Winning isn't everything!!
Winning isn't everything.
Winning isn't everything??
Right. That's THE biggest pile of steaming buff'lo pucky I've ever heard, period.
/Tall Tale reference.
Anyway, it is. The person who came up with that is probably the Mom of some poor whinebaggy loser from Dallas. Yes Dallas. Dallas isn't really a part of Texas, and the statement that "Winning isn't everything" isn't either.
Winning isn't EVERYTHING, it's the ONLY thing. A famous baseball coach said that, but I don't remember who.
Anyway, I'd like to let everyone know that I'm going soft.
I've thought long and hard about this, and I think that I like cats.
YES, I said that I like cats. However, manly pride KNOWS that dogs are far more useful, therefore, what's left but the pleasant, and perfect mixture. Basenji's.
Anyone ever seen that old movie "Goodbye, my Ladye"? I don't remember how lady is spelled, but I believe it's spelled with the E. It's a movie with Walter Brennan and the voice actor for that big blue bear in Jungle Book.
Anyway, it's a great show about a boy who finds a dog. A basenji. Basenji's are COOL. Periodo. Our old Basengi, Ruby, could run 40 MPH, and we saw her take on two huge labs and an ugly rat of a dog, and WIN.
She really was pretty amazing. Ol' Ruby.
But here's the strange thing about Basenji's. They laugh. Yes, that's right, they Laugh. And Cry. Strange, strange dogs. They clean themselves like cats and they're the best hunting dogs that exist. They have a cute curly tail, and skinny little legs. I'll post a few pictures for your viewing pleasure. (sorry Valerie, and anyone on 56k.)
These pictures all look about like the one we had. They also come in black though. Some of the black Basenji's all look deformed. Really weird. The brown Basengi's all look roughly the same, but the black ones are sometimes just plain weird.
I don't believe it was natural. I believe the black coat was bred in somehow.
The problem with Basenji's is the expense to take care of them. They're nearly as expensive as a luxery cat, and they're DOGS. Granted, you leave them alone, and they're wild. They can more than take care of themselves.
Still, most are treated as good or better than humans.
None-the-less, I'm getting a Basenji. It's like this:
JOHN's PRIORITY LIST:
Get Married.
Have Kids.
Make Millions.
Make Movies.
Get a Basenji.
Work with Mel Gibson.
Work with Walt Disney Studios.
Make More Millions.
Get another Basenji.
Have more Kids.
Anyway, that's about how it goes.
Really, I like Basenji's a lot. First of all, they're way better than normal dogs, and second, they're far superior to cats!
So, those that don't already love Basenji's, go watch "Good-Bye, My Lady."
It's a great show, and well worth the watch.... That is, if you can FIND a copy of it. I'm not kidding. If you can get an original copy, it's a great show. Think, "Where the Red Fern Grows" only better.
So, I was running around my harddrive, and I found sumthin'. Sumthin' int'restin'.
It's a little article I wrote for a church service at Big Lake.
Remember that? All the guys were writing a little 5 or 10 minute bit for the service? It was really pretty fun as I recall. I only did one, but it was fun! Of course, I just like talking, so maybe it just SEEMED fun. Perhaps it was a torture for everyone else to have to listen, but I don't care, I enjoyed it!!
Ok, so I care, just not very much. Tait, David, I don't remember when this was. If either of you remember when it was written I'd be very thankful. It says it was created "August 2'nd 2003" but that's just when I backed it up to my external harddrive. (good thing too!)
Anyway, I think it was written when I was around 12, maybe 13. I don't remember. Anyway, I know I wasn't 14, 'cause we stopped doing church services at that point.
So, I figured it'd be an interesting read, for you. I know it was for me, but that doesn't really mean much. I hope you enjoy it!
I called it,
A Criminal Falsehood.
Hello everyone, the first thing I would like to do is read the definition of some words to you. First of all,
A lie is 1. A criminal falsehood; an intentional violation of the truth.
Second of all, to Slant.
1.led. SLANT, v. t. To turn from a direct line:
To give an oblique or sloping direction to.
