While during a little downtime at work today, I ventured onto Wikipedia to see what had been written about our little town of Simpsonville, SC. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simpsonville,_South_Carolina#Notable_residents
It has stuff like crime stats, latitude and longitude, population numbers, city councilman etc...
There is also a "notable residents" section that has listings of NASCAR drivers, pro-bowlers, authors and other famous people. This got me thinking... what must you do to be considered a "notable resident?"
I feel that Christie and I are fairly notable residents. We keep the yard clean (adding to the appeal of the community), we support the community (Church), we frequent local businesses (the Cake Lady).... all very notable things...
I then remembered that Wikipedia is user edited.... so I added my mark. I simply wrote, "Lucas and Christie Waschkowski, 2 awesome people." I saved and it stuck.
Proud of my accomplishment, I constructed an email to my wife, to inform her of our newly documented "awesome" status. However, before I could finish typing it, we got dethroned. The Wikipedia gods removed us from the notable residents section.
Oh well. Maybe someday we will make that elite list.... but wait... this list is really lame. I mean, a guy who is good at chess, a few good drivers, a big guy, a bowler... why are these people notable? Shouldn't this list be made up of people who actually make a difference? An eternally impacting, feeding the hungry, clothing the naked, soul saving kind of difference?
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You and Christie are still notable to us... Added the blog to my reader... keep 'em coming!
ReplyDeleteWikipedia fame is not the standard measure of merit. Perhaps true success is measured by the lists you are NOT included on- i.e. "America's most Wanted." You are so right when you list the things for which we should become famous. Take pride in the fact that you and Christie are on my notable list of family members that bring me joy, which is so much better than "wicked"pedia.
ReplyDeleteSo glad that you are blogging now!!!! And I love that you added you and Christie as awesome people... hilarious! You two are still awesome to us!!!!
ReplyDeleteShannon
This is very funny. I can, in fact, confirm the awesomeness of said residents. Take that, Wikipedia!
ReplyDeletewhat about ryan poole? that guy doesn't even have a description and gets to stay on said list?
ReplyDeleteLOL! Stop defacing wikipedia little bro!
ReplyDeleteYou 2 *are* awesome and your work in the community/blog is the 'right' place to prove your it - wiki will come 'round eventually! ;)