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Some of you folks maybe won’t believe all the stuff that is in this “It’s Saturday.” Really folks, we question almost everything we hear or read as we don’t know what is right anymore.  We have lost trust in the experts, administration, media, and even our next-door neighbor (i.e. and KnowItAllSally knows everything).  MissPerfect says—It’s soooo bad that I don’t even believe everything that the card girls say!  But remember this—Even if you think that some of this stuff in this “It’s Saturday” is possibly false-ish, remember folks, there is a little truth in everything! 

MyfriendJoeTheHike says—Live is great if you can get past the bullsh*t-ish stuff!  SusieQ says—Yabut you just gotta go forward (i.e. you can’t just sit on the couch and eat chips). The problem SusieQ is that many folks don’t know what the forward is soooo they stay where they are (i.e. stay in a sedentary mode). MyFriendJean says—Ya gotta keep movin’! I asked DaughterOfBenGenius what forward is and she said—Putting one foot in front of the other and go forward.  I talked to a mother and her maybe 6-year-old daughter the other day.  I asked mom what she is doing (i.e. she explained).  I asked her what her husband is up tooooo—she looked at her daughter and asked her what dad is doing—he works and then lays on the couch!!!  That was funny-ish to me!  Such is life.

Heather, James, Erin and Rookie were on a weekend outing in Frisco (i.e. up ‘er in ‘em mts).  I told them that I can’t keep up with all their activities.  Heather text me back—Hey, we can’t burn daylight sitting on the couch eating chips!  Is that going forward? BigLeagueKevin says—A ship doesn’t sail on yesterday’s wind.

I read what RickyRick said while eating my oatmeal with half a banana on it--The Bible says that God wants you to listen to your heart. He wants you to look at what you’re made to do, and then you’ll know what he wants you to do. But most people these days are moving so fast that they don’t have time to listen to their heart anymore. We’ve got to slow down! We’re all in such a hurry, stressed with too much to do, not realizing until later that we didn’t have to do so much. That describes most people today in America. They’re speeding with no direction. But God wants you to slow down and listen to your heart. Romans 12:3b says, “Be honest in your evaluation of yourselves” (NLT). I suggest you get alone with God and ask these questions: “What do I love to do? What do I dream of doing? What fascinates me? What can I talk about, think about, and study all day and not get bored? Where have I been most effective in my life?”

Citi has a TV ad where they say--Wouldn’t it be nice if all folks would tell the truth. A lady brings a pie over to their new neighbor and says—I’m just here to see if you are weird! The new neighbor says back—Would you like to come in and snoop around?  I think that is funny-ish! 

You might be disadvantaged-ish.  I read in the paper that there is an imbalance of knowledge. Economists call it asymmetric information—when one party in a transaction knows more than the other and can exploit the advantage.  LuckieEddie says—It’s good to be in the know!  OneSmartGuy went to Global Leadership Summit. He said--GLS is lead by Bill Hybels at Willow Creek, in Chicago and they bring in national leadership speakers to speak to the Willow Creek crowd and then telecast it out to 300 different churches in the US and International countries.  I believe that there were about 200,000 people who saw the presentations via telecast. This OneSmartGuy shared his notes.  Here is the last part of his notes.

Hybels challenge:

1. Spend 15 minutes/morning to read and reflect on your life.  Aka ‘Chair time’.  Think about who you are becoming? Read and Pray.
2. Business Owners – make this year a ‘grander vision’.  Support other businesses that help people, not just with giving money, but with action.do something big.
3. Measure the health of your organization’s culture.  It’s only has healthy as the top leaders want it to be.
4. Everyone wins with the leaders get better.  What is your ‘year around’ plan to improve your leadership skills?
5. Are you leading at home as well as you are leading at work? 

Have you ever had a dream and wake up and are soooo glad it’s just a dream?  Have you had something seem like it’s a dream (i.e. it’s soooooo good) but it is not a dream but it is the real thing?  CrazyMarivn says—Some of my dreams are just mirages! CrazyMarvin, I can relate to that.  Last Saturday morning I went for a walk on the golf course and thought about my score the day before.  I think I was just dreaming!  After thinking through my round, I don’t think my score was as good as I thought.  I was just in a dream-ish world.  I can have a lot better score when I forget the bad holes.  Man-o-man. AverrageJoe says--Let’s be honest.  Life would be boring if we all had the same hopes and dreams.  The Dreamers aren’t dreaming soooo good right now; we will see what Congress has to say.