False, 1. Something not completely conformable to fact.
All of these definitions come from Webster’s 1828 Dictionary of the English language.
Now my topic today is the character quality of truthfulness. This speech is aimed toward the younger crowd, cause a lot children have the same miserable weakness I do, but I hope that it will be helpful to parents as well.
I Slant truth. I slanted it originally with a lot of premeditated thinking involved, but now I realize that I do it without thinking. Here are examples of the different types of deceitfulness.
The setting is this, the dog has not been fed, and its almost bedtime.
Setting one: a full lie. Mom comes to me and says: “John have you fed the dog yet?” I respond with, “Yes.”
Setting two: a play on words. John have you fed the dog yet? “He’s been fed.”
He was fed the day before. But by changing the meaning of the words in my mind but not revealing what I mean, it creates a truth that is intended to deceive, so now it’s a lie.
Setting three: a very light slant. Dad comes to me and says John; I haven’t seen any handwriting for the past few days. I say, “you know what, you’re right, I haven’t done any yet today.” This implies that I have done it on previous days. When I really haven’t
These scenario’s have been kind of different than the average slant, so here’s another example of a very light slant.
I’m standing in the kitchen watching a video when I hear dad walking in the room. So I immediately start walking around repositioning stuff on the counter, trying to make myself look busy. This may seem like no big deal, but I bet 90 percent of my time is spent sleeping and screwing around doing nothing. Yet as long as I make it look like I’m doing something, I don’t get in trouble. I would hope that I am not the only one who does this.
The problem with me is that I often times verbally slant things without thinking. That is why Jesus said, “Every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof on the day of judgment.”
In Miriam Webster’s collegiate dictionary, the word idle has about four definitions; two of which are “lazy”, but two were different from the rest.
1. Vicious 2. With no pertinence, without thought without thinking.
Jesus’ words may have had a double meaning. Let us think of Jesus’ words like this and see the result: “for every word that men shall speak even the ones without thinking, they shall give account thereof on the day of judgment.”
In anger, I have spoken many words without thinking. Please remember that the Greek word for idle means lazily, or non-working. The double meaning is that if the scripture applies to words that are spoken without purpose, how much more so words spoken with purpose?
Also, if a person slants the truth to make another person look bad and uplift the big number one, he committing an act called slandering. Children, and adults alike do this, but children in a much less subtle way.
For example, Johnny is playing with Billy’s toy truck, Billy says give me the truck, Johnny says no quite rudely, Billy hits Johnny, takes the truck, and Johnny goes to get mommy. In comes mommy, and hears Johnny say, I was just playing with the truck, and Billy up and punches my arm to get the truck!” Then Billy said, “THAT’S NOT TRUE! Johnny was playing with my truck without asking and I asked very nicely if I could have my truck back but Johnny said NO! And then when I tried to take it from him, he was fighting me, so I slapped his hand and took the truck so I could put it away.
The truth in the above analogy is somewhere In between Johnny and Billy, and Mom hates having to sort it out. This is an example of children either not thinking VERY CAREFULLY or perhaps TOO CARE FULLY upon what they’re about to say. The key seems to be to think very carefully about what proceeds from your mouth and to make sure every word is accurate.
Hey kids, I say this for myself as well, would it not be wonderful to be the child that Dad or Mom could ALWAYS trust and count on to be accurate. I want this to be my personal standard but know I don’t live up to this qualification. But please, carefully weigh every word you speak, and say only a few, for a word fitly spoken, Is like apples of gold in pictures of silver, Proverbs 25:11
Please note God said A WORD, not several.
And one more scripture in proverbs is Thou art snared with the words of thy mouth, thou art taken with the words of thy mouth. - John Moore.
Well, I don't know what you think, but I thought it was funny how many grammatical errors were piled up in one article.
Then, I read many of my past blog posts. I've come to the conclusion that grammatical errors flock to me.
So, tomorrow I'm going to order a duct tape watch from Blu Sphere, (25 bucks off, New Years sale) and Breaking Into Acting for Dummies.
