Buzz light head!

Not much of a week since for most of it I have been feeling a bit lightheaded. Even taking a class I am still feeling light headed, so it is not for a lack of trying to fill it with good stuff. My wife has said that it is sinuses so I have been taking sinus medication for the last week or so. Not much fun with my head throbbing, lightheadedness and such.

To add to that a few times I was feeling a bit nauseous and ready to chunk all around my desk. Well thankfully I did not but it got so bad that I actually went to the Dr's office. For those of y'all that know me I am one to visit his office. Well what good did it do me? Not much for the problem I went in with so he decided to add to it by telling me that I have some crazy numbers for my cholestoral. Otherwise I went in there paid over $250 for them to draw blood and tell me about my cholestoral. Well it did not explain my head problems so I guess I am on my own for that.

Being from Wisconsin the notice of what I eat is making my numbers get all wiggly like that is not real good (Ok it is not good for anyone to hear this). That means I need to cut out or reduce red meat, sausage, cheese and the like out of my diet. This stinks since I am all about all of those things. What else is there to eat? Nothing!! My life is over as I know it.

Oh, the good news is that I realized on my own why I was feeling rather chunky. Last week I started drinking Green Tea, the hot version of it and soon after drinking it each time I had the feeling of blowing chunks. Again I never did actually blow chunks,thankfully. Well today I have not had any Green Tea and have not had the feeling so all is good there but still a bit woozy in the membrane!

Something else that is not going to help the situation is that I have been soda, pop, soda pop or coke (however you say it from where ever you are from) free for a week and a half. No that is not the reason, the light head started a day earlier than soda, pop, soda pop or coke free days.

Toodles.

Just wrong!

Halloween is just around the corner and this is a time for people to get dressed up in goofy costumes and look silly for a few hours. Why then do people feel it necessary to pull their pets into the mix? I do know a few people that have dressed their pets up and are unashamed by this. Not saying that they should be ashamed. Take a look for yourself at a few pics I have found.

Just look at the poor thing and how uncomfortable he looks in his little lizzard suit.

OK I have never heard of a dog with big buns before but now there are two of them!

This one is just flat out wrong!! This is where Fox may find a new show, "When Pets attack" if he ever realized what his "loving" owner did to him. Humiliation I tell ya.

These pictures speak for themselves.

Poll Question to the right-->

Blow Pops

OK This weekend we have our Fall retreat with the Junior High kiddos from my Church. So to be the cool leader for the kids in my cabin I thought what kid does not love a sucker. OK I admit I have been one of those a few times in my life but the ones I am talking about are the ones on a stick with the bubble gum inside. How many licks does it take kind, oops those are the tootsie pops aren't they?

Well anyway I am tooling around the candy aisle at wally world (Wal-Mart for those unfamiliar with said store) and the only size bag that I could find was one with 71 pops. OK my cabin will hold maybe ten kids but what I know of right now is that there will be 5 of us in the cabin. That means I have 14.2 pops for each of the kids. If I were smart and went past a hospital I would have just stopped and got an IV for each kid and load it up with liquid sugar. Cuz the students usually bring the candy aisle with them as well as me feeding them more via blow pops.

Oh yea there is a "snack" shop there as well where they can get fueled up for the remainder of the night. The best thing this year is I do not have RT in my group anymore. He would literally bring his whole bedroom along with a 12 pack of Mt. Dew (or were they Cokes) for the nights. Well anyways he is no longer in my group and I will not miss him this time around. Do not get me wrong he is a great kid with a great heart but those two things I will remember the most. Especially this summer in Costa Rica he was all about getting a huge bottle of Coke at the corner little store almost everyday. Also his jokes, if you can call em that, until 2 in the morning were just the worst.

Well anyway we are off this evening and back on Sunday, SWEET (literally)!!

Couple of things

Went the the State Fair of Texas over the weekend and saw Jars of Clay. Great show by the way! That is not why I write today the reason for this part of the post are all the people walking around the fair. It tends to draw out a different type of crowd than what I am used too. Who walks around all day with a big ol' Pink, Purple, mauve, sienna or what other color fuzzy hat all day? Saw people with a hat that is a chicken. Granted my home state seems to have started the crazy craze by putting a "wedge" of cheese on their noggin. Darn Cheese heads.

