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John Smith was the only Protestant to move into a large Catholic neighborhood. On the first Friday of Lent, John was outside grilling a big juicy steak on his grill.

Meanwhile, all of his neighbors were eating cold tuna fish for supper. This went on each Friday of Lent. On the last Friday of Lent, the neighborhood men got together and decided that something had to be done about John. He was tempting them to eat meat each Friday of Lent, and they couldn't take it anymore.

They decided to try and convert John to Catholicism.

They went over and talked to him. John decided to join all of his neighbors and become a Catholic, which made them all very happy.They took him to church, and the priest sprinkled some water over him, and said, "You were born a Baptist, you were raised a Baptist, and now you are a Catholic."

The men were so relieved, now their biggest Lenten temptation was resolved.

The next year's Lenten season rolled around. The first Friday of Lent came, and, just at supper time, when the neighborhood was settling down to their cold tuna fish dinner, the smell of steak cooking on a grill came wafting into their homes. The neighborhood men could not believe their noses! WHAT WAS GOING ON?

They called each other up and decided to meet over in John's yard to see if he had forgotten it was the first Friday of Lent. The group arrived just in time to see John standing over his grill with a small pitcher of water. He was sprinkling some water over his steak on the grill, saying, "You were born a cow, you were raised a cow, and now you are a fish."

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Posted in: on 7.13.2008 at at 16:01    

Scientists say that the human brain is not fully developed until one reaches 21, and that's the reason why teenagers have poor judgment and make a lot of wrong decisions.

So, here is my question, how come we have to make one of the most important decisions of our life at age 17-18? I'm talking about college, career, profession... We just graduate from high school, we barely know how to take care of ourselves and boom, we have to decide what do with our life.

Could this be reason why most people are very unhappy with their jobs?

Posted in: on 7.11.2008 at at 11:14    

Money is quite a controversial thing. Some people have too much, others have too little. The ones that have a lot want more, the ones that have little want more. At the end we all think we don't have enough.

It is really easy to get lost in this culture of consumerism and materialism, without realizing how privileged we are and the moral obligation we have (whatever your beliefs are) of helping those less privileged without judging them, regardless of their circumstances.

Once I heard if you had another form of transportation other than walking, another set of clothes to wear other than what your are wearing right now and another choice of food to eat other than what you ate this morning then you were in the top 9% richest people in the world, I thought that was pretty shocking.

Do you want to find out how rich you are compared to the rest of the world? Then go to Global Rich List enter your annual salary and hold on to your chair. This website does a pretty good job putting it in perspective.

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We all have lists, especially the western culture, we love To-do lists. Everyone have their own bucket lists, things they think are a must-do before dying. I personally, don't have one, first because I'm not good with lists, second there would be too many things on that list that I wouldn't know where to start. I read this list (See below) on another blog and thought it was a very interesting idea. I didn't write the list below and I think there are some items that are very irrelevant, others don't translate very well and others I don't necessarily agree with, but it's pretty funny nonetheless.

I think the question of what is it going to be like after we die must bother everyone on this planet one way or another, if you think about it, we will spend way more time dead than alive. We get so focused about this short and temporary life that we give very little thought to life after death which is a more permanent and lasting condition. On the other I don't think we should put too much thought about life after death either, I think it was Socrates who said something like "When I'm around death is not and when death is around I'm not".

Whatever your religion, philosophy, belief or the lack of it, one thing is certain: We will all kick the bucket sooner or later. So, my question is: Do you have a Bucket List for after you die?

I Like the following quote from Socrates:

"To fear death, my friends, is only to think ourselves wise, without being wise: for it is to think that we know what we do not know. For anything that men can tell, death may be the greatest good that can happen to them: but they fear it as if they knew quite well that it was the greatest of evils. And what is this but that shameful ignorance of thinking that we know what we do not know?"

50 Things To Do After You Die

1. Question if there is life before death.

2. Prove the existence of god.

3. Scare at least one person at midnight, .

4. Stop believing in ghosts.

5. Depending on where you are at, go on a vacation to hell, otherwise (if you were a bad person), spend a few days of vacation in heaven.

Posted in: on 7.10.2008 at at 13:05    

Listen to this 911 call. It is a very interesting case where the man on the phone shot two other men who were breaking into his neighbor's house. Yes, his neighbor's house. He claimed self-defense, What do you think? Should they guy go to jail or he did the right thing?

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_7jqLie6-Y0&e]

To find out what happened and my opinion check out Nils' Blog

Posted in: on 7.09.2008 at at 19:08    

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Posted in: on 4.01.2008 at at 10:08    

There is no doubt in my mind that Monday Blues is fact. There is something about having only two days off during the weekend that makes everyone hate Monday, the worst day of the week. Having only two days off is more like an insult. Is like when the company buys lunch so you get to work some more while you eat.
Usually Saturday is the catch-up day, is when do you everything you didn't get to do during the week that just went by, then Sunday is spent mostly getting ready for the week that is about to begin. So there is really no rest or "day off" and that's why we all hate Mondays.
My solution? very simple, lets make it required we have three days off instead of two and that will take of the problem, why? Because by the time you are on your third day off you will be bored so much that will be eager to go back to work, believe me, it works. Aren't we already making more money than everyone else in the world? Why not take an extra day off? Boy, that will definitely make America even lazier.

Then we will all have Tuesday Blues

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Big news coming soon.

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Today only (Feb. 12th 2008) IHOP is serving free pancakes in celebration of national pancake da......wait.....there is actually a national pancake day!??.....what are you supposed to do on national pancake day?

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Vacation?, Yea Right!

Posted in: on 1.14.2008 at at 11:55