Jeff's Jots

People magazine put the sexiest man alive on their cover this week. The problem is, they didn't get a very good picture of me. They kind of made me look like George Clooney. Sign in to see full entry.

I originally posted this on December 27, 2003. I'm reposting today in honor of Veteran's Day. I'm going to get myself in trouble with this one, but what the heck. Life gets pretty dull if you don't get in trouble now and then. I think it's time that we stop putting our soldiers on a pedestal and... Sign in to see full entry.

A couple of years ago I had a job at a high school (my alma matter in fact) helping tutor an autistic student. The class was called life skills and all the students were mentally handicapped. Each day the students would spend the morning doing academic work and in the afternoon they would go to... Sign in to see full entry.

I was working a temporary job at a local college helping to register students. The first day of classes we were so busy that our lunch break was reduced to fifteen minutes rather than a half hour. I had brought my lunch but I needed to go to the school bookstore in another building to get something... Sign in to see full entry.

Posting something in Jeff's jots so it can be listed under oldest blogs again. Sign in to see full entry.

In a singles discussion group one time the leader broke the ice by asking what our favorite plants were. I said that my favorite plant was the poinsettia. Partly because it's a beautiful plant, partly because it was associated with Christmas, but mostly because it was the only plant I knew the name... Sign in to see full entry.

They say Jesus died for ours sins but he died on Good Friday and was resurrected on Easter Sunday. So didn't he really just give up a weekend for ours sins. Sign in to see full entry.

According to the doctors scale the other day I weigh 275 pounds. I'm about 5'11". So if you believe those weight charts I'm about 100 pounds overweight. This morning, I walked four miles. Is it possible for someone 100 pounds overweight to walk four miles? Inquiring minds want to know. Sign in to see full entry.

Had some trouble with my email address. Changed it on blogit so now I'm back. Not much time to write now. More later. Sign in to see full entry.

Chatted with a fellow in a parking lot today who was in such a hurry that he felt the need to pass me illegally. Then he suddenly found time to stop, open his window and fuss me out for cutting him off because I didn't see him where he had no business being in the first place. I've learned there's... Sign in to see full entry.