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As the eleventh Chancellor and President of Syracuse University, Nancy Cantor is helping forge a new understanding of the role of universities in society as SU pursues its vision, Scholarship in Action. This entails a view of the university not as a traditional "ivory tower," but as a public good, an anchor institution that collaborates with partners from all sectors of the economy to more effectively serve the needs of society.
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Prior to her appointment at Syracuse, Chancellor Cantor served as chancellor of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; provost and executive vice president for academic affairs at the University of Michigan, prior to which she had been dean of its Horace H. Rackham School of Graduate Studies and vice provost for academic affairs; she also was professor of psychology and senior research scientist at the Institute for Social Research at Michigan. Previously, she had been chair of the department of psychology at Princeton University.
While at Michigan, she was closely involved in the university's defense of affirmative action in the cases Grutter and Gratz, decided by the Supreme Court in 2003.
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'Little' TV personality to discuss language bias
Author Amy Roloff will be the featured speaker Monday at Clark College during a daylong event, "History and Bias Encoded in Language."
Rodgers comes home to benefit Meals on Wheels
Camas — Native son Jimmie Rodgers performed two 90-minute concerts at Journey Community Church on Sept. 25, to benefit Loaves and Fishes and its Meals on Wheels program. Rodgers, born in Camas in 1933, learned music from his mother and became a chart-topper in the late 1950s and early 1960s with hits such as "Honeycomb," "Oh-Oh, I'm Falling In Love Again" and "Kisses Sweeter Than Wine."
Bits 'n' Pieces: 'Honeycomb' recording star to come home
Jimmie Rodgers fans take note: He's due back in Camas. One of the town's most famous sons is heading home for a special visit this September.
Soap operas' bubble bursts
B.G.'s Jonathan Jackson, a star of 'General Hospital,' says shows still have a future
Changes to how Americans watch television could have profound consequences for an actor, musician and writer from Battle Ground. Jonathan Jackson, who had a six-year run on "General Hospital" beginning when he was 11, returned to the show in 2009 to reprise the role of Lucky Spencer, a part he originated.
Bits 'n' Pieces: Vancouver singer returns for fair after U.S. tour
Summer has been more than a little hectic for Vancouver singer Katelynne Cox. In the past two months, Cox has played in more than 10 states as part of her "Making an Impact" tour with Garrett Godsey.
Bits 'n' Pieces: Command performance for the royals
When former Vancouver resident José Rubio agreed to sing the national anthem at an event at the Santa Barbara, Calif., Polo & Racquet Club, he had no idea that he'd be performing for royalty. A few weeks before the charity polo match, which took place Saturday, Rubio learned that the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge would be in attendance, and that Prince William would be playing in the match.
Cartoonist drawn to sharp views
B.G.'s Wolverton also pursues artistic endeavors
When it comes to political cartoons, there's a fine line between pushing the envelope enough to interest people and being so edgy that newspapers won't run your work. It's a line Battle Ground cartoonist and artist Monte Wolverton has walked for the past 15 years. His left-leaning cartoons are syndicated to more than 850 newspapers worldwide, including The Columbian. They appear in the Daily News Los Angeles and in 100-200 other papers each week, and have run in the Los Angeles Times and The Washington Post.
Miss USA memories are prized
Miss Washington USA Angelina Kayyalaynen may not have placed at the Miss USA Pageant, but it was still a once-in-a-lifetime experience for the 21-year-old Camas resident. "After the pageant is over and done with, only one girl wins, but what you take away are the memories and the friendships you make with the people you meet there," Kayyalaynen said.
B.G. actor Jackson wins fourth Daytime Emmy
It was an extra special Father's Day for Battle Ground actor, musician and writer Jonathan Jackson. He nabbed his fourth Daytime Emmy Entertainment Award, and brought his two older children on stage with him to accept it. The 38th annual Emmys were Sunday in Las Vegas, and Jackson, 29, won in the Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series category for his portrayal of Lucky Spencer on the ABC soap opera "General Hospital."
Local actor wins Daytime Emmy
Battle Ground's Jonathan Jackson, 29, has won a Daytime Entertainment Emmy Award for his portrayal of Lucky Spencer on the ABC soap opera "General Hospital." Jackson previously won three Daytime Emmys for the role, which he originated at age 11. He left "General Hospital" in 1999, and the part of Lucky was recast. Jackson reprised the role in October 2009.
Local actor Jonathan Jackson up for Daytime Emmy
Battle Ground — Battle Ground's Jonathan Jackson, 29, has been nominated for his eighth Daytime Entertainment Emmy Award for his portrayal of Lucky Spencer on the ABC soap opera "General Hospital." Jackson has already won three Daytime Emmys for the role, which he originated at age 11. He left "General Hospital" in 1999, and the part of Lucky was recast. Jackson reprised the role in October 2009.
Vancouver man 'all shook up' over Elvis competition
Vancouver's Lee Birchfield got his first gig as a paid Elvis Presley impersonator at age 13. Now the 29-year-old musician is about to compete against 25 of the top Elvis impersonators from around the world.
Bounced from 'Bachelorette'
Vancouver man puzzled by early departure from reality TV show
If viewers of the ABC reality television show "The Bachelorette" were surprised by Jon Ellsworth's decision to greet Ashley Hebert by throwing her over his shoulder, they'd have been shocked by his initial plan. Ellsworth originally planned to introduce himself to Hebert in a tear-away suit. He'd rip it off and be wearing nothing but a Speedo.
Miss Washington USA prepared to compete for national title in Las Vegas
When TV audiences around the country tune in for the Miss USA Pageant on June 19, Washington's representative will be ready. Since she was crowned Miss Washington USA last fall, Angelina Kayyalaynen has been preparing to compete for the national title in Las Vegas next month.
Vancouver contestant ousted on "The Bachelorette"
The Vancouver contestant was eliminated on the season premiere of "The Bachelorette."
The Columbian's Clark County Celebrities web page spotlights residents' brushes with fame, be they enduring, such as former Mousekeeter Cubby O'Brien's decades-long drumming career, or fleeting, such as a turn on "Wheel of Fortune."
Clark County is home to actors, including "One Tree Hill" star Bethany Joy Galeotti and "General Hospital" veteran Jonathan Jackson, authors such as Karen Kingsbury and Lisa Jackson and musicians ranging from Tom May to members of the band Enation. We've also got athletes -- NASCAR driver Greg Biffle grew up in Vancouver.
The area has had its share of reality television connections, as well. Locals have appeared on shows including "The Amazing Race," "Hell's Kitchen" and "Project Runway."
You'll find out more about the stars in our own backyard here on The Columbian's virtual Walk of Fame. If you have ideas about other local celebrities to include, contact our features department at firstname.lastname@example.com.
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Volunteerism shines as community builds playground
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What began as an idea more than seven years ago has ended with tons of smiles from local children.
Flower Mound on Saturday celebrated the completion of Fort Wildflower, a 12,500 square-foot playground that will be one of the components of Heritage Park of Flower Mound, located at the northwest intersection of Garden Ridge Boulevard and Spinks Road.
Volunteers, which at times reached about 400 per day, spent the week of Sept. 11-15 constructing the playground. Full-time volunteers often worked from 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. each day.
While the official opening won�t take place until later this fall, children participated in a �soft� opening Sept. 15.
Fort Wildflower is divided into two sections. One section is for younger children and includes smaller slides, play houses and other components. Another section is for children a little bit older, and that area includes higher swings, larger slides, etc. The playground also features monkey bars, a fireman�s pole, a cave area and a draw bridge.
�The level of excitement was really high,� Fox said. �It was a thrill to watch them point out their favorite features.�
The nature-themed playground is made from recycled wood fiber products instead of wood.
Another important feature is its accessibility for children of all abilities.
�As a parent, I was really intrigued because it met all ADA requirements,� said Amy Weidner, the fundraising coordinator for the project. �I learned that there was a real focus on that. There were focus groups set up with Lewisville ISD and with parents. I have a son with autism, so I was really interested in the feedback they gave.�
One result was the use of more ramps than many other playgrounds.
