Septembeard is Coming!

Similar to Movember last year:

The Daddy-O
The Bubba
The Swellick

Septembeard is a goofy way to bring awareness to prostate cancer.

Are you in? I am! C'mon, some of you ladies can join in too! (you know who you are!) ;-)




http://youtu.be/5TcWek36EKw

America's Truck

http://bcove.me/blrez5x7

The "Other" Blog

Yes, there is another blog. It is a Resource Guide for parents of special needs children that I have been haphazardly working on for a while.

I recently made some updates and have been encouraged by some to post a link here on TDR in case regular readers are not aware of it.

Enjoy and I hope it is helpful!

Movember: The Swelleck

November is MOvember.

I wanted to call this one the CHiP but, so far as I know, neither Ponch nor John sported a soup strainer for any extended period of time.

Naturally, the king of the stash is the man himself, Tom Selleck:



Seriously, Tom Selleck is like one of those monasteries preserving the wisdom of civilization through the dark ages. He is like a one man monastery of the masculine moustache.

So I thought of calling this one the "Magnum". But who am I kidding? Sadly, I am more Ron Swanson than I am Tom Selleck:



 But I aspire to rise above my inner Swanson and possibly scratch the underbelly of the great Selleck (wait . . . that sounds wrong).

 *Ahem*

In honor of Movember, I give you the Swelleck:

Seriously though, (unlike the Swelleck) prostate cancer is no joke. If you are a man over 40, get checked regularly.

Also, don't beat your kids.

Movember: The Bubba

As I mentioned before, November is MOvember.

I am calling this little gem "The Bubba".

When I stepped out of the bathroom, the wife cringed. "You think this is ugly?", I replied, "You should take a good look at prostate cancer."

If you are a man over 40 you should be screened regularly. Git 'er done!

BTW . . . the breast cancer people have these funny but irreverent t-shirts:

I was trying to come up with an equivalent slogan for prostate cancer. I have a couple of ideas but so far nothing I would be willing to wear on a t-shirt.

Any ideas?

Movember: The Daddy-o

November is MOvember.

 For those who don't know, Movember is a month in which participating men start out clean-shaven and grow a big-ol' stash to bring awareness to men's health issues in general, men's cancer in particular and prostate cancer specifically. If you are a man over the age of 40 - you should get yourself checked regularly. Seriously, prostate cancer will kill you if you don't catch it.

So this is not technically a stash but I figured I would go big and pare it back. I am calling this one the Daddy-o since I am pretty sure Dad's are amongst the very few who are allowed goatees these days.

As dads we sorta get a "dad-credit" when it comes to fashion and grooming. After all, when all the hard-bodied, flat-bellies are going to the gym, paying $40 for a haircut with highlights and cruising the bar scene, Daddy-o's are changing diapers, getting the kids to school and helping cook meals that their kids will never eat - let 'em grow a goatee if they want for Pete's sake!

All together now!:


Gas station glasses, 
Don't care what the masses 
Think about me and my sweet goatee . . .

Signing Up

http://youtu.be/8tB_ugQ4psQ

An Excellent Tribute

http://youtu.be/3wJYpRJQVbo

A Good Day for America

The best part is the ending

President Bush Reacts to Osama Bin Laden's Death with Will Ferrell from Will Ferrell

http://www.funnyordie.com/videos/4b3afc5c2f/president-bush-reacts-to-osama-bin-laden-s-death-with-will-ferrell?rel=player

I Love OBL

We were finishing up a lovely candle-lit dinner party in the back yard Sunday night when I checked my e-mail and announced, "Osama Bin Laden is Dead". Like many, we settled in to scan the television and Internet for more information. The opinion in our house was unanimous: "Good riddance" and yet, as we tuned in to see the thronging jubilant crowds in DC and NY, I couldn't help but think, "Is this us? Is this how we celebrate a death?"

Quickly enough, I reminded myself that I didn't actually personally know anyone who died on 9/11 or in the 10 years of fighting hence. Although the celebration in our house Sunday night was limited to my wife offering me a high-five, who am I to begrudge people closer to ground zero their celebration?