It has a whole section in there for working with kids. Should be helpful with episode 2 and Gator. Gator is the star of the show, and he needs to put on a shaking spear performance!!
/??\
So, I heard through the grapevine (Reagan) that Ashley was sick, or Mrs. Zimmerman was sick. I still can't tell which is which, and Reagan's in bed right now.
Whatever it was, she said that it probably "wasn't anything serious but it was pretty bad."
I have no clue what that's supposed to mean, but that's what Reagan said.
So, to whomever was sick/is sick/is gonna be sick/wants to be sick, have a happy "GET WELL SOON" from John Moore.
I doubt that means much, but for what it's worth, you have it.
Reagan is constantly jabbering on about Alexis and Ashley and Esther and Whomever However Whenever.
She emails people more often than even "I" do these days. Still, I have 2000 personal emails from my four addresses combined. I have a ton more junk mail and newsletters than that but I always count those seperately.
Speaking of which, I got my first Maximum PC magazine in the mail today. I ordered a one year subscription for 12 bucks. Not bad for 12 issues.
Anyway, that's about all for today. My fingers are tired, and so is my head. I'm going to go call David Heustis now, and see what he's up to.
I can't wait for the Heustis's to get down here!
What about all yawl from Alaska? (Derek Moreland, I know you're reading this!)
By the way, I talked to Derek the other day. Turns out that he though that I was the voice yelling "STOP" on the "Sing Verdi Very Loud."
I want to know who else thought this, and I want them to know that it was under NO circumstances me. My voice is not near that clear. My voice is a little more dullish and slurry.
So, David said that the guy dressed in green in the "Moskou" german disco movie, looked like a cross between Derek Moreland and a disgruntled rat. Shocking eh? Derek Moreland thought so.
He swears that he'll never ever watch it again, and that his life is ruined. Oh well. Poor Derek.
But yeah, what are all yawls thoughts about David leaving Alaska? Are they tragic? Sad? Terrible? Horrible? Happy? Delightful? Grateful?
Whatever.
~ John.
Winning isn't everything??
Right. That's THE biggest pile of steaming buff'lo pucky I've ever heard, period.
/Tall Tale reference.
Anyway, it is. The person who came up with that is probably the Mom of some poor whinebaggy loser from Dallas. Yes Dallas. Dallas isn't really a part of Texas, and the statement that "Winning isn't everything" isn't either.
Winning isn't EVERYTHING, it's the ONLY thing. A famous baseball coach said that, but I don't remember who.
Anyway, I'd like to let everyone know that I'm going soft.
I've thought long and hard about this, and I think that I like cats.
YES, I said that I like cats. However, manly pride KNOWS that dogs are far more useful, therefore, what's left but the pleasant, and perfect mixture. Basenji's.
Anyone ever seen that old movie "Goodbye, my Ladye"? I don't remember how lady is spelled, but I believe it's spelled with the E. It's a movie with Walter Brennan and the voice actor for that big blue bear in Jungle Book.
Anyway, it's a great show about a boy who finds a dog. A basenji. Basenji's are COOL. Periodo. Our old Basengi, Ruby, could run 40 MPH, and we saw her take on two huge labs and an ugly rat of a dog, and WIN.
She really was pretty amazing. Ol' Ruby.
But here's the strange thing about Basenji's. They laugh. Yes, that's right, they Laugh. And Cry. Strange, strange dogs. They clean themselves like cats and they're the best hunting dogs that exist. They have a cute curly tail, and skinny little legs. I'll post a few pictures for your viewing pleasure. (sorry Valerie, and anyone on 56k.)
These pictures all look about like the one we had. They also come in black though. Some of the black Basenji's all look deformed. Really weird. The brown Basengi's all look roughly the same, but the black ones are sometimes just plain weird.
I don't believe it was natural. I believe the black coat was bred in somehow.
The problem with Basenji's is the expense to take care of them. They're nearly as expensive as a luxery cat, and they're DOGS. Granted, you leave them alone, and they're wild. They can more than take care of themselves.
