<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:blogger='http://schemas.google.com/blogger/2008' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005" xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2468703683470470613</id><updated>2025-02-10T13:19:07.986-08:00</updated><category term="Japan"/><category term="life"/><category term="tsunami"/><category term="daily"/><category term="earthquake"/><category term="spiritual"/><category term="thoughts"/><category term="Japanese meltdown"/><category term="faith"/><category term="fourth reactor on fire"/><category term="japan evacuates"/><category term="nuclear plant"/><category term="God"/><category term="International Nuclear Event Scale"/><category term="Libya"/><category term="Nuclear level raised"/><category term="Odyssey Dawn"/><category term="UN"/><category term="US"/><category term="bpc alumni"/><category term="bpc choir"/><category term="bpc reunion"/><category term="chernobyl"/><category term="christian"/><category term="cigarettes"/><category term="coffee"/><category term="congress"/><category term="congressional reform"/><category term="congressman"/><category term="congressmen"/><category term="daily blog"/><category term="devotions"/><category term="earthquakes"/><category term="educational ipad apps"/><category term="exposion"/><category term="friday"/><category term="friends"/><category term="gadaffi"/><category term="hope"/><category term="humanity"/><category term="iPad"/><category term="iPad apps"/><category term="ideas"/><category term="ipad apps for education"/><category term="ipad education"/><category term="ipad for education"/><category term="ipad for special needs"/><category term="ipad learning"/><category term="journey"/><category term="love"/><category term="meltdown"/><category term="mentally handicapped"/><category term="notageek4u"/><category term="obama"/><category term="obama heckled"/><category term="obama ridiculed"/><category term="obama song"/><category term="partial meltdown"/><category term="power plants"/><category term="psyche"/><category term="quotes"/><category term="rain"/><category term="reactor"/><category term="reactors"/><category term="self growth"/><category term="special education"/><category term="sprituality"/><category term="third reactor"/><category term="three mile island"/><category term="today"/><category term="tsunamis"/><category term="us interaction libya"/><category term="value"/><category term="weather"/><category term="wisdom"/><category term="words"/><category term="world events"/><category term="world news"/><title type='text'>A New Day Is A Comin&#39;</title><subtitle type='html'>Daily Insights, thoughts, world news, entertainment, random venting, quick tips, and whatever else is on my mind.    Thank you for visiting! :-)</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://notageek4u.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2468703683470470613/posts/default?redirect=false'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://notageek4u.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Notageek</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09209593437078188826</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>22</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2468703683470470613.post-6695801140070364551</id><published>2012-01-27T23:37:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2012-01-27T23:37:14.729-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Pre-Valentine&amp;#8217;s Day Giveaway!!!</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href=&quot;http://foodnservice.com/2012/01/27/pre-valentines-day-giveaway/&quot;&gt;Pre-Valentine&amp;amp;#8217;s Day Giveaway!!!&lt;/a&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://notageek4u.blogspot.com/feeds/6695801140070364551/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/2468703683470470613/6695801140070364551' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2468703683470470613/posts/default/6695801140070364551'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2468703683470470613/posts/default/6695801140070364551'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://notageek4u.blogspot.com/2012/01/pre-valentine-day-giveaway.html' title='Pre-Valentine&amp;#8217;s Day Giveaway!!!'/><author><name>Notageek</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09209593437078188826</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2468703683470470613.post-9137725839787346053</id><published>2011-07-21T21:38:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-07-21T21:40:32.073-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Food N Service has been a great resource!</title><content type='html'>There have been so many great sales &amp;amp; couponing advice, recipes and tid bits of the restaurant training that I&#39;ve completely enjoyed reading.  It&#39;s one that I definitely recommend.&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;The blogposts are very easy to read, and are done in a great color verbiage.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;I LOVE THEM!!!   www.foodnservice.com&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Go there today!&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://notageek4u.blogspot.com/feeds/9137725839787346053/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/2468703683470470613/9137725839787346053' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2468703683470470613/posts/default/9137725839787346053'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2468703683470470613/posts/default/9137725839787346053'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://notageek4u.blogspot.com/2011/07/food-n-service-has-been-great-resource.html' title='Food N Service has been a great resource!'/><author><name>Notageek</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09209593437078188826</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2468703683470470613.post-4648075731546355098</id><published>2011-07-16T20:51:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-07-16T20:51:54.910-07:00</updated><title type='text'>ShopRite Extreme Savings</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href=&quot;http://foodnservice.com/2011/07/16/shoprite-extreme-savings/&quot;&gt;ShopRite Extreme Savings&lt;/a&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://notageek4u.blogspot.com/feeds/4648075731546355098/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/2468703683470470613/4648075731546355098' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2468703683470470613/posts/default/4648075731546355098'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2468703683470470613/posts/default/4648075731546355098'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://notageek4u.blogspot.com/2011/07/shoprite-extreme-savings.html' title='ShopRite Extreme Savings'/><author><name>Notageek</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09209593437078188826</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2468703683470470613.post-1079497823134013008</id><published>2011-04-22T21:28:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-04-22T21:30:41.695-07:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="congress"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="congressional reform"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="congressman"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="congressmen"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="obama"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="obama heckled"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="obama ridiculed"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="obama song"/><title type='text'>Obama Heckled?  Ha!  Heckle at this.</title><content type='html'>&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;line-height: 18px; &quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot;  style=&quot;font-size: 13px; &quot;&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot;  &gt;The 26th amendment(granting the right to vote for 18 year-olds) took only 3&lt;br /&gt;months &amp;amp; 8 days to be ratified! Why? Simple! The people demanded it. That&lt;br /&gt;was in 1971...before computers, before e-mail, before cell phones, etc.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Of the 27 amendments to the Constitution, seven (7) took 1 year or less to&lt;br /&gt;become the law of the land...all because of public pressure.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Copy and forward this to a minimum of twenty people in&lt;br /&gt;your address list; in turn ask each of those to do likewise.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Congressional Reform Act of 2011&lt;br /&gt;1. Term Limits.&lt;br /&gt;12 years only, one of the possible options below..&lt;br /&gt;A. Two Six-year Senate terms&lt;br /&gt;B. Six Two-year House terms&lt;br /&gt;C. One Six-year Senate term and three Two-Year House terms&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2. No Tenure / No Pension.&lt;br /&gt;A Congressman collects a salary while in office and receives no pay when&lt;br /&gt;they are out of office.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;3. Congress (past, present &amp;amp; future) participates in Social Security.