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Bewitched a nation
Has anyone else noticed this? President Obama really does resemble Darrin Stephens ((The first one, not the second) and Mrs. Obama looks a lot like Samantha Stephens of the Old TV show Bewitched.

Could it be?

Is there a Doctor Bombay running around the White House somewhere?

I'm a very shocked this morning. Obama, the man I voted for and support, won the Nobel Peace Prize. Being elected President of the United States does not qualify one for that prize. I believe he is more than capable of performing actions on behalf of the United States that will more than qualify him for this award, but as of right now, I don't believe he's earned it.

My personal opinion is that he should graciously turn it down.

Writer's Block: Wild Life
Years

How long could you survive on your own in the wild?

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A bad joke
I heard a bad joke today and I want to share my observations about that joke.

It went like this,

President Obama and his wife were attending the Washington National's first baseball game of the season and were sitting in seats right behind first base. The general manager of the Nationals walked up to President Obama and whispered in his ear. The President smiled and said, "You bet I would!" and then grabbed his wife and threw her on the field.

The Nat's general manager looked with shock at Mrs. Obama lying on the field and said, "Mr. President, I said would you like to throw out the first pitch!"

After hearing that joke, I realized that it must be at least 109 years old. I am sure it was told during Clinton's presidency, Roosevelt's presidency, Truman's, Harding's and Hoover's. There is nothing new under the sun. I wonder if ancient Rome had a similar traditional for the first gladiator game of the season (like throwing out the first christian) and if a similar joke was told.

It's a big circle of life thingy. (that's science kiddos)

April 1
Apparently I'm a jerk.

At 8:30 AM today, I phoned the ex-wife up and the conversation went like this.

"AJ, Jordan's in a little bit of trouble at school?" (Jordan's 17)

"Well, what is it? I don't have much time, I'm late getting Kooper up and Sophie's hungry." (Kooper's 4 and Sophie's 15 months - AJ's remarried with kids)

"Jordan's been sent home from school."

"What happened?"

"It's because two girls got into a fight this morning."

"Why does that concern Jordan?"

"One of them's pregnant."

There was a long pregnant pause and I couldn't even hear her breathe. Finally I said, "Amy, are you sitting down?"

She answered with her voice choked up and fluttering, "I-I-I am n-n-n-owww."
You could tell her stomach had dropped to her feet.

I then said, "April Fool."

She replied, "I hate you," and hung up.

She called back 20 minutes later and told me she had just pulled the same joke on her mom. Ex-wives can be really cool sometimes.

Oldest
Just got done spending 10 days at the posh resort in North Atlanta. It's called Scottish Rites Hospital. Oldest son had a raging case of pneumonia that wouldn't get better. On Dec 8th his GP decided enough was enough and sent our butts down to Scottish Rites. We saw the pulminary speciliast, the gastro specialist, and some really hot nurses, respiratory therapists, and physical therapists.

At first the eggheads were pushing the idea that Jere-bear was aspirating his food and that's why he's started getting the lung junk. I wasn't buying it. He had a swallow study four years ago that showed that he wasn't aspirating food. Turns out I was right. The upper GI test he had this week showed that Jeremy was refluxing again. He's been aspirating his own stomach acid. The surgery he had 13 years ago finally broke down. They're going to have to go back and redo the reflux surgery and fix an upper esophagus hernia in 6 to 8 weeks. In the meantime, he is not allowed to eat. A g-j tube was inserted and now all of his food is run through that tube. Liquid only that runs straight to his intestine, bypassing his stomach. He is so unhappy. His mobility is now severely restricted and his poop is now watery and toxic. Both of those have him intensely depressed. He's just been laying in his bed crying and sleeping. If he could talk, I know he'd be asking why we've made him a prisoner in his own bed.

Only 41 ro 55 more days until he has the surgery and he can resume eating and moving and playing like his normal self.

Writer's Block: Gone but Not Forgotten

Many beloved television shows are no longer with us, like Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Six Feet Under, and Mystery Science Theater 3000. What defunct television show do you miss the most?

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The HBO series Carnival and I believe it was on Showtime, "Dead Like Me"

50,000+
Did it, hit 50,000 + in nanowrimo.

That is a creative, fun, tedious at times, happy task.

wooooooo.

Eric's and Scott's nanowrimo stories are better than mine. I truly hate them, but not enough to sabotage them in their writing. I am amazed at how original Eric's writings are, even using a character that no other writer has ever based a story upon. It's a truly wonderful tale and I want him to finish it so I can read it. And then steal it.

