Wow. Last weekend was a super-awesome-amazing-indredible-fun-rockin-fragilistic-great-hardcore-bitchin-way-cool blast! I think Erica said it best: ” It was the best weekend in my short 27 years!”

It was the Young Adult Advance at my church, and it was about 50 youngins like me hangin out and digging into the Bible harcdore with teachings from both the clergy there and from some of the folks our age and it was just the coolest thing ever. On top of all the Gods Word, we even got to do fun stuff like a mini version of the amazing race and sledding without sleds and just have a great time hanging out.

:)So, on top of that I come home and start reading up on things I’ve missed and come across some real gems: How to give good compliments and a more general How to make people happy
I think my favorit art of those came from a comment on lifehacker (again):

Make others happy: My favorite way to make someone happy is to anonymously buy their drink/food for them. At Starbucks, you can leave an extra five dollars and say that it’s for the drink for the person behind you. It’s a simple thing to do but you have no idea how much it means to the customer getting the free drink. You can do the same thing at a fast-food restaurant, leave some extra money and say it’s to help pay for the food of the people behind you. This is the most unexpected way to share happiness and one of the easiest.
 - evagation

and finaly, something that made me happy, I stumbled across The Dilbert Blog!

here’s a choice post:


Man Mistaken for Rodent

I opened my web browser today and noticed a story about a man in Oregon who was snorkeling in a river and got shot in the head because some other guy thought he was a rodent.

There is nothing funny about being shot in the head. Unless you were snorkeling in a river and someone thought you were a rodent.

Fortunately, the snorkeler is recovering well. Apparently the bullet hit the densest part of his skull and shattered.

To reiterate, there is nothing funny about being shot in the head. Unless you were snorkeling in a river, someone thought you were a rodent, and your skull is so dense it can stop a bullet.

The shooter mistook the snorkeler for a nutria. That’s a rat-looking thing that swims. Apparently the river has a lot of swimming rodents in it. I don’t think I have to tell you that the very best place you can snorkel is a river that’s full of swimming rats. It is good scenery and good friends all in one.

The snorkeler said he was in the river looking for different species of fish. There was no mention in the story about whether he saw any, thus making the entire thing worthwhile.

I admire the snorkeler’s sense of adventure, and apparent lack of plane fare. I wish I had the kind of spirit where I could wake up in the morning, turn to my wife and say, “Honey, I can’t spend time with you and the kids today. I’m going to go snorkel in a rodent-infested river and look for fish the hard way.”

I would hate to be on snorkeler’s end of the “told you’s” today:

I told you not to snorkel in the river.
I told you that nutria aren’t a new species of fish.
I told you to wax your back so you don’t look so much like a giant rodent.

The man who did the shooting got arrested for being a felon in possession of methamphetamines and marijuana. (This is just a guess, but I think the police missed a drug or two.) I know you’re probably thinking the same thing that I’m thinking: If I were a felon in possession of illegal drugs, I’d be shooting a rifle into a river too. It’s hard to imagine that plan somehow going wrong.

I can’t decide if the snorkeler was unlucky because he got shot, or lucky because the bullet hit the densest part of his skull. I’m an optimist, so I see his skull as half dense. You might be a pessimist and see the river as a shooting range that’s full of rats plus one guy who seriously needs a new hobby. You are entitled to your opinion.

now to hit those 81 emails I got piling up..