It’s that time of year already. Can you believe it? In just a few days, Halloween (a.k.a. Candy Socialism Day) will have passed and no force of nature will be able to stop Tammy from singing Christmas songs. (Even though I plead with her to at least wait until after my birthday on the 10th.)

Tammy and I have already been forced into weekly calendar merge meetings. As it stands we don’t have a totally free weekend until December. And we all know that by then, those weekends will be full too.

This feeling of busyness, TODO lists, and “what am I forgetting,” brings us this week’s white board quip:

My life is about as organized as the $5 DVD bin at Walmart.

But, when I force myself to take a minute, breath, and evaluate; I have to admit, my life is awesome. I have a wife who is simply amazing. I’m healthy. (OK, fat… but working on it, so shut up.) I have a church family that really is that: family. I have a job I love that doesn’t bleed over into personal time. I live in the best state in the best country in the world (still, despite some powerful efforts to the contrary).

And then, I realize how much I have to get done, so stop day dreaming (or blogging) and get back to work!!

In my database of white board quips (Yes, such I think really exists.), the source credit for this quip is simply “IT Guy.” I don’t think I know who this IT Guy is, but I like his taste. *knee slap*

I am a guacamole of knowledge into which you may dip the nacho of need.

It would be funny if it weren’t so true. I confess I have been ALL of these. Yes. When it comes to procrastination, I am all the things. (I’m doing at least two of them right this very minute.)

(Via 20px)

Found this on Tumblr.

And then he will shoot you in the face. Nice try though!

It beautifully summarizes the faulty logic of the the Liberal mind. That is: It sounds beautiful and poetic, but it’s naive and ultimately futile. So sad. I have huge respect Malala and I agree with her about the importance of education. But what the Left can not comprehend is that there is evil in the world that doesn’t care about logic or reason or love. And when you encounter that evil, without force, you are unarmed and that evil will win.

P.S. I have a Tumblr! (http://trint99.tumblr.com/)

It’s Monday! Time for a new White Board Quip of the Week. But this Monday is a little different. It’s my mom’s birthday. Today, she would be… um… 39 again. (Whew, almost messed up there!)

I just spent the last two hours (Eeesh… Don’t tell my boss.) reading through the blog we used to document my mom’s last year. (Here.) I started off thinking surely there had to be a good Sassy quote I could put on my white board. I ended up reliving some hard times and getting my eyes all sweaty. Good thing the office is near empty today.

Finally, I found my white board quip!

In December of 2010, after several life-threatening illnesses and accidents, the doctors told us she was on the last road. We all gathered to say good-bye. It was really tough. Little did any of us know, she would, in her Sassy style, defy the doctors and live on for several months (until March 2011).

But during that quiet night, laying comfortably and waiting to drift away, my mom smiled, looked at me, and said…

“It’s amazing how much stuff you can not care about. My house. My things. I don’t have to worry about what Obama’s going to do!”

So true! Remember, chi’ren: While we’re here, we should care about what’s going on around us, but only so much. This world is not our home. This is little more than the womb from which we will someday be born into eternity.

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Wow! That was deep! Did I really just make that up?! I usually just say, “You’ll be dead a lot longer than you’ll be ‘alive’.” Same principle. Are you ready?

Bronco Bomber. One man. Two speeches. Which face will we see today? How about tomorrow? Who knows?!
(1/12/2011) At a time when our discourse has become so sharply polarized.
(10/8/2013) Extortion, insane, catastrophic, chaos.
(1/12/2011) We are far too eager to lay the blame for all that ails the world at the feet of those who think differently.
(10/8/2013) You have some ideological extremist, extreme Republicans.
(1/12/2011) It’s important for us to pause for a moment.
(10/8/2013) We’re not going to pay a ransom, you don’t pay a ransom, demand a ransom.
(1/12/2011) And make sure that we are talking with each other in a way that heals.
(10/8/2013) You do not hold people hostage.
(1/12/2011) Not in a way that wounds.
(10/8/2013) Ransom-taking or hostage-taking.
(1/12/2011) Usher in more civility in our public discourse.
(10/8/2013) Burn down the plant or your office.
(1/12/2011) Only a more civil and honest public discourse can help us face the challenges of our nation.
(10/8/2013) I’m going to burn down your house.
(1/12/2011) Not on the usual plane of politics and point scoring and pettiness.
(10/8/2013) Tea Party Republicans flirted with the idea of default, a nuclear bomb.
(1/12/2011) We should do everything we can do to make sure this country lives up to our children’s expectations.
(10/8/2013) You’re just a deadbeat.

There are thousands of words to be said about the current budget stand-off, government shutdown, and impending debt limit debate. But rather than spout those thousands of words, I’ll let this simple yet brilliant video do the talking.