faces on Meth

One website shows before and after pictures of people on Meth. These are some of the pictures. Others are so gross I didn't want to share.

Even Steven

I just traded my 2001 Echo for a 1994 Ford Ranger extended cap pickup. I'm sure the person I traded with got the better deal as the Echo was in great shape, clean, well taken care of, 41 mpg on the highway, 34 around town and had 117230 miles on it when we traded with fairly new tires and no mechanical problems at all.

The Ranger nees a little work: a couple seals leaking and new brakes for the front--maybe $500.00 to put the truck back in shape, plus a lens cover is loose but now that I'm retired I won't have to drive often or far except to Hickory once a month. I can, however, haul mulch, or lumber, or a lawn mower, which I could not do in the Echo so I'm happy with the deal.

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Triad Teenager Dies After Car Crash On I40 In Raleigh





Marcus Bridges


WRAL.com






Raleigh, NC -- Raleigh police charged the driver of the car that caused a deadly accident Saturday afternoon on I-40.

The wreck happened at the I-40 East, I-440 split. Morgan McKenzie, 17, of Trinity, was killed in the crash. Two others in the car with her were injured.

According to police, the crash happened after a Chevy Malibu driven by Emily McKenzie swerved to avoid hitting a car merging onto I-40 from I-440. Emily McKenzie lost control of the car, went across two lanes, ran off the highway and hit a tree.

The driver of the merging car, Marcus Bridges, pulled back onto I-440 and left the scene, according to police. He was later caught and charged.

Police charged Bridges with felony hit and run, misdemeanor death by motor vehicle, and unsafe lane change.

The other passenger in Emily McKenzie's car was Donella McKenzie. All three women in the Malibu were taken to WakeMed, where Morgan McKenzie died from her injuries.

Police confirmed that all three were from Trinity.

Friends have setup a facebook to remember Morgan McKenzie, click here to access it.

WRAL/WFMY News 2


I think too many people believe that when they are merging onto an interstate that they have the right of way and the raffic on the interstate is supposed to change lanes to allow them to merge. That just isn't so.

Other common driving errors I see a lot of is on city streets, especially in Greensboro, there are sometimes two lanes for traffic to turn left at an intersection. Often cars in the inside turn lane (the one closest to the center line or the lane on the far left if one a one way street) will cross over in front of the other car turning left.

There is such an intersection on Tate and Friendly, another on Spring and Friendly, on on Elm and Friendly, and I believe it is Pembrook and Brian Blvd where a fourth one is located.

Sometimes it is better to take the direct hit than swerving to avoid an accident. A more experienced driver, or at least on that is more skilled in defensive driving, would not just be concentrating on keeping their car going in s straight line but weatching other traffic, playing over in their mind potential hazards and planning escape routes and manuevers to avoid an accident.

Failure to yield when merging caused the incident I was involved in in Morganton, NC when the SUV trying to merge onto I-40 assumed I would change lanes to allow them onto the interstate. I could not do so but I anticipated their merge point and slowed to allow them to move in front of me.

But instead on merging, the SUV slowed and put itself back onto a collision course so I had no choice but to push the accelarator to the floor and speed ahead of the merge point to avoid a collision. I did everthing right to avoid a wreck but the people in the SUV wanted to take their anger caused by their bad driving out on me.
Still, no one died or was injuredwhich is the point of defensive driving.

I'm sad the young lady was killed and sad that the young man didn't stop to render aid or accept responsibility for his actions but if he had been a responsible person he would have know the rules of the road before getting behind the wheel.

How?

Oscar-winning actor Heath Ledger died at age 28 from an accidental prescription drug overdose in January 2008.

How does one accidentally overdose on prescription medication? The directions are on the label. If one takes as directed then one is okay. If one takes more than is prescribed then one can die. Either one has to do this on purpose or one has to be forced to do this. It can't be an accident.

If a person is taking precription medication that has not been precribed to them and they die, isn't that still taking medication on purpose?

So I am thinking that "accidental overdose" is just a code for "he screwed up big time".

JLos mishap

The media gets it wrong again. When first reported the story said JLos dress fell of andnow it is being reported as a nip slip. Actually, it is nothing to write home about. Sensationalism at its worst.

Discovery

I discovered an interesting new show yeasterday called History detective. It comes on at 8pm on tuesdays on UNC-TV.

The big day

i suppose most people like to skate through their final weeksat work especially their final day but I'm not built that way. I gave a four week notice and continued to do my normal job until today. Today I went all out and even cleaned up after lunch. It felt good to get as much done as I did in a short period of time and leave little to do for the closers.

As of two o'clock this first day of summer 2011 I am officially retired. Actually, I had already planned on taking a vacation this week as it is my anniversay week so maybe not having a job to go to will really sink in next week when my wife goes back to work. She only has a week to work before she has surgery on her foot to fix her funny looking toes so maybe she is fortunate having someone here to take care of her.

my plans for retirement are to take care of my love ones, continue mowing the grass at the churchand home, to be of more help to my wife here and to do whatever I can to help the church grow.

I've been able to attend very few of the Sunday morning services but I do get a video tape of them each week but its not the same as being there. I understand we had 29 this past Sunday which is more than double the number who attended last October when I started going there.

One man came to sing at the church three weeks in a row but he said the church wasn't big enough for him. That's okay because we aren't looking for numbers to put on the board but good Christian people who want to work to spread the gospel.

Soon I'll get to teach Sunday School. We have had a rotating syatem where our associate pastor teaches for four Sundays and our missionary pastor teaches the next four Sundays. I'm not sure how the new rotation with me will evolve but I'm not a preacher so one won't get little minnie sermons.

What I like most about teaching is I have discovered it is one of the best ways to learn. My first lesson will be on milk and meat.

Next spring I hope I can find a little league baseball team to coach. I prefer the ten to twelve year age group. I'm not sure if Randleman has organized ball or not so if you hear of an opening in the area let me know.

I'm looking forward to following Christ and serving the church and I'll see you there.

J-Los dress falls down on live TV

it all started with janet jackson and here lately it seems the women are trying to outdo each other with wardrobe malfunctions. Last week it was a crotchshot which really wasn't a wardrobe malfunction but was published by the media as such.

I sure hope the next time this happens the woman is wearing underwear but I'm not counting on it. I think they are getting a little carried away now with all these clothing problems.

Slaves, freedmen spied on South during Civil War

Why is this news just making the headlines? I think people figured this one out long ago--like around 150 years ago. maybe this is a better article for marvin's but I just felt it too stupid to pass up.

The Last Day

Tomorrow June 21, 2011 is the last day of spring and the first day of summer. It is also significant because it is my last day of work. At 2 pm tomorrow I will officially be retired.

I have several reasons for making the decision not to return to work, the least of which is not my desire to be able to attend church services on a regular bases. Retail has had its good points with its flexible schedule as I never had to miss work for doctors appointments or for the things the kids did during the day but I missed out on a lot of normal things. With no permanent schedule I couldn't attend church, join any groups, or make advance plans to do things with family or friends.

Another reason for retiring is because of the lack of a relationship with my wife. She if off every Sunday and usually gets either Saturday or Wednesdays off. I get Thursdays and Mondays off. Seldom do we every get a day off together and to make matters worse, I work Friday, Saturday and Sunday mornings and she works 2nd shift hours so I never get to see her on the weekends when most couples are together. Wednesday's she works first shift and I work the evening shift and Tuesday I work mornings and she works evenings so at least four days a week we don't see each other.

The third reason I decided to retire is pain. I have tendinitis in my right arm and was told I have some choices: face surgery or learn to live with the pain. Well, I have been using max-freeze or apspercreme on a daily bases plus swallowing some OTC pain pills several times a week.

One of the side effects of my prescription medication is muscle weakness and sorenessand that makes it hard to sleep at night so I always feel tired. Nowi feel like I have to get out of bed on my day's off because if I sleep late I won't be sleepy enough to go to bed in order to get up at 3 am. Even when I do get time off like on a vacation my body is so used to going to sleep early and getting up early its hard to adjust.

I just want to feel normal and live a normal life and be able to do things like normal people do.

