John my neighbor and I were chatting the other day. He is 93 and enjoys a game of golf with his buddies. He was telling me how his eyesight is failing, and the DMV won’t renew his license so he can no longer drive, let alone see where he is going most of the time….
My Ramblings
Writing about daily events that come across my path. Some entries are random, some will change your life, if you let them.
The Ground Zero Poll
What are your thoughts on the proposed construction of a Mosque in the vicinity of Ground Zero? Your comments and votes are welcome; one of the freedoms we still enjoy. [polldaddy poll=3642111] Related Articles New Yorkers: 63% Oppose Mosque, Will Impact Votes In Fall (riehlworldview.com) Thumbs down – Bad reviews for remarks on mosque (politico.com)…
Keeping It Simple
I often marvel at the technology that is available at our fingertips and the freedom we have today to share information across a multitude of platforms. It was in 1995 that I sat in my office with an internet technician hooking up my computer to the “internet” via a “dial-up” modem. At the time I had no…
Friend or Brother?
Remember back in the day the teacher would assign a topic and then we would have to write an essay and hopefully get good marks when we turned the paper in? I am glad those days are over, and today prefer to be organic – if it means something to me I will share it,…
Bloggers’ Block
Never quite understood how authors could not possess the ability to write “anything” even when they didn’t feel like it – and that there is such a thing as writers’ block. I have come into one of those places recently where I can sit and stare at the screen and not have anything cross my…
What have we become?
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YmknOKkaPEI] “For nearly an hour, he lay on the ground as passers-by turned their heads to look at him, gawk or pause and walk off. One lifted his body to reveal blood on the sidewalk. By the time emergency workers arrived, he was dead.” Courtesy Associated Press. Captured on surveillance camera, this week in New York,…
Networked..?
Have you ever taken a moment to read through your insurance policy to establish what is and isn’t covered? I think most of us don’t bother reading the fine print until you actually need to seek treatment and there you soon discover what you will be paying for and what your carrier “might” cover when…
Haiti’s Nightmare
When the news first hit the airwaves concerning a massive earthquake in Haiti, little attention was given to the severity. There have been rumblings here and there, but who would have thought that 10 short miles below the surface of Port-au-Prince a massive 7.0 earthquake was to ravage the city, and bring devastation beyond comprehension?…
Las Vegas Downloaded
Once in a while there comes an opportunity to visit a place that everyone across the globe talks about. Sometimes it is a place that you may have heard of as a child growing up, or perhaps someone told you of a time they went to an amazing world renowned city. For us, this past…
With a Twist
Every now and then I will look at a situation and draw my own conclusion to it. My comments might be right, they may be wrong… Every Thursday I go along to an early morning Bible study, called S.O.A.P group. Scripture, Observation, Application, Prayer. Today we touched on some of the passages in the book…