March 10, 2008

  • AFTER WE LEAVE

    OKAY, SO SEVERAL MONTHS AGO I WATCHED
    THE HISTORY CHANNEL'S

    AND THE NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC
    CHANNELS



    THEY WERE BOTH GOOD, EACH
    IN THEIR OWN WAY.
    CLICK HERE FOR A PRETTY ACCURATE
    RUN DOWN OF THE SHOW
    LIFE AFTER PEOPLE.

    I, MYSELF, BEING THE DOG LOVER THAT
    I AM, FELT SOOOOOO SORRY FOR THE
    LITTLE DOGGIES THAT HAD TO NOW TAKE
    CARE OF THEMSELVES......IT WAS SO SAD....
    LITERALLY A DOG EAT DOG WORLD!!!!
    I THOUGHT HOW SAD IT WOULD BE IF
    JUVY AND BOOPIE HAD TO MAKE IT ALONE.

    I THINK I LIKED THE HISTORY CHANNEL'S
    ONE A LITTLE BIT BETTER, AS IT ACTUALLY
    EXPLAINED MORE ABOUT THE BREAKDOWN,
    WHERE THE OTHER ONE KEPT JUMPING BACK
    AND FORTH AND AROUND AND WAS
    HARDER TO FOLLOW TO ME.

    I WILL SAY THIS, BOTH OF THE VIDEOS,
    DIFFERENT AS THEY ARE, WILL MAKE YOU
    SEE THINGS IN A DIFFERENT LIGHT.  VERY
    ENLIGHTENING, NOT ONLY ON WHAT WE
    ARE HAVE DONE AND ARE DOING TO EARTH,
    BUT HOW LONG IT WILL TAKE FOR EARTH
    TO REPAIR ITSELF WHEN WE ARE ALL GONE.

    DID ANYONE ELSE WATCH EITHER OF THESE
    SHOWS?  IF SO, WHAT WAS YOUR OPINION?

March 7, 2008

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February 14, 2008

  • KWEEN OF THE QUEENS POST

    KWEEN OF QUEENS


    What are your personal laws and boundaries?  What will you absolutely NOT do?  What are some of the things that you do on a constant basis to help make our society a decent place to live, love and thrive? 
    Example:  I never pick my nose in public, it's just something I wouldn't do!  But I do always say please and thank you even to the waiters and waitresses I come in contact with.


    You have until the 15th of this month.


    I GUESS WE ALL HAVE THE BASIC THINGS THAT WE WILL OR WILL NOT DO, I AM NO EXCEPTION.  BASICALLY, I TRY TO BE POLITE, TRY TO EAT WITH MY MOUTH SHUT, DONT BURP OR FART IN PUBLIC, AND SO ON AND SO FORTH, YOU KNOW THE TYPICAL DRILL.


    BUT, WHAT DO I TRY TO DO THAT SOME MIGHT OR MIGHT NOT TRY TO DO? WHAT ARE MY PERSONAL STANDARDS OF LAWS AND BOUNDARIES? I WILL TRY TO LIST THEM HERE:



    1.  I TRY TO GET OUT OF CARS WAY WHEN CROSSING IN ROAD CROSSING, EVEN THOUGH I HAVE THE RIGHT OF WAY.



    2.  I DONT TOUCH THAT WHICH DOES NOT BELONG TO ME.



    3.  I TRY NOT TO LIE TO ANYONE, BUT WILL IF IT COULD CAUSE HARM NOT TO.


    4.  I TRY NOT TO MAKE PROMISES I CANT KEEP.



    5.  I TRY NOT TO SPEED.



    6.  I DO NOT STEAL.


    7.  I TRY TO BE AWARE OF OTHERS SPACES.



    8.  I TRY TO FORGIVE OTHERS WHO HAVE DONE ME WRONG.


     AND LAST, BUT NOT LEAST........


    I TRY NOT TO DO ANYTHING TO ANYONE THAT I WOULD NOT LIKE DONE TO ME.


     

February 13, 2008

  • FEATURE GROWNUPS POST


    2008 February Topic 1 of 2

    WELL, WHAT CAN I SAY ABOUT MY STATE?

    I LIVE IN GEORGIA AND YES WE HAVE TOILETS IN THE HOUSE AND WE WEAR SHOES AND STUFF.  WE ARE NOT ALL REDNECKS AND MOST OF US HAVE OUR TEETH AND DRIVE CARS.

    WHAT DO WE HAVE HERE IN ATLANTA THAT IS NO WHERE ELSE?

    WE ACTUALLY HAVE TWO THINGS. 

    ONE IS ACTUALLY IN MY HOME TOWN...THAT IS THE BIG CHICKEN...



