This And That

by Jeff W Posted on September 2, 2009

It’s time to close out some browser tabs I have open and clear out some random thoughts as well. Take what you can use and leave the rest.

I downloaded the new free release of Facebook 3.0 for iPhone last week and am very pleased with the updated user interface and the additions of typical Facebook features like Events.

On an unrelated note, my cat Squeaky likes to lay on top of my iPhone when it’s lying on the couch. Still trying to figure that one out.

Her ridiculous beliefs are no match for her sweet-tooth. “Homosexuality is wrong and disgusting, but I’ll take the free ice cream.”

I’m really disappointed that the Obama administration is not going to eliminate this practice that began under the Bush nightmare.

I watched “The Man Who Fell To Earth” yesterday for the first time. What a strange, surreal movie.

When I go back to work, I’d really like to get one of these. Anyone have any recommendations or warnings?

If you have an iPhone, you have access to the Google Books Library of 1.5 million public domain publications. For FREE!

About 3 weeks ago I secured a Google Voice phone number…but I haven’t done anything with it yet. Kind of wishing I had waited so I could get one that would match the area code we’ll have at our cabin in the mountains.

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Disney Animal Kingdom Photos

by Jeff W Posted on September 2, 2009

Last Saturday Cindy and I took our granddaughter Heather, our niece Rhyan and her husband, Townsend to Disney’s Animal Kingdom for a morning of fun. We all walked around a bit and then took the safari ride together. Then it was time for Grandma, Granddad and Heather to leave so we could get Heather to her pool party with Rowan, while Rhyan and Townsend continued their visit to Nahtazu.

Photos of our morning at Disney Animal Kingdom are on my Flickr page.

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A Simple Explanation Of A Simple Truth

by Jeff W Posted on August 31, 2009

Putting aside all the wingnut rhetoric and shrillness of those protesting, here is a simple explanation of WHY our country and citizens need a National Health Care program.

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Atheist Pet Sitters

by Jeff W Posted on August 30, 2009

Here’s a subject appropriate for Sunday. Let’s say you’re a Christian. A born-again, washed in the blood of Jesus, child of God, citizen of heaven Christian. You know, because the Bible tells you, that there is a chance that you will be alive when the rapture occurs; when Jesus appears in the clouds and calls all his believers home. We’ll skip over all that complicated stuff as to whether the rapture is pre, mid or post-tribulation and just agree that no matter when, it is going to happen. No matter how silly, how far-fetched or how ridiculous the whole thing sounds. Right?

Maybe you haven’t thought of this yet, but surely the question will occur to you, as you are levitating through the air like a Criss Angel subject; “What about my pet I’m leaving behind? Who will take care of my beloved pet?”

Well, you might just be surprised to find out who has the answer for you.

A group of animal-loving atheists have banded together to provide a service known as Eternal Earth-Bound Pets to take that burden off your heart, mind and soul. Here’s how they describe themselves and their service:

We are a group of dedicated animal lovers, and atheists. Each Eternal Earth-Bound Pet representative is a confirmed atheist, and as such will still be here on Earth after you’ve received your reward. Our network of animal activists are committed to step in when you step up to Jesus.

We are currently active in 20 states [Sadly, my fellow Floridians, they have no such service yet for the Sunshine State] and growing. Our representatives have been screened to ensure that they are atheists, animal lovers, are moral / ethical with no criminal background, have the ability and desire to rescue your pet and the means to retrieve them and ensure their care for your pet’s natural life.

You can find out more details at their official website. I gotta tell you, it is a real deal to ensure your peace of mind when you leave your pet behind for the streets of gold.

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Weekend With Heather

by Jeff W Posted on August 30, 2009

Our 3-year-old granddaughter Heather came over Friday afternoon to spend the night and Saturday with us. Here are some of the best shots of her weekend.

First up is Friday afternoon playing on the living room floor with her building blocks. She finally sweet-talked Granddad into building a castle for her.

Next up is from Saturday morning right after breakfast with Granny, Grampy, Uncle Jeremy and Aunt Wendy, Aunt Amber and cousins Rhyan and Townsend; Heather is holding the huge lollipop/all-day-sucker that Uncle Jeremy bought for her.

After breakfast we went to Disney’s Animal Kingdom. Here is Heather holding the stuffed panda bear toy that Grandma and Granddad bought her.

Here’s a photo of Heather taking a rest on a stone bench before we left Animal Kingdom.

