I realize that today is Thursday (a day late and a dollar short – the story of my life), but have you ever wondered why Catholics (and some other Christian denominations) do the thing with the ashes on Ash Wednesday? Here’s a fun little way to learn about it. Just click on the image below!
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My son William turned one year last month. I’m thinking of giving him a new name. There’s nothing wrong with “William”, it’s just that I think he should have a name that reflects his personality and skills more appropriately. I’m thinking I may rename him “Monkey Boy”. Yes…”Monkey Boy Jackson” has a nice ring to it don’t you think?
You see, William Monkey Boy is a climber. He climbs everything – just throws caution to the wind and goes for it. I’ve removed him from the kitchen table three times this morning, and it’s not even 9:30am yet.
Monkey Boy is also notorious for the mischief he gets into. He likes to play in the toilet…splash, splash, splash! What fun! I managed to stop him from doing that this morning in the nick of time. He alerted me to his plans by banging the toilet seat a few times first.
Monkey Boy has long monkey arms. He uses these long arms for reaching up and grabbing glasses with small amounts of liquid left in them from the counter or the edge of the table. He likes to dump this liquid on his head. Unattended bowls of oatmeal are also lots of fun!
So, until he begins to display some new dominant qualities or talents, I think that Monkey Boy shall be his name.
Recently I changed the “personal message” for my IM account. I came across a humorous expression in Latin: “Si hoc legere scis nimium eruditionis habes”, that roughly translated means. “If you can read this you are over educated”.
A co-worker named Darren commented on it today. His personal message said: “186,000 Miles/Second(300,000 km/s for Roy): It’s Not Just A Good Idea, It’s The Law!”. For the curious, Roy is another co-worker that is from Holland. He was giving Darren a hard time about using British units of measure.
I suggested furlongs/fortnight instead. I did the math (’cause I’m a geek), and DANG! That’s a lotta furlongs!
We now return you to your regular programming.
Got a good joke today. Mike – pass this on to your brother, I’m sure he’ll appreciate it.
Private Jones was assigned to the Army induction center, where he was to advise new recruits about their government benefits, especially their Serviceman’s Group Life Insurance (SGLI). It wasn’t long before the center’s Lieutenant noticed that Private Jones had almost a 100% record for insurance sales, which had never happened before. Rather than ask about this, the Lt. stood in the back of the room and listened to Jones’s sales pitch. Jones explained the basics of the SGLI to the new recruits, and then said. “If you have SGLI and go into battle and are killed, the government has to pay $200,000 to your beneficiaries. If you don’t have SGLI, and you go into battle and get killed, the government has to pay only a maximum of $6000. Now,” he concluded, “which bunch do you think they are going to send into battle first?”
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