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    February 26

    Online dating

    thanks Jokefrog for proving my point:
    Men I meet online ARE dogs!
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    poor Mark, funny picture


    This is one of my local news men!

    Hate crimes and good parenting

    Now, I know we all have feelings and behaviors that our parents did not plant in us -
    but KUDOS to the parents of the 15 year old Redlands CA boy who called the police and turned his bum beating butt in when they heard him brag about beating a homeless man and say he had video taped it on his cell phone.

    Homeless Beatings are a Hate Crime

    In 2006 


    106 homeless people were attacked

    20 more were killed

     6 more were set on fire.these numbers are from a report by National Coalition for the Homeless.

    To me, this signifies a Hate Crime. I understand that homelessness is a possibility for all of us and we have great fear that given a fire, flood, corrupt banker, physical or mental illness - we could fall to this level of need and dependence on other people.
    Frankly, it scares me too and keeps me trudging to work day after day. Inheritance aside - I don't want to depend on anyone to make my life possible.

    I think it is this fear that sparks hate - as if we could vilify those who remind us of out fear by embodying it - and living our nightmare right in front of us. If we could kill them or scare them off, we could calm our own nerves.

    Alarming me most in the report is the favt that the haters, beaters, and fire starters are mostly teenagers. I think I was more comfortable with the 2 little biddies running over people for the insurance policy - Greed I get - Fear and teenagers? I hope I never understand.


    February 21

    paperwork

    The Welfare system is awash in paperwork. Flodded with it actually. Aarrgh! I may be choked to death on service request forms. There is just not enough time to get everyone served and it is killing me!

    It is terribly hard to be poor and humbling to ask for public assistance. If the county tells you to go to school and then won,t help you pay for books... How are you going to do well in your classes. As the social worker involved' I feel like a failure because I can,ty reach out and hand the girl money. Aarrggh.

    hmmm

    So I wonder if all my emailed posts will be showing up now that I have fixed the sync error on my phone. I did alot of swearing under my breath this weekend

    Talking about My Live Search Maps collection

    I am looking for a place to go to lunch with Sonia - yes, I know, SonYa and SonIa. I am busting out the Local.live.com

    tool to see where I am when I work in the clinic and what is around me, since I know very little about the neighborhood. Look for this collection to expand and change as I learn more.


    Quote

    My Live Search Maps collection

    11631 Victory Blvd , North Hollywood, CA 91606-3572, United States
    February 18

    2 years in a row

    2 years in a row I have woken up on my birthday in Hotel rooms. I might just be a little spoiled. oh, remind me to tell you sabout LAHSA and hotel vouchers sometimed and stop boring you with personal junk!!!
    February 17

    i am old....

    I am in Solvang for my birthday with the family. Tonight we are at The Hitching Post. Off to the corner is a window to the kitchen and I am watching my dinner be prepared. Yum.... Cows may be killing the ozone with their Methane... but I do my ecological duty and eat those bad bad cows!!! We stopped to shop and poke through stored, that being mom's favorite hobby. At the hotel Dad and Jax puted on the mini green while Mom and I watched while discussing Soap Operas. Then I cheated and pened 2 gifts early- dont tell Wheeler I couldn't wait!

    Keith's on the road.

    I am posting from the back seat of Dad's car on our way to Solvang (to celebrate my birthday). Cool eh?

    So my blogging was interrupted by a call from my OJ. She had errands to run and dropped Grandpa at the car dealership... This is like getting free babysitting for Pa. He likes to pester the sales guys and threatens to turn in OJ's car for a new model with bells and whistles. She came back to get him for Baby Juia's b day. Well, he wasn't there and she did have him paged there and at the Toyota dealer on the other side of the street before giving up and leaving him. Pa called my local uncle and he picked him up. Apparently he was hiding in order to keep from having to go. We are all in shock that OJ grew a pair and did not lhang out waiting for that honery man to come out of hiding.

    Go Grandma OJ!!
    February 09

    I abhor spiders

    gross gross gross! I found a quarter sized Black Widow on my screen the other night - but at least it wasn't a Camel Spider!

    I WANT my W2

    I usually have my taxes done and in hand by this time of year - yes, I am an e-filer.


     However, Dumb Lamp Community has lost yet another CFO (wonder why) and has not issued my my W2 - though I have e-mailed the Exec, Dir and the accountant, not to mention the good for nothing Human Resources girl - - - - arrgh. I guess it is off to estimated Tax Land for me! I would usually just use muy pay stub and call it a day, but I have severence and Vacation Pay to factor in too. I suppose I wioll just have to report them to the IRS and estimate it, including my profit sharing, Unemployment, Temporary Agency pay and some self employment.

    Self employment has been good to me this year, however: I have earned more from Jan 1, 2007 to today than I did for all of last year. Some of it has to do with my web site and the change in advertising venue - check me out at Lovertrials.com. I should update the page since my prices have gone up a little.

    What about you? Are you an e-filier or paper filer - self tax preperation or HRBlock kind of guy?
    February 05

    jax dance day

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    February 03

    Credit or blame Stan Garner.

    When I need to think I listen to classic music, this morning I am tuned to Kmozart - an L.A. Station.

    Anyway ... Stan is my friend's dad and in his office he would blast his Thinkinmg Music. I lnow my friends look at me askew because now, I do this too.

    Stan. Btw, owned half of Short Line Enterprose and his train was in Throw Mama From the Train, The Los Boys and just about every train movie I care to see.