There has been some Christianized "love thy enemy" talk floating around the web and I think that is good - even though I think it is simplistically misplaced.

The fact is, OBL CHOOSE to mastermind:
9/11
The subway bombings in London
The embassy bombings in Africa
The Cole bombing in Yemen
amongst others . . .

I wish he had chosen differently.

Even after all these atrocities (and they are ATROCITIES) he could have chosen to repent, and turn himself in. Does any reasonable person really believe that if he had made one of his many videos repenting and offering to turn himself in that he would not have gone through an international war crimes tribunal? The truth is, he was not repentant.

I wish he had chosen differently.

Even as elite Navy Seals stormed his compound (ask yourself what crimes you would have to commit to have navy seals from another country storm your house) , he could have laid spread-eagle on the ground and been taken into custody. He chose to fight to the bitter end - committing suicide by Navy Seal.

I wish he had chosen differently.

I believe that God loves Osama Bin Laden - just the same as he loves all sinners people. that doesn't mean that some people don't go to hell. I believe that as Christians, we are called to love OBL the way God loves him - all the way to hell.

At the end of it all, the choices were his.

I wish he had chosen differently.

Recently Read

After food, what every man wanted most was war news. The Japanese sealed their camps from outside information and went to some lengths to convince their captives of Allied annihilation, first by trumpeting Japanese victories, and later, when victories stopped coming, by inventing stories of Allied losses and ridiculously implausible Japanese feats. Once, they announced that their military had shot Abraham Lincoln and torpedoed Washington, D.C. “They couldn’t understand why we laughed,” said a prisoner.
Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption

Hmmmm . . . .

http://thedawgrun.blogspot.com/2007/08/7-wonders-of-hey-wait-minute.html

It All Makes Sense Now . . .

Japan's Nuclear Boy passed gas - sorta like America's 3-Mile Island Boy. Japanese doctors are working around the clock to keep Nuclear Boy from fully crapping his pants - like Russia's Chernobyl Boy


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5sakN2hSVxA&feature=player_embedded

Seriously, If you had to write a newspaper headline based on this video, what would you go with? "Japanese Prime Minister says 'We are trying to keep our S*it together'" . . .

"World prays that reactor does not take a dump" . . . .

What's your headline?

Uh . . . . WOW . . . .

Grandmother's Guide to Video Chat

The Hunt is On

NEW FINANCIAL RESOURCES WILL SOON BECOME AVAILABLE TO YOU

- Fortune Cookie

That was actually in my fortune cookie the other night when the wife brought home Chinese take-out. Which is funny since I am currently on the job hunt.

I have always said that looking for a job is twice as hard as having one so if I can get in a solid 4 hours of beating the bushes everyday, I feel a sense of accomplishment.

Thankfully, there are some web sites that aim to make the whole process easier.

LinkedIn:

LinkedIn is one of the more popular networking sites. I set up an account long ago when I started getting LinkedIn requests from friends but never did anything with it. Well now I have the full-meal deal set up at http://www.linkedin.com/in/matthewmlinden .

Check it out, if you are on LinkedIn, shoot me a connection request. If you know me well enough, submitting a recommendation on my behalf would be much appreciated!

CalJobs:

CalJobs is mandatory for anyone seeking unemployment insurance payments in the state of California. I haven't used it much yet but all my info is there as well.

Monster.com:

Of course, Monster is aptly named - it's enormous. Ditto on my stuff being there too.

I have sent my resume out personally to friends and family and would be happy to forward it to any dear readers who might know of an opportunity.

So what am I looking for? Primarily a sales rep/manager position. Durable medical equipment sounds attractive since I have personal experience with little Annie. But a salesman can sell anything. I would prefer to sell products (stuff you can see and touch) as opposed to services.

I am open to travel up to 50% of the time (my previous territory was everything West of the Mississippi in both the US and Canada).

I would prefer to remain based in San Diego - what with the house and all - but would consider anywhere within 1 hour of the Pacific ocean and within 1 hour of a major children's hospital if the opportunity was right.

So that's the news. If any of you dear readers know of an opportunity, please let me know: Matthew.M.Linden@gmail.com .

Thanks!

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Happy Birthday Big Bird

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