Behind Closed Doors

Recently I got a note from my wife about an e-mail from a very skilled and talented man that I highly respect. The e-mail was a response to an anonymous e-mail that was sent to him complaining about his job performance. The response was the best I've ever seen because it was a striking the heart with simple truth. It has been my experience that when you criticise some one from the shadows it just proves the person is doing a good job and someone is jealous. If you must so your inadequacies in judgement and character I suggestion a family reunion. Also I pray that the person who wrote this letter be blessed with the trials that this man has gone and is going through. I just have an idea you will not see the blessings as this man has in his life. I DECLARE MARCH 29TH 2011 AS "LAVON IS DA MAN DAY"

WE GOT FAITH YES WE DO?

WE GOT FAITH YES WE DO?

CHURCH?

Every time I hear about the supreme court making a ruling about freedom of speech and a church I get a stopped up feeling from down under.

Ok, I have my personal feelings aboout the "church", but this is even a stronger feeling. Summary: the church is the bride of Christ. That church is the body of Christ not the organization and for this one sided discussion the church is a club!

The Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that the first amendment protects fundamentalist church members who mount attention-getting, anti-gay protests outside military funerals. The court voted 8-1, that means one with some sense.

So let me put it this way... My God does not condone the ranting of those who claim His name with permission to be outrageous whether it is about gays or what. God has called His people to like Him in their spirit which means you don't go to a honorable soldier's funeral to protest gays or anything else. Show the love people!! SHOW THE LOVE!!!

To the Westboro Baptist Church of Topeka, Kan. I say "change the Baptist Church in your name to the greater club of Topeka Kansas who doesn't give a crap about others." I really think I may sponsor a trip to Topeka to picket out side this "church" carrying signs that say "NOT A REAL CHURCH! NOT A REAL CHURCH!

Decisions Decisions

I have been working in public education since August 1974, 37 years. I have been able to watch education change and see the disintegration of the family continue from a particular unique spot compared to most people of this world. Throughout my days I have had to sit next to one of my players after a severe injury, a broken neck. I have had to read the headlines of students killed by some unknown person, for what ever reasons, unknown. I've been cussed by kids, parents, friends of kids, friends of parents, staff, and by people who didn't know me from Adam's cat. I've been used by principals and "down town" folk for reasons my best guess would be selfishness. I've been blamed for things that have never been explained or proven me. I could be in the next state and be accused of some body's car being scratch. I'm been blamed for being to white or to big, for that I must confess I AM white and large.

There is nothing that I can say to change the thoughts of some people and have reached the point in my 59 years of life that... I DON'T CARE.

I want to share an article that was in our local paper related to the non-new of our school district superintendent's contract. It reads...

"JPS CHIEF'S JOB IMPOSSIBILITY

To paraphrase Will Rogers all I know about our public school superintendent is what I read in the papers. The school board recommends, the City Counsel deliberate, statistics are cited, facts are debated, opinions exchanged and decisions will be made.
Before final action is taken by the proper authority, could some points be considered? Are today's children being raised in an academic atmosphere where formal education is respected? Are these children prepared at home and their environment for the classroom? Do they enter their grade with the discipline, family support and desire to succeed in life through learning and hard work?
Perhaps the superintendent's job is impossible."

Perhaps so but if you think he has it tough, come stand in my shoes for a day. No wait, one day is not enough. You should come for a week. Just a regular week, not one that requires special testing or one where you get 23 new students who have arrived with various offenses ranging from having drugs at school, a knife hidden in the gym bag, or having sex on the bus. Just a regular week so you cannot say "it's just one day."

I'm continually asked when I'm going to "get out" and I'm continually asking back "why". Some body's got to do it right? I'm beginning to ask myself if anyone can do what I do and should I continue to try to do what do. Seems the job is simply impossible. Be that as it may, when I get 240 comments and birthday wishes from former student it tells me that i've done something right, if for only one changed life it was worth the cost.

In today's world everything is costing more and many people have a lifestyle where they get too much for free, so they adopt the way of life that what ever you tried to do for them it's never enough. Mays me wonder if some one will pay the price I've paid when I'm gone.

Recently God showed me a GREAT TRUTH found in the 10 chapter of Joshua. God has delivered a waring group to Joshua and his people. Joshua takes God at his word and begins to get busy killing the enemy. God even gets personal with the enemy by knocking them in the head with hail stones. Joshua sees that the battle is going to take a little longer than he thought so he has the nerve to ask God to stop the SUN and MOON. PLEASE! ask God to stop the sun! Yes he did. Joshua knew that God had delivered the enemy unto him and that the battle was won before the first life was taken. Why not ask for the sun to be stopped in the sky? WHY NOT? God is all powerful, He can do anything.

So it brings you and I to this point. What ever the problem, be it sins or trials we come down to "faithing" #1 stop the sun or #2 sins and trials, #1 stop the sun or #2 sins and trials, #1 stop the sun or #2 sins and trials????????

So even the impossible, like educating children and enabling them to become productive citizens is not beyond God power. So today i would beg you to pray to God to STOP THE SUN.

ONLY SOLUTION

RUN! RUN! RUN! RUN AWAY!!! FAR FAR AWAY!!!!!!!

I consider myself somewhat of an expert when it comes to challenged kids. Why! you may ask, well 37 years of experience of working with them. I've seem problems on top of problems that simply manifest themselves into larger more complicated problems with either no end in sight or no solution available in this universe.

We are in big trouble and no amount of money is going to fix most of these problems because they are self induced. Our family structure is shot to hell and it is becoming more of "a somebody help me, but don't treat me that way." One parent, no parent, three parent, grand mother parent, mother's boy friend parent, mother's girl friend parent, daddy's girl friend parent homes are the norm now. I don't blame young people today for not wanting to get married and having kids, but if you are gong to have kids then take the responsibility to raise them properly. If you don't they will turn their backs on you when you need them and be as drain on society in every way that can be thought of. Realistically who would want to bring a kid into a world, a nation, a city where kids walk the street at early morning hours and the person who claims them shows no concern for them. Kids today have people that will stand up for them doing WRONG and EVIL! It has to be an effort to "regain" their love or something because the reasoning behind their disrespect towards those who try to help their children is evidence of the ignorant and is inversely proportional to their productivity in life.

Solution????? Not in sight my brothers and sisters!

The only possible rectification is the resurrection of the true family, the Christian home where God is God and parents train up their children in God's ways. Those ways are distant and far from your public schools, but not completely absent. There are a few of us that still believe, try our best and pray the presence of the Spirit of God as we walk the halls.

The bottom line is don't blame me for your screw up when you did the screwing up. Some things just can't be unscrewed.

So RUN! away from the evil of the world and ask God to wake the world to the only true solution. His way.

There is a need for change!

Basketball has become boring and we need a change.

I confess! I hate basketball! I'm sure having to play security guard and leader of the masses for the out-of-mind for many schools has something to do with it but whether professional or college basketball, both have become boring to me. Let's admit it, the players are bigger and better than ever before. I don't mean there are more "Jordans" that before but i mean there are more near "Jordans". Seems they can all DUNK and it appears much of the true skill is missing out. To me is seems that most of the time it's 5 one on one games occurring at the same time. The real game involves who is the last to score.

Be that as it may, I am here to save you all by offering these changes to the sport(?) of basketball. Yes it is a list :)
1. Dunks will no longer count as two points. They now are worth one point and can not be counted in the last minute of play.
2. The three point shots continue but now there is a four point shot that is taken from half court. These four point shots can be "called" and unhindered in the last 44 seconds of any game. I hope you got the "44" play on the four point shot.
3. The ball itself is going to be modified. The game ball will be a solid color selected by the home team, but if the home team selects the traditional color for the game they receive an opportunity at 3 free throws. One prior to the beginning of the game, one at the beginning of the second half and one at the end of the game.
4. 3 opportunities will be given at 3 point shots for creativity in the areas of a. uniforms, b. players, c. half time performance. (NOTHING OF A SEXUAL NATURE) examples:
a. uniform design, gladiator night, sponge Bob night, Disney night
b. players, a team with a "little person" that play or a one armed guy that plays (a minimum of 2 minutes per quarter/half).
c. half time performance, a bunch of cute kids jumping ropes, a guy dressed like spider man doing shots off a tramp, an eating contest (unique food like chocolate yak chunks)

We all owe it to the fans of tomorrow to modify the game of present day into a game that is real like the game of yester year.

Open Hand Out, A Good Thing?

Giveme giveme giveme

Just a quick not but something since it has been so long since I have posted.

I am more aware of the things the USA does for people than ever before. In my profession I see hundreds of people with their hand out saying somebody has to help me and lots of the people I just meet are continuously talking about what the government should be doing for them. Seems like MOST folk have lived the way they wanted and now they want others to pay their bills. Don't say you don't think the same way I do because whether you are one of the ones with your hand out or the ones that are being forced to fill those hands by our government, you think about it and have an opinion.

