Monday Mind Dump

Here’s what’s on my mind, Monday afternoon, January 12:

1) FOSM yestarday was AWESOME. I know I always say that but…. Todd Mayo rocked, the sound guys kicked tail, we had lots of new faces, and the talk really challenged me. It was a blast doing the talk, by the way.

2) FOSM’s volunteer staff met afterwards with our new Home Team guru, Marty Mosher. (Marty started at FOSM on Jan 1 of this year. I’m excited about the energy and freash ideas he brings to the table.) The meeting with Marty was encouraging and challenging. Way to go Marty.

3) Wow, the Monday funk is strong today even after coffee. I hope everyone I saw at the gym this morning knows I wasn’t mad at them. Or that I wasn’t hoping to start a fight.

4) Speaking of gym… it’s time for the “Eight Week, Weigh Down, Throw Down” update… drum roll please… all week 1 totals are in… I’m in 5th out of 22 people with 2.4775 percent body weight lost! I’m just a pound or two from first place. If I only hadn’t eaten those three pieces of pizza yesterday! 7 more weeks to go. http://claytonbellonline.com/?p=1430

5) Had a great talk with my friend Tony at the coffee shop today. It’s fun to talk with people who don’t believe the same as me and are also intellectually honest.

6) 24 last night was OFF THE CHAIN. Bic pen in the eye baby! Can’t wait until tonight’s episode.

7) FOSM volunteer/leaders meeting at 5:30 today. Can’t wait!

8) Can’t wait until Sunday! Crazy message on RISK from the story of Jonathan and his sword bearer taking on the Philistines in 1 Samuel 14. http://youversion.com/reader.php?startverse=1Sam.14.1

Twittequette – Manners for Twitter

2 days ago I lost my first follower on Twitter :( I realized it happened not because I said something controversial but because I was too chatty that day. It made me think, so I came up with some manners for Twitter:

1) Twitter got its start as a micro-blogging tool. It’s great for your comments on the world and your status updates. It’s ok to use it like that as much as you want.

2) Twitter is not a giant chat room. It’s ok to reply once or twice to someone, but after that you need to move to a direct message.

3) Don’t be obnoxious about selling stuff on Twitter. If you don’t know what that means, I’m probably talking about you. I drop these types in about 2 tweets.

4) Talk about what matters to you. Comment on the world. Be as controversial as you feel like you need to be. If people unfollow you for being yourself, well, who gives a rip.

Any I left out? Leave a comment… If you don’t have a Twitter account, you need one… at least for the next 6 months until something better comes along. http://twitter.com/home