The heat has taken its toll on grass and gardens as well as man and mammal. But their was one creature enjoying the fruits of the heat wave. Yesterday I picked a watermelon off the vine that was turning black on one end due to the parent plant not getting enough to drink and jetisoning its fruit in order to survive. The melon was about the size of a squirrel so how ther little animal managed to move that piece of fruit a 100 feet away before eating it is a wonder to me.
I'm just glad the fruit didn't go to waste.
Sunday, July 08, 2012
Saturday, July 07, 2012
Peaches
If you want some fresh peaches this is the week to go to Ramseur to Millstone Nursery for a good buy. One peck is only $8.00, 1/2 bushel is only $13.00 and a bushel is $26.00. They have white and yellow, both freestone.
Peach week begins Sunday, July 8, 2012.
Peach week begins Sunday, July 8, 2012.
Everyone gets a trophy
I was wanting to organize a car show but when I was told that there are now 104 categories and that everyone gets a trophy I decided against this endeavor. Everyone gets a trophy? Kinda cheapens the value of being a winner, doesn't it?
Friday, July 06, 2012
News story comments
I like to read and occasionally I will comment on the stories I read. I also like to read the comments made by others and most are short, opinionated and not well thought out responses to news articles. Sometimes if an article is on a tragic event, some commenter's can and do get really mean and nasty but no matter what the subject two topics will almost invariable pop up. One is religion and the other is politics.
The most disturbing thing I've noticed is the lack or respect people have for each other and how quickly people resort to name calling and racial slurs. It is really a shame we cannot discuss a topic and even have a difference of opinion without getting angry, race baiting, or name calling. I seldom have anyone disagree with me but when I do I am either ignorant, stupid, illiterate, or something equally disgusting, none of which is necessary to say to me just because you disagree with me. I have been known to change my mind on things and I have been know to change the minds of other people.
My former best friend, a gay female, and I often disagreed on certain issues yet we remained close friends. My sons girlfriend and I have totally different views and yet we can discuss things civily and sometimes she sees my point of view and sometimes I can see hers, but often we just have to agree to disagree.
The most disturbing thing I've noticed is the lack or respect people have for each other and how quickly people resort to name calling and racial slurs. It is really a shame we cannot discuss a topic and even have a difference of opinion without getting angry, race baiting, or name calling. I seldom have anyone disagree with me but when I do I am either ignorant, stupid, illiterate, or something equally disgusting, none of which is necessary to say to me just because you disagree with me. I have been known to change my mind on things and I have been know to change the minds of other people.
My former best friend, a gay female, and I often disagreed on certain issues yet we remained close friends. My sons girlfriend and I have totally different views and yet we can discuss things civily and sometimes she sees my point of view and sometimes I can see hers, but often we just have to agree to disagree.
Thursday, July 05, 2012
too many koi fish
I built my pond three years ago and purchased 4 koi and 12 goldfish. I put my goldfish in the small pond at the top of my waterfall and the four Koi, 3" to 5 " went into the big pond. Last year my tri-colored Koi layed her egss but was injured in the process and died. I only had two fish from her first set of eggs but a good number of the eggs from last year survived. I sold some to my wifes co-worker and sold some to a pond builder. After selling off 87 fish I still have 37 babies left. I want to keep 8 of them and sell the other twenty-five. They range anywhere from 3" to 7" and are in a variety of colors.
The rock salt is working wonders as my water is clearing up. This morning it still had a green tint but I could see to the bottom of the pond. In the afternoon when the waters are most stirred up the water was still clear enough to see the big fish and the top of my filter. Hopefully in a few days the pond will be completely clear.
The rock salt not only clears the water but is also good for the health of the fish, causing them to increase their slime coat and helps rid the fish of parasites. From what I read, in the next few years one willalmost halftodouble the amount of rock saltto have the same benefits for the fish and in about five yearsit will have noeffect, due to parasites adapting themselves to withstand the effects of the rock salt. hopefully it willcontinue to aid in algae elimination.
If anyone needs some pond fish contact me. Only one dollar each. They need a good home. Next spring I'll probably ask 5 to 9 dollars each for them.
The rock salt is working wonders as my water is clearing up. This morning it still had a green tint but I could see to the bottom of the pond. In the afternoon when the waters are most stirred up the water was still clear enough to see the big fish and the top of my filter. Hopefully in a few days the pond will be completely clear.
The rock salt not only clears the water but is also good for the health of the fish, causing them to increase their slime coat and helps rid the fish of parasites. From what I read, in the next few years one willalmost halftodouble the amount of rock saltto have the same benefits for the fish and in about five yearsit will have noeffect, due to parasites adapting themselves to withstand the effects of the rock salt. hopefully it willcontinue to aid in algae elimination.
If anyone needs some pond fish contact me. Only one dollar each. They need a good home. Next spring I'll probably ask 5 to 9 dollars each for them.
Tuesday, July 03, 2012
Water Pond care
I learned something new the other day. I know that adding salt to pond water is good for the fish but pond salt is expensive. Algae has always been a problem, especially in my large pond. Even though I had a decent filter, the pond receivbes so much sun that even with the filter, the UV rays, pond plants and algaecide, the algae grows faster than I can get rid of it.
I learned that I could solve both problems cheaply with rock salt. Walmarts price of $1.28 for a 4 lb box of rock salt (32 cents a pound) is cheap enough. Rock salt encourgages the fish to grow a thicker sklime coat which protects them, it kills parasites and algae as well. In less than 24 hours after addinbg rock salt, my big ponds water is clear enough to see the bottom of the pond. It still has a little green tint but maybe now my filter and UV light can keep up.
I have sold 67 fish and still have around 35 left. I need to sell 27 more fish. They a a dollar a piece for the year old Koi. Pet store prices for these fish are normally around $7.99 5to $9.99 each, higher if they are butterfly.
I learned that I could solve both problems cheaply with rock salt. Walmarts price of $1.28 for a 4 lb box of rock salt (32 cents a pound) is cheap enough. Rock salt encourgages the fish to grow a thicker sklime coat which protects them, it kills parasites and algae as well. In less than 24 hours after addinbg rock salt, my big ponds water is clear enough to see the bottom of the pond. It still has a little green tint but maybe now my filter and UV light can keep up.
I have sold 67 fish and still have around 35 left. I need to sell 27 more fish. They a a dollar a piece for the year old Koi. Pet store prices for these fish are normally around $7.99 5to $9.99 each, higher if they are butterfly.
Monday, July 02, 2012
now that Obamacare is law...
The supporters of ObamaCare cite the provisions as being benefical and it is true that they are. Yea, it's tough for an unemployeed college graduate to get medicalcoverage and it doesn't seem fair that if you have a preexisting condition that you would be denied coverage. It is a shame that kids can't receive necessary care because their parents are too poor to afford adequate health insurance.
It really isn't fair that some people get to live in mansions while others are forced to live in government housing in order to escape having to live in the streets. It doesn't seem fair that my mom cannpt afford repair work on her house and she worked all her life while her friend lives in luxury and draws a bigger social security check.
A lot of things in life isn't fair. The insurance system before Obamacare wasn't a good system and while the provisions of the new program seem worthwhile and benelovent, can we afford it?
I am a veteran and went to the VA doctor just to get into the system. Without even examing me, the VA doctor told me my arm pain was not related to my medications but because of my exercising (walking 5 miles each morning) and he said he didn't believe I was a diebetic, even though I had been treated as one for the previous five years.
After I was examined, the tests proved I was a diebetic and my personal phycian ran some a test which showed that one medication I was taking was building up in my muscles and causing me to suffer. My medication was adjusted and the pain was reduced.
If the VA healtcare system is any indication of what ObamaCare care will be like, proponents are going to be disappointed and we will find that we are paying too much and receiving too little. Can we really afford this system?
It really isn't fair that some people get to live in mansions while others are forced to live in government housing in order to escape having to live in the streets. It doesn't seem fair that my mom cannpt afford repair work on her house and she worked all her life while her friend lives in luxury and draws a bigger social security check.
A lot of things in life isn't fair. The insurance system before Obamacare wasn't a good system and while the provisions of the new program seem worthwhile and benelovent, can we afford it?
I am a veteran and went to the VA doctor just to get into the system. Without even examing me, the VA doctor told me my arm pain was not related to my medications but because of my exercising (walking 5 miles each morning) and he said he didn't believe I was a diebetic, even though I had been treated as one for the previous five years.
After I was examined, the tests proved I was a diebetic and my personal phycian ran some a test which showed that one medication I was taking was building up in my muscles and causing me to suffer. My medication was adjusted and the pain was reduced.
If the VA healtcare system is any indication of what ObamaCare care will be like, proponents are going to be disappointed and we will find that we are paying too much and receiving too little. Can we really afford this system?
