You can't make this stuff up

So, if anyone has not heard of Despair.com before, you should really go check out the site. You know those "motivational" posters you see everywhere? They make parodies of those, such as my personal favorite below:

Well, recently Despair.com ran a "caption contest" - they provide the picture and allow you to submit and vote on the winning caption. The picture for this caption contest was the one below:


Not two days after the contest begins, the boss walks by the cube and says, "HR says I have to distribute these" and hands me the latest mailing from HR, seen below:

I swear, sometimes it just writes itself.

Jefferson County incompetence

News comes today from AL.com that the Jefferson County Commission is begging to not be placed into recievership. What a bunch of incompetent morons. If I owed a lender and refused to pay my bill for as long as the county has, I would be on the receiving end of a lawsuit, judgment, and garnishment. However, once again it appears that laws do not apply to the Government like it does to us plebes. The arrogance of members of our county commission is galling.

Nice guys finish last

I ran across this anecdotal story on Slashdot today, and it really got me to thinking - that nice guys always finish last. In the case of the story presented, it was a butthead manager that decided it was better to slide the knife in the back of his co-worker, but is it not the case in life, that nice guys finish last? I know the Bible says that "The meek shall inherit the earth" and "the last shall be first" - but it's a constant struggle with the human nature inherent in all of us to maintain the humility and meekness that the Lord requires of His children. The Psalmist sums up the same sentiments in Psalms 73:1-3 - "But as for me, my feet had almost stumbled; My steps had nearly slipped. For I was envious of the boastful, when I saw the prosperity of the wicked." It takes a great deal of living by faith when you know your job could be taken by the arrogant sociopaths of the world, that care nothing of Biblical principles, or of their fellow man. This is a struggle I have daily, but I know as I get closer to Christ the "new creature" will kill the "old man" and the Christian walk will get easier.