BigCat’s Blog of DOOM

My friend Steve is thinking about renting out the other half of his town-home.
( 2-bedroom and other info for those interested )

As a completely separate item, I’m actually trying to do a decent website for my wife’s career as a writer, and I need some help.
( I suck at web layout / theming, who wants to help improve that )
So, who wants to help?

I have a friend who has lost his job as a welder and has been out there looking for anything he can do.

He also has lost his apartment and has some legal stuff going on with his son he is trying to get organized.

Joe is looking for a few things, and I was hoping that someone out there might be able to help, or point him in a direction to get some help.

He is looking for:

• A job – any job, but his trade is welding, so that is of course his preference. But he will do anything
• A place to stay – he doesn’t have much money, food stamps and a little unemployment and will help where he can. This could be a temporary place.
• A storage place to put his stuff – Right now he is renting one of those mini-storage locker thingers, but it would be better if someone had some garage space for him to toss his stuff there.

So, if you have any thoughts or ideas, let me know.

• I’m updating my phone/gmail contacts. Facebook is awesome for this…but sorta makes me feel like a stalker. #
• Why am I watching The View? Random days off are weird… especially when you only remember that you have it off the work day before it. #
• Drat! FedEx guy left a note about dropping off our replacement laptop during the hour and half I was out of the house. Well, maybe tomorrow. #
• Had a really nice conversation with James today. Haven’t got to talk to him in a long time. It was super great to catch up a little. #
• iPhone has returned to me… sweet sweet calendar/contact/email integration with my gmail. And calorie counting again… Ahhh ♥☺ #
• Why do so many people have a culture war mentality? I’m friends with people across the board and cherish our differences. Makes life fun. #
• Prayed at church for over an hour with my small group. Now we’re chillin having some beers at applebees. #
• Had a great breakfast with Ben Ursel. Hoping to do it again sometime in the not too distant future. #
• Rockwell motion training in Cottage Grove. Kinda interesting, but not super exciting information. #
• Already crazy around here today. Hoping to get some work done on the project I’m supposed to be working on by the end of the day. #
• Finally Friday. A work day above all other work days. #
• Note to sales guys who call me: If you leave a message asking me to call you back, but don’t tell me why, I won’t call back. Just FYI #
• Seriously contemplating KDE 4.2 for the next release of Ubuntu/Kubuntu. It looks pretty, and I like Amorak. http://is.gd/ica #
• Great day of chillin and watching fun TV and movies. Plant Earth on BluRay is excellent! #
• Government websites pretty much all suck. The passport renewal website is no exception. #

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• FLIPPIN AWESOME! http://tinyurl.com/cyrbo9 , http://tinyurl.com/attt7c Google syncing madness #
• Stupid corporate earning report meetings. Yawn!… No raises or profit sharing! My division is growing. WTF! This is total BS. #
• Just got over-the-air syncing working between gmail contacts / calendar and my iphone….very nice! Exchange is so worthless to me now. #
• I totally dig syncing my calendar and contacts to my iphone OTA. This is going to generally improve my organizational skills. #
• Sad that I have to send my iphone back for a 3rd time. Prox sensor doesn’t work this time. #
• Having a hard time not being negative at work today after yesterdays announcements. #
• Said “Thank you Jesus” during sex last night. Then immediately thought of the movie Saved. The funny part is I actually meant it. #
• Have had a productive half-day so far. Too bad none of these tasks were the ones I wanted to work on – or that are on my high-priority list. #
• Hungry, no iphone to tell me what to eat and not eat is making me nervously eat less…COME BACK TO ME iPHONE! #
• Busy day – coworkers with sick kids have made it much more interesting. One thing to fix on the floor to catch up a little. #
• 15lbs down since Jan 1. 15 more for goal #1, 25 more for goal #2 (hopefully by vacation in May) #
• Apparently I have tomorrow off…How odd. #

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• Getting my iPhone back today. Needless to say, I’m super excited about that. #
• iPhone has returned to me! And the screen appears to be correctly fixed this time. Now to install some fun new apps. #
• RYI – Bankrolling servant evangelism projects can get expensive over time. Good thing they are so fun, otherwise this would concern me. #
• FYI – Bankrolling servant evangelism projects can get expensive over time. Good thing they are so fun, otherwise this would concern me. #
• During my morning shower my skin is reminded what it is missing. The rest of the day it itches to remind me of what it is missing. #
• It has been light out this week as I’ve left work. I welcome the slow comming of spring in MN. #
• My experience, musicians and unskilled techs compensate for practice, skill, or talent with volume. CT mag agrees. http://tinyurl.com/c2wtk5 #
• I feel like I can’t trust the facebook app for my iPhone – it has odd behavior and doesn’t tell me when people post new notes. #
• Getting my laptop replaced by dell cuz I bitched about a bunch of broken stuff. God bless XPS 4 year warranty #
• Sometimes after having sex with my wife I feel mighty and/or triumphant. #

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Tonight as our first monthly outreach we went to the light-rail station on Lake St. and gave away hot chocolate.

Mostly it was a great time. We had some nice conversations, a lot of compliments and generally good things.

But I also had one encounter that quite possibly takes the cake as my weirdest servant-evangelism story ever.

A guy came up, took the hot chocolate, and then asked us for change to get on the bus. I gave him the 25 cents I had in my pocket which is literally how much I had on me. (I leave cash at home on these adventures so I don’t have to lie about my lack of money when the inevitable homeless person thinks that because I’m giving away something I have money to give away) So he made some random noises / mumbling while I poured another cup to get ready for more people to come by, and then he throws the change on the ground. Then he proceeds to call us liars, and shortly follows that up with asking us if we want a cigarette or weed. After that he says he doesn’t trust us, and I apologize for that. He started milling around and asked if we drink beer, to which I promptly replied “yes.” He asked if we wanted some beer, and I said “not now.” Then he said we were shady, and next time we asked someone if they wanted a cup and they said “no” he said “See, they don’t trust you.”

Eventually he stormed out mumbling something about what bad people we are and how can’t be trusted. He left his slightly drank-from cup of hot chocolate on the ground on his way out.

Like I said, we had some really nice conversations, one in particular, which made us super happy, and we consider this generally fun and successful. But this was crazy-funny-messed-up-awesome-silly, so I thought I had to share.

• http://freemissionwebsites.com/ Freaking awesome idea from http://www.geeksandgod.com. Get involved if you are a webdeveloper type. #
• Learning Drupal – listening to G&G podcast on the subject – any other good references you know of for a beginner? #
• Wife is having a craft-night at the house – I need someone to hang out with so I don’t have to be there. Any takers? #
• Yay! I’ve been adopted. @simpsonian graciously invited me over, so now I have somewhere to be (away from the ‘craft night of male doom’)! #
• I love Saturday shows about grilling. Had a great time chillin 1-on-1 w/ @simpsonian last night. #
• I think I really like Drupal. Thanks @geeksandgod for getting me into this, and helping me through some basics. #

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