Here's mine and of course it has to be a list :)

1. If you earned, it get it. If you worked HARD 37 years and earned a retirement then you deserve it and you shouldn't have to be drained of it by anyone who not earned theirs.

2. Just because it is available doesn't mean you have to take advantage of it. It rags me every time I go to a luncheon or what ever and I see people get a second, third, or fourth plate of food, for what ever reason, maybe to" take home". JUST BECAUSE IT'S FREE! IT'S LIKE TRICK OR TREAT. You go to some one's house and you expect them to have your favorite candy and if not you get mad. It's like taking a half dozen calendars from some store giving away as advertisement that are free when you don't even use one. They're free right? Never mind that someone else who might actually need one didn't get one because YOU took a half dozen and put them in some draw only to be discovered in November and thrown away.

3. Just because Medicare or Medicaid offers you a service doesn't mean you have to take advantage of it. You know there are people that actually need those services but can't afford them because they don't have either of the Government programs. They have to sacrifice something else in their life to have the funds to get the services or treatments they need.

4. Take some pride in yourself. Suck it up! It may be an inconvenience for you but tough it out. You'll never be perfect, you'll never have the teen body that you had. Live with it!!!

5. Don't blame someone else for your short falls in life and expect them to cover your needs.

The bottom line is live with in you own means. If you don't have the money to go to the movie, live your life without the movies. Because other people do things in their lives that you don't get to do, doesn't mean the someone should pay for you to do those things. Live your life, not someone else's and don't walk around looking for free calendars.

There is always and turn in the road.

We all face problems and stress in this world. After all Jesus said in this world you will have tribulation. He also tells us that those problems and stressful situations cause us to grow in Him by becoming like Him. That is a good thing to happen. But there comes a time when we are given "release" to know that what we were about is not what we have to be about.

An example may be your current job. Now I personally believe that God calls us into a "purpose" with our vocation and He equips us to do the job in a way for Him to be glorified by our success or failure. If you're like me you make have spent a majority of you life in the same job or working in with the same organization.

I've actually had several jobs while working for the same organization. Teacher, coach, counselor, acting Principal, night school principal, summer school principal, principal, assistant principal all are different jobs with different situations calling for some different skills. I'd like to think that I have done a good job at all of these jobs and that I'm worthy of my position because of my having experience and knowledge that come with years of service.

My job now is very difficult because I deal with young students who have made mistakes and have been put out of their home schools. Drugs, weapons, fights, threats, you name it they have done it. The causes, who actually knows? Mother, father, family, lack of family, prenatal care, being dropped on their head, what ever. Difficult but purposeful. It gives me a sense of worth that for most of the last 36 years I have not felt. Making a difference in one life is great but having the opportunity to make things better for many kids is what it is all about.

You reach a point that you examine the scales and notice it takes more on your side than it does the other. Paying more, getting less, sacrificing more, affecting less, investing more with less return. Helps me see God's hand more clearly.

Today it became very evident that I can continue to work where I am and make some difference but the cost has become to high. It's kinda a feeling that you have been given permission to change post in the battle. That your commander has said I need you at another post now, I release you from this responsibility.

So released I am to face another battle, to take on another responsibility. I'm sure it will be under the same commander with the same purposes. I need not hope I know that my commander/leader will not change and my purpose will not change.

I know who holds the future. In the book of Jeremiah God tells us he knows the plan for us, it is for us to look at His purpose and see when He is saying "I release you to do my purpose some where else."

These thing don't happen over night and once given release you don't, you can't just walk away but you can think more clearly of what the next post will be.

I ain't dead yet, neither are you!

Let's Get a Grip!

PLEASE!!

We have gone here before but I can't help but to visit again the insanity of the surrender by individuals to the college athletics.

So much for enjoyment in athletics, especially college. Cheerleaders, strategy on the field, on the court, and during the game. Traditions like the cow bell, family tail gating, special FOODS!

Then there are those things that spoil it all, hatred, selfishness, missed place devotion, they all jump in. It's like the devil taking away our joy by tempting us with that most tempting thing we would ever face. The sin that separates us from joy.

Can't we all just enjoy the game and then look forward to the next game?? I don't think so! Watching or being at a college football game has become a passion for some people. I mean a passion in the strictest sense. I mean a passion like makes husbands leave their wives. I mean passion that causes hurt to those who just minutes before you were saying I love you to.

At what point do we GET A GRIP?! At what point does this passion become a rage and what is the real cause????? Is it worth it? It has become an addiction like alcohol to the alcoholic. How does each individual deal with this??

I really can't say how people handle this attitude, feeling, addiction, but there are many many individuals that are failing miserably at controlling themselves when it relates to college athletics.

To them and to you I say GET A GRIP!!!! You hurt it for most of us borderline sports fans.

What's That You Didn't Say?

Well darn the farm Mr. President. You missed another opportunity.

"Far be it for our American President to publicly congratulate (let alone even mention) AMERICAN ingenuity and AMERICAN PRIVATE ENTERPRISE for the miracle rescue of the Chilean Miners.

• Schramm Inc. of West Chester , Pennsylvania built the drills and equipment used to reach the trapped miners.
• Center Rock Company, also from Pennsylvania , built the drill bits used to reach the miners.
• UPS, the US shipping company, delivered the 13-ton drilling equipment from Pennsylvania to Chile in less than 48 hours.
• Crews from Layne Christensen Company of Wichita Kansas and its subsidiary Geotec Boyles Bros. worked the drills and machinery to locate and reach the miners and then enlarge the holes to ultimately rescue them.
• Jeff Hart of Denver Colorado was called off his job drilling water wells for the U.S. Army's forward operating bases in Afghanistan to lead the drilling crew that reached the miners.
• Atlas Copco Construction Mining Company of Milwaukee , Wisconsin provided consulting on how to make drilling equipment from different sources work together under differing pressure specifications.
• Aries Central California Video of Fresno California designed the special cameras that were lowered nearly a mile into the ground sending back video of the miners.
• Zephyr Technologies of Annapolis Maryland , made the remote monitors of vital signs that miners wore during their ascent.
• NASA Engineers designed the " Phoenix " capsule that miners would be brought to the surface in, and provided medical consulting, special diets and spandex suits to maintain miners' blood pressure as they're brought back to the surface.
• Drilling Supply Co., Houston also involved.

Oh, and Canadian-based Precision Drilling Corp. and South-African company Murray & Roberts, drilled backup rescue shafts in case the American rig failed. Which it didn't."

IT JUST DOESN'T MATTER!

There are certain parts of movies that just hang on. One of my favorites is a moment at Camp Mohawk when the Lake "something" Olympics were taking place. Of course the rich kids camp was winning and Camp Mohawk chances are slim and none. Head Counselor Bill Murry steps up to give the motivational talk to the seemly dumed campers and profoundly states that no matter what they did all the really good looking chick would still go out with the kids at Morning Star because they had all the money. And then he begins to chant "it just doesn't matter, it just doesn't matter, it just doesn't matter" over and over till the whole camp is screaming "it just doesn't matter. "



Recently I was apart of two meeting where "well-to-do" men and woman came together for some common purposes. Of course that is an assumption on my part because my conclusions are that both groups wanted the same results but weren't welling to give up part of themselves to accomplish a common good. I guess they all were inwardly chatting "it just doesn't matter.".

Facts are, it really does matter. It matters that we are together in what our efforts can accomplish and even more it really does matter that we realize that God is able to meet ours and the needs of others exceedingly abundantly beyond our greatest expectation.

It is time for us all to put aside ourselves for others and do what is right instead of what is proper or fitting.

YES I REALLY DID, QUESTIONS 1241-1400

1241. Out of all your friends, family and the people you know who is the most:

Intelligent: Crawley

Happy: Sharah

Miserable: July

Easily influenced: TOM!

Cranky: LA

Bitchy: LA

Evil: LA

Nice: Susan

1242. What's the best live musical performance you ever saw?

Casting Crowns

1243. Have you ever had a 'pregnancy scare'?

don’t think so

1244. Kelly Osbourne or Madonna's version of “Pappa Don't Preach”?

Madonna1

245. Can you change a tire?

Of course, but the car must be stopped

1246. Have you ever put your fist through a wall?

YES

1247. When do you feel the most relaxed and able to be yourself?

In the tub

1248. Do you have a place that is your own where you won't show anyone else?

yes

1249. Are you a part of any teams or clubs? .

NO

1250. Is cheer leading a sport?

An event!

1251. Do you believe that people should be able to choose death for themselves if they want to end their lives?

No
1252. Is there anything you morally object to?