After we left Disney’s Animal Kingdom we went to visit our friends George and Caroline so Heather could enjoy a pool party with their daughter Rowan. Here’s Heather after some fun swimming.

I’ll be uploading more photos of our Weekend With Heather to my Flickr page in the next few days.

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9/11 – National Day Of Service And Remembrance

by Jeff W Posted on August 29, 2009

Two weeks from today will mark the 8th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks. I don’t imagine that I will ever forget that morning as I sat in my home office working with the TV on and seeing those first horrifying images and the even more horrific scenes that played out later that morning.

Back in April President Obama signed into law a measure that designated Sept. 11 as a National Day of Service, urging everyone who is able to volunteer some type of service, perform some type of good deed or engage in some type of charitable activity as a tangible, visible and meaningful way of remembering that infamous day. Speaking for myself, I can’t think of a better way to make my observance of that day have a more solid meaning in my life and heart. And in the lives of others.

The 9/11 Day of Service website gives some good suggestions for acts that can be performed. It also asks you “to post your personal plan to perform a good deed, volunteer or engage in another charitable activity in observance of the newly established September 11 National Day of Service and Remembrance.” And you can search by your location and type of volunteering interest for available needs in your city or town. In anticipation of the upcoming 10 year anniversary and planned nationwide observance, the organization is also accepting donations of $9.11 (or more) to help fund those activities around the country.

I’ve started giving some thought to where I might be of some service if I am still at home in 2 weeks or what good deed I might do if I’m not and I’m posting this now to give you some time as well to contemplate how you might be able to observe the 9/11 – National Day Of Service And Remembrance, should you choose to do so.

A moment of silence is a reverent observation, a few hours of service is a real observance.

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It’s What You See

by Jeff W Posted on August 28, 2009

“It’s not what you look at that matters, it’s what you see.”

Henry David Thoreau 1817 – 1862

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Senator Edward Kennedy 1932 – 2009

by Jeff W Posted on August 26, 2009

Awoke this morning to the expected yet still sad news of Senator Kennedy’s passing last night as he lost his final battle with brain cancer. Like all of us, he was a flawed human being. But he was also one who strove to rise above those flaws and accomplish something that would have a lasting impact for good for all Americans.

Other than his heartwarming and touching eulogy for his brother Robert, one of my favorite speeches of his is the one he gave in 1978 in which, while pounding the podium with his fist, he strongly declared:

“As long as I’m a vote and as long as I have a voice in the U.S. Senate, it’s going to be for the democratic platform plan that provides decent quality health care north and south, east and west, for all Americans as a matter of right and not of privilege.”

Here is the 8-minute tribute video to Senator Kennedy that was shown at the 2008 convention:

We are all the poorer for his absence.

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Happy Belated Anniversary To Me

by Jeff W Posted on August 26, 2009

Last Saturday, August 22nd, marked the second anniversary of this blog. I completely let it slip by, so I thought I should correct that oversight. With the exception of one or two days during that time period, I have posted something at least once every day and I believe those non-post days were all the result of having no Internet connectivity.

If you’d like to take a stroll down memory lane, you can click here to read that first post.

Thanks for reading

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Sheepback Mountain Cabin Progress III

by Jeff W Posted on August 25, 2009

We’re very fortunate to have our realtor, our contractor, Art who visits from Orlando and Rebecca in the Maggie Valley, North Carolina area to keep us updated with photos of the cabin on Sheepback Mountain as it’s in the process of being built. The three of them have been kind enough to capture various stages of our dream as it becomes real and we are very grateful.

Just to update you a bit; after talking with the road-naming officials we discovered we could not have our little road named either Mountain Creek Trail or Enchanted Forest Drive (nor any variation of those) since there are already an abundance of streets and roads with similar names. We submitted several other possible names we would like and were told that Candlemaker Trail (in recognition of Cindy’s business, Mountain Creek Candles) was acceptable and so the official petition has gone out to the other 5 owners whose land touches the road. We need three of them to sign off as having no objection and then the road will officially be named.

Here are some photos that Rebecca took this past Sunday. As you can see, the outer walls of the basement are up now and our little cabin is taking shape.

This first photo shows the view from the top of our property and what I call the “REAL” road (an already named, and graveled road that our property touches) looking down on the property. The road you see in front of the cabin basement walls (below the trees and nearest to you) is what we hope will be named Candlemaker Trail. We were happy to see how sunny the cabin area is (though sorry to lose the trees that had to be cleared for it) since we’re hoping to use solar panels on the metal roof to cut our electrical costs.