&lt;br /&gt;All funds in the Congressional retirement fund move to the Social Security&lt;br /&gt;system immediately. All future funds flow into the Social Security system,&lt;br /&gt;and Congress participates with the American people.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;4. Congress can purchase their own retirement plan, just as all Americans do.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;5. Congress will no longer vote themselves a pay raise. Congressional pay will&lt;br /&gt;rise by the lower of CPI or 3%.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;6. Congress loses their current health care system and participates in the same&lt;br /&gt;health care system as the American people.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;7. Congress must equally abide by all laws they impose on the American people.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;8. All contracts with past and present Congressmen are void effective 1/1/11.&lt;br /&gt;The American people did not make this contract with Congressmen.&lt;br /&gt;Congressmen made all these contracts for themselves. Serving in Congress is&lt;br /&gt;an honor, not a career. The Founding Fathers envisioned citizen legislators,&lt;br /&gt;so ours should serve their term(s), then go home and back to work.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;line-height: 18px; &quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot;  &gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;line-height: 18px; &quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot;  &gt;One other thing - barbers have to be licensed, plumbers, electricians, carpenters, financial consultants, on and on have to be licensed to prove they are competent - why cant federal politicians, the people who hold the fate of the country, prove they know economics, history, foreign affairs and are generally intelligent rather than show they lie, cheat and steal (something we already know) - along with meeting requirements in the constitution, they should be tested and licensed before each election - it dosent mater if you are left, middle or right wing, show you know before you go.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://notageek4u.blogspot.com/feeds/1079497823134013008/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/2468703683470470613/1079497823134013008' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2468703683470470613/posts/default/1079497823134013008'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2468703683470470613/posts/default/1079497823134013008'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://notageek4u.blogspot.com/2011/04/obama-heckled-ha-heckle-at-this.html' title='Obama Heckled?  Ha!  Heckle at this.'/><author><name>Notageek</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09209593437078188826</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2468703683470470613.post-2156805580179706912</id><published>2011-04-09T13:55:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-04-09T22:33:53.285-07:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="bpc alumni"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="bpc choir"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="bpc reunion"/><title type='text'>BPC Choir Alumni Reunion Thoughts</title><content type='html'>&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 16px; &quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot;&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: left; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 1.5em; &quot;&gt;My heart is forever blessed.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: left; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 1.5em; &quot;&gt;It was my first time back to campus in over 11 years.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: left; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 1.5em; &quot;&gt;I didn&#39;t know how I would feel when I walked onto the campus grounds, after parking in front of the&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: left; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 1.5em; &quot;&gt;original music building.  The original birth place of our hearts, and a place where many of us grew a&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: left; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 1.5em; &quot;&gt;stonger faith...with thanks to Miss Stanley and each other.  Our God IS a mighty fortress, but He made us the cement  in His fortress of BPC.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: left; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 1.5em; &quot;&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: left; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 1.5em; &quot;&gt;I gazed around and all the memories came rushing back to me:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: left; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 1.5em; &quot;&gt;The attack of the killer swans,&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: left; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 1.5em; &quot;&gt;the having to add ketchup to what BPC called pizza,&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: left; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 1.5em; &quot;&gt;the runs to Friendly Gus for their tater logs and an obscured diet coke,&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: left; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 1.5em; &quot;&gt;the long hours of piano practice,&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: left; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 1.5em; &quot;&gt;to Dr. Retif saying, &quot;Blow, dammit, blow!&quot; (and then you would walk out crying from his office),&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: left; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 1.5em; &quot;&gt;to making looooove to the bell,&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: left; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 1.5em; &quot;&gt;to Miss Stanley giving you the stare of death for being slightly off key (and you/us having a shocked face when she pointed you out) or if you weren&#39;t singing at all,&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: left; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 1.5em; &quot;&gt;to the heart felt bible study sessions &amp;amp; TV viewing at the BSU center,&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: left; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 1.5em; &quot;&gt;to trying to wash the crisco oil off your body (guys you get it!) after serenading the girls,&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: left; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 1.5em; &quot;&gt;to the Road Rally races where someone was certain to get lost from making an R at the T by the Y (lol!),&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: left; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 1.5em; &quot;&gt;to listening to those lip trills being done with numb lips and handbell cases in hand,&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: left; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 1.5em; &quot;&gt;to going to the mailboxes praying for more than just another flyer in there,&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: left; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 1.5em; &quot;&gt;to the late night study sessions (or cards games) in the student center,&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: left; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 1.5em; &quot;&gt;to the dead bug in Wally World (Wal-Mart for the layman),&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: left; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 1.5em; &quot;&gt;to getting up a 4am to wait in line to register (wearing hoodies and pajamas) to not get stuck with an 8am class,&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: left; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 1.5em; &quot;&gt;to the awful looking men of the reverse beauty pageants,&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: left; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 1.5em; &quot;&gt;to the fraternity and sorority water wars (Go Rho!),&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: left; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 1.5em; &quot;&gt;to the long heart to heart talks about the directions God is taking you/us in,&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: left; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 1.5em; &quot;&gt;to going to the library and acting like we know how to properly cite periodicals,&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: left; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 1.5em; &quot;&gt;to the 56k dial up modem, and to all of us thinking we were the coolest in having it available,&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: left; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 1.5em; &quot;&gt;to backing up into signs while driving the school van and having a bad case of IBS at the same time (Sorry my Ringers!),&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: left; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 1.5em; &quot;&gt;to the Random Acts of Kindness that no one ever expected,&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: left; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 1.5em; &quot;&gt;to not ever feeling like an outcast or alone in this world,&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: left; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 1.5em; &quot;&gt;to me singing El Shaddai and crying, and everyone joining in to sing to help me finish the song,&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: left; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 1.5em; &quot;&gt;to share the fears of love and salvation with each other,&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: left; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 1.5em; &quot;&gt;to fighting with the soccer teams lol (I never knew how that really started),&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: left; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 1.5em; &quot;&gt;to getting into philosophical debates at 3am,&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: left; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 1.5em; &quot;&gt;to displays of affection show to fellow classmates at 2am at the Huddle House, &quot;C&#39;mon Betsy give, my baby&#39;s gotta live!