Hefner seeks revenge against runaway bride

Hugh Hefner, founder of Playboy magazine thought he was getting married to a playmate but just before the wedding she called itoff and announced she had never intended on marring the much older man. Apparently she was just in the relationship for the publicity. Hefner is angry and is seeking revenge.

if he wasn't such a foolish old man he would have realized she didn't want to be with an old man any more than he would want to be with a myuch older woman (if there are any left).

Actually he should be grateful she bailed before the wedding because if they had been legally married she might have taken him for all he was worth.

Mr. Hefner has had his fun, lived the good life, but he has to face the facts that he is no longer a stud. Now is the time for him to face the truth about his present life and his future.

A name is missing

"The current crop includes former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, former Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty, Minnesota Rep. Michele Bachmann, Texas Rep. Ron Paul and former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum. Next week, former Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman will join that group."


Ohne important name is missing from this group of Republican candidates for President and considering who was left out, it is no doubt liberal media wants to ignore him as much as possible. He is a successful business man, highly educated, and has some good ideas that are doable--proven ideas by either prac tice or intense study. One Democrat referred to him as a Choco Puff but he is a serious candidate and deserves serious consideration.

His name is Herman Cann.

I backed Mike Huckabee last year and he came close to winning the nomination and we would be better off if he had been the candidate. I'm not in a habit of backing losers and Herman Cain is not a loser. Give him a serious look-see and you will know what I mean.

church remodel

Our church building is old and in need of some work soI volunteered to help. I was there when the old carpet was ripped out and the bad spots in the floor cut out and replaced. The first thing we had to do was remove the pews which was harder than one might imagine as they were attached to the floor via screws, most of which had stripped out heads.

It took the better part of the day to get the floor replaced and sealed. The new carpet was laid the next day but I had to be at work soI missed thar. I worked tonight so I missed the church cleaning party and since I work Sunday morning I will most likey be the last member to actually see the finished work.

But I am happy to say I won't miss many more church services since Tuesday June 21, 2011 will be my last day of work. I've reached that point in my life where working full time is no longer profitable as things I want to do while I still can loom large in my priorities.

My most important goal is to work to build the church. My second ambition is to coach a little league baseball team next summer. I hope i can find an opening some where. It has been many years since I've been able to do that and I really miss it.

No, I really can't afford to retire but living tight will have to do so I can accomplish my goals. My mom just turned 86 and her house needs some work and she needs better care than she has been getting plus my mother-in-law isn't well and it is stressful for my wife to deal with, so I'm going to take over more of the house keeping duties to make things easier of my wife and get some things done around Mom's house, like her roof repaired.

I'll have plenty to do so retirement will not be boring.

since one can no longer find me at H-T, look for me in church. See ya there one day.

Anna Garrison




Anna Garrison

This booking photo comes from 33-year-old Anna Garrison's September 10, 2009 arrest in Pasco County, FL, on charges of retail theft, possession of paraphernalia, possession of prescription blanks, failure to return a rented vehicle and grand theft. Garrison has several previous arrests on theft and drug charges.


This photo is from the TRUTV crime Library.

If one looks beyond the scares and sores on this womans face, one can see she could be n attractive person. Her problem is a rebellious attitude and a drug problem. societies problem is she could have a long life ahead of her and she will continue to commit crimes to support her drug habit and we just don't seem to learn that locking people like her up in jail or prison does no good because once they are released they have little choice but to go back to the life they were living before their arrest.

There is a better way.

Another wardrobe malfunction

Sheryl crow is now in the highlines for flashing a shot of panty Why is this news?

Prosecutors focus on duct tape in Anthony trial

If Caylee drowned in the swimming pool and Casey contends, then she should explain why she put duct tape over her daughters face before dumping the body in the woods and covering up her child's disappearance for a month.

How could a woman do such a thing and still claim they are a good mother?

Casey Anthony

I'm a crime buff and have followed the Caylee/Casy Anotony case from the beginning. During her trial many pictures have been published of Casy in court and it seems most have a common theme. Casy is almost always wearing long sleeves and the sleeve extends halfway down her hand. I'm sure everyone is aware thatis a fashion style that is inteneded to signify "I'm cute".

Another common thing about this women is she always seems to be crying or in an emotional state. She may be trying to signify her innosence by appearing to be sensitive and vunersble and now she is "sick", sending a message of "fraility".

What she is hoping for is that she will be preceived as a young, little, cute, sensitive Mom who is too frail and vunerasble to have hurt her own child.

What I see is a cold hearted manipulative woman who is doing her best to sell the jury and thw onlookers on her lies.

Khloe Kardashian's Nip Slip

I'm sure Khloe's nip slip video will get many more hits than anything I could write but it really shouldn't be that way but not because I'll write anything worth reading on a wide scale but because Khloe's nipples shouldn't interest anyone save for her husband and/or baby.

Since that Super Bowl wardrobe malfunction which wasn't really a malfunction, there seems to be more and more of these incidences happening which kind of makes be believe that some if nor most or all of these things are planned publicity stunts.

If you believe all of these things are real, maybe you would have believed my excuse for Weinner 'I was going to take a snapshot with my web cam and it fell. When i reached to grab it I hit the send button and a picture of my crotch was sent out instead of my profile."

Hey, my excuse is a lot more believable than his was amd I am not an accomplished liar like politicians are. I am, however, a writer, and a finction writer must be able to make up lies and convince you that they are true while holding your interest.

In ones head

How come when one sings silently to oneself, one sounds really good? One can give a great speech, write beautiful words, pen emontionallt charged poems, and create all kinds of wonderful things but just try to artiulate what just went through your head and if you even remember what it was you thought, it just sounds dumb when you say it out loud or write it on a piece of paper.

Just another mystery of life.

Exciting, as usual

went to a Hoppers game tonight and as usual it was a close played exciting game that came down to the wire. Win or lose, all the Hopper games I've seen have been good ones.

Tooth Fairy

I put my false teeth under my pillow last night and this morning I found a counterfeit $20.00.

Sad News

A good friend of my wifes who works a thrid shift job came home this morning to find her mother had died while in the living room.

Please say a prayer for her and ask thar she receive the strength to deal with the problems and grief facing her now.

You would have to pay me well

A designer would have to pay a person well to wear these outfits once, in a show where few people saw them and would forget you. I can't imagine a woman actualy buying one of these outfits and wearing it where people really knew who they were.

Some of these things look like rope with bubble wrap or feathers and Christmas tinsel.

One would think that if this is the best one can do what is the reason for trying but apparently there is a market or at least a reason for this stuff. Please don't explain it to me as I don't believe I really want to understand.

Maybe I am being close-minded and hard-headed like the lady who came to the yard sale at the church. She not only didn't believe in heaven but dared us to prove it existed. "Have you ever know anyone to visit heaven and tell you what it was like?" she challenged.

Well yes actually I do. If you don't, I really need to see you in church next Sunday.

Yard sale a success

Sixty dollar cash donation plus we sold a washing machine, a set of dumb bells, plus a vast variety of other items. We raised a total of $278.00 which is more than enough to get the floor replaced. Now we just need some money to buy some carpet.

I heard there was a lot of laughs and one old lady with a nasty disposition.

Yard Sale.

We are having a yard sale at the church tomorrow to raise money to repair the flooringat the church. There are several soft spots and with all the new people coming now, it is becoming increasingly important to get the repairs done soon.

One can help by either attending the yard sale and making a purchase, droping something off that will sale, or by making a cash donation (or all three or a combination thereof.)

The church is One Way and is located on Sunset just off Stout Street in Randleman.

Yard Sale.

Showa floats sideways

Showa floats sideways is a silly way for fish to swim unless it is a flatfish like a flounder. Showa isn't a flatfish but a koi fish, or colored carp in English and she doesn't float sideways by choice but because she died. She wasn't very old, just a couple of years, and she had just spawned which may have had something to do with her death. She was nineteen inches long and weighed around four pounds and she was my favorite of my fish.

I took Shark out of the big pond and put himinto the small pond. I saw Spot and Orange but not Tiger or Zero. None of the fish have been eating well so I'm really not sure what is going on.

Anyone have any ideas, please pass them on.

Missed You

I did notice you were not in church tonight, or at least you were not at One Way Baptist in Randleman. I missed you for I was hoping you would come. Tonight was a special night, the first step in a long walk of service.