But that is not all, how about those that go through the sales buildings buying up all kinds of things. From flag poles, to chamois for their car, these sweeper thingy's and all sorts of other stuff. They purchase it and then walk around the fair holding onto these things all day. I saw a number of people with the flag pole kits walking around all day.

My helpful hints to the State Fair experience:

1. If you see something you want to purchase go back and buy them at the END of the FAIR as you are walking out. This way you are not carrying it around with you or knocking anyone upside the head with it like the "Three Stooges".

2. When in the Midway and you win the Big One why not wait as well for later in the night to win it and hang it over your back like you just scored a 18 point buck during hunting season.

3. Wait for your kids to get to an age that they can enjoy it. I do not know how many strollers I almost tripped over. If you insist on bringin the kiddo please leave your Escalade of baby strollers home please. I had one lady cut me off with a three wide stroller, wide load ahead.

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On another note I was struck by the two different disasters that hit the US this week. One was the 6.7 earthquake that hit and the other was the flooding yesterday in Houston. The thing that struck me is that in Hawaii there were no casualties but yet in Houston there were 4 deaths reported. All of the deaths there were caused by humans such as trying to drive thru 10 feet of water underneath an overpass. Going over a bridge over a swollen river, that has a mighty current by the way, and having your car swept away and into the river.

I'm afraid to drive thru 5 inches of water with my car but some people feel comfortable trying to drive through 4 feet of water.

I know there is an H3 commercial these days were it shows it going underwater. I am somewhat sure that it cannot do that and if it cannot do that I am sure that other vehicles cannot either.

What does that tell you of people these days?

WHAT?

OK this world, let me rephrase that. This country has lost it's mind, I know that does not come as a surprise to some but many it sounds like a ludicris statement. But let me try and explain.

No body takes blame for their own actions anymore. Let us take a look over the story. My thoughts in Red.

Wal-Mart sued over dive sticks
By: Dave Bohman
St. Petersburg, Florida - Lawyers representing a Bay area child are in a St. Petersburg courthouse…..taking on corporate giant Wal-Mart, and a product supplier seeking millions in damages.

The case centers around swimming pool toys known as dive sticks, supplied to Wal-Mart in the 1990's by a Clearwater based Florida Pool.

When Marcus Zunner was just three, he was hospitalized with a severe accident from a divestick.

Kimberly Zunner, Marcus' Mother: “He slid into the pool on the slide and he landed on it and it went into his rectum.”

Yikes, that hurts just thinking about that

Justin Johnson, Marcus' Attorney: “He suffered a rectal impalement of about an inch and a half. And he had open abdominal surgery, with a cholostomy.”

WalMart and Florida Pool, are expected to argue the dive sticks were safe, but that the family misused them, by allowing the child to jump on the sticks in a shallow, inflatable kiddie pool.

INFLATABLE KIDDIE POOL! Who in their right mind uses them in a kiddie pool? Who does not know that they are meant for a large pool where you can actually do what the name suggests, DIVE?

The stick's are weighted to stand perpendicular to the bottom of the pool, and when they are three to seven feet underwater, kids often dive after them in order. But in shallow water, they may stand just inches below the surface which was apparently what happened when Marcus jumped in.

Ahhhh yea, Duh!

In 1999, the Consumer Product Safety Commission ordered Florida Pool to recall 9,000,000 dive sticks.

Why things have to be recalled cuz stupid people use them.

The company responded in a news release.

Florida Pool, 1999 news release: "Dive sticks are fun and enjoyable when used properly but are not to be used in shallow water."

I agree when used PROPERLY they can be fun.

That recall came after six known injuries were reported to the CPSC, and one year before Marcus' Zunner was hurt landing on a dive stick.

Justin Johnson, Marcus Zummer's Attorney: “It subsequently was banned as a hazardous product.”

The hazardous thing are stupid people not the products. If the parent never bought them (their own decision), never put them in a KIDDIE POOL (can I remind you) and allowed their kid in and around the KIDDIE POOL would it have happened? NO!! Or did Wal-mart and the manufacturer stop by one day and leave a few DIVE sticks in the kiddie pool for the kiddo while making the kid slide down and into his rectum? OUCH!!

Those close to Marcus worry he will need a lifetime of medical care and multiple
surgeries as a result of the dive stick accident at a young age.

