TU Cent Thoughts, 12-21-05

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Administration
I have instituted a new rule on my blog (*EDIT*: These rules only apply to my blog, but more power to you if you want to institute them on your blog). And I quoth from my user info:

1. Link stuff. I am a teacher. I try to educate people. If you ever say "I read..." or "I watched..." or "I listened...", then I want you to link to it. Between Amazon, Google, and Wiki, you should be able to find a link to whatever you are referencing. No really, never assume people know who or what you are talking about. My readers are varied in their religion, politics, culture, and schooling so just because you know somethng doesn't mean my entire friends list knows it as well. A link opens up the doors of learning. Let's stamp out ignorance, one link at a time.

2. Use proper grammar. cuz whin u dunt jze propar garmmer u zound liek ur dum

I will defriend you if you do not follow the rules of my journal ON MY JOURNAL. I am the benevolent dictator on your journal, you must serve me on my journal. That’s how it works in my nation-state. I mean, this journal is designed to help me on my quest to improve my writing in both style and content. I will prune people who do not understand my simple requests. You have been sufficiently warned.

Oh yeah, I’ll do my best to follow my own rules although sometimes I won’t. Deal. I'm the most bitter dictator around. Only the maker of the rules can break the rules. Why else do you think Communism always fails?

Taking a cue from shadesong
Welcome new friend contrary74!

Piano
Working on "Love Story".

Random Spiritual Observation
Scripture reading is more than just reading Scripture. You cannot read Scripture like you would read a book. To fully draw the power of Scripture, one must be willing to meditate upon it day and night. To use the Sword of the Spirit, a disciple of Christ must do three things. First he or she must grasp the Word. Second, he or she must let the Holy Spirit use the Word. Third, he or she must pray on the basis of the Word.

Stuff going on in D2’s life
I should be seeing Narnia today in a couple of hours, as I will be watching it with another old friend from elementary, the Baptist bassist Kevin Grimes, aka Kevano. He was supposed to go to the NBA while I became President (hehehe). Hopefully I’ll get to watch Elfen Lied with the red mage Father John. And lucky Andy said there would be the possibility of him dropping by, too. Yay for old friendships.

Convo of the Day
Kevano: So this one time, my dad and I were going to park our car at Wal Mart and there was another car coming from the other direction. I beat him to the spot.
D2: Nice.
Kevano: Yeah, well, I look in my mirror and this Hispanic guy starts stomping towards my truck. I look into his white compact and see a girl.
D2: And that’s important because?
Kevano: I realized it was two younger college age kids and the guy was trying to act macho for his girlfriend.
D2: Heh, you gotta love the guys who are macho but aren’t.
Kevano: Exactly. So he comes up to me and goes, “What were you doing man?” I asked him for his name?
D2: His name?
Kevano: He said he wasn’t giving me his name. I told him that was too bad…
Keavno: Because I wanted to look for your name on this parking spot.

Quote of the Day
“You can’t buy love, you can only rent it.” –Rent, Pulitzer Prize winning musical

Links of the Day
On a touching note, Mysterious Phil wrote about his first encounter with Puppy Love.

Pastor Craig Loewen, aka cloewen told us his fascinating testimony, where he explains that he believes in God on the basis of acts of evil. Heretic Brethern Pastor Loewen also wrote a short story explaining why it doesn’t matter what denomination you’re from, what politics you have, or what your sexual orientation is when it comes to Jesus Christ.

Sports Report
Kobe…62 pts? GG.

That Bogut pick is looking mighty smart for the Bucks now. But we’ll have to see what happens once he hits that freshman wall (and we all know he will).

The ole high school circle
Whenever samurai Maph comes back from his tour of duty in Iraq, we will be assembling our nerdy high school clique FFI party to watch Memoirs of a Geisha. Yep, we will assemble the random tank Fighter Jameson, the enigmatic samurai Monk Maph, the sneaky thief Rogue Mike, the all-knowing father Red Mage John, the scrupulous doctor Black Mage Andy, and finally the heretic teacher White Mage Daniel.

Can you tell we’re nerds?

Fortune Cookie Meme (I actually made this one up)
Do you want a fortune cookie from me for Christmas? And unlike most fortune cookies, mine actually predict something. Comment to tell me if you want one.

Cooking Question
Okay, say I have to feed a party of six nerds people. What would you recommend for the kind white mage cook me to prepare? It can’t be too hard to make since I am a total newb with like a skill of 11/99 at cooking novice chef.