I'm a quiet person and if I'm involved in something I believe in I want it to succeed. When I see a need I try my best to fill that need. Little things. I can't give enough to repair the floor at the church but I can ask for donations and give some towards the project. I saw a need for lawn care at the church so I purchased a new lawn mower to keep at the church so I could mow the grass. I furnished a fan for the pulpit area because it gets hot in that little area and the air conditioner will freeze the congregation before it gets that corner cool enough. Yea, my shed gets hot so I try to do my work in the shed during the cooler parts of the day.

We had a family once that seemed troubled and the preacher just couldn't get through to them. I managed too. No, it wasn't me really. It took several weeks of soul searching and prayer before God gave me the words to say.

No, I'm nothing special and do nothing special; just the little things that need to be done. Tonight the church just made it official.

Sorry you weren't there to share the moment with me. No, not for my honor for I deserve none but because you would have reeived a blessing from the many testimonies, the fellowship and the love our members show towards and for one another.

One day I will see you in church. Make it soon.

Not gone yet

I heard the atheist who has the deal about taking care of the pets of those who thought they were going to be raptured today. He kept saying "saved in the rapture." There isn't any such thing as being saved in the rapture. Frankly, I just don't believe that when the rapture does occur, it is going to be the big catastrophic event many have believed it to be.

Run a;ll the numbers you wasnt too but the answer isn't in the bible. Jesus said that he didn't known nor the angels in heaven know but only God the Father knew. He did say he would come as a thief in the night. Scripture makes it clear that know one knows.

One must have already been a bleiever before the rapture. One cannot be saved during the rapture.

The rapture does not signal the end of the world nor the second coming of Christ. The second coming of Christ does not bring the end of the world either; the second coming of Christ prevents the world from being destroyed.

See you in church tomorrow.

Not gone yet

Pickles

A gallon of dill pickles at sams club is $5.88, much cheaper than even an extra large jar of Caussen pickles are at the grocery store, including Walmart. However, Mt. Olive pickles, while good, aren't nearly as good as Claussen.

Sometimes we have to make choices between what we can afford, and what we desire. I want a new pickup truck; I drive an old Echo. I can't afford to trade even for an old pick-up truck. Even at fourty plus mpg, the forty mile a day drive still hurts my wallet.

I've found that when buying things one needs to last, like furniture, it is best to my quality. Cheap stuff breaks, doesn't look as good, isn't as functional, and over the course of time will have to be replaced several times, actually costing more than the expensive stuff does.

For luxury items, like cars and jewerly, one should spend what they can afford.

For everyday, disposable items, one should find the best buy they can on the items they perfer. Like pickles.

I'd rather pay a little more and get something I really enjoy than save money and not like what I'm eating.

Sometimes though, we have to do without, or make a choice between two vital alternatives. Sometimes, that can put us in a real pickle.

Things are beginning to happen

Last Sunday the church was full, and tonight, Wednesday, was quite unusal. We do not have Wednesday night servvices for several reasons: Almost half the congregation lives in Thomasville and it is difficult for them to attend a mid-week service. My wife and I both work Wednsday nights so that only leaves just a handful.

What the church started last week is a wednesday night visitation program. The first night went quite well and unbelievably, I was able to attend this week. I was prepared to go out into the community but we didn't go. We had so many visitors show up for service that we stayed and had a "lesson" for the need was far greater there than anywhere else.

Hard work, lots of praying, and dedication is starting to be rewarded. Things are beginning to happen.

See you in church.

may 21, 2011

An old preacher has led many to believe the end of the world will be May 21st. This isn't scriptural. According to the bible, Christ raptures His church, the earth then goes through a seven year tribulation period then Christ returns, sets up His kingdom and rules on earth form 1000 years. So it will be a long time before the world ends.

An article on this prediction of the end of the world on May 21 stated that most Christians don't beloieve in the rapture. Who is the author of this article conting as Christian? If it is people who say they share a Christian belief, then there are many people counted who never have set foot in a real church before and can't be counted as professing Christians. They have no idea waht a Christian really believes or what the bible teaches. I doubt they have every even read the bible and probably wouldn't understand it is they did. I have to admit, I have never met a faithful Christian who does not acknowledge the rapture as a biblicval truth so I have no idea where this fool got his information.

Leave well enough alone

Marie Shriver is having a difficult time dealing with her separation and the nerws that her husband is the actual jerk evryone believed him to be and he has admmitted to being a cheat and the father of a child not of his marriage.

Who the woman is and who the child is isn't my business. Turn and walk away from that part of the issue. Leave well enough alone.

Good News /Bad News

Donald Trump is not running for president/Mike Huckabee is not running for President.

Unless the Republicans can get their act together and get a serious viable candidate soon, BO is a shoo-in. Let us face the truth: Sarah Palin, Donald Trump and Ron Paul can't be taken seriously as chalengers for the White House. At the moment that leaves Newt and I'm not sure he is stable enough. Brilliant man, I understand, but sort of a wack job too.

Excited

One Way was almost full last night! I had just returned from the funeral for my sister-in-law and was excited to get to church. Last Sunday we had no evening service so I was excited to be able to attend this week. It was great to have most of our members there (one lady, 91, doesn't get to attend very often for health reasons and the other member doesn't come often because his wife refuses to come and gives him a hard time about his attendance.)

It was a good service.

See you in church.

Name calling

It seems the politically active portion of our population still doesn't get it. After that lady congressperson, Gilfords, was shot, there were many people on the left claiming it was the conservatives fault, particularly Sarah Palin's fault, for using rhetoric that could be interpreted as inflammatory yet when reading pieces about consevatives written by liberal staff writers, all the commenters seem to spew their venom of hate around like it was soft butter.

Discuss the issues and leave the vile speech for the dog that crapped on your lawn.

death claims another

I just received notice that my sister-in-law passed away yesterday, losing her fight with cancer. She lived for almost two weeks after she was disconnected from life suppoort. I believe her extra two weeks of life were a gift of God in answer to prayers.

"for it is given to all men to die' so the bible says and history has proven to be true but prayer can and does extend life and I believe in this case that is true. It gave her family the opportunity to say their goodbyes they would not ordinarily have had. It also gave me a chance to bring one last smile to her face and a bit of happiness to my brother.

I give God the glory for that moment.

Ashton Kutcher Replacing Charlie Sheen

Replacing a prevert with a creep isn't funny. I won't be watching.

Showa and Spot, Spawning

Showa is the larger fish, the orange, black and white one. Spot is white with a tan face and black spots. Showa is female and Spot is, of course, the male. Showa is 17" long and weighs just under four pounds. Spot is attempting to get Showa to lay her eggs so he can fertilize them. She will lay 100,000 eggs for each pound of body weight.

I am not a breeder so I have no need of 400,000 fish. Last year only one out of every hundred thousand survived birth but even one of them died when it was about two inches long. I have two from last years broad, Tiger and Zero.

I'll post a video on face book of the process of spawning. In the mean time you can enjoy the one of my fish playing in the waterfall.

Payno attentionto thedate/time stamp on the pictures. It was 9 am on May 11, 2011 when I took the pictures. The eggs should start hatching in between two days and a week.

What's fair?

She is to receive about $570,000 which works out to a little over $35,000.00 a year for the past 17 years. I suppose that is about an average income. In one way it seems like a lot of money, and it is. I could do a lot more with $570,000.00 than I could with $35000.00 a year.

Yea, I made that much working, just barely, but I did. But I enjoyed my home and my family and my freedom and I managed to save a goodly sum as well. Debra Brown didn't get to enjoy her family or home or friends.

Would you trade a year of your life for a year's income?

I didn't think so.

Too many innocent people are sent to prison.

I know that an attorney, any attorney, wants to win but winning should be getting the truth out into the open, not getting a conviction or a judgement for your side.

Some guilty go free for the same reasons that innocent people are convicted.

That's not justice.

good food

The ladies group from the church went to Deep River Cafe in Randleman yesterday and reported the experience was great. The pastor's wife reportedly said she wanted to be taken there for the Mother's Day buffet--and she lives in Thomasville!

It really must be good food.

The power of prayer

Sunday, the doctor called my brother and asked him to come back to the hospital where his wife lay suffering from cancer. "Thee is nothing more that can be done for her" the doctors told my brother. "It's just a matter of a few hours at best."

