In the Bible 2 Corinthians 6:14 says:"Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? And what communion hath light with darkness?" (KJV).
I couldn't think of a better verse to describe my tennis partner. If you know me at all, you know that I am very competitive, especially when it comes to sports and games. So when I am practicing tennis, I would love to have someone who is about my skill level to sort of spar with. However, this is not the case. My tennis partner cannot throw, catch, swing, or otherwise make a fluid motion with her racket. I found myself trying extremely hard to be cheerful and say whoops and such, but I can only do that so many times before I get frustrated that I spend my tennis class running after her mistakes. Should I really go that far to ask to be switched?!?! NO says I. That would be rude, plus this is teaching me patients. And then we start playing again...
Talk about unequally yoked. And for myself, talk about impatient. Maybe I should learn to wait and remember that not everyone can be superstars at everything. (I'm by no means implying that I am a superstar at everything, you should see my golf swing, boy is that a joke).
Lebronnnnnnnnn JAmmmmmeeeesssssss it's a series now. 2-2. GO CAVS!!!!
Tuesday, May 29, 2007
Saturday, May 26, 2007
Jerry Falwell?
Can anyone tell me if this is Jerry Falwell in the pic? I have no idea.
(This was at BNYC @ Liberty FYI...)
(This was at BNYC @ Liberty FYI...)
Tuesday, May 22, 2007
How to Stop a Brain Freeze
1. Understand what causes brain freeze. When the cold object touches the roof of your mouth, the blood vessels tighten up in response in an effort to prevent loss of body heat. As the coldness recedes, the blood vessels loosen up again, quickly increasing blood flow to the brain. This sudden release is what causes the intense headache sensation.
2. Prevent cold food from touching the roof of your mouth. Obviously, you're not going to give up cold foods just so that you can avoid brain freeze. Rather, let the bite or sip warm on your tongue before you let the substance touch the roof of your mouth.
3. Relieve brain freeze pain by quickly warming the roof of your mouth (also referred to as the palate) after it's already been cooled. If you do this soon enough, you may be able to ease the surge of blood flow to your brain:
* Touch your tongue to your palate. If you can roll your tongue in a ball, press the bottom of your tongue to the roof of your mouth. The underside of your tongue may be warmer than the top side which was probably cooled by the Slurpee you just chugged. (Some people find that firmly pressing your tongue against the roof of the mouth alleviates brain freeze, so try applying extra pressure!)
* Drink a warm substance. Slowly sipping room temperature water also does the trick for some people.
* Make a mask with your hands to cover your mouth and nose. Breathe quickly, raising the temperature inside your mouth.
* Press a warm thumb against your palate.
4. Wait it out. The brain freeze will usually pass on its own within 30-60 seconds. Sometimes the shock of the brain freeze makes it seem worse than it really is, but if you expect it and know that it'll come and go, it doesn't have to be a traumatizing experience.
2. Prevent cold food from touching the roof of your mouth. Obviously, you're not going to give up cold foods just so that you can avoid brain freeze. Rather, let the bite or sip warm on your tongue before you let the substance touch the roof of your mouth.
3. Relieve brain freeze pain by quickly warming the roof of your mouth (also referred to as the palate) after it's already been cooled. If you do this soon enough, you may be able to ease the surge of blood flow to your brain:
* Touch your tongue to your palate. If you can roll your tongue in a ball, press the bottom of your tongue to the roof of your mouth. The underside of your tongue may be warmer than the top side which was probably cooled by the Slurpee you just chugged. (Some people find that firmly pressing your tongue against the roof of the mouth alleviates brain freeze, so try applying extra pressure!)
* Drink a warm substance. Slowly sipping room temperature water also does the trick for some people.
* Make a mask with your hands to cover your mouth and nose. Breathe quickly, raising the temperature inside your mouth.
* Press a warm thumb against your palate.
4. Wait it out. The brain freeze will usually pass on its own within 30-60 seconds. Sometimes the shock of the brain freeze makes it seem worse than it really is, but if you expect it and know that it'll come and go, it doesn't have to be a traumatizing experience.
Wednesday, May 16, 2007
Sarabeth's Goodbye to BW
These pictures were too cute to keep to myself. I'll probably get in trouble for posting them, but it's worth it. She really loves this school and a lot of people don't know how much.
The empty room
SB sad face (you really have to open this one to see how sad and cute she really looks)
Joe tries to make it better the only way he knows how
The empty room
SB sad face (you really have to open this one to see how sad and cute she really looks)
Joe tries to make it better the only way he knows how
Monday, May 14, 2007
3.166
No, it is not Pi, it is my GPA for last semester. Considering the amount of projects at AmTrust I was working on and my course load, I'd say that's pretty impressive. It was 2 A's, 1 B and 1 C+.
