Can Money Buy Happiness?
You know the old saying “Money can’t buy you happiness.”? I’ve never bought into it, and now there’s a big fancy Princeton study to prove me right. See, I’ve always felt that most people’s number one source of stress in their lives was money. I’ve always felt that if there wasn’t that stress of figuring out how to pay the bills there could generally be a heightened level of happiness. Not that it was money that was making you happy, but it was the lack of stress that was allowing you to be happy. Make sense?
Now, I guess to be fair, this study doesn’t completely prove me right, because according to Princeton, it only works if you make $75,000 a year. Any less and you’re stressed you aren’t making enough. Any more and you’re stressed about losing it all. It also states that the more you make it doesn’t show an increased level of happiness. Fair enough right?
See I’ve never been on the “other side” of the money scale and I’m guessing neither have a lot of you. But I’m curious. Any validity to this study? Have you seen an increase in happiness the more you’ve made? Or a decrease the less?
Twitter Movie Trailer
The other day I saw the preview for the movie about the guy who created Facebook. Most likely I’ll see it, and then I, like the rest of the world, will be annoyed that someone like this guy is a bajillionaire. If you haven’t seen that trailer you can check it out here, but to be honest with you it seems a little dramatic to be a movie about Facebook. Sort of has a ‘Dead Poet’s Society vibe to it…. except it’s about a social networking platform….. A Social Networking Platform.
Who knows it might be awesome, but I’m not holding my breath. And in related news, here’s the follow-up Twitter Movie Trailer which, if it were only real, I’d probably wait in line to see.
The Country Hip Hop
So, tomorrow is Kristin’s birthday and I thought I’d give her an early birthday present. Nothing says ‘I Love You’ like a rad country hip-hop dance instructional video like this bad boy. So tomorrow when you haven’t heard from her or I all day online, you know what we’re doing.
And for the record…. no one, and I mean no one is cooler than T.J.
But I Like Brie Cheese…
I had Brie Cheese and crackers for lunch today. That doesn’t matter to you, but I did. It was a late lunch. Something like two o’clock. Yesterday I was only able to grab dinner. It wasn’t Brie Cheese though. Burritos. That Kristin made.
The Roadshow officially came to a close earlier this week. For the most part a success in my book. The bands were great to tour with, the crowds sang loud and collectively the SkörInc sites that were on the tour racked up well over a million visitors checking out what was going on there. And you know what I say to that? “I’ll take it”. Over a million people.
I hit the ground running this week with preparation for MercyMe’s ‘Lovewell’ release, planning for Addison Road’s release, a launch of a site I can talk about in a few days, the re-design of a couple new sites, helping figure out a mess to clean up, and the organization of day to day operations. Not to mention, the family that I love, and want to share Brie Cheese with. It’s no wonder this post is primarily about cheese.
I’ve had coffee today too.
And water out of a cool, new stainless steel bottle.
I’ve got a white board that’s full of things that I’ve added, erased, then added again in different colors. It looks good. I was able to erase one thing on there for good though. Getting my license plate for the car. I got that yesterday. Two months late, but it’s because they had the wrong phone number and address for me so they couldn’t tell me it was ready. I’ve got it now. And it’s erased from my white board. Forever.
That and I’ve got an Apple appointment tomorrow to repair a year of throwing my computer in a backpack and driving all over the country. You Apple users should really consider Apple Care when you buy stuff from them.
I’m not even joking. David Crowder’s ‘Church Music’ is amazing. I’m still not sure it takes ‘A Collision’, but it’s dang close. Is “dang” a Southern thing to say? I think I’m saying that a lot. I blame the MercyMe boys… and Texas.
I’m With The Band
Okay, so this might be more directed to the ‘music-y’ type of person, but I’ve got a question for you.
Past or present, what one band would you love to be a member of… excluding The Beatles. Yeah, that’s right. You can’t chose The Beatles.
Now, obviously this has very little to do with the actual personality of the band you chose, unless you know them personally, but more of the style of music they play, venues they play, sweet rocker clothes they wear, ect. You know… all the shallow stuff that makes you want to be in their band.
So let’s hear it. If you could be in one band (excluding The Beatles) what band would you choose?
Ready? Go.
I’m Not A Car Guy
I’m not a car guy at all, but I’ve heard that both of these cars are pretty cool. So here’s your task. I want to hear your thoughts on them. Pro’s, con’s or indifference, I want to hear what you think.
The top car is obviously the Mini Cooper. The bottom is a new Honda Crosstour.
Now, I don’t know anything about either one of these cars, or really about any other car out there, but I know that in the pictures these are both gray and I’ve heard a lot of ‘buzz’ about them both.
Which do you choose? Ready? Go.
Unexpected Luggage
Kristin went to a Christmas party last night and came home with this story. Some of the details might be a little off because I only heard it once and it was from a third person, but it’s too brilliant to not tell.
There’s a woman living in the city of Chicago. This woman was asked to watch her friends dog, a golden retriever, while her friends were out of town. The dog dies.
So, this woman first has to call the family to let them know their dog has died, then calls the vet to ask what to do with a dead golden retriever in the middle of the city of Chicago. The vet then tells her to “bring the dog in” and they will either dispose of it or keep it until the owners of the dog arrive to decide what to do.
Now, this woman, realizing that golden retrievers are heavy, especially when dead, packs it into a rolling suitcase and hops on the subway train headed for the vet.
While on the subway, a man approaches this woman and asks what’s in the case. Not wanting to say that she’s got a dead dog packed in there, she tells him that she is moving and these are her belongings. You know where this is going don’t you?
So, this man follows her off the train, then decides to pull a knife on her and take all of her belongings packed in this case. She doesn’t put up a fight, but then has to call the family to let them know that their dog was not only dead, but has now been stolen at knife-point.
Now, the only thing that would make this story better is if somehow we are able to follow this guy back to his apartment where he throws the case on his bed and opens it up to reveal a dead golden retriever and his thought process from then on.
How amazing is that?!
Weirdest thing you have every packed in a suitcase or ‘traveled’ with?
Ready? Go.
Seven Meetings In Three Days
So, I’m finishing out day two of my ’seven meetings in three days’ stretch and I’m still alive. Can’t really think that well right now, so here’s a picture of some cats fighting with light sabers. Some pretty big SkörInc news coming up that I’m excited about, but you’ll have to wait.
Favorite Animal?
Ready? Go.
Michael Jackson’s “Demerol”
I don’t know anything about this song. I don’t know where it came from, I don’t know where it’s from. Pretty bizarre though huh?