Yes, queers

1253. What would you never do for money?

kill

1254. Applebees, the Outback, or TGI Friday's?

outback

1255. Which do you drink the most: juice, soda, milk, or water?

soda

1256. What sport do you like to watch the most?

football

1257. What sport do you like to play the most?

kissing

1256. Do you write poetry?

I have

1257. Are you aggressive?

yes

1258. Have you ever fallen from grace?

She has never held me before. No

1259. Does it bother you when a band you like gets really popular?

no

1260. Has anyone ever won you a stuffed animal?

no

If yes, did you name it after the person who won it for you?

DAAAAAAAAAAA

1261. Can you go one week without cursing at all?

yes

1262. What's the best candy?

snickers

1263. Can you lick your own nose?

Yes but why??

1264. What song would you like to hear spontaneously in a public place (like a store)?

Up up and away

1265. Do you ever make others feel unwanted?

Yes, but not on purpose

1266. Do you think you have ever made others feel unwanted without realizing you were doing it?

yes

1267. Are you very sensitive to what other people are feeling and how they will react to certain things?

yes

1268. Have you ever climbed a tree?

yep

1269. Do you feel somehow different when the moon is full?

no

1270. Who do you know that talks a lot but never really says anything?

I know several of those people

1271. Is world peace possible?

no

1272. Who do you know that is making a huge life mistake yet you can't stop them?

Can’t say

What’s the mistake?

Giving up

1273. Do you plan to own a home or rent an apartment for most of your life?

own

1274. Would you enjoy going to a strip bar to see strippers (of whatever sex you find appealing)? no1275. Would you ever consider stripping in a sexual way for money?

How much???? Some one would be very very desperate.

1276. Would you ever consider being a nude model for an artistic life drawing class for money?

yes

1277. What are 2 goals that you have?

Live, die

1278. What are 2 negative traits that you have?

Slow, cussing

1279. Will these negative traits stop you from achieving your goals?

no

1280. Everyone knows that you are nice, fun, creative, and good but what are 4 other positive traits that you have?

fugal, compassionate, assertive, good cook

1281. How often do you daydream about your wedding day?

never

1282. If you were hiring someone for a job but could only ask him or her 3 questions in the interview what would you ask?

Why, how, when

1283. If you were interviewing someone for the position of your new friend but could only ask 3 questions, what would they be?

Why, how, if

1285. Wholesome - Conducive to sound health or well being; salutary: simple, examples: wholesome food; a wholesome climate, Promoting mental, moral, or social health: example: wholesome entertainment. Do you enjoy wholesome activities (sports, cooking, beach, family time, zoo, museums, etc.)?

yes

If yes what wholesome activity do you enjoy the most?

Family time

Are you a wholesome person?

no

1286. When was your first kiss and what was it like?

1967, weak, very weak

1287. Are you quiet and shy?

no

1288. Are you bitchy, cranky, whiny, miserable, depressed, needy, mean, flakey, shallow, obnoxious, inconsiderate, nervous, and/or stuck up?

Not completely!

1289. Do you come off any of these ways even if you aren't really like that?

Oh yea!!!

1290. Are you loud and unfriendly?

No, but it depends

1291. Can a positive attitude/good personality make up for someone being less than beautiful?

Oh yea!!!!!

1292. Can being totally beautiful and hot make up for a negative attitude/bad personality?

Oh yea!!!!!

1293.What are you seeking?

happiness

1294. Could you see yourself as a future nun/monk?

NO WAY!

1295. Would you rather have a baby or get a pet?

Too late

1296. What mistake do you repeat over and over?

Over eating

1297. What do you think of the restaurant Hooters?

It’s a family restaurant
1298. What are 5 traits that make someone ugly?

Nose, neck, butt, teeth, BREATH

1299. Do you hate when people tell you to smile?

No, smart ass

1300. Do you like the writing of Douglas Adams?

I don’t think so.
1301. Can “what you don't know” actually hurt you?

yes

1302. Are you pondering what I'm pondering?

Yes, and I don’t know either

1303. What people or objects would you describe as “pure”?

Christ love

1304. Are you into bookcrossing (If you aren’t sure, check out www.bookcrossing.com)?

no

1305. Have you ever had a pen pal?

no

1306. Have you ever had a package pal (same as a pen pal but you send each other surprise gifts instead of letters)?

no

1307. Is there a particular word or phrase that annoys you?

no

1308. Is there an online game you like to play?

Click-o-mania

1309. What group of people is the most discriminated against in your opinion or experience? Good people

1310. What do you like best about bras and underwear?

Who they are on

1311. Are you afraid of living in oblivion?

no

1312. Before you were born you got to pick your life from one of these. Which do you pick?

You are successful from the start, a musical genius, good looking, wealthy.

You become a rock tar, get super famous, make your mark on the world and die at 27.

*You are caring and compassionate.

You love animals and adopt more and more as you grow older. You foster and nurture and care for them all of your life.

You sit home playing video games for 70 years.

1313. What is broken in your:

Car? headliner

School? leadership

House? Weather stripping

Life? faith
Soul? foundation

Brain? Front half

1314. Which one will you fix first?

life

1315. Tell me all your thoughts on god:

Glory, He is mine, I am His. He loves me.

1316. What is the strangest note you've ever received?

From a queer student professing his love, POOR KID SCREWED BUT WITH GOOD TASTE

1317. Of the following how many can be used to get in touch with you?

Phone- yep

Beeper-nope

Voice mail-sorta

Email-yep

Cell phone- yep

Snail mail- yep

1318. Are you always available/easy to reach, or do you give people a chance to miss you?

people always have a chance to miss me.
1319. If you got pregnant or impregnated the person you are with now (hypothetical if there is no one in your life just now) would you lean more towards keeping, adopting out, or aborting the baby?

Kept both.

1320. If your partner in the pregnancy did not agree with how you felt and pressured you to change your mind or just went ahead with what he or she wanted to do against your wishes, would that affect your ability to continue your relationship with this person?

No chance, didn’t happen

1321. Who should have the final say in the decision to have a baby, the woman or the man?

Both together.

1322. If your boyfriend or girlfriend cheats on you for the first time, do you forgive him or her and take him or her back?

Can’t happen

1323. What if it is your husband or wife that cheats on you?

Kill the cheatee

1324. Who is more responsible for educating children, parents or schools?

Depends on the parent

1325. Are you into new age things?

No I like old stuff too

1326. Are you very:

Nervous? no

Anxious? no

High strung? no

Organized? sorta

Tense? no

Rigid? no

Skeptical? sorta

1327. Do you perceive reality differently from others?

yes

How?

Eyes of Christ

1328. If you asked someone, “Do you masturbate?” and he or she says, “No,” would you assume he or she was lying?

yes

1329. What do you blame things on?

Effort and chance

1330. Do you want to be naked and famous?

At the same time, no.

1331. Ice Cube or LL Cool J?

cool J

1332. What are your feelings about rap music?

No speaka da english

1333. Cypress Hill or Roxy Music?

??????????????

BSB or N'sync or NKOTB?

????????????????????

Debbie Gibson or Paula Abdul?

Paula

Eminem or Kid Rock?

Kid

Weezer or the Get Up Kids?

??????????????????????????

1334. If you could solve just one of the world's problems what would you choose to solve? hate

1335. Would you make a good:Counselor?

yes

Visual artist?

yes

Teacher?

yes

Pilot?

yes

Secretary?

Yes

Cashier?

yes

Waiter or waitress?

Yes

Veterinary assistant?

Yes

Office manager?

Yes

Stage manager?

Yes

Actor or actress?

Yes

Sales girl or guy?

Yes

Pizza delivery girl or guy?

Yes

Film director?

Yes

Business man or woman?

Yes

CEO?

Yes

Surgeon?

Yes

Fire man or woman?

Yes

Cop?

Yes

1336. Do you check condoms to see if they are expired before using them?

Never had the chance!

1337. Imagine you are in school and a person of the opposite sex you barely know asks you really nicely for a ride home from class (yes, you have a car). It's out of your way. Do you say yes?

yes

Let's say you said yes. She hugs you. What is your reaction?

Hug back

As you drop him or her off s/he hugs you again and thanks you for being such a nice person. What do you make of all this?

Good reaction

1338. Are you interested in post-apocalyptic (post-nuclear war) movies?

yes

1339. What is the saddest movie you ever saw?

bucket list

1340. What is the saddest thought you can think of?

Losing my family

1341. Who is the most horrible driver you know?

No comment

1342. Are you a sexist in any way?

yes

1343. How often do you check your email?

Daily several times

1344. How often do you check your diary for notes?

??????

1345. If you had to read a biography about someone, who would you pick?

Christ,

1346. Which of your friends and relatives has the most interesting life story?

Ron

1347. What's the matter with kids today?

parents

1348. How do you feel about censorship?

needed

1349. What was on the last CD you burned?

Katie’s Black Eyed Peas

1350. What movie should be released on DVD but hasn’t been released yet?

Life as it should be.

