10 Days of Top 10 Posts: #6 Miracles

Miracles. We all want them. What comes to mind for me are sports events… the hockey match when the U.S. upset Russia and the movie about it called “Miracle.” When the Tennessee Titans won a playoff game against the Buffalo Bills, the “Music City Miracle.” In all honesty, I don’t actually think either of those were miracles because I believe miracles are events that cannot happen in the natural order of creation. Well, I could go on, but just take a look at the 6th most popular post:

#6: Miracles, What Are They Anyway?

More about the post: Every once in a while I feel the need to ask a question without the assurance that I’ll get an answer. Like recently when I emailed Olive Garden about the song they use in their new commercial. I don’t know if I’ll ever hear from Olive Garden. It would be nice. I would appreciate it. So this post was sort of a common man’s thoughts on what a miracle is. If you care to share your opinion, the by all means post below!

Thanks for reading!
-Out of the Wilderness

Olive Garden Brought Me Here

Hip hop hooray!!! Finally was able to identify the song from the Olive Garden commercial. All the credit is due to a faithful reader, and a fellow Seminole. She said, and I quote, “It’s on one of my spotify playlists, so when I heard it, I knew it. thankyouthankyouverymuch.”

My friend’s subtle tip of the hat to the King is not a secret clue, because it’s not Elvis. So if you’re still wondering what song is in the new Olive Garden commercial, wait no more! It’s Sufjan Stevens “Come Thou Fount of Every Blessing.” Commence to downloading.

10 Days of Top 10 Posts: #7

The post coming in at #7 this week is a combo package… you’re welcome! And if you like watching The Bachelorette or The Bachelor, you’re especially welcome. Did you know that Americans are spending roughly $1.65 billion on tattoos each year? So it’s not surprising that contestants on the dating reality show have tattoos. The next posts are pictures of Brad Womack’s back tattoo, and Ashley Hebert’s wrist tattoo.

#7: Brad Womack’s Tattoo and Ashley Hebert’s Tattoo

More about these posts: Both went live in 2011, Brad in January and Ashley in June. Ashley is now married to J.P. Rosenbaum and Brad is reportedly dating AshLee Frazier (also a contestant on the show at one point).

one of the most famous bad tattoos.
one of the most famous bad tattoos.

Wacky Wednesday: Song on the New Olive Garden Commercial

It’s not wacky for Olive Garden to use good music in their new commercial. In fact, it’s smart. So I’ve uppercase Googled, I’ve lowercase googled, I’ve even asked Jeeves, but can’t find any information about what song it is or who sings it. If anyone out there has the answer, speak up! Otherwise, I’ll just wait up to 4 business days for Olive Garden to respond to my email. You know that’s Monday, right? Sigh. I guess I can distract myself with some never-ending breadsticks.

When you’re here, you’re family…
-Out of the Wilderness

My Speech at the National Milk Association

“I woke up in the nick of time. Had I slept any later, I would’ve had to speak at the National Milk Association Convention. It’s an event I like to attend, but as a fan, not a speaker.”

Waking up from a dream, the above quote is what I jotted down to remember all that was in my head. Now if you thought THAT dream was strange, imagine my surprise later that day when I got an email from the NMA asking to be the keynote speaker at this year’s annual gala! OK, totally not true. Turns out there isn’t such thing as the National Milk Association so even if I wanted to speak there, I couldn’t. Plus, how does sleeping late add up to being a speaker at the convention? Needless to say, my dream left me with more questions than answers. Was it an extension of my public speaking fears? My love of milk? Do I have a fear of sleeping late and missing important events? Does it have anything to do with the book I’m reading, written by professional speaker Jon Acuff?

I’ll consider all it’s meanings as I drink a glass of cold skim milk. Yum.

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