Happy Halloween!

Today is Halloween.  It really didn’t feel like Halloween.  At least, not at work today…

Unlike years past, this year my employer sent out an email about a week before Halloween.  In this email we were quoted the work dress and grooming policy and basically told that if our costumes violated the policy we would run the risk of disciplinary action up to and including termination.  So, today, instead of seeing the usual 60 or so employees dressed up for Halloween I have only seen two (I’m told there’s a third, but I never saw him).

Links-R-Us, Vol. 1

Well, it’s Friday morning.  I wish today actually felt like a Friday.  Instead, I feel like I’m just a hollow shell.  Haven’t you ever felt that way?  Everything should be awesome, but it’s not?  You must live with what is, but you can’t fix it and things will never be the same…  That’s my Friday this week.

But enough of that…

Seeing how this is my first of many posts with links that sparked my interest, how about I explain my thought process to you just this once?  Over the past couple of days I have been copying down links that have really peaked my interest.  Along with the links, I’m gonna write a small little blurb that hopefully explains “why” I was interested in the link.  With that said, here goes…

Welcome to Wednesday

“If you really want to be depressed, weigh yourself in grams.” – Jason Love

What a difference a couple of hours make...  For the last 15 hours I have been really frustrated and annoyed at myself.  You see, I made the mistake of actually getting on a scale for the first time in over a month.  And, wouldn’t you know, I was up almost 15 pounds from a month ago.  Talk about sad.  For the last year it seems like I have been rehashing the SAME 30 pounds.  Sometimes up, sometimes down…  Well… I seem to have done in one month what I normally accomplish over a five month trend.  Thus, I am annoyed.

Why Phred?

That’s an excellent question!

When I was 13, my family drove to southern California in our motorhome to pick up my older brother from his proselyting mission for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.  While we were traveling home we got to hear all about the adventures that he and his mission companions had while serving in the California Ventura mission.  There was one story that stood out to this young and impressionable teenager.