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What kind of subtitle is that? Well if you Google Search “merovingian believes that” I pop up #1. Awww how nice! One of the orignial BD posts too: People are interesting at times.
I love seeing the cracked out referrals I get!
Original post: The Babbling Dweeb : If you build it they will come
They might be around the corner
This is really a mini-spawn of a comment and post on Christie’s blog…but it makes for a good post.
To start: I don’t have all the answers! :) To be quite honest, I have not found love with this strategy yet, but I have met some amazing people and I have a little more hope that there are more women out there that are my “type”…which is a nice feeling. I might be in the same boat as you; well I’m not looking for a guy, but…
I came up with this little “plan” if you will. I meet/talk/email/IM/Whatever with new people often, so I pick their brain. When I meet a new girl I don’t care if she’s married or has a boyfriend; if she’s my type I want to know where she hangs out and what she does in her free time. I don’t ask HER out and I don’t usually ask them to set me up with their friends. So why do I ask about where she hangs out and what she does for fun? Well, because she is my “type” and if I know where she hangs out I might find other girls like her hanging out there as well. I try to stick to the adage that good people keep good company. In the end I brushed up on my small talk, made a new friend and I got a little dish on were to find Miss Might-Be-Right…she had a conversation with someone that wasn’t hitting on her and made a new friend, she might have found someone for one of her girlfriends that’s been looking for someone like me. It’s a win-win.
I suggested to one of my girl friends (note: not girlfriend, girl that’s a friend) that she hang out in places she likes. She likes to read and she loves Starbucks, so I told her to start spending time reading there. She doesn’t have to chug 40 gallons of coffee to go there; she can just go there and read. I figured eventually one of the guys there might get the courage to talk to her -or- she might get the courage to talk to one of the guys there. It’s not the perfect ideal, but it’s a start and you have to start somewhere.
I suggest that you hang out in your element…if you like working out, keep your eyes peeled at the gym. If you like the mall, look for guys that are there often (you might find a shopping partner). If you like dancing, check out a local swing/salsa bar. Don’t get bummed when you don’t meet Mr/Miss Perfect the first night out. Give it time and just have fun. Most people would rather approach a someone that looks like they is fun and is having fun then a someone that looks like they is just looking for Mr/Miss Right.
The Power of Focus
Have you read The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People [Stephen R. Covey]? Did you like it? Love it? Hate it? Well even if you hated it, The Power of Focus [Jack Canfield, Mark Victor Hansen, Les Hewitt] might be for you. If you hated the topic in 7 Habits; just skip this whole review!
I feel guilty comparing these two works as some might feel I am doing the other work a discourteous gesture. However, I feel that the two books not only share the same heart, but they are conveying the same message with the same desire to help people. I am a organization freak in that I love to organize things and make them efficient. I, however, am not ultra organized nor am I efficient. I love watches, I am fascinated with time and I am overly anal about every clock I own not being more then 15 seconds off from the correct time. I, however, am RARELY on time…in fact I loath dedicated times; I prefer suggested times.
Where 7 Habits falls short; or lacks a “for dummies” type of action plan, The Power of Focus brings relief. It’s a clean, nice almost “For Dummies” feel and well laid out action plans. It is a collection of 11 chapters; 10 action plans with a conclusion. After each chapter you find out a little more about yourself…but not in a quizlette you might in the back of cosmo magazine type of self realization – I mean the type were you might want to lie on some questions because you really don’t want to face reality.
For anyone in business or anyone trying to reach new personal goals I think this book is worth the $12. The authors are known for the Chicken Soup for The Soul books…so it has quite the motivational flair that you would expect. There is an occasional comment related to God and religion in general, but I think there is less then 5 references overall. None of them seemed to be out of context.
Overall: a great weekend read and worth rereading a few times.
More then I can handle
I have been keeping up on adding new books I get and the ones I read on All Consuming and I can’t help but laugh at the total obscurity of some titles and how random my choices are…yes total nerd vs little kid (Note that Shel Silverstein has made the list of books read in the past year).
On that note, does anyone have some book suggestions?
I highly recommend The Alchemist: A Fable About Following Your Dream. It’s a short book (less then 200 pages) and an easy read. A good friend of mine gave it to me for Christmas and I can’t suggest this book to enough people. The general story is that of a boy traveling and learning that it’s about the journey; not the destination. If that’s your style of book, give it a try on a rainy afternoon.
People will buy anything
Snipped from the auction:
In 1992, current owner of Gargoyle statue worked as a ranger officer in Austin, TX. In fall of 1992, officer responded to 911 distress call routed through dispatch indicating “GARGOYLE HAS COME ALIVE!!”. Two minutes later, radio dispatch announced that gun shots had been fired from the same location. Officer was provided address where 911 call was initiated to investigate incident.
Officer pulled up to address where 911 call was made to find male & female homeowner standing in yard waiting for police. Officer notified them to immediately place any weapons they had on the ground (male was holding a 357 magnum pistol). Female approached officer in clear state of hysteria screaming that the Gargoyle statue had come alive. Male homeowner was asked to explain what had occured before the officer arrived at the residence.
Male indicated that the 911 call was placed immediately after they saw the Gargoyle statue moving its head and wings. Homeowner then proceeded to fire two rounds point-blank from a 357 magnum pistol into the moving Gargoyle statue. Male indicated that he ran away after seeing both bullets bounce out of the front of the statue. Picture of one of the bullet holes included below.
Homeowners sold Gargoyle statue to ranger officer upon agreement that it would be immediately removed from the property. Now, 12 years later, there is an opportunity for one lucky bidder to be part of this Gargoyles’ illustrious past & future.
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