Okay. So I'm Crazy. And?
Saturday, 21. November 2009, 04:05:50
I put up my Christmas tree today.
I did.
Seriously.
It's purty, too.
I did.
Seriously.
It's purty, too.
Oops
Saturday, 14. November 2009, 00:48:40
Ya'll may remember my having mentioned a car for sale up in northeastern Arkansas for $1.25 million. Well, check this out.
Man Distracted by Bird Drives Bugatti Into Marsh
LA MARQUE, Texas – A man blamed a low-flying pelican and a dropped cell phone for his veering his
million-dollar sports car off a road and into a salt marsh near Galveston. The accident happened about 3 p.m. Wednesday on the frontage road of Interstate 45 northbound in La Marque, about 35 miles southeast of Houston.
The Lufkin, Texas, man told of driving his luxury, French-built Bugatti Veyron when the bird distracted him, said La Marque police Lt. Greg Gilchrist. The motorist dropped his cell phone, reached to pick it up and veered off the road and into the salt marsh. The car was half-submerged in the brine about 20 feet from the road when police arrived.
Gilchrist said he doesn't know if the car was salvageable, but in his words, "Salt water isn't good for anything." He says the man, whose identity hasn't been released, was not injured.
A 2006 Bugatti Veyron was recently offered for sale in Jonesboro, Ark., for $1.25 million.
That just really blows, doesn't it?
Man Distracted by Bird Drives Bugatti Into Marsh
LA MARQUE, Texas – A man blamed a low-flying pelican and a dropped cell phone for his veering his
million-dollar sports car off a road and into a salt marsh near Galveston. The accident happened about 3 p.m. Wednesday on the frontage road of Interstate 45 northbound in La Marque, about 35 miles southeast of Houston.The Lufkin, Texas, man told of driving his luxury, French-built Bugatti Veyron when the bird distracted him, said La Marque police Lt. Greg Gilchrist. The motorist dropped his cell phone, reached to pick it up and veered off the road and into the salt marsh. The car was half-submerged in the brine about 20 feet from the road when police arrived.
Gilchrist said he doesn't know if the car was salvageable, but in his words, "Salt water isn't good for anything." He says the man, whose identity hasn't been released, was not injured.
A 2006 Bugatti Veyron was recently offered for sale in Jonesboro, Ark., for $1.25 million.
That just really blows, doesn't it?
Guilty
Friday, 13. November 2009, 04:41:45
The man who killed the TV anchorwoman in her own bed last year was found guilty of capital murder, rape, residential burglary, and theft of property this week. Tonight, the jury sentenced him to life without parole for the capital murder charge, a consecutive life term for the rape charge, and levied maximum fines for the burglary and theft charges. He was facing the death penalty, but the jury decided to spare his life. The victim's father made the statement that the convicted man will have to spend the rest of his life in a 6' x 9' cell, contemplating what he has done.
For more about the crime, the trial, and the sentencing, you can go to the home page of the TV station the victim, Anne Pressly, worked for. That website is http://www.katv.com/ . (For some reason, I'm unable to insert a hyperlink tonight.)
Lots of people are second-guessing the jury's sentencing decision. I'm not. Cameras were not allowed into the courtroom for this trial or the sentencing hearing, and I wasn't in the jury room during deliberations. Deciding whether a man lives or dies has got to be a very, very difficult thing to do, no matter what he has done. It's a hard thing to sit in judgment of someone else, when the walls that surround each of us are made of glass.
Someday, he'll face the ultimate Judge, as we all will.
I'm glad for the families that this trial is over. It's been very hard to see the people who knew, worked with, and loved Anne having to relive everything all over again. It was hard for everybody.
Maybe now they can find a way to go on.
Rest in peace, Anne.
For more about the crime, the trial, and the sentencing, you can go to the home page of the TV station the victim, Anne Pressly, worked for. That website is http://www.katv.com/ . (For some reason, I'm unable to insert a hyperlink tonight.)
Lots of people are second-guessing the jury's sentencing decision. I'm not. Cameras were not allowed into the courtroom for this trial or the sentencing hearing, and I wasn't in the jury room during deliberations. Deciding whether a man lives or dies has got to be a very, very difficult thing to do, no matter what he has done. It's a hard thing to sit in judgment of someone else, when the walls that surround each of us are made of glass.
Someday, he'll face the ultimate Judge, as we all will.
I'm glad for the families that this trial is over. It's been very hard to see the people who knew, worked with, and loved Anne having to relive everything all over again. It was hard for everybody.
Maybe now they can find a way to go on.
Rest in peace, Anne.
A Classic...
Friday, 6. November 2009, 04:51:40
Halloween Hoodwinks?
Wednesday, 4. November 2009, 01:15:18
Opera has been acting a little strange the last few days, I think. Something with the "Friends" pages, some postings and links, etc.
A recent update perhaps?
I'm not often affected by updates. My pages are pretty basic, with just a few simple links and even fewer photos. When there are
s, I tend to just wait patiently for the Opera techies to get the kinks out, because they always do. They're good at that.
You know, how they keep this community up and running like they do, and make all the cool updates the way they do, AND keep everybody relatively happy like they do should be patented.
