Tag: Monday

Monday morning challenge

A Monday morn challenge to my peeps.

Write a haiku describing your faith/or lack thereof.

A Haiku is a simple form of poetry, with only 17 syllables in three lines. The lines are made up of 5, 7 and 5 syllables respectively.
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Monday Briefs

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Highlights of the week ::
We finally made our trip to Fort Worth and went to the Botanical Gardens today. We had a great time enjoying the public gardens (a lot cheaper than Dallas’ Arboretum :-)) followed up by a stop at Sonic and driving through Kessler Park looking at homes. It was a warm day and a bit muggy, but I didn’t seem to notice walking in the shade most of the time.

Laurie’s got some photos on her Flickr page and I’ll probably upload some soon too.

What I’m chewing on ::
Isaiah 58

“This is the kind of fast day I’m after:
to break the chains of injustice,
get rid of exploitation in the workplace,
free the oppressed,
cancel debts.
What I’m interested in seeing you do is:
sharing your food with the hungry,
inviting the homeless poor into your homes,
putting clothes on the shivering ill-clad,
being available to your own families.
Do this and the lights will turn on,
and your lives will turn around at once.
Your righteousness will pave your way.
The God of glory will secure your passage.
Then when you pray, God will answer.
You’ll call out for help and I’ll say, ‘Here I am.’
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A case of the Mondays

Wow. It’s only 9:04?!

So this morning I woke up tired, but nothing unusual. I got dressed and prepped for work and then sat down at Laurie’s computer to check email and twitter and such.

Got several good emails this morning and finally decided to head to work (a little later than I should have).

As I headed towards the door I realized I had left my new good coat – and gloves in Laurie’s car last night. Of course she had them now with her on her way to work.

It was cold on my walk to and from the bus today — but I survived.

Then I got to work and poured a mug of coffee and realized it had a horrible soapy taste to it. Apparently the coffee pot wasn’t rinsed well.

I dumped my coffee poured out my mug and made a mug of coffee in my own french press. Mmmm nothing quite like it.

Two sips in and I get a couple text messages. As I reach for my phone I knocked over my coffee mug! 3rd time this year (at least). Coffee everywhere! Luckily I keep my desk fairly clean so not too much damage. I even managed to keep it off my pants this time!

So I grab paper towels and go to cleaning everything up. But then as I pick up my laptop to wipe it off, two large drops off coffee fall off the sides. One landing on either leg. Now I have to sizable coffee stains on my dockers. And it’s only 9:04!

Geeze. Can it get any worse?! Well yes. But it hasn’t yet. So I’ll go make my third mug of coffee and make sure I buy a new coffee mug with a lid before tomorrow morning.

And I’ll keep reminding myself that the moon is round.

But it’s sure been a case of the Monday’s today! 🙂

For more than just me…

Trucker Franks saga ::
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Monday Morning

A quick and dirty post before I head out today.

I’ll be attending the Texas Technology Forum in Arlington today. Anyone else going?

I plan to Twitter the event – so if you’re interested you can follow along at www.twitter.com/jdblundell. That also means that if you’re not interested in the event or technology or local government and technology – my Twitter feed may be a bore for you today. Sorry. 🙂

I may also see if I can find some Arlington Geocaches if we get some good breaks and such during the day.

Also, Rick Warren scored a big forum event with both Barak Obama and John McCain. The mega-church pastor and author of The Purpose Driven Church will hold a one hour interview with both men (I wonder which candidate will be the first to come on the Something Beautiful Podcast :-)).

Watch the story from CNN (HT: Monday Morning Insight)

Well I need to find a post office that’s open this early in the morn (geeze – they’re never open on my schedule) and then head to the conference.

Have a great day. Let me know in the comment section what you’re up to and/or reading today.