Sunday, July 01, 2012
Something to think about.
I certainly don't advocate moving to Canada or Iran. Conservative principles doesn't make one fanatic any more than being liberal means you have no principles. There are two funtamental differences between the USA and Iran, one being the God we believe in is a God of love whereas theirs is a God of hate. The other difference is we have a governmental system build on freedom and their system is not.
Friday, June 29, 2012
Laws are enforced differently
I purchased a building and had to get a builders permit before the building could be dilevered and I had to make sure it complied with the law. The county then raised the tax value on my home.
Over half the neighborhood has outbuildings on their propertyyet Iam the only one in compliance city the codes and the only one that had to get a builders permit.
Why is that?
Over half the neighborhood has outbuildings on their propertyyet Iam the only one in compliance city the codes and the only one that had to get a builders permit.
Why is that?
hypenated names
Kidd-Gilchrist is the last name of the Kentuck player drafted by the Charlotte Bobcats. His name got me to thinking about what would happen if the new trend of hypenated names is carried to the extreme. After all, he could marry a woman with a hypenated name herself and if they passed that name on to their children, then the kid would have a name like Sarah Smith-Jones-Kidd-Gilchrist and if Sarah grows up and marries Paul Johnson-Thompson-Kennedy-Macmillin and has a kid named Bart his last name woulod be Smith-Jones-Kidd-Gilchrist-Johnson-Thompson-Kennedy-MacMillian. How would you like to write that name on a daily basis?
I've always thought the hypenated namne was stupid. Either keep your own, decide which name to use, the husbands or the wifes, go with tradition, or make a combo name like Kidchrist or Gilild.
I've always thought the hypenated namne was stupid. Either keep your own, decide which name to use, the husbands or the wifes, go with tradition, or make a combo name like Kidchrist or Gilild.
Wednesday, June 27, 2012
Attitude
I was standing in an aisle looking at a display on the endcap when a woman and her daughter approached me. Where I was standing wasn't in the area between two sets of shelving but in the main aisle that is wide and runs the with of the store. The customer and her daughter had plenty of room to manuever around me or even in front of me had they so desired but instead the woman said "Excuse me" but not in the polite term like when someone is asking for forgiveness or in a way for apologizing for having to ask you to grant them a priviledge but in the condescending matter in like "you are in my way and should apologize to me for making my life inconvenient." You know the tone, like dragging the word out "Excuuuuse meee!"
She had plenty of room, and her request for me to move wasn't done because I was blocking her progress but because of my skin color and her attitude. I refused. Don't even try to bully me.
She had plenty of room, and her request for me to move wasn't done because I was blocking her progress but because of my skin color and her attitude. I refused. Don't even try to bully me.
Nora Ephron
She is a writer was was seventy-one when she passed. I never meet her. I would liked it if I had.
Tuesday, June 26, 2012
How to handle disagreements
Sometimes I find myself in a quantry which is not unlike a quarry in that I feel like I am between a rock and a hard place. Our pastor is disabled. Although to look at him one would not realize it the truth is he has many health issues and it is difficult for him to do all he needs to do. To help him he asked a young preacher, just turned 21, to help him. This young preacher preached a sermon last night using John chapter 21 verses 1-12 as his text. To explain the verses he stated that "Jesus is the boat."
Now I will have to admit that his illustrations were unique. For example he said that "casting the net on the right side of the ship was significate because in heaven the saints would stand at the right hand of the father and the lost would be gathered on the left hand. But whether the right side of the ship was on the right side of jesus is questionable. That would all depend on which way the ship was facing.
The story was not a parable so we can't interpret it as such but we must take the events and expain the importance ofthem. This was a real event, not a parable. Jesus was not the boat as the boat is an inanimate object and can't even be interpreted as a type of Jesus. Jesus was standing on the flesh, a living breathing creature and not a lifeless object.
My problem is that the man in the pulpit should preach and teach what the bible says and not make up stories about what he things it could mean. Maybe his intentions are good and his sermon was filled with interesting and valid points, none of what he said is the actual and truthful interpretation of those versus.
If a man is allowed to stand in the pulpit and and make up his own interpretations of scriptures then those allowing him to do so are as wrong as he is. On the other hand, the preacher would most likely withdraw his support from the church and leave the preacher in need.
Because the semon was full of biblical truths should I ignore the error of treating it like a parable, should I share my concern with the pastor or should I mention my concerns to the young pastor?
Now I will have to admit that his illustrations were unique. For example he said that "casting the net on the right side of the ship was significate because in heaven the saints would stand at the right hand of the father and the lost would be gathered on the left hand. But whether the right side of the ship was on the right side of jesus is questionable. That would all depend on which way the ship was facing.
The story was not a parable so we can't interpret it as such but we must take the events and expain the importance ofthem. This was a real event, not a parable. Jesus was not the boat as the boat is an inanimate object and can't even be interpreted as a type of Jesus. Jesus was standing on the flesh, a living breathing creature and not a lifeless object.
My problem is that the man in the pulpit should preach and teach what the bible says and not make up stories about what he things it could mean. Maybe his intentions are good and his sermon was filled with interesting and valid points, none of what he said is the actual and truthful interpretation of those versus.
If a man is allowed to stand in the pulpit and and make up his own interpretations of scriptures then those allowing him to do so are as wrong as he is. On the other hand, the preacher would most likely withdraw his support from the church and leave the preacher in need.
Because the semon was full of biblical truths should I ignore the error of treating it like a parable, should I share my concern with the pastor or should I mention my concerns to the young pastor?
Sunday, June 24, 2012
The cookout
Our church wanted to meet member of the community so we planned a cookout, plassed out invitations, invited everyone we came into contact with, and put a lot of time, effort and money into the event. In some ways it was a success and in other ways it was a disappointment. I do know we sure missed you there.
One thing for sure about being part of an event like this, one learns a lot about other people, who one can count on and which ones are a hindrance. I did a lot of cooking and played a little horseshoes, the first time I've played in over twenty-five years.
My biggest disappointment was that only one ballplayer from my team came to the cookout. But I'm glad he came. He is a good kid and his dad was a big help to me. I wish them well.
One thing for sure about being part of an event like this, one learns a lot about other people, who one can count on and which ones are a hindrance. I did a lot of cooking and played a little horseshoes, the first time I've played in over twenty-five years.
My biggest disappointment was that only one ballplayer from my team came to the cookout. But I'm glad he came. He is a good kid and his dad was a big help to me. I wish them well.
Saturday, June 23, 2012
A Really Awkward Stance for Sandusky
My wife taped Dateline from last night and we just finished watching it. As a special at the end of the show, Dateline announced the verdict from the Sandusky trial. A reporter asked the reporter who had been in the courtroom what things were like in the courtroom when the verdict was read.
"Sandusky was quiet when the verdict was read, standing there with his hands stuffed in his left pants pocket..."
Try that for yourself. Stand up and stuff your hands in your left pants pocket. Really awkward isn't it?
"Sandusky was quiet when the verdict was read, standing there with his hands stuffed in his left pants pocket..."
Try that for yourself. Stand up and stuff your hands in your left pants pocket. Really awkward isn't it?
Friday, June 22, 2012
Is God Real?
Many people have the mistaken belief that the Holy Bible says that the earth is only 6,000 years old. Genesis 1:1 says that in the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. When the beginning was, I have no idea but I'm sure it must have been much longer ago than 6,000 years. The bible says that the earth was void and without form so it was here when God created life upon it. How long it existed before that only god knows, if there is a God.
The bible says that God placed man in the Garden of Eden. How long humans existed there isn't told to us. It could have been two weeks or two billion years. Again, no one knows except God, if He is real.
Following the timeline from when Adam and Eve were removed and barred from the Garden to the flood was about two thousand years and from the flood to Jesus's birth was another two thousand years and from the death of Christ to the present time is another two thousand years which is a total of six thousand years. The earth as we know it was created in six days and the scriptures say that a day is as a thousand years and a thousand years is as a day so some people believe the bible says the earth was created six thousand years ago. God rested on the seventh day, which is the thousand years reign of Christ on the earth.
When the bible says it rained forty days and nights and that Jesus was in the wilderness for forty days does not necessarily mean an actual forty days. It means a long time. The six days, or six stages of creation on the earth lasted as long as they lasted. As far as the history of man is concerned, the recorded history of man is only six thousand years old so if humans could read and write earlier than that all proof has been lost.
God never attempst to prove that he exists. The bible acknowledges the existence of God from the very first verse. When Moses asked God how he could prove that he was the one sending Moses to lead the people, God replied to tell them he was "I am."