1351. Have you ever wished for wings that work?

yes1352. Have you ever imagined that you are not really of this world?

no

1353. Did you have an imaginary friend as a child?

no

1354. Do you still have imaginary friends?

no

1355. Do you enjoy reading children’s books?

no

1356. Are you decadent?

Don’t think so

1357. What would make you happy that money cannot buy?

Happiness for my family

1358. What would make you happy that money can buy?

10,000 Fresh water wells

1359. Where do you hang out on your spare time?

couch

1360. Do you delight in minor euphoria?

Minor??? maybe

1361. It's (what time is it?)

__2:48 PM____.

Do you know where your:

Mom is?

yes

Dad is?

Yes

First boyfriend or girlfriend is?

no

Best friend is?

Yes
Soul mate is?

yes

Wallet is?

yes

1362. Who do you feel sorry for?

Not living harder

1363. What will you never say in front of your parents?

I hate you

1364. Do you change your personality and behavior depending on who you are with?

no

1365. Are you waiting for marriage to lose your virginity?

no

1366. What year were you born?

1952

1367. What is your sign?

yeild

1368. What year did you/will you graduate from high school? 1970

1369. Do you use moisturizer? yes

1370. On what parts of your body?

feet

1371. Are the 70's back in style?

always

1372. Do you read any magazines?

Look at the pictures and read parts

1373. Do you read before going to sleep at night?

maybe

1374. Are you a music maker?

No, noise yes

1375. Are you a dreamer of the dreams?

Yes mostly bad

1376. How do you feel about large corporations?

They are large

1377. How do you feel about people who are, “just doing their job”?

kiss ass, worthless

1378. Which would you watch of these choices:

Pitch black yes

The mummy yes

Pretty woman MAYBE

1380. About what percent of the time do you feel good about yourself?

23.785%

1381. Do you feel comfortable with other people (in social situations)?

yes

1382. Do you have good friends/family relationships?

Mostly, the others don’t count

1383. How do you control your tension and anxiety?

eat

1384. Are you able to meet the demands of life and function in society?

no

1385. Do you curb your feelings of hatred and guilt?

yes

1386. Do you maintain a positive outlook?

Depends on what I’m looking out at.

1387. Does knowing you enrich the lives of others?

Yes

1388. What things do you cherish?

Bible, pictures of the family, Randi

1389. To what extent do you value diversity?

87.631%

1390. What fascinates you?

animals

1391. Do you appreciate nature?

yes

1392. If you could be someone else for a day who would you be?

Libby

1393. Would you ever consider 'psychic surgery' if you were ill?

yes

How about voodoo?

Who do voodoo, you do? No way.

Herbal remedies?

yes

1394. How effective do you feel meditation is?

Some better than others.

1395. How effective do you feel prayer is?

Absolute!

1396. How do you think that you (or anyone, for that matter) could pray without ceasing? Considering that without ceasing means being mindful of the presence of.. I’d say any one can be prayful without ceasing.

1397. Is religion a live option for you (that is, a possibility, something you are drawn to even if you have no belief)?

Yes, religion offers structure to society

1398. What part of your body do you lavish the least attention and love on?

toes

1399. How many clocks are in your house?

10 or so that work

1400. What topics would you like to see more of on this survey?

food

I can count to 13 too.

What an end to a game? Yes I'm talking about LSU! I wonderful if those Voodoo charms those guys wear under their jerseys cause any rashes.

Go Gators!!!

Bit'em Dawgs!!!

I say that to say this... There are a lot of "nuts" in the world. They say things that even they don't understand but expect everybody else to understand what they meant after saying stupid things that no one understood to begin with. I know some of these people personally and they just don't get any better with time. They are their own worst enemy. Their heart's desire is for someone to take care of their every wish in life. Whether it be financially, socially, spiritually, or "hopefully." (I know... you have to think about that one.) Good grief!! Grow up and be your own person. Take notes so you don't forget who you are. You could make you own life and live it. Stop trying to live someone else's life or get someone to live for you. Tell the truth and stop looking for excuses.

Let me make one last statement, if you want to blame someone blame Al Gore. They tell me he takes credit for the World Wide Web and most people wouldn't be able to think up the crap they throw out there if it wasn't for the "web".

Thanks, Al! Now go climb a mountain.

Every now and then I get a little story via e-mail that I think it would be a tragdy if all didn't read it. This is one of them.

The Pickle Jar

The pickle jar as far back as I can remember sat on the floor beside the dresser in my parents’ bedroom. When he got ready for bed, Dad would empty his pockets and toss his coins into the jar.

As a small boy, I was always fascinated at the sounds the coins made as they were dropped into the jar . They landed with a merry jingle when the jar was almost empty. Then the tones gradually muted to a dull thud as the jar was filled.

I used to squat on the floor in front of the jar to admire the copper and silver circles that glinted like a pirate’s treasure when the sun poured through the bedroom window.
When the jar was filled, Dad would sit at the kitchen table and roll the coins before taking them to the bank. Taking the coins to the bank was always a big production.

Stacked neatly in a small cardboard box, the coins were placed between Dad and me on the seat of his old truck.

Each and every time, as we drove to the bank, Dad would look at me hopefully. ‘Those coins are going to keep you out of the textile mill, son. You’re going to do better than me. This old mill town’s not going to hold you back.’

Also, each and every time, as he slid the box of rolled coins across the counter at the bank toward the cashier, he would grin proudly. ‘These are for my son’s college fund. He’ll never work at the mill all his life like me.’

We would always celebrate each deposit by stopping for an ice cream cone. I always got chocolate. Dad always got vanilla. When the clerk at the ice cream parlor handed Dad his change, he would show me the few coins nestled in his palm. ‘When we get home, we’ll start filling the jar again.’ He always let me drop the first coins into the empty jar. As they rattled around with a brief, happy jingle, we grinned at each other.

‘You’ll get to college on pennies, nickels, dimes and quarters,’ he said. ‘But you’ll get there; I’ll see to that.’

No matter how rough things got at home, Dad continued to doggedly drop his coins into the jar. Even the summer when Dad got laid off from the mill, and Mama had to serve dried beans several times a week, not a single dime was taken from the jar.

To the contrary, as Dad looked across the table at me, pouring catsup over my beans to make them more palatable, he became more determined than ever to make a way out for me ‘When you finish college, Son,’ he told me, his eyes glistening, ‘You’ll never have to eat beans again - unless you want to.’

The years passed, and I finished college and took a job in another town. Once, while visiting my parents, I used the phone in their bedroom, and noticed that the pickle jar was gone. It had served its purpose and had been removed.

A lump rose in my throat as I stared at the spot beside the dresser where the jar had always stood. My dad was a man of few words: he never lectured me on the values of determination, perseverance, and faith. The pickle jar had taught me all these virtues far more eloquently than the most flowery of words could have done. When I married, I told my wife Susan about the significant part the lowly pickle jar had played in my life as a boy. In my mind, it defined, more than anything else, how much my dad had loved me.

The first Christmas after our daughter Jessica was born, we spent the holiday with my parents. After dinner, Mom and Dad sat next to each other on the sofa, taking turns cuddling their first grandchild. Jessica began to whimper softly and Susan took her from Dad’s arms. ‘She probably needs to be changed,’ she said, carrying the baby into my parents’ bedroom to diaper her. When Susan came back into the living room, there was a strange mist in her eyes.
She handed Jessica back to Dad before taking my hand and leading me into the room. ‘Look,’ she said softly, her eyes directing me to a spot on the floor beside the dresser. To my amazement, there, as if it had never been removed, stood the old pickle jar, the bottom already covered with coins. I walked over to the pickle jar, dug down into my pocket, and pulled out a fistful of coins. With a gamut of emotions choking me, I dropped the coins into the jar. I looked up and saw that Dad, carrying Jessica, had slipped quietly into the room. Our eyes locked, and I knew he was feeling the same emotions I felt. Neither one of us could speak.

This truly touched my heart. Sometimes we are so busy adding up our troubles
that we forget to count our blessings. Never underestimate the power of your actions. With one small gesture you can change a person’s life, for better or for worse.

God puts us all in each other’s lives to impact one another in some way. Look for GOOD in others.

The best and most beautiful things cannot be seen or touched - they must be felt with the heart ~ Helen Keller

· Happy moments, praise God.
· Difficult moments, seek God.
· Quiet moments, worship God.
· Painful moments, trust God.

Every moment, thank God.

Friends there has been a William sighting!

ain't life great!!!!!!!!!!!

SHOES Part II

I start with the "I sorry" for not letting the shoe thing go, but is it just a female hormone thing or what! NO! it happens to guys too. Good grief! Do you not understand that those shoes are for hunting bears in the woods and they just don't go with a tie! Guys guys guys... Take a second and thing. Unless you have "problems with your feet" get something that doesn't make you feet he topic of discussion after you leave the room.

Here's a clue, OK, some clues. Right list time.

