Wow Doc, This is Heavy!

Why is it that when I write about something serious and weighty I feel guilty about it? Like I'm ruining someone else's good time?



Yes I like to laugh, but there are some times where things just aren't funny.

I love to laugh! and with that in mind...

Teh News?

I'll be the first to admit that I am completely appalled by topics such as this. The mere mention of such things turns my stomach and I have to excuse myself from the situation.

I have a very strong emotional reaction to such things. Not that I've had the misfortune to experience such heinous violations, but none the less it still induces physical illness in me. Anyway I'm getting off track here.

What is cruel and unusual? Life without parole or having to live through a horribly traumatic experience that you truly never fully recover from, and most likely will be haunted by the memory of for the rest of your life?

Out Of Office version 2.1: This Saddens Me...

This was the second thread of the day...it's a wonder we get any work done around here! Is it just me or does J Green remind you of this guy? Again bottom up.


>>> John Paul 6/24/2008 3:54 PM>>>
take em you gots to take em to learn me skills.

>>> Little Hero 6/24/2008 3:40:42 PM >>>
jOHN-O IS A HUSTLER....I NEED TO TAKE NOTES

>>> Eva Longoria 6/24/2008 3:40 PM >>>
So now a days they call it saving souls.

>>> John Paul 6/24/2008 3:39 PM >>>
well, you'll have to give me some money too... and I'm not really spending any money to gamble.. I'm already going to Save souls in Vegas, so I'm already doing something Good for the world.... Indonesia will be another project and all of you can donate your Lunch every other week.

>>> J Green 6/24/2008 >>>
yeah or sell them your chilis gift card for 10 bucks.

>>> Eva Longoria 6/24/2008 3:33 PM >>>
I have an idea. Instead of you spending money on your trip to Vegas send them that money for food.

>>> John Paul 6/24/2008 3:18 PM >>>
yeah, well that is the way it is my friend. This Country even the poor beggars get a better break than these poor children.

>>> J Green 6/24/2008 3:16:25 PM >>>
i don't even think apples grow around here.

>>> John Paul 6/24/2008 3:11 PM >>>
but we have more than they do in this Country... and we are blessed for living in a Country still Free.

>>> Little Hero 6/24/2008 3:07:50 PM >>>
or walking down the street w/ a bucket, rags, lawnmower, weedeater and rake.
yes, I feel bad for all the kids around the country but we did what we had to survive we also had to lie to my mom about how much money we made that day. :o(

>>> John Paul 6/24/2008 3:06 PM >>>
I know you did, but in Indonesia no one has shiny shoes, or shoes for that matter to be shined... and I am sure they have no apples, but there is a lot of slave trade.

>>> J Green 6/24/2008 3:02:47 PM >>>
why isn't the 11 year old working? like shining shoes or picking apples? that's what i did when i was 11.

>>> John Paul 6/24/2008 2:56 PM >>>
Hard times force parents to send eldest son to orphanageStory Highlights
Mother of three insists she is not "throwing away" her first-born child
Parents take 11-year-old to orphanage because they say they can't make ends meet
More than 80 percent in orphanages have two living parents, Indonesian study says

Out Of Office: Chili's $25 Gift Card!!! Who Wants It?

Yesterday was my day off, and this is what I missed. Sorry you'll have to start at the bottom and work your way back up...

>>> John Paul 6/24/2008 1:30 PM >>>
ugh!!!!!

>>> J Green 6/24/2008 1:29:15 PM >>>
14

>>> John Paul 6/24/2008 1:27 PM >>>
ok $13 dollas right now!!!

>>> John Paul 6/24/2008 1:26 PM >>>
hahahahahhahahaa

>>> Little Hero 6/24/2008 1:16:17 PM >>>
FINEEEEE WE DID NOT WANT YOUR GIFT CARD ANYWAY.....WE SEE HOW YOU ARE, MAKE AN OFFER THEN BACK OUT....SURE YOU INDIAN GIVER!