Still, most are treated as good or better than humans.
None-the-less, I'm getting a Basenji. It's like this:
JOHN's PRIORITY LIST:
Get Married.
Have Kids.
Make Millions.
Make Movies.
Get a Basenji.
Work with Mel Gibson.
Work with Walt Disney Studios.
Make More Millions.
Get another Basenji.
Have more Kids.
Anyway, that's about how it goes.
Really, I like Basenji's a lot. First of all, they're way better than normal dogs, and second, they're far superior to cats!
So, those that don't already love Basenji's, go watch "Good-Bye, My Lady."
It's a great show, and well worth the watch.... That is, if you can FIND a copy of it. I'm not kidding. If you can get an original copy, it's a great show. Think, "Where the Red Fern Grows" only better.
So, I was running around my harddrive, and I found sumthin'. Sumthin' int'restin'.
It's a little article I wrote for a church service at Big Lake.
Remember that? All the guys were writing a little 5 or 10 minute bit for the service? It was really pretty fun as I recall. I only did one, but it was fun! Of course, I just like talking, so maybe it just SEEMED fun. Perhaps it was a torture for everyone else to have to listen, but I don't care, I enjoyed it!!
Ok, so I care, just not very much. Tait, David, I don't remember when this was. If either of you remember when it was written I'd be very thankful. It says it was created "August 2'nd 2003" but that's just when I backed it up to my external harddrive. (good thing too!)
Anyway, I think it was written when I was around 12, maybe 13. I don't remember. Anyway, I know I wasn't 14, 'cause we stopped doing church services at that point.
So, I figured it'd be an interesting read, for you. I know it was for me, but that doesn't really mean much. I hope you enjoy it!
I called it,
A Criminal Falsehood.
Hello everyone, the first thing I would like to do is read the definition of some words to you. First of all,
A lie is 1. A criminal falsehood; an intentional violation of the truth.
Second of all, to Slant.
1.led. SLANT, v. t. To turn from a direct line:
To give an oblique or sloping direction to.
False, 1. Something not completely conformable to fact.
All of these definitions come from Webster’s 1828 Dictionary of the English language.
Now my topic today is the character quality of truthfulness. This speech is aimed toward the younger crowd, cause a lot children have the same miserable weakness I do, but I hope that it will be helpful to parents as well.
I Slant truth. I slanted it originally with a lot of premeditated thinking involved, but now I realize that I do it without thinking. Here are examples of the different types of deceitfulness.
The setting is this, the dog has not been fed, and its almost bedtime.
Setting one: a full lie. Mom comes to me and says: “John have you fed the dog yet?” I respond with, “Yes.”
Setting two: a play on words. John have you fed the dog yet? “He’s been fed.”
He was fed the day before. But by changing the meaning of the words in my mind but not revealing what I mean, it creates a truth that is intended to deceive, so now it’s a lie.
Setting three: a very light slant. Dad comes to me and says John; I haven’t seen any handwriting for the past few days. I say, “you know what, you’re right, I haven’t done any yet today.” This implies that I have done it on previous days. When I really haven’t
These scenario’s have been kind of different than the average slant, so here’s another example of a very light slant.
I’m standing in the kitchen watching a video when I hear dad walking in the room. So I immediately start walking around repositioning stuff on the counter, trying to make myself look busy. This may seem like no big deal, but I bet 90 percent of my time is spent sleeping and screwing around doing nothing. Yet as long as I make it look like I’m doing something, I don’t get in trouble. I would hope that I am not the only one who does this.
The problem with me is that I often times verbally slant things without thinking. That is why Jesus said, “Every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof on the day of judgment.”
In Miriam Webster’s collegiate dictionary, the word idle has about four definitions; two of which are “lazy”, but two were different from the rest.
1. Vicious 2. With no pertinence, without thought without thinking.
Jesus’ words may have had a double meaning. Let us think of Jesus’ words like this and see the result: “for every word that men shall speak even the ones without thinking, they shall give account thereof on the day of judgment.”
