Well another year has passed, soon we will say good bye to 2011 and hello 2012.  What a year, looking back I have kept not one of my resolutions.  This makes me think, maybe this year I won’t make any new year resolutions this year.  OK, maybe just two.

2011 was a changing year for me.

1. I quick my job of 18 years.
2. Co-Founded a new company.

Yep, I am an Entrepreneur.  Especially the way the economy is doing, am I crazy.  It’s a very scary and exciting time.  I guess 2012 will be the year for me.  All I can say, we will succeed.

I don’t normally repost things like this but think it is something everyone should think about…. A teacher in New York was teaching her class about bullying and gave them the following exercise to perform. She had the children take out a piece of paper and told them to crumple it up, stomp on it and really mess it up, not to rip it. Then she had them unfold the paper, smooth it out and look at how scarred and dirty it was. She then told them to tell it they’re sorry. Now, even though they said they were sorry and tried to fix the paper, she pointed out all the scars they left behind. And that those scars will never go away no matter how hard they tried to fix it. That is what happens when a child bullies another child, they may say they’re sorry, but the scars are there forever. The looks on the faces of the children in the classroom told her the message hit home. Please share this if you are against bullying.

1. To become a better man!
2. I will balance my checkbook
3. Lose weight, and eat healty
4. Exercise more
5. Save money, budget better
6. Update my blog more often
7. Get more involved in photography again
8. I will try to figure out why I “really” need 10 e-mail addresses
9. Stay positive, need less stress in 2011
10. Start reading my Kindle
11. Drink more water
12. <Sorry, this one is private>

So how about you, what are your new year’s resolutions.

Rest in Peace Molly, you will be missed.

NAPCAN’s latest campaign for a Child Friendly Australia.

Here’s a little something someone sent me that is indisputable mathematical logic. (It also made me Laugh Out Loud.)
Remember, this is strictly a mathematical viewpoint. It goes like this:

What Makes 100%?
What does it mean to give MORE than 100%?
Ever wonder about those people who say they are giving more than 100%? We have all been to those meetings where someone wants you to give over 100%.
How about achieving 103%?
What makes up 100% in life?

Here’s a little mathematical formula that might help you answer these questions:

If:
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
Is represented as:
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26.

Then:

H-A-R-D-W-O-R-K
8+1+18+4+23+15+18+11 = 98%

And

K-N-O-W-L-E-D-G-E
11+14+15+23+12+5+4+7+5 = 96%

But ,

A-T-T-I-T-U-D-E
1+20+20+9+20+21+4+5 = 100%

And,

B-U-L-L-S-H-I-T
2+21+12+12+19+8+9+20 = 103%

AND, look how far ass kissing will take you.

A-S-S-K-I-S-S-I-N-G
1+19+19+11+9+19+19+9+14+7 = 118%

So, one can conclude with mathematical certainty, that while Hard work and Knowledge will get you close, and Attitude will get you there, its the Bullshit and Ass kissing that will put you over the top.

Real Mothers don’t eat quiche; they don’t have time to make it.
Real Mothers know that their kitchen utensils are probably in the sandbox.
Real Mothers often have sticky floors, filthy ovens and happy kids.
Real Mothers know that dried play dough doesn’t come out of carpets.
Real Mothers don’t want to know what the vacuum just sucked up.
Real Mothers sometimes ask ‘Why me?’ and get their answer when a little voice says, ‘Because I love you best.’

Real Mothers know that a child’s growth is not measured by height or years or grade… It is marked by the progression of Mommy to Mom to Mother…

The Images of Mother

4 YEARS OF AGE – My Mommy can do anything!
8 YEARS OF AGE – My Mom knows a lot! A whole lot!
12 YEARS OF AGE – My Mother doesn’t really know quite everything.
14 YEARS OF AGE – Naturally, Mother doesn’t know that, either.
16 YEARS OF AGE – Mother? She’s hopelessly old-fashioned.
18 YEARS OF AGE – That old woman? She’s way out of date!
25 YEARS OF AGE – Well, she might know a little bit about it.
35 YEARS OF AGE – Before we decide, let’s get Mom’ s opinion.
45 YEARS OF AGE – Wonder what Mom would have thought about it?
65 YEARS OF AGE – Wish I could talk it over with Mom.

The beauty of a woman is not in the clothes she wears, the figure that she carries, or the way she combs her hair … The beauty of a woman must be seen from in her eyes, because that is the doorway to her heart, the place where love resides. The beauty of a woman is not in a facial mole, but true beauty in a woman is reflected in her soul … It is the caring that she lovingly gives, the passion that she shows, and the beauty of a woman with passing years only grows!

What does it take
How much more
Break my spirit
Tell me
Answer me
I cry
You cry
You don’t exist

Silence is my enemy
Silence is a friend
Noise can do no good
Empty vessels make the most noise
Damage is done
Repair…Impossible
What more can I say
What good will it do

Unknown author.
Found on newsgroup:rec.arts.poems back in the 90's.

Once, there was this guy, who was in love with a gal.

She wasn’t the most beautiful and gorgeous but for him, she was everything.

He used to dream about her, about spending the rest of life with her. His friends told him, “why do you dream so much about her, when you don’t even know if she loves you or not?  First tell her your feelings, and get to know if she likes you or not”.

He felt that was the right way.  The girl knew from the beginning, that this guy loves her.  One day when he proposed, she rejected him.

His friends thought he would take to alcohol; drugs etc.  And ruin his life.

To their surprise, he was not depressed.  When they asked him how was it that he is not sad, he replied, “why should I feel bad? I lost one who never loved me & she lost the one who really loved and cared for her.”