Silly Old Bear

Pam Nelson, a dear friend and high school classmate, recently posted to her Facebook status a thought-provoking list of “to do” items that will make anyone’s life more meaningful. I was intrigued as to the source of the list, so I Googled a few of the list items and found several websites with a nearly-identical list of 39 items, including the items from Pam’s Facebook list. I have edited the list in a few places for increased clarity or meaning, and have included relevant sources where appropriate. I want to share the list with you on the eve of this new year. Some of the list items will resonate with you more than others. That’s OK. Pick and choose the ones that mean the most to you, and resolve to incorporate them into your daily journey. I pray God’s richest blessings on you and yours for a Happy and Prosperous New Year!

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If you have been using the Internet for more than about a week, you have probably accumulated a list of user names and passwords that are required in order for you to access certain websites: online banking and bill-paying, Facebook, MySpace, Twitter, other social networking sites, online shopping sites, G-Mail or Yahoo! webmail, PayPal, music and media sites, etc. User names and passwords are great security measures to keep other people from having access to your personal information. If you don’t have a reliable way to remember all those user names and passwords, however, they can keep YOU from having access to all those wonderful online services with which you have established accounts.

There are some important guidelines that should be considered when creating user names and passwords, and also when storing and retrieving them.

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[PART 2 OF 5]

In my previous article, I told you that I believe in Santa Claus, and I briefly explained my reasoning. If you haven’t read that article yet, you can catch it here.

In this next series of articles, I want to dig a little deeper and explain why the Santa Claus story is important, and then provide a more substantive explanation as to why “I believe in Santa Claus”.

Are you ready?

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Some of you may have already heard of this, but I just discovered it, so I thought I’d share it with you.

I was on FaceBook, accepting a couple of new “Friend Requests” (one from Becky Woods, a high school friend I haven’t seen in almost 20 years!), and then just looking around at a few other people’s profiles. One of my FaceBook Friends had updated his profile to say, “Matt Burnett is in love with the JCB Song”. I thought to myself, “Huh? What in the world is the JCB Song?” So I did what I normally do when such a question arises. I Googled “JCB Song”.

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