Some people believe the scriptures are a fairy tale, that God does not exist, and Christians are foolish for putting their faith in a non-existant and invisible being. They could be correct. God may not be real.
But what does one do about Jesus? He certainly existed and there is ample proof that he was crucified and was buried and rose from the dead. If Jesus existed then God has to be real.
The church I attend is small, perhaps one of the smallest in existence anywhere. We do have a memeber whois 94 years old but she seldom can attend because she has no one to bring her. Recently she underwent surgery on one of her legs and the surgery was deemed to be a failure. It was a procedure that needed to be done on both legs. The lady fell and hurt herself seriously and took a while to heal.
She went for a checkup and her legs were examined to determine if the operation possible now without putting her life in jeopardy. The doctor determined she was strong enough to undergo the surgery and that it was expedient to do so. She was brought into the operating room and preped for surgery. When the surgeon was ready to begin, he informed his assistant and the nurses to send her home as the surgery was no longer necessary.
Of course, we have all heard of people needing medical procedures and were declared healed just before the surgery was to begin. We only have someone else's word for this. Another incident that happened at our church had to do with something that was visible to everyone.
Back in October I began clearing some land at the church and I worked steadily at this job until the end of February. The biggest concern I had was about a limb that had broken from a tree but was still stuck in the tree. The limb was probably at least 30 feet long and six to 8 inches thick. It was much heaver than I could possible deal with. I asked a young man, a football player of 350 pounds or more, to help me move the limb but me, him and the preacher could not move that limb even one inch.
Saturday, June 23, 2012 we are going to have a community cookoutat the church and I became really concern that the limb might fall out of the tree and kill or injury a child during the festivities. I could afford to have it move and the men at the church could not move it (I had even tried a week earlier) soI knew if that limb was to be moved God would have to do it. Last week I walked over to the limb, gave it a push, and it snapped in two and fell from the tree.
Maybe it had decayed and was ready to come out of the tree but I believe the timing was as much proof as I needed that God's hand was in the act just as much as he was involved in the healing of the 94 year old lady.
I know I can come closer to proving God exists than any scientist can to proving evolution is real. But it isn't about proof; it is about faith.
I know that if my faith is misplaced I will never know because when I die I will just cease to exist. If my faith is justified, I will be taken home to heaven. However, those who are correct in believing God is a lie just cease to exist but those who believe God is a lie and are wrong, will end up in eternal damnation.
I am not wrong. God does exist and Jesus Christ is who he says he is.
You are invited to the cookout Saturday, 2-6 pm at One Way Baptist church at 604 Sunset, Randleman, NC. Hope to see you there.
The bible says that God placed man in the Garden of Eden. How long humans existed there isn't told to us. It could have been two weeks or two billion years. Again, no one knows except God, if He is real.
Following the timeline from when Adam and Eve were removed and barred from the Garden to the flood was about two thousand years and from the flood to Jesus's birth was another two thousand years and from the death of Christ to the present time is another two thousand years which is a total of six thousand years. The earth as we know it was created in six days and the scriptures say that a day is as a thousand years and a thousand years is as a day so some people believe the bible says the earth was created six thousand years ago. God rested on the seventh day, which is the thousand years reign of Christ on the earth.
When the bible says it rained forty days and nights and that Jesus was in the wilderness for forty days does not necessarily mean an actual forty days. It means a long time. The six days, or six stages of creation on the earth lasted as long as they lasted. As far as the history of man is concerned, the recorded history of man is only six thousand years old so if humans could read and write earlier than that all proof has been lost.
God never attempst to prove that he exists. The bible acknowledges the existence of God from the very first verse. When Moses asked God how he could prove that he was the one sending Moses to lead the people, God replied to tell them he was "I am."
Some people believe the scriptures are a fairy tale, that God does not exist, and Christians are foolish for putting their faith in a non-existant and invisible being. They could be correct. God may not be real.
But what does one do about Jesus? He certainly existed and there is ample proof that he was crucified and was buried and rose from the dead. If Jesus existed then God has to be real.
The church I attend is small, perhaps one of the smallest in existence anywhere. We do have a memeber whois 94 years old but she seldom can attend because she has no one to bring her. Recently she underwent surgery on one of her legs and the surgery was deemed to be a failure. It was a procedure that needed to be done on both legs. The lady fell and hurt herself seriously and took a while to heal.
She went for a checkup and her legs were examined to determine if the operation possible now without putting her life in jeopardy. The doctor determined she was strong enough to undergo the surgery and that it was expedient to do so. She was brought into the operating room and preped for surgery. When the surgeon was ready to begin, he informed his assistant and the nurses to send her home as the surgery was no longer necessary.
Of course, we have all heard of people needing medical procedures and were declared healed just before the surgery was to begin. We only have someone else's word for this. Another incident that happened at our church had to do with something that was visible to everyone.
Back in October I began clearing some land at the church and I worked steadily at this job until the end of February. The biggest concern I had was about a limb that had broken from a tree but was still stuck in the tree. The limb was probably at least 30 feet long and six to 8 inches thick. It was much heaver than I could possible deal with. I asked a young man, a football player of 350 pounds or more, to help me move the limb but me, him and the preacher could not move that limb even one inch.
Saturday, June 23, 2012 we are going to have a community cookoutat the church and I became really concern that the limb might fall out of the tree and kill or injury a child during the festivities. I could afford to have it move and the men at the church could not move it (I had even tried a week earlier) soI knew if that limb was to be moved God would have to do it. Last week I walked over to the limb, gave it a push, and it snapped in two and fell from the tree.
Maybe it had decayed and was ready to come out of the tree but I believe the timing was as much proof as I needed that God's hand was in the act just as much as he was involved in the healing of the 94 year old lady.
I know I can come closer to proving God exists than any scientist can to proving evolution is real. But it isn't about proof; it is about faith.
I know that if my faith is misplaced I will never know because when I die I will just cease to exist. If my faith is justified, I will be taken home to heaven. However, those who are correct in believing God is a lie just cease to exist but those who believe God is a lie and are wrong, will end up in eternal damnation.
I am not wrong. God does exist and Jesus Christ is who he says he is.
You are invited to the cookout Saturday, 2-6 pm at One Way Baptist church at 604 Sunset, Randleman, NC. Hope to see you there.
Thursday, June 21, 2012
!st day of summer is hot
June 20th, 2012 wasthe last day of spring/1st day of summer. Today, June 21 is the first full day of summer and it is shaping up to be a hot/dry day. I really enjoyed the warm winter and the cool spring.
I was fooled into planting my garden early and Mother nature didn't take kindly to that so I learned not to trust her again. Promises of rain this week will probably go unfullfilled and drought
conditions may once again overtake this area, especially since my garden is growing good. I have my first cantaloupe fruit of the season, just slightly larger than a BB and my pumpkins are doing great with 30 or 40 fruit set already.
I have already harvested onions and potatoes, beets and radishes and green beans galore and should start pulling off some tomatoes by next week. Corn in puny and cucumbers and squash haven't even flowered yet. I haven't had a good cucumber from a garden in four years. My plants look really healthy this year for a change. This red clay I have to garden in is some tough soil. My pumpkins are planted in some good rich, deep black soil but the weeding is a full time job.
Send me some pictures of your garden.
I was fooled into planting my garden early and Mother nature didn't take kindly to that so I learned not to trust her again. Promises of rain this week will probably go unfullfilled and drought
conditions may once again overtake this area, especially since my garden is growing good. I have my first cantaloupe fruit of the season, just slightly larger than a BB and my pumpkins are doing great with 30 or 40 fruit set already.
I have already harvested onions and potatoes, beets and radishes and green beans galore and should start pulling off some tomatoes by next week. Corn in puny and cucumbers and squash haven't even flowered yet. I haven't had a good cucumber from a garden in four years. My plants look really healthy this year for a change. This red clay I have to garden in is some tough soil. My pumpkins are planted in some good rich, deep black soil but the weeding is a full time job.
Send me some pictures of your garden.
Tuesday, June 19, 2012
Wealtiest people, highest paid actors, etc.
One see stories on rich people all the timebut it doesn't matter to me who has what. It doesn't put money in my pocket or make my life any different to know this. There are some things that one can learn that will enrich ones life and those things are not found in stories about Paris Hilton, Warren Buffett, or Linsey Lohan. The only people I pay attention too are the ones that make a difference in my life whether it be momentarily or permantely.
I like the internet because I can find the answer to questions that I need answers too and find them quickly. I don't need to know how much money this person or that person made or who wore what dress better than another person.
Some things are a waste of prcious time.
I like the internet because I can find the answer to questions that I need answers too and find them quickly. I don't need to know how much money this person or that person made or who wore what dress better than another person.
Some things are a waste of prcious time.
