The Sackrider Blog » myThoughts http://sackrider.org Attempting to Live Life On Purpose... Sun, 05 Feb 2012 22:29:00 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 PIPA is a terrible bill and we MUST ACT NOW! http://sackrider.org/mythoughts/pipa-is-a-terrible-bill-and-we-must-act-now http://sackrider.org/mythoughts/pipa-is-a-terrible-bill-and-we-must-act-now#comments Sat, 14 Jan 2012 06:36:22 +0000 dsackr http://sackrider.org/?p=2249 I wish I could say that I can’t believe John McCain is a co-sponsor of this bill – but its too easy to believe… Please Please Please help me and millions around me stop this bill!!! Here is more information about this bill:

http://wordpress.org/news/2012/01/help-stop-sopa-pipa/

]]> http://sackrider.org/mythoughts/pipa-is-a-terrible-bill-and-we-must-act-now/feed 0 Early to Bed, Early to Rise… http://sackrider.org/mythoughts/early-to-bed-early-to-rise http://sackrider.org/mythoughts/early-to-bed-early-to-rise#comments Mon, 19 Dec 2011 15:53:11 +0000 dsackr http://sackrider.org/?p=2240 Makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise… so what does up all night, sleep all day make? Miserable! Its the beginning of my vacation – I have two weeks off… We don’t have any plans to travel. So what did I do last night? I was up until almost 4am… and this morning I feel like I was hit in the face by Mike Tyson.

I’m sure that someone actually having been hit in the face by Mike Tyson could tell me differently – but until they do, I’m assuming this is exactly what it would feel like the next day. My head is pounding, my forehead is tight, my sinuses are completely stuffed with pressure, and my eyes feel like they are going to pop out of my face.

I know this is from being up all night because its the second day I’ve done this! But no more!!! Tonight I will be in bed before midnight… :)

]]> http://sackrider.org/mythoughts/early-to-bed-early-to-rise/feed 0 Red Velvet Cake is not really my favorite… http://sackrider.org/mythoughts/red-velvet-cake-is-not-really-my-favorite http://sackrider.org/mythoughts/red-velvet-cake-is-not-really-my-favorite#comments Sat, 10 Dec 2011 07:27:58 +0000 dsackr http://sackrider.org/?p=2233 That’s right – my big secret is that I don’t LOVE Red Velvet Cake – I LOVE creme cheese frosting. I would prefer strawberry cake with creme cheese frosting anyday over red velvet. That’s it – my big secret.

Maybe on my next birthday, I’ll get strawberry cake with creme cheese frosting.

]]> http://sackrider.org/mythoughts/red-velvet-cake-is-not-really-my-favorite/feed 0 2011 Sackrider Family Christmas Tree http://sackrider.org/mythoughts/2011-sackrider-family-christmas-tree http://sackrider.org/mythoughts/2011-sackrider-family-christmas-tree#comments Sat, 10 Dec 2011 07:09:59 +0000 dsackr http://sackrider.org/?p=2231

www.youtube.com/watch?v=l_BqtBBvHr8

]]> http://sackrider.org/mythoughts/2011-sackrider-family-christmas-tree/feed 0 How much does a Kinetico home water system cost? http://sackrider.org/mythoughts/how-much-does-a-kinetico-home-water-system-cost http://sackrider.org/mythoughts/how-much-does-a-kinetico-home-water-system-cost#comments Wed, 05 Oct 2011 09:32:15 +0000 dsackr http://sackrider.org/?p=2220 Just got a quote – I don’t know why nobody puts this online – its fustrating! Here is my quote:

4040 + K5A (this is the water softener and the reverse osmosis system)

$3895 – softener
$1260 – reverse osmosis

$5155 total

after a $100 off based on the fact that we have the plumbing already done and a $75 discount for getting both softener and reverse osmosis system at the same time it comes to:

$4980

Add sales tax – $302.29

Total out the door:

$5282.29.

If we pay cash – there is another $50 off and if we had purchased on the spot there was another $50 – so it was possible to get the whole system for $5182.29.