This next photo is from the top of the road we hope will become Candlemaker Trail looking down on the basement walls. The area around the wall nearest you and to the right will be backfilled at some point in the construction, leaving only the driveway side on the left and the farthest side which faces the creek below open and visible. Inside the basement, the right half will be Cindy’s candle and incense shop where she will create her wondrous wares. As you can see, she has a door leading out to the creek and, for when the weather is inhospitable, a window next to the door to look out to the creek. The left half will be our one-car garage and a utility room. Stairs from the first floor will come down right in the middle and there will be a wall dividing the candle shop from the garage.

The last 2 photos are taken from the driveway and garage entrance. On the right, out of frame, is what we hope will be Candlemaker Trail and on the left, out of view because of the steepness of the land, is the creek that flows through the property. The pile of wood on the left is most likely the framing for the ceiling of the basement and the floor of the first floor. The cabin will have 2 floors above the basement, so even though the footprint is small because we did not want to disturb any more of the land than necessary, the actual square footage of living space will be more than enough for the two of us and any family or friends that visit and stay for a while. As an added bonus, the view from our upper porch area facing the mountains to the south should be spectacular, especially in the fall and winter when the trees are bare of leaves.

Cindy and I are very excited to see the work being accomplished and thankful to our friends for making sure we have photos to look at since we can’t be there.

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Here, This Is For You

by Jeff W Posted on August 25, 2009

“Most of us can read the writing on the wall; we just assume it’s addressed to someone else.”

Ivern Ball

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The Art Of Life 2

by Jeff W Posted on August 23, 2009

Before I begin, Happy 30th birthday to my step-son.

I should catch up on my life here a bit over the past week or so. Part 1 is here and this is part 2.

This past Friday I took my friend Dave to lunch in honor of his birthday. Thankfully, he picked one of my favorite places, Gator’s Dockside, (I love their Gator Chips!) in West Orlando to eat at AND as an added bonus asked if his brother Dan could join us. Like my own brother Mark, Dan seems to always be able to make me laugh so I welcomed his company. That’s Dan on the left and Dave on the right, or as he said to me after he saw the photo, “We look like those prawns in the District 9 movie!” Sorry buddy, I can’t do anything about your genes.

Dave is a big fan of the comic book character Hawkeye. For the past few years I have actively searched for an affordable statue of Hawkeye that Dave could place on his shelf. This year I finally found one at Coliseum of Comics in Fashion Square Mall. Much like my lunch on Monday with Denise, we spent our time catching up with each other’s lives, though since Dave doesn’t do much e-mail, doesn’t read my blog and doesn’t use Facebook or Twitter we had a lot more ground to cover. Dave’s kind of a slow adopter. He didn’t really start using e-mail until a couple of years ago and still only uses it sparingly. He’ll probably get around to Facebook and Twitter in a few years, after they’ve been replaced by the next big thing.

Friday evening after she got off work, Cindy and I went to a quick dinner at The Earl of Sandwich in Downtown Disney, then to see “The Time Traveler’s Wife” at the AMC theater in Pleasure Island. I read the book about 4 years ago and enjoyed it. In what is a very rare occurrence with me, I actually enjoyed the movie version more than the book version. The film handled the sometimes confusing time shifts in a very understandable manner and stars Eric Bana and Rachel McAdams truly made this movie and story have the emotional impact that touched the hearts of the audience. Cindy was crying, but as we were leaving one poor woman was sobbing.

While we’re on the subject of leaving the theater, here’s a mildly amusing story at my expense. It was raining Friday evening, so when we sat down in our seats I leaned our umbrella against the back of the seat in front of me. During the previews it fell and made a loud “thud” when it hit the floor. Cindy was watching the screen and didn’t see that happen. She leaned over and whispered in my ear, “Was that your iPhone falling out of its holster?” and I told her, “No, it was the umbrella.” When the movie ended I picked up the umbrella and when we reached the exit doors I, as is my habit whenever leaving someplace, reached to my hip to be sure my phone was there and found my holster empty. I turned to rush back into the theater as Cindy called out, “I TOLD you I heard your phone fall!”

