Big Is The New Small

Laughter is good for the soul and there is nothing better than a good laugh.  Laughter is seriously a smile that can’t control itself.  The best kind of funny is the clean, witty type of funny.

“Nothing shows a man’s character more than what he laughs at.”  ~J. Wolfgang

• 1. @MichaelJrComedy
• 2. @BadBanana
• 3. @TalishaJanice
• 4. @MattFalkComedy
• 5. @RealJohnGray
• 6. @TimHawkinsComic
• 7. @StephenAtHome
• 8. @JimGaffigan
• 9. @KevOnStage
• 10. @BirBigs
• 11. @Jonacuff
• 12. @ComedianChris
• 13. @Rocdomz
• 14. @tysonramsdell
• 15. @PastorProblems

These are simply to top names that were submitted in response to my tweet.  Kind of like My Peoples Choice Awards. “My Peoples” was an attempt to be funny.  Some of my peoples people didn’t make the list because they didn’t update often enough (like never), the names were submitted too late (I was finished writing this post) or something about them simply wasn’t funny (discretion).

Side-note: @Tysonramsdell & @PastorProblems submitted their own names… now that’s funny.

Feel free to add to the list in the comment section.  Seriously share the funniest people that keep it clean below.  Share their twitter name and any other information that you would like.  I’ll add the names to this list and maybe over the next few weeks we can get a comprehensive list.

Again, add to the list or share some of your favorites from the above list.

Don’t forget to laugh…

I was on my way to a meeting last month and I drove by this bench billboard advertisement.  I thought it was clever, edgy, effective and it caught my attention.  I decided to take a pic and now I’m sharing it with you.

Share your thoughts on this advertisements or other clever advertisements that have caught your attention.

Every once and awhile you will run across a nugget of information that makes you go “hmm!” That’s what happened when I ran across these passages of scripture that confirm Twitter Is In The Bible:

• “Insomniac, I twitter away, mournful as a sparrow in the gutter.” Psalm 102:7 MSG
• “Like a swallow,like a crane, so I twitter; I moan like a dove; My eyes look wistfully to the heights; O Lord, I am oppressed, be my security.” Isaiah 38:14 NAS

Check out the screenshots above from my YouVersion Bible App on my iPhone.

That’s what you call taking “Twitter” to a whole nutha’ level and confirms my 5 Reasons To Twitter During Church.

Did you know the word “Twitter” was in the Bible?   Have you seen Twitter anywhere else in the Bible?   Feel free to share any random useful/non-useful information that you may have come across.

Mi Thoughts: Just doodling some random thoughts on my iPad.  What do you think?

This post is very random; however if you been around BigIsTheNewSmall.com for awhile you shouldn’t be surprised.

Every time I go to a restaurant, I order H20 for my drink.  If it’s a dine-in restaurant it’s water with lemon, if it’s a fast food restaurant, I’ll just grab a regular cup of water and same thing for the dine-in/fast food combo type of restaurants.  There is one thing that irritates me about some or maybe even most of these restaurants… I’m Tired Of Your Baby Water Cups! Can I get an Amen from my water drinkers.

Dear Mr. Panera Bread: Just because I decide to order a cup of water for my drink doesn’t mean I want your little clear dixie cup that a lid doesn’t even fit on.  I don’t mean to pick on Panera, I could have you pick a restaurant and they would probably fit in this same category.  I know some of you are probably saying, “just ask for a bigger cup” and often times that’s what I do.  I’m even willing to pay; however It’s the Principle of The Matter!

I want to thank one of my favorite local Sandwich Shops in Oklahoma City (Saturn Grill) for appreciating their water drinking customers enough to provide a 2 cent cup.  @SaturnGrill  actually gives you the nice plastic cups that you can take home with you.

Did I mention that these water cups are so small that you will have a foot of straw sticking out of the top of the cup?  Did I mention the fact that a child’s sippie cup will hold more fluid ounces?

I feel better now!

Is it just me or do you feel the same way?  Which restaurants frustrate you the most and what restaurants appreciate you with the BIG Water cup like @SaturnGrill.  Chime In, Sound Off!

Random Thought: I Like To Doodle On Napkins...

Earlier this evening my boys and I had a fellas night.  My wife was running errands and making some returns to the mall, so we decided to go to my favorite little coffee shop Vintage Coffee.  My boys 6 & 10 years old had never hung out at the coffee shop before and have always wondered why it’s one of my home away from homes.

