Comments on: Halfway there http://www.scottallan.com/2008/07/halfway-there.html Slapping my bumper stickers on the Internet Fri, 21 Nov 2008 16:33:15 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Julie http://www.scottallan.com/2008/07/halfway-there.html#comment-1534 Julie Fri, 18 Jul 2008 22:59:32 +0000 http://www.scottallan.com/?p=781#comment-1534 Hope I'm not too late for the party!  All the best Scott.  I well remember my 40th birthday, I wish I had set a lofty goal for myself at that time.  What I did instead is just wander around and am still wandering around at 53! You have your priorities in order as Don said so you can't really go wrong.  Just as long as you keep on blogging, you do have a way with words! (Don, I am going to get back up to speed on I&R, I agree with you it's so important.) Have a happy 40th birthday, Scott.  I think you'll make a great 2nd half player! Julies last blog post..<a href="http://degreeofmadness.typepad.com/degree_of_madness/2008/07/nancy-pelosi-no.html" rel="nofollow">Nancy Pelosi, No class act</a> Hope I’m not too late for the party!  All the best Scott.  I well remember my 40th birthday, I wish I had set a lofty goal for myself at that time.  What I did instead is just wander around and am still wandering around at 53!
You have your priorities in order as Don said so you can’t really go wrong.  Just as long as you keep on blogging, you do have a way with words!
(Don, I am going to get back up to speed on I&R, I agree with you it’s so important.)
Have a happy 40th birthday, Scott.  I think you’ll make a great 2nd half player!

Julies last blog post..Nancy Pelosi, No class act

]]> By: Scott Allan http://www.scottallan.com/2008/07/halfway-there.html#comment-1533 Scott Allan Fri, 18 Jul 2008 18:26:36 +0000 http://www.scottallan.com/?p=781#comment-1533 <p>Thanks Linda!  The semi-big idea is a software program I've been working on.  I'm still unclear about how big the market is for it.  I should know more in a few months.</p> Thanks Linda!  The semi-big idea is a software program I’ve been working on.  I’m still unclear about how big the market is for it.  I should know more in a few months.

]]> By: linda http://www.scottallan.com/2008/07/halfway-there.html#comment-1531 linda Fri, 18 Jul 2008 17:01:02 +0000 http://www.scottallan.com/?p=781#comment-1531 HAPPY BIRTHDAY!! old man--just kidding! Have a great one and relax! lindas last blog post..<a href="http://bama2.itsapundit.com/2008/07/18/580/" rel="nofollow">;)</a> HAPPY BIRTHDAY!! old man–just kidding! Have a great one and relax!

lindas last blog post.. ;)

]]> By: Don http://www.scottallan.com/2008/07/halfway-there.html#comment-1530 Don Fri, 18 Jul 2008 15:46:24 +0000 http://www.scottallan.com/?p=781#comment-1530 Scott, I appreciate your remarks. You have your priorities in order when you put family first.   If you have an interest in my first project, rather than just relying on my website for information about Initiative and Referendum, I would suggest that you also contact Representative Mike Ball from Madison, AL who authored the I&R constitutional amendment that has been introduced in the Alabama House of Representatives for the past several years. He knows far more about the issue than I could ever learn.   Don’t keep me and your other readers in suspense. At least give us a clue as to what your “semi-big” idea may be. Scott, I appreciate your remarks. You have your priorities in order when you put family first.
 
If you have an interest in my first project, rather than just relying on my website for information about Initiative and Referendum, I would suggest that you also contact Representative Mike Ball from Madison, AL who authored the I&R constitutional amendment that has been introduced in the Alabama House of Representatives for the past several years. He knows far more about the issue than I could ever learn.
 
Don’t keep me and your other readers in suspense. At least give us a clue as to what your “semi-big” idea may be.

]]> By: Scott Allan http://www.scottallan.com/2008/07/halfway-there.html#comment-1529 Scott Allan Fri, 18 Jul 2008 15:33:43 +0000 http://www.scottallan.com/?p=781#comment-1529 <p>Thanks for the wishes Carol,  I'm feeling quite optimisitic about what's next.  Yeah I let down my guard a tiny little bit on this post.  I'll try to keep my posts as original and interesting as I can if I can keep from embarassing myself. Don,  I'm hoping to push my halftime further into the future when I'm 50.  That's a great idea donating your body to science.  I'm sure those med students will find some fascinating things!  I'm hoping I might be able to save someone's life as an organ donor.   I really appreciate the offer to take over your work.  I'm not sure I have the time to take over your projects at the moment.  I devote almost all my free time to my kids and I'm hoping to start my semi-big idea now.  The kids are really my legacy right now so I want to make sure they get all the attention they need which seems to be a never-ending amount at the moment.  As I am somewhat new to the Alabama, I am not that familiar with Alabama politics yet.  I'm going to read over your site again carefully and perhaps I will become passionate about the issues over time as I learn more and the kids grow up.  I count on you to carry the torch a bit longer. </p> Thanks for the wishes Carol,  I’m feeling quite optimisitic about what’s next.  Yeah I let down my guard a tiny little bit on this post.  I’ll try to keep my posts as original and interesting as I can if I can keep from embarassing myself.