&quot;,&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: left; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 1.5em; &quot;&gt;to learning what perfect parallel fifths and disnonant notes are,&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: left; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 1.5em; &quot;&gt;to going to the small white chapel across the lake and having a revival,&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: left; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 1.5em; &quot;&gt;to the golf carts driving by my windows at night that drove me crazy,&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: left; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 1.5em; &quot;&gt;to the paddle boats and fishing at the lake,&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: left; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 1.5em; &quot;&gt;to the pain staking juries!!!!!!!,&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: left; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 1.5em; &quot;&gt;to the late Brother Herbies home made cooking,&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: left; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 1.5em; &quot;&gt;to Brian Marchant gargling at 6am and doing vocal training in the bathroom while I tried to sleep,&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: left; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 1.5em; &quot;&gt;to Molly, Kaysi, Paige, David, and many others pulling out the guitar for all us to jam to,&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: left; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 1.5em; &quot;&gt;to doing work study in the post office or the book store....I could go on and on forever.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: left; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 1.5em; &quot;&gt;These memories never leave me,&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: left; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 1.5em; &quot;&gt;We all have our memories that helped create our bonds together.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: left; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 1.5em; &quot;&gt;We all have our memories that we carry in knowing what made us all...a family.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: left; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 1.5em; &quot;&gt;We have all been there for ever other in darkest days, and brightest shining moments.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: left; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 1.5em; &quot;&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: left; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 1.5em; &quot;&gt;In getting together, everyone was genuinely and truly happy to see each other, to share love with each other,&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: left; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 1.5em; &quot;&gt;to let them know they are missed and thought of, and to Facebook that helps keep us together...even though we are physically apart.  &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: left; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 1.5em; &quot;&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: left; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 1.5em; &quot;&gt;Our hearts and souls are forever entwined with each other.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: left; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 1.5em; &quot;&gt;So, here&#39;s to my old friends...well family members, and here&#39;s to the new found ones made.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: left; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 1.5em; &quot;&gt;I love you all.  I am blessed and enriched by you all.  You are in my hearts forever.  Words cannot be conveyed enough.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: left; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 1.5em; &quot;&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: left; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 1.5em; &quot;&gt;Just remember to, &quot;Look to the pine trees.  Easter is coming.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: left; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 1.5em; &quot;&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: left; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 1.5em; &quot;&gt;Until we meet again my loving family in God.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: left; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 1.5em; &quot;&gt;David M Murphy 94 to 98&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://notageek4u.blogspot.com/feeds/2156805580179706912/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/2468703683470470613/2156805580179706912' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2468703683470470613/posts/default/2156805580179706912'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2468703683470470613/posts/default/2156805580179706912'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://notageek4u.blogspot.com/2011/04/bpc-choir-alumni-reunion-thoughts.html' title='BPC Choir Alumni Reunion Thoughts'/><author><name>Notageek</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09209593437078188826</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2468703683470470613.post-395620033738542995</id><published>2011-03-26T10:46:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-04-13T08:12:47.016-07:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="educational ipad apps"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="iPad"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="iPad apps"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="ipad apps for education"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="ipad education"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="ipad for education"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="ipad for special needs"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="ipad learning"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="mentally handicapped"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="special education"/><title type='text'>iPad for Special Education</title><content type='html'>This article is mainly aimed at children/adults who are mentally challenged.&lt;div&gt;As a brother of a mentally challenged sister, I completely understand the different obstacles that come with daily life.  It takes a lot of patience to deal with people of her nature.  The biggest things are:  constant reiteration of the do&#39;s and don&#39;ts in life. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;My sister hasn&#39;t been in school for a long time, and has different issues that upset her...i.e., writing her name, her ABC&#39;s, and counting past 10.  Most of us take these simple things for granted, but i don&#39;t.  I relish in the fact that I know how to put my shoes on the right feet, tie my shoes, write my name, and able to do simple hand-eye coordination tasks.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;I am a gadget freak!  When it comes to technology, I have to have it all!  When the iPad was released, I couldn&#39;t wait to get my hands on one!  Just a little over a month ago, I indulged and bought one.  I was on cloud 9! Browsing through all of the killer apps that was available on the iPad had in the app store...I didn&#39;t know what to do with myself.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;One day I was watching Netflix on my iPad, and that&#39;s where my interest was sparked about the educational possibilities of teaching people with mental challenges began.  My sister asked if she could watch Dora the Explorer on it.  Now mind you, she is a Dora the Explorer aficionado!  She can (and will) watch Dora all day and night long if she could.  