Random Thoughts Thread LXX

by **Didn't I?** » Thu Dec 15, 2011 11:57:16

My work Christmas party is tonight. A party bus is picking us up at 3 and that's all I know. Although I heard we might be going drunken ice skating at some point which would be a terrible idea.

by **jamiethekiller** » Thu Dec 15, 2011 12:09:34

vendor holiday party tonight at Stanleys in Wilmington, DE.

looking forward to these baby back ribs i'm going to eat.

by **Rev_Beezer** » Thu Dec 15, 2011 12:57:02

Wow, one week ago one of the members from my former congregation died. I know you are not supposed to speak ill of the dead, but the obituary is interesting- it speaks of him as having a "happy and positive outlook on life", and that he was "an inspiration to many."

The dude was a surly guy who fought with me about changing worship times, wouldn't come to church when he disagreed with things, always complained about my sermons because I actually talked about current events and tried to link scripture themes with ideas that could be applied to everyday life. The week the Virginia Tech shooting happened, I preached on not understanding the world's brokenness in light of that event, and he complained that "he heard about it all week, he didn't wan to hear about it in church." He pretty much hated me.

The last conversation I had with him was one of my last Sundays, when he turned to me and said, "I want to thank you for having the good sense to get out of here before you bankrupted the church. When we voted for you, I voted no!" That was the last thing he ever said to me.

by **my cousin mose** » Thu Dec 15, 2011 12:57:46

jamiethekiller wrote:vendor holiday party tonight at Stanleys in Wilmington, DE.

looking forward to these baby back ribs i'm going to eat.

Stanley's is almost always either destination #1 or 1a whenever I'm home. That and CBP.

by **swishnicholson** » Thu Dec 15, 2011 12:59:47

Rev_Beezer wrote:Wow, one week ago one of the members from my former congregation died. I know you are not supposed to speak ill of the dead, but the obituary is interesting- it speaks of him as having a "happy and positive outlook on life", and that he was "an inspiration to many."

The dude was a surly guy who fought with me about changing worship times, wouldn't come to church when he disagreed with things, always complained about my sermons because I actually talked about current events and tried to link scripture themes with ideas that could be applied to everyday life. The week the Virginia Tech shooting happened, I preached on not understanding the world's brokenness in light of that event, and he complained that "he heard about it all week, he didn't wan to hear about it in church." He pretty much hated me.

The last conversation I had with him was one of my last Sundays, when he turned to me and said, "I want to thank you for having the good sense to get out of here before you bankrupted the church. When we voted for you, I voted no!" That was the last thing he ever said to me.

I, for one, am glad you smited him.

by **Barry Jive** » Thu Dec 15, 2011 14:43:01

Didn't I? wrote:My work Christmas party is tonight. A party bus is picking us up at 3 and that's all I know. Although I heard we might be going drunken ice skating at some point which would be a terrible idea.

people never say "terrible idea" about really terrible ideas. they only say it about the best ideas

by **WheelsFellOff** » Thu Dec 15, 2011 15:01:47

Barry Jive wrote:
Didn't I? wrote:My work Christmas party is tonight. A party bus is picking us up at 3 and that's all I know. Although I heard we might be going drunken ice skating at some point which would be a terrible idea.

people never say "terrible idea" about really terrible ideas. they only say it about the best ideas

Truth. I'm willing to bet no one ever told Hitler the Holocaust was a terrible idea.

by **Phan In Phlorida** » Thu Dec 15, 2011 15:31:32

phatj wrote:What the hell kinda name is University of Maryland University College?

Needs another "University" in there somewhere.

by **Grotewold** » Thu Dec 15, 2011 15:37:14

WheelsFellOff wrote:
Barry Jive wrote:
Didn't I? wrote:My work Christmas party is tonight. A party bus is picking us up at 3 and that's all I know. Although I heard we might be going drunken ice skating at some point which would be a terrible idea.

people never say "terrible idea" about really terrible ideas. they only say it about the best ideas

Truth. I'm willing to bet no one ever told Hitler the Holocaust was a terrible idea.

Now there's a leader who got stuff done

by **WheelsFellOff** » Thu Dec 15, 2011 15:38:31

At least the trains (to Auschwitz) ran on time!

by **Soren** » Thu Dec 15, 2011 15:41:49

I lol'd, but feel awful about it

by **phdave** » Thu Dec 15, 2011 16:06:10

smitty wrote:
phatj wrote:What the hell kinda name is University of Maryland University College?

It's not nearly as cool as Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis.

I was just going to mention this. IUPUI -- a palindrome.

by **Phan In Phlorida** » Thu Dec 15, 2011 17:43:16

drsmooth wrote:I've already received my favorite christmas present of the past 10 yrs

by **Slowhand** » Thu Dec 15, 2011 17:52:47

pacino wrote:are pants required or something? what kinda party is that?

by **Houshphandzadeh** » Thu Dec 15, 2011 19:01:01

by **mickbayne** » Thu Dec 15, 2011 19:30:18

Why is gmail telling me there is one unread message in my inbox when there are no unread messages in my inbox?!!??

by **PrattRules** » Thu Dec 15, 2011 19:44:44

mickbayne wrote:Why is gmail telling me there is one unread message in my inbox when there are no unread messages in my inbox?!!??

Your avatar seems appropriate right now.

by **mickbayne** » Thu Dec 15, 2011 19:56:24

That's about what I looked like after trying everything I could think of to resolve the issue.

by **WheelsFellOff** » Thu Dec 15, 2011 20:23:28

Could be something messed up with the header causing it to display an incorrect date so Google is burying it in your inbox?

/makingshitup

by **mickbayne** » Thu Dec 15, 2011 20:34:08

WheelsFellOff wrote:Could be something messed up with the header causing it to display an incorrect date so Google is burying it in your inbox?

/makingshitup

That would be a very real possibility. Used to run into this on Unix boxes from time to time when the NTP client (which syncs the local system clock with a centralized source) stopped working for whatever reason.

I ended up paging through my entire inbox manually and found an archived Google Buzz conversation message dated 2/13/2010 that inexplicably became marked as unread. Using the "select all" button and then clicking "mark as read" didn't help.

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