Clues you made a mistake in shoe selection or reasons to "get thee to a shoe store.":
1. Your toe is sticking out between the slits in the shoe.
2. You have walked the heel down on those shoes where they look like mountain man clogs.
3. There are parts of leather (or something that looks some what like leather) "hanging" off the heels.
4. One shoe is a different color than the other and yes, you have tried to polish them several times with that can paste polish your dad used.
5. SOMETHING Smells!
6. My sister has a pair like yours but she wears a dress some.
7. The heel is "way" high making you look like you're walking in high water.
8. You laces form the shape of an exotic animal.
9. They are the same color as your Christmas tie.
10. The toes are shaped perfectly for kill insects running to the corner of the room.
11. Good grief men unless you name is "Huggy" purple is not a shoe color.

12. STEELE toes???? What are you afraid of??? are you planning a dance contest with a BIG women??

Now... GO... get thee to the shoe store.

What is the source of you actions?

Speaking today of a widely published report of a Florida church's plan to burn the Muslim "holy" book the Kuran. Let me be clear how I stand on this.

STUPID STUPID STUPID!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Not just the logical stance to prevent provocation of extremist who, to begin with are just looking for reasons to murder people that might be wearing the same tag as those who perform this action, but the better reason of "faith and action" this is stupid and dumb.

Why would you want to do such a thing? OK, we were all shocked at the actions of a few Muslim extremists of September 11th and I can imagine the hurt and hate of those who suffered lost of friends and family towards those of like faith and beliefs, but is hate a good reason to demonstrate a hateful act that is most assuredly gong to create more acts of hate. What more is at the center of this "burning" than hate, hate, and more hate.

Show me where Christ demonstrates hate except where it relates to sin and convince me in the least way that "hate" is not SIN!!!

Our whole existence as Christians is centered around Glorifying the Father. All things are to glorify the father and for that much all things do glorify the Father whether it is our intentions or not. God is in control always no matter what.

As to the "pastor " who came up with this idea I say, GOOD GRIEF! Get out, get out! Go away! Run into the wilderness and seek to find the truth you probably had at one time. You cannot stand at the Holy desk and present the Word of God and then not follow the teaching of that Word. You are not the care keeper of those in the faith family at your church. You are the wolf in sheep's clothes, the agent of the dark one, the false one spewing puss from you mouth leading others away from the true Christian walk.

The source of our actions as Christians is Christ the son of God. His love eternal.

Do all as you would be doing it unto God.

They will know you by your love for one another.

Now, of course I want to have an open mind. SO, if you can show me in the WORD of God how burning the "book" will glorify God I will bring the matches to Florida. Better yet I will buy a zippo with the emblem of the USMC on it and start the fire myself.

Sir you are the 1% percenter of the Christian family of faith.

QUESTIONS 926-1240

Caught you though, cause you skipped 1101-1199!!!

926. Have you ever held someone and appreciated how delicate and fragile all life is and felt that they were even more precious and beautiful because one day they would die.and so will you?
DIE? Good grief!

927. In ten years someone else might own your house and the room you are sitting in now. Someone else might be standing right next to where you are sitting now. So that means you could be standing right next to someone but you can't see him or her because they are ten years away.Ever look at life like that?

WHY? There are better things to think about than stupid time warp stuff.

928. When was the last time you:Soaked in a bubble bath-
You don’t soak in a bubble bath you soak under it.

Read a good book outside-
July 10

Held someone's hand-
last night

Felt truly joyful-
?????????????????

929. What do you bring to this world that no one else can?-
fine children

930. Do you feel that you are part of every living thing in this world and that all those things are part of you?
no

931. Are you more afraid of death or not completely living?-
Not completely living. Just here… in the land of the dying on my way to the land of the living

932. What was the last thing you wanted to do but didn't or couldn't do?
have ice cream, give a friend a lot of money, beat the hell out of a hateful person

933. Why don't you try and do that thing now?
same reasons

934. What is the most wonderful thing happening right now in the world?
my family
935. Name 7 things going on around you that you normally wouldn't notice:
1.air blowing on my arm
2. lingering taste of a soda
3.piano playing
4.Burn notice on TV
5.fan blowing
6.nose runnnnnnnnnnning
7.legs hurting.

936. Name three things you hate
1.people dying
2.greens
3.two faced people

937. Name one GOOD thing about each of those 3 things you hate.
1. they leave this world of hurting
2.the color
3. I can leave them behind1045. Have you ever given blood?yes1046. Have you ever been thrown out of someplace?no
1047. What do you daydream about?
fishing, eating, Libby

1048. Are you a miracle?
yes

1049. If America is one nation under god then are atheists citizens? of course, God made atheists too

1050. Should they be?

PAY ATTENTION!

1051. If you could pick any rock star to replace the Ozbournes in their reality show, whom would you pick?
the Chipmunks

1052. What are your feelings about Mel Gibson's movie The Passion of Christ?
very realistic!

1053. What did you think about the last episode of Sex in the City?
I didn’t think about it.

1054. What is your favorite movie with Adam Sandler in it?
Click

1055. What is your biggest problem?
depression

1056. Have you ever been arrested?
not completely

1057. Can musicians be held responsible for influencing people to behave badly?everyone is held accountable for their actions

1058. Do you believe that there are subliminal messages embedded in some TV shows, movies & music?
yes

1059. Is there anything that you believe should be banned for any reason?
Muslims

1060. How often do you eat too much?
daily

1061. Have you ever descended into pure madness?
yes, twice

1062. Would you want to?
never again

1063. Do green m&m's make you feel sexy?
nothing makes me feel sexy

1064. If you died tomorrow, what mark would you have left on the world?
a long brown streak

1065. What movie would you NEVER want to see?
the one with naked skinny and naked fat people

1066. What annoys you the most about yourself?
desperation

1067. How do you feel about capitalism?
it’s CAPITAL

1068. How do you feel about socialism?
has its place

1069. How do you feel about communism?
not needed

1070. Has anyone ever tried to injure you?
many times

1071. Has anyone ever tried to kill you?
yes

1072. How do you know when it's time to break up with someone?
they let me know

1073. What is your opinion of the Janet Jackson/Justin Timberlake superbowl exposure incident?
touching but NOT revealing

1074. What's the most annoying sound?
certain people’s voices

1075. Who was your childhood hero?
superman

1076. With nearly 100 channels why is NOTHING ever on?
reruns

1077. Would you adopt a stray kitty wandering through your neighborhood?
don’t like cats, that would be NO!

1078. Describe what you look like:
a calorie free, fat free reducing pill

1079. Describe what you ARE like:
falling apart due to injury and mileage

1080. What bad habit do you have that affects other people as much as it affects you?cussing

1081. How did you party new years eve 1999?
with the family, nothing exciting

1082. Does second hand smoke bother you?yes!
1083. Have you ever:Dumped a drink over some one's head?
yes
Dumped a drink over your own head?
yes
Bit someone?
yes
Torn at some one's clothes?
yes!
Made out in the bathroom?
yes!
1084. Which Lord of the Rings movie has the best ending?
the last one

1085. Do you have any interesting scars?
all scars are interesting, make up any story

1086. Is it better for people to change and evolve their ideas or always be consistent?
change to what the need be

1087. Warped tour, Lollapalooza or Area concert?
no way

1088. What are you missing in your life?
fun and a hearts desire

1089. Do you ever know when someone is thinking about you?
mostly if they tell me, not many other times

1090. What could you make a sculpture out of that's in the room with you right now?
anything, rocks, pencils …

1091. Do you believe in the lost city of Atlantis?
yes,

1092. Have you ever read The Little Prince?
no

1093. This is Mr. fish <><>

1094. What did Mr. Octopus say to Mrs. Octopus? get a grip

1095. Let's see if I'm psychic. Write a yes or no question here. Is the boss having an a fair with the PE coach?

1096. Write another yes or no question. Is the PE coach having an affair with the boss?

1097. Think of just one more yes or no question. Does anyone care whether the boss and the PE coach are having an affair?

1098. Type one question that can be answered with a color (example: what color is my car) What solid color is my underwear?

1099. Think of a number between one and one hundred & type it down.

3

1100. Write one more question, anything you want.

Who killed JFK?

Caught you!!! the list skips to 1201 from 1100!!!!!!

1201. Have you ever owned a record?

Yes, shot put 55’11 ¾”, south Mississippi, high school, junior high, city

1202. In some states people want to make it a requirement that creationism (god made the world) be taught alongside evolution in high school sciences classes. What do you think of this?