After observing her watch her favorite show, I decided to teach her how to press &quot;pause&quot; and &quot;play.&quot;  She felt like a &quot;big girl&quot; watching her favorite show on my iPad.  Angela, my sister, had learned quite a few things off of Dora.  For example, my other sister (Jennifer) and I like to speak in Spanish around our family...mainly because no one understands Spanish in our family!  Well, one day Angela was having a rough day with emotional outburst, and then Jennifer said &quot;Let&#39;s giver her some medicine to calm her down&quot; in Spanish.  Angela, looked at us and said, &quot;I don&#39;t need medicine to calm down!&quot;  Jennifer and I looked at each other with the biggest stunned looks on our faces.  Angela had learned to speak and understand more than just the basic words in Spanish.  (BTW, thank you Dora!  We now have to learn to used a different language! lol).&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Angela&#39;s retort in the translation of our Spanish had my brain moving a thousand miles an hour. Using Netflix was just a beginning point, in my mind, of where Angela could learn better eye-hand coordination and other basic skill sets.  After scrounging around the App store, I found some amazing apps that would be extremely beneficial for almost all people with mental retardation!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;u style=&quot;font-weight: bold; &quot;&gt;1.  Netflix&lt;/u&gt;:  Netflix uses simple controls of pressing pause and play.  When the person has learned these 2 basic steps, take him/her to the next level of making the screen bigger and smaller, and then finally to the level of picking their own show(s) and pressing the PLAY icon.  &lt;b&gt;This App is FREE!&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;u style=&quot;font-weight: bold; &quot;&gt;2.  Intro to Letters, by Montessorium:&lt;/u&gt;  What a great little app this is!  You have the whole alphabet in front of you!  You can press the different letters to trace with your fingers or with an iPad stylus (I HIGHLY recommend the stylus.  It allows the person to feel like they are using a pen/pencil).  You all get to press a button to hear the letter pronounced!  Another great advantage.  The purchase prices is $4.99, but definitely well worth it!  Here are the rest of the details from the App store site:&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;color: rgb(137, 137, 137); font-family: &#39;Lucida Grande&#39;, &#39;Lucida Sans Unicode&#39;, Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px; &quot;&gt;Intro to Letters includes a special recording area for iPad and iPhone users, where your child can listen to their own voice, as they practice to enunciate and name the letters of the alphabet.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;color: rgb(137, 137, 137); font-family: &#39;Lucida Grande&#39;, &#39;Lucida Sans Unicode&#39;, Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px; &quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Intro to Letters also offers two modes for learning letter shapes, names and sounds. &quot;Random&quot; mode harnesses the proven Montessori approach to learning language — isolating small groups of letters or phonograms, allowing your child to focus on them and trace them into memory. Want to target a specific letter? Flip over to &quot;Practice&quot; mode, where your child can choose which letters to focus on.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: normal; &quot;&gt; &lt;u style=&quot;font-weight: bold; &quot;&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;u&gt;3.  Penultimate&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/b&gt;:  This was a free app, but I believe it is not $1.99.  It&#39;s another MUST have, especially with the usage of the stylus!  They can practice writing their ABC&#39;s, names, and just about anything!  The app has 3 to 4 different paper style appearances.  The parent or teacher can actually create the guidelines for them to trace, and then have them do it on their own.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;u&gt;4.  Dora the Explorer Chrimstas Adventure&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/b&gt;:  Nickelodeon is doing a phenomenal job at designing interactive story books!  From using fine motor skills, to visual and verbal interactions.  Nick gets 5 stars from me!  I&#39;m actually in the process of showing my sister on how to use it, and then leave her off on her own.  The iPad book app was $4.99, and I haven&#39;t regretted buying it yet!  This app actually brings the characters to life, and allows the participants to get lost in it!  Word of caution:  The pupils will learn Spanish, so be cautious of what you say! LOL!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;u&gt;5.  Fruit Ninja&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/b&gt;:  Believe it or not, I highly recommend this app!  It helps with a lot of hand coordination!  It has lots of bright colors and movement!  Mentally challenged people need to see lots of different colors to spark their synaptic nerves and excite their eyes.  The price is $2.99, and you&#39;ll definitely love it!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;u&gt;6.  My Coloring Book Free&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/b&gt;:  Yes!  It&#39;s FREE!  It comes with 37 different pictures to color in!  It works on the premise of the the &quot;paint bucket&quot; tool found in a lot of design programs.  They pick the color and the spot they want to fill in with the color.  Another great hand-eye coordination app.  The best part is that they can actually save the pictures, you can print it if you want, and you can re-use the same picture over and over and over again.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;u&gt;7.  Baby Flash Cards&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/b&gt;:  It&#39;s FREE, too!  It shows an extremely adolescent picture with the associated word.  It will even pronounce the word for you with the coinciding picture! It contains a bank of over 200 words and pictures!  Not too bad for something free!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;u&gt;8.  Read Me Stories&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/b&gt;:  It&#39;s also free, but it has a lot of different in app purchases for stories!  Which does make it great.  You can choose which story books you want to buy.  The books are done in a matter of where a 5 to 7 year old should be able to read, but the best part about it is that it actually &quot;reads&#39; the story for the person using the app, while following along.  You get a new free book daily, and the person gets to learn a lot.  It features no words in each story, and to properly say the word while reading the word.  Plus, if you really like the book...there is an in-app button to buy from Amazon.com.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Well, these are my top picks for now!  The biggest part in the beginning process is to have a lot of patience in showing these amazing people on how to use the apps, including the basics of launching and closing an app.  Don&#39;t lose faith!  Don&#39;t lose patience!  It will be a difficult task on your part, but with true diligence you will see a great difference in their learning capacity.  You will have to do a lot of moderation at first, but you will see how you can start letting them go on their own one step at a time.  Of course, you might see yourself indulging in these apps!&lt;br /&gt;I hope you enjoyed this blog.  If you have any other apps that you would like to recommend, please post a comment and share!  Many kind thanks in reading and sharing!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: normal; &quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://notageek4u.blogspot.com/feeds/395620033738542995/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/2468703683470470613/395620033738542995' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2468703683470470613/posts/default/395620033738542995'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2468703683470470613/posts/default/395620033738542995'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://notageek4u.blogspot.com/2011/03/ipad-for-special-education.html' title='iPad for Special Education'/><author><name>Notageek</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09209593437078188826</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2468703683470470613.post-3935088440720075295</id><published>2011-03-25T09:58:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-03-25T10:00:23.683-07:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Japan"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="japan evacuates"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Japanese meltdown"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="tsunami"/><title type='text'>Over 10,000 Dead in Japan</title><content type='html'>There are over 15,000 people still missing.