James wanted her son to have a chance to say goodbye so he hooked his wife to a respirator until the family could say their goodbyes then he was going to have it unplugged.

Her son came and mother and sonb said their goodbyes and their last hugs and said or indicated their love for each other and then my brother unpluuged life support.

Many Christians were on their knees praying for her and many churches also.

Today she went home.

She may die tomorrow or Monday, or next week but she will be home on Mother's day.

I don't know if any of you remember Princes Springsummer Winterfall but she was played by a beautiful young lady as part of the Howdy Doodly puppet show that was one of the first shows on TV back in the fifties. When she was 24, she anbd her husband were on vacation when both died in a car accident. People didn't have the opportunity to pray for her. I'm sure she had no idea that morning that it would be her last day on earth.

My mother-in-law was rushed to the hospital this week and she was near death. While she was waiting to be taken to her room another man was brought in and placed in trama care next to her. He has just ran a red light and struck anothyer man, killing him. It was front page news in the Asheboro paper. The man who died doesn't have another week to live nor anyone to pray that he does. Once its over, its over.

I wonder what he would have done differently if he had known that he would die that very day.

I also wonder who might have the opportunity to tell him about Jesus. I wonder if Princess Springsummer Winterfall knew jesus and trusted Him? Who could have told them and didn't?

It's sad to know one only has minutes or hours or maybe just days to live but knowing the end is near gives one the opportunity to say their goodbyes and the chance to question their beliefs and make a choice.

No, prayer will not keep her alive forever nor allow for her to live a normal life. But prayer gave her a chance many never have.

Make the right decision now.

See you in church.

Al-Qaida vows revenge for Osama bin Laden's death

It has to be one sorry religion that everything makes them angry.

Both Sides

I've heard both sides of the story: the confusing,conflicting stories from the administration and various news agencies and the side from the people who think that manyh obama is not telling the truth about what happened to osama, or usama is anything happened at all.

some say he might have been working for the USA and was about to turn on someone, some say he died five years ago, some say one aide defended him with a green water pistol. Whatever.

Frankly, I think he was killed just as the White House said he was and one of the versions given out might contain more of the truth than others. I believe that we landed on the moon and that kennedy, JF was killed by Oswalt.

What really happened was...

At the very beginning of the attack the US lost a helicopter due to mechanical failure, oh, wait, did someone say mechanical failure. We meet that it was hotter in the compound than we had anticipated and the difference in the weight of the air made it impossible for the helicopter to stay in the air.

The President and his men (and women) were watching events unfold from the situation room, expect for the fifteen minutes, or was it twenty, that the troops were engaged inside the compound.

As they searched from room to room the US troops were confronted by Osama bin laden welding a gun, firing at them, and, oh wait a minute, he was unarmed. All he had for protection was his wife. No wait, it wasn't his wife. Or maybe it was. Anyway she was shot and killed by, hold on, she wasn't shot and killed but only shot in the legs. One of bin Laden wives was killed but not protecting bin Laden.

Anyway the women that bin laden was holding onto was used as a shield, no that's not right either. She voluntarily stood in front of bin Laden.

Anyway we know for sure that one of bin Laden's sons were killed. It was , wait, that not the name I was told the first time.

No, well, just hang around and we'll get our story straight eventually.

maybe we will even release a picture to prove we actually killed somebody and it was Osama bin laden except you can't really tell because half his face is missing from the gun shot would.

From my point of view, if this is the defining moment of Barrack Obama's presidency, the won moment that is supposed to ensure that he has regained control and will likely win re-election then one would think he could get his story straight. It really doesn't make the administration look warm and fuzzy and trustworthy, does it? Just adds fuel to the fire of naysayers and conspiracy theorists and makes this administration look foolish and untrustworthy.

obama Political boost

I suppose if the election were held yesterday or today, Obama would have been a tougher foe to beat because of the bin Laden affair and the truth is, he seems to have handled the war effort better than Rumsfeld and Cheney and Bush did. Still, one has to get over decision making over emotional incidents and look at the whole of a candidates policies. The economy sucks, we are still at war and on three fronts, and if we don't get this country back on course soon, it won't matter who is president because we won't exist as we do now.

Bin laden dead

Bin laden was killed by US Navy Seal Team Six during a raid on his luxury hideout located about 100 yardsfrom a pakastanimilitary post. No US troops were hurt although there is a report of oneof the helicopters used in the raid crashed. Bin laden was verified and buried at sea, in accordance with Muslim law.

One terrorist has died, another one will be born to take his place.

see you in church.

Lost

Tonight I received word that my sister-in-law is not expected to live the night. It will be a great loss to her family and my brother will especially be lost without her.

Many decades ago he was single, left in charge of five children, and had no transportation to or from work and lived in a place not quiet as good as the average shack when she literally picked him up off the streets. He would be walking to work and sometimes when it was her turn to drive the carpool she would stop and offer him a ride.

She saved his life, not in the physical sense, but she gave him a chance to have a life and they have been good together all these years.

If she had one thinbg left to say to anyone who would care to listen it would be to quit smoking. She did but it wasn't soon enough to prevent her suffering and death.

See you in church Sunday.

The Fallacy Of Islam

Muslims woulod have us believe that Muhammed is sacred and it is a crime punishable by death to recreate his image but only God is holy and no mere mortal can lay claim to that truth. The God of Islam is the very same God worshipped by the Jews and by Christians and Mohammed recognized the greatness of Jesus Christ but only afforded Him the title of a great prohet.

Yes, Jesus was a great prophet but He was much more: he was also the son of God as proven by His resurrection and ascension into heaven. In difference to Mohammed, who was only flesh and blood and now is decayed back into the earth, Jesus Christ is alive and well awaiting the word from God the father as to when He may return for his bride, the church.

There has been great tension between the Jews and the rest of the Arab world ever since Sara asked Abraham to sent Hanna and her son, Abrahams first born but not the child promised Abraham by God, away from their sight. His discendants have felt that the inheritance of Isacc belong to them and it was this jealousy that Satan used to deceive Mohammed into believing that his people were the chosen of God and all others were infedels.

To the Jew, non-Jews are Gentiles and even God loved Gentiles enough to have allowed Christ to die for us as well as the Jew. In fact the Jews role as Gods chosen people is so they could be a witness for God to the rest of the world as to whom God is and was not intended to set the Jews apart as the only people loved by God.

On copying that point, Mohammed missed the mark, teaching that God only loves Muslims and everyone else has to die.

To that point of non-conversion and death, there is a ring of truth to that but the death sentence has already been given to all st birth yet God made a way of escaping that death. We know that all men must die, good people like sweet little Grandma who had seven children and worked hard her entire life to provide for her family.

If death comes to all equally, then why does some think God unfair to let the dead remain dead? He isn't. He made a way of escape but we have to chose life. Christ offers us that choice.

Muhammed only offers death to non Muslims. That is not love. That is not of God.

Uncertainty

A teenager got off his school bus and cut through my yard as a short cut home. I stopped him and told him to walk around and not use my yard as a short cut.

The reason I did this is because I have many small plants and some wire strung between two poles for my Moon Flowers to climb on and it really isn't safe for someone unfamiliar with my yard to be walking through it. I just don't feel up to defending myself in court if a kid gets hurt while trespassing on my property.

My wife fears retaliation by ungrateful kids but I would have rather discussed the situation with him so he would understand my point of view.

How should I have handled the situation? I really don't want to see anyone get hurt and I don't want my property damaged or vandalised and I certainly don't want to get sued if someone did get injured. At the same time I would like to be on good terms with all my neighbors.

The HiccupGirl

Presumably trying to live up to her self-proclaimed "Hustla" status, Mee posted a photo of a pile of money on her bed.
During a teary jailhouse interview with the Today Show, Mee said that after her fifteen minutes of fame, "I took the path of the devil. I really did. Instead of keeping my faith with the Lord, I let the devil overcome me." She left home at 17 and spiraled in the wrong direction, finding herself facing a first degree murder charge less than two years later.
Jennifer Mee, famous as the HICCUP Girl, is now charged with Murder One

Why is it, when left to our own devices, we choice the wrong path? Is it because it is the patch of lest resistence?

see you in church.

