a friend has visitors at her house

Thank you my friend, my walking buddy. These are cute!

steroids and gamma rays

I am reminded of "Hulk smash!"

Fort Wayne's beauty

protected wetlands care of National Serv All

protected wetlands care of National Serv All

If you stop you can find neat and wonderful things.

I dished it out, but couldn't take it

On my walk today I found all sorts of oddities.

bridge out -- no kidding

ditch the dish?

not very nice to do to the farmer

I saw a dead head mask off a Cadillac? Death on the highway? Mask on, mask off?
please send me your best captions

Slipped up shortly into video

mutations lead to death... huh.

So, HIV randomly mutates for no particular reason and this mutation does not help it survive at all. Huh, not according to science. It changes to make itself resistant to chemotherapy. So, are there pesticide resistant insects? Were they always resistant? Are there peoples in African who, if born in America show a significant susceptibility to some diseases while able to block others? Is that genetic or random? Sorry buttmunch, mutations happen and happen for the survival of the species.

Quickly, I will note that Noah and family successfully weathering the storm after days and nights, land in Jordan area. This family then produces enough people to produce enough people to become non-Jordan appearing people of Africa, Asian North, Asian South, Micronesia, Europe, and the Americas. That was successful considering the North arctic regions weren't mentioned in the bible nor much of Africa, nor Asia, nor Australia, nor the Americas.

If there was no mutation -- where did a single-skinned family group get the color for people in the many countries as well as the bone structure consistent with those peoples? I would say ... uh, mutation that helped keep those populations alive. The Northern populations had white skin to help with underexposure to the sun and the equatorial peoples darker skin to help protect from over-exposure to the sun.

Evolution and mutation don't exist?

This video ignores the obvious.

OK, I have a "little" gas

And then ...

I made a mistake. I talked politics. Some guy near me kept looking at me. I think he wanted to choke and kill me. I guess he and I didn't see eye to eye.

Video and my short commentary

Alien autopsy video. While I am a great skeptic, I found this to be interesting.

frame 5:53 shows two interesting things:
incomplete left arm
pelvic region covered during autopsy.

I would conclude from this that the doctor had performed the surgery before, as there was no other recording equipment anywhere and the speed at which the doctor performed. If I were to assume that it was "stolen" footage, it lacked a few things like sound, believability. If you had an alien species, wouldn't you take more time ripping it apart? The smaller but proportionally thicker rib cage was either so that you could see it, or so it was a structurally sound protection of this hominid.

You can see a third hand in the video, so there were three blue-gloved hands.

Whoo, hoo, hoo! What a gift!

Thank you Facebook! I will choose to give Orlando, FL and sex to a particular someone.
OK, I'll offer Kissamee, FL or Holland, MI if they want either of those. I wouldn't give them disgusting L.A., Detroit, or NYC.

cute little flower and bottom

I took this shot.
I might sink lower in hell, but this appears to be a nice view.

the other me

This isn't quite me; putting and mixing 2 halves. The nose and eyes are off quite a bit.

Wow!

This lady does not exist, but I am interested in seeing the rest of her.
Half of her face is pictured on CenturyTel

I copied her face and made a face from two identical halves.

She was well hidden

Since she's part of the identity protection program, I have kept her "mostly" a secret.
She is my walking buddy!
We had a good time walking on Thursday ... here, there and then she grew tired.
She later grew tired of my difficult questions, but ... still she answered them.

adventures in Muzak?

Who knew that the zoo pumped in or out Muzak? I didn't. I never even thought Muzak had a fairly cool website.

ACRES and acres

Acres Land Trust (link)
preserving land and nature parcel at a time

my new award

Not only to myself but to movies that are rank with it.
Bull**it! (link)

newly found

He can go to Canada!

$14K won't buy a lot of beer. Things are looking sour, and they're getting darker every hour.

So, I am supposed to give investment advice to people, when I myself working this job wouldn't make enough to save, let alone invest. I think we have a problem.

Man under bridge

While for a short walk, I saw a man under the bridge just sitting. I thought hmmm, odd. I don't know if he was homeless, perhaps so. I thought instantly of the troll and how I might be the small billy goat not-so gruff. He didn't charge me a toll.

misleading, incomplete, or typo?

or tea

We used to dream of a hallway!