�I have friends with children in strollers, so it�s nice to access all parts of the playground and not have to go over the chips,� Weidner said. �I love that there are so many ramps at Fort Wildflower. So many parks just have stairs.�
The town is also looking to raise enough money to eventually replace the wood chip ground product with a pourable surface, similar to a track, so children in strollers or wheelchairs can access each piece of the playground.
Weidner said if enough money is raised for the new surface before the wood chips have reached the end of their life cycle, then they will be used in other parks in town.
While the playground gives children another place to play, it also illustrates how well the community came together. In fact, it was school children that came up with the playground�s name.
Resident Laurie Long said a conversation with her daughter illustrated the impact of having the community come together for a project like this. Long was part of a committee in charge of artwork, and her daughter, Ali, helped with painting and other aspects.
�I was driving home with my daughter, and she asked me if she could continue living in Flower Mound when she got older,� Long said. �I said, �Of course you can.� Then she said she wants to live here so she can take her own children to the playground and show them what she helped build.�
The experience was special to Fox as well. When he was a child, his parents helped build a community-built playground with Leathers and Associates, the company that specializes in community-built playgrounds. Years later, he�s doing the same thing.
�For me, I have a daughter who is one-and-a-half, and I�m building this for her,� Fox said. �That way, when she�s older, she�ll play on it and know that I helped the same way my parents helped build the one I played on.�
Volunteers spent their time constructing the playground, regardless of their level of expertise. Skilled workers and unskilled workers participated with representatives from Leathers and Associates supervising.
Other volunteers and businesses provided food, donated materials and tools and offered child care.
Sponsors helped fund the project. The town�s goal was to raise $150,000 for the project, and to date, the group has raised $116,000.
Individuals and businesses also supported the project by purchasing pickets and bricks for the playground.
Fort Wildflower is one of the components featured in Phase I of Heritage Park. Other Phase I features are trail connections, a picnic pavilion, a pedestrian bridge, restrooms, an amphitheater (the stage and grass seating only), a driveway and three turn lanes.
Phase II features are botanical gardens, a disc golf park, a duck pond, additional pedestrian trails and more.
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"Going out" frustrated difficult to break through the international brand Li Ning, Hong Kong Branch as the Li Ning brand international pilot was settled in October 2009 in Hong Kong, Tsim Sha Tsui, an area of about 1900 square feet. Li Ning company official was revealed that in 2018, Li Ning will become one of the top five global sports brand, Li Ning will then have more than 20% of revenue comes from overseas markets in Southeast Asia, before the end of 2009 will be opened 70-100 badminton store . However, according to publicly available data, the proportion of Li Ning Company overseas income to total revenue in 2010 was 1.4%, to 2011, the ratio of approximately 1.9%. Compared with the established plan, the time over the past three years, Li Ning company overseas revenue accounted for there is no big change.
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Registration for After School Education and Safety (ASES) programs at our 4 elementary schools and Zane is now open. The application deadline for the elementary schools is May 31 and the deadline for Zane is June 10. Applications and letters to parents are linked below to download, or can be picked up at the school the student will be attending next year. Applications should be returned to the school when completed.
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On Tuesday, April 16th, Cutten community members did a walking and bicycle safety audit of the Winship, Glen Paul, and Cutten Elementary neighborhoods. Teachers, administrators, neighbors, parents, law enforcement officials, bus drivers, and RCAA members were in attendance as the group assessed the safety for walking and biking students. The group also looked at traffic concerns in the area. RCAA members took notes as those in attendance brainstormed ideas for reducing drop off and picking up traffic.
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Eureka City Schools Kindergarten Teachers will offer a parent informational meeting to explain this new state program and to answer questions you may have about this new grade level.
Fall programs at Alice Birney, Grant, & Washington Elementary
When: Wednesday, May 8, 2013
Where: 6:00 to 7:00
Where: Alice Birney School 717 South Avenue, Eureka
Transitional Kindergarten is a newly created grade level that provides a 2 year Kindergarten program for children who turn 5 after September 1 and on or before December 2nd of 2013.


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The Mount Airy Schools Board of Education recognized outgoing board member David Rowe for 16 years of service at its regular meeting Tuesday at Mount Airy High School.
Rowe served on the board from 1996 until this year. Board Chairwoman Wendy Carriker cited his service as one of distinction and praised his professionalism.
"All I can say to David is that we may not have agreed on politics sometimes but I will pay you the highest compliment someone of our generation can get," said board member Mike Hiatt, "you are a true Southern gentleman."
Member Ben Cooke recalled how Rowe volunteered to attend his first school board member training meeting and thanked him for being his mentor.
"If I can develop one ounce of the passion you have for education, I will have done well," said Cooke.
Board of Education member Phil Thacker told Rowe he had a special gift of helping people and thanked him for the last 16 years of "leadership, boardmanship and friendship."
Board member Kate Appler recalled the years served with Rowe.
"You've always been there to give 120 percent to whatever is needed by any of the schools," said Appler. "I will miss you. You'll continue to do wonderful things."
Vice Chairman Tim Matthews joked that the 16 years had seemed only like three.
"The vision and leadership you've demonstrated over the years has been invaluable," said Matthews. "I don't know how but somehow we'll muddle through without you. I'm going to miss you."
Carriker rounded out the comments by recalling how she and Rowe went to their first board member training sessions together.
"We went to board member 101 and learned to never leave a meeting unless we did something that we would have done for our own children," said Carriker. She then quoted from the Broadway show Wicked's song titled "For Good." She paraphrased the lyric which says people come into our lives for a reason. She said she had been changed for the better by knowing Rowe.
Rowe began his speech by noting that some young students in the audience were looking sleepy.
"I had a long speech planned bu I'd better cut it short," said Rowe. "I spent 12 years here ( in the Mount Airy School System) and the things I learned here I use every day. We worked together as a board and that's a lesson in itself. At 68 I have learned that unlike when you are younger and think you're here for one thing the biggest reason we are all put here is to make a difference in someone's life. If you do that you're a success. Celebrate making a difference in each others' lives."
In other action during the meeting Information Systems Specialist Justin Robertson told the board a grant application to the Federal Department of Schools and Libraries had been approved in the amount of $369,000.
Robertson said the money will go toward upgrades in areas including the phone system, wireless network and computer servers. He said the improvements were in the planning phase and he hoped to begin the upgrades this spring. He said the grant's upgrades would lay the foundation for Bring Your Own Device programs in the district, finally bringing the high school into the educational wired community.
Mount Airy Chapter #18 of the Eastern Star was recognized for contributing $110 to the Hungry Bears Fund. B.H. Tharrington Primary School was recognized for earning the Signature School Award from the Piedmont Education Consortium.
School Superintendent Dr. Gregory Little announced the winners of the annual holiday card contest. The winners are Tharrington second grader Morgan Brinegar, Jones Intermediate third grader Jordan Hearl, Mount Airy Middle School eighth grade student Haley Hagwood and ninth grade student Keara Halpern of Mount Airy High School.
The Mount Airy High School girls tennis team was also recognized for winning the Northwest District 1A/2A championship, finishing up as Western regional Champions and being state 1/A champions in the North Carolina High School Athletic Association.
Team member receiving certificates included Cheyenne Rhodes, Lauren Brintle, Coleman Craddock, India Inman, Carson Orange, Carly Clark, Jai Daniels, Elise Holcomb, Breea Hughes, Sarah Kirkpatrick, Emily Pfitzner, Hayley Stancil, Carley Vanhoy, Eryn Wood, Davi Barbour, Abby Hagwood, Emily Lowe, Haley Thomas, Elizabeth Dinkins, Blair Holcomb, Jade Hughes, Jordan Jackson, and coaches Scott Kniskern and Rodney Pell.
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#1 Why you pimping that link. BTW it's wrong... Anyway, everyone knows already that 1saleaday is a member and has been padding the reviews themselves for quite a while. No Surprise. Notice how they all only have 1 review and just say the something about a great website or service over and over again. But.... not about the "ITEM" they bought.
Try http://www.consumeraffairs.com/online/1saleaday.html instead.