Once again, Scott's tale is interesting and engrossing. Mine is just a story about an alternate unisverse me. Big wooooop.

Scott, Eric, you both know that eventually, I'll have to feed you to the cannabilistic monkeys that infest the forgotten sewers of Cary, North Carolina.

started a new community for my Nanowrimo story
started a new community for my nanowrimo story. It's friend's only and the community name is ghost_tour.

Writer's Block: Revolutionary Thought

It's the anniversary of the Russian Revolution, marking the Marxist overthrow of the Russian government. Karl Marx once wrote that "religion is the opium of the people." What is the new opium of the people?

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Hate Radio

Writer's Block: Novel Ideas
Matt and a Ghost Body host a ghost tour for the fashionably rich and stooopid.

I am a true liberal

I am a true liberal, I believe we all have the freedom to speak our minds. I also believe that since we can voice our opinions, as adults we are also mature enough to live with the results. Including bloody noses.

I am a true liberal, I believe that a woman's body belongs to her, anything else is slavery. I also believe that if a woman becomes pregnant outside of rape, that if the man objects and the woman wants to stay pregnant, she is responsible for the costs of raising that child.

I am a true liberal, I believe in the right to own a weapon for protection, against robbers, murderers, and illegal actions brought about by our government and police.

I am a true liberal, I believe in the right of a group of people to form a union to represent them in the work force. Unions have brought about affordable health care, pensions, and child labor laws. I also believe that a person has the right to NOT join a union, and to be free from penalty for doing so. If the benefits of the union are sufficient, people will join.

I am a true liberal, I believe in affordable health care. I also believe that the laws must be changed to better protect the patient, not the insurance companies or the health providers, many of whom are now LLCs, and not individual doctors.

I am a true liberal, I believe man should be allowed to hunt, for sport and food. If it disgusts you, purchase the land and protect your property.

I am a true liberal, I believe a person's life is more valuable than an animals; that being said, I also believe that torture is torture and that a person who will molest and torture an animal will also molest and torture a person.

I am a true liberal, I believe adults should be allowed to love whom they will in the manner of their choosing. I also believe that children are not adults and that predators who prey on children should be removed from society.

I am a true liberal, I believe we should be allowed to worship or not worship as our conscience dictates. I also believe that the government has no business telling churches who to worship, and churches have no business telling governments who to elect or what laws to enact.

I am a true liberal, I believe that it is our duty to protect our troops. It is their duty to follow the orders of their military superiors. It is our duty as citizens that their military superiors have sufficient oversight.

I am a true liberal, I believe that Christianity is about love and charity, not greed and selfishness. I am a true liberal, I believe that Judaism is about finding peaceful resolution among differing customs. I am a true liberal, I believe Islam is about intellectual cooperation between people. I am a true liberal, I believe Buddhism is about establishing loving understanding between man and woman. I am a true liberal, I believe that Hinduism is about peacefully finding your path in this world.

I am a true liberal, as an atheist, I believe that the good I can do, I must do now, as I can be gone by tomorrow.

I am a true liberal, I realize that I can be, and will probably be wrong, but that my actions must be honorable and loving, for anything else would make me a lesser person. It is not my duty to point out my opponents faults, but to show him or her the benefits that constructive love has for all people.

John McCain is a good man and I am proud that he is an American, but I voted for Barack Obama because I truly believe that he can bring about the changes that America needs at this time.

Thank you Mr. McCain for honorably serving your country, for honorably speaking up for your opponent when your supporters yelled ugly epithets against him. At any other point of my life, I'd have voted for you, but at this election, I had to honorably vote for your opponent.

Signed,

A true liberal

What is forgiveness
Is forgiveness weakness or strength?

As someone who has harmed others, asking for forgiveness is necessary, and accepting the consequences of that asking can be seen as weakness by others who believe that might makes right. True strength of character is the willingness to allow others to be hurt by your actions and to understand that it takes time to forgive. That doesn't mean that you have to allow yourself to be degraded and belittled, but atonement is necessary and must be earned.

As one who has been hurt, allowing yourself to feel pain is necessary, but carrying a hateful grudge and plans of revenge will only turn yourself from a victim to a monster. Forgive those who are sincere.

As an atheist, the good you do, you must do now.