In anger, I have spoken many words without thinking. Please remember that the Greek word for idle means lazily, or non-working. The double meaning is that if the scripture applies to words that are spoken without purpose, how much more so words spoken with purpose?
Also, if a person slants the truth to make another person look bad and uplift the big number one, he committing an act called slandering. Children, and adults alike do this, but children in a much less subtle way.
For example, Johnny is playing with Billy’s toy truck, Billy says give me the truck, Johnny says no quite rudely, Billy hits Johnny, takes the truck, and Johnny goes to get mommy. In comes mommy, and hears Johnny say, I was just playing with the truck, and Billy up and punches my arm to get the truck!” Then Billy said, “THAT’S NOT TRUE! Johnny was playing with my truck without asking and I asked very nicely if I could have my truck back but Johnny said NO! And then when I tried to take it from him, he was fighting me, so I slapped his hand and took the truck so I could put it away.
The truth in the above analogy is somewhere In between Johnny and Billy, and Mom hates having to sort it out. This is an example of children either not thinking VERY CAREFULLY or perhaps TOO CARE FULLY upon what they’re about to say. The key seems to be to think very carefully about what proceeds from your mouth and to make sure every word is accurate.
Hey kids, I say this for myself as well, would it not be wonderful to be the child that Dad or Mom could ALWAYS trust and count on to be accurate. I want this to be my personal standard but know I don’t live up to this qualification. But please, carefully weigh every word you speak, and say only a few, for a word fitly spoken, Is like apples of gold in pictures of silver, Proverbs 25:11
Please note God said A WORD, not several.
And one more scripture in proverbs is Thou art snared with the words of thy mouth, thou art taken with the words of thy mouth. - John Moore.
Well, I don't know what you think, but I thought it was funny how many grammatical errors were piled up in one article.
Then, I read many of my past blog posts. I've come to the conclusion that grammatical errors flock to me.
So, tomorrow I'm going to order a duct tape watch from Blu Sphere, (25 bucks off, New Years sale) and Breaking Into Acting for Dummies.
It has a whole section in there for working with kids. Should be helpful with episode 2 and Gator. Gator is the star of the show, and he needs to put on a shaking spear performance!!
/??\
So, I heard through the grapevine (Reagan) that Ashley was sick, or Mrs. Zimmerman was sick. I still can't tell which is which, and Reagan's in bed right now.
Whatever it was, she said that it probably "wasn't anything serious but it was pretty bad."
I have no clue what that's supposed to mean, but that's what Reagan said.
So, to whomever was sick/is sick/is gonna be sick/wants to be sick, have a happy "GET WELL SOON" from John Moore.
I doubt that means much, but for what it's worth, you have it.
Reagan is constantly jabbering on about Alexis and Ashley and Esther and Whomever However Whenever.
She emails people more often than even "I" do these days. Still, I have 2000 personal emails from my four addresses combined. I have a ton more junk mail and newsletters than that but I always count those seperately.
Speaking of which, I got my first Maximum PC magazine in the mail today. I ordered a one year subscription for 12 bucks. Not bad for 12 issues.
Anyway, that's about all for today. My fingers are tired, and so is my head. I'm going to go call David Heustis now, and see what he's up to.
I can't wait for the Heustis's to get down here!
What about all yawl from Alaska? (Derek Moreland, I know you're reading this!)
By the way, I talked to Derek the other day. Turns out that he though that I was the voice yelling "STOP" on the "Sing Verdi Very Loud."
I want to know who else thought this, and I want them to know that it was under NO circumstances me. My voice is not near that clear. My voice is a little more dullish and slurry.
So, David said that the guy dressed in green in the "Moskou" german disco movie, looked like a cross between Derek Moreland and a disgruntled rat. Shocking eh? Derek Moreland thought so.
He swears that he'll never ever watch it again, and that his life is ruined. Oh well. Poor Derek.
But yeah, what are all yawls thoughts about David leaving Alaska? Are they tragic? Sad? Terrible? Horrible? Happy? Delightful? Grateful?
Whatever.
~ John.
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