EPA puts out global call for environment photos

These pictures and those in the following posts are some of the things I see in my environment. Fruit trees, birds galore, grape vines, flowers, and fish, are permanent fixtures while the vegtable garden is a spring/summer addition.

Ground cover

On my waterfall mound I have a variety of ground cover plants, some of which have bloomed some some have not.

Water sports

Since I redid the water fall and now have a stronger stream of water the fish have really taken to it. each morning they gather under the water fall for their a.m. water exercise class. They spend hours each morning under the waterfall.

The idiots are the other guys

It amazes me that all Democrats are crazy liberals and liars and cheats and every republican is a riligious finactic that also lies and cheats and people or neither side have a bit of sense.

On most issues both sides have valid points. Abortion is the killing of an unborn child or the terminating or an unwanted pregnacy. But it doesn't make the holder of eith view an idiot, liar or cheat.

People crossing the borders into our country with the intention of staying is creating a problem in this country. Some say we need to control it, some say we need to stop it, some say we need to find the ones that are already here and send them back home while others say it isn't a bad thing and we should ignore it.
There are valid arguements for both viewpoints.

Some things are fact. This country ecomonmic policies have gotten this country into one big ecomonmic mess. One side says the country needs to raise taxes and the other side says we need to lower taxes abd reduce spending. Everyone knows thatfor a person or family to get out of finacial trouble one either has to increase income, lower expenditures, or both.

You are, I'm sure, contacted numerous times about donating to charities and while a case can be made for each, one cannot contribute to all of them. We either give a lot to one or a little bit to several and to the rest we have to say no. Instead of raising taxes maybe we should consider an entirely new tax struture like the fair tax.

All I'm saying is that for every problem there are multiple viewpoints and one or more workable solutions but to hold views on one side of the issue does not make the person holding a different view an idiot or a liar.

Cyber trespass?

Prosecutors say it is tough to get a cyberstalking charge to stick because there has to be a pattern of harassment over the Internet. A one-time incident like this usually doesn't constitute a crime. There are, however, other charges that families can pursue, such as "computer trespass" that are easier to prove.



Cyber-trespass and ‘Unauthorized Access’ as Legal Mechanisms of Access Control: Lessons from the US Experience
Mary W. S. Wong*
+ Author Affiliations
*LLB (NUS), LLM (Cantab.), Professor of Law, Franklin Pierce Law Center, USA. E-mail: fatamagistra@gmail.com This paper was funded by the Office of Research at the Singapore Management University (SMU), where the author was an Associate Professor of Law.
Abstract
The common law doctrine of trespass to chattels has recently been revived and applied by courts in the United States (US) to cover intrusions (in the form of electronic signals) to computer systems connected to the Internet. These cases represent judicial recognition of the need to protect certain unwanted intrusions in cyberspace, though the principles developed therewith are remarkably expansive. As such, they overlap with the concept of ‘unauthorized access’ under computer misuse legislation in the US and elsewhere. This overlap has yet to be judicially acknowledged. Since the US, the United Kingdom and other common law countries not only share a common law ancestry but also ‘unauthorized access’ principles as the primary trigger for computer misuse, this paper seeks to examine the consequences of developing a broad cyber-trespass doctrine beyond the US, and its corresponding implications for judicial interpretations of ‘unauthorized access’ in the common law world.
International Journal of Law and Information Technology Vol. 15 No. 1 © Oxford University Press 2007; all rights reserved

Easter Sunday

Easter Sunday is the celebration of the death, burial, and resurrection of Jesus Christ and the day when more people go to church than any other Sunday of the year. The dat of Easter vries from year to year but if a group of researchers have their way that could change.

One of the confusing things about Easter has been the sequence of events leading up to that day. There just didn't seem to be time to everything Jesus did to be done but a research has discovered that the biblical accounts do not differ as to what happened on what day nor do they differ of the day of the Lord's last supper. It seems that some apostles used a differ calendar that other apostles when writing their accounts so some were off by a day from others. It seems the correct day of the last supper was a Wednesday and, if that being so, easter Sunday could be affixed to a particular date.

Whether it will or not remains to be seen.

See you in church.

A fine series of messages

There were a few disappointments during the week, like promises from people to attend a revival meeting who broke those promises and lack of support from area churches. It may be because our church building is small, I don't know but there is something I do know. The revival worked, is on-going and will be for some time to come.

No, there are no more meetings but a revival should not end with the end of the revival meetings because then it would not be a revival. It was a super wonderful week full of blessings ahnd I am happy that I was able to attend.

sorry you were not there but I will see you in church.

Analize This

The real-life murder mystery began at about 10 on the evening of March 29, authorities say. After a long day at work, Ken Ellis was dozing in front of the television with his wife of two years when their doorbell rang. He got up to answer it, but found no one at the door, Ella Ellis told Vieira. Curious, she joined him.

Thinking that perhaps a neighbor needed assistance, they looked again. Then, just as they began closing the door, two men in black, with only their eyes visible, forced the door open, she said.

“In split seconds they extended their hands and [shot] my husband,” she told Vieira. The gunmen were silent — “no words, nothing” — and in the shock of the moment, she didn’t even notice whether both were armed, she said.

Revival

Really great services. I sent invitations to every church in the Randleman area but no support from any church. Can you believe that?

Once was churches supported each other.

That's sad.

Blog I didn't do

I have a stat counter on my blogs. I use it not because count is important but because it was free. The stat country also gives intresting information, like from what cities, states, and countries a visitor is from, what type of web browser they use, if they have a XP, &, Vista, or some other form of computer program.

Another feature of the stat counter is the listing in order of popularity the different posts I've made. This month there was an interesting entry. probably down eight or ten spots from the top was an entry from Dr. J. It isn a post I put up or one she wrote and posted from my sight or evern one I referenced. It was clearly an article she wrote and posted on her own blog, DR. J's housecalls. Why it eneded up on my blog roll, I have no idea.

For those of you who may not know who Dr. J is, I'' give you a brief introduction.

I first read her blog on Randolph is Talking because I thought it nice that a Dr. would have a site. I thought one might be able to gather information or insight into medical problems there. Well, one can but not physical medical problems, but problems with politics within the medical community and specifically those that involve Dr. J.

The first time I read her I thought she was weird and suffered from some mental condition was maybe was not a real doctor. But after reading a couple of blogs I realized the lady was a real doctor,m deadly serious, and after doing some research, I concluded she had a valid argument and I became a supporter, perhaps one of her first.

For the longest time, we read each others stuff and supported each other. I still do actually but the two of us +don't interact the way we once did. It's kind of like a couple that start out together but one gors to college and grows and has an influential life and the other stays home and raises the kids and makes a home and one day they realize they have grown apart and are no longer suited for each other.

The love and respect they once had for each other may still be there but they can no longer fulfill each others needs and it is best they spend more of their time in more fulfilling endeavors.

Anyway, she is still fighting the good fight and if she ever gets around to writing that book I want to buy a copy. She has a commanding way with words. A brilliant woman who is also interesting.

If you get a chance read her blog on her own site, Dr. J's Housecalls.

See you in church.

Revival Started

The singing was smooth and mellow, the atmosphere electic, and the preaching was everything, if not more, than it had been promised to be. I definetly feel inspired after last night kickoff to our revival 2011.

I personally dropped off an invitation to almost every church in Randleman, some in Asheboro, and some in Sophia. If I missed your church, I'm sorry. If you don't have a church you regularly attend, shame on you.

If you are planning to attend tonights service then you might want to come just a few minutes early. If you don't plan on coming, you might want to reconsider.

See you in church.

A Good Day

Monday I placed about a ton or more of rocks on the sides (inside) of my water pond. I do that for three reasons. One, it makes the pond look more natural, it helps protect the liner and three, it gives fry a place to hide. After that I mowed by lawn, then took my car to the repair shop.

I walked from the repair shop to the church and mowed the grass there and then walked back to the house where I spread four scoops of mulch in my flower beds. I then walked back to the shop and got my car then came home and tilled my garden space.

Yesterday morning I was watching my fish when one of the Koi, Showa, started swimming quickly from the back of the pond towards the front. About halfway she jumped, clearing the surface, and then did a barrell roll just after reentering the water. it was one of those moments when one wishies that they had been able to video tape.

