It seems only fitting that today I give a shout-out to the original blogger, God. Well, He hasn't blogged much lately, but He did keep up a running commentary about his family for a few centuries a while back. Ok, I'd better kill this metaphor before Joel and Gregory have a fit. So here is my list of 10 Things for which I'm Thankful.
Happy Thanksgiving, everybody! There shall be no talk of "Turkey Day" around here!
- Rice Krispy bars
- Dr. Pepper
- My ridiculously good health, notwithstanding diet of Rice Krispy bars and Dr. Pepper.
- I live in a country where "fascism" means somebody working for the goverment can find out what libary books I checked out (Possibly without a warrant!!!).
- Dec. 8 is my last day of working for "the man."
- My kickass Japanese car
- I have 1/3 of a really nice house. And with some hard work and providence, I'll have around 3/5 by Spring.
- I have a son who tells me that he loves me "God's number." How can anyone love (or be loved) so much?
- I have a daughter who never fails to deliver more blogging material when I'm out of ideas.
- My beautiful, witty, kind wife STILL puts up with me.
Happy Thanksgiving, everybody! There shall be no talk of "Turkey Day" around here!
Labels: Blogging, Christianity, Serious Stuff, Shout-Outs
| posted by Diesel at Thursday, November 23, 2006 |
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Man, Diesel, you and I seem to be alike in so many ways, especially our terrible diets but still good health. I'm thinking it will eventually catch up with me one day and I will suddenly implode or something.
Have a great Thanksgiving Day with your wonderful family!
Well, I am sure I would have made the list had it gone up to eleven...
nicely said, Diesel. clearly you DO have a lot to be grateful for. and *then* some...
Happy Not-Turkey Day. xoxo
Did I miss something? Did you quit your job?
I'm with Robin ... what did we miss? You starting off on your own? Did you win the lotto (going from 1/3 of a home to 3/5 of a home in 4-5 months is quite the jump in equity)? Have you sold your blog to Google for Millions in stock?
My top 10 thankful list:
- thankful for my fam
- thankful for Qdoba burritos
- thankful for cool sunny days
- thankful that when I go to the bathroom, nothing unexpected shows up
- thankful for nike free running shoes
- thankful for snow
- thankful for hot sauce and peanut butter (not mixed of course)
- thankful for the freedom to express my thoughts on or offline
- thankful that my pants don't ride so low that someone snickers "Say No to Crack" behind me
- thankful for God, country, and the American way
OK, so maybe my top 10 turned into 14 or so ... I'm a pretty thankful person.
Ah, yes, thought I could slip that one past you. Since you asked...
I'm quitting my job. My plan is to take a year off and finish building my house. After that, who knows? I'm pretty sick of the business world and the whole programming gig, not to mention the commute. I'm hoping Mr. Fabulous needs a sidekick.
Your wife has a nice job, then?
Very nice thankful list.
Goldennib - Thanks, and thanks to everyone else too. Sorry, I was in a tryptophan haze last night.
Robin - Well, she has a job...
Diesel...we have officially found a place of divergence, how we could not possibly be separated at birth.
You are building your own house? Impressive. I can hardly glue one sheet of paper onto another.
Joel - The point of divergence is probably that you have some sense of your own limitations. I labor under the delusion that I can do virtually anything, and in some cases, as with home-building, this results in me eventually getting enough practice that I become passably competent.
I've learned a lot by trial and error renovating 2 houses, and did a lot of the work on phase 1 of our current house. I'll post some pictures of phase 2 when I start making some progress.
Hooray! I LOVE taking a break from "the man." Good for you! I recently put the countdown in my cell phone for the number of days until retirement, and I'll tell ya, for someone who has worked full-time for nearly 20 years with little breaks here and there (for babies and such), 10987 days seems/feels like too long. Enjoy it!!
p.s. happy day after turkey day! hehehehehe (I know. I'm a smartass. It's part of my charm. No comments from the peanut gallery!)
WOW! Congrats Diesel! Looking forward to the pictures.
Wow Diesel - a lot going on! So you're the actual "builder"?! I saw that reference in one of your comments and I thought - nah. That is damn impressive. And a new avatar. Congrats on all this good stuff and good luck along the way - looking forward to the photos.
Don't worry, I'll have help from a "real" builder, but I really will be doing a lot of the work myself. I'm not one of those people who says they're "building a house," meaning they're paying somebody a lot of money to build a house for them.
I'll let you know how it goes. :)
I shouted out to God but he didn't shout back.
Geez, maybe my mother was right. She said I would burn in Hell for being an atheist.
I have a son who tells me that he loves me "God's number." How can anyone love (or be loved) so much?
I've always liked the elegant recursive definition of infinity contained in the old hymn, Amazing Grace:
When we've been here ten thousand years...
bright shining as the sun.
We've no less days to sing God's praise...
then when we've first begun.
Really, it should be "fewer" days, but that would be pedantic.
'God's number' indeed.
Very belated Happy Thanksgiving!
-wolfe