Pushing against the flow of people still filing out of the theater, I made my way to our seats in the still-darkened room and first felt the seat itself, hoping the phone had not fallen through to what I knew would be a dirty, nasty floor. But no such luck; the phone was not in the seat or in the area between the seat and the armrest. That meant I had no choice but to get down on my hands and knees to feel around the area under the seats, which was not just dark but pitch black…the same color as my iPhone and its rubberized case. After blindly feeling every square inch of yucky floor under each of our seats and coming up, well not exactly empty-handed but with no phone, I expanded my hand-feeling to the floor on each side and behind our seats. Still no luck with the phone but I did find a wad of gum, a puddle of sticky coke (the drink, not the drug) and a quarter with some kind of crusty material on it as well as several other items of indistinguishable origin. It’s just about this time, as I’m thinking, “I wish Cindy would call my phone so it would light up and I could see it” that my phone does indeed start ringing with her distinctive ringtone. I hear it and it’s nearby, so very close judging by the volume, but still I cannot see the face lighting up in the darkness. I’m just about in the middle of asking myself, “Did it fall face down…?” when I suddenly realize why the ringing is so close. It’s because the damn phone is in my shirt pocket where I ALWAYS put my phone during a movie so I can retrieve it quickly if a call or text message comes through. It’s been in my shirt pocket the entire movie and, of course, during my entire frantic search through a darkened floor area that is almost too nasty to even walk across with shoes on.

This getting old and forgetting things stuff really sucks.

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The Art Of Life

by Jeff W Posted on August 23, 2009

I should catch up on my life here a bit over the past week or so. Here’s part 1.

Mikey came to spend Friday night with us last week. His dad dropped him off on the way to work and Mikey and I had a few hours to ourselves before Grandma got home from work. We went through some computer magazines I had on hand and I introduced him to the digital versions of some, plus I gave him some Photoshop lessons on certain procedures.

When Grandma got home we went to Mikey’s favorite restaurant and my least-liked…McDonald’s. Saturday morning we joined Granny, Grampy and Aunt Amber for breakfast at Cracker Barrel and had a very good time. We were going to go to the Science Center Saturday afternoon, but Mikey decided he would rather not do that activity, so we made trips to Barnes & Noble and to IKEA as we looked for some furnishing ideas for the cabin.

We had a good time looking at books and magazines at Barnes & Noble. We spent a lot of time persuing the computer magazines, heh heh. Here’s an iPhone photo of Mikey and I with the books of the writing section on shelves behind us.

At IKEA we didn’t come away with much that was helpful since IKEA seems to be geared more to furnishing college dorm rooms or starter apartments, but Mikey offered his thoughts and preferences on some of the beds and couches. After a lunch at Smokey Bones, we returned home for an hour or so until Daddy came to pick him up and take him back home.

Monday morning I had an appointment with my doctor. No good news there to share.

Monday afternoon I got to have lunch with Denise, a friend and co-worker (though we haven’t seen each other in almost 2 years…wow, I can’t believe it’s been that long) who I really enjoy spending time with and conversating with. We spent an hour and a half eating and catching up on what’s been going on in our lives (at least the parts that don’t appear in our e-mails, blogs, Facebook posts or Twitter tweets) on the road and at home. Truly, there are very few people I enjoy spending time with and Denise is among that small number.

Throughout the week I did a lot of reading, some writing and a bit of work around the house such as taking down our old window blinds and hanging new rods and curtains that Cindy had picked out. We bought some of those “Eclipse” curtains and, let me tell you, they live up to their name.

More in tomorrow’s post.

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It Really IS A Small World

by Jeff W Posted on August 22, 2009

Reading the May/June 2009 issue of Poets & Writers (yes, I AM behind on my reading, thank you) I was surprised to see in the article about Bright Lights, Big City author Jay McInerney, that his former girlfriend and inspiration for the character of Alison Poole was Rielle Hunter, mother of former presidential candidate John Edwards’ love child.

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Write In American English

by Jeff W Posted on August 20, 2009

Trolling the online postings for writing jobs I’ve noticed quite a few ads now contain wording that requests, in effect, the candidate be able to “…write in American English.” I believe this is generally for two reasons; even though the entity may be located in lower Slobovia, they want it to appear that they are actually in the good ol’ US of A OR the entity wants to be sure that no matter where YOU may be located in the world, you have the ability to write as if you’re a red-blooded American. It’s all about marketing, presentation and packaging.

That might be an area that e-mail spammers and scammers should consider giving a little extra attention to in order to be more successful in passing off their crap as the real deal. We’ve all received those “official” e-mail notices which purport to be from some government agency or private business (such as a bank) that contain such mangled “English” wording, goofy grammatical errors and strange syntax as to be immediately identified as fraudulent.