Milk
Two percent
milk
Two percent milk sounds great — —it's such a low number! What
most people don't realize is that whole milk contains only 3.25% fat.
So 2% milk contains less fat than regular milk, but not that
much. It isn't technically considered low fat; only 1% milk and fat free (also
called skim milk, which has less than 0.5% fat) meet that standard.
Two percent milk may say reduced fat however, because it has at least 25% less fat
than regular milk. But the American Heart Association and other health experts
recommend that adults choose 1% or fat free over other types of milk.
I'm sorry but I am not putting white water in my cereal each morning.
sleepless nights
Sometimes sleep doesn't come quickly or for long periods of time for me. After two, thre, or four hours I'll wake up and toss and turn for awhile, if not for several hours without being able to return to sleepiness. Even if I get up for an hour or so then then am able to sllep the remainder of the night and even if my total sleep adds up to 8 hours or more I still feel bad.
Fortunately, these nights happen less frequently now that by frequency has decreased to normal. Sometimeswhen I wake up I feel hungry and unless I get something to eat I'll not be able to return to sleep.
Now that I am on insulin and have been through my weigh gain (11 pounds in 30 dys) the weight is starting to come back of.
Well I had a tomato sandwich and a few links of sausage and I'm feeling a little sleepy now so I'm going back to bed.
Fortunately, these nights happen less frequently now that by frequency has decreased to normal. Sometimeswhen I wake up I feel hungry and unless I get something to eat I'll not be able to return to sleep.
Now that I am on insulin and have been through my weigh gain (11 pounds in 30 dys) the weight is starting to come back of.
Well I had a tomato sandwich and a few links of sausage and I'm feeling a little sleepy now so I'm going back to bed.
Sunday, June 17, 2012
fathers day gift
Ties, shirts, objects that can be used, boxes of candy, steak dinners and cookouts, objects that hold the potential for sentimental value, cards, colognes, and nights out on the town all have there place on Fathers Day but the best gift of all is that hug or kiss or phone call that lets a father know his kid or kids love him and appreciate him.
Saturday, June 16, 2012
Beer can car
I was at the corner of 220 bisoness and 311 this afternoon when a bunch of men on motorcycles pulled out of the parking lot of the corner store/racetrack. after all the cyclists pulled out a man dring a beer can car pulled out behind them. It was like a giant motorized budweiser beer can. I would have been more impressed if it was a pepsi or coke but it was still cool.
Thursday, June 14, 2012
Bethenny Frankel
Bethenny Frankel is listed on Yahoos list of top searches for June 14, 2012 and the reason is that"for the first time she is sharing details of her miscarriage."
Frankly Frankel I don't want to know details of your miscarriage. That is a little too personal for me. My question when I read the headlines and bylines is why now? Then I read another article that says that Bethenny Frankel is celebrating the opening of her new talk show.
I never heard of this woman but now that I have my world is a little sadder. She is using the death of her unborn to garner publicity to help her launch a new talk show. I find that fact just a little disturbing.
Tuesday, June 12, 2012
Diabetes
Tomorrow I had my 30 day checkup after starting insulin. For 5 years my diabetes has been controlled by diet but my body quitmaking insulin so now I have to take the shots. It isn't fun. The biggest thing is the quick drop from around 9:30 until about 10 in the morning, especially when I am engaged in some physical activity like mowing the lawn, or hoeing weeds in the garden. The first time it dropped to 70 I thought I was going to die.
Yesterday I was just feeling a little hungry but thought it was too early to eat so I tested my sugar and my reading was 49. Before I could put my test kit up I starterd shaking. It isn't a good feeling.
I had ran out of test strips so for four or five months I didn't test. My average reading during the last three month before insulin was 400. After taking insulin, my average reading, according to my test meter is 136.
Yesterday I was just feeling a little hungry but thought it was too early to eat so I tested my sugar and my reading was 49. Before I could put my test kit up I starterd shaking. It isn't a good feeling.
I had ran out of test strips so for four or five months I didn't test. My average reading during the last three month before insulin was 400. After taking insulin, my average reading, according to my test meter is 136.
Sunday, June 10, 2012
June 23
June 23 is my wedding annivesary and it is also the date my church is having a hotdog cookout from 2-4. The church is located on Sunset in Randleman, you are invited, and the cost is zero. We will also have horseshoes, badmitton, a cornhole game and lawn darts. Come eat, fellowship and play some games.
Why can't it be the other way?
In every textbook I have ever read about Christianity, opponents of the religion have stated that many of the traditions, beliefs and practices of the religion were stolen or adapted from other religions. Why can't it be that other religions adopted Jewish customs and practices?
Saturday, June 09, 2012
Organic beef
"Organic meat has never been given antibiotics or hormones, so it's always the way to go if you have the option," she says. "Grass-fed is even better; meat from a grass-fed animal doesn't have as much total or saturated fat as regular grain-fed."
Organic stuff costs more because it cost more to raise or losses are higher. Not adding fertilizer to vegatable yields less per acre and no pesticides yeild increased losses from disease and pests.
As far as meat, organic is costlier due to smaller animals and increased risk of sickness. While it is true that grass fed beef is healthier than grain fed beef because it has less fat, it is equally true that grass fed beef is tougher and has less flavor.
Organic stuff costs more because it cost more to raise or losses are higher. Not adding fertilizer to vegatable yields less per acre and no pesticides yeild increased losses from disease and pests.
As far as meat, organic is costlier due to smaller animals and increased risk of sickness. While it is true that grass fed beef is healthier than grain fed beef because it has less fat, it is equally true that grass fed beef is tougher and has less flavor.
The Honest Truth About Cheating, Lying, and Dishonesty
A question was asked if bad behaviour was an inherent human quality or a learned response. 53% of respondents believe that bad behaviour is inherent while 47% believe it is a learned behaviour. From my own obsevation and my own experience, one does not have to teach a child to lie. It is true that many bad behaviours are learned, we are not born good nor or we necessarily born bad. But we do learn early enough that lieing will keep us from being punished we we get good at it. But telling that lie is not something that was taught to us but something that came nauturally.
Thursday, June 07, 2012
He suspected he was gay?
"Wade Davis says he suspected it in
high school but kept quiet through tours with three teams."
Really? I thought they were born that way?
Really? I thought they were born that way?
Wednesday, June 06, 2012
What, exactlt, did he say?
"Exactly! If anyone could walk in dresed like a Disney character, then groped and
molsed the children, the parents would sue the park."
groped and molsed? What?
groped and molsed? What?
The Move on Miley Cirus)
Move that made Miley fall for her fiancé
"Liam Hemsworth did something a guy had
never done for her in the three years she’d been in L.A."
I haven't read the article but I am guessing he asked her out for a second date.
Monday, June 04, 2012
I have pumpkins
I placed a ruler on he ground so you would have an idea about how big my pumpkin is. If you still are not sure, it is about the size of a baseball.
I have 107 pumpkin vines. Some vines are as long as twelve feet and one has three pumpkins on it (most only have two).
I want to sell these pumpkins come fall so I can have some extra money to donate to the church I attend. I have some pie pumpkins, some hallowen pumpkins and a few giant pumpkins, although I am not trying to grow extra large pumpkins but just wanted some larger than average to have a third price point.
If you decorate for the fall or halloween drop me an e-mail or stop by One Way Baptist on Sunset in Randleman to get your pumpkin.
Fanstory
I haven't thought of Fanstory in years. I suppose it is a way to improve ones writing if one isn't sensitive. Actually, most of the reviews are either cruel or not helpful at all. I made one man really mad. He wrote a story about a couple that had grown dissatisfied with each other so they looked for another relationship outside of the one they had together. They both made a blind date only to discover that their date was with each other. I told him what he wrote was the story of Frankie and Johnny and he was so mad. He thought I was accussing him of plagarism. I did actually.
If people gave you an honest, helpful review most writers would be appreciative. I wrote a short story about a baseball game. It was a totally true story. One reviewer told me my character wasn't realistic because he made a decision that was too mature for a twelve year old. Yes it was realistic. It was a true story. Factual to a "T".
One favorite comment was "You need to tighten the story up". What is that supposed to mean?
Anywas, I received an e-mail today from Fanstory. That's the only reason I thought of it today.
If people gave you an honest, helpful review most writers would be appreciative. I wrote a short story about a baseball game. It was a totally true story. One reviewer told me my character wasn't realistic because he made a decision that was too mature for a twelve year old. Yes it was realistic. It was a true story. Factual to a "T".
One favorite comment was "You need to tighten the story up". What is that supposed to mean?
Anywas, I received an e-mail today from Fanstory. That's the only reason I thought of it today.
