Save The Date

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This is a joke, folks.

So Lauren and I visited her church this weekend and set a date for the wedding - April 20, 2007. On our way out of the parish offices, it hit me. We've just set our wedding date for 4/20. For those of you who aren't up to date with your drug culture references, 4/20 is a big day for pot smokers. Check out the link for more information.

Makes me wonder if we should serve Cool Ranch Doritos at the reception...




The Rule That Guides Us All

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I was looking online for a thread that discusses what is often referred to in this country as The Golden Rule, and how that teaching of fundamental respect for human beings is common to most social systems. I found this Wikipedia entry: Ethic of Reciprocity. My ethics professor in college summed up The Golden Rule as "Treat people as ends in and of themselves, never as mere means." I think that turn of phrase sums up "do unto others" quite elegantly.

I was looking for this in order to be able to express a fundamental principle that is generally missing in marketing today. I always knew that the Golden Rule shows up pretty much everywhere in philosophy, sociology and religion, but I've not looked at how it is expressed in each of those contexts in quite a long time. The Wikipedia entry I linked to does a nice job of that.

I Have Joined Crackberry Nation

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So I caved today and joined the company Blackberry plan. I've had so many problems with Sprint and my Treo in the past year that it makes my blood boil just thinking about it. I can't wait for the number portability gnomes to switch my number over to the new 7105t. Once the number switches over, I need to plan some sort of elaborate ceremony to permanently retire the Treo. I never want to see this phone again in my life. The idea currently leading the pack is placing it within my skeet launcher and blowing it away with buckshot. However, I will take ideas in comments.