Learn Taekwondo from a Seven-Year-Old from Matthew Taft on Vimeo.
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Learn Taekwondo from a Seven-Year-Old from Matthew Taft on Vimeo.
]]>My laptop started showing up as plugged in, but not charging. I purchased a new laptop cable and that didn’t change anything. I read a few places online that said it might have to do with the actual motherboard (i.e. take the notebook to a repair shop, etc.). Then I found this post, and one of the solutions there worked for me. Here’s what you do:
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He that is slow to anger is better than the mighty; and he that ruleth his spirit than he that taketh a city.
Many of us have been involved in conversations where a person resorts to yelling or defensively standing by their position even when they no longer seem to have any good reason to do so. In my opinion, when someone gets to this point, they’ve already lost the argument. They’ve got nothing else draw upon, but they don’t want to be wrong, so they get angry. They don’t want to change their opinion, so they say anything (even things they actually don’t believe) to get out of the current predicament. They might escape having to admit the other person is right, but they’ve lost any chance at convincing the other person of their position, because the other person is immediately thrown off by their bad attitude.
What they should say is, “I see what you’re saying, and understand how you could think that way. I don’t really have a good answer right now. I need to look into this more and get back to you.” That’s the way to loose an argument with style. I think Christians would do well to say this more often. It’s better to be honest than spout foolish things just to win a battle, because they’ll lose the war. Do you know what I mean? If we’re all seeking after truth, after all, then we shouldn’t be afraid or ashamed of honesty.
Whether you’re a Christian or not, I think you’ll agree that it’s important to keep our emotions in check with discussing differences with others. I can’t see any other productive way to get a point across without doing it in a way that is slow to anger.
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Me: Sam only went to Taekwondo once this week
Lindsey: That’s okay, right?
Me: Not really.
Lindsey: It will have to be, though, right?
Me: Well, it can’t not be.
Lindsey: So it must be?
Me: I suppose it might be.
Lindsey: Then I guess it is.
What?
Reminded me of the comedy piece “Why?” By Louis CK (not recommended for weak ears, he’s a vulgar one, but pretty funny). Here’s a toned down version:
Basically, there’s a mom looking fully undone in a McDonald’s with a child who says, “Why is the sky blue?” And the mom says, “Shut up and eat your french fries.” People who see this and think, “What a horrible parent! When I’m a parent, I will answer all of my child’s questions,” they just don’t understand what it’s like having kids sometimes. Parents see that and think, “What horrible thing did that child do to upset that parent so much?” Louis then tells a story of a conversation he had with his daughter the other day, and it goes like this:
Daughter: Why can’t we go outside?
Louis: Because it’s raining
D: Why?
L: Water is coming out of the sky
D: Why?
L: Because it was in a cloud
D: Why?
L: Clouds form… when there’s vapor
D: Why?
L: I don’t know. I don’t know any more things. Those are all the things I know.
D: Why?
L: Because I’m stupid, okay?
D: Why?
L: Because I didn’t pay attention in school.
D: Why?
L: Because I was high all the time, alright?
D: Why?
L: Because my parents didn’t give me any guidance.
D: Why?
L: Because they didn’t plan on having me and resented me for stealing their youth.
D: Why?
L: Because they had bad morals, they had no compass.
D: Why?
L: Because they had bad parents, who had bad parents, and it just goes on and on like that.
D: Why?
L: Because we’re alone in the universe! There’s no one out there watching out for us and making sure everything goes alright!
D: Why?Louis then says “I’m going to stop here to be polite to you folks, but this goes on for hours. It gets so weird and abstract, we end up talking like this:”
…
D: Why?
L: Because somethings are, and some things are not.
D: Why?
L: Because things that are not can’t be.
D: Why?
L: Because then nothing wouldn’t be. You can’t have nothing isn’t, or everything is.
D: Why?
L: Because if nothing wasn’t there would be call kinds of weird stuff, like giant ants with top hats flying around. There’s no room for all that.
D: Why?
L: Oh shut up and eat your french fries!]]>
He said, “Is that a Decepticon?”
His dad said, “No, that’s an Autobot.”
The kid asked, “What’s an Autobot?”