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The reseller ratings posts do look fishy like they have people doing nothing but posting to it all day long (for example over 15 pages of high rating posts on Jan. 6th but not so on most other days throughout the year? Yea, right), but in this case Logitech moves a lot of new so-called "refurbished" goods which are just overruns put in white boxes with a sharpie marker through the serial # on the sticker.
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#1 Why you pimping that link. BTW it's wrong... |
Casecutter - 1st, resellerratings had to have integrity to begin with.
Your link provided no information because the link is bad (still) as I told before. Had it worked, the only information it would have provided is that 1saleaday reviews are padded to the hilt. There used to be a time before 1saleaday was a member of resellerratings, that just about all you saw there was bad. I know this because I sent this info and more to Ben (the original) and they were banned here and De@lnews, and the archives here and there were wiped.
Why else would you provide the link to a page after page of glowing reviews except to promote the vendor?
We all know you are the video card guru guy here, but daily deal marketing is a whole different learning curve. For the most part it's a numbers game and a lost leader marketing ploy. Win some loose some.
There are lots of reputable business that try their best to win all of them. Support these businesses instead and less people will be negatively impacted. May cost an extra buck... do your part.
Review the case you made and see how many reviews contain the item they bought. So So few. Why is that?
I guess none of those people bought something from a listing they saw here and just forgot they could come back "here" or anywhere else and leave a good review.
Guess you missed the 772 negative feedback.
See if this helps:
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There all in google, so easy!!!
A lot more than 40.
This is internet marketing, not video card chit chat
Dibbs - First off there's no reason to get all personal about this. Secondly, blame Ben's for the busted link. Looks like their filter change it to be 1 Saladay, something I'm sure you've ran up against posting here at Ben's. As to your conclusion that providing a link to a known and for the most part reputable website, as I'm implicated in some conspiracy or complicity is completely unwarranted.
I will say most folk don't need to be informed what the purchased was; they're not there find a product review, just the purchase experience. While I'm not sure where the 772 negative feedback is reference from? Other than personally counting each of the 1-2 star posts I'm not sure how you'd arrive at that? While resellerratings you can sort, that only provides high-low, you then would need to click though something like 150 pages before you get those with the worst criticism. (Which is underhanded and suspect) You have a valid point that I checked; Ben's past listings going back to December, and other than your oink's and members like jujube, Thomas74 there's not much of folks saying they didn't have a good or bad experience. From reading through your 73 posts here with Ben's it's obvious you are personally vested in some type rancor with onesaleaday. Heck even on that 5870 listing (12/6) I said "#1 fear's are founded"... that was you! Please I wasn't here to start anything or get caught up in some crusade.
So where does this leave us... just adding a link to what is normally a reliable site to find how a store/internet front or such conducts business cannot be purported as malice intent. Upon further review I did I point to the fact that some 160 post all magically popped up, (dave_I don't remember seeing that until after you amended your post) and I'm not representing/defending any party here.
For me this is concluded.
Casecutter - Everyone is entitled to their opinion. I have nothing personal against you, just commenting on comments.
You asked where do the 772 negative feedback come from. Makes me think you can't read.
To save you a trip back up the page:
"Better yet. check out the 772 negative ebay feedback"
Step by step.
1. go to ebay
2. click on advanced link (to the right of the search button)
3. click in find member on left side
4. type in 1saleaday and the captcha code
5. click search
6. click on the feedback score number link
7. click on the number for negative feed back (756 right now)
Bingo! All the negative feed back in one convenient location with out the need to go searching through pages.
Other than just about everything in your last 2 comments, here's the part that I don't get.
*Why the link?* It ABSOLUTELY serves no purpose other than to promote the vendor.
Your 1st comment says "Got one of these as a Christmas present at MicroCenter, after the rebate it was $20 so this is good price!
This listing is for a refurbished one. Apples and oranges. Don't get it. What does the link have to do with the item. The link, plain and simple says: Hey, check out this link I'm providing. Look at all the great reviews for this seller. Based on all these great reviews I (meaning you Casecutter) would recommend this seller.
Anyway, think about this. Right now there's 756 negative feedback for 1 month. Now let's just suppose that on average there are 250 a month. Now X 11 then add 756 = 3506 people that were negatively impacted. that's just the ones that bothered to do feedback.
I noticed you skipped over the complaintsboard and ripoffreport stuff.
Now add that and the consumeraffairs stuff to the mix and that SURE is a whopping bunch more than your pithy 40 you reported.
Hears the deal. I buy something listed as "new" from a reputable seller (Amazon, Buy, Walmart) I can be satisfied 100% in my mind that I…
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Ok, so I couldn't stay away as long as I said. This place is like abad addiction. I can't seem to get enough of it. So, anyway, I went out today and bought myself a birthday gift. Abrand new, shiney, HP laptop and I LOVE it! Of course, I haven't donemuch with it yet but I look forward to being able to bring it with mewhen I'm sitting around waiting for the boys to finish up their extracurricular activities. There is a coffee shop that has wirelessinternet available, I think they are going to get quite used to seeingme in there every week! So, I'll see you guys around! Thanks for the birthday wishes!
I've come to the overwhelming realization that PFB is turning moreinto a place to come for controversy than anything else. I know howmany times PFB has said the Top 20 and the Top 25 Blogs are computergenerated but it is my opinion that we aren't being told the wholetruth at least on the Blog part. Why, you ask? Because the last time anyone posted anything to LittleTrooper's blog was back in November. She has had no interaction withanyone on PFB since then yet her blog is in the top 10. Why? Theyare going to say because it is getting a lot of hits. From whom didthe hits come to get it on the list to begin with? I understand nowthat it is there it may get its fair share of hits but what exactlypushed it there? The same goes for Icon's blog. She hasn't been herein forever. She was a well liked member of the community, perhapsthat is why it is up there. Little Trooper, however, was swimming in controversy. PFB just had todig something up to get it going again...but it didn't work seem towork that way as there are no new posts on there that I can find. I just don't buy that this site is what it proposes to be anymore. How does a letter that has had a total of 5 responses make its way tothe #1 slot in a matter of 3 minutes? I know there aren't that manypeople on at any given time clicking numerous times on the sameletter. There are very well written, legitimate letters that have 10 responseswithin the first few minutes, most likely the same amount of peopleclicking the link to get it, yet it doesn't make it to the top 20. Why? Is PFB turning into the site that picks and chooses what they makeeasily accessible (i.e. top 20) just to stir the pot? I'm starting toquestion this more and more. So, since I'm becoming somewhat irritated with my thought processright now, I'm going to step away for a couple of weeks and see ifthat helps me have a refreshed view of this site. Take care all! Thanks so much for your unbelievable support during the difficult timewith Max and Pepe.
What better place than to post this: In Honor of Stupid People . . . . In case you needed further proof that the human race is doomed throughstupidity, here are some actual label instructions on consumer goods. On a Sears hairdryer -- Do not use while sleeping. (That's the only time I have to work on my hair.) On a bag of Fritos -- You could be a winner! No purchase necessary.Details inside. (the shoplifter special? ) On a bar of Dial soap -- "Directions: Use like regular soap." (and that would be???....) On some Swanson frozen dinners -- "Serving Suggestion: Defrost." (but, it's just a suggestion.) On Tesco's Tiramisu dessert (printed on bottom) --"Do not turn upsidedown." (well...duh, a bit late, huh!) On Marks & Spencer Bread Pudding -- "Product will be hot afterheating." (...and you thought????...) On packaging for a Rowenta iron -- "Do not iron clothes on body." (but wouldn't this save me time?) On Boot's Children Cough Medicine -- "Do not drive a car or operatemachinery after taking this medication." (We could do a lot to reduce the rate of construction accidents if wecould just get those 5 year-olds with head-colds off those bulldozers.) On Nytol Sleep Aid -- "Warning: May cause drowsiness." (...I'm taking this because???....) On most brands of Christmas lights --"For indoor or outdoor use only." (as opposed to what?) On a Japanese food processor -- "Not to be used for the other use." (now, somebody out there, help me on this. I'm a bit curious.) On Sainsbury's peanuts -- "Warning: contains nuts." (talk about a news flash) On an American Airlines packet of nuts -- "Instructions: Open packet,eat nuts." (Step 3: say what?) On a child's Superman costume -- "Wearing of this garment does notenable you to fly." (I don't blame the company. I blame the parents for this one.) On a Swedish chainsaw -- "Do not attempt to stop chain with your handsor genitals." (Oh my God..was there a lot of this happening somewhere?)