We'd have to clean the lake ... stomp on us and dance on our graves.

But you try to tell that to young people and they won't believe you.
+ this skit brought to you by Monty Python

last night on the river

don't drink and

Naughty!

I had somebody in mind.

What is it?

One of many found floating and some "swimming" for lack of a better term, in stale water in an above ground pool.

To all the troops!

Thank you for your grand services! Though politics often get in the way of your sacrifices and your lives are used for political gain, I hope, at least for today that you are remembered. For the fallen, let us have moments of silence, please. They are the red stripes on our flag ... blood shed in the name of freedom.

He got grills, man! I tell ya!

Just as a friendly reminder for those lighting 'em up, that you should look out, before you cookout. I'm sure the firefighters would rather attend a barbecue rather than put out a BBQ.

From now until Novemeber

Let the mud-slinging begin

upping his image

It's an action shot straight out of JC Penney's, or maybe a VH-1 music video.

so-called fat of the news

"Is McDonalds to blame for children being overweight or obese?"

So, are there combat-trained personnel dropping off on streets and hunting down youths and force-feeding them? So, people having unhealthy lifestyles isn't the problem?

Good gracious people! You make yourselves fat! I'm fat! I've worked on it! It didn't happen overnight! I actually maintain it with a rigid schedule of eating.

Give me a break people. People are fat because of lifestyle, only part of which is food choice. I should underscore choice.

private job?

job title of, "A"
"Full time billing", "blind"
"private"

this careerbuilder screen is full of fun

Shout; shout; let it all out

Fort Wayne couple rejoices at blind boy's arrival
by Jennifer L. Boen

c/o Fort Wayne Newspapers
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My salute to this noble family!

Editor's note: The News-Sentinel first introduced the Hubley family in January 2007, in an award-winning story about families who have multiple children with disabilities. Since then, we've told you about the family's hopes of adopting a Haitian baby who, like one of their children, was born blind. This is an update on the Hubleys and the arrival of Jonas.

It doesn't take 20/20 vision to see the love Ryan and Rebekah Hubley of Fort Wayne have for the latest addition to their family. Jonas, 28 months, joined the family Wednesday all the way from Haiti, where he had lived in orphanages since his first birthday.

Given the name Wendylove by his Haitian mother, he was first left at a government-run orphanage, then taken to a private Christian orphanage, God's Littlest Angels. The Hubleys were told the family of Jonas Brice - his original name - likely abandoned him because they could not provide for his special needs.

Jonas is blind. But that was not a hindrance to the Hubleys.

Having a child with special needs “is no big deal,” said Ryan Hubley, a teacher and coach at Blackhawk Middle School. For the Hubleys, it is more the norm than the exception.

Hannah, 7, was born blind, and Micah, 5, was born with spina bifida. Luca, 22 months, has no apparent disabilities. All three are their biological children, and Hannah's and Luca's disabilities are not related.

The minute Rebekah Hubley set eyes on Jonas' picture on a Christian adoption agency's Web site and read that he was blind, she said she knew he was meant for their family. In the same time it took for the couple to await the births of their other children, it was nine months of filing paperwork with the Haitian government, finding local doctors who agreed to provide free medical care and filing more paperwork before Jonas arrived on U.S. soil.

The Hubleys currently are serving as Jonas' legal guardian, and he is in this country on a U.S. medical visa, which expires in 12 months. Before that, they hope to have all the necessary steps done to adopt him. Then they will return to Haiti with Jonas to file adoption papers in that country.

He's already seen the family pediatrician and an ophthalmologist since his arrival. Although in good general health, he has other medical and developmental problems of uncertain origin. His left side is weak, perhaps from a stroke at birth or he may have cerebral palsy. He is not yet talking or walking, although such delays are not uncommon in children who are blind, Rebekah Hubley said. He started in-home therapies with volunteer staff Monday.

The Haitian government required the Hubleys to get the free medical care for Jonas before Jonas could leave the country. Rebekah Hubley, having helped another couple raise more than $60,000 toward costs related to their son's kidney transplant, got agreements from doctors soon after, getting the ball rolling.