Don,  I’m hoping to push my halftime further into the future when I’m 50.  That’s a great idea donating your body to science.  I’m sure those med students will find some fascinating things!  I’m hoping I might be able to save someone’s life as an organ donor.   I really appreciate the offer to take over your work.  I’m not sure I have the time to take over your projects at the moment.  I devote almost all my free time to my kids and I’m hoping to start my semi-big idea now.  The kids are really my legacy right now so I want to make sure they get all the attention they need which seems to be a never-ending amount at the moment.  As I am somewhat new to the Alabama, I am not that familiar with Alabama politics yet.  I’m going to read over your site again carefully and perhaps I will become passionate about the issues over time as I learn more and the kids grow up.  I count on you to carry the torch a bit longer. 

]]> By: Don http://www.scottallan.com/2008/07/halfway-there.html#comment-1528 Don Fri, 18 Jul 2008 14:56:49 +0000 http://www.scottallan.com/?p=781#comment-1528 Scott, if 40 is halfway there, for me it means that I have 4 plus years left, but that could change and my life on this globe we call earth would be over. Whatever happens, other than becoming dependent on others to care for me, I’m prepared to accept and I will leave the rest up to God. Years ago, just before having major surgery, I made the decision to not burden my survivors and friends with arranging and attending my funeral and I arranged to have my remains donated to UAB for medical research so that some young medical students could benefit from my death. I told my family members that if they want to have a party to celebrate not having to put up with me any longer or to celebrate whatever I had meant to them that was fine with me…… either way.   Now, about having a “Big Idea”: My big idea didn’t come to me until 4 or 5 years ago. It was to do whatever I could to help change Alabama’s government and make it better for all future Alabamians. I developed two ideas, which I call my Project One and my Project Two. Both of them can be read about on my website @ <a href="http://www.doctoriq.com/rx.htm" rel="nofollow">http://www.doctoriq.com/rx.htm</a>. I’m still working on the first one which is to help Alabama become the 25th Initiative and Referendum state so that we could proceed to working on the second one.   My time here may end at any instant. From the day I started on my first project I’ve looked for someone to lead the parade and for someone to take my place and continue the work I started. If you chose to be my replacement I would be pleased to know that I have been replaced by a competent person has the ability to do better than I have, and I would be most appreciative to you.   Scott, if 40 is halfway there, for me it means that I have 4 plus years left, but that could change and my life on this globe we call earth would be over. Whatever happens, other than becoming dependent on others to care for me, I’m prepared to accept and I will leave the rest up to God. Years ago, just before having major surgery, I made the decision to not burden my survivors and friends with arranging and attending my funeral and I arranged to have my remains donated to UAB for medical research so that some young medical students could benefit from my death. I told my family members that if they want to have a party to celebrate not having to put up with me any longer or to celebrate whatever I had meant to them that was fine with me…… either way.
 
Now, about having a “Big Idea”: My big idea didn’t come to me until 4 or 5 years ago. It was to do whatever I could to help change Alabama’s government and make it better for all future Alabamians. I developed two ideas, which I call my Project One and my Project Two. Both of them can be read about on my website @ http://www.doctoriq.com/rx.htm. I’m still working on the first one which is to help Alabama become the 25th Initiative and Referendum state so that we could proceed to working on the second one.
 
My time here may end at any instant. From the day I started on my first project I’ve looked for someone to lead the parade and for someone to take my place and continue the work I started. If you chose to be my replacement I would be pleased to know that I have been replaced by a competent person has the ability to do better than I have, and I would be most appreciative to you.
 

]]> By: c.a. Marks http://www.scottallan.com/2008/07/halfway-there.html#comment-1526 c.a. Marks Fri, 18 Jul 2008 14:37:21 +0000 http://www.scottallan.com/?p=781#comment-1526 Oh honey, you are about to embark on the best part of your life. I'm 41 and feel like I have just now started living. Happy "early" birthday for it is still only 0940 here. And thanks for an original post. :-) c.a. Markss last blog post..<a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ALIM1/~3/338933823/" rel="nofollow">Gmail</a> Oh honey, you are about to embark on the best part of your life. I’m 41 and feel like I have just now started living. Happy “early” birthday for it is still only 0940 here.

And thanks for an original post. :-)
c.a. Markss last blog post..Gmail

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