The boys asked me to take Pepe's picture down now so I replaced himwith a picture of my neice, Gracie who will be 1 in February. Ain't she a cutie!?!?!
Well, it's turning out to be quite the depressing way to start off theyear here in the Pickletoes household. I'll start off with a littlebackground... Six months ago I took my yellow lab to the vet to examine a lump thathad formed on his leg. He's 11 years old and lumps and bumps arepretty common on older large-breed dogs. The vet and I togetherdecided it would be harder on him to go through the surgery experiencethan it would be for him to live with this lump. I told the vet thatI would bring him back if the lump became too cumbersome for him or ifit grew dramatically. Well, three weeks ago this lump began torapidly grow. I called the vet but they were unable to schedule anappointment for a consultation until January 3. Another week goes byand the lump grows dramatically. Over night one last Thursday nightMax (the dog) licked a hole in this lump which made it bleed and oozepuss. I called the vet first thing on Friday morning and in we went. The vet scheduled the removal surgery for next Thursday leaving thelump intact. Overnight Friday night Max irritated the lump so badlythat the actual tumor exited the skin and is hanging from his leg. Saturday morning I awoke to a 2' puddle of puss, blood, blood clotsand some other matter on the middle of my dining room floor. It wasGROSS to say the least. I immediately called the vet who said therewas nothing they could do until the scheduled Thursday surgery. Shesaid I could take him to the emergency vet but that they, too, wouldturn me away with nothing more than a bandaid. So, since Saturdaymorning I have been dressing this outstandingly large wound andputting all of my old long-sleeve t-shirts on the dog in order to notallow him to irritate this thing any more. I have to say, the stenchcoming from this wound is unbelievable. It is my opinion that Max maynot survive until Thursday but I will do everything in my power tomake sure he does. If, by the grace of God he does survive, I'munsure if he will survive the process of the surgery. To top everything off, our beloved Pepe (budgie...or more commonlyknown as a parakeet) passed away this morning. We do not know thecause. He was a very young budgie and his death comes as a completeshock. R.I.P. Pepe. We will miss you. http://i12.tinypic.com/48no6yq.jpg (This link should take you to apic of our lovely Pepe) Hopefully Max will pull through surgery just fine and 2007 will beginto go uphill. Happy New Year all.
Ok, so lately things have gotten a little out of control here at PFB. While I LOVE the debate that is sparked by the letters here at PFB thepersonal jabs just have to stop. We are all part of this community,like it or not, and while we don't necessarily have to get along weshould do our best to keep the debates civil. Too many people believethat anyone hurt by words on the internet are simply unstable people. That's not the case at all. There truly is no difference (other thanintonation) between the written and spoken word. Words meant fornothing more than to cut like a knife cut no less simply because theycome across the internet. True, this one doesn't truly know that one,but the fact is a certain level of respect is gained (or lost)throughout the internet relationship and when sharp words are usedthey cut just the same. Perhaps the relationship isn't anything morethan fingers and a keyboard but mentally it may go beyond that. What are we accomplishing by using sharp words, pointing fingers,making accusations? It might make me feel better for a moment toprove someone wrong (such as IAMIRISH) but I can do so without usinghurtful words. Had I used hurtful words my argument would have beenmuddied (is that a word?), my point completely lost in the disdaindripping from the words. Later, looking back, I would have regrettedgetting to my point that way and wished I had used better judgementwhen posting. This is exactly why, if need be, I take a step back,wait a little while to respond, think out my approach and take a verylong time composing my response before actually clicking send. Iread, re-read, and re-read again. I make several changes along theway. Should there be a questionable term within my post I weighwhether there is a better term out there, one that won't cut as muchas the other. I haven't always been like that here at PFB. I learnedmy lesson many months ago from a poster by the name of Lori B (as muchas I hate to admit I learned anything from her) and since that timeI've tried my best to post the same way every time. Today we lost a valuable member of the site. This kind of thingshouldn't happen. We really need to be aware, use good judgement whenposting, get our points across without sharp or distinctly hurtfulwords. This way we can remain the community we've always been, onethat can respectfully disagree on so many issues, one that allows usto express ourselves freely, and one that has always been veryaccepting.
Ok, so I have a complaint but I'm debating on whether or not I wish toformally lodge it with the CVS or not. I did not speak to a managerat the time of this incident but I did speak to the pharmacist so Idon't know if I went up the chain of command correctly. The problem is that I put a prescription in for my son for verynecessary medication. This is a very controlled substance that musthave an original prescription every month, can not be called in byanyone, and is only allowed every 30 days by the insurance company. This makes timing this prescription very difficult. I dropped theprescrip off at 12:00 on Saturday and told the lady I'd like to wait. She said no way could they have it before 4:00 p.m. She took my phonenumber down and I told her I'd be back. I wasn't able to go back thatday so I went back on Sunday. Keep in mind I've heard nothing fromthe pharmacy so I assume everything is fine. I get there on Sunday topick it up and am told that they are backordered and that therewouldn't be any in until Tuesday. The problem is that I need thisbefore Tuesday as Monday is the last pill. It is my belief that CVSshould have called me on Saturday to tell me so that I could makedifferent arrangements. They did not. I asked "couldn't you havetold me this on Saturday" and the response I got was "I wish I couldhave". Well, they had my phone number, not only on my account butright there on the prescription as well. I don't know, it just irritated me that they didn't think it wasimportant to call me and let me know they were out. What do you think? Mind you, my son will not die without thismedicine but it is something he truly needs.
I can never find Mr. Helpful's email address when I want to report apost that contains personal information, sooooo.................. firstname.lastname@example.com HA! Solved that problem, now didn't I? Hmmm...now I just need to figure out how to remember that I posted ithere!
I've been keeping an eye one the 9/11 post in the top 20. I've beenreading what everyone was doing on that horrible day 5 years ago. What I'm finding amazing is the fact that absolutely everyone I talkto knows EXACTLY where they were and what they were doing at the verymoment the planes went into the trade center. I can't remember whatthe heck I did yesterday but I'll never forget where I was and what Iwas doing on 9/11. I'll never forget the horrible feeling ofhopelessness, helplessness, etc. I'll never forget wanting to jumpthrough my television and just be at ground zero to help in any way Icould. The only way I knew to help was to give and give and give. There have been many things happen in my lifetime that should havemarked me enough to remember where I was or what I was doing when ithappened. The fact of the matter is that 9/11 is the only incidentwhere I believe the entire NATION knows exactly what they were doingat the time. And even more amazing, we will all be elderly and wewill all remember exactly what we were doing. We'll pass the storydown to our grandchildren and, hopefully, our great grandchildren andtell them what it was like to watch the events unfold.
I'm totally bored! My kids are outside playing with the neighborhoodkids and my mother is in the family room watching Rachel Ray cook a30-minute meal. I just finished cooking dinner two hours ago and Ihave no desire to watch someone else cook dinner. I do, however, havethe desire to share a very, very good recipe with my PFB friends. This is a recipe for Flank Steak. I've tried the same marinade onother cuts of meat and the results never seem the same. So, Istrongly suggest you find a Flank Steak to make this recipe. Here we go: 1 Cup firmly packed Brown Sugar 1/2 Cup Oil 1/2 Cup Soy Sauce 2 - 3 Green Onions (the entire stalk, waste not want not) 1 - 2 cloves of garlic (fresh is best but if you don't have it garlicpowder works) About 1 tablespoon Sesame Seed A pinch of Ginger Take all 7 ingredients and place them all in a 2-gallon zip lock bag. Close the bag and shake, smush, do whatever it takes to disolve thebrown sugar in the mixture. Take a 1+ pound flank steak and place itin the bag. Zip the bag most of the way closed, press out the air andclose the bag completely. Once the steak is in there make sure tosmush it around a bit to cover all parts of the steak. Place in thefridge for two days flipping the bag over a few times during thattime. Now comes the important part. This steak should be cooked on a grill. It can be a grill that is on your stove or the outside grill but itDOES NOT work on the George Foreman grill (trust me, I tried it!). Grill to your desired doneness. Slice against the grain on a sharpangle. Yummy!!!! All of your family and friends will love this, we have itat all of our cookouts! Well, all of your friends and family will love this if they aren'tvegetarians/vegans and they like beef. :o) Enjoy!