Bringing Jonas to Fort Wayne took on special meaning for Blackhawk Middle School students, who late last year raised $8,500 toward travel and adoption expenses. Students gave the family the money in a special assembly in December.

“There's an assembly coming up, and we're going to take Jonas so they can meet him,” said Ryan Hubley, a normally quiet man whose prowess as a football and soccer coach was overshadowed by humility and a tear-streaked face when handed the large check.

For now, the family is talking to, holding and playing with Jonas as much as possible, building a permanent bond. It's already forming because when Rebekah leaves Jonas' side for long, he cries for her.

“He's really ticklish,” Rebekah said, talking to Jonas sometimes in Creole, other times in English. During her childhood, Rebekah spent several months each year in Haiti, where her father, a doctor in Ossian, did short-term mission work. With Luca sitting on her lap, she stretched the back tendon of Jonas' left foot the way a therapist friend showed her.

On the couch nearby, Hannah thumbed through a large Braille book, reading and talking to herself. She knows Jonas is blind - but to a child who has viewed the world with ears, smell, touch and taste, that, like her dad says, is no big deal. Love is visible in so many ways.

“I sang one time to Jonas,” she said. “I sang ‘Jesus Loves Me' and ‘If You're Happy and You Know It (Clap Your Hands).'” For the Hubleys, both could be family theme songs. Every night for months, they have prayed together for Jonas. He's been “brother” to Micah and Hannah long before they met him.

Showing a bit of brotherly jealousy already, Luca asked his mother, “Baby bed?” pointing upstairs.

“I think he wants the baby (Jonas) to go to bed,” Rebekah Hubley said.

The Hubleys were told Friday by Fort Wayne eye specialist Dr. Kathleen McCabe that Jonas can see light, although his optic nerves are abnormal. Further tests are needed to know if he might have some vision in the future and whether his left-side weakness and developmental delays will be fully overcome with therapy, treatment or perhaps surgery.

“We don't know if Jonas could have some brain damage. Maybe we'll find out he does,” Rebekah Hubley said, kissing the youngster's cheeks and tickling his belly. “It doesn't matter. He's here. He's part of our family now.”
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I am usurping this article because I despise FW News of charging for older-than seven days archive fee of some dollars. Let's see... I uploaded photos to Flickr years ago ... still there. Huh, no archive fee.
I posted thousands of blog entries... no archive fee.

Archive fee is bull!

tang wu, wu tang

So, my question is: did Wu Tang Klan get their name from a Disney Herbie movie?

National Treasure too many

My sister, brother-in-law and I watched National Treasure 2. Iwill simply the movie: take Indiana Jones traps, mix with Carmen Sandiego theme of National Treasure, stir in complete unbelievability and you have it. Plot can be found on page 47, aka National Treasure 3. The player stopped just 4 minutes from the end, in the "epilogue" part of the movie. We had to dissemble the player to retrieve the disc. After many minutes, the ending wasn't worth the fight.

They picked the right actor for Irrational Treasure. Nicholas Cage at his mediocrist! He tried his darnest to be Fred Flintstone at Buckingham Palace with the Outsiders leader-esque demeanor. Can somebody please let the general public know that this is his finest? Take Ghost Rider, please!

early July?

It isn't Memorial for service personnel fallen for freedom's cause. No. It is merely chronological adults who behave like children with loud fiery boom-boom fireworks. When that doesn't work, fire guns or blow up stuff in other ways. Ah, boom! I wonder why they didn't join the service. There they might very well get to blow up crap with real weapons, real ordinance, sophisticated bang bangs.

life, death, beauty

This caterpillar was found munching on the unwanted mess of plants. I returned it to another section of less-desirable plants.

This poor critter was on my windshield on the blank area between the wiper blades. I have no idea how it got there, only that it was dead. Since I wasn't near a tree, I suspect a predator dropped it while in flight with its meal.

I don't think flowers need too much explaining.

I helped the folks garden and was reminded of the frailty of life. A caterpillar was potentially doomed because it was in the wrong place at the wrong time. The bird was doomed for it was frail and many young die such -- young. The plants appear healthy, but can die with cold, too much or too little rain. I stand back and admire things while they live, while I live.