>>> Eva Longoria 6/24/2008 1:09:19 PM >>>
How much do you want for the kangaroo?

>>> John Paul 6/24/2008 1:07 PM >>>
I'm willing to take your $20 bucks... anyways, I just finished seeing Chili's menu and I'd like to back out on the deal.. I'm going to chili's for lunch!!!!

>>> J Green 6/24/2008 1:06 PM >>>


>>> Little Hero 6/24/2008 1:04:40 PM >>>
YUMMO......OK WHAT IS THAT YOU HAVE TO OFFER? WHAT ARE YOU WILLING TO TAKE?

>>> Eva Longoria 6/24/2008 1:03:59 PM >>>
Ok. I'll give you $100.00, I go crazy for food.

>>> John Paul 6/24/2008 1:02 PM >>>
hahahahhahahaha, ok this is what you're missing!!!!


>>> Little Hero 6/24/2008 12:56:31 PM >>>
I DROPPED MYSELF OUT ONLY CUZ JOHN-O WAS OFFERING A BITE OF HIS COOKIE....I DONT LIKE SHARING!

>>> John Paul 6/24/2008 12:54 PM >>>
you lose!!!!!!!

>>> J Green 6/24/2008 12:51:25 PM >>>
i win?

>>> John Paul 6/24/2008 12:50 PM >>>
you had me at "hello"

>>> J Green 6/24/2008 12:47:57 PM >>>
I'll trade you for a really nice stapler, a dunder mifflin snow globe, and the June 22nd Dilbert comic.

>>> John Paul 6/24/2008 12:45 PM >>>
just give me the money already!! sheesh!!!

>>> Little Hero 6/24/2008 12:44:11 PM >>>
45 & SOME OATMEAL COOKIES

>>> J Green 6/24/2008 12:43 PM >>>
45

>>> John Paul 6/24/2008 12:42 PM >>>
let's do it!!! And continue bidding for it, because I need cash my friends for me roadtrip to Las Vegas!!

>>> J Green 6/24/2008 12:39:56 PM >>>
Fine I'll give you $30.

>>> John Paul 6/24/2008 12:39 PM >>>
fir free? YEeah!!! I'll take that and add it to my Chili's offer!!

>>> J Green 6/24/2008 12:36:05 PM >>>
15 smartbucks are yours.

>>> John Paul 6/24/2008 12:34 PM >>>
I am giving it away for $15, count them, 15 buckaroos... anyone down?

I am stunned! Just stunned. Stunned is what I am.

If I had any doubts about who to vote for, that decision has now been made for me. While reading this article I had some very vivid images of what this could be likened unto!

Think the child catcher from Chitty Chitty Bang Bang with sweet offerings of lollipops and treacle tarts. Yeah we all know where that ended!

Back to the Future or Numero Uno!

Today is a landmark.

The day I opened for business on this grand invention of Father Al's: Teh Internets. Translation: My blog was founded one year ago.

Picture it! 2007!

It was a warm June day, but you couldn't tell it from the thermostat setting.

I was wearing--

never mind what I was wearing. In my daily correspondence con GM she asked if I was busy. She told me to read this.

I didn't get drawn in right away, but I did peruse a little here and there.

Fast forward a few weeks and my sister sent me a link to the infamous post.

From there I was pretty much hooked. It's been an interesting year with blogging and discovering uncharted territory. I've had some bizarre themes that I've been through including blogging about my mid-afternoon sweet tooth,


and the hopscotch down memory lane leading up to my birthday.

But let's face it, who could forget David Bowie in a codpiece?

scared.for.life.

I can't really say that I've grown a lot or learned a lot except that the best way to tell a story is with visual aids. I can't even say that I've shared things of a truly profound nature. I have however read about many incidences where my fellow bloggy friends did made it through such things as this and that is why I keep coming back. Thank you for sharing your stories!

PS I still have something of a blogging inferiority complex.

What's Next?

After reading about this, I'm not even sure I want to know any more.