Today I'm out to get a hair cut and put some plants in my garden.I may cut the grass at the church again today or maybe wait until Saturday, depending on how quickly the grass grew this week and what the weather will be for the remaining week.

I want the church yard to be nice for our revival.

With what is going on in the world I think it is important that we protect our heritage in the United States of American. Perhaps things are out of our control now. someone mentioned that in the book of revelations all the major countries and/or regions are mentioned except the United States. That could be because the US didn't exist when the book was written but God would have know what the world would be like during that time so it seems more likely that the USA is not a major player in that time frame.

I'll leave others to speculate as to why that would be so.

As for me, I'm out to get my hair cut today, plant some vegatables, and maybe help spread the word abouut the revival. It's going to be a good day.

I hope yours is.

See you in church.

All Fools Day

April 1st isknown as All Fools Day and the reason why isn't exactly known. It wasn't as if one day some government enacted a law on a whim that one this one day people could make fools of other people. Like many traditions, it evolved. There was a big bang and all these little ideas were swimming around until they found try land and then they crawled ashore and became fools.

The most likely cause of the moniker was the fact the April 1 was once New Year's Dayand some people had a hard time accepting that so they continued to celebrate April 1 as the first day of the year. I can understand that for it would be hard to adjust if suddenly we were told that August first would be the first day of the new year. Maybe we would have people we called january fools.

I have no idea who thought January first would make a good day to start a new year but it really isn't. It's almost the beginning of winter and it's cold, gray, and dreary outside. April makes more sense. It's near the beginning of spring when the earth begins to warm and plants bloom and begin again to grow and produce. The renewing of spirit and life.

So you tell me who is the bigger fool: the people who thought the dead of winter to be the best time to start a new year or the people who refused to give up the idea that Spring was the renewing of life?

Revival

Don't forget about the revival beginning April 10th at 6 and running forward at 7 pm each evening at One Way Baptist Church in Randleman.

The church is on Sunset just off of Stout Street.

It's important that you be there.

Really. It is.

Honest.

To control or not to control

- Anger over the burning of the Muslim holy book at a Florida church fueled a second day of deadly violence half a world away in Afghanistan, where demonstrators set cars and shops ablaze Saturday in a riot that killed nine protesters, officials said.


It seems what is lacking here is the ability to control ones anger. Some muslims, it seems, are in bad need of anger management classes.

The truth about American Muslims

That's an article on MS NBC that I didn't read but I did hear an interview with a sweet sounding Muslim girl the other day while listening to the radio. She was explaining the non-violent ways of most Muslims. "Americans think we are all the same and I'd just like to hit them in the head and get their attention."

Americans are all the sam--isn't that the basis of what we call prejudice. Judging a whole class or race of people as being the same is prejudicial. And certainly hitting them in the head is not a non violent act.

Someone she just didn't convince me she was really as sweet as she pretended.

Bullies

I was a eighth grade student at Grandview Jr. High in Hickory, NC when this other pupil decided to make me his play toy. He wasn't much taller than I was, maybe a couple of inches but he was built like a rock and I was this really thin kid. School was almost over for the year when he started school there. I never saw him after that year either so I am clueless as to whatever became of this kid.

I remember walking into Mr. Caldwell's class and saying hello to one of my friends. This guy just walked over to me, grabbed me by my shoulders and jammed his knee into my thigh. "That's a Charley horse" he said.

It hurt, really bad, really really bad."

I said nothing.

The next morning I came to class and as I started to take my seat, this same guy came over to me, grabbed my shoulders, and kicked me in my thigh.

It hurt as bad the second time as it did the first.

The third morning I came to class and when this guy walked over to me I knew what was coming. He grabbed my shoulders and as quickly as I could I shoved him backwards. He fell over one of the desks but didn't hit the floor. He reached out and grabbed my shirt in his left hand and while holding on tightly, he pulled his right arm back and made his right hand into a fist.

I brought my right leg up and caught his left thigh with my right knee. He doubled over in pain. "I'll meet you behind the gym after school" he said. "Unless you're a coward you'll be there."

I didn't think he would show. I was also hoping he wouldn't show but he was there and with about twenty other students. I don't know if they were there to support him or just to see him beat a little kid up but in any case they were all standing behind him. It would have been too embarrassing not to fight but my fear of being hurt badly made me almost swallow my pride and run home.

I handed my books to my friend and walked up to the bully. I just hoped he would quit hitting me before I was hurt too badly.

He stood there with his fist balled up. "I'm gonna kick your butt," he promised.

"Go ahead," I said.

"No, you hit me first" he shot back.

I did. As hard as I could hit anything or anyone.

He really wasn't expecting me to hit him. He thought I was going to play the game of "No, you hit me first" with him but I decided to get this fight started and over with. I honestly thought that first punch would be the only one I would get in during the fight. It was.

He turned and walked away from me, tears streaming down his face, while his supporters just stood there in shock. Slowly, without anyone uttering a word, the pupils who came to watch me get beat up hung their heads and walked away.

I never saw him again but I learned a valuable lesson from him that day.

All Fools Day

Several years ago there was a meat cutter who was happy and satisfied doing exactly what he was doing and absolutely did not want to be transferred or promoted so I decided to pull a prank on him for 4-1.

I downloaded a copy of the company emblem and matched the companies type face and designed an official looking letter informing the meat cutter that he had been promoted and was being sent to Raleigh for training. I had the letter delivery by the store manager and the department head.

The meat cutter was absolutely livid. He took his uniform off, threw it on the floor and was stomping around like a scared chicken, muttering something about "I'll quit before I'll be promoted or transferred." Finally, after several minutes of his tantrum he started to calm so I handed him a card and said "congratulations". he said "I don't want your card."

I said "You will want this one."

Reluctantly he took the card from me and opened it.

"April Fool" it read.

Collecting rain

looking ahead at the weather forcast it looks as though we will receive all the rain for the spring and summer in the last half of March and the first half of April. I advise anyone who will need water for the yard this summer to collect it now. It may be the last we see for awhile.

Seriously.

Idiots

The newspaper reported on its website that Michel hit Wilkins in the chest and that he also hit a security guard. It also reported that Michel told police he attacked Wilkins because Wilkins owed him money for suits bought several years ago.

Basketball analyist and former NBA star domminique Wilkins was attacked by a former NBA referree after a game.

Note to ref: if you believe someone owes you money, take them to court. That is why we have a legal system. That, and to keep idiots like you off the street.

What do these men have in common?

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Besides being former Presidents and male, and white, all these fellows were younger when they were elected President than I am now but one would never know it.

A flash of lightning

At 8:18 am I observed a flash of lightning followed in about 10 seconds with a roll of thunder.

Thunder is not a cold weather phenomenon although it does occur occasionally during the winter months. Something else is common to warm weather storms rarely seen in the winter is a drop in temperature. When the skies cloud up and rain falls, temperature will drop during the warmer months and rise in the winter.

My pond is almost full now and it is time to switch over and refill my rain barrels during these rainy days. There will come a time shortly when I'll be glad I've got the extra hundred gallons of water in reserve.

I saw my big fish (17' and just shy of four pounds) playing in the waterfall while I was watching the rain. I'm glad its raining and if it wasn't I would have been staring out the door wishing it was instead of looking out the door wishing I could get outside and do something. Typical human, never satisfied with the status quo.

Kind of like that article I read last night about this writer who decided to explore why men sign up for Dolly Madison, a web site for married people who want to cheat. Sixty two percent of the members are men. Sometimes instead of enjoying what we have we wish for what we don't but if we had what we don't we would still want what we had. It's not a matter of circumstance but one of attitude. I personally choose to be happily married and I am.

So I'll just kick back and enjoy the rain, thinking of its many benefits and be glad it cam today.

another stupid lawsuit

Bret Michaels is suing the Tonies and CBS because he walked into a piece of the set and six months later he almost died. He claims he wasn't properly instructed how to exit the stage.
Did he ask?

If one doesn't know what he is doing then maybe he should ask someone for instructions.

Smart Woman

The air conditioner malfunctioned the other day and we called the repairman. We payed an eighty-five dollar service call fee and were hit with a sixteen hundred dollar repair bill estimate. I passed on the repair until I talked it over with my wife.

She negotiated with the company and got the price down to 1200 dollars and then she got a 10% discount by signing up up a service contract to have the unit serviced twice a year.