Here’s an amusing example of an “official” e-mail supposedly from the FBI that is chock full of misspelled and misused words, twisted phrases, mangled verb tenses and just plain weird ideas about how America’s top law enforcement agency (“a biggest security company here in Washington D.C”) actually works. That doesn’t even count the strange date format that makes it appear this missive has traveled from the future (either September 12, 2009 or December 9, 2009) and the fact that it originated from and refers the reader to a Gmail address.

[Washington Field Office Banner with FBI Seal linking to FBI Home]
Anti-Terrorist and Monitary Crimes Division.
FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION.
J. EDGAR. HOOVER BUILDING WASHINGTON D.C
12/09/2009

ATTENTION: beneficiaries,

We received an email, Just to let you know that the said fund has been confirmed in your name, the funds are right now in our custody in your name waiting to be release to you, we have verified and investigated that you are the right beneficiary to claim the funds, all we need from you is verification and proof due to the amount involved.

As a biggest security company here in Washington D.C we are to serve and to protect our citizen. The only advice we can give to you as at this time is to try your best to comply with the required document so that your funds will be release to you in your favor, this funds are rightfully yours. You can obtain the document from our branch Office in New Jersey.

We have done our verification on your FBI Identification Record with our Social Security Number, the only document remaining now is the Diplomatic Immunity Seal Of Transfer(DIST) Which should be issued to you from our branch Office in New Jersey, you are to contact the Federal Bureau Of Investigation (FBI) New Jersey to obtain the above required document, find bellow their contact email address: ( fbi.vision2020@gmail.com) Contact this people immediately to obtain the document.
Furthermore, be advice that according to the United State Law and also the FBI rules and regulations, you are to obtain the document from the FBI in New Jersey where the fund was transferred to. Also Note that you are to take care of the Document to be issued to you right away, because due to how important and secured the document is, it is not issued just like that. You are to take care of the document by sending to the FBI New Jersey right away,That is the only way the FBI New Jersey will issue you the document, because they are going to issue you the Authentic/Original copy of the document.

You are here by advice to Contact them through the email address above to acquire from them on how you are going to send the fee to them. Note that you are to do this immediately if you really want your fund to be credited to your account and also if you don’t want any action to be before you. We have already informed the New Jersey FBI about the present situation, so go ahead and contact them immediately. Your fund is now on our custody and will only be release to you with the confirmation of the required document. After that the fund will be release to you immediately without any delay.

NOTE: We have asked for the above documents to make available the most complete and up-to date records possible for no criminal justice purposes.

WARNING: Do not fail to produce the above requirement in the next 72 hours, legal action will be taken immediately by arresting and detaining you, justificated and if found guilty, you will be jailed. As terrorism, drug trafficking and money laundering is a serious problem in our community today. The F.B.I will not stop at any length in tracking down and persecuting any criminal who indulge in this criminal act.

Faithfully Yours,
FBI Director
Robert S. Mueller, III

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Three Stages Of Truth

by Jeff W Posted on August 20, 2009

“All truth passes through three stages. First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it is accepted as being self-evident.”

[Schopenhauer, German Philosopher, 1788-1860]

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I Am Going To Hell

by Jeff W Posted on August 19, 2009

I just received my September 2009 issue of Writer’s Digest magazine and a quote attributed to Philip Roth back in 1979 caught my eye; “The road to hell is paved with works-in-progress.”

I am SO damned to hell.

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My Laugh For The Day

by Jeff W Posted on August 18, 2009

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Breaking Your Toe In Your Sleep

by Jeff W Posted on August 17, 2009

How do you break your toe while you’re sleeping? I don’t know, but I’ve apparently managed to do just that. Went to bed Saturday night with all bones connected and whole, woke up Sunday morning with a broken big toe that has kept me in pain all day because I had no choice but to be on my feet most of the day.

Makes me wonder if I’ve been roaming the nighttime world in my sleep…

Note: That is NOT my toe in the photo, but only a graphical representation. My foot is too damn ugly to put on the Internet.

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SERIOUS Cyber Security Threat Reaction

by Jeff W Posted on August 15, 2009

Without a doubt, cyber security is a serious issue…no matter where you are. But in Boston, they take their reactions to online virus threats VERY seriously as evidenced by their website instructions about how to stay safe online.

In case you’re having difficulty reading it in the screen capture above, here’s an enlarged section. Pay particular attention to the next to the last instruction (highlighted), should you find yourself in a compromising position with an online virus, worm or Trojan horse program.

I mean…damn!

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