Anyway, if anybody seems to be slighted or offended by something technical going on over here, please just let me know, if you can. If you send me a message and I don't respond, there's a somewhere. If you attempt to answer a friend request I've made, or if you receive no answer to one you've made of me, please be patient. There are people in the background that are running around with flyswatters and bug spray, chasing those lil' critters out of their hiding places and flattenin' them.
In the meantime, enjoy.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cnrhH1ZlfHo
A recent update perhaps?
I'm not often affected by updates. My pages are pretty basic, with just a few simple links and even fewer photos. When there are
s, I tend to just wait patiently for the Opera techies to get the kinks out, because they always do. They're good at that.You know, how they keep this community up and running like they do, and make all the cool updates the way they do, AND keep everybody relatively happy like they do should be patented.
Anyway, if anybody seems to be slighted or offended by something technical going on over here, please just let me know, if you can. If you send me a message and I don't respond, there's a
somewhere. If you attempt to answer a friend request I've made, or if you receive no answer to one you've made of me, please be patient. There are people in the background that are running around with flyswatters and bug spray, chasing those lil' critters out of their hiding places and flattenin' them.In the meantime, enjoy.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cnrhH1ZlfHo
Saturday Wisdom
Saturday, 31. October 2009, 22:40:14
An e-mail I received today:
MARRIED FOR 42 YEARS
After being married for 42 years, I took a careful look at my wife one
day and said, "Honey, 42 years ago we had a cheap apartment, a cheap
car, slept on a sofa bed and watched a 10-inch black and white TV,
but I got to sleep every night with a hot 19-year-old gal.
Now I have a $500,000 home, a $45,000 car, nice big bed and plasma
screen TV, but I'm sleeping with a 61-year-old woman. It seems to me
that you're not holding up your side of things."
My wife is a very reasonable woman. She told me to go out and find a
hot 19-year-old gal, and she would make sure that I would once again
be living in a cheap apartment, driving a cheap car, sleeping on a
sofa bed and watching a 10-inch black and white TV.
Aren't older women great? They really know how to solve your mid-life
crisis.
MARRIED FOR 42 YEARS
After being married for 42 years, I took a careful look at my wife one
day and said, "Honey, 42 years ago we had a cheap apartment, a cheap
car, slept on a sofa bed and watched a 10-inch black and white TV,
but I got to sleep every night with a hot 19-year-old gal.
Now I have a $500,000 home, a $45,000 car, nice big bed and plasma
screen TV, but I'm sleeping with a 61-year-old woman. It seems to me
that you're not holding up your side of things."
My wife is a very reasonable woman. She told me to go out and find a
hot 19-year-old gal, and she would make sure that I would once again
be living in a cheap apartment, driving a cheap car, sleeping on a
sofa bed and watching a 10-inch black and white TV.
Aren't older women great? They really know how to solve your mid-life
crisis.
What Might Have Been....
Thursday, 29. October 2009, 04:19:22
Monday Night Blues
Monday, 26. October 2009, 23:50:28
Happyhappy
Tuesday, 20. October 2009, 03:28:45
Had an amazing day today. Started out running some necessary errands, making some necessary phone calls, an early lunch. Then I just couldn't resist getting outside and working in the yard.
The last few days have been absolutely gorgeous here. Sunny, clear blue skies, low humidity, and temperatures in the 60's. Saturday was the first chance I had had to do any yard work since I moved here, and I had spent some time pulling weeds and grass away from the foundation of the house, the gas meter, and the outside air conditioning unit; clearing vents; chasing ants and spiders; and generally cleaning up around the yard. Today I got out the weedeater and really tidied up around the foundation. Then I tore into an old brush pile, pulling out sticks, briars, weeds, roots and decaying leaves and branches; swept my driveway, sidewalk, and carport; and knocked down cobwebs. Inside, I unpacked several boxes of books and put them on shelves, washed my dishes, swept my floors, and found time to watch the family across the street play with a big red ball while the grandmother sat in the shade in her wheelchair and laughed along with them.
Just got out of the shower, and I'm very pleasantly exhausted.
I don't think I'll have any trouble sleeping tonight.
The last few days have been absolutely gorgeous here. Sunny, clear blue skies, low humidity, and temperatures in the 60's. Saturday was the first chance I had had to do any yard work since I moved here, and I had spent some time pulling weeds and grass away from the foundation of the house, the gas meter, and the outside air conditioning unit; clearing vents; chasing ants and spiders; and generally cleaning up around the yard. Today I got out the weedeater and really tidied up around the foundation. Then I tore into an old brush pile, pulling out sticks, briars, weeds, roots and decaying leaves and branches; swept my driveway, sidewalk, and carport; and knocked down cobwebs. Inside, I unpacked several boxes of books and put them on shelves, washed my dishes, swept my floors, and found time to watch the family across the street play with a big red ball while the grandmother sat in the shade in her wheelchair and laughed along with them.
Just got out of the shower, and I'm very pleasantly exhausted.
I don't think I'll have any trouble sleeping tonight.
Back Home Again
Monday, 19. October 2009, 02:07:14
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