Ok, so it is Labor Day and I don't have much to do. Did everyone hearthat Steve Irwin, The Crocodile Hunter, died? The poor man wasspeared by a Sting Ray. Can you imagine? What I find so ironic isthat a fairly peaceful animal led to his death as opposed to themultitudes of crocodile's he's wrestled in his lifetime. What a lovefor animals this man had. He'll surely be missed in the animal world.
I posted a comment on LadyMac's blog in the hopes that she would comehere to give me a little advice. Originally it was regarding twoissues, one dealing with my neighbors and one dealing with my sisterand her daughter. Since asking for this advice my sister grew somegonads and has decided to consult an attorney making my need forLadyMac's advice no longer necessary. So, on to the question about my neighbors. When I first attempted topost this I went in to a very long story of how the situation as it isnow came to be. But, in order to save time and space, I'm going tocondense it a bit here. Basically what I have is a separated motherof 3 living on my direct left. Her soon-to-be ex-husband lives 3houses to my right. For illustrative purposes...I live at the veryend of a cul-de-sac, if you drove up my court and continued straightthrough the end you'd be in my house. So, the neighbor directly to myleft is somewhat turned while the ex-husband's house almost faces herhouse. Ok, so this is a very serious divorce/custody battle. Thehusband is contesting the divorce every step of the way. None of thisis any of my business and I would have kept it that way except theex-husband felt it necessary to place a video camera in his upstairswindow taping everything that goes on at my house and at my neighbor'shouse. Apparently the woman called the police regarding this and wastold there was nothing they could do about it. Is that true? Isn't what this man is doing considered stalking? If not and if thereis nothing this woman can do about this man video taping her, andindirectly my, every move, is there anything I can do about it? Thisman has no right to video tape the goings on at my home. Well, atleast I don't think he does. Heck, even the school my son goes to hasto write a letter to me regarding the use of video and the fact thatmy son may be video taped. If the school has to do that what givesthis guy the right to video tape everything. Of course we aren'tdoing anything wrong it just feels violating. Is there anything I cando?
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Alright peeps (HA! How do you like that word? I learned it from my13-year old niece, apparently it is the new word for people or friend)I'm out of here. I'm on my way to Jamaica. I'll be gone for a week,keep it real around here for me while I'm gone. I'm sure you willanyway but I thought it sounded good to say! :0) I'm going to get me one of those fancy drinks with a paper umbrella! Have a great week all!
Ok, so every year I take a fairly exotic vacation using my taxreturns. I plan on seeing most of the world before I go on to theafter-life. This year my destination of choice is Jamaica. I'mleaving exactly one week from today. With everything that has gone on over the past couple of days Irealize that I have to rethink the way I pack my suitcases. I alsoneed to decide if I am going to take on my purse and 1 carry-on with 1change of clothes for me and the boys. The dilemma I'm facing is alonger time to get through security if I carry on the bag with achange of clothes. I'm struggling with whether or not to just goahead and check all baggage except my purse. The problem I'm havingwith that is that airlines sometimes lose luggage. If I checkeverything I have no guarantee that it will be there when I arrive inJamaica. The resort I'm staying in is 90 minutes away from the airport. I'mnot renting a car as I plan on getting to Beaches and remaining therefor the full week (I've been told not to leave the resort) so I won'thave the ability to go back to the airport to pick up my missingbaggage. This would mean that my boys and I won't have our bathingsuits, sunscreen, toothpaste, etc. during at least some part of thestay. This scares me! While I completely understand the measures being taken to provide forour safety, I can't say that I understany why the airlines haven'tstepped up and made some kind of statement regarding baggage. I wouldhave thought by now they would have said "Because we believe youshould check all baggage in order to comply with the new TSAstandards, Delta...United...(insert appropriate airline here) has putin place a new guarantee regarding lost luggage. If your luggage isnot with you at your destination and is not found and returned to youwithin 24 hours, Delta...United (insert..) will entitle you to a fairmarket value of your belongings in order to replace your necessities." I can't see being stuck in Jamaica without my bathing suit, without achange of clothes, without sunscreen, etc. Sure, all of those thingscan be replaced but not without leaving the resort. I've been scaredstraight about leaving the resort and have no intention in doing so. I think I'm getting worked up for nothing. I have a direct flight sothe chances of my luggage getting lost is slim but it still sits inthe back of my mind. If you are traveling in the near future do you plan on bringing yourpersonal carry-on plus 1 bag with a change of clothes or do you haveenough faith in the airlines to check everything except yourwallet/purse?
In the course of trying to always look our best, how far are wewilling to go? http://www.cnn.com/2006/LAW/07/31/basement.lipo.ap/index.html?section=cnn_topstories Obviously this isn't the first time this couple has done this. Sick, absolutely positively disgusting! Can you imagine being sodesperate that you'd allow this couple to even come within 10 feet ofyou with the tool used for lipo? I can't!
Ok, 10 miles from my home a mother of 6 children was warned that a manshe was hanging out with was a child molester (not just hanging outwith him, he was the father of one of her children). She was informedof the fact that he was a child sex offender by her mother. She choseto continue a relationship with him, allowing him to babysit herchildren. He babysat for her while she is in drug rehabilitation. What a stand-up guy, right? Talk about reformed. In 1990 he served 7months of a 7 year sentence for sexual child abuse (do WHAT?!?!) In2002 he was convicted for abusing a 13-year old boy for 18 months. Hepleaded guilty and through the plea deal was sentenced to 2consecutive 10 year sentences with all but 1 year suspended. (are youfreakin kidding me right now?!?!) This is the kind of person thiswoman has allowed to be alone with her children. Last Friday her 11-year old son (not the son of the man describedabove) wanted a snow-ball. He set out to get this snow-ball from acorner store. He never returned. It wasn't until yesterday (Monday)that this man called his daughter and told her where this child's bodycould be found. He raped and killed him. I can't help but wonderwhat the sentence will be this time...life with all but 2 or 3 yearssuspended? Man, the legal system in this country sure has it's downfallssometimes. That poor child.
Ok, so I don't know how many of you know what a Dragon Boat is but Iam a member of a Dragon Boat team. A dragon boat is a boat that holds20 paddlers, 1 drummer, and 1 steerer. I am a paddler. The idea isthat all paddlers paddle in perfect unison while the drum indicateswhen the tip of the paddle should be breaking the water's surface andthe steerer keeps us on course. If you'd like to see a dragon boat,just google it, there are tons of pics out there. Ok, so we are practicing at the Inner Harbor in Baltimore (back uglyside) and the water is incredibly choppy. These are not particularlystable boats as there are so many people and the boat is rather smallcomparitively speaking. Anyway, I look over at another team that ispracticing and I notice that they are not bailing the water that iscollecting in their boat as the water pours over the top. The nextthing I know I'm look at 20 paddler's heads bobbing up and down in thewater, the boat is gone except for the drummers seat (drummer stillsitting confidently on top) and all paddlers still in their respectiveseats (even though the rest of the boat is no where to be seen). These paddlers, even though their boat is completely submersed, arestill paddling. Where on earth they thought they were going to go isbeyond me! It looked so funny. Swamping a boat is pretty common but unfortunately all forces must becalled in for a tipped or swamped boat. So, the marine police, theBaltimore City Police Helicopter, the Baltimore City Fire Department(land and water divisions) all had to come out and "rescue" these 22people. There is no way out of the water other than to be pulled out(it is not comfortable being pulled onto the dock as your tummy getsall scraped up because the PFD is up around your head and your tummyis exposed). So, they get everyone out of the water and the deal is that they haveto clear the boat of the water and get back in to either continuepracticing or paddle it around to the correct side of the dock. So,this team does what is expected and gets back in the boat once it isworthy again. They decide to continue on with practice and within 10minutes, there they were again...slowly sinking. This time, however,the water got the best of them and tipped the boat. I kept tellingthem to bail before they sunk the second time but no one seemed tolisten. Well, needless to say, the Police Dept towed the boat to thedock and made the team stop their practice for the night. Two years ago the boat I was on capsized and it wasn't any fun. Butthis year it seems everyone is taking these swampings and tippingswith a grain of salt. We all, including the drenched team, got areally good laugh out of all of this! Anyway, Race Day is September 9, Inner Harbor, from 7:30 - 4:30. Allproceeds benefit Catholic Charities. If you are in the area and arelooking for something to do, it really is a good time to come down andwatch the races!