&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;To learn more, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/03/25/japan-death-toll-earthquake-tsunami_n_840435.html&quot;&gt;Click here to read&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://notageek4u.blogspot.com/feeds/3935088440720075295/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/2468703683470470613/3935088440720075295' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2468703683470470613/posts/default/3935088440720075295'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2468703683470470613/posts/default/3935088440720075295'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://notageek4u.blogspot.com/2011/03/over-10000-dead-in-japan.html' title='Over 10,000 Dead in Japan'/><author><name>Notageek</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09209593437078188826</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2468703683470470613.post-1215287472123835114</id><published>2011-03-20T15:52:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2011-03-20T16:19:15.177-07:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="daily blog"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="gadaffi"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Libya"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="notageek4u"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Odyssey Dawn"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="UN"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="US"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="us interaction libya"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="world events"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="world news"/><title type='text'>The U.S. Faces Possible Long Term Stay in Libya</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur=&quot;try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}&quot; 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&gt;How is the U.S. Military interaction in Libya concerning you?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; &gt;What is your biggest fear about our Interaction?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; &gt;Do you think that we are spreading ourselves, as Americans, to provide world-wide assistance to Libya and Japan?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; &gt;What kind of threat does Gadaffi possess if he remains in power?  (Rumors are that he might!)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; &gt;Please provide me with feedback for upcoming article.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; &gt;You can respond via e-mail (dmurphy74@gmail.com) or post your comments under.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://notageek4u.blogspot.com/feeds/1215287472123835114/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/2468703683470470613/1215287472123835114' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2468703683470470613/posts/default/1215287472123835114'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2468703683470470613/posts/default/1215287472123835114'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://notageek4u.blogspot.com/2011/03/us-faces-possible-long-term-stay-in.html' title='The U.S. Faces Possible Long Term Stay in Libya'/><author><name>Notageek</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09209593437078188826</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://img.youtube.com/vi/U_raDSJJd4w/default.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2468703683470470613.post-8592322388312990739</id><published>2011-03-19T22:51:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-03-19T22:51:04.702-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Gaddafi Vows to Fight Back</title><content type='html'>&lt;div&gt;This is is all just too insane with what&#39;s going on with the world right now.  Between Japan and Libya, what&#39;s going on?&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.huffingtonpost.com/&quot;&gt;Breaking News and Opinion on The Huffington Post&lt;/a&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://notageek4u.blogspot.com/feeds/8592322388312990739/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/2468703683470470613/8592322388312990739' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2468703683470470613/posts/default/8592322388312990739'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2468703683470470613/posts/default/8592322388312990739'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://notageek4u.blogspot.com/2011/03/gaddafi-vows-to-fight-back.html' title='Gaddafi Vows to Fight Back'/><author><name>Notageek</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09209593437078188826</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2468703683470470613.post-2473358347568992886</id><published>2011-03-18T10:45:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-03-18T10:52:40.419-07:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="chernobyl"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="International Nuclear Event Scale"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Japan"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="japan evacuates"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Nuclear level raised"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="three mile island"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="tsunami"/><title type='text'>Japan to Bury Nuclear Plant</title><content type='html'>I find this absolutely amazing.&lt;div&gt;Japan has increased their nuclear level from 4 to 5, this based on an International Nuclear Event Scale.  This is a common practice based throughout the world.  France rebutted and stated Japan should actually increase it to a level 6.  A level 5 incident is comparison to that of 3 Mile Island.  Chernobyl was a level 7, which from my understanding is the highest of levels.  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Japanese are still being encouraged to stay inside, and to leave all fans and air conditioners off!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;They were given instructions to wear wet towels,clothes, and face masks if deciding to go outside.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;AND if you do go outside, they ask that the citizens and strip and take showers immediately.  Sounds pretty safe...huh?&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;More on this, and the plans for the burial of the Fukushim Dai-ichi Nuclear plant can be found here:&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/03/18/japan-nuclear-plant-_n_837596.html&quot;&gt;http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/03/18/japan-nuclear-plant-_n_837596.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://notageek4u.blogspot.com/feeds/2473358347568992886/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/2468703683470470613/2473358347568992886' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2468703683470470613/posts/default/2473358347568992886'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2468703683470470613/posts/default/2473358347568992886'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://notageek4u.blogspot.com/2011/03/japan-to-bury-nuclear-plant.html' title='Japan to Bury Nuclear Plant'/><author><name>Notageek</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09209593437078188826</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2468703683470470613.post-7594604771103490458</id><published>2011-03-15T20:39:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-03-15T20:41:45.442-07:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="exposion"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="fourth reactor on fire"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Japan"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="nuclear plant"/><title type='text'>Over 200,000 Japanese are asked to evacuate and stay inside!</title><content type='html'>Full Story here  ===&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.huffingtonpost.com/&quot;&gt;http://www.huffingtonpost.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div&gt;Nuclear Reactor now on fire.  A meltdown is now a foreseeable future.  &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.huffingtonpost.com/&quot;&gt;http://www.huffingtonpost.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://notageek4u.blogspot.com/feeds/7594604771103490458/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/2468703683470470613/7594604771103490458' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2468703683470470613/posts/default/7594604771103490458'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2468703683470470613/posts/default/7594604771103490458'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://notageek4u.blogspot.com/2011/03/over-200000-japanese-are-asked-to.html' title='Over 200,000 Japanese are asked to evacuate and stay inside!'/><author><name>Notageek</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09209593437078188826</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2468703683470470613.post-5890486881894050594</id><published>2011-03-15T10:01:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-03-15T10:04:54.225-07:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="earthquake"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Japan"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Japanese meltdown"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="tsunami"/><title type='text'>Japanese Government Warns Those Nearby Nuclear Plants to Stay Indoors to Avoid Radiation Exposure</title><content type='html'>This just in from the Huffington post!