    THE MOUTH OPENS AND SHUTS
    AND THE EYES ROLL AROUND...
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    THIS IS THE ORIGINAL ONE, THEY ACTUALLY
    REBUILT IT SEVERAL YEARS AGO. IT WAS ERECTED
    IN 1963 AS JOHNNY REBS CHICKEN, LATER
    BOUGHT BY KFC.

    MY FAVORITE THING IN GEORGIA IS


    YES IT IS THE VARSITY!!!


    OLD PICTURE OF THE VARSITY YEARS AGO!!




    The World's Largest Drive-in sits on more than
    two acres and can accommodate 600 cars and over
    eight hundred people inside. On days of Georgia
    Tech football games up to 30,000 people visit The
    Varsity. It sells more than two miles of hotdogs
    daily, a ton of onion rings, 2500 pounds of fresh
    cut potatoes, 5000 homemade fried pies, and
    300 gallons of chili, all of which are made from
    scratch daily. The downtown Varsity is
    also the world's largest single outlet for Coca-Cola.


    This is where the now famous cry of

    The Varsity started "What'll Ya Have"




    Car Hops!
    Identifying cars by number has always been
    an integral part of the Varsity Drive-In
    system. "Curb men" would sing and dance
    their way to fame. The most famous of
    our car hops was a man named Flossy Mae,

    who sang the menu to customers for over
    50 years. Well known TV and Movie star
    Nipsy Russell also got his start
    at The Varsity as car hop #46.


    ANYWAY, I WILL ALWAYS BE A GEORGIA
    BULLDOG FAN, I AM NOT A YELLOWJACKET
    FAN AT ALL, BUT THOSE YELLOWJACKET
    DOGS ARE TOTALLY AWESOME!!!!

    AS FAR AS MOLDING MY CHARACTER....I HONESTLY
    HAVE NO IDEA HOW IT HAS MOLDED MY CHARACTER,
    OTHER THAN MY LOVE FOR GREASY ONION RINGS AND
    YELLOW JACKET DOGS!!! 

February 11, 2008

  • HOME SWEET HOME

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    WELL I AM BACK...YEA!!!


    LONG DRIVE AND EARLY MORNING, I
    AM TOTALLY WORN OUT...

    DEFINATELY NOT READY FOR MONDAY. WE
    CAME BACK SATURDAY,

    TRAVIS AND KRISTI CAME TOO, WE DID OUR
    CHRISTMAS, DILLON'S BIRTHDAY,

    AND THEN THEY HEADED BACK TO
    FORT BRAGG FOR WORK TODAY.


    I GOT TO ACTUALLY WATCH THE
    PLANE COMING IN FOR A LANDING...


    WELL I AM GLAD TO BE BACK HOME,
    BUT MORE GLAD THAT

    HE IS BACK IN THE STATES.


    THEN I DID A VIDEO OF THEM
    UNLOADING THE PLANE...




    THEN I GOT PART OF THE CEREMONY...



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    DILLON PATIENTLY WAITING...




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    THE WIFE....




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    THE BABY.....




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    DILLON JUST WONT LET GO...

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    THEN WE STAYED AT THE APARTMENT FOR A DAY...


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    JEROMY PLAYING WITH KINO....



    KINO SHOWING HIS DADDY HOW
    HE CHASES SUNLIGHT.

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    AND THEN WE HEADED BACK HOME....



    WE HAD OUR CHRISTMAS....


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    KRISTI GOT A AWESOME NECKLACE
    THAT HAD HANDCUT STONES


    FROM AFGHANISTAN, HIS, HERS,
    AND THE BABY'S BIRTHSTONES.



    HE ALSO HAD A OIL PAINTING DONE
    FROM A COPY OF A PIC
    OF THE TWO OF
    THEM, THAT AN AFGHANISTANY DID AND HAD


    FRAMED.
    HERE IS THE ORIGINAL PICTURE
    Kristi and Travis

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    I GOT TRAVIS A GA BULLDOGS
    OUTFIT FOR THE BABY....

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    AND I GOT KINO A GEORGIA BULLDOG SHIRT

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    ALL THE BOYS TOGETHER...
    IT WAS A LONG NIGHT...

    THEY LOOK REALLY ROUGH THIS MORNING!!!
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    DILLON ALWAYS HANGING ON TO TRAVIS!!!
    HE REALLY LOVES HIS BIG BROTHER.
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    AND THEN THEY HEADED BACK
    TO NORTH CAROLINA....


    WELL I HAVE LOTS OF WORK TO
    MAKE UP FROM MY TRIP...

    HOPE YOU ALL HAVE A GREAT WEEK...