The Rodeo

Jesse just prayed extremely earnestly for the “people in Japan who had the salami”.

RodeoClown: is it ok to laugh?

Why do clouds have a flat bottom?
Are they sitting on top of something?

RodeoClown: cloudy

I got sunburnt while working today.
I think that’s a first.

RodeoClown: might try and claim sunscreen on tax this year

2003 – The year of growing up. Fast.
2004 – The year of Matthias.
2005 – The year of death.
2006 – The year of Jesse.
2007 – The year of other people’s problems.
2008 – The year of Aravis.
2009 – The year of surviving.
2010 – The year of pets.
2011 – The year of…

RodeoClown: one more year

It’s 4:25am.
Dark outside, can’t sleep.
In 5 minutes, I open Flash Builder and officially start my new job.
My workmates aren’t around – they are on a plane. No snakes.
When they land, it will still be Sunday. For them.
I’m alone in my office and it begins.

RodeoClown: do You Need A Budget?

The Myths of Innovation is now out in paperback. There’s a bunch of cruft that has built up around ideas and how they are generated. Most of it is garbage. The book outlines how innovations actually occur, and how to go about getting and developing ideas. A great read, especially if you work with ideas (or want to).

It comes with the Rodeo Stamp of Approval^(tm) (and that isn’t just because my name is printed in the acknowledgements).

Here are two free chapters to whet your appetite. Then once you’ve read those, you can grab the rest here: http://bit.ly/mythspb

RodeoClown: like a mole, digging in a hole.

In Revelation 5:6, it says the slain-looking lamb has “seven horns and seven eyes”. In the Greek, is it made clear whether this means the lamb had 7 eyes where I have 2 (i.e. they are an attribute) , or does it mean he had 7 eyes and 7 horns like I might have 7 peanuts and 7 pistachios (a possession)?

The difference has an implication as to whether his worthiness to open the sealed scroll is implicit in his being, or whether it is in response to what he has done.

RodeoClown: likes to imagine the 7 seals on the scroll perform clever tricks for fish.

The Boston Globe has a great picture outlining how to successfully nap. Click through to see the whole thing.

RodeoClown: Looking forward to his afternoon train-nap.

A mate and I made this video 8 or 9 years ago for our beach mission. He uploaded it to youTube, so I figured I’d link it so you can watch. The music is Audio Adrenaline – Do You Know Where You’re Gonna Go.

RodeoClown: yes.

I’m never really sure how to deal with the large number of homeless people abound on the streets of the Sydney CBD. Today I talked to a young lady who had a sign saying she needed help to get back to Nowra. I asked her if I could buy her a train ticket to get back there. She didn’t want it. I’ve offered to buy food for several homeless men, and I’ve been knocked back because they just want money (I’ve also met very grateful men who asked if I had any money for food and were more than happy for me to buy them lunch instead). Today I saw another homeless man turn down a feed from someone else.

I don’t want to give money directly, as friends who have worked with charity organisations have told me that it just makes their (both the homeless and the charity’s) problem worse. But I know God is definitely not happy with just ignoring the poor either.

What do you do?

RodeoClown: What should you do?