Key word, ACCIDENT! I do feel for the kid but what part of the settlement will he get?

Marcus Zunner is now nine, and according to his lawyer, is doing as well as can be expected.
His lawyer says Marcus will be here at points during the trial, but is not expected to testify.

Isn't this going to be more humiliation for the kid to have to testify about his rectum? It has nothing to do with the kid but all to do with the money for the parents stupity.

Should my parents have sued the Tricycle manufacturer along with the cinder block companie that I ran into when I lost my two front teeth for two years causing me to have braces? Also having the torment of a song each Christmas that "all I want is my two front teeth." Can you imagine the family photos of a smiling boy without his two front choppers? Most pictures did not include a smiling boy cuz I was ashamed of my hideous looks. Oh the humanity!!

Is it alright to walk around naked?

Why yes it is if you are home alone, even then kinda scary but it is the best place to do it. Is it alright in an office building? NO! Have you ever thought to yourself that it would be nice to walk around your office naked? I hope not, if you have and I know who you are I would rather not have you tell me. The picture in my head would be cruel and very unusual punishment.

Well a fella thought about it and then actually took himself up on those thoughts. Scary thinking especially when you think that the job he held he should know better. The story is below.

Prosecutor naked at work
Security cameras see plenty of Hamilton official
BY JANICE MORSE ENQUIRER STAFF WRITER
HAMILTON - A top law-enforcement official in Hamilton, City Prosecutor Scott Blauvelt, is accused of "walking around the Government Services Center after business hours without clothing," the Butler County Sheriff's Office says.

Blauvelt, 35, who was charged with two counts of public indecency, was booked into the county jail and then released. He awaits a hearing in Hamilton Municipal Court, where Blauvelt usually works, said Sheriff's Maj. Anthony Dwyer.

Calling the situation "an odd occurrence," Dwyer said investigators don't know what motivated him.

Mayor Don Ryan said he couldn't comment Monday, but he plans to discuss Blauvelt's employment status with Law Director Hillary Stevenson today.

Thursday night, a guard monitoring a security camera spotted a person going into an area outside the camera's range, in a tower that houses county offices, Dwyer said. "Then (the guard) sees him come back naked. ... That started the investigation."

Investigators identified the nude man as Blauvelt, Dwyer said. Blauvelt also appears naked on security-camera footage from the previous night, but in the building's other tower. That tower houses city offices, Dwyer said, including the court where Blauvelt prosecutes cases.

The charge is a fourth-degree misdemeanor, which carries a jail term of up to one month and a maximum fine of $250.

Blauvelt's lawyer, Michael Gmoser, did not return a reporter's phone call.
Blauvelt has been a city prosecutor, defense attorney and formerly was a Butler County assistant prosecutor.

Political Post

OK I tried to post the Actual video on my blog but it did not load up for me. I apologize for that but take a look over the video that the below link will take you too. It is a pretty funny political Ad that some are not wanting to be shown.

It is by one of Milwaukee's finest movie producers David Zucker.

From youTube, Enjoy.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7h3GPc_yMCE

Facing the Giants

Went this weekend to the new indie film 'Facing the Giants'. For those that do know me I am a very critical movie watcher. OK they say I am way to critical of movies these days. With all of the junk out there can you blame me?

Well anyways we wanted to support the Christian Arts as well to see the film. I generally do not write about my movie watching but this time I am going too. Not that it was the greatest movie ever made but it can make an impact on a dying world.

The movie takes place in Georgia at a Christian High School. I also read that the movie was written and produced by a Church in Georgia, thus the Georgia connection.

It was about the schools football team and how when following Christ any obstacle placed before us can be overcome. Also while following him he will honor us in our life.
Being a Christian movie with little budget there were a points within the film that took a little bit to get past. There were a few very hokie parts (at least I think so), the acting was not the greatest either (but there were some very brilliant parts as well) and sometimes hard to get past. The story and the sports sequences are the parts that made this movie well worth the watch. It was overtly Christian without trying to hide that fact with many biblical readings and stories being told. It was very refreshing to see this and to hear this at our local movie Theatre.