And why is it that I have these thoughts only around midnight.

I'm not that nice
Last week I received this e-mail from my ex-mother-in-law. She used to love me.

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SEND THIS E-MAIL TO EVERYONE YOU KNOW!!!!!!
Just verified this with Snopes and it is REAL. ALSO WENT TO TRUTH OR FICTION, IT'S on their site also. Emails with pictures of Osama Bin-Laden hanged are being sent and the moment that you open these emails your computer will crash and you will not be able to fix it

1.) If you get an e-mail along the lines of 'Osama Bin Laden Captured' or 'Osama Hanged', don't open the Attachment!!!! This e-mail is being distributed through countries around the globe, but mainly in the US and Israel.

Be considerate & send this warning to whomever you know.

PLEASE FORWARD THIS WARNING AMONG FRIENDS, FAMILY AND CONTACTS:

2.) You should be alert during the next few days:

Do not open any message with an attached file called 'Invitation' regardless of who sent it. It is a virus that opens an Olympic Torch which 'burns' the whole hard disc C of your computer!!!! This virus will be received from someone who has your e-mail address in his/her contact list, that is why you should send this E-mail to all your contacts.

It is better to receive this message 25 times than to receive the virus and open it. If you receive e-mail called 'invitation', though sent by a friend. Do not open it!!! Shut down your computer immediately!!!! This is the worst virus announced by CNN, it has been classified by Microsoft as the most destructive virus ever. This virus was discovered by McAfee yesterday, and there is no repair yet for this kind of virus. This virus simply destroys the Zero Sector of the Hard Disc, whe the vital information is kept.

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There was about 30 e-mail addresses in the To: part of the e-mail header, and personally knowing that this was a hoax, I had a moment of meaness. I group reponsed to everyone with this header

Invitation: Osama Bin Laden.

and nothing else in the message.

Apparently, the proverbial shittage hit the fannage. Everyone on that list went ape-shit believing they now had the Osama Bin Laden virus and started e-mailing hate mail and fear mail back to her.

Her daughter, my ex-wife called me up and asked me if I was the person responsible for the e-mail carnage. I admitted to my involvement and she stated that if we hadn't ever been married before, I'd now be her hero.

It's the little laughs that make you feel the best.

See cats later

Bought my first bike. It's a 2008 Honda Shadow Spirit 750. I live in a little town-let called Mount Airy, Georgia. The Bike dealership was in Blairsville, Georgia (yes, there is at least one witch there), and that is approximately 61 miles from my home. AND its a mountainous road with many hair-pin and snaly curves. David, my brother went with me and drove my truck home. THank goodness he also had my back on that road and prevented the truckers and insane drivers from tailgating me. It could have become dangerous.

I will be spending the next several weeks improving my driving skills on the relatively safe roads before trying the 4 lane highways. It's gonna be okay.

October Fest
Yo, Eric, there will be a Raleigh October fest this year, right? David and I have a few dry meads that need to be test and tasted and I think your friends in Raleigh need to try it.

Oh, I should also have purchased my bike by then, and that'll give me a great excuse to drive it.

I'm pulling a Brice
Went and did it this weekend.

The state of Georgia offers a 3 day motorcycle safety course. If you pass the course (driving exam and written exam) you can your full-bore license. I hadn't ridden a bike since I was 18, 19 years old. In the past 26 years, I'd forgotten many of the skills needed to ride one safely. Thankfully I didn't think I was a good driver now (because I wasn't). It was a gruelling three days in the hot Georgia sun re-learning how to drive a bike. Thankfully, by Sunday the old skills came back.

The youngest snuck over to the course and I believe he may have taken some pictures of me abusing that little Suzuki.

I passed and now I will be looking for a bike to buy. heh.

Beer. Yeah, beer.
Made some beer this weekend with my brother. Almost made two carboy bombs in the process. The foam was jettisoning from the airlock about 4 feet into air, spritzing my brother's basement with a light sprinkling of beer. Hey Eric, might need to pick your brain about that.

I've been sick
Memorial Day was monday, but i've had a head-ache for the past two days (non-hangover type). If this is what a migraine feels like, then everyone who has ever suffered from one can queue up for a back rub from me (chicks first, please). Sunlight even made my brain hurt, how nuts is that?

But for Memorial Day I branched out and made a Mango Cheese-cake. I've decided that will probably make another one in the near future, but this time I'll probably use even more mango. The family devoured it.

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