The truth and scientific theory should always be taught to generate fresh thought

1203. Should evolution also be taught in religious establishments like church or temple?

Churches are for worship and truth

1204. Can a person believe in creationism and in evolution at the same time? of course, it is a scientific principle, but God also created evolution

1205. You obviously like surveys since you are filling out a 5,000 question one. Do any of the following surveys sound interesting:

The Doors/Jim Morrison Survey:

The David Bowie Survey:

The Beatles Survey:

The Rocky Horror Survey:

The Labyrinth Survey:

The SLC Punk Survey:

The birthday survey: yes
So this is love, the survey: yes
The heartache/break up survey: yes
Creationism vs. Evolutionism Survey: yes
Opinion Survey:
World Trade Center Survey:
Halloween Survey: yes
Survey of Sin: yes
How evil are you? Survey: yes
The Roaring 20's Survey:

Well, once, long ago, I created all those surveys. Now they are floating around in people’s diaries because the diary I had them in (Simply Surveys) was deleted due to disuse.

1206. Who did you get this survey from?
Gretta Internet

Say one nice thing about the person you got this survey from:
Broad

1207. Here is a list of priorities...
Love/sex

Family #1

Close friends

School/learning next to next to last

Job/career
Being true to yourself/self respect
Honesty Aesthetics (beauty in the world)
Creativity
Patriotism
Knowledge
Wisdom
Leading an exciting life
Making a contribution to humanity

Being rich Being famous last

Having power next to last

Justice/fairness
World peace
Accepting and understanding others
Finding yourself

Spirituality/religion #2

Health #3

Happiness What are your top three priorities from this list?

1208. Out of that same list what are your BOTTOM 3 priorities?

1209. How many hours of TV do you watch in an average day?
3-4 hours

1210. Do you want to have a car, a house and 2.5 kids?
Only 2 kids

1211. What song, CD, or band is a 'guilty pleasure' for you (meaning you know it sucks but you like it anyway)?
The Purple Wiz

1212. If you were going to vote for a candidate for president and then you found out that the person you were going to vote for is HIV positive would that effect your vote and why?
Depends on how he got that way and what his life style was now.

1213. Have you ever had an HIV test?
no

1214. What time do you:
Get up in the morning: 6:10-628 AM
Eat lunch: 11:45
Do something active during the day: 4:45
Go to bed: 10:00

1215. Have you ever ridden a motorcycle?
of course all people of character have

1216. When you hear the word ‘biker’ what kind of person do you think of?
FREE SPIRIT rider

1217. Did your parents ever talk to you about sex?
no

1218. If your pet dies, you can now have it cloned for $50,000. How do you feel about this?

possibly a good idea for those who have the money, not me

1219. Are you or would you be embarrassed about buying condoms?
NO

1220. Do any of your clocks make an odd noise or play a song when the hour strikes?

Used to but broke, sounds like a motor cycle

1221. What are the things that make you go 'Hmmmm....' (remember that song?)?
Nothing, absolutely nothing

1222. Are you a sinner?
yes, we all are.

1223. Are you naughty or nice?
neither

1224. Is belly-dancing sexy?
Never done it

1225. What celebrity would you love to be able to dance with?
I don’t think so

1226. What is your favorite comic book movie?
X-men

1227. What movie would you recomend for couples to watch on Valentine's day?
Each other

1228. Besides when you were little how many people have seen you completely naked and who?
Hundreds, the folk I took showers with after practice

1229. Is sex something that should be treated casually?
NO WAY!!!

1230. Have you ever participate in an orgy?
Is that where you build a house like habitat?

If no, would you ever consider it?
Build a house? sure

1231. What song is in your head right now?
none

1232. What was the best day of your life like?
Any day with my Libby

1233. What are you all about?
I’m not all about anything, maybe family

1234. You have won a contest where you get all these great prizes but you can only keep one for yourself and must give the others away to friends, family or whoever. Which one do you keep and who do you give the rest to:
A $5,000 gift certificate to radio shack: Ross

A brand new yellow jeep:katie

An all expense paid vacation for 2 to Italy: FOR ME!

Lunch with N'Sync:Katie

A lifetime supply of herbal essences shampoo: LA

A $1,000 check:Mission first

A palm pilot? Ron

An autographed picture of Shakira: some guy on the street

Breakfast with kid rock: Chennault

A shirt once worn by Jonathan Davis: Evan

One round of mini-golf with Sharon Osbourne: Becky

A phone call from Robert Smith: LA

A brand new washer/dryer: Anna

Free medical insurance for 1 year:Libby

1235. Who do you think you might have known in a past life?
No one in this life, past life… good grief!

1236. Do you take vitamins?
yep

1237. Do you prefer fake or real flowers around the house?
real

1238. Sometimes roses are pink, yellow, white or red. If you give someone a rose, does its color change the meaning behind it as a gift?

YES!

1239. What's the most deadly thing you can think of?
Cliff diving

1240. To-MAY-toes or to-MA-toes?

MAY!

War HUH!… What is it good for?????

Allow me to step to the soap box and shout with vigor… GOOD GRIEF!!!!

Mr. Obama has declared the war in Iraq, Iran, and Uran over. Hello, we’ve been at war?? Seems to me that we were in a war on terrorism and terrorism is where it is found. Whether Iran, Iraq, or Memphis. I was around when JFK was murdered because he was prepared to get out of Viet Nam. The “war we lost”, remember those kind of statements back in the 70’s. Seems it was to costly for us to stop the “war” then because of the $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ to be made because of the “war”.

I see the “end of this war” as the same pulling out of a military action that was never unleashed on the true enemy. “Look but don’t touch” as I see it and at what cost? Lives of young men with loved ones that are shaking their heads at why. It’s not like the enemy is wearing a uniform that we can identify and pop a cap on him. Oh yea, we kill those that shoot at us but the ones that sit back and set off a bomb with their cell phones, the throw the brick and hide the hand group, they walk away to blow up kill kill kill another day.

Hell yes it is time to get out of the country but who do we send the bill for these years of “conflict” to? Now we’re going to sell $13,000,000,000 worth equipment to them. Get me right on this, we are leaving $13,000,000,000, of equipment behind. We don’t need it, opps, I forgot the Mexican border where bunches of people are flooding in to suck the tax payers money away from them. That will have to be for another time.

Now don’t take me wrong. I believe that being the strongest nation in the world comes with a price. We are called to stand for freedom and liberty, but where is the respect and “thank you”s for our expenses and sacrifice? WHERE IS THE RESPECT???

What do you think would happen if we took just 1/10 of the price of the “conflicts” and spent it on the gulf coast to restore the BP oil spill, or maybe another 1/10 and built fresh water wells in eastern nations of the world of need. We might cause some good and it wouldn’t be hazardous to any one’s health. 27,000 children dying daily of preventable diseases… how about doing something about that.

Here’s my decree for dealing with conflicts, since this is Walden World I can decree, No more “conflicts”!!! If we have to go to a nation to clear up a “problem’, we go full speed, fully manned, guns a blasting and then get out!!! No forming government, no training the army to take over just wham bam thank you mam.

Here another decree just because it my world and this one is a list of course.
1. One billion dollars to the Mississippi and Louisiana coast to rebuild from Katrina and the BP “accident.” One each, keep the change.
2. 3 billion dollars to supply fresh water wells for the peoples of Africa.
3. 4.5 Billion dollars to states education funding directly to alternative education to get the dummies out of class rooms with the students that want an education.
4. I decree that no “checks” will be provided any person who is not a productive citizen and does not work! No matter how many kids they have out of the union of marriage, NO CHECK!

War HUH!… What is it good for?????

Allow me to step to the soap box and shout with vigor… GOOD GRIEF!!!!

Mr. Obama has declared the war in Iraq, Iran, and Uran over. Hello, we’ve been at war?? Seems to me that we were in a war on terrorism and terrorism is where it is found. Whether Iran, Iraq, or Memphis. I was around when JFK was murdered because he was prepared to get out of Viet Nam. The “war we lost”, remember those kind of statements back in the 70’s. Seems it was to costly for us to stop the “war” then because of the $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ to be made because of the “war”.

I see the “end of this war” as the same pulling out of a military action that was never unleashed on the true enemy. “Look but don’t touch” as I see it and at what cost? Lives of young men with loved ones that are shaking their heads at why. It’s not like the enemy is wearing a uniform that we can identify and pop a cap on him. Oh yea, we kill those that shoot at us but the ones that sit back and set off a bomb with their cell phones, the throw the brick and hide the hand group, they walk away to blow up kill kill kill another day.

Hell yes it is time to get out of the country but who do we send the bill for these years of “conflict” to? Now we’re going to sell $13,000,000,000 worth equipment to them. Get me right on this, we are leaving $13,000,000,000, of equipment behind. We don’t need it, oops, I forgot the Mexican border where bunches of people are flooding in to suck the tax payers money away from them. That will have to be for another time.

Now don’t take me wrong. I believe that being the strongest nation in the world comes with a price. We are called to stand for freedom and liberty, but where is the respect and “thank you”s for our expenses and sacrifice? WHERE IS THE RESPECT???