Service contacts on the home heating/cooling systems have always proven invaluable to me in the past and with the $400.00 bill I had two months ago to fix the heat maybe I can forstall replacing the entire unit for a couple of years. If I can then the service contract will have paid for itself. If I had had it last year maybe the problems could have been caught in time and I would have saved myself some money.

Call me a fool

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I received the above message in my e-mail. to have someone comment on one of my posts is a rare occasion although I actually did get a conversation started a couple of times over the years. I doubt seriously any company worth its salt is going to be reading my blogs in search of a site to place advertisers with. I have two sites, for those of you who do not know that. One is basically for what I think is news and the other is for venting or or thoughts or feelings or whatever I wish to post there. Sometimes I post the same thing on both sites and sometimes I post whatever I want to on either site so, having no firm game plan so to speak, how can anyone match an advertiser with my sites(unless of couarse, we are talking about ads from mental health facilities as one probably has to be crazy to read my blogs)?

Contacting me was the first tip-off that the company was not legitimate. I don't do business with people who contact me door-to-door nor do I do business with people who contact me via e-mail. If I want or need something I'll seek it out.

Secondly, contacting me was the second sign that they were, or aren't legitimate. I know, it's the same reason twice, but I use the tip because its a blog, not a website, yet she wants to help me build a website. If you have read my blog, you would know I'm definetly different. I'm a cartoon character from Mars for goodness sake.

Thirdly, I knew it was a scam because I did my reasearch on line before I responded.

Less people would be taken advantaged of if they thought before they acted. Act, don't react.

Skill needs to be taught

A skill that needs to be taught in drivers Education is how to control a car that goes off the road. It seems to be the one thing that people panic over, especially teenagers, and it is costly in terms of injuries and death. If drivers only knew what to do stories like this could be avoided :NCHP officials said the vehicle ran off the right side of the road at a curve, lost control and struck three trees before overturning. Both driver and passenger were killed.

Just teenagers, band members, going home after working at a concession stand. Yes, the were driving a little faster than the speed limit, 65 in a 55, but that had less to do with what happened than why it happened.

The kids were probably talking and the driver let the wheels drop off the payment on the right side. had he known to lightly apply the brakes and steer straight until he could safely return the car to the payment he would be alive today and so would his passenger. Inexperienced drivers try to correct the situation by jerking the steering wheel and trying to get the tires back on the road. As soon as the tires hit the payment, the driver discovers he over corrected and is shot across the road and into the nearest solid object, be it tree, telephone pole, or tractor-trailer

financial disaster

I listen to clark Howard and he receives mant phone calls of peple overwhelmed by debt, most of which is due to poor financial decisions on their part mainly caused by overuse of credit cards and often aggavated by a job loss.

I too found myself on hard times due to a business venture gone bad. I lost almost everything eventually. I lost my car, my home, and least importantly, my wife. I know, one would think keeping the family together, especially during difficult times would be a top priority and it may have been except she was the main culpert in the business going bad and when there was nothing left for her to siphon off, she bailed on me.

She might have stayed if I had chosen to file for bankruptcy but my parents would have either had to float a loan on their own or lose their home and I thought it wrong of me to put them in that situation.

I had some hard choices to make but I did what I had to do. I worked part time jobs, looked for every conceivable way to cut expenses and negotiated with the bank to reach an agreement with both could live with.

Cutting expenses may not seem like a viable alternative but one would be surprised if one is forced to make that decision. I grewas much of my own food as possible, lived off of three for a dollar frozen buritos and dried beans, took care of the elderly in exchange for a place to sleep and wrote articles for money in my limited free time.

Perhaps the best way to make the hard choices is to plan for them long before bad things happen. I don't care how little one makes, a dollar or two can be saved each week and if started soon enough, by the time disaster strikes, one would probably be more than prepared to handle it.

Pay yourself first, make the hard choices now, and prepare for a downturn and you will survive.

Another one! What's going on?

FOND DU LAC, Wis. — A Wisconsin man opened fire on police during a six-hour standoff at a house, killing one officer and critically wounding another, authorities said.

I have never heard of so many police officers being gunned down in such a period of time. It seems every week we are reading about a policeman or two being killed or seriously wounded in a gun battle.

Last year (I think) a man walked into a doughnut shop and shot three police officers, killing two of them. The nation was shocked. In the last six months there have been almost weekly reports of officers being killed. So many reports in deed that we are becoming accustomed to the headline.

When police officers become afraid for their lives it puts all of us at a greater danger.

I don't know what we can do to turn this situation around but a solution needs to be found.

planting time

Monday is the day I start planting my garden.

To combat the drought I am planting my melons in tubs so they will have access to moist soil.

I am soaking my morning glory and moon flower seeds as I type.

I have some plants growing in my bedroom.

Everything else I'll plant Monday from seeds.

I have a peach tree started and several apple trees I started from seed sproting and a bunch of Hibiscus trees.

i love spring.

Some things are baffling

While looking at pictures of the disaster in Japan, one can't help but notice how some strutures seem to escape. It is that way in tornadoes, huricanes and fires too. One building survived an earthquake, a tidal wave, and a ship perched on its roof while everything around it is broken into kindling.

It's baffling as to why or how but that's the nature of the beast.

Without the pictures

Spring Revival and Spiritual Renewal

Rev. Charles Garrett, Pastor, One Way Baptist




A new spring is dawning bringing in a freshness that has been missing during the cold winter months. People stir, anxious to be outside, working the soil, planting, growing, becoming one with nature. The apple tree, the mighty oak, the beautiful dogwood tree, come to life and the tulip bulbs push their heads from the cold hard soil into the newly warm air. It is a time for renewing of life.

While drinking in the wonders of nature, it is important to remember the important things of life like family and friends and the God that put His blessings on this great nation. At One Way Baptist, we are celebrating this renewal with a spring revival. It is our way of celebrating a new season, of rekindling our spirit of thankfulness, and reminding ourselves of the things that are truly important. Come celebrate the rekindling with us with guest pastor Rev. W. A. Seawell, Jr. from Hilltop Baptist of Thomasville, NC.

Rev. Seawell is a much sought after speaker and One Way is fortunate to have him for our services









What: Revival

When: Starting April 10, 2011 at six o'clock and running nightly starting at 7:OO p.m.

Where:. One Way Baptist Church, 604 Sunset St. (off Stout St) Randleman, NC 27317

For more information spiritual guidance or counseling, contact Pastor Charles Garrett 687-3079








Rev. William Arthur Seawell, Jr.

A new way

I was watching a video of the huge tidal wave that hit Japan and thinking about all the damage done and I got to thinking about insurance and it seems we americans have been going about things all wrong. When we purchase a car or a house, we don't actually own that property until it is paid for so I think the actually owner of the property should be the one required to pay for the insurance, which is in most cases the bank.

Novel Idea

How to Get Gaddafi
Published - Mar 13 2011 10:49PM EST

By Niall Ferguson, The Daily Beast

Mr. President, don't send guns to the Libyans. Send them a piece of paper. In this week's Newsweek, Niall Ferguson has a message for Obama-take advice from President Gerald Ford. Yes, President Ford.

President Obama is reluctant to intervene in the bloody civil war now under way in Libya. As a senior aide told The New York Times last week, "He keeps reminding us that the best revolutions are completely organic." I like that notion of organic revolutions-guaranteed no foreign additives, exclusive to Whole Foods. I like it because, like so much about this administration, it is both trendy and ignorant.

The new earth

Alan Boyle writes:This week's earthquake caused the main island of Japan to shift as much as 13 feet to the east, seismologists say. That may sound like a shocker, but it's just one of the natural changes that come along with an 8.9-magnitude temblor — like the 1.8-microsecond speed-up of Earth's daily rotation and the 6.5-inch shift in Earth's axis

Actually it's the same earth but it is different because it has been moved because of the earthquake.

Another frivilous lawsuit.

Starbucks is being sued over tip jars that led to the death of 53-year-old Roger Kreutz. The lawsuit was filed three years after a Missouri altercation.

On March 3, 2008, Kreutz chased down then 19-year-old Aaron Poisson after seeing the culprit nab a tip jar with less than $5 inside it. The two physically struggled outside Poisson’s car, but Poisson eventually broke free. He then backed his Ford out of a parking spot and over Kreutz, who later died of head injuries.