Sunday, June 03, 2012
Getting older Sucks
I just went to the doctor who put me on insulin. The shots don't hurt and it is only midly inconvenient. I'm not complaining about that. It's the aches and pains that are the problem. I coached a boys baseball team this summer, something I have wanted to do again for the longest time but just did't have the time because of my work schedule.
My diabetics hasleft me weaker but I found ways to compensate for that. I just can't react as fast as I once could, I don't bend nearly as well, and forget running. Not only is doing the physical part harder but hurts more and so much longer than it once did. But it isn't that part of life that will keep me from coaching next year. I really want too. I just think the players need a more physically fit coach.
Knowing that I can't do or shouldn't do things I really want to do because I can't give to others what they need is the part of growing old that really sucks.
My diabetics hasleft me weaker but I found ways to compensate for that. I just can't react as fast as I once could, I don't bend nearly as well, and forget running. Not only is doing the physical part harder but hurts more and so much longer than it once did. But it isn't that part of life that will keep me from coaching next year. I really want too. I just think the players need a more physically fit coach.
Knowing that I can't do or shouldn't do things I really want to do because I can't give to others what they need is the part of growing old that really sucks.
Saturday, June 02, 2012
Obama says economy will come back stronger
Obama says economy will come back stronger
By JIM KUHNHENN Associated Press The Associated Press
But can the jobless survive and retirees loike myself have enough money left to make it. I had high hopes for this President but he has been a big disappointment. The only hope and change I can believe in now is the hope Obama doesn't win reelection and that things will change for the bettter once he is gone.
The last election was tough: I didn't want McCain and we certainly didn't need Obama bureveryone was sick of G.W. I believe Bush was too loyal to Cheney and Rumsfeld. Once Bush got rid of Donald things imroved tremedously in the war effort but the stage was already set for a Democratic victory in '08.
I am not saying Romney is the best man for the job. In fact he may not be any better than Obama but at least he will lead us in a different direction. It would be really nice if people would have an intelligent discussion and leave off using terms like Obumer, and Dumacratic and Repubican. I suppose it is too much to ask blacks to not vote for Obama just because he is black and whites to not vote against him for the same reason.
What is really sad is that no Democrat opposed Obama in the primaries. I am not opposed to a Democratic President. In fact, many programs that the Republicans support were once opposition party ideas and many Democratic proposals were originally proposed by the Republicns. Neither party always has the best solution and compromise isn't always the best way to go. We need to do a better job of what is best for the country and not be concerned as much as what is best for the party or even ones political career.
I am not saying Romney is the best man for the job. In fact he may not be any better than Obama but at least he will lead us in a different direction. It would be really nice if people would have an intelligent discussion and leave off using terms like Obumer, and Dumacratic and Repubican. I suppose it is too much to ask blacks to not vote for Obama just because he is black and whites to not vote against him for the same reason.
What is really sad is that no Democrat opposed Obama in the primaries. I am not opposed to a Democratic President. In fact, many programs that the Republicans support were once opposition party ideas and many Democratic proposals were originally proposed by the Republicns. Neither party always has the best solution and compromise isn't always the best way to go. We need to do a better job of what is best for the country and not be concerned as much as what is best for the party or even ones political career.
Thursday, May 31, 2012
The last practice
Yesterday, 5-30-2012 was the last practice of the Randleman Reds. Coop was there with his arm in a sling but of course Jerry did not make it as he feels he is too good to practice. One boy flew to Puerto Rico to be with his dieing grandmother but my two assistant coaches were there. I decided to have some fun so I divided the squad into two teams with an assistant on each side and I pitched for both teams. We played what we used to call barrels. Since everyone there batted right handed, anything hit to the right of second base was considered a foul ball. We had a catcher, a third baseman, a shortstop, an outfielder and a first baseman on each team.
We played for an hour then regrouped, chose sides again and played a second game. It was fun. That is what baseball is supposed to be.
Even though the team went winless the kids were not losers. They came, they practiced hard, they played the best they could, they learned and they had a good time. They made some memories and hopefully some friends. I know I did.
We played for an hour then regrouped, chose sides again and played a second game. It was fun. That is what baseball is supposed to be.
Even though the team went winless the kids were not losers. They came, they practiced hard, they played the best they could, they learned and they had a good time. They made some memories and hopefully some friends. I know I did.
Wednesday, May 30, 2012
it's official
My baseball eam has to forfeit allits tournament games due to lack of player participation. I hate when people don't follow through on committments, especially when many other people have to depend on them.
Tuesday, May 29, 2012
Strychnine poisoning
I have heard of strychnine and knew it was a powerful poison yet I have not heard of it being used in a crime in the USA until today. A man used it to kill his wife, his nephew, his second wife, his newborn twins and his two sons from his first marriage. He was from India. I learned that the poison is readily available there.
I'm glad it is illegal here.
I'm glad it is illegal here.
Monday, May 28, 2012
Talented?
Watching Americas got talent makes me wish I had some skillor talent that would blow peoples minds but then I realize I would have to creative and have to put a lot of work into it and I think the effort just isn't worth the reward.
Some people just can't do anything right
A 22 year old woman, nine months pregnant had been gracious enough to drop her ex boyfriend off at his new girlfriends house in Detroit. Just after she pulled her car into the garage the garage door unexpectantly closed. Someone grabbed her by the throat, poured liquid on her and set her ablaze. She she got out of the car and started to roll she was shot.
Her ex did nothing to help her and is now considered a person of interest.
The womans assilant isn't very good at murder.
Thank God that some idiots are spastic too.
Her ex did nothing to help her and is now considered a person of interest.
The womans assilant isn't very good at murder.
Thank God that some idiots are spastic too.
Sunday, May 27, 2012
stupid, irratating website
A man from Auburn, Wash., was arrested after police say he punched a young boy (how old was he?) in the face for reportedly being too loud during a movie (which one?). The boy reportedly lost a tooth (what else happened to him?) and the man who allegedly hit him is facing charges (what kind?). The man also claims the boy threw things at him (see photos of what) and purposely bumped his arms.
I can't believe bing is still doing this. Just tell me the story. I don't have time for this nonsense.
Unwanted end
I know my little league team hasn't won a game all season but i liked the idea of the post season tournament in which only the bottom four teams would compete against each other. It has been a weak roaster for me all year with two players never showing up to begin with and a third quitting before the first game was played.
For half the year I only had ten players but managed to pick one an extra one half way thourgh. It was then the team became more competitive but the extra player wasn't eligible for the post season. I petitioned the league and was given the green light for him to play. I had a player quit the last day of the regular season and another inform me they would be on vacation for the post season. That left me with nine.
Yesterday one injured his arm and is out for two weeks which left me with eight, enough to play but
the wrong eight to have a chnce to win. The injured player was one of my pitchers and one of the better players on the team. Today another player called to inform me they would not be palying in the tournament. That would only leave me with seven. I can't even take the field with seven players. I don't mind losing if we try but accepting defeat due to forfeiting just isn't my style.
For some reason I believe that if one makes a committment one should follow through. It's just not fair to the team when people act in their own interests at the expense of everyone else.
For half the year I only had ten players but managed to pick one an extra one half way thourgh. It was then the team became more competitive but the extra player wasn't eligible for the post season. I petitioned the league and was given the green light for him to play. I had a player quit the last day of the regular season and another inform me they would be on vacation for the post season. That left me with nine.
Yesterday one injured his arm and is out for two weeks which left me with eight, enough to play but
the wrong eight to have a chnce to win. The injured player was one of my pitchers and one of the better players on the team. Today another player called to inform me they would not be palying in the tournament. That would only leave me with seven. I can't even take the field with seven players. I don't mind losing if we try but accepting defeat due to forfeiting just isn't my style.
For some reason I believe that if one makes a committment one should follow through. It's just not fair to the team when people act in their own interests at the expense of everyone else.
Wall Street Sucks
Not really but I have meager savings and I depend on what little I have to make it each month. The current slide in the stock market really doesn't hurt at the moment but when I get really old and need some extra money for medical bills it just won't be there.
Quit selling your stocks so cheap.
Quit selling your stocks so cheap.
Wednesday, May 23, 2012
Excellent day
The wife and I packed some sandwiches and headed off to meet family and friends at the zoo. Except for the sudden dropin sugar that me me shaky, cold, and weak just before lunch it was a fine morning, even if there were four kids along for the trip.
After lunch we meet up again and took in a few more attrations before heading home. The wife and I had to come back to Randleman to meet the cable guy to install his stuff. While he was doing that I weeded the front flower bed and the main vegatable garden, found a modem and some cables for the installer, transferred the digital photos and videos to a disc, and ran up to the rec center to pickup the photos for the baseball team.
After that we headed back to Asheboro to again meet up with family, have some chicken or pizza and say our goodbyes.