What do you think would happen if we took just 1/10 of the price of the “conflicts” and spent it on the gulf coast to restore the BP oil spill, or maybe another 1/10 and built fresh water wells in eastern nations of the world of need. We might cause some good and it wouldn’t be hazardous to any one’s health. 27,000 children dying daily of preventable diseases… how about doing something about that.

Here’s my decree for dealing with conflicts, since this is Walden World I can decree, No more “conflicts”!!! If we have to go to a nation to clear up a “problem’, we go full speed, fully manned, guns a blasting and then get out!!! No forming government, no training the army to take over just wham bam thank you mam.

Here another decree just because it my world and this one is a list of course.
1. One billion dollars to the Mississippi and Louisiana coast to rebuild from Katrina and the BP “accident.” One each, keep the change.
2. 3 billion dollars to supply fresh water wells for the peoples of Africa.
3. 4.5 Billion dollars to states education funding directly to alternative education to get the dummies out of class rooms with the students that want an education.
4. I decree that no “checks” will be provided any person who is not a productive citizen and does not work! No matter how many kids they have out of the union of marriage, NO CHECK!

SHOES: A women's affair

I just had to share an observation of mine that has served to entertain me for a life time. I get a kick out of what women will do to have fashionable feet.

Girls will buy anything that is offered without thinking about whether or not the shoe is going to last long enough to pass the store door, and of course Carol and Marilyn say "90 days and the style is out." I mean "style"? Good Grief!

List time. Observations related to women and their shoes:

1. There are really only a few styles of women's shoes. The difference is the junk that is glued on them and that is not limited in any way. Then you got your high heel, not so high heal and the "flat". Then you modify the heal to the wedge, spike, boxy, geometric, "death pointy", and the "grand ma's." Any variety of this will work.

2. Women have no regard for safety when selecting shoes. Some of these shoes should carry a warning label because of the height of the heal or sole.

3. Women have no regard for the way their feet look in some shoes. I mean when your toes run out the end of the shoe a good 1 1/2 inches where your foot looks like a Golden Temple monkey's foot gripping the shoe, it's time to let those babies good or it's time to confess that you were under the influence of the shopping gods when you bought them.

4. It is possible to determine the price or comfort of women's shoes by the noise they make when a women walks. Whether it is a "slap" or a "slappy dap", girls please!

I'm not sure because I'm one of those people who wear things out, shoes included, but there seems to be a lot of shoes boxes in every girl's closet to justify a movement to give some to those children in foreign lands who are without shoes... that is if they would wear them.

Frustrated? #%@$#&!

Seems as I look back on my life that it's filled with frustration and and being dumped on. Well, I guess it really depends on where I am standing when you are looking back that makes the difference. It's that old "half full or half empty glass" thing. In my Christian walk it depends on whether I'm up to the challenge or not. Key word there being "I."

It wasn't till I got to college that I discovered that the Christian life is impossible to live and my frustrations were because I was fighting to live it on my own. Impossible, yes, because only one person has ever lived the Christian life, Billy Graham. No not Billy, it was Jesus. That is because he is God. Sinless God. The sadness, frustration, and depression in my life all were centered in my failure to grow and learn and apply what was available to me because of the same sacrifice that brought me eternal life in Christ. The book of Galatians talks of the fruits (results) of the Holy Spirit of God, but even those results are only evident when we are dependant on the totality of God.

The Christian like life is hard to live. "THAT'S DA FACT JACK!"

Time for a list. These are things that are certain in the Christian pursuit of the abundant life:
1. God loves you and has a plan for us all. Special UNIQUE plan for us individually.

2. God will get glory in all He does in our lives and through our lives.

3. Satan does not want you to follow Christ therefore he will do everything he can to frustrate you and derail you in your path to glorify the father. Satan will attack you in every area of your life especially your family (loved ones), your body (physically), and emotions (love, hate, etc...)

4. This too shall pass.

Let me share with you a short note that I read today that really is "uping".

BY THE WAY I'M INVENTING A NEW WORD! IT IS THE WORD "UPING". No it doesn't have two "Ps". It is spelled 'U' 'P' 'I' 'N' 'G'. Defined as something worth mentioning that bring your spirit up from where ever it has been. As in the sentence: I was feeling down because my bank account was short my needs till I was remind that God still loves me by reading an article that was "UPING".

If God Really Loves Me...Then Why Do I Suffer?
The worse this planet becomes, the more people ask that same old question... "If God Really Loves Me...Then Why Do I Suffer?" It's the basis for all kinds of attacks against the God of the Bible and His teachings. It's even used to attack the evidence of His existence and the legitimacy of the Christian faith. The response typically given to "Do You Believe in God?," is almost always the same. If there is a God and he loves me then he wouldn't do that, he wouldn't cause this, he wouldn't allow this to happen, and on it goes. Is there a purpose in my suffering? Is God truly Sovereign? Is there a purpose in all things, even my death or someone else's? Why do these things happen to me!?

"My comfort in my suffering is this: Your promise preserves my life."(Psalm 119:50)

You might not get it but for me the answers were pretty uping, yes? Of course yes!

KEEPING UP WITH THE KATIE!

#801-#925

801. How often do you change your mood in a day?
as few times as possible and as much as needed

802. When you ask people how they are doing you actually care about their answer or is it just polite?
YEA, SURE.

803. Would you consider yourself to be very polite?
Yes sir

804. Do you like movies and books that involve nuclear holocaust?
Yes

805. Have you ever had a lucid dream (a dream in which you knew you were dreaming and had complete control over what happened in the dream)?
Of course, this is all a dream. You all are part of my dream!

806. Have you ever had a flying dream?
Who hasn’t.

807. Have you ever had a lucid flying dream?
Yes, but not as a dog.

808. What's the oddest law you ever heard of?
No spitting.

809. What is the ultimate way to connect with another person?
prayer

810. Can you be intimate with someone without touching him or her?
Yes but I’ve known some people who couldn’t.

811. Can men and women ever really be 'just friends' with no interest in anything more?
NO WAY! You always have to be interested in more… wait you mean the sex thing …. Then my answer has to be Maybe.

812. ??????

813. Are you addicted to this survey like drugs?
NO!

814. If your significant other wanted to wait for marriage could you hold out or would you leave them (or would you cheat)? Is that the sex thing again?
marriage is not about sex, it’s about making a super life and that takes two Christ center people.

815. What's the longest sentence you can make using only words that start with the same letter as your first name?
Better be big bigger biggest because being biggest be better.

816. If you had a theme song what would it be?
maybe the theme to "ROCKY" song, as good and any

817. Are you cranky?
Depending on my battery charge.

818. Which group generally annoys you more, people older than you, or people younger than you?
young with old minds

819. Do you refer to older people as old farts?
“I B ONE”

820. Do you refer to younger people as the kids? Yes, and little .......

821. Which is better: Poems that everyone can relate to or poems that are intensely personal to the author?
The ones that I don’t have to read or interpret!

822. Is it worse to be too hot or too cold?
Depends on the season of the year or how hot or how cold, I think hot

823. Are you so flexible that you can put your feet behind your head?
I’m flexible but I still use a calendar. STUPID! Why would someone want to put their foot behind their head??

824. Would you enjoy reading fairy tales written about robots?
Of course who wouldn’t like to read fairy tales

825. Is smoking a turn on or gross?
it’s a lighting up

826. What is the one way you wouldn't want to die?
SLOWLY!

827. Which would look sillier on you: A cowboy hat or a Rasta hat?
Depends on whether I was naked at the time.

828. Would you rather have a job doing something indoors or outdoors?
Outdoors, in the shade.

829. Would you rather learn more about human nutrition or meteorology?
Meteorology, I’ve always wanted to know about meteors in case one were to crash into the earth near my house

830. Have you ever taken honors courses?
Yep, wasn’t my choice but did, got an “A”

831. What do you think of crop circles?
I’m not sure, but they keep going round in my head, seriously, a topic that is to be discussed but not answered

832. Where do they come from?
Who?

833. When was the last time you screwed up big time?
Couple of years ago. I forgot that I was worth "being."

834. You have a choice. What do you eat: turkey dog with the works 2x
A veggie burger
A turkey dog
A cheese sandwich

835. Do you get a lot of random instant messages?
no

836. Do you have a paper journal also?
sorta

837. VHS or DVD? Why be limited?
Both and the new 3D too

838. Vinyl, cassette tape, or CD?
YES YES YES! What ever has the tune.

839. Have you ever seen the video/heard the song Days Go By, performed by Dirty Vegas?
No and don’t care!

840. MTV: should it play morel videos or more shows?
They will what they will.

841. Name a band:
rubber… sorry Beatles
Do fans of that band tend to share any characteristics with each other?
Naaaaaaaa na na na naaaaaaaaaaaaa

842. What does the expression 'touch and go' mean?
Touch the object and go away. Kinda like hit and run in a kinder sense