PXG golf company advertise that their clubs are the best.  They say you will be in the fairways more using their clubs and “you meet a better class of people in the fairway.”  That just makes me laugh.  That’s crazy-ish to me! Are folks you like to be around, in the fairway?  Does that mean maybe, just maybe, that those who are in the rough have sorta kinda a bull-ish attitude?  I read this in a novel (i.e. DoubleBarrelDallas says—it’s just fiction)—Sam Tucker was a disciple of the belief that evil always gets what it deserves, and he enjoyed seeing his philosophy borne out.  Particularly in this case.  He had a certain admiration for really hard men who were skilled killers if they walked up to a man’s face and gave him a chance, but not for the gunman who lay in ambush, and who shot in the back. Sooooo any of you folks every shoot someone in the back (i.e. there a lot of ways to shoot a person in the back).  GeorgeTheCrook says—That shooting a person in the back is sorta kinda rather chicken-ish; that is what little people do. 

Soooo what makes a person a big person or a little person (i.e. I’m not talking about your weight folks). More words from the novel—You know Jud, Colleen continued, some big things are done by men who are really very small.  Woooooo! My mentor would say to me—erv, the world’s measuring stick for big folks is how much money they appear to have, how big a house they have, how much power they appear to have; but that is not really what the real measuring stick is.  He was sorta kinda a philosophical—ish kind of guy who lived his life by what he believed.  He lived his life well but he was much more “worldly modest” than what he could have if he wanted tooooo.  And he was happy. 

It was rather tickle-ish to put the details together but I went on a “Sabbath.”  This Sabbath is a day away from my normal life and spending time with myself and my thoughts (i.e. mediation and rest and refreshing).  A time to reflect and think.  Does that make any sense to you?  It is good for me. Friends gave me a most enjoyable and beautiful setting to do this.  For a caregiver, it is really important to do this (i.e. my opinion).  I have taken up some folks’ offers to help me.  I asked several of them to stay with Arlene.  It appears that they were very happy to do this.  Helping is a gift to me and I hope to them.  If not, they won’t do it in the future.  If that is the case, I surely understand.  They gave me suggestions how it would work better the next time I do it (i.e. very good suggestions).  Very help-ish!

Money-ish!  I read in the paper soooo it must be right that if you want to run for Governor, you got to have money or raise money (i.e. a lot of money).  It said that most candidates over estimate how much money they can raise.  They really have to have a passion to do all the effort it takes to raise this money (i.e. kiss a lot of butt and a lot of babies).  And they have to have a good reason why they are running and why folks think they would be a good governor.  It’s like starting a new business.  If you can’t sell many widgets, you won’t stay in business.  And the last thing it said, it takes a lot of money! That money seems to influence folks. LukkieEddie says-- I wonder what it would cost me to hire lobbyists to get what I want?  LuckieEddie, it would really depend a lot as to what you want!!!! 

                                                                                

A guy who I know (i.e. half of what he says isn’t true and the other half I don’t believe) says--Toyota has an asymmetric negotiating position (i.e. they know everything about everything).  They basically put states against states to get the best deal.  They might even know they are not going to a certain state but they use those states as a battering ram. It’s an effective-ish way of doing business (i.e. some call it good business).  It works folks; don’t kid yourself.  Have you ever tried that with your spouse?  Ouchy ouchy! SlimyTerry says—I have and then the divorce attorneys split the assets!

It's all about the Benjamins. And Jacksons. And Lincolns. And Washingtons. Great gobs of goose sh*t! Talk about getting a jump on the competition—Can you believe this?  The Seahawks are using Regenokine on their players.  The treatment removes anti-inflammatory agents from the blood and reinserts them into an injured area to help with pain issues in joints muscles and more.  It’s illegal in the United States but who cares if you can gain an advantage over your competition and make more money.  I could use this procedure on my hamstring.  I wonder where I can go to have this done.  I bet for enough money, I can find a place. It just might enable me to beat someone on the pickleball court!  I need to gain an advantage!  The question is how much money is it worth to me. hahaha

I was at a grocery store and almost ran into a lady and her cart with my cart.  I apologized and said—I don’t know where I’m going—me either; I’m looking for beer for my husband soooo when I have had enough of him and send him out to his shop, he has some beer to drink.  We both laughed.  She wasn’t a bit sheep-ish about telling me this.  What a hoot!

Have a FUN day my friends unless you have other plans. (-:

erv

MyFriendJeans says—May you never miss a rainbow or a sunset, because you are looking down.

P.S. "When it is obvious that goals can't be reached, don't adjust the goals, adjust the action steps." - Confucius