&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/03/15/japanese-ordered-indoors-nuclear-radiation_n_835789.html&quot;&gt;Japanese Ordered To Stay Inside&lt;/a&gt;!  (click link to follow story!)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;There are so many different scenarios going on right now.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;The Japanese Government is doing the best they can to avoid a full meltdown.&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://notageek4u.blogspot.com/feeds/5890486881894050594/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/2468703683470470613/5890486881894050594' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2468703683470470613/posts/default/5890486881894050594'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2468703683470470613/posts/default/5890486881894050594'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://notageek4u.blogspot.com/2011/03/japanese-government-warns-those-nearby.html' title='Japanese Government Warns Those Nearby Nuclear Plants to Stay Indoors to Avoid Radiation Exposure'/><author><name>Notageek</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09209593437078188826</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2468703683470470613.post-1410271086825178185</id><published>2011-03-14T19:34:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-03-14T19:44:10.608-07:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="fourth reactor on fire"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Japan"/><title type='text'>Fourth Reactor Now on Fire in Japan!</title><content type='html'>&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;font-family: georgia, &#39;times new roman&#39;, times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px; &quot;&gt;Tuesday morning, as an explosion at the most crippled of three reactors at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station damaged its crucial steel containment structure, emergency workers were withdrawn from the plant, and much larger emissions of radioactive materials appeared immiment, according to official statements and industry executives informed about the developments.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;font-family: georgia, &#39;times new roman&#39;, times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px; &quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;font-family: georgia, &#39;times new roman&#39;, times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px; &quot;&gt;Workers at the Nuclear Power Station are now leaving.  If all workers leave, a meltdown is inevitable.  The issues they are dealing with now is hopes that the prevailing winds don&#39;t blow southward towards Tokyo or westward across Japan and to the Korean Peninsula.  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;font-family: georgia, &#39;times new roman&#39;, times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px; &quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;font-family: georgia, &#39;times new roman&#39;, times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px; &quot;&gt;“It’s way past Three Mile Island already,” said Frank von Hippel, a physicist and professor at Princeton. “The biggest risk now is that the core really melts down and you have a steam explosion.”&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;font-family: georgia, &#39;times new roman&#39;, times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px; &quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;font-family: georgia, &#39;times new roman&#39;, times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px; &quot;&gt;Citizens can be seen wearing masks while going about their daily lives.  Radioactive steam is being release, and drawing major concerns.  What will happen next?    We pray that another Chernobyl doesn&#39;t occur.  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://notageek4u.blogspot.com/feeds/1410271086825178185/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/2468703683470470613/1410271086825178185' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2468703683470470613/posts/default/1410271086825178185'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2468703683470470613/posts/default/1410271086825178185'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://notageek4u.blogspot.com/2011/03/fourth-reactor-now-on-fire-in-japan.html' title='Fourth Reactor Now on Fire in Japan!'/><author><name>Notageek</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09209593437078188826</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2468703683470470613.post-1832427335715148344</id><published>2011-03-14T19:24:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-03-14T19:45:27.786-07:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="earthquake"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Japan"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="nuclear plant"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="third reactor"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="tsunami"/><title type='text'>Third Reactor Failure in Japan</title><content type='html'>The anxiety of Japan, and the rest of the world, rose high when the announcement of the failure of the third reactor.  And now, &lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;font-family: arial; font-size: 17px; line-height: 19px; &quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt; &lt;/b&gt;Fukushima Daiich&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;font-family: arial; font-size: 17px; line-height: 19px; &quot;&gt;i&lt;b&gt; &lt;/b&gt;officials announced the fourth reactor is now on fire.  The world stands on its toes to see the reaction of Japan in how they will move forward.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;font-family: arial; font-size: 17px; line-height: 19px; &quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;font-size: 17px; line-height: 19px;&quot;&gt;The death toll has already rose to 2,414 people, with at least 3,118 people still missing.  Reporters from across the globe are trying to reach as many citizens of Japan...recording their stories of the events that unfolded.  One account, which touched me the most is as follows:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;font-size: 17px; line-height: 19px;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;font-size: 17px; line-height: 19px;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Utkal, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px; &quot;&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 24px; padding-bottom: 19px; padding-left: 186px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-size: 14px; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; font: normal normal normal 14px/19px arial; &quot;&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&quot;She had been waiting for help all night, outside. She had been washed away by the wave. ... The moment she opened the door of the house, the water flooded in. ... She grabbed hold of a tree and hung on, hung on for dear life with the water all around her. A ... floor mat floated by, and she grabbed it and held on to that.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&quot;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 24px; padding-bottom: 19px; padding-left: 186px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-size: 14px; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; font: normal normal normal 14px/19px arial; &quot;&gt;As the woman spoke in Japanese, the interpreter&#39;s voice trembled in English: &quot;Her daughter was washed away. She was washed away, and she has not found her.&quot;  (NHK Reporter &amp;amp; Interpretor).&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 24px; padding-bottom: 19px; padding-left: 186px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-size: 14px; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; font: normal normal normal 14px/19px arial; &quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 24px; padding-bottom: 19px; padding-left: 186px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-size: 14px; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; font: normal normal normal 14px/19px arial; &quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://notageek4u.blogspot.com/feeds/1832427335715148344/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/2468703683470470613/1832427335715148344' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2468703683470470613/posts/default/1832427335715148344'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2468703683470470613/posts/default/1832427335715148344'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://notageek4u.blogspot.com/2011/03/third-reactor-failure-in-japan.html' title='Third Reactor Failure in Japan'/><author><name>Notageek</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09209593437078188826</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2468703683470470613.post-36656307030551851</id><published>2011-03-13T14:48:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-03-13T18:34:52.817-07:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Japan"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="meltdown"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="partial meltdown"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="power plants"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="reactor"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="reactors"/><title type='text'>Japan Trying to Cool Reactors From Possible Meltdown</title><content type='html'>&lt;content=&quot;japan&#39;s struggle=&quot;&quot; to=&quot;&quot; prevent=&quot;&quot; a=&quot;&quot; dire=&quot;&quot; nuclear=&quot;&quot; event=&quot;&quot; entered=&quot;&quot; its=&quot;&quot; fourth=&quot;&quot; day=&quot;&quot; with=&quot;&quot; experts=&quot;&quot; saying=&quot;&quot; efforts=&quot;&quot; flood=&quot;&quot; reactors=&quot;&quot; seawater=&quot;&quot; represented=&quot;&quot; ditch=&quot;&quot; attempt=&quot;&quot; abate=&quot;&quot; the=&quot;&quot; crisis=&quot;&quot; but=&quot;&quot; did=&quot;&quot; not=&quot;&quot; mean=&quot;&quot; on=&quot;&quot; tragedy=&quot;&quot; was=&quot;&quot;&gt;Japanese efforts to prevent a nuclear meltdown by flooding reactors with seawater are a last-ditch attempt, but do not mean that a nuclear tragedy is imminent, experts said Sunday.