$10 BILLION in profits. This is over and above what they pay theirmultitudes of employees, over and above what they pay out of thebusiness, yet gas prices remain outrageously high. I don't care thereasons, I don't care if North Korea shot a rocket, I don't care aboutany of it. If it isn't hurting Exxon's profit margin, but making itgrow remarkably, there is something incredibly wrong. It is time for the government to step in here. People are losingtheir homes, jobs, livlihoods because they can't afford to get backand forth to work. Luckily I recently moved closer to my work makingit so I only (get that, I'm saying only) spend $100 per month in gas. If I hadn't movedmy gas bill would have been $200+ per month. Whenpeople can't afford to drive, they can't afford to spend, this isgoing to be like a domino (is there an 'e' at the end of thatword...you know, unlike potato..hee hee) effect and the economy isgoing to crash because people can't afford to go out and buy anythingbecause they are saving their money so they will be able to put gas intheir car. As it is right now I have to cut down on the amount of sandwiches Itake to the soup kitchen. I can't afford to take them more than oncea week anymore. Not because I can't afford the makings of thesandwich but because I can't afford to drive down there more than onceper week. This is insane! I don't know how to explain to my childrenwhy we don't go to the kitchen as much anymore. I don't want them toworry and think we are having difficult times, we are not havingdifficult times but if I continue to go to the kitchen I will beginhaving difficult times. It's just too much I say, just too much. I have a Toyota Camry,certainly not a gas guzzler...$50 every other week is ENTIRELY toomuch. What do you say guys, is it time to revert to horse n' buggy? Do weall switch to the type of car that runs off whatever it is that comesfrom corn (I've been reading a lot about that lately). Perhaps if weall did that we could make the farmers of the country rich and Mr.Exxon would have to sell his Mercedes, his mansion, fire his maids,clean the indoor pool himself, etc. Ahhh, one can dream, can't one?
My brother and niece (5 months old) are here from Atlanta for a visit. This is my first time meeting my niece and I'm very excited andloving her every moment. BUT, my brother is getting on my finalnerve! He must think that he's the only person in the world that hashad a child. He seems to think he knows it all. It's driving menutso! The biggest ordeal is that he has the straps on her car seatentirely too loose. There is a gap of approximately 5 inches betweenher and the strap (when pulled outward) and the strap should be snugagainst the baby. We told him how dangerous it is that the strap isso loose and he told us we are wrong! GRRRRRR! He said since shestill faces the rear the straps don't have to be tight, they only haveto be tight when she starts facing forward. Ummmmm, HELLO, if you arehit from behind the force of the impact is going to thrust the babyout of the seat and propel her with a ton of force into the straps(possibly out of the car seat entirely as the gap is big enough forher to fit through should the impact be strong enough) probablyseriously injuring her or even killing her. He won't listen, heinsists that the straps don't have to be snug. We told him to take her and the seat to the Fire Department and askthem if they think she is properly restrained but he won't. He sayshe's right and that's it. Well, I tightened them without telling him. Hopefully he won't notice. There is still a gap but it is only 2" nowinstead of 5 which I think is still fairly unsafe. So, as soon as heheads out the door to the airport tomorrow, we are going to call hiswife (who stayed home with the pets) and tell her how incrediblyunsafe she is in that car seat. She'll listen. Oh, a little background on my brother and sister-in-law. They areolder first-time parents, my brother is 45 and sister-in-law 44. So,being older and first-time parents isn't mixing that well (set intheir ways, know it all - at least my brother is that way). I thought they taught you at the hospital how to hook the baby insafely. They either weren't taught or didn't listen. I wish theywould just go to the Fire Department, I'm thinking they would have awake-up call.
I'd draw a picture of Bo!... haha.
THAT would be fun. He is mighty fine!
Yep, it sure did happen. Someone on this site got the better of me(or shall I say worst of me). Nic(whateverherstupidnameis) who has aproblem with Home Depot, Walmart, and PFB indicated that she may verywell call her children stupid. I have absolutely no tolerance forchild abuse, zero, zilch, nada, none. She is one sick woman! I always attempt to be kind (to a degree) in my responses, I try tolend respect (even to this poster until I was brought out of myidiotic stupor by ticky) to all of the posters/letter writers here atPFB but let me tell you, this one released the beast. Even the infamous Lori B. didn't ruffle my feathers like the simplecomment made by this poster "So what if I do"....OMG, I'm freakinfumin!
I'll post my email address here. I keep forgetting to include it inmy posts, so here it is, for all the world to admire: email@example.com
Ok, so I woke up this morning feeling a bit under the weather. Ithought to myself, ah..no big deal, it's Saturday, I'll take a naponce the kids go to their father's house. I came on the puter to playsome games and see what was up at PFB. Two hours go by before itdawns on me that today is FRIDAY, not Saturday and I have to go towork. I have no clue what made me have my moment of realization but itcame to me no matter! Dang it!! I hate it when my mind plays tricks onme. I'm thinking it's a good thing I realized it was Friday or I'd beAWOL from work! Gee, it's hell getting old! LOL
I don't want to write a letter about this because I really am not sureit warrants one, but I do feel like getting it off my chest and whatbetter place to do that than here on my PFB blogger..... Ok, so I'm in Hershey, PA on vacation with my boys. Five days atHershey Park (oh boy!) I'll start my story a couple months back when my sons saved all oftheir money to purchase "Heelys" (sp?). For those of you who don'tknow what these are, they are tennis shoes with wheels in the heelswhere you can walk normally or shift your weight and roll on thewheels. They are all the rave with kids everywhere. In April (before my sons got their Heelys) we visited Hershey Park topurchase our season passes and enjoy Springtime in the Park. Everywhere we looked children were riding their Heelys throughout thepark. I believe this is what made my sons fall in love with theHeelys idea, who wouldn't want to roll down the hills instead ofwalking. So, they set on their quest to purchase Heelys. So, yesterday was Day 1 of our 5-day Hershey Park adventure. Wearrived at the park at 11 a.m. and enjoyed many rides, all the whilemy sons using the wheels on their Heelys to travel down the hills, andall the while I'm asking them to be observant and not to disrupt othervisitors by cutting them off, etc. I don't really like the idea ofany kids riding these Heelys throughout the park and I decide thatthey are not allowed to wear them back to the park when we returnlater in the day after checking in to the hotel. But, because thereare several other children making use of their wheels, I allow my boysto make use of theirs while they had the chance. So, it comes time toleave the park and run to the hotel to check in. My oldest son chose to use his wheels at the very entrance of thepark. It was then that
Ok, I hate, hate, hate shrink wrap. I cut my hands up every time Ihave to open a package that graces me with shrink wrap. It is nearimpossible to penetrate and certainly it is impossible to open thepackage enough to comfortably return the package should something bewrong with the contents. Ok, so what when I don't have scissorsavailable? How on earth do I get into the package. Certainly thereshould be a hidden prize in the package for anyone able to get it openwithout the use of a knife or scissors. Harumph! My suggestion, send all shrink wrap and the inventor to a desertisland to live together in perfect harmony!