Kuertz’s family filed a wrongful-death lawsuit in St. Louis County Circuit Court on Monday, but not against Poisson. They’re blaming Starbucks, who they allege “invited criminal behavior” by leaving tip jars “within reach of customers.”

[The lawsuit] alleges that Starbucks “did not employ security to prevent the perpetration of such crimes” and that it “invited the act of perpetration of said crime” by having a tip jar.

As a “direct and proximate” result of this, Kreutz was killed after he was hit by the car, the filing claims.

It says Starbucks had a duty to “exercise reasonable care” to protect Kreutz or give him adequate warning against harm.


If the tip jar is not in reach of the customers how are they supposed to put the tips in the jar? No one instructed the clerk to chase the crook or to have an altercation with him.

no football?

It seems for the time being that no football will be played next year in the NFL. Some of you will be devastated by the news, some will be disappointed and some will be filled with despair like one former player, a pro bowl quality running back who is trying to come back after a four year absence from the league. He is jobless and broke and his only hope is to play another year of football. Now, it looks as if he'll never have that chance.

I can understand the players objections to an 18 game schedule and playing is hard on the body and when they signed their contracts the season was only 16 games and I can understand the owners wanting to get more games in to increase receipts so they can afford to pay the players.

I, for one, think a sixteen game schedule is too long and eighteen would be unbearable. I think the season should began as a playoff system. Lose a game and you are done for the season. Last one standing wins it all and then we can all do something more fun and interesting than watching football.

A fool and his life are soon parted

The man was swept away after he and two friends reportedly traveled to the shoreline to take photos of the incoming tsunami waves, Lt. Todd Vorenkamp said. His friends made it back to shore.

Japan suffers a 8.9 earthquake and tidal waves that killed hundreds and warnings were issued to all countries east of there including the western coast of the United States of america. With hours of advance warning what does this idiot do but go get a camera and go down to the beach to take pictures of an incoming tidal wave.

What a fool.

Of course if he has any family anywhere they will probably file a lawsuit agaist the city, county, and state, the Coast Guard, and Japan, claiming it was their fault he was killed.

11 year old gang raped

"Maturity or not I'm pretty sure she knew what she was doing," Robin Smith, 24, a cashier in Cleveland, said as she shopped this week.

The girl had been seen dressed provocatively and wearing makeup playing near the place she was raped.

Some people think it was the girls fault she was raped by eighteen men.

Is clerk party to thief

"at a clerk smiled and held the door open for Lindsay Lohan when she walked out of a jewelry store that later accused her of stealing a $2,500 necklace"

According to an article the above quote was taken from, it has been hinted at that the clerk allowed Miss Lohan to walk out with the necklace knowingly and may be complicent in the thief.

First and foremost, even if the clerk participated Linsay Lohan still stole the necklaceand in order to claim the clerk was complicent ould first have to admit her quilt.

Secondly, the clerk may have know the necklace was being stolen but could do nothing about it.

Remember a year or so ago where two security guards at a Best Buy were fired after they apprehended a shoplifter? Best Buy had a policy in place that probids pursuing a shoplifter outside the store, which is what the security guys did. The place where I work has the same policy plus no non member of management can stop a person for shoplifting.

I do not know the policy of the jewelry store where the clerk woorked nor the laws of the staste the store is located in but if the incident had happend in North Carolina, then all the clerk was allowed to do was hold the door open, smile. and let Miss Lohan leave. To do otherwise would have been a violation of the law.

Pond Cleaning

I have been waiting for the perfect combination of time, warm weather, and rain in the forecast to clean my water pond but the likely hood of that occurring seems remote so I cleaned it after work yesterday.

The water was cold and when my right shoe was sucked off by the mud it wasn't long before my foot became numb. My neighbor, who recently separated from his family (or rather they separated themselves from him) offered his help except that he was afraid he might get his shoes muddy.

The job entails draining a 2,000 gallon pond, catching fish and transferring them to a second pond, moving about 500 rocks and 50 water plants, pulling the liner out and cleaning it.

This time I had two sections of carpet (about 10 x 12 each) to place under the liner. The carpet will help protect the liner plus next time I have to clean the pond, I won't have to deal with so much mud.

I did get the carpet in the hole and the liner reinstalled but placing the pond plants back into the pond and lining the pond with the rocks will have to wait for another day.

I drained the contents of my rain barrels into the pond and left the drain hoses draped into the pond liner and the rain barrel valves open in anticipation of the rains today and tomorrow. Forecast calls for heavy rains today saying we might get up to two inches.

I know it is seems to be asking a lot for two inches of rain to fill a 4 foot deep hole but considering much of the water running off the roof of the house will drain into the pond via the rain barrels and one can see that two inches of rain might be sufficient as the rain barrels add an additional 1,300 square feet of surface to the 196 square feet of pond surface. The last hard rain added a thousand gallons of water to my pond which would have been a good thing except I was letting it get low on purpose.

My fish are getting huge. The four Koi are about two years old, give a week or two and the largest two have to weigh five or six pounds. They will really enjoy the extra depth of the pond this year. Last year it was only 2 feet deep at the deepest part and eighteen inches at the shallow end. This year the pond will be five feet deep at the deep end and three feet at the shallow end while most of the pond will be at about four feet deep.

My pump is plenty big enough to handle the water flow but I need a better filtration system. Hopefully I can find the right plans and come up with the money to build a good system this year.

The waterfall mound has filled in nicely and should be a beautiful sight this year. I'll post some pictures of the water pond and the fish when everything is in full bloom.

No. 13 UNC beats No. 4 Duke, wins ACC

What a shocker and it wasn't even close.

Lake still closed

Randleman Lake will not open until April 1, 2011 due to the need to cut costs since the lake operated in the red last year.

NFL labor Talks

It's hard to care about multi-millionaire's wanting more and the people who have want they want (owners) and I don't. I can't believe anyone really thinks football has more action than baseball. After all, the football is only in play 7 to 8 minutes per game.

Actually a lot of sports games are boring like bowling, golf, football, soccer, stock car racing, and almost anything involving snow.

Basketball is sort of an exception: the sport has a lot of action but is still boring.

I haven't a clue what the football players are negotiating for and I really don't care. If they never play another game it would be okay with me.

I know some people eat and sleep football but it is supposed to onoy be a game and games are played to entertain us, just like watching a good drama on TV or seeing an action flick at the theater. We don't see Oscar bars where people are gathered around a TV set, beer in hand, betting and braggin about the best movie, actor, supporting actor, what-ever, like it was what life is about.

Sorts should be no different.

I've been a Giants (baseball Giants) fan since I was eleven. Win or lose, I've been a steadfast fan. But they aren't my team. They won the World Series this year but they were not the best team in baseball. Just the best on a particular day. I love the game: playing, coaching, watching. It's just more fun if one has a favorite team but some people just take it too serious. It's not the stuff life is made for. Your family is.

men wear their favorite teams colors but you never see anyone wearing a jacket that says "I love my wife." Some people have bumper stickers that proclaim their affection for their dog or their truck but not their famiily.

I for one am not crazy about football but I am about my wife. I care what happens with her. Unlike a football fan, if my wife has a bd day I'm there to support her and help her. I never boo nor wish I could trade her for the one Joe has and the one Joe has waiting in the wings, to be named later.

Nope, football players want to quit playing for awhile it's perfectlyokay with me.

Stock market Rollacoaster

Hang on, here we go again. Just as my 401K hit a new high the stock market took a big downturn. I can't afford to be conservative but its getting harder to hang on as I continue to get closer to retiring.

It wouldn't be nearly as scary if my body would hold out but it is getting more difficult to function. I'm just glad I need a lot less than most folks because I've learned to live with less. The average 401k has more in it than mine does but the average boomer makes a lot more than me and doesn't have much more than I do so in that perspective I'm doing fine. Plus my personal savings has the potential to triple in the next few years. How, you ask?

For one, my social security checks will replace my take home pay plus I'll receive a small inheritance. Also, if I work past age 66, everything I make I can save plus I may receive a small sum from a service connected disability.

It's all good anyway. I've always been a survivor and I'll make it through the retirement years just like I have through life. Faith, hard work, and clean living.