December 1st, 2008
It’s difficult for me to explain. Since I was very little, witnessing things like the high school marching band with all those kids working together to make that music and moving together down the street makes me swell up and cry. It’s not sadness, but a kind of joy and pride for the human animal that we can do that. Heck… I don’t have to witness it. It could be something more primal than joy, though. We use the parade for a celebration, but in history, the drums and pipes were used to rouse the troops and lead them into death. Maybe I feel echoes of history in the spirits surrounding a parade. Just thinking about it can make me cry. Bagpipe music makes me cry too, without a parade or a funeral. I wasn’t sensitive to the pipes as a child. That was grown into. It’s the same kind of feeling as when I cry at a wedding. Why should I cry then? It’s not me giving my life away, yet there I am with eyes brimming.
It’s not about whether the parade is “good” or “bad”, but more just the fact that it’s happening and people are putting that concerted effort into it. The fact that anyone put any effort into it shows something. Why do people make parades? Why do people want to be in them? Why do others want to watch them. You will be the judge of whether it’s a good or bad parade and I will just be proud (for some reason) that it happened. I’ll be smiling and crying if I just hear the drums coming in the distance, and know there’s a parade over that way….
Tags: crying, parade
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October 20th, 2008
I challenge Michele Bachmann and Sarah Palin to tell this grieving mother that her son is anti-American because of his faith.
Tags: muslim
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October 11th, 2008
Update: I had a BFO today remembering that I answered an online IQ test challenge which indicated to me something about a subscription to which I immediately sent a STOP message as instructed at the bottom. There was a reply telling me that I had no subscriptions at that number… same message I got when I entered my phone number at the number Sprint gave me. So I did supposedly interact with these people, and they told me there was no subscription…twice, but they still billed me for $9.99. There was no warning that this bill was coming and there was no indication when I did the IQ test thing that I would be billed for it…just standard text message fees and my account has unlimited texting; so I thought I was covered.
The IQ test? Well it did seem very easy. I answered the questions online and they required me to text them a code to see what my IQ test result was. That is how they suckered me in. I can’t believe I deleted the message from my phone… but they did tell me that I am approaching genius. Oh yeah… I’m really a hot number 
Like about a 140 here.
I wish I could remember where I found the IQ test to provide further warning about this trap.
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My Sprint cell phone arrived today with a charge on it for $9.99 which made no sense at all.
Mobile Messenger: Alerts – 44999 Text Alerts – 10/03
Now I don’t remember making any mobile messenger type thing on 10/03. I did vote for the Design Star back in June, but that didn’t result in any charges to my cell phone because I have unlimited text messages. This was something else that supposedly happened on October 3..
I called Sprint right away to get this explained and hopefully removed from my account. The customer service rep was really kind to me. She listened to my woeful story and gave me a number to call. This was supposedly a TXT4fun subscription. The number to get it removed is 800-235-7105. She also agreed to remove the charge from my account.
Then I called the 800 number she gave me. It’s an automated system that answers and I had to enter my cell phone number there to “unsubscribe”. This sent a message to my cell phone telling me that I have no subscriptions there! Duh! So why did they generate a bill to my Sprint account?
They have a supposed explanation in the automated system which just says that I had to have texted to them in order to be subscribed. They have a function to get my subscription “investigated” for which I left a message on the answering machine with my home number for call back. Will follow up with more info if they do call me back on this.
Tags: cell phone fraud, text message subscription
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September 30th, 2008
I had to ask that question because we have a brokerage checking account through our bank. It’s not in the regular Suntrust Bank, but in the finanacial services. It took three different people to get my answer. As long as our money is not being traded (and it’ not) they say it’s protected by SIPC up to $500,000. I went to the SIPC website and it’s very encouraging. I guess it’s okay to relax a little about this.
Tags: bank account, is my money safe?
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September 25th, 2008
The beach has been dreary…yes, we are still in Daytona Beach, Florida. The storms this year have caused piles of sea weed to come onto the beach. The ocean is rougher than we are used to here and the beach is much narrower than in past visits. There are no cars on the beach this month.
I have found a new site in prelaunch to promote. Sqip is a social networking and entertainment portal that promises to be potentially very lucrative to those joining it at the Associate level. I will be watching this one closely in coming days and will update this as things evolve. Click the banner if you want to see more at the Sqipcom site.
Tags: entertainment, opportunity, social networking, sqip
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