you may or may not have heard of ray lamontagne but you need to. so here is a start
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monday music : another celeb look alike
i’m a teenager again : can he do it?
if you are like me, in the early 30’s and a golfer for your high school career, then you might feel like me.. i’m feeling like a teenager again. this guy who was a storm around the professional golf world in my teenage years is back. back in the day golf was one of my high school sports. loved it & lived it. and strangely enough, i watched i religiously. i know all the players, i knew all their swings. i knew all the stats. now, if i remember correctly norman had many leads in many major pro golf tournaments.. and many times he screwed it up or was on the wrong end of some miracle shot. so i wonder what happens today?
update: well, he didn’t do it. that would have been great but oh-well. maybe next time
things on tab : linkage for the week
since i’ll be heading out on our senior high mission experience tomorrow i’m guessing this post will stick around for a bit. unless i can find some wi-fi in the area. here are some links that i’m perusing.
- a beer pong video game controversy.. really? check out who has more
skilltime than one should - teens opting to get pregnant.. is penelope onto something?
- apparently though the pregnancy numbers are low
- teen dating & other abuse
- what other than the bible is considered sacred literature?
- dealing with sexual brokenness in youth article
- magnetic wallpaper the next thing?
- employers are having to cater to gen y’s wants.. how bout a youth pastor?
- honestly,.. virtual reality abuse?..
- jay got me to sign up for jott.. still not sure if i need it
- british methodist church is actually reaching to unchurch young adults
- 80’s work for todays teen consumerism?
- what do teens want?
- the new teen trend is to control tv..
- teens various views of oral sex
- research says youth get alcohol from adults.. is that news?
- the foreclosure market is helping out the teen party scene
- the "cool" or "responsible" parent that drinks with their teen?
high gas prices : what we overreact too
heard an interview of dan ariely author of predictably irrational. he brought up a good point on people trading in their cars (generally high gas mpg vehicles) and getting low value for them, even taking a hit on their loan. all because of gas prices going up. he was saying that gas prices have only gone up a dollar in the last year which can equate to $1000 more over the year, but to take on new payments or pay interest to eclipse that raise doesn’t make sense financially. you loose more money now with that reaction. so what is someone to do? hmm…