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Posted by Wayne to Stone Bridge: Fotos at 3/25/2006 07:23:00 AM
Saturday, March 25, 2006
[Stone Bridge: Fotos] Albino Alligator
It's been a pretty uneventful Spring Break around here. We're still trying to rustle up some work, and money's still tight. We've gone to the zoo a couple of times and had some picnics and generally just tried to have fun for free. Here are some pics:
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Posted by Wayne to Stone Bridge: Fotos at 3/25/2006 07:23:00 AM
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Posted by Wayne to Stone Bridge: Fotos at 3/25/2006 07:23:00 AM
Wednesday, March 22, 2006
[Stone Bridge: Spam Title Haiku] Mo Better Haiku
What is "qimpunity" anyway?
But brain qimpunity
Make disappear the we ight
Heya long time
Yet another brilliant ED medication spam:
"Is your dimension bringing you dishearened."
And this? Who knows?
" Fw: hmrpoiynn"
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Posted by Wayne to Stone Bridge: Spam Title Haiku at 3/22/2006 11:10:00 AM
But brain qimpunity
Make disappear the we ight
Heya long time
Yet another brilliant ED medication spam:
"Is your dimension bringing you dishearened."
And this? Who knows?
" Fw: hmrpoiynn"
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Posted by Wayne to Stone Bridge: Spam Title Haiku at 3/22/2006 11:10:00 AM
Tuesday, March 21, 2006
[Stone Bridge: Fustian] Some Say There's No Such Thing as Luck
I know as a Christian, I'm not supposed to believe in luck. I'm supposed to believe that we are broken people living in a broken world where God's laws still reign. Therefore, you make a stupid decision, chances are it will have negative results. If you're a generous person, you are rewarded, and so on.
What we define as luck can be described thusly: when someone who doesn't deserve good things to happen to them yet they happen anyway, we call it good luck. When someone who we feel deserves good things seems to only have bad things happen to them, we call it bad luck. And the way we define one's deservedness falls along these lines: we deserve good things, others don't.
Okay, we sometimes broaden those definitions to suit our own emotional needs. Those friends and family with whom we are closest deserve good things. Because they are the most likely to give us stuff. We also make exemptions for those who are so blatantly kind and good that we can't convince ourselves that we are better than them. Secretly, however, we resent them for ignoring the very obvious messages within our culture that teach us to be selfish. I mean, come on, don't these selfless do-gooders ever watch TV?
The ones that really get under my skin are the people who I genuinely like who seem to have an abundance of good luck. I have a friend who is good-looking, has a very pretty wife, a litter of pretty kids and is successful in business. Recently, he registered to win tickets to the Peach Bowl. He won. Then he went to the game and won a car! I couldn't win a broken leg in room of double amputees!
Basically, that's what this is about. I am bad luck. I lease an edit system that costs over 60 grand, and Apple announces software that will do the same thing for less than twenty only two months later. I use my house to take out an SBA loan and then start working so much that I have to move closer to my office. But I can't sell the house because of the loan! So I rent the house. Three years later, my tenants flood the basement, leave the house and don't tell us for two months. The result: a foreclosure because the mortgage company wouldn't allow us to defer the mortgage in order to make repairs.
This year has been a prime example. We get an unexpected check from our insurance coverage, and later that day we lose a job worth 12 times as much. We have a productive meeting about work, and within days Kelli's bluetooth headset dies, our iBook takes a nosedive and the computer we get to replace it is a lemon. So, that's it! I'm swearing off luck.
Say it with me: there's no such thing as luck. Luck does not exist. Doesn't that feel better? Don't you feel more liberated to live your life? I know I do. Bad things happen to me not because of random chance, but because I'm a selfish idiot. Yeah, I feel free. My problem is not bad luck, but the fact that I'm unlikable and I make terrible business and life decisions. Wow, that feels great. Now excuse me while I go see if I can have the good luck of tripping and falling into a noose.
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Posted by Wayne to Stone Bridge: Fustian at 3/21/2006 03:23:00 PM
What we define as luck can be described thusly: when someone who doesn't deserve good things to happen to them yet they happen anyway, we call it good luck. When someone who we feel deserves good things seems to only have bad things happen to them, we call it bad luck. And the way we define one's deservedness falls along these lines: we deserve good things, others don't.
Okay, we sometimes broaden those definitions to suit our own emotional needs. Those friends and family with whom we are closest deserve good things. Because they are the most likely to give us stuff. We also make exemptions for those who are so blatantly kind and good that we can't convince ourselves that we are better than them. Secretly, however, we resent them for ignoring the very obvious messages within our culture that teach us to be selfish. I mean, come on, don't these selfless do-gooders ever watch TV?
The ones that really get under my skin are the people who I genuinely like who seem to have an abundance of good luck. I have a friend who is good-looking, has a very pretty wife, a litter of pretty kids and is successful in business. Recently, he registered to win tickets to the Peach Bowl. He won. Then he went to the game and won a car! I couldn't win a broken leg in room of double amputees!
Basically, that's what this is about. I am bad luck. I lease an edit system that costs over 60 grand, and Apple announces software that will do the same thing for less than twenty only two months later. I use my house to take out an SBA loan and then start working so much that I have to move closer to my office. But I can't sell the house because of the loan! So I rent the house. Three years later, my tenants flood the basement, leave the house and don't tell us for two months. The result: a foreclosure because the mortgage company wouldn't allow us to defer the mortgage in order to make repairs.