Ok, my name really isn't that difficult. Two "Bars" plus an "A",surely it isn't hard, right? Well, the cop that pulled me over andgave me a ticket for driving on expired tags (dang man, I had no cluethey had expired, I don't even remember getting the notice from theDMV) must not think it's too easy. When I got home after being given the ticket (this was last Saturday)I was so flustered I just paid the ticket and renewed my tags online. I printed the temporary registration and immediately taped it in myback window. It wasn't until just a few moments ago that I actually looked at theticket more carefully. This man, who had my drivers license to copyfrom, spelled my name Bararbra. Now, if he was so observant that henoticed my tag was expired (which I actually thanked him for notifyingme but not for the $60 ticket! LOL) how is it that he couldn't beobservant enough to write my name correctly - 2 bars and an A Barbara. Oh well, he was cute so I guess that makes up for it. :o)
Damn me, I'm too dang efficient! Here it is, 11:30 on Friday (5.5more hours to go) and I've finished all of my projects well beforedeadline. I have several projects with deadlines of the end of nextweek but can't move forward with them until the information from theDeveloper comes in which won't happen until Monday. If there wereanything I could do for the projects now I would but everythingdepends on the information from the Developer and their lender. Now Ihave nothing more to do than to sit here and watch the seconds tick byuntil 5 p.m. ARRGGG I'm going to go crazy! ;o)
I found this at my3cents.com. The piece speaks for itself. If youfind you have time, click the link and actually listen to theconversation. UNREAL!!! http://www.nbc10.com/news/9406462/detail.html
I really got to thinking about it and can't help but wonder if we allhave become so accustomed to poor customer service that we've switchedfrom being consumer advocates to being skeptical about mostcomplaints. It's almost as if we are excusing these fast foodrestaurants for poor customer service, passing it off with a commentregarding the "under paid, under trained teenagers that work there". When do we start holding the corporations who employ these teenagersresponsible for training their staff? I think the letter that brought me to this conclusion was theSpoonless, Bone-in-the-nugget letter where, in my opinion, the letterwriter had a very valid complaint. I chose to stay off that threadbecause I really didn't think there was much I could offer. Ibelieved the letter was well written and the complaint very valid. The letter writer didn't ask for compensation, she simply asked forbetter customer service in the future. Quite honestly, I wouldn'thave know the chili was for a Taco Salad (but then again, I don't eatat Wendy's very often). I am finding that I am so quick to question the validity of complaintsthat I'm not giving the letter writer the benefit of the doubt. Ofcourse there are some serious abusers of the complaint system, such asthe high chair - McDonalds (and every other restaurant out there)lady, and those are the types of complainers I don't tend to believe. But because of the skepticism gained from those types of posters, Ican't help but wonder if I'm being fair and impartial to each andevery letter. Certainly it is something to think about. Now, as far as the ability to write a coherent, intelligent letter,please see my blog below (two blogs down). In short, I believe thereshould be a place where new letter writers can go in order to getadvice (if they so choose) on how to write a great, effective,answer/resolution-worthy letter. I think grammar and sentencestructure are very important when attempting to resolve issues andI'll continue to critique the abilities, or lack thereof, of letterwriters. But I'll first sit back and try to decifer whether or notthe actual complaint is valid. I know some are written so poorly thatone can not even figure out what the complaint is, but I'm going togive it a go and try to put myself into the shoes of the person who islodging the complaint. Perhaps, had I been in the same situation, I'dbe upset about whatever the complaint is too. We shall see how this goes! :o)
Imagine, if you will, being called to duty for something you don'tbelieve in. Imagine being coaxed into the military by the very niceoffering of free education, serving your country, and doing what'sright. Most young men, especially those seeing themselves on thewrong path, find military duty quite attractive, signing themselves upbefore they truly know what they've gotten themselves into. They gointo the service boys and, in six short weeks, are turned into men. They feel great about themselves and they are ready to get on with thetask at hand, learning a new trade or going to college. Then they get the call. They are to go fight for our country whetherthey believe in the cause or not. They are to fight for the veryfuture the country's children are growing into. So, off they go intothe hostile territory that is Iraq. Still wet behind the ears, theyhave no idea what to expect and fear starts creeping up their spine. Wait, they are not allowed to feel fear, they must stand strong. Allthe while their childhood comes rushing back and more than anythingthey wish they could be in their mother's loving arms once again. Instead they are set out along the desert to see their comrades shotdown, to see blood and guts strewn about. They know nothing otherthan taking commands from their fearless leaders. They do what theyare told when they are told to do it. For to not follow commandscould very well mean their own demise. This may include missions toapprehend the terrorists that are beheading person after person. Meanwhile, the captured hostages are shown over the internet and on TVbegging for their lives. The reaction of the armed forces may be totry to locate the hostage (they never seem able to do so) and rescuethem but we all ultimately know what is on the mind of the U.S.Government. Why risk our position to save the lives of thesehostages. They know the risks of entering a war zone. Their livesare expendable. It's very sad, but it's very true. We lose lives toIraq every single day. It's is war and that is what happens duringwar times. Is a well known fact that innocent civilians are at risk being in awar zone. This includes Iraqi civilians. No one stateside knows theexact circumstances leading up to the deaths of Iraqi civilians; noone knows the "story" of the military as they are forced to keepeverything quiet. These troops go through extensive training on hownot to talk about intelligence, just in case they are taken captiveand are tortured for information. The same goes in the situationswhere our marines are being charged with murder of an Iraqi civilian. It is the code that they don't speak candidly of these incidents. Ican't imagine that the troops are simply going out and murderinginnocent people. I just don't see it happening. These guys simplywant to come home. They are pretty much done with death anddestruction. So, what is our Government's solution to the problems inIraq? Charge our marines with murder. Let's make ourselves look likethe good guys by showing the world we won't stand for innocent liveslost. This doesn't make sense in times of war. Of course ourmilitary can't just go around shooting people, but they are taught todefend themselves and I can't imagine that they just kill civiliansfor the "fun of it". These civilians had to have done something toprovoke their ultimate demise. Could it be a case of "in the wrongplace at the wrong time" or could this civilian pretended to have somekind of bomb? We, as the citizens of this country, will never, everknow the real truth as the armed forces certainly can not be made tolook the fool. I am not a supporter of war but I am a supporter of our troops. Ihope each and every one of them carries out their missions safely andreturn home to their loved ones. I've had enough of hearing of thedeath of our young men. It's time to allow them to come home. Theoriginal plan was to establish a government in Iraq. That governmentis now established and it is now time to allow them the space togovern the way they see fit, not the way we see fit. Please let ourtroops be safe, please let them be healthy, and please bring them homenow. It is so sad to see our death toll rise on a daily basis butnow we also have to watch the casualties of our troops beingdishonorably discharged from the military and spending years, if notlife, behind bars. All because they did what the government of thiscountry asked them to do go fight in a war. It's all very, very sad.
I am having such a hard time figuring out why it is so difficult forpeople to give companies the whole story when writing a letter tothem. It's almost as if they think the company already knows theirletter is coming and should automatically know about the incident inwhich they complain. Who cares if a letter is overly long or wordy?It doesn't matter how long it is as long as all details are spelledout in a coherent fashion so that someone can intelligently deal withthe situation instead of walking around dumbfounded by the complaint. Even though I'm not the intended recipient, I constantly find myselfstaring blankly at the computer screen, mouth agape, wondering whatthe heck the letter writer is actually trying to say. How do we get the message that the more coherent and intelligent thecomplaint letter the more likely one is to receive an adequateresponse? It's almost as if there is some type of message boardneeded for this site. That way a new letter writer could easily lookon the message boards to see the advice of different users as far asletter writing goes. Hmmm...just thinking out loud here!
Well, I don't know if my new avatar is up yet but I'm replacing thehyacinth macaw with one of my drawings. I love art, painting,drawing, and sculpture. I drew this picture of Triple H (a wrestler)as my sons love wrestling. Art is a large part of my life (when Ihave time) and I wanted to share it.