We might be changing the church for the wedding, so we'll see what happens on that. Waiting on a callback, but I'm going to call tomorrow and figure out for sure.
Gotta run, SB, ravioli, the Cavs and 24 are waiting for me at Grans house.
We might be changing the church for the wedding, so we'll see what happens on that. Waiting on a callback, but I'm going to call tomorrow and figure out for sure.
Gotta run, SB, ravioli, the Cavs and 24 are waiting for me at Grans house.
Thursday, May 03, 2007
Hooray Day!
Today was a very hooray day.
FIRST: there are only 100 days left to the day I am married to the beautiful, intelligent charming Sarabeth as noted in the sidebar.
SECONDLY, on Monday this week my boss Jason told everyone he was taking a job at another company, which was a real hit to everybody because he has an amazing work ethic, and is a very good manager. Plus he's an OK guy and not too bad to hang around with. [/sarcasm] So that's part 1 of the secondly. Today was part 2, in that he decided stay after some management changes were made (methinks he gets mas $ now too, and good for him).
THIRDLY, He called a team meeting at 11:30 and told us everything you see in secondly. Then he told everyone to cancel everything they had for the whole afternoon, that we were going to go do something fun. So after a bit of debate we ended up at Dave & Busters for the whole afternoon. I had 2 dortmunders, a peppercorn sirloin steak, and wings for lunch. I also played many a video game and shot a few baskets and went 2 games of pool, both of which I lost GARRR not cool. What an amazing day. Could it get better? Oh yes it does.
Matt playing a helicopter game and Damel taking a picture.
LASTLY, SB and I went and signed officially for the apartment in Brunswick, Cross Creek Apts. We went with the 3rd floor which is nice because it has vaulted ceilings, it's lower cost, and we get $500 dollars off whenever we want to spend it. We were shown 2, and it was God's hand that the key didn't work in the 2nd one, because they were both kind of questionable. For example, check this note on this persons door. Weird.
First of all, if the cat truly is panicking, the last thing it's going to think to do would be run out the door. It would most likely hide behind furniture. Secondly if it is panicking and you grab it as it's running past your legs, say goodbye to your hands. Not a cat fan here folks.
We went back to the rental office and she gave us keys for another building and apt on the other side of the complex, much better, and no smoky smell in the lower doorway. Check this shot from the door.
They look pretty good especially for what we are paying, Luke should be helping us move stuff around on Saturday, we'll see how that goes. Picking up the keys tomorrow. ROCK...ON.
FIRST: there are only 100 days left to the day I am married to the beautiful, intelligent charming Sarabeth as noted in the sidebar.
SECONDLY, on Monday this week my boss Jason told everyone he was taking a job at another company, which was a real hit to everybody because he has an amazing work ethic, and is a very good manager. Plus he's an OK guy and not too bad to hang around with. [/sarcasm] So that's part 1 of the secondly. Today was part 2, in that he decided stay after some management changes were made (methinks he gets mas $ now too, and good for him).
THIRDLY, He called a team meeting at 11:30 and told us everything you see in secondly. Then he told everyone to cancel everything they had for the whole afternoon, that we were going to go do something fun. So after a bit of debate we ended up at Dave & Busters for the whole afternoon. I had 2 dortmunders, a peppercorn sirloin steak, and wings for lunch. I also played many a video game and shot a few baskets and went 2 games of pool, both of which I lost GARRR not cool. What an amazing day. Could it get better? Oh yes it does.
Matt playing a helicopter game and Damel taking a picture.
LASTLY, SB and I went and signed officially for the apartment in Brunswick, Cross Creek Apts. We went with the 3rd floor which is nice because it has vaulted ceilings, it's lower cost, and we get $500 dollars off whenever we want to spend it. We were shown 2, and it was God's hand that the key didn't work in the 2nd one, because they were both kind of questionable. For example, check this note on this persons door. Weird.
First of all, if the cat truly is panicking, the last thing it's going to think to do would be run out the door. It would most likely hide behind furniture. Secondly if it is panicking and you grab it as it's running past your legs, say goodbye to your hands. Not a cat fan here folks.
We went back to the rental office and she gave us keys for another building and apt on the other side of the complex, much better, and no smoky smell in the lower doorway. Check this shot from the door.
They look pretty good especially for what we are paying, Luke should be helping us move stuff around on Saturday, we'll see how that goes. Picking up the keys tomorrow. ROCK...ON.
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