I ran two half marathons, on consecutive saturdays.
2009 has proven to be a very difficult year for me pool-wise. I'm stinking up the place. The place at the back. Ah well, it's all in fun. No it's not! It competition! It's bragging rights.
CHI @ SF - I picked San Fran and they won. Whew. Love Thursday games, but didn't see much of this one.
BUF @ TEN - Ha! My TEN theory proved correct! Hopefully the bye-week helps out the BROWNS as it did the Titans. I'll take TEN this week.
NO @ STL - NO.
TB @ MIA - Fins.
DET @ MIN - Please. Vikings.
JAC @ NYJ - Mr. Picklez says: The Jets. They suck so much. JAC. They suck so much. Homefield advantage. Picklez Pick: NYJ I agree.
CIN @ PIT - Mr. Picklez says: There's no way PIT is going to let CIN come into their house, kick their dog, screw their wife, and win a football game. I hope. Picklez Pick: PIT I agree again! That one made me laugh! DEN @ WAS - Denver.
KC @ OAK - Who cares? Oak.
DAL @ GB - Hmmm.... Dallas I guess, but I foresee a good effort from GB.
SEA @ ARI - ARI.
PHI @ SD - Crap, I don't know. Uh... I'll take PHI although I hate them.
NE @ IND - Ah, crap again! I don't know! Ugh - INDY!
BAL @ CLE - Oh to be a BROWNS fan. Oh the pain! The agony! ARG! Last year the BROWNS had great coverage - lots of afternoon, Thursday night, Sunday and Monday night games. That's because in 07 they won 10 games (and didn't make the play-offs, thank you very much Tony Dungee), well last year they won a measly 4 games, BALT wasn't much better, and here they are on Monday night. Oh, right, nobody watches Monday night anymore because it's on ESPN (I will this week!) .... but they do have experience in 'big' games... maybe Cleveland will have the same success after their bye-week as TEN. Of course I should take Balt, but what the hell? My pools are in terrible shape right now! I'll take the BROWNS! Go BROWNS!
According to the Holy Bible, God created the Mankind to their image and likeness (Genesis 1,26) Personally I think such Biblical paragraph refers to the characteristic that makes us different from the rest of animals, specifically such characteristic refers to our ability of thinking. I don't believe in physical likeness between God and us, but I do believe in our similar ability to create things coming from our intelligence, I do believe in our ability to focus our thoughts toward concrete objectives and our capacity of being able to carry out them. A simple comparison would be enough. According to the Bible God created the skies and earth and the whole universe. The Mankind made cars, airplanes, heating, computers, space crafts, and much more. Who else could make some things like those? You and I are part of the same mankind that has transformed completely the world we living in. Such power of creation and transformation the mankind has, is present in each one of us, we are all sharing it! So, Why, in the heck, should we have to suffer daily life frustrations? Aren't we too much more than that? Of course we are! We are too much more than any other alive being in this world! Therefore it is not acceptable under any point of view that you or I have to live with some kind of frustration. The small events of our lives should not be enough to collapse us in any kind of frustration. You and I deserve a worthy life! Life is to enjoy, not to suffer it! You and I and any other person have a spark of the divinity that we can use, to our pleasure, to CREATE US a better life. If we were able to create; with thoughts as fundamental tool, things like airplanes, mobile phones, and computers; then we also should be able of creating a life of peace and calm for ourselves, without frustrations. Don't you believe it? If most of the people didn't make it yet it is simply because they have not been devoted to. Most of the people live crawled by daily routines imposed by the mankind's industrial development: home-work-home. Few people have stopped to THINK what they could really make with their lives. Among them is Napoleon Hill who wrote the "Think and Grow Rich" book, more recently is Robert T. Kiyosaki with his book "Rich Dad, Poor Dad" and among them we can find several other people that have known the secret of being forged a healthy life for themselves. I believe we don't need to be genius to realize which secret all of them have discovered and have learnt to apply to their own lives: The Real Power Of Thoughts and their influence in our daily routines, in our habits, in our state of mind, in our mood, in our answers to adverse situations,... however, how many of the people that have read books like those of Napoleon Hill and Robert Kiyosaki have put in practice their teachings? How many had the perseverance of putting in practice their teachings for more than a couple of weeks? Does a better life does not worth a little more effort on our behalf? Have you, dear reader, read those books? Have you put in practice their teachings until achieving real results in your life? Or, on the contrary; have you gave up early as many others in a weak intent to change your life? FINAL WORDS. We like it or not, sooner or later we will have to give to our thoughts the importance they deserve. Sooner or later we will have to learn how to make them to work for us, in our benefit. I already did it, and you, dear reader, when will be the right time for you to do it? I summarized the whole process in 3 simple steps easy to apply that gave me amazing results. If you like you can find them in my book "How YOU Can Overcome Frustrations In An Easy, Cheap & Simple Way." That would be a good investment you could do for yourself. What are you waiting for to change your life for good? I think, with humbleness, that NOW is the right time for you to change your life. NOW is the right time for you to build a better life for you. NOW is the right time to leave frustrations behind.
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Here's some Christmas Creep for you.
Bah Humbug:
Buy Nothing Christmas (Reverend Billy and the Church of Stop Shopping)
Alternatives to cut Christmas Trees
Something for your Festivus needs
Dear Santa letter generator (NSFK) Not safe for kids
A Santa by any other name:
Holiday Helpers:
The Yule Cat, Jolakotturinn
The Yule Goat, Julbock or Julbukk
Other:
I read the Twilight series of books over the summer, but had resisted seeing the movie.......until today.
Actually my twin brothers had resisted too, but I suspected they wanted to see it all along. So, we all took the sugary sweet and sappy plunge together! LOL
Bella is even weaker as a character in the movie than she was in the book. What the heck?! When she speaks it's like it's a huge effort for her.
Ok, it wasn't all bad. I did enjoy watching the Cullen family! They are a gorgeous bunch! It was funny to recognize the actor that played Carlisle Cullen as 'Mike' from Can't Hardly Wait from 1998.
The baseball game that the Cullens play in the movie was pretty awesome and much better than I had imagined in my head when I read the book.
Oh, and of course all the Edward Cullen shots. Those were great. Plus the sugary sweet quotes:
Isabella Swan: What a stupid lamb.
Edward Cullen: What a sick, masochistic lion.
Isabella Swan: Then don't.
Well, I guess we are ready to see New Moon when it comes out! :D
It hasn't quite been a normal day (Edgar and I aren't feeling up to snuff), so no animal post today either. Honest, I will tomorrow.
Neat things about my car:
- the doors not only lock as you start driving, but they unlock when you remove the key after turning the car off
- the side mirrors are heated - it comes on with the rear window defroster
- it corners on a dime
- great shock absorption
The neatest thing about my car:
- it's mine!