented male to join our vast underground network, where we shall continue to rule the world in secret so as not to be hassled. LMAO!

Remember George Jefferson moved on up, and frost often stays on the pumpkins until mid November. I THINK you all get my meaning here.
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Fun Saturday, Boring Sunday. Aug 6, 2006 10:17 pm
Mood: cheerful, 899 Views
Hmmm well today (Sunday) has been kind of a boring, catch up day. I had to go grocery shopping, do laundry and get things put away that hadn't yet gotten put away from my trip and from the afforementioned grocery shopping and laundry.

Did some chatting online but that's about all I got done today.

Now last night was another matter entirely. My first cousin and his wife decided to organize a family reunion. It had been planned for about a month and I like to get to these because now days I don't see my cousins, aunts or uncles much unless someone dies and I don't like only socializing at funerals. What's more the shindig was held only about two miles from my home.

I'm still really on vacation and decided to just take the whole week off since what the heck it's the only week I'll get off the rest of the year.

The get together started at 6:30 and of course my initial intention was to make the obligatory appearance and then take off, but I had so much fun laughing and joking around that I ended up staying until almost 10:00 PM.

I spent most of the night trading hilariously funny stories about camping trips to places like Yellowstone, Estes Park and the mountains. My first cousin's husband was telling me some of his hilarious antics from his trips. Then my nephew joined in and we got on comedy and Monty Python. I just can't remember laughing so hard in a long long time.

So in all Saturday was a blast and today was kind of a bore.
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Getting to Know Me. :) Aug 5, 2006 2:36 pm
Mood: cheerful, 950 Views
Favorite things to do
1. Chat online with others.
2. Travel
3. Play games that are fun or challenging

Wackiest things I have done
1. Tried clinging branch to branch from a tree and fell out of it.
2. Went waterskiing and didn't fall down.
3. Went snowskiing one time.

Jobs I have held
1. Assistant Manager for a movie theater
2. Supervisor for Census 2000
3. Lifetime educator.

Favorite things about my body
1. My Blue Eyes
2. My smile
3. My rosy cheeks

Least Favorite things about my body
1. My nose
2. Not enough hair on my head.
3. Like to be a little taller.

Things I Love but Suck at
1. Darts
2. Basketball
3. Dancing

Things that scare me
1. Dentists X10
2. Did I say Dentists? Oh okay well Spiders
3. Getting older

Things about me that irritate my family
1. Hmmm not really relevant right now, but I guess I'll say maybe a touch of laziness.
2. Somewhat of a pack rat and disorganized.
3. General dislike of boring housework and chores.

My TO DO List: (so many, so little time)
1. Go to Europe some day.
2. Go to the Philippines someday.
3. Find complete and total love again someday.

Favorite Movies
1. Tootsie
2. Blazing Saddles
3. Liar Liar

Things that irritate me
1. Females who are passive aggressive.
2. Backstabbing, gossip and cattiness.
3. Mean and nasty people.

Two of my favorite quotes

"You are a great lover." "That's because I practice a lot when I'm alone." from Woody Allen.

"I really LOVE you Dorothy. But I can't LOVE you." from Tootsie.
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