{"id":124,"date":"2009-01-09T17:01:46","date_gmt":"2009-01-09T22:01:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/billyrhythm.com\/wordpress\/?p=124"},"modified":"2009-01-09T17:01:46","modified_gmt":"2009-01-09T22:01:46","slug":"the-meeting-mi-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/billyrhythm.com\/?p=124","title":{"rendered":"The Meeting MI-5"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This MI-5 is inspired by the five meetings I had yesterday.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #b01f07;\">Meeting 1, the pastor: Tell us an interesting story about you and a playground.<\/span><br \/>\nWe used to play this game on the playground called &#8220;Red Butt.&#8221; It was a game we invented. You take a tennis ball, and bounce it off a wall. The other kids try and catch the ball. If they catch it, they throw it back against the wall, and continue. The game really gets fun when someone <em>drops <\/em>the ball. When they drop the ball, they start running to tag the wall. The other players run to grab the ball, and try to throw it against the wall <em>before <\/em>the drop-er touches the wall. If the person who dropped the ball get to the wall first, they&#8217;re safe. If another person snags the ball, and throws it against the wall before the drop-er gets there, well, here&#8217;s what happens. The person who dropped the ball bends over, butt out, head touching the wall. The person who grabbed the ball and hit the wall with it gets a free throw at the persons bum! And since the drop-er is bent over, they can&#8217;t see when the ball is going to arrive! It&#8217;s really quite fun, and I think I need to put a game together!<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #b01f07;\">Meeting 2, the insurance lady: What typical workplace benefit do you not have currently that you wish you did have?<\/span><br \/>\nI currently have life insurance personally, but I&#8217;d like to have more. A voluntary group life plan would be nice. (The benefits we do get are <em>very <\/em>generous.)<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #b01f07;\">Meeting 3, the real estate agent: Relate to us something about an experience buying\/selling\/renting a home.<\/span><br \/>\nSusan and I are in the very beginning stages of selling our current home, and buying something &#8220;new.&#8221; I&#8217;ve only purchased one home before, and never sold one. It&#8217;s quite a new experience for me.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #b01f07;\">Meeting 4, the radio sales rep: What&#8217;s your favorite radio station? What&#8217;s the genre? Why do you like it?<\/span><br \/>\nSince purchasing my XM radio, I really only listen to NPR on FM. There are many stations I like on XM: &#8217;80s on 8, alternative country on 12, bluegrass on 14, clean comedy on 151, and the talk stations 158 and 165. And I like &#8220;America Right&#8221; on 166. Oh, and I&#8217;ve also been listening to &#8220;The Catholic Channel&#8221; on 117. I like their question and answer shows. I think Protestant talk radio could really use more Q\/A shows.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #b01f07;\">Meeting 5, the dessert loving banker: What&#8217;s your favorite dessert? Why?<\/span><br \/>\nOh, that&#8217;s tough. Susan&#8217;s cheesecake is good, as are her cookies. Mom&#8217;s chocolate pie with cooked pudding (not instant) is high on the list. And I really like Pepperidge Farm&#8217;s chocolate cake too. Prism Glass&#8217;s Italian lemon creme cake has been in my thoughts recently, too.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This MI-5 is inspired by the five meetings I had yesterday. Meeting 1, the pastor: Tell us an interesting story about you and a playground. We used to play this game on the playground called &#8220;Red Butt.&#8221; It was a game we invented. You take a tennis ball, and bounce it off a wall. 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