]]> http://sackrider.org/mythoughts/how-much-does-a-kinetico-home-water-system-cost/feed 0 Make Your Mark… http://sackrider.org/mythoughts/make-your-mark http://sackrider.org/mythoughts/make-your-mark#comments Fri, 16 Sep 2011 09:48:16 +0000 dsackr http://sackrider.org/?p=2216 You know how Google has a modified logo every day or so? Today’s logo is to celebrate Albert Szent-Gyorgyi’s 118th birthday.  He is the guy that discovered vitamin C. That’s his impact on the world – and 118 years after he was born, we are still talking about him and his impact.

Its 2:30 in the morning – I’m working on installing Windows 8 on my laptop and listening to Beautiful Things by Gungor… translation = I’m sitting here pondering the meaning of my life.

Its interesting that we seek the meaning of life in general. I don’t know that I’m so concerned about the meaning of life in general – I’m more concerned with the meaning of MY life. Does that make me narcissistic?

What mark am I leaving on the world? Will Google (or whatever company exists at the time) be compelled to put my name on a logo on my 118th birthday? And if so, what would that mark be?

I don’t think I’m making a lasting mark like discovering vitamin C or going to the moon or inventing something cool or being a revolutionist or anything really. Nobody is going to look back on my life as it looks today and say “Wow, that guy was amazing!”

Does that matter? Do I need to make a lasting impacting change on a global scale? On an episode of Mad Men tonight a wife told her husband that disappointment was the way of the ambitious person. That’s not an exact quote – but the point is ambition is a bitch that never lets you enjoy the good times.

Is it sinful to be ambitious? Is the desire to change the world an ambitious desire? If ambition is sinful – then I would suggest it cannot be put in you by God. Does God call us to change the world? If yes, then that is not ambition or ambition is not sinful. I can’t decide.

Regardless, I want to be remembered! I want to make an impact. God makes beautiful things out of the dust… out of us… but can I make anything worth looking at? Much more, can I make something beautiful? What does my mark look like in 50 years?

]]> http://sackrider.org/mythoughts/make-your-mark/feed 0 garden pics =D http://sackrider.org/mythoughts/garden-pics-d http://sackrider.org/mythoughts/garden-pics-d#comments Sat, 04 Jun 2011 07:05:43 +0000 Dale Sackrider, II http://sackrider.org/?p=2129 garages at entrance Dale opening his man cave/office aka 3rd garage Dale's space mosaic at entry part of kitchen kitchen side of house.. those are the emergency exits to windows in basements backyard hall closet by kids rooms bedroom 3 bedroom 2 full bath by kids bedroom bedroom 4 laundry room pic 1 of walk in master bedroom closet going downstairs cubbie under stairs homeschool room downstairs wet bar...hi michelle homeschool room closet by homeschool room 2nd hall closet by homeschool room bedroom 6 hall in basement another homeschool room pic coming from bdrms down stairs front door standing next to the kitchen going down the stairs front yard pic formal livingroom and diningroom half bath at entrance close up of kitchen counter another pic of bedroom 2 the other half of the master bedroom closet master bathroom coming from closet master bedroom--door goes to backyard patio homeschool room downstairs full bath downstairs bath another pic of bed room 5 pic of basements hall coming from homeschool room side of house with a/c units.. maybe garden space backyard covered patio ]]> http://sackrider.org/mythoughts/garden-pics-d/feed 1 The kids http://sackrider.org/mythoughts/the-kids http://sackrider.org/mythoughts/the-kids#comments Sun, 08 May 2011 01:01:46 +0000 dsackr http://sackrider.org/mythoughts/the-kids.html image

]]> http://sackrider.org/mythoughts/the-kids/feed 0 Finally! http://sackrider.org/mythoughts/finally http://sackrider.org/mythoughts/finally#comments Sat, 15 Jan 2011 21:31:40 +0000 dsackr http://sackrider.org/?p=2099 Moved my site to the new datacenter – as long as I didn’t mess it up!

BTW – if you are reading this, then it looks like I got it right…

]]> http://sackrider.org/mythoughts/finally/feed 0 A Mime gets stuck in a box http://sackrider.org/mythoughts/a-mime-gets-stuck-in-a-box http://sackrider.org/mythoughts/a-mime-gets-stuck-in-a-box#comments Fri, 03 Dec 2010 22:59:54 +0000 dsackr http://sackrider.org/?p=2056 Wow…

A tweet from prodigaljohn @jonacuff “Please, please, please caption this.http://bit.ly/gzgWCb” – so I did…

Mime gets stuck in a box!

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