&lt;br /&gt;Nuclear experts who have followed the developments at the damaged Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant in northeastern Japan say that despite several setbacks, the possibility of massive radiation exposure remains low -- at least for now.&lt;br /&gt;Japanese officials are keeping an eye on two nuclear plants that have released radiation beyond normal levels. At the Daiichi plant in Fukushima, in two of the three reactors -- Nos. 1 and 3 -- the Japanese government is assuming, but has not confirmed, that there has been a partial meltdown because of the powerful earthquake and tsunami that struck on Friday. At a second plant, in Onogawa, excessive radiation levels also were recorded, though officials have told the United Nations&#39; atomic watchdog agency that the situation is &quot;under control.&quot;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;They report that they don&#39;t expect a complete meltdown.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;The Sea water &quot;appears&quot; to be working, but with the unlikely side effect of corrosion from the the salt and boron in the water.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;James Walsh, a research associate from MIT claims, &quot;..a mixture of salt and boron is the last thing you want to do.  It is essentially a white flag waving stating &#39;The plant is done.&#39;  They are using this as a last resort to impede a partial or full meltdown.&quot;  A meltdown is a catastrophic failure of the reactor core.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;As of now, they are picking up high levels of hydrogen inside the reactors...which is an indicator of a potential precursor of a meltdown.  As of today, Japanese officials are still claiming this is not a meltdown.&quot;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;The biggest dilemma that Japan is facing is the combination of the 8.9 earthquake mixed with the tsunami.  The earthquake knocked out the main cooling system, and then the tsunami  washed over the site and knocked out the backup generators. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;All eyes are upon Japan in how they are handling this detrimental situation.  Even though they are one of the most prepared countries in dealing with natural disasters such as these that occurred, everyone&#39;s skills are still put to the test.  Global specialists are lending their hands and knowledge to assist where they can.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/content=&quot;japan&#39;s&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://notageek4u.blogspot.com/feeds/36656307030551851/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/2468703683470470613/36656307030551851' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2468703683470470613/posts/default/36656307030551851'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2468703683470470613/posts/default/36656307030551851'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://notageek4u.blogspot.com/2011/03/japan-trying-to-cool-reactors-from.html' title='Japan Trying to Cool Reactors From Possible Meltdown'/><author><name>Notageek</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09209593437078188826</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2468703683470470613.post-2392395945528589779</id><published>2011-03-11T22:51:00.003-08:00</published><updated>2011-03-12T22:30:48.021-08:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="earthquake"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="earthquakes"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Japan"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="tsunami"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="tsunamis"/><title type='text'>Japan hit by Earthquakes &amp; Tsunamis</title><content type='html'>This disastrous event has left a death toll of 1,ooo people and climbing.&lt;div&gt;The world has come together in peace and support for this crippled community.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Thus far, there has been a report of over 40+ multi-tremors, called after quakes.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;The Following videos have left the world in awe and stunned.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;As I watched the whole ordeal unfold, I grabbed heart in sigh for those being washed away&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;while still in their vehicles...with no clue of what was to come.  I saw it coming.  I wish I could&#39;ve stopped it.  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;I send my most heartfelt condolences to the people of Japan.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;You have my Heart.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;You have my Love.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;You have my Prayers.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Attached are videos of the event.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;iframe title=&quot;YouTube video player&quot; width=&quot;480&quot; height=&quot;390&quot; src=&quot;http://www.youtube.com/embed/4YPOK_3r8Dc&quot; frameborder=&quot;0&quot; allowfullscreen&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;iframe title=&quot;YouTube video player&quot; width=&quot;480&quot; height=&quot;390&quot; src=&quot;http://www.youtube.com/embed/-DSSssHxm4Y&quot; frameborder=&quot;0&quot; allowfullscreen&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://notageek4u.blogspot.com/feeds/2392395945528589779/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/2468703683470470613/2392395945528589779' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2468703683470470613/posts/default/2392395945528589779'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2468703683470470613/posts/default/2392395945528589779'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://notageek4u.blogspot.com/2011/03/japan-hit-by-earthquakes-tsunamistsu.html' title='Japan hit by Earthquakes &amp; Tsunamis'/><author><name>Notageek</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09209593437078188826</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://img.youtube.com/vi/4YPOK_3r8Dc/default.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2468703683470470613.post-3385810902704781910</id><published>2011-03-08T16:40:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-03-08T16:45:26.182-08:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="humanity"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="life"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="love"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="sprituality"/><title type='text'>Imagine for just a moment...</title><content type='html'>A time and place where we don&#39;t lose sight of human contact and emotion.&lt;div&gt;We are on the verge of this very practice:  text messaging, e-mail, facebook, myspace...just to name a few!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;When was the last time you actually took a moment out of life to write a &quot;handwritten&quot; letter...and I mean more than just writing the address, salutations, love and all that other jazz.  Humanity as a whole, has almost lost this art of writing.  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Yeah sure...we sit...we blog...we &quot;like&quot; and we tell the world how we are feeling at the moment.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;The time has come to re-establish ourselves as human beings in connection with each other.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;We are all so afraid of moving in a direction that would be a great thing.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;What are you afraid of?  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Write a letter.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Call a friend.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Make a lunch date.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Get out of the house.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Step away from the computer and put your cellphone down.  Trust me...you&#39;ll be fine without for a little bit.