Smarter Sheep

Thinking we could add a new conference area like this one to the office. Or maybe it could double as the prayer meeting area as well.

The big issue is who has the ego to stear?

Ever wonder what would happen if Thursday were really Friday… or Friday was Thursday at the office?

1. Friday Reflections post would come a day early.
2. We would race around all morning to get stuff done in hopes of sneaking out of the office a little early to get good seats at the Boston concert. (Btw: Michael Sweet, the lead singer for the 80’s Christian rock band Stryper is fronting the Boston tour so that makes it Holy if someone judges you for going)
3. We would have sushi for lunch.
4. I would be asking the studio where my website rotators were and reminding them that they promised to have them to me the day before … which would have been Thursday … or in this case Wednesday because we are only pretending it’s already Friday.
5. My kids would be asking me to have friends over to stay the night and have band practice in my back living room…. THE WHOLE BAND….

Windows 98 Blue Screen Launch

Windows 95 Promo Tape

It was recently brought to our attention by our adorable niece that when she pitted Lego versions of Indiana Jones against Lego versions of Superman and Spiderman… that Indiana always came out on top. “He’s just tougher, it’s not much of a contest really”…

I guess that I would have to agree. Looks like we will be going to see the new Indiana Jones movie tomorrow night.. because now I just have to know for sure.

Today’s Web 2.0 number is 2, two, dos.. the number 2 is a bright olive green color. The olive green I’m referring to is not a military sort of green, although it could easily go that way if 2 got angry and became militant. I picture 2 as more of a bright glassy olive tone. Your wondering why number 2 is in the green slot? It’s simple, really… number 2 is not number 1. We all know that number 1 is a forever gloating “hey I’m up here on top and your all not..look at me” kind of a color. Therefore, number 2 always feels like less of a number. Two works hard to stay well spirited and tries to glow as best he can… hence the Web 2.0 glassy, shiny-ness, but because he always feels a deep sense of being in second place, the envy show through…just a little… leaving him green.

In my new Web 2.0 series I would like to discuss the close relation between numbers and colors. I know there will be offenses made. So I would like to apologize in advance to those I will offend with my color choices. I would also like to alleviate any concern for the hexadecimal system by stating ahead of time that no colors were hurt during any of my testing.

Today I would like to start with the number 5, Five, cinco… 5 is a blue color. Not blue in the sense of sad, depressed or lonely… that would be more of a navy. I like to think of 5 as more of a blue in terms of corporate colors. Think blue as in Microsoft, IBM and blue ribbons on apple pies at the county fair. Blue as in, “wow her eyes sure light up when I come through the door”.

If you don’t agree with my assessment of the number 5, leave a comment and we can discuss it.

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My name is xxxx and I am the president of a ladies corset company. My company is Christian owned and operates in Mount Clemens, MI. I know church fundraising can be challenging. My company offers a free Partnership Program to help churches raise funds. Churches that partner with us receive an individual church code. When a customer purchases from us using the church code, the partner church receives 10% of the total purchase. The church only needs to let their congregations and supporters know about our partnership, give them the church code, our website address and phone. We will do the rest. Please review our website at: xxxx If you are interested in a partnership, click on the Site Map link and go to Partnership Application Form. Fill it out and submit it. I look forward to helping your church continue to spread the Word.

Ok, so I can see our youth group out selling ladies corsets to raise money for summer camp can’t you? Imagine spreading the word as you go door to door sharing the gospel message and inviting unsuspecting seekers to visit the ladies corset website on their home computers… good grief…

I got an email from one of our IT volunteers this morning for Tiger Direct where they have a promotion going for 1GB Flash Drives at $3.99 each. As JP noted “As a technical person, this is a sad, sad day. Hopefully laptops will stay less than a gallon.”

This is the first post in a new series I’m calling “Email from the Trenches”. Every week I get emails through the church website that are left by church email spammers. Some of them are intelligent… but many are not. In the last few months, I have received over 300 of these messages. They are not your typical spam though, each one had to take the time to fill out our website form and actually paste their message in before sending it. I don’t want to discount the many legitimate and touching emails that are left by other genuine people, but the spammers are worth having a little fun and some conversation over.

Let me just start this whole series off with the subject of the Email from the Trenches #1. The subject was simply titled “Alien Demonic Forces” … I knew right away this one was going to superceed a previous favorite that had to do with youth camp fundraising by selling Ladies Corsets.