Tommorrow is back to the grind, mpowing the grass here and at the church, calling the team members who ordered photos so they can pick the packages up, and notifing all about the time change for the baseball tournament.
After lunch we meet up again and took in a few more attrations before heading home. The wife and I had to come back to Randleman to meet the cable guy to install his stuff. While he was doing that I weeded the front flower bed and the main vegatable garden, found a modem and some cables for the installer, transferred the digital photos and videos to a disc, and ran up to the rec center to pickup the photos for the baseball team.
After that we headed back to Asheboro to again meet up with family, have some chicken or pizza and say our goodbyes.
Tommorrow is back to the grind, mpowing the grass here and at the church, calling the team members who ordered photos so they can pick the packages up, and notifing all about the time change for the baseball tournament.
Sunday, May 20, 2012
perferct record
The baseball season ended last night for the Randleman Reds, an eleven and twelve year old baseball team and the team accomplished a perfect winless season.
It's not as bad as it sounds. The next to the last game we played the team we played in game one. we lost that game 24-2 but played to a 4-5 loss in extra innings in our final matchup. That's progress.
My problem is with the post season tournament. My team only had eleven players. One is going to the beach that week and one playe quit on the last day. That only leaves nine. One player didn't show up because he had somnething else would rather do and another only wants to pitch so he decided he didn't want to play the second game.
I had one player I cited for unsportsman-like conduct and had I had the players I would have sat him out but for the sake of the team and the players from others teams I played him anyway. Only six players made every game and 5 made every practice. I hate not playing in the post season tournament for those guys. I received permission to play a player that didn't join the team until halfway into the season in the tournament so I have 9 eleigible players but one of those will be at the beach so I'll only have eight and one is undependable and the other has a bad attitude.
Considering we have lost 15 games in a row including scrimmage and pre-season, I have no assistant coach to help, only 8 players and one with a bad attitude, and parents and kids have to pay to get into the tournament, I am considering not entering.
What do you think?
It's not as bad as it sounds. The next to the last game we played the team we played in game one. we lost that game 24-2 but played to a 4-5 loss in extra innings in our final matchup. That's progress.
My problem is with the post season tournament. My team only had eleven players. One is going to the beach that week and one playe quit on the last day. That only leaves nine. One player didn't show up because he had somnething else would rather do and another only wants to pitch so he decided he didn't want to play the second game.
I had one player I cited for unsportsman-like conduct and had I had the players I would have sat him out but for the sake of the team and the players from others teams I played him anyway. Only six players made every game and 5 made every practice. I hate not playing in the post season tournament for those guys. I received permission to play a player that didn't join the team until halfway into the season in the tournament so I have 9 eleigible players but one of those will be at the beach so I'll only have eight and one is undependable and the other has a bad attitude.
Considering we have lost 15 games in a row including scrimmage and pre-season, I have no assistant coach to help, only 8 players and one with a bad attitude, and parents and kids have to pay to get into the tournament, I am considering not entering.
What do you think?
Wednesday, May 16, 2012
Myrtle Beach Summer Snow and blue heron
The picture of the bird is the critter that has been eating my fish. I put a net over the pond and it became stuck in it. It is a little small than a crow but larger than a blackbird and has a long neck. I'm not exactly sure what kind of bird it is but it should be a member of the heron or egret family.
The neighbors cat, which caught a squirell yesterday, came over and thought it had a free meal but I cut the bird free from the net and set it free. It promptly flew back into the net so I had to capture it and set it free the secon time. This time it flew back into the net again soI had to recue it the third time. It finally flew off. If it comes back either the cat or I willdo away with the creature.
The bottom photo is of a phenomenon I saw at Myrtle Beach State Park in S. C., in case someone didn't know where it was. I'm not sure you can see clearly what I'm about to tell you even if you enlarge the picture by clcking on it but what I am about to say is true and the reason for the picture.
A fluffy white substance was fallingand it stronly resembled snow and the ground was covered in this white fluffy stuff so thick it looked as if the ground was covered in a heavy dusting of snow. This stuff was only falling in one localized area not far from where the oak tree is just before exiting the hiking trail near the bathroom. This was last month. The wife and I had gone to Myrtle Beach to attend the Singing in the Sun and this was the day before the concert.
Tuesday, May 15, 2012
Just Sayin
"Just sayin" is a phrase usually added at the end of a statement that means absolutely nothing. It's kind of like having an opinion and expressing it and then apologizing for expressing that opnion. Someone sent in a text to "Dancing with the Stars" which said ' If_ and _ don't win I;m going to pick up my TV and throw it against the wall. Just sayin."
I read what the writer wrote. What did "just saying" add to the statement? Absolutely nothing. It's just an irratant tacked on to dilute the force of the statement, like apologizing in advance in case someone disagrees with your opinion, like you believe you are the sole person holding that belief or opinion.
One other that that irratates me is people who can't count words. Some says "I've got two words for you "I'm leaving." No, that's three words. Just because you make a contraction does not change the word count. In the above example, I'm is actually two words--I am and just because someone chooses to make a contraction does not alter the word count.
I read what the writer wrote. What did "just saying" add to the statement? Absolutely nothing. It's just an irratant tacked on to dilute the force of the statement, like apologizing in advance in case someone disagrees with your opinion, like you believe you are the sole person holding that belief or opinion.
One other that that irratates me is people who can't count words. Some says "I've got two words for you "I'm leaving." No, that's three words. Just because you make a contraction does not change the word count. In the above example, I'm is actually two words--I am and just because someone chooses to make a contraction does not alter the word count.
Danger in a pretty package
I really enjoy my Koi pondbut several days ago a blue heron showed up and has been hanging around ever since, looking for fresh fish to eat so i had to break out the netting to descourage the heron from trying to satisfy its hunger at my, and my fish's, expense.
I've tried to get its picture but to no avail so far.
I've tried to get its picture but to no avail so far.
Saturday, May 12, 2012
It takes teamwork
One of the players on my baseball team can throw the ball faster than the other boys. Suprisingly, he is the second smallest kid on the team. One thing he has failed to realize is that being able to throw a ball faster than anyone else doesn't make him a good pitcher. He is only twelve and a twelve year old doesn't need to throw a hundred pitchesin a game.
One thing I learned watching Little League baseball is that throwing more than 70 pitches a game is harder on an arm than throwing curve balls. Now I have a good team but just don't have many good players on the team. Lately, the team has started to break down.
A couple of games ago my pitcher refused to play unless I put him in as catcher. Today we played a double header and I played him in right field. He sulked both games. He openly admitted he was mad because he didn't get to pitch.
It's hard to change someones attitude. Talking to him about sportsmanship and teamwork isn't going to work. That has already been proven. What I would do, if I could, is to let him pitch but have the other players refuse to play. No matter how good one is, a person cannot make it alone. God made Adam a helpmeetbecause even in a perfect world one cannot go it alone. This kid needs to learn that. He is part of a team and if he expects to participate and garner success, then he needs to contribute at whatever position he is given to play.
One thing I learned watching Little League baseball is that throwing more than 70 pitches a game is harder on an arm than throwing curve balls. Now I have a good team but just don't have many good players on the team. Lately, the team has started to break down.
A couple of games ago my pitcher refused to play unless I put him in as catcher. Today we played a double header and I played him in right field. He sulked both games. He openly admitted he was mad because he didn't get to pitch.
It's hard to change someones attitude. Talking to him about sportsmanship and teamwork isn't going to work. That has already been proven. What I would do, if I could, is to let him pitch but have the other players refuse to play. No matter how good one is, a person cannot make it alone. God made Adam a helpmeetbecause even in a perfect world one cannot go it alone. This kid needs to learn that. He is part of a team and if he expects to participate and garner success, then he needs to contribute at whatever position he is given to play.
Thursday, May 10, 2012
In North Carolina gay marriage vote, it's Bill Clinton versus Billy Graham
The title to this post is from an MSN article, which I didn't read. What exactly does either Bill Clinton or Billy Graham have to do with the vote? I've never heard either of them mentioned in any one's discussion of gay marriage. To me, it was all about tradition and common sense.
Stealing yourown stuff from the thief
A story on MSN tells about a man who had his bicycle stolen and when he saw it later he srole it back.
I remember when I was a student at Sam Houton State 8-track tapes were popular so many people bought 8-track tape players for their cars. A fellow student and friend had his player stolen and he wasn't happy about it. One night several of us were with him when he pulled into an A & W drive-in for a late night meal. After he said he was going to steal someone else's player to replace the one that was stolen from him I decided I would go inside to place my order. In my defense, I didn't really believe he was going to steal a player but just in case he did, I didn't want to have any knowledge of the crime.