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;I have to go take a walk and breathe in life for a while.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Why don&#39;t you take a moment to do the same?&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;There&#39;s a whole world waiting for you...ya never who might run into or meet.&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://notageek4u.blogspot.com/feeds/3385810902704781910/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/2468703683470470613/3385810902704781910' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2468703683470470613/posts/default/3385810902704781910'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2468703683470470613/posts/default/3385810902704781910'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://notageek4u.blogspot.com/2011/03/imagine-for-just-moment.html' title='Imagine for just a moment...'/><author><name>Notageek</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09209593437078188826</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2468703683470470613.post-5667616236162400300</id><published>2010-12-22T13:23:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2010-12-22T13:23:07.158-08:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>&lt;div&gt;&lt;!-- Start http://www.officialsponsor.com widget HTML code --&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;object width=&quot;200&quot; height=&quot;400&quot;&gt;&lt;param name=&quot;movie&quot; value=&quot;http://www.officialsponsor.com/flash/widget/Main.swf&quot;&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name=&quot;flashVars&quot; value=&quot;appPath=http://www.officialsponsor.com/flash/widget/Main.swf&amp;amp;configPath=http://www.officialsponsor.com/applications/flash_widget_config/9280&quot;&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;embed src=&quot;http://www.officialsponsor.com/flash/widget/Main.swf&quot; width=&quot;200&quot; height=&quot;400&quot; flashvars=&quot;appPath=http://www.officialsponsor.com/flash/widget/Main.swf&amp;amp;configPath=http://www.officialsponsor.com/applications/flash_widget_config/9280&quot;&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;!-- End http://www.officialsponsor.com widget HTML code --&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://notageek4u.blogspot.com/feeds/5667616236162400300/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/2468703683470470613/5667616236162400300' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2468703683470470613/posts/default/5667616236162400300'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2468703683470470613/posts/default/5667616236162400300'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://notageek4u.blogspot.com/2010/12/blog-post.html' title=''/><author><name>Notageek</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09209593437078188826</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2468703683470470613.post-12104023906763781</id><published>2007-08-24T07:47:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-08-24T08:08:22.723-07:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="daily"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="faith"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="friday"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="ideas"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="life"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="psyche"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="quotes"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="self growth"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="spiritual"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="thoughts"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="today"/><title type='text'>Hey Guys.  What&#39;s going on?  What are we talking about?</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(153, 102, 51);&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: arial;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(153, 102, 51);&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: arial;&quot;&gt;I have recently learned that I am a naturally &quot;Have to know what&#39;s going on&quot; type of person.&lt;br /&gt;It started out as a joke...&lt;br /&gt;And then this phrase hit me.&lt;br /&gt;Whenever I would come upon someone talking...&lt;br /&gt;I would always smile and say, &quot;Hey Guys.  What&#39;s going on?  What are we talking about?&quot;&lt;br /&gt;After I recently learned that I use this expression often,&lt;br /&gt;it took so much constraint for me not to use that expression.&lt;br /&gt;My thing is...yeah...I guess I&#39;m nosey, so to speak.  BUT...I HAVE TO KNOW!&lt;br /&gt;I don&#39;t like the feeling of being left out and not knowing the details....&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Isn&#39;t funny how we don&#39;t realize our every day expressions that we use?&lt;br /&gt;It&#39;s not that we are oblivious to our usage of the phrase, but that we don&#39;t recognize that we use it.&lt;br /&gt;Self recognition of our every day habits and phrase are hard to realize.&lt;br /&gt;For instance, I am a creature of habit:&lt;br /&gt;                               I wake up and start my coffee&lt;br /&gt;                              I check my cell phone for missed calls and text messages&lt;br /&gt;                              I use the bathroom and rinse my mouth out&lt;br /&gt;                              Drink my coffee on the patio&lt;br /&gt;                              Check my e-mail, surf the net, write my blog&lt;br /&gt;                              I wait for my phone call from friends&lt;br /&gt;                              Shit, Shave and Shower...&lt;br /&gt;                              Stop by the 7-11 for a large Red Bull&lt;br /&gt;                                And I start my day...&lt;br /&gt;                                When I get home...I always go for the mailbox first...and then get to my&lt;br /&gt;                                apartment, and then jump on the computer, do some reading...drink some wine...&lt;br /&gt;                                and finish off my day with my best friend and roomie.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I think it&#39;s a hoot how other people recognize our idiosyncrasies, and yet we (as individuals) don&#39;t know it.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;With this, comes ownership.  We all have to able to take ownership over our own habits, which is sometimes the hardest thing to do.  It takes a &quot;big person&quot; to able to hear the recognition of habits and verbal usage, and to say...ok...hmm...&quot;what&#39;s up with that?&quot;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;What are your habits and idiosyncrasies that you have learned about yourself?  I so want to know.&lt;br /&gt;Hey Guys.  What&#39;s going on?  What are we talking about??&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://notageek4u.blogspot.com/feeds/12104023906763781/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/2468703683470470613/12104023906763781' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2468703683470470613/posts/default/12104023906763781'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2468703683470470613/posts/default/12104023906763781'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://notageek4u.blogspot.com/2007/08/hey-guys-whats-going-on-what-are-we.html' title='Hey Guys.  What&#39;s going on?  What are we talking about?'/><author><name>Notageek</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09209593437078188826</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2468703683470470613.post-7525631932752722789</id><published>2007-08-22T08:09:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-08-22T12:16:12.119-07:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="daily"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="devotions"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="life"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="rain"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="spiritual"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="thoughts"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="weather"/><title type='text'>&quot;There&#39;s a hurricane a comin&#39;!&quot;</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:arial;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color:#993300;&quot;&gt;The whispering rain and over drawn clouds have visited.&lt;br /&gt;My back and knees feel it.&lt;br /&gt;Man I&#39;m getting old.&lt;br /&gt;My early morning coffee routine has now been accompanied by&lt;br /&gt;a chill in my bones...it tells me about the 60% precipitation forecast.&lt;br /&gt;Do I really need a weatherman(ok...er...weather woman) to really tell&lt;br /&gt;me what my body already knows?&lt;br /&gt;Is this the epitome of the degradation of my youth flown by?&lt;br /&gt;As Sophia Petrillo once said,&lt;br /&gt;&quot;There&#39;s a hurricane a comin&#39;!&lt;br /&gt;Gladys Goldstein felt it in her knees!&lt;br /&gt;I&#39;m telling you Dorothy, there&#39;s a hurricane a comin&#39;!&quot;&lt;br /&gt;(Golden Girls, Season 2, Disc 2)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;With this lesson, I&#39;ve learned that I&#39;m becoming (or have become) a human barometer. