This is my 400th blog post, and I'm motivated to keep going. It's hard to believe that this next month will mark 7 years since I started the ivman.com domain. This summer I'll be celebrating the 5th birthday of my blog. Where does the time go?! Thanks to those of you who have stuck with me through the years, some going back as far as the initial e-mail group in 1997! If you want to read a little more about the history of ivman, check out my about page.
Many people reading this are doing so by e-mail, and a good number do so through a blog reader. Some of you have told me that the e-mails serve as a reminder to go read the post on the blog itself. But I'm sure there are many of you who rarely if ever visit the blog itself. You can easily get to my blog by clicking on the title of the blog post in the body of the e-mail. I hope you will visit the blog soon. The blog posts themselves look different on the blog — for some reason the pictures I float to the right in posts don't show up in the same place in e-mails and blog readers. Plus you miss all the hilarious and/or insightful comments that readers leave!
In previous posts — here and here — I've posted series of (de)motivational posters. I've run across many other funny ones since then, some fit for publication here and some not (another reason people have said they appreciate my blog....).
Some people aspire to loftiness....
Some look forward to retirement....
As a language teacher and as a grandfather, I especially appreciate the next one....
If I didn't enjoy being a teacher already, this next one makes me even happier for my job.
Speaking of "jobs," here's one I saw about the new iPad from Steve Jobs and his team at Apple.
Recently there was a billboard in Minnesota that caused a nationwide stir. I've had a picture in my files since September 25, 2009, of the same thing:
Some people would love to blend our two most recent presidents, and someone has....
It will be interesting to hear what comes out of today's "bipartisan healthcare summit."
You might enjoy listening to a speech on healthcare made in 1961 by Ronald Reagan, now on YouTube.
I'll end this post with one that makes me smile.
quotation...
"God knows about me what scientists have yet to discover." - Drew Conley
=^..^= =^..^=
Rob
Education is what you get from reading the fine print. Experience is what you get from not reading it.
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on Feb 25th, 2010 at 10:26 am
Re: The Jobs poster. Realize that the photographer was even higher than the workers! What was he/she holding on to?
The George Obama poster is just plain scary.
on Feb 25th, 2010 at 2:31 pm
I’m not sure I was one of the originals, but I’ve been receiving ivman’s emails for many, many years and enjoyed every one of them…. I hope they continue for many more years.
Thanks Rob!
on Feb 25th, 2010 at 5:45 pm
Thanks for 400 posts of humorous and serious perspectives! I’m one of the originals, and enjoy it just as much now as then. I love this post! I really like the sun shade, and I’ve missed President Bush for over a year now! He wasn’t perfect, but at least I agreed with many of his principles.
on Feb 25th, 2010 at 8:05 pm
I love the poster about Government’s “solutions.” SO true! And thanks for sharing your humor with all of us and giving us reason to laugh.
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on Feb 25th, 2010 at 8:07 pm
Man, I’ve been getting iv’s for I don’t know how long! I remember as a little kid when my dad would print them off and bring the to lunch now and then…
on Feb 25th, 2010 at 9:09 pm
@Terry – That’s a good point. Maybe the photographer is in a helicopter? I agree that the morphed face is eery.
@Teri – I’m glad you’re still enjoying my postings, after all these years.
@Jenny – Glad to hear the humor is a source of laughs for you. I’m getting weary of government “solutions.”
@David – You’ve grown up on iv’s … or maybe groaned up?
on Feb 26th, 2010 at 11:03 am
Thanks, Rob. You make us Laugh Out Loud!!
on Feb 26th, 2010 at 7:53 pm
WOW! Congratulations!
on Feb 27th, 2010 at 7:18 am
@Claudia – Thanks, Claudia. That’s like saying “Sic ‘em to a dog!”
@A.H. – Merci!