You know, it amazes me how many people walk around this planet withincredibly huge chips on their shoulder, as if they are the onlyperson in the world to have suffered a difficult life. I interactwith people who have hit rock bottom, they have no where to live, thestreet is their home, yet some of them have better attitudes than I'veseen on some posters here (and in other aspects of my life). Talkabout hard knocks, these people have seen it all. There is one particular homeless man that I talk to every time I seehim at the kitchen. He had everything he ever wanted in life, a nicehome, nice wife, beautiful children, a great job, and everything thatcame along with all of those things. When his children were 9 and 14,his wife went to pick them up at a school function, literally within 2miles of his home. It turns out that he had kissed his childrengoodbye for the very last time as they went off to their function andhis wife for the last time when she left to pick them up. Anirresponsbile, good-for-nothing drunk wiped out his entire family allin one foul swoop. His entire world fell apart, he turned to booze toease his pain. He lost everything, his family, his job, his home. Helives on the streets every day, living with people passing judgementon him, calling him a no-good drunk, etc. Yet, every time I see thisman he has a smile on his face. He beat his depression, overcame hisalcholism and is now working on building his life back up. None ofthis could have been done had he been walking around the streets withthe size chip on his shoulder that I have seen on some posters here atPFB. I really don't understand people's negative outlook on life and whatit has to offer. I work with one of those types. He has a huge chip,very little patience, and is always trying to get people to join himin his "box". I'm an "out-of-the-box" type person and I refuse to lethim drag me in with him. It irritates the crap out of him when Iwon't join in his whine session. I get a kick out of watching himsteam! Anyway, to sum this all up, I just wish people would see the worldthrough rose colored glasses just one day out of the week. I can gothrough life waking up every morning and turning on the negativeattitude or I can go through life waking up every morning and turningon the positive one. I choose positive.
Ebonics! Lately there has been some debate centered around the"official" language of the U.S. As we all know, there is no"official" language, but there is a most commonly used language,English. In recent years the school systems in some parts of thiscountry not only wanted to recognize Ebonics as a language all itsown, they also wanted to teach it as a course. So, I'm thinking thecourse would go something like this: Ok, so yo bro, to learn how to speak Ebonics, ya know wha I'm sayin',you hapta act like you ain't got no lips, man, you know what I'msayin. You gotta took your tongue, you know what I'm sayin, and runit all up around insi yo mout, man, you know what I'm sayin, den youhapta not finish all your words, you know what I'm sayin? Oh, an youcan't forget, you know what I'm sayin, to add the you know what I'msayin at the end of every single thought, you know what I'm sayin. Ifyou hab questions, you know what I'm sayin, you should just aks. Boy, that was so very difficult to write. It took me quite some time. I'm aware that some people may take offense to the above paragraph butthis is just how I feel about the situation. Our schools have alwaystaught proper English, grammar, spelling, etc. why on earth would wewant our schools to teach our children this way of speaking? Ok, so I guess you get it. Ebonics are a huge pet peeve of mine!
Well, what can be said about Anita? I'm thinking the best first itemwould be to say that my name isn't Anita! My name is Barb but the dayI made my account I was so tired of hearing "Barb, I need this, Barb,I need that", so I said to myself, I said "self, you need a new name"and that is where my screen name came from. HA! Hmmm..so who is Barb. Barb is a 38 year old single mother of twobeautiful young men who I live, eat, breath, sleep, etc. for every dayof my life. I never knew I could love so deeply and so purely withoutprejudice. It's the best feeling in the world. I purchase my very first house recently because I had to get my kidsout of a potentially dangerous area. The area I lived in for 34years. It made me so sad to watch it go from standard middle-classsuburbia to "the hood" in less than 10 years time. I stuck around as"the hood" hadn't found its way down my small, dead-end street. But,approximately one year ago my children's lives were threatened by amember of a very prominent gang here in Maryland/Virginia area (MS13). It also didn't help much that my children were enrolled in the worstschool district in the state. It was at that point that I decided thatI would give up the luxuries I allowed myself (you know, hair cutsevery six weeks, nails done once a month, etc.) and put my heart andsoul into getting my children out of there. I worked my tail end offfor 6 months and made my move. I moved them to the top schooldistrict in the state and away from the shootings that were startingto occur on a weekly basis. For that I am very proud. My walletisn't thanking me too much but it's worth every bit of sweat, tears,and aggravation I may have to go through to make ends meet. I'm very intent on teaching my boys to be very thankful for what wehave. While I work hard every day to provide what I can for them, itis by the grace of God that I am physically and mentally able to it. To help them understand that they are some of the lucky ones in theworld, we make bi-weekly trips to the local soup kitchen to deliverbox lunches that my boys and I work on during the week. In thebeginning my boys really didn't like the idea of taking the time outof their "play" time to do these things but they have come to lovegoing to the soup kitchen and interacting with the wonderful array ofpeople who are there when we drop off. Included in my list of mouths to feed are my two sons, my mother (whoalso contributes through her retirement funds, I don't want to takethat away from her), and my 9 pets (3 dogs, 3 cats, and 2 budgies and1 cockatiel). Sheesh, NINE pets! You know, I started out with onedog. Then along came a stray making two dogs. I can't turn down astray, I feel too sorry for them which leads to the three cats. Onecame from a friend who didn't want him anymore and the other's storyis too good not to tell: When I was in my old home there was a colony of feral (wild) cats inmy neighborhood. Cats are like rabbits, they multiply faster than onecan count them. Well, one day I was out in my backyard preparing tomow the lawn and I heard this tiny little squeak coming from themiddle of the yard. I didn't think much of it at the time and I wentabout my business. A few moments later, there was the squeak againonly this time it was louder, it almost sounded as if it were comingfrom more than one being. So I decided to go investigate. Much to myamazement and sheer horror there were two newborn (umbilical cordsattached and all) kittens entangled in the grass. The grass was sowrapped around these two beautiful creatures that their claws werebleeding and they had to be cut from the grass (the grass growth wasonly a week old so that is a good indication of how tiny these kittenswere). I cut them from the grass and I took them to my carport whereI laid them in the hopes that their mother (or one of the othermothers in the neighborhood) would come back and begin to take care ofthem. After a day I realize that no one was going to come for them soI picked them up, brought them in my house, gave them the names Bonnieand Clyde and they are just sweethearts! They are 3 years old now andare doing quite well. I'll tell you though, I felt like I had justgiven birth with every two hour feedings, etc! I was exhausted! Sothat is the story of my cats. The birds are a whole other ballgame. My youngest son had a verydifficult time adjusting to the move and asked if he could get a petto call his own. I figured a bird would be the best option as theyare fairly easy to care for. So, off we went and he picked out abudgie (parakeet) but I didn't feel comfortable getting just one as myson is in school all day, comes home to do homework and extracurricular activities and would only be able to devote about 1 1.5hours to the bird. I wanted him to have a buddy. So, we came homewith two budgies. They are adorable and my son couldn't be happier. The cockatiel came along when I realized my love for birds. They areso much fun, have such distinctive personalities, and just bring a tonof joy into my life. I decided that as I grow older I would like tohave a couple of large companion birds (McCaw/African Grey) but inorder to do that one needs a really good understanding of birds andhow to handle and take care of them. I learned through research thata Cockatiel (one of the smallest of the parrot family) is a good"starter" bird. So, after learning all about them I called thebreeder and waited anxiously for Apollo's homecoming. Apollo has beenhome now for 3 weeks and he is just a joy! He is funny, cute, and boydoes he have attitude. He sure isn't shy about letting you know whenyou are doing something he's not particularly fond of! As of yet Ihave not been bitten but there is a first time for everything. I'mgetting to know him and his movements really well so I'm fairly goodat reading him. For example, I have a pretty good feeling that Apollois ready to attack when he runs from my knees to my face, crest down,beak open, squawking all the way. I usually think to myself "you'dbetter turn your head now if you intend to see your nose tomorrow!" LOL In all seriousness, I love my life, I love being with all of my petsand my family. I have a wonderful job with the most understandingmanagement team. I'm very happy in life. But, like all others, Ihave my little things that irritate the crap out of me. I think I'lluse this blog forum to jot those things down as they come to me.


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She came a little later than expected, but her mom says she was very excited to have the first baby of the new year.
"Well we thought she was going to be born on New Year's Eve, but when they got the phone call that she was born on New Year's Day everybody was excited," said Anjalese Brown, the new mom.
The baby is a healthy five pounds, 12 ounces and is 20 inches long.