Kibosh! Ok, what I say will not be remembered by most a minute after it
is read. But what smart folks say, is
well remembered after their death for many years. CadillacJack asks--How smart do you have to
be before that happens? I have no
idea. Some of you might be that smart. "When you have exhausted all
possibilities, remember this: you haven't." - Thomas Edison ~ "Try
not to become a person of success but rather a person of value." - Albert
Einstein
Here are some random lines from John Grisham’s new book Camino Island. I enjoyed the book but I like Grisham’s
writing; I think I have read all of his 37 books. Crazy! Double Barrel Dallas
says—The book is fiction sooooo these lines are tooooo! Nothing goes as planned, and the survivors
are the ones who can adapt on the fly. ~ There is nothing really private these
days with the internet and social media and hackers everywhere and all the talk
about transparency. ~ He drinks a lot and alcohol causes loose lips. ~ Mix together some fragile egos, booze and
some politics, it usually gets rowdier. ~
70% of all novels are purchased by women. ~ He is a drunk and until he
decides to sober up. Until then he’ll be nothing more than a drunk. ~ As you
know, facts always get in the way of a good story. ~ Own it girl. The old
saying from college: “If you are gonna to be stupid you gotta be tough.” ~ I’m
frustrated with people like Andy who have the talent but squander it with bad
habits.
A friend says—erv, I like it when you are
personal (i.e. spill you guts). Well
this is personal my friend. I probably
would not have gone to church last Sunday if some friends were not going to
speak about their mission trips. They
are good folks with good hearts; I sorta kinda knew they would be an up lift.
They were. They made me cry and also
laugh. BUT maybe a greater up lift came
from an event that I didn’t expect. I
sat in the back (i.e. representing my neutral attitude). A church family came and sat in the row in
front of me (i.e. dad and mom and three children 13 and under—great
family). After some time, the mom turned
around and shuck my hand (i.e. sorta kinda out of the blue). I cried.
It meant soooo much to me (i.e. pretty much put a kibosh to my neutral
attitude). Talk about a mission to
me. She touched my heart.
Talking about being brutally honest and personal. A golf buddy/friend was at the Cedar Falls
Bible Conference the other night. They
went early as there was a hot dog/sweet corn feed. A guy approached him and asked him what was
going on—he explained—he asked if he was welcome—sure everyone is welcome—you
want to join us for a meal—I can’t, I don’t have any money; I just got out of
prison (i.e. he seemed confused and disoriented some)—I will buy your meal;
what are your needs—I really need to find a job soooo I can make some
money. Sooooo they were munching on
their corn and dogs and this guy said to my buddy—you know what my most
immediate need is—no, what is it—I could use some sex!
I received an email from some friends—Please pray for my lovely
cousin. She is 46 yrs old and she grew up in a Muslim
family. Where it is prohibited to speak about Christianity. Now
folks, that seems to pretty much putting the kibosh to much evangelizing to
them or even having a discussion or a conversation. Crazy, but some still do convert to
Christianity. GeorgeTheCrook says—There
are countries and religions that try to put the kibosh to any talk about
anything other than what the government wants the folks to think or what
certain religions what their folks to think; now that is controlling their
folks. What do you say about that?
America and Christianity does not do that.
GeorgeTheCrook says--One day he will wake up and it will be over
a.k.a. the kibosh. Most profit-driven
companies do employee evaluations (i.e. talk about how the employee is
performing). If an employee continues to
do poor work, it’s hit the road Jack.
That’s the way it is folks (i.e. they use the analytical approach). If
you are hired to make rain and don’t; yikes, you might have to start working on
your CDL!!! My opinion is that many
non-profit companies and organizations (e.g. churches, government, education, charitable
organizations, etc,) do a very poor job of evaluating; I think they have many
good employees but the poor ones can hide and continue even if they can’t make
rain. My opinion again—If companies
don’t do evaluations letting the employees know where they are, organizations are
not being fair to them. Then one day
they get thrown under the bus and then they sue (i.e. they never said I wasn’t
doing a good job). I talked to a young man whose family has run a corn
detasseling company for 18 years. They
do performance evaluations and give their better employees better pay. He said—Everyone knows who the better workers
are; it doesn’t take long to figure it out.
Bingo! AverageJoe says—Sooooo don’t give me that crap that evaluations
can’t be done fairly! Some folks want high pay and don’t want to work hard or
don’t do a good job. And some don’t
realize they are not doing a good job and others are not capable of doing a
good job (i.e. for many reasons) and some don’t realize they are doing a poor
job (i.e. no one has ever told them).
Such is life.
Our foursome was on #6 green and one of our opponents had a
6-footer for par. He was ready to putt
and my phone dinged signaling a text. He
missed the putt and said—All I could think was—another angel got its
wings! What a hoot. TheBigKahuna putted
the lights out all day but he missed that one!
I had such a fun time. This guy
makes me smile and sometimes even laugh.
And he usually takes my money!
A friend and I are/were rather upset about a
situation. We got together and discussed
what we should do (i.e. we had options).
We invited his wife to be part of our discussion. She sorta kinda told us we were over reacting
(i.e. put a kibosh to our action we were thinking of doing). She probably really influenced us in stopping
us from taking some action, what we thought to be proactive action. Sooooo, she motivated us in our action of our
action of no action (i.e. sorta kinda put the kibosh to our thinking). Was that
good or bad? We might not ever know. I hope she had wisdom in influencing
us. The outcome of this little
get-to-gather certainly will impact the future of this situation; good or bad,
we don’t know; maybe probably never will. Crazy! I was telling my story to a
friend. He said—erv, that decision just
made your life a lot easier (i.e. less time consuming); it’s easier to sit on
your hands and let “whatever happens happen.”
LuckieEddie says—Sooooo many times we say later—I/we should have done
that a long time ago; the culture is much better now! Yabut LuckieEddie, most stuff doesn’t happen
until it finally hurts soooo bad that you can take it anymore; many times by
that time the tooth is rotted away. Such
is life.
WorldClassLarry says--Put a kibosh to stinkin’ thinkin’; give;
how much you give is not the point; rather, it's the act of giving, the mindset
of sharing and caring, that matters.
JessicaSweet says--Choice, not
chance, determines your fate. I read this while eating my oatmeal with a half a
banana on it--The Bible says very clearly that you weren’t put on this earth
just to live for yourself: “Whenever you are able, do good to people who
need help” (Proverbs 3:27 NCV). God gave us abilities, talents,
and energy to help other people. Tom Terrific says—There is nothing better than
a grateful heart; it will put the kibosh to stinkin’ thinkin’!
SusieQ says—This might put the kibosh to some of our
eating. A friend told me that about 90%
of controlling our weight or losing weight is in our eating habits (i.e.
counting our calories). If we eat 1,200
calories a day, we might lose weight or at least maintain our weight. A Big Mac has 563 calories; each mile of
walking eats up about 80 calories (i.e. depending on our size and how fast we
walk). Sooooo that means to off-set the
calories in a Big Mac we have to walk about 7 miles. Ouchy ouchy! Ok, now add a medium order of fries (i.e.
another 340 calories or another 4 miles).
Wow! That is why counting calories
is soooo important. JoeBlow says—The reality
is, we need to eat soooo little to live; but we eat soooo much to live
big! Ouchy oucyy!
Have a FUN day my friends unless you have other plans. (-:
MyFriendJean says—Living for the future puts today in
perspective.
P.S. My podcast is a conversation with an intriguing and interesting person. I hope you give it a listen.
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