My biggest kudos go to the Assistant Coaches and their banter back and forth. They were just too funny with some good one liners to bring humor into it. Another Kudo goes to their action shots of the football games being played. Most movies in my book (Jerry Maguire, The Replacements for example) that have contact sports like this are staged for the movie. I know that prophetic statement comes as a shock to most of you. This movie the action was great and felt like real games being played. So I tried the whole movie to see the "staged" play, by golly there were only 2 smalls ones that felt staged to me. I really got into that.

Over all there were many stories being told that all lead to Christ. How awesome is that?

Just as with Christian music there was not much good stuff being produced in the beginning. It took a while for Christian music to hit strides that brought it to where it is today. Support your Christian Arts by seeing this movie and future movies as well. The more they make on each film more "hollywood" will take notice and see that Faith films can and will make money to continue to produce higher quality movies with such Christian stories.

Also check out 'Fox Faith Movies' to see more pictures coming out.

Let me know what you think if you have seen it or after seeing it.

Apology

OK, let me see a raise of hands who has thought recently as you read my blog that "he is getting too serious"? That is scary I saw two hands go up, wait that was someone getting arrested my bad.

OK out of my last six posts I had one fun article about a coup. What is up with that?

I have not lost my sense of humor since I still laugh at my wife all of the time. OK not always at the right times but I am learning I think. I guess the news and what has been a happenin in my life has sucked all the fun out of my posts. I was left with a shell of seriousness that to be honest kind of scared me. "Who is that guy?" I would hear people mutter as I walked by. OK it wasn't that I heard any of that since they would cross the street once they saw me. Truly have you ever had that as you walked down the street where the other person coming towards you crosses to the other side only to walk back to your side once they have passed? Next time play a game of chicken with them start crossing the street as soon as you see them start crossing yourself and see what their next move is. A little chess match right there during your walk.

OK I could go on but my posts have become little novels as well and that scares me as well. When have I ever written that much in my life? Well never really.

Please accept my apologies for such not fumes from Toebee.

Anyways peace out me peeps!!

I am still a man

I am still a man, this is my disclaimer before you read the rest of the post.

I have always thought that too much of a bad thing can easily currupt the mind and thinking of anyone. No matter how close to God we are when we put too much of a bad thing our thinking does change. With this last week of all of the School killings and all of the middle east violence has got me a thinkin. With the Killings this week of the five Amish girls in Pennsylvania has gotten most people thinking. But yet most people will watch the news about these killings and feel affected and feel horrible. But yet they will keep their TV set tuned for CSI, NCIS, Smith or any other show that has killings portrayed in them.

What if? has become a huge question in my mind recently.

What if I could sit down and enjoy a program without having to wonder who was going to be killed or who is going to sleep with whom? We have kids growing up with all of this crap in video games, TV, movies, internet and in the news. Hey I am a fan of the shoot em up video games, action flicks with everything being blown up but there has to be a line that is too much? Right? Have we passed that line? I feel we have.

I used to think that those that used to attack Music, movies and everything else had too much time on their hands to worry about all of this. But as I go on in my life and see what type of movies are out there for us all to see and to watch the news for the next school shooting. The sad thing this week is 2 of the three were adults gunning down kids. What a great example for those kids who have those feelings of hurting someone, if an adult can do it why not me.

We are approaching a time if not in already of where there is no such thing as innocense of a child anymore. Teachers sleeping with Jr. High kids, kids having their schools attacked, molestation, kids caught in the cross fire of rival gangs, religious killings, Senators hitting on young boys and threats of killing for their "religion", internet and unfortuntely there are so many more things that go on in this world.

What is wrong with this world? We have a parent suing their kids school district over their kids field trip to the museum. The kids saw a nude scuplture and painting while on this trip. What kid hasn't gone to the museum and saw these things? I would be interested to see the TV habits of these kids when they get home and what things they watch and see there. Art is art and not graphic in it's portrayel of things such as TV and movies. Are we not going after the wrong people in instances like this?

What if? movie studios cut down gaphic movies that have violence that is not needed? Who has gone to a movie and sat thru scenes and asked your self "what did that have to do with anything else in the movie"? Or been to a shoot em up movie and a sex scene busts out in the middle of it? Where did that come from and what does that have to do with anything in the plot?

What are kids remembering? Are they remembering more what they learn in Church, School or last nights TV show, or the last movie they saw?

I am still a man I tell you!! I do still enjoy things to be blown up but sometimes enough is enough. These days even adults are influenced by what they see. They have lost the line between fantasy and real life.