After returning to the car with my order, my friend quickly backed out of his parking place and took off. Laying on the floor was an 8-track tape player. 'You really didn't steal that, did you" I asked in disbelief that I actually knew a thief.
"Sort of but not really," he replied. "I just stole my own 8-track."
I remember when I was a student at Sam Houton State 8-track tapes were popular so many people bought 8-track tape players for their cars. A fellow student and friend had his player stolen and he wasn't happy about it. One night several of us were with him when he pulled into an A & W drive-in for a late night meal. After he said he was going to steal someone else's player to replace the one that was stolen from him I decided I would go inside to place my order. In my defense, I didn't really believe he was going to steal a player but just in case he did, I didn't want to have any knowledge of the crime.
After returning to the car with my order, my friend quickly backed out of his parking place and took off. Laying on the floor was an 8-track tape player. 'You really didn't steal that, did you" I asked in disbelief that I actually knew a thief.
"Sort of but not really," he replied. "I just stole my own 8-track."
Wednesday, May 09, 2012
Gay marriage ban
It is a shame that we had to have an admendment t oour state constitution to ban gay marriage. The issue isn't Chritian values versus secular values. Most societies in the present day world recognize marriage as being between men and women and it has been that way for centuries, and probably from the dawn of mankind.
And no, I'm not a stupid Christian who thinks the world is only 6,000 years old. The recorded history of man only dates back around 6,000 years and that is a scientific fact but that is another subject altogether.
The marriage ban should not affect children as gay couples can not reproduce. Yes, I know gay couples have kids but there had to be an opposite sex union there somewhere. As a hetrosexual (I was born this way) I find even the idea of sex with a same sex person as myself to be revolting. If a gay person (born that way)has sex with a person of the opposite sex in order to conceive a child then they made a concious choice to have sex with the opposite gender. They seem to only prefer their own gender and do not act as revolted to have sex with the opposite gender as I would be.
It doesn't appear that they are being as honest about their true self as they claim to be.
People are as entitled to have a relationship with whomever they want as they are entitled to remain relationship free. But should the state sanction all relationships? A man and woman living together isn't recognized as a marriage and not all couples want that legal sanction.
In order for a society to function properly then there has to be rules, regulations, and laws. It is through these legal means that a society functions. Life is tough enough as it is without all this confusing nonsence thrown in.
And no, I'm not a stupid Christian who thinks the world is only 6,000 years old. The recorded history of man only dates back around 6,000 years and that is a scientific fact but that is another subject altogether.
The marriage ban should not affect children as gay couples can not reproduce. Yes, I know gay couples have kids but there had to be an opposite sex union there somewhere. As a hetrosexual (I was born this way) I find even the idea of sex with a same sex person as myself to be revolting. If a gay person (born that way)has sex with a person of the opposite sex in order to conceive a child then they made a concious choice to have sex with the opposite gender. They seem to only prefer their own gender and do not act as revolted to have sex with the opposite gender as I would be.
It doesn't appear that they are being as honest about their true self as they claim to be.
People are as entitled to have a relationship with whomever they want as they are entitled to remain relationship free. But should the state sanction all relationships? A man and woman living together isn't recognized as a marriage and not all couples want that legal sanction.
In order for a society to function properly then there has to be rules, regulations, and laws. It is through these legal means that a society functions. Life is tough enough as it is without all this confusing nonsence thrown in.
I am an optimist
I attend a church that is one of the smallest, if not the smallest in the county, I had a job that cost me $700.00 to go to, and I coach a baseball team that is 0-8 and have lost by a combined score of 125-24 and I am positive life is good.
I believe the church will grow and I believe my baseball team will win a game. The job I'm not to keen on but I'm positive I will find one that meets my needs.
I believe the church will grow and I believe my baseball team will win a game. The job I'm not to keen on but I'm positive I will find one that meets my needs.
Monday, May 07, 2012
Please explain
"Military officials have told NBC News that Clark died of an apparent massive heart attack. Grey says an autopsy is being done to determine the cause of death."
Apparent means that it is obvious, readily seen or observed. If that is so then there shoud be no doubt.
How can it be apparent he died of a massive heart attack? He could have died from numerous other causes. One line said he died of natural causes, which a massive heartattack isn't natural. Natural causes means a person gets old or worn out and his organs cease to function. It's kind of like a car. Never change or add oil and the car doesn't last long--like having a massive heart attack. But take good care of it and it will last longer but eventually the parts will wear thin and break. That's natural.
Apparent means that it is obvious, readily seen or observed. If that is so then there shoud be no doubt.
How can it be apparent he died of a massive heart attack? He could have died from numerous other causes. One line said he died of natural causes, which a massive heartattack isn't natural. Natural causes means a person gets old or worn out and his organs cease to function. It's kind of like a car. Never change or add oil and the car doesn't last long--like having a massive heart attack. But take good care of it and it will last longer but eventually the parts will wear thin and break. That's natural.
Wednesday, May 02, 2012
Learn to count
By
Les Carpenter | Yahoo! Sports – 5
hours ago
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Pettitte nodded.
"I'd say that's fair," he replied.
Roger Clemens took notes on Andy Pettitte's
testimony. (Reuters)And in four words he might have destroyed the case of the attorneys for whom he was supposed to be the star witness.
six words actually. I would say that is fair. Even though it is a contraction, it should count as two words.
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Tuesday, May 01, 2012
AAA: Inadequate guardrails at NY site where 7 died
Extremely dangerous road combined with excessive speed (68 in a 50) lead to the death of 7 people in New York. Two Grandparents, their two daughters and three Grandchildren perished when the van they were in flew over the guardrails and plunged 6 feet to their deaths.
One of the daughters was drivng the van when sge hit a center divider causing her to loose control over the van. The vehicle then struck a curk causing the van to go airborne and fly over the 4-foot guardrail.
True, the highway was dangerous and true, the driver was probably only keeping up with traffic flow but the highway was dangerous and the posted speed limit was 50 due to those conditions. Would the accident have happened had she been obeying the law?
The husband of one victim quickly blamed the state for having inadequate safety percaustions in place claiming that was the cause of the accident. Had the woman obeyed the speed limit I would have been the first to agree but since she was driving so fast it is obvious she allowed other factors to cloud her judgement.
Her family paid the price for her allowing herself to be pressured by the actions of others.
One of the daughters was drivng the van when sge hit a center divider causing her to loose control over the van. The vehicle then struck a curk causing the van to go airborne and fly over the 4-foot guardrail.
True, the highway was dangerous and true, the driver was probably only keeping up with traffic flow but the highway was dangerous and the posted speed limit was 50 due to those conditions. Would the accident have happened had she been obeying the law?
The husband of one victim quickly blamed the state for having inadequate safety percaustions in place claiming that was the cause of the accident. Had the woman obeyed the speed limit I would have been the first to agree but since she was driving so fast it is obvious she allowed other factors to cloud her judgement.
Her family paid the price for her allowing herself to be pressured by the actions of others.
Sunday, April 29, 2012
Too Busy
Life has become hectic lately. Helping family with their situations, working at the churchm, coaching baseball, working and taking care of my wife and our home is taking up allmy free time. Friday was perhaps a typical day.
Up and out of the house at seven, I had to cath baby fish out of my pond and put them in an aquariaum and the call Whitaker Farms to arrange for delivery. I made the delivery around 10:30 am and the over to the repair shop to pick up my lawn mower. I got back home at 1150 just as my wife was leaving for work.
I fixed my lunch, showered and hit the road for my business meeting. I returned home around five and fixed my dinner and had just finished eating when the preacher call to ask if I was going to the fellowship meeting with him.
Saturday I got a break because we didn't have a game so I mowed the grass at home and then went to the church and mowed grass there. I started at 7:30 here and finished up at 4 at the church. I came home, showered and fixed my supper before settling in to study for my Sunday School lesson.
Those two days are typical of my days now so if I don't blog as often please forgive me. I had a very dear freind on my contact list but have just run out of day before I could get there but I stillplan on visiting her one day soon.
Up and out of the house at seven, I had to cath baby fish out of my pond and put them in an aquariaum and the call Whitaker Farms to arrange for delivery. I made the delivery around 10:30 am and the over to the repair shop to pick up my lawn mower. I got back home at 1150 just as my wife was leaving for work.
I fixed my lunch, showered and hit the road for my business meeting. I returned home around five and fixed my dinner and had just finished eating when the preacher call to ask if I was going to the fellowship meeting with him.
Saturday I got a break because we didn't have a game so I mowed the grass at home and then went to the church and mowed grass there. I started at 7:30 here and finished up at 4 at the church. I came home, showered and fixed my supper before settling in to study for my Sunday School lesson.
