Today’s post was supposed to be a picture that I cobbled together, putting candy corn on a corn cob and calling it candy corn on the cob.
I wasn’t going to make a physical object, I was just going to edit some photos to make it look like it existed.
When I started looking up photos of corn cobs and candy corn, however, I found that some people had already made candy corn on the cob. That took the wind out of my sails, so I didn’t work on what I was going to do.
Instead, I read the post the Kyle wrote about how he made candy corn on the cob. It was interesting enough that I started reading some of his other posts. And before I knew it, Wednesday had come and gone and I had nothing ready for my own post.
Today’s post is rather lacking, for all it is is recounting how I wasted my lunch hour reading Something a Week.
It’s a good thing he stopped updating his blog (170 posts at one a week = over 3 years of making things), otherwise I might not have written even this much.
And while we are talking about corn on the cob, I must use this opportunity to educate certain people out there. When I was looking for pictures of corn cobs, many photos appeared that were not corn cobs. People were taking pictures of ears of corn and calling them corn cobs.
Those terms are not interchangeable. A corn cob is the part inside the ear of corn that you do not eat – it is what holds the kernels. Corn on the cob means the kernels are still attached. A photo of a corn cob should be an ear of corn with no husk and no kernels. In other works, corn on the cob minus the corn. Please keep that straight and label your photos accordingly.
Other interesting posts at that blog:
Real-life Mario coins
Punch in the face
French toast stick
The desire of the sluggard puts him to death, for his hands refuse to work;
Proverbs 21:25
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For Alpha’s birthday party, we decided to celebrate somewhere new. My wife found a somewhat local fishing pond that provided full service.
They provide the poles,
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I have never heard the whole song “Red Solo Cup” but I have heard a short clip of it for some ad or promotion or something. From my understanding, it was a fairly popular song. At some point, Toby Keith (and his fans) are going to mature and settle down. Trade that Solo cup for a polo shirt. The song can adapt easily, I think.
And if you’re not familiar with the song, don’t worry about it. You can go look it up if you’d like, but then it becomes like explaining a joke after it’s told. Yes, you will get it but it won’t be as funny.
He searched, beginning with the oldest and ending with the youngest, and the cup was found in Benjamin’s sack.
Genesis 44:12
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Whiteboards and dry-erase markers are a great idea.
But sometimes the colors don’t erase very well.
Then the board becomes hard to read, and the eraser is useless.
Some people might give up and just buy a new board.
But don’t do that. Keep going until the whiteboard is a complete mess.
(muddled whiteboard)
That’s when you buy my new product – the white whiteboard marker!
Now that board can be used again.
Keep using the white marker until
the board is fully white!
Then start the process all over again.
I wish I had an actual product available, but I don’t. Nothing here for you to buy.
He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To him who overcomes, to him I will give some of the hidden manna, and I will give him a white stone, and a new name written on the stone which no one knows but he who receives it.
Revelation 2:17
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Transcript:
Telephone handset: Hello, and thanks for calling Paul’s Appliance Repair, where we exceed your expectations. How can we help you?
Lady: Yes, my washer stopped working. Can you come take a look at it?
Paul’s: Sure, we can be there in 10 minutes.
Lady: Wow, you got here fast!
Paul’s: Yes ma’am – we try to exceed your expectations.
Paul’s: Okay, it’s fixed now.
Lady: Wow, that was fast too.
Paul’s: Yes ma’am – we try to exceed your expectations.
Lady: How much do I owe you?
Paul’s: $500. That’s $250 for the service call and $250 for parts and labor.
Lady: I was expecting to pay around $200.
Paul’s: Yes ma’am – we try to exceed your expectations.
Lady: I knew there was a catch.
I never really liked the phrase “exceed your expectations”. In general, I prefer not to have surprises. I want to know what to expect and then I want those expectations fulfilled.
It’s nice if you can do better than forecast, but don’t surprise me with it.
“Good news, sir. We were able to fix your car two days faster than the initial estimate of six days!”
“Why is that good news? I’m out of town and won’t be back for another two days – right when my car was supposed to be ready. I hope you didn’t have to work any overtime to finish it sooner.”
The car owner might sound grumpier than he needs to sound, but I hope you get the point – surprises are not always good. In the service industry, your goal should be to make the customer happy, not to exceed his expectations. Maybe exceeding his expectations is one way to make him happy, or maybe understanding his expectations and meeting them is another way, or maybe clearly defining what you will accomplish so that his expectations are correct is another way.
Behold, your expectation is false; Will you be laid low even at the sight of him?
Job 41:9
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Watch out for that incomplete stranger – he’s not quite all there.
When they were only a few in number,
Very few, and strangers in it,
1 Chronicles 16:19
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I didn’t set out to make any political statements or economic analysis here; I just heard an political-economic term and it sounded like it could be a feature at a water park. I thought “What other economic terms could be in a water park?” and naturally they divided themselves into two camps.
Here are the features of the socialist water park:
- Soak the Rich splash park
- Slippery Slope of Government Regulation water slide
- Lazy River of welfare
Here are the features of the capitalist water park:
- Trickle Down splash park
- Market Cycle wave pool
- Industrious River of work
- Negotiation and Concession stands
The generous man will be prosperous,
And he who waters will himself be watered.
Proverbs 11:25
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This is Alpha, the first-born, when he was 2YO.
This is Beta, the second-born, when he was about 2YO.
This is Gamma, the third-born, when he was about 18MO.