843. Caffeine or alcohol?
Caffeine

844. Betty or Veronica?Roni

Archie or Reggie or Jughead? daaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

845. What book are you reading right now?
Land Mines by Charles Stanley

846. Is the news too depressing?
YES,

847. Would you rather have a stuffed lion, elephant, pig or duck?
LION

848. Are you late for a very important date?
NO

849. Ever use star 69?
NO NO NEED

850. Is everyone as smart as you?
NO… they all have the potential just not the desire.

851. Have you ever seen the musical Annie?
On TV, didn’t have a choice

852. Sheets: silk or satin?
Satin

853. Bath: soap or bubbles?
bubbles

854. Your best color: blue or red?
blue

855. What's your favorite candy?
Jelly beans

856. Can you sing?
Of course, everyone can sing, just not good and depending on the song

857. It's the end of the world, as we know it. How do you feel?
That’s an everyday thing, an every moment thing. I’m going to be with Jesus and my loved ones

858. You take your little sister (she's 12) shopping for school clothes. Mom gave you the money to hold. She picks out a skimpy top emblazoned "Hottie" and hip-hugging pants that leave at least two inches of skin north and south of her navel exposed to the wind. She insists: If she doesn't have these clothes, she'll look awful, the other kids will tease her, and she’ll feel like a nerd.Do you think she should or should not wear these clothes?
She’ll wear what mom wants her to wear or what mom said to buy, the little ho!
Do you buy them for her?
NO

859. What do you think is the most annoying cliche?
“and I thought you were a Christian”

860. What band is underground right now but will one day get really popular?
“the gas band”

861. Of the following which word best describes you: versatile
versatile (flexible):
wonderful:
x-tra special:
your own best friend:
zany:

862. What does BYOB stand for? Be Your Own Boss

863. Who is sexiest: Marilyn BUT SHE IS DEAD SO …..
Marilyn Monroe
James Dean
Elvis
Jim Morrison
Madonna
Cyndi Lauper???????? GOOD GRIEF!!!!!

864. Do you always do what's expected of you?
I’D SAY I’M PREDICTABLE BUT I WOULD BET ON IT

865. Do you believe everything you hear on the news?
NO WAY!

866. Would you prefer a $100.00 gift certificate to Hot Topic or Abercrombie & Fitch (assuming neither store gives change, so you'll have to spend the whole thing)?
Either because neither would have what I really wanted so I would spend it on my girls.

867. Have you ever won a competition?
Yes,

868. Who looks sloppier when they are over weight, guys or girls?
Sloppiness is a choice, being fat is mostly a choice so choose.

869. At what age do you become all grown up?
grown up is a state of mind and is completely dependent on the situation you are in

870. Have you ever written graffiti on anything?
yes

871. Can you remember what you wrote?
nope

872. Are you a force of nature?
If you mean am I earth, wind, fire or ice I choose wind, …. I have made my share of wind in my time.

873. What do you think of blue eye shadow?
It looks blue like.
How about gold eye shadow?
kinda shiny

874. Would you ever wear any of the following Halloween costumes:
Flapper? Is that a fish?
Hippie? Do you mean hippo?
Disco dancer? NO

875. Should birth control be taught in high school?
It’s not? Oh you didn’t say practiced did you? Only Catholic schools.
How about in jr. high or elementary school?
OH my LORD! It should be a mama daddy thing.

876. Would you consider yourself a genius?
It depends on the time and day.

877. What did you think of the movie Solaris?
mostly

878. Which is usually better movies or books?
Depends of the subject. Mostly movies.

879. Do you think The Hobbit will be made into a movie?
It hasn’t been?

880. Do you research which brands use sweatshops to make their clothing before you shop?
No just size

881. What gives you a magical feeling?
the Spirit of God in a song, the voices of my loved ones, my Libby’s touch

882. Have you ever pulled apart a Christmas cracker?
What is a Christmas cracker?! You made that up.

883. Would you rather watch basketball or play basketball?
Play of course. But I hate basketball.

884. Do you think that everyone makes his or her own problems?
Some do, some are

885. Do you often consider how your actions will affect other people?
All the time.

886. Are J-Lo and Ben Afleck interesting to you at all?
no

887. Do you use bad grammar or hate bad grammar?
yes

888. Make up a tabloid headline:
Obama Admits WRONG, Gives life to Christ, America back on track, Muslems go to hell.

889. Do you like to learn new things? Yes, useful things

890. What's more important, fame or personal accomplishment?
Accomplishment bring worth

891. Sweet dreams are made of this.... What are they made of?
good awakenings.

892. Two trailer park girls go round the outside...Round the outside of what?
The water tank.

893. Are you wearing a piece of jewelry that means a lot to you right now?
Yes,my wedding band

894. If someone was going to inscribe a message on a ring and give it to you what would you want it to say?
you make a difference in me

895. Guys who are losing their hair:
let it go
Should they shave their heads?
Get implants?
Or let it go?

896. Do rock stars work hard or lead the easy life?
Doing what you love is not hard work, it’s fulfilment

897. How much water do you drink every day?
Not much water but diet soda, 2-3 liters

898. Are you driven or kinda apathetic?
Driven, but it depends on whos driving and the destinations

899. Who do you turn to when you are down?
My LORD

900. Would you ever wear seran-wrap?
Sure, why not, of course not over my face, daaaaaaaa!

901. Would you rather have a candle scented like blueberries and creme or butterscotch pecan pie?
blueberries and creme

902. Which ones are fruits and which are vegetables:
Banana - fruit
Cucumber - veg
Tomato - fruit
Apple -fruit
Carrot - veg
Eggplant - veg
Cherry - fruit
Pumpkin - veg

903. Does it annoy you when people talk loudly on their cell phones in public?
All the time!

904. Is love a commitment to one person, or can you love more than one person at the same time?
Love? Many, commitment in marriage? Only ONE! And that be the opposite sex!!

905. Cover or original: WHO CARES!Smooth Criminal; is it better by Michael Jackson or Alien Ant Farm?
Blue Monday better by Orgy or New Order
I Want Candy; Is it better by Aaron Carter or Bow Wow Wow?
Love Song; Is it better by 311 or The Cure?
It's My Life; Is it better by No Doubt or The Talking Heads?

906. What is the most uncomfortable feeling?
WORTHLESSNESS
907. Do you like Maroon 5?
???????????????????????

908. Would you ever go on a blind date TV show?
NOT SINCE I’M MARRIED, BEFORE … OF COURSE!

909. How much of your wardrobe is dry clean only?
I LIKE ALL MY CLOTHES DRY AND CLEAN.

910. Who's arms would you like to crawl into?
JESUS OR LIBBY, IN THAT ORDER.

911. What the hell is your problem?
FAT AND MENTALLY CHALLENGED

912. Look around you. What is the most beautiful thing you can see?
PICTURES OF MY FAMILY

913. What is the most beautiful thing you can't see?
THE OCEAN

914. Take a deep breath. Yawn deeply. Do you appreciate the things most people take for granted, like breathing?
YES, BUT I HAVE TO THINK ABOUT IT SOMETIMES

915. Do you appreciate breathing more when you have a cold and you're all congested and can't breathe right?
NO

916. Is congestion a positive thing because it helps you to appreciate breathing?
NO WAY, THAT’S LIKE SAYING HAVING YOUR PANTS BURNING MAKES MORE APPRECIATIVE OF ZIPPERS

917. How is your life like a work of art?
THERE’S ALWAYS A CLEAN UP AFTER THE WORK IS DONE

918. Do you feel that your life influences and is influenced by many other lives?
YES, BUT THERE COULD BE MORE

919. Has a smile ever made all the difference in the world to you?
OF YEA, A SMILE FROM MY BOY WILLIAM, MY GIRLS, … IT MAKES A DIFFERENCE IN LIVING OR NOT

920. Have you ever looked at a tree and considered how the roots could be miles long, trailing and entwining with other roots underground, all of them holding the soil together?
NO, EXCEPT WHEN THE ROOT IS IN THE WAY OF A COMFORTABLE NAP.

921. Do you notice the little things in life?
YES, BUT NOT ALL

922. Do you feel, as Jung did, that deep down, underneath our individual personalities we are all the same?
NO, WE ARE ALL DIFFERENT IN THE WAY GOD MADE US AND THE MISSION BEFORE US

923. Do you feel a great oneness with the universe?
NO, ONENESS… IS A KINDA SELF CENTERED THING.

924. When was the last time you decided to really enjoy yourself?
CAN’T REMEMBER, IT’S USUALLY WHAT OTHER NEED TO BE HAPPY

925. When was the last time you set your self free and acted without caring at all what someone else thought?
I DON’T KNOW, THERE HAVE BEEN TIMES I HAVE DONE WHAT I WANTED TO BUT ACTING FREE… THERE ARE ALWAYS CONSEQUENCES