The dad said, “The good guys.”
The kid asked, “Why are the bad guys called DECEPTicons?”
The dad thought, then said, “Because they are democrats.”
To be fair to those democrats out there:
I was having lunch with my wife’s aunt and husband one time in a public place. It was during the Bush II presidency, after the war in in Iraq had begun. There was this sound, and everyone looked up. I said something along the lines of it being funny, how everyone is looking up to the sky but no one has a clue what is going on. He said, “Yeah, reminds me of Republicans.”
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- Never throw the battery pack into fire
- Never short-circuit the battery pack
- Never hammer a nail into the battery pack
- Never hit a hammer on the battery pack
- Never step or tread on the battery pack
- Never shock the battery pack by throwing it.
I have a talent. A super secret psychic talent. You tell me the name of the last one you cared about even a little. I’ll tell you how much that meant to you.
It broke your heart.
They all break you heart.
I think many people struggle with being unable to fully open themselves up in new friendships. They find it difficult to be vulnerable. It seems to me that women are more able to open up and share deeply over and over again, and men find this more difficult. It can be that some guys just aren’t into that kind of thing. Other people, men and women included, are just hurt. Friendship after friendship diminishes, and often there is no hint at where things changed. A new friendship. Excitement. Connection. Frequent visits, outings together, laughing. Things get serious. They begin to share more of themselves; the parts of themselves that most don’t know. They open themselves up, like a book with no cover, and allow others to see them for who they really are. Vulnerable. Their dreams, their failures, their fears. Then something changes. The friend stops calling. They see each other less and less. It becomes one-sided. One person is always the one to call, to check up on, to want to see the other. This one still cares, cares about their friend’s life, what they are going through, the struggles they are having, and wants to share and be part of it. This one still wants to have that place in their friend’s life where they feel wanted and needed. This one’s life still goes on, new struggles are faced, new difficulties are worked out, and they feel cheated. Cheated because they invested so much of their soul in someone else who is no longer there. There are two sides to a friendship. There is giving, and there is taking. Building a friendship is an investment and commitment in both. They commit to be there for each other, to help each other. They also begin to expect this from the other person. When new things come up that are important, wonderful, terrifying, difficult, this friend is the one who should be called. They are the one who should be there, to rejoice, to cry, to help. But they’re not there. And a friend is left wondering what went wrong. What did they do? What did they say? Was it all an act all along? If something is wrong, why won’t they tell me?
Maybe some of you can relate to this. How have you dealt with it? Have you gone on to be able to trust someone else the same as you had in the past? One question seems to always come to mind.
Matthew 18:21-22 (NIV)
Then Peter came to Jesus and asked, “Lord, how many times shall I forgive my brother when he sins against me? Up to seven times?” Jesus answered, “I tell you, not seven times, but seventy-seven times.
But does this really solve the problem for any who deal with this? There might not be anything specific to forgive. Even if so, is there a difference between forgiveness and trust? Can these who have been hurt by friends forgive the friends, and still struggle with being able to open up again to someone else? I think so. Some have read 1 Samuel 20 and thought of a friend that meant as much to them as Jonathan meant to David. For many, something in their friendship went wrong. There may be unanswered questions. Even if life moves one, and forgiveness is granted; even if new friendships are made, what then? What if this person finds they are unable to open up emotionally to the extent that they had in the past? It seems that forgiveness is one thing, but there are many who have forgiven and yet struggle to find meaningful friendships in their life.
Sorry, I have no solution or great ending for this one. It’s just something I observed today.
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The occurred after some Windows Updates, and occurs when I insert a DVD into my drive, I open “My Computer” and double-click the CD/DVD drive.
Here’s what fixed it for me:
Backup the registry before proceeding:
1. Start -> Run -> “regedit.exe”
2. At the very top of all folders, right-click “Computer” and choose “Export.”
3. Save the file on your desktop.
Modify the registry:
1. Navigate to: HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\DVD\shell\play\command
2. Open the (default) key.
3. Is it blank? Mine was. I want my DVDs to open with Windows Media Player, so I added this:
C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Media Player\wmplayer.exe /prefetch:4 /device:DVD “%L”
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