“There are 10 kinds of people – those who understand binary code and those who don’t.”
It’s 11-11-11 today. I’m not into numerology or anything like that, but I think it’s pretty cool all the same. As a developer, I write code in object-oriented syntax and as a boolean value, the number 1 is considered “true.”
44 is too young to die but God had other plans for Dwight Errington Myers, better known to us as Heavy D. He died on Tuesday in his Beverly Hills home, according to media reports, though it’s not clear what the cause of death was.
Heavy D is best known for hip hops hits such as “Mr. Big Stuff,” “The Overweight Lover’s in the House,” “Somebody for Me” and “We Got Our Own Thang” and more popularly, the theme song for popular TV show “In Living Color.”
What is most interesting to me is that within 24 hours of Heavy D’s untimely death, he tweeted,
“BE INSPIRED!”
What we want isn’t always what our heart is aching for. As Jon Foreman of Switchfoot sings, “I am the raindrop falling down, always longing for the deeper ground.”
During November each year, Movember – Mo being short for mustache – is responsible for the sprouting of mustaches on thousands of men’s faces, in the US and around the world. With their Mo’s, men like me raise vital funds and men’s health awareness, specifically prostate cancer, which develops in the male reproductive system and is the most common cancer among men.
I don’t watch TV so I miss out on the viral joy of hilarious commercials. Don’t feel sad for me. I eventually see them – a year and a half later. This one goes out to all the motherfathers out there…
One injury, one affair, one arrest or one unforgivable misstep is all that it takes to go from being beloved by all to being the forgotten has-been. “There is no remembrance of former things, neither shall there be any remembrance of things that are to come by those that shall come after.”
“Right or wrong, tension makes us stronger by making us weak when we needed to be.”
Thought-provoking lyrics from an amazing song called “Birthright” by the amazing band, Sleeping at Last featuring Jon Foreman of Switchfoot. Give it a listen.
Life began to fade from the pleading eyes of his prey as the boa constrictor squeezed his coils even tighter. It was then that he saw a larger rodent approaching that would make a more satisfying meal. He thought to himself, “This is why I need fingers. I could grasp that rodent as well as eat the one I already have.”
Since he had no fingers and was too greedy to let the larger rodent pass, he released his hold on the one he had and started slithering toward the larger one. But then he saw other snakes slithering toward that same prey. Were they as foolish as he? Had they too just released their smaller prey to seize this larger, yet unattained, prize?