Those two days are typical of my days now so if I don't blog as often please forgive me. I had a very dear freind on my contact list but have just run out of day before I could get there but I stillplan on visiting her one day soon.
Tuesday, April 24, 2012
John Edwards has supporters
I had lunch yesterday wutha John Edwards supporter. I was unaware there were such people left in the world but there are. They were upset that John Edwares was being put on trial and they claimed anyone who didn't support giving free food and health care to any poor child was an idiot and din't have the right to live.
There wasn't much point in taking the opposite side as she showed herself unwilling to consider another point of view. I'm a Republican and no, I don't want any child to go hungry or get sick and not find themselves able to receive health care. I never made a great deal of money and now that I am retired I make even less. I have always supported charities, including but not limited too the United Way, the American Red Cross, the March of Dimes, and my church.
All those charities are optopnal for me to support or not support. In fact, if I am the las to die in my family, I intend to give my home for use to the families of long-term cancer patients, sort of like the Ronald McDonald house or have it sold and the proceeds given to the American Cancer society or another deserving charity.
However, if you threaten to put me in jail or to take my life if I don't give itto your poor child I'll fight you tooth and nail. You have no right to my money. Yes I know it is my civic duty to pay taxes so the government can furnish services for the common good of all men. That is fine. I received a free education and I don't mind paying taxes so someone else's child may attend school. However, if you can't afford to take your child to the doctor and to feed your own child, then you should not have had that child. Your child is not my kid to raise and I resent you thinking you have the right to force me to support your child.
Now if you make it known that you have fallen on hard times or just to lazy or strung out to care for your child I may decide to help support that child from the goodness of my heart. But times are tough for me too and just because I have a job and a house and a car does not mean that I am able to support anyone besides my family.
Besides, I believe if you are going to be a taker you should be a giver also. I willing put my life on the line for my country and I fel I earned the small disability check I receive. I paid into the Social Security System my entire working life soI feel entitled to drawn from its assests. Yes, I had children and I paif their medical bills and put food on the table for them. I never asked for, expected, nor received help from anyone in raising and supporting my child. My Mom purchased some clothes for him occasionally and yes, he was so cute that strangers would offer him money because of it but I never asked nor expecvted such things to happen.
No, I am not an idiot for not wanting to be forced to support your child. Life is tough enough for me trying to take care of my own. I take my mother-in-law to the doctor every week and once a moth I take my Mom grocery shopping and alwo help repair her home and take care of her home and for the most part all at my own expense. I do those things because I want too.
I do have the right to live. I have made better choices than those who cannot afford to take care of their families. I have worked for 53 years, paid my taxes and given of what I had to those that I thought were deserving and gave that willingly. But don't tell me I am an idiot and don't serve to live just because you cannot take care of your own and want to force me too.
There wasn't much point in taking the opposite side as she showed herself unwilling to consider another point of view. I'm a Republican and no, I don't want any child to go hungry or get sick and not find themselves able to receive health care. I never made a great deal of money and now that I am retired I make even less. I have always supported charities, including but not limited too the United Way, the American Red Cross, the March of Dimes, and my church.
All those charities are optopnal for me to support or not support. In fact, if I am the las to die in my family, I intend to give my home for use to the families of long-term cancer patients, sort of like the Ronald McDonald house or have it sold and the proceeds given to the American Cancer society or another deserving charity.
However, if you threaten to put me in jail or to take my life if I don't give itto your poor child I'll fight you tooth and nail. You have no right to my money. Yes I know it is my civic duty to pay taxes so the government can furnish services for the common good of all men. That is fine. I received a free education and I don't mind paying taxes so someone else's child may attend school. However, if you can't afford to take your child to the doctor and to feed your own child, then you should not have had that child. Your child is not my kid to raise and I resent you thinking you have the right to force me to support your child.
Now if you make it known that you have fallen on hard times or just to lazy or strung out to care for your child I may decide to help support that child from the goodness of my heart. But times are tough for me too and just because I have a job and a house and a car does not mean that I am able to support anyone besides my family.
Besides, I believe if you are going to be a taker you should be a giver also. I willing put my life on the line for my country and I fel I earned the small disability check I receive. I paid into the Social Security System my entire working life soI feel entitled to drawn from its assests. Yes, I had children and I paif their medical bills and put food on the table for them. I never asked for, expected, nor received help from anyone in raising and supporting my child. My Mom purchased some clothes for him occasionally and yes, he was so cute that strangers would offer him money because of it but I never asked nor expecvted such things to happen.
No, I am not an idiot for not wanting to be forced to support your child. Life is tough enough for me trying to take care of my own. I take my mother-in-law to the doctor every week and once a moth I take my Mom grocery shopping and alwo help repair her home and take care of her home and for the most part all at my own expense. I do those things because I want too.
I do have the right to live. I have made better choices than those who cannot afford to take care of their families. I have worked for 53 years, paid my taxes and given of what I had to those that I thought were deserving and gave that willingly. But don't tell me I am an idiot and don't serve to live just because you cannot take care of your own and want to force me too.
Monday, April 16, 2012
Stop wasting money on car insurance
Stop
wasting money on car insurance reads the headlines of a Yahoo article. I didn't read it but from watching commercials I bet I can do the article one better.
Firts, buy an Allstate Insurance policy. Then go to Geico, get a policy there, and save $446.00, Then go to State Farm (call Jessica) and save another $400.00. After that go to Century and save another $400.00. And if that isn't enough savings, go to Allstate and save $300.00 there. That $1546.00 a year in savings on a policy that costs $600.00 to $900.00 a year. Buy enough policies and you could actually retire and not have to work untilyou die like Yahoo suggests in another article.
Firts, buy an Allstate Insurance policy. Then go to Geico, get a policy there, and save $446.00, Then go to State Farm (call Jessica) and save another $400.00. After that go to Century and save another $400.00. And if that isn't enough savings, go to Allstate and save $300.00 there. That $1546.00 a year in savings on a policy that costs $600.00 to $900.00 a year. Buy enough policies and you could actually retire and not have to work untilyou die like Yahoo suggests in another article.
Monday, April 09, 2012
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Sunday, April 08, 2012
Rude awakening
My neighbors were treated to fire engine noises and sirens tyhis Easter morning. My former neighbor, Johnny had construted two work sheds from plywood and covered the outside with tar paper. They were an eye sore especially after the plywood became weathered and the tar paper tore and was left to flap in the breezes.
Yester one neighbor had started a cpuple of small fires in his back yard to burn grass and small pieces of wood he had picked up from his yard. I can't say there is a connection between one neighbors debris burning and the other neighbors shed catching fire but there could be. Then again, Johnny was there yesterday afternoon for whatever reason he feels drawn to visit the property thatwas foreclosed upon months ago. In fact Wednesday it was put up for auction at the courthouse in Asheboro.
Another possibility was one of the neighborhood kids could have started the blaze as they stop by now and then to peek inside but I seriously doubt that the kids had anything to do with the fire.
The shed was a bad enough eyesore but now I am left with a burned out shed with debris scattereed around it whenever I look out my kitchen window or sit by my pond. I was hoping the new owner would remove that shed. Now, I suppose he will have no choice.
Yester one neighbor had started a cpuple of small fires in his back yard to burn grass and small pieces of wood he had picked up from his yard. I can't say there is a connection between one neighbors debris burning and the other neighbors shed catching fire but there could be. Then again, Johnny was there yesterday afternoon for whatever reason he feels drawn to visit the property thatwas foreclosed upon months ago. In fact Wednesday it was put up for auction at the courthouse in Asheboro.
Another possibility was one of the neighborhood kids could have started the blaze as they stop by now and then to peek inside but I seriously doubt that the kids had anything to do with the fire.
The shed was a bad enough eyesore but now I am left with a burned out shed with debris scattereed around it whenever I look out my kitchen window or sit by my pond. I was hoping the new owner would remove that shed. Now, I suppose he will have no choice.
Thursday, April 05, 2012
When paths cross
At the intersection of bad and could be better my path and the paths of two others will soon cross. I can't wait to find out how things work out.
Wednesday, April 04, 2012
Offensive
I am not easily offended but a bumper sticker I saw the other day was totally offensive to me. It read "
African-Americans for Obama." I'm sure I would receive flack if I had one that said "Whites for anyone but Obama"
Why complain and protest against bigotry and then live a bigoted life? Don't call be a bigot and have such a bumper sticker as that.
African-Americans for Obama." I'm sure I would receive flack if I had one that said "Whites for anyone but Obama"
Why complain and protest against bigotry and then live a bigoted life? Don't call be a bigot and have such a bumper sticker as that.
Sunday, April 01, 2012
Kids choice awards
If celebrities didn't slap themselves on the back enough, we have to put up with awards from kids.
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