Again, there is no new episode of the Office tonight. Again.
But good news! New episodes resume on April 5th. Here is a recap and quick preview of the love rectangle between Jim, Pam, Karen, and Roy.
BTW= be sure to watch next week because I know one secret about the episode. It involves Dwight, pepper spray, nun-chucks, and Chinese throwing stars. I’m not even kidding.
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Yes, I just referenced the newly revealed cover for the latest Harry Potter book with the Bible.
That should drive the ole blog counter up a notch I think.
I am not saying that Harry is Stephen or anything close to that. Don’t accuse me of being blasphemous. I am just drawing a parallel between the art work and the scene described in Acts. It was the first thing that popped into my head.
Many Potter fans believe that Harry will be martyred in this final installment. If that is the case, than maybe I’m not too far off.
What do you think?
Yeah so, we went and saw TMNT over the weekend. Sandy was just as excited as I was.
It was pretty good.
The little boy next to me asked his dad who the Shredder was and the dad replied, “That’s who the Turtles fought when I was a kid.”
No Shedder in this one only a slight mention. Instead there are some stone warriors and crazy monsters. It was fun, the battle scenes were fast and furious, and the story line had a good message about being a family that loves each other unconditionally.
Also, the movie revolved around my two favorite Turtles, Raphael and Leonardo. Can’t beat that with a stick.
As a kid I had all the Turtles figues but I loved playing with my Raphael figure the most. One day I was out in the front yard playing and I decided to tie a string around Raph’s arm so that he could “repel” from our tree. As the afternoon went on I tried to see how high Raph could go in the tree top. I began to swing him around like a grappling hook. Faster and faster I whipped him around. Suddenly the rope went limp.
I never found my Raphael figure. It isn’t easy finding a green action figure outside in the green grass of a neighborhood. Oh how I looked for that figure. As I grew up, I always wondered if I would run him over with my lawnmower. If I did at least I would have found him again. No such luck though.
Anyway, it was nice being a 12 year old again for an hour and half on Saturday. The best part is I only had to be twelve for 90 minutes. Then it was back to being an adult.
As repeated polls have revealed, when asked what they spend most time talking about with their child, her As, Cs, or Fs, more than 70 percent of parents say the Fs.
-Marcus Buckingham
Was that your experience because it was mine? Everytime I brought home a report card or a progress report hardly two words were spoken to me about my good grades. The conversations always revolved around how bad one grade was and what I must do to turn it around.
Usually that wayward grade would be in some math class. My English grades were always high and I did very well in Science and in History because it is in those subjects that my strengths lie. I knew deep within my heart that I would never excel at math. I could only get a little better.
However, that isn’t what the world believes. Maybe it isn’t what you believe.
According to Marcus Buckingham, formerly of the Gallup Organization, 61% of people believe that you will grow the most in your areas of weakness. Really? I will grow the most in my areas where I’m weakest?
It has been my experience that simply cannot be true. My weaknesses shouldn’t be ignored (I would have failed if I had completely ignored those math grades) but they cannot be my focus. According to Buckingham, a far better use of my time would have been spent working on my strengths. That what I kept yelling whispering to my parents all those years ago.
Maybe that is why Buckingham’s work has really connected with me. Last October, I heard him ask the grades question. Twelve years of arguments and frustrations all came flooding back to me in that instant. It all made sense to me. Instead of being encouraged to focus on my strengths I have been told my entire life that I need to focus on the areas where I’m lacking. While the motivation behind this belief is all well and good it is merely a wild goose chase.
According to Buckingham, to learn about success you must study success not failure. Studying failure will teach you more about, well, failure.
I’m more interested in success anyway.
Check out Marcus Buckingham’s Go Put Your Strengths to Work. Click on the link to watch a preview video.
Also check out Trombone Player Wanted. A great video resource to supplement this great material.
I will be attending another seminar with Buckingham on Wednesday. I am absolutely stoked about this event. I’ll let you know how it goes.
Until then- focus on your strengths not your weaknesses!
This is about the 4th or 5th week in a row where I haven’t had a new episode of The Office.
The last episode ended with Roy finding out about Pam and Jim’s kiss at the end of season 2. He didn’t get upset- he freaked out. “I am going to kill Jim Halpert,” he said in the closing seconds of the show.
Come on NBC, I need a new episode.
This this the date for my first official “I’m a real runner” race. I had planned on running a half marathon last year but I didn’t grasp the significance of such a feat. I got spooked and decided to get some good miles under my belt before I tried a big nasty race like a half or even a full marathon. (besides, the race I wanted to run was on a Sunday which is somewhat of big day for ministers. Just sayin’)
However, without a goal I have started to feel like I am merely running aimlessly.
“No more,” I said. I found a small but significant race coming up this June that looked fun and challenging. This race is only a 5k so I am not satisfied with merely “wogging.” In the words of my favorite Irish theologian, “I want to run!”
So, I am training for the The Best Dam Race in Texas, a 5k across the Lake Waco Dam. Waco is fairly close and the race is on a Saturday so I think it is a go!!! Plus, because it will only be June 2nd the temperature should be below 8,000 F which is always a good thing.
Anyone in the DFW area interested in joining me?
Stupid me forgot to renew my domain name. I was afraid that it had been lost forever but thankfully I was able to renew.
I’m not in the mood to post right now because I am still worn out from the last 2 weeks but I’ll get back to my regular schedule in the next few days.
Also, just a great big thank you to everyone who stops by the blog. You are appreciated!!!
Have a great day.
