Archive for September, 2009
Random post explained! (pt 3 of 3)
Posted on 17. Sep, 2009 by Brett.
Earlier this week, I posted a list of 30 random words. They were…
Dinosaur Snowman Faithfulness Etch-a-sketch Integrity Air Engineering Ketchup Reproduction King Kong Cobra Email Recliner Safety Nipple Taj Mahal General Strait Grid Religion White House Apple Simplicity Palm Tree Guillotine Atmosphere Moon Accuracy Rodeo Atonement
The day after I posted the list, I removed it [...]
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Random post (pt 2 of 3) and a contest!
Posted on 15. Sep, 2009 by Brett.
All right. Yesterday, if you read TRAPPSTR, you saw that I posted a list of 30 words. I’ll give $30 to whoever can recall the most words on that list. If there is a tie, I’ll split the cash. Send me an email at iamtrappstr@gmail.com before midnight tonight (Sep 15). I’ll wrap all this up [...]
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Random post (pt 1 of 3)
Posted on 14. Sep, 2009 by Brett.
Check out the list of words below. Look for relationships. I’ll explain more tomorrow. Hang with me, friends…
Dinosaur
Snowman
Faithfulness
Etch-a-sketch
Integrity
Air
Engineering
Ketchup
Reproduction
King Kong
Cobra
Email
Recliner
Safety
Nipple
Taj Mahal
General
Strait
Grid
Religion
White House
Apple
Simplicity
Palm Tree
Guillotine
Atmosphere
Moon
Accuracy
Rodeo
Atonement
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Remembering 9/11 – 8 years later
Posted on 11. Sep, 2009 by Brett.
I remember where I was. Pine Street, Florence, Alabama, just past Little Steve’s Liquor Store. Red Isuzu Rodeo, driving to Art Appreciation class at UNA. I remember the radio DJ saying a plane had crashed into one of the WTC towers.
“Had to be some loon in a cropduster,” I thought.
I pulled into the school parking [...]
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Lead with ???, not …
Posted on 10. Sep, 2009 by Brett.
In the About me section on this website, I mention my belief that you’ll be a huge success in life if you do nothing more than smile a lot and ask people questions. I really do believe that. The selfless nature of question-asking is so rare, sometimes I think it must be illegal.
Never was this [...]
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$1000 Butterflies
Posted on 09. Sep, 2009 by Brett.
Butterflies are fickle. No other creature changes direction as quickly in 360 degrees of space. And if you’re going to catch butterflies, you’ll need a net. The market for butterfly nets is pretty small, confined to little kids and maybe entomologists.
Now imagine someone was offering $1000 apiece for butterflies. Demand for butterfly nets would skyrocket [...]
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McDonald’s now offering voicemail at drive-thru (and why that sucks)
Posted on 08. Sep, 2009 by Brett.
This is not a McDonald’s-bashing article. It isn’t. I promise. I actually like McDonald’s food and think the golden arches are a great symbol of American capitalism. So don’t lump me in with the Super Size Me crowd.
Now, my gripe. Here in Atlanta the geniuses that run the McDonald’s have decided that a real live human [...]
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Bad News/Good News (vol. 1)
Posted on 07. Sep, 2009 by Brett.
You were abandoned in the ocean. Bobbing. A thousand feet of black below and 1000 miles of black above. Clinging. Broken legs and without a hope. Dark shadows circling beneath.
You were left alone in a cave. Stranded. 1000 miles beneath pavement. Smothering black so dark, wrapping around your face like a bony hand. Hollow silence [...]
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Counting down the strongest brands in college football
Posted on 05. Sep, 2009 by Brett.
If you’ve read the About section of TRAPPSTR.com, you’ve seen that I’m hooked on college football. Seriously. It’s bad. I’m from Alabama where football is kind of a big deal. We don’t have pro sports. All of our high schools are “football schools.” People argue about the Iron Bowl year-round. It’s a state-wide obsession.
In honor of [...]
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Church-hunting 101
Posted on 03. Sep, 2009 by Brett.
I mentioned a few weeks ago on Facebook that I thought the “friendliness” of a church was one of the worst factors to consider when choosing a new church. It sparked a conversation that got lots of people telling me what they thought made a good church. Having moved to three different cities (Birmingham, [...]
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