This year has been a prime example. We get an unexpected check from our insurance coverage, and later that day we lose a job worth 12 times as much. We have a productive meeting about work, and within days Kelli's bluetooth headset dies, our iBook takes a nosedive and the computer we get to replace it is a lemon. So, that's it! I'm swearing off luck.
Say it with me: there's no such thing as luck. Luck does not exist. Doesn't that feel better? Don't you feel more liberated to live your life? I know I do. Bad things happen to me not because of random chance, but because I'm a selfish idiot. Yeah, I feel free. My problem is not bad luck, but the fact that I'm unlikable and I make terrible business and life decisions. Wow, that feels great. Now excuse me while I go see if I can have the good luck of tripping and falling into a noose.
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Posted by Wayne to Stone Bridge: Fustian at 3/21/2006 03:23:00 PM
Monday, March 20, 2006
[Stone Bridge: Fun] Hey, I have my own blog!
You know, it's been a bit of while since I did this blogging thing, but I promise, on the life of my iBook G4, that I will do a whole buttload of blogging this week. Of course, the iBook is already dead...
So, I'm typing this on my fancy new MacBook Pro, replete with Intel processor. There seems to be some kind of bug with the battery , which isn't charging. I read that a very few people are experiencing this problem. Of course, I had to be one. I'll call tech support tomorrow about that.
Otherwise, very cool computer! Backlit keyboard, widescreen, seemingly indestructible frame, very light, very thin and, ahem, very expensive. For those who've kept up with our life lately, you know that money has been tight. However, we really couldn't exist without a functioning laptop. Unfortunately, I had to do something I swore I would never do again -- use a credit card. Oh well, so much for my personal convictions...
Another very cool feature of the MacBook? Built-in iSight camera. I've been playing around with a little program called Photo Booth. I hope these are just effects in the program; otherwise, I've got to consider giving up my personal conviction against cosmetic surgery:
This one must be a product of the Disney-Pixar merger, because it looks like the bastard child of Steve Jobs and the baby alien in Chicken Little:
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Posted by Wayne to Stone Bridge: Fun at 3/20/2006 08:49:00 PM
So, I'm typing this on my fancy new MacBook Pro, replete with Intel processor. There seems to be some kind of bug with the battery , which isn't charging. I read that a very few people are experiencing this problem. Of course, I had to be one. I'll call tech support tomorrow about that.
Otherwise, very cool computer! Backlit keyboard, widescreen, seemingly indestructible frame, very light, very thin and, ahem, very expensive. For those who've kept up with our life lately, you know that money has been tight. However, we really couldn't exist without a functioning laptop. Unfortunately, I had to do something I swore I would never do again -- use a credit card. Oh well, so much for my personal convictions...
Another very cool feature of the MacBook? Built-in iSight camera. I've been playing around with a little program called Photo Booth. I hope these are just effects in the program; otherwise, I've got to consider giving up my personal conviction against cosmetic surgery:
This one must be a product of the Disney-Pixar merger, because it looks like the bastard child of Steve Jobs and the baby alien in Chicken Little:
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Posted by Wayne to Stone Bridge: Fun at 3/20/2006 08:49:00 PM
Friday, March 03, 2006
[Stone Bridge: Fotos] Mardi Gras!
Here are some pics from Mobile's Mardi Gras last weekend:
Savannah with Megan and Erin Greer at the Maids of Jubilee parade in Fairhope
Kelli with Ruth Greer
Savvi at MOJ
Savvi at Mobile's infamous Joe Cain Day
Kelli with her fat husband
The dude in the funky feathered hat is the latest incarnation of Joe Cain's Mardi Gras alter ego, Chief Slacabamarinico.
Kelli and Ruth in front of a fine establishment. I smell a new Girls Gone Wild title: Thirty-Something Moms Napping Somewhat Near Each Other.
Ben Greer and Kelli's fat husband share the love.
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Posted by Wayne to Stone Bridge: Fotos at 3/03/2006 07:31:00 PM
Savannah with Megan and Erin Greer at the Maids of Jubilee parade in Fairhope
Kelli with Ruth Greer
Savvi at MOJ
Savvi at Mobile's infamous Joe Cain Day
Kelli with her fat husband
The dude in the funky feathered hat is the latest incarnation of Joe Cain's Mardi Gras alter ego, Chief Slacabamarinico.
Kelli and Ruth in front of a fine establishment. I smell a new Girls Gone Wild title: Thirty-Something Moms Napping Somewhat Near Each Other.
Ben Greer and Kelli's fat husband share the love.
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Posted by Wayne to Stone Bridge: Fotos at 3/03/2006 07:31:00 PM
[Stone Bridge: Spam Title Haiku] Not a Haiku, but...
I love the title of this spam:
"chariot rolling off in his Duchess's consolatory arms? She is gone"
Here's the best part: it's an ad for discount Viagra! Brilliant!
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Posted by Wayne to Stone Bridge: Spam Title Haiku at 3/03/2006 07:49:00 AM
"chariot rolling off in his Duchess's consolatory arms? She is gone"
Here's the best part: it's an ad for discount Viagra! Brilliant!
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Posted by Wayne to Stone Bridge: Spam Title Haiku at 3/03/2006 07:49:00 AM
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