Their first coffee shop experience consisted of them splitting a Vanilla Chai Tea Latte in their own little coffee mugs, topped off with whip cream of course.  They were equipped with an  iPhone and Nintendo DSI to make sure they stayed entertained.  They loved every minute of their experience; not only did they love it, they were perfect angels.  The coffee shop owner even turned on Pirates of the Caribbean for them acknowledging how well behaved they were.  We all had a great time simply maxin’, relaxin’ and chillaxin’.  My 10yo said, “Dad, I see why you like to go to the coffee shop, it’s just peaceful… I had fun!”

I had fun too, I was able to do some thinking, writing and take some random notes.  One of my favorite random forms of note-taking outside of the yellow notepad in my iPhone is doodling.  I like to doodle random notes and thoughts on napkins.  Below are my random thoughts from earlier this evening.

Random Thought: I Like To Doodle On Napkins…  How about you?

I generally have a list of bullet points about things I want to write about and sometimes the things on the list are not inspiring me at the time I sit down to write, so I just don’t write about them and if you have made it this far in this blogpost then you realize that this post is going to be a long run-on ranting sentence and somewhat of a mind dump of what’s going on going on inside my head and as the title suggests this is a method of How To Unleash What’s Inside Your Head, I’m typing this from my hotel room in Austin, where I’m here for a national juvenile justice training for the Governor’s Board that I’m a member of, I like and don’t like traveling at the same time, I miss my family when I leave, I love traveling when I’m with my family, SportCenter generally runs continuous when Im in a hotel room, I will not even spell-check or re-read this so it will be very random, I am always reading, thinking and dreaming, leaders should be less worried about trying to prove themselves to their boss and more time trying to produce results, do the right thing and prove to their followers that they are worthy of following, my son has a football game tomorrow that was originally scheduled for Thurs. and I’m gonna miss it, change is not always good; however it’s inevitable; only in the dictionary does success come before work, Mondays are always a great day to push the reset button, reset and go, I am not sure why you shouldn’t get to big for your britches, I personally think you should outgrow your britches, If I put everything that I think on paper you would think that I was either crazy or you would be tired, sigh, I will probably tweet about some juvenile justice topics this week, one of the breakout sessions is about the updates, trends and statuses of prison rapes, That took me back to my old days as a prison warden, I appreciate everyone of you that read Big Is The New Small, the readers and subscribers are growing daily and the new look is being developed on the back end as we speak, the new logo, brand, tag line are done and I think it’s awesome, if you have not subscribed to this blog please do so, I have not done a random post like this in awhile it feels good to unleash what’s inside your head, I have a really great staff and the n-dub (our campus) is on fire right now, thank you God, sometimes in life you just have to sit back and realize that you are marvelously made and stop caring about what people think, they are just people and put their pants on every day just like you, you have got what it takes go do it, God does give an ear to your words, so seek him; I have alot more to say; however I need to go downstairs and register for this conference, #FistBump, Peace, I’m Out, Later and breathe. ahhh

Share your thoughts on my randomness or share what’s inside your head this Monday morning?  Go ahead unleash it!

It’s my favorite time of the year and it’s not because the summer is ending, but rather because college football is about to begin.  For those of you that have been around BigIsTheNewSmall.com for quite sometime, you know that I am a die hard OU Sooner fan… Boomer Freakin’ Sooner.  (I just yelled that out loud!) 

I know last year’s BCS Title Game did not end on the best of notes; however Heisman Trophy Winner/OU Quarterback Sam Bradford, Tight-End Jermaine Gresham and their teammates have some unfinished business.  This year my Sooners will get er’ done!

The Coaches poll has been released with top 25 selections and I thought this would be a great opportunity for us to get the college football smack talk kicked off.  I will list the coaches poll top 10 and give you the opportunity to share your top 10; as well as talk some smack.   Bring it’ because you are not gonna hurt my feelings, I’m from Sooner Country…  you can save the talk about us not winning the big game the question is “Has your team even played in the big game?”  Here is the Top 10, you can see the entire top 25 here:

1. Florida
2. Texas
3. Oklahoma
4. USC
5. Alabama
6. Ohio State
7. Virginia Tech
8. Penn State
9. LSU
10. Mississippi

Did I mention that I can’t stand LSU Coach Less Miles and his hat sitting high on the top of his head; however I do acknowledge that the Mad Hatman can flat out coach.

I will post the first comment and share my Top 10.  Please join in!  Let’s get this party started!

Do you have a popular portable food spot like this in your area?  If So, where is it located and what are they famous for? Share any of your experiences with Suburbs Meeting The Hood!  

Have you ever been to BoBo’s?

Funny Story: The handwritten sign read “Wings and Things.”   One of the guys with us asked the guy at the counter “Are wings and thighs the only things that you serve?” The guy responded “Wings and Things Man… Wings and Things… Not Thighs!” LOL BTW- Things = Fries and a Fried Biscuit!

Share any random thoughts on my random thoughts or share your own random thoughts.