I Quit... Again!

Nine AM, Kids are still asleep, throw on sweats, grab phone, fill up water bottle, close the front door quietly as I leave to not wake up the kids, Forgot IPod, go back in house, grab IPod, close door quietly, try to start workout run, forgot Nike+ IPod plugin thing, back in, grab it, close door quietly, start run...

Read the Rest Here: 500 Calorie Run With Nike Plus.

Its that time of year again that we all focus on the last 365 days, what we accomplished, what we lost, what we gained, champagne, New York, the Ball, the count down, Auld Lang Syne, the kiss… THEN

New Years Resolutions

I already know your list - lose weight, get in shape, save money, get a better job, get better at your job, spend less time at work, spend more time with family, spend more time friends, make new friends, go back to school, pay off debt, start something, stop something, slow down, speed up… arrrggghhhhh!

I wrote the same one in 2007 and again in 2008.  Its the Biggest Mistake you will make in 2009... Read the Rest here:

http://iquitagain.com/weightloss-articles/the-biggest-mistake-you-are-going-to-make-in-2009

I ran across a post from Laugh Out Loud Weight Loss Blog called The Complete List Of Unconventional Reasons To Lose Weight while surfing the net and it inspired me to make a list of reasons to NOT lose weight - read the list here:

http://iquitagain.com/weightloss-articles/top-five-reasons-to-stay-fat

I’m not trying to insult you… but everyone is FAT, including YOU!  You may think you are just a little over weight - but you are wrong - you are fat.  I don’t mean ‘fluffy’ or big boned, either.  What is ‘big boned’ anyway; you have never seen a fat skeleton!  It may not be politically correct to say “FAT” but overweight, heavyset, chunky, fluffy, big boned, on the heavy side, thick, large, horizontally challenged, lovable,  plump… however you want to say it - we are all there.

Read the Rest of the Article at I Quit... Again!

I recently watched a video that I found really interesting... I was so moved by it that I wrote a blog entry about it on my personal site... Here is an excerpt:

Jeremy Wright said in his 2003 sermon, "…sing 'God Bless America.' No, no, no, God damn America, that's in the Bible for killing innocent people" and most of us cringed when we heard it... We just gave 15 BILLION to keep our car companies in the business of making cars we aren't buying - STOP AND THINK about that. Real people are dying around the world for a lack of "clean water"  no scratch that, a lack of "money", no scratch that, a lack of COMPASSION. (Read more here: http://sackrider.org)

Some of the latest articles at:

Sackrider.org
Attempting to Live Life On Purpose...
     
And I thought God GAVE his Son…
Sunday, November 30, 2008 4:55 PM
For God so loved the world, he gave sold His only begotten son Nintendo Wii… What??? I'm not a Walmart hater, but their latest commercial sums up the season in a single phrase:
Christmas costs less at Walmart
Only this year it cost one 34 year old man his life (read more about that here).[...]

Go Western, Young Man
Saturday, November 29, 2008 8:53 AM
Just out of high school, I went to World Harvest Bible College (a two year school) with the intention of going straight into ministry from there.  A lot of things happened while I was in bible college, but when I graduated, the youth Pastor of World Harvest Church asked if I would continue as an intern [...]

Happy Thanksgiving!
Thursday, November 27, 2008 7:52 AM
When did we start calling it Turkey Day?  Is it just too much to say Thanksgiving?  Are we just not thankful?  Maybe we feel guilty about not being thankful and call it Turkey Day to avoid the shame…
OK, OK, I'll tone it down, pull it back a bit and just tell you that I am [...]

Get a GRAvatar
Wednesday, November 26, 2008 9:32 PM
Ok - I just uploaded a new theme and I noticed my comments now post pictures beside your comments - which I thought was a cool feature.  Then I noticed there were pictures on a few of the comments that are much older than the new theme… How'd my new theme know what picture to put [...]

Really? A chic-flick Vampire Movie?
Wednesday, November 26, 2008 9:12 AM
Quick Disclaimer: if you are one of my readers that would be appalled at a Harry Potter movie - you may not care for this post. For everyone else, there are no plot spoilers…
Is nothing sacred any more???  I saw a preview for Twilight (2008) and thought to myself, "Cool - A new vampire movie [...]

Al, We thank you!
Tuesday, November 25, 2008 7:04 AM
You may remember several year ago, Al Gore stating that he took the initiative to invent the internet.  He took a lot of heat for this statement, however as a member of congress, he really was part of making the internet possible (which in turn caused a greater demand on computers, increasing the greenhouse gasses [...]

Its worth the read - if I do say so myself...
http://sackrider.org/category/mythoughts/a-great-adventure.html

Caught on film - my daughters first word...

http://sackrider.org/category/mythoughts/lexis-first-word


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Dale Sackrider, II

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I took Zander and Lexi to a local fast food place with a playground earlier this week. While they were there, I met Kattie who was only 10 weeks old and every inch of 2 feet tall. I met Delanie who was 4 and 1/2 years old. I'd like to say I met their parents, since I did talk with them, and I did learn their children's names and ages from them. I even learned that the dad enjoyed his newborn tax deduction so much that he took the time to show me that they bought a shirt for her that has Tax Deduction printed on the front. But I can't say I meet them - since I didn't ask their names, they didn't ask mine, and we didn't exchange any contact information, despite the fact that they were about the same age as Stephanie and me and they have kids close in age to our kids, and even made a comment that their older daughter was really enjoying the opportunity to play with Zander since her only other 'friends' were unable to interact on the same level due to age differences. Why didn't we exchange information? Why didn't I get to know them? Maybe I thought I could just 'tune in' next week and they would be there - all my other friends are.

I never realized how much TV was a part of everyone's lives until the recent writers strike. As I spent time thinking about that fact, I realized something that might ring true for many of you guys as well. We have replaced actual human interaction with TV personalities. Think about it for a second - doesn't the cast of friends make for a great click - with you in it?

Beautiful people that are funny, cool, and fun to hang out with are willing to share their lives with you every week. They don't reject you, they never leave you out of what's going on, and even when they do leave someone in the group out - its never you. Whether its the cast of Cheers, Friends, Sienfield, The OC, Las Vegas, Law and Order, or even Lost - you get to hang out with the cool crowd and no one questions whether or not you belong.

What - you think you haven't replace actual friends for TV friends? Maybe you watch reality TV instead? You get to pick one of the teams on whatever show and they won't turn you down - and you get to spy on exactly how the other team or teams are doing. You watch your new friends compete, argue, make other friends, lose weight, race to a finish line, struggle to survive, or just face their fears - all from your sofa. And they think you are great. They never turn on you, or vote you off - even when they get Fired!

When I was young, I heard stories of women that got so wrapped up in soap operas that they actually believed the cast were the characters they were playing. At the time I thought, how absurd, but now I think we all have fallen into a worse condition - we know they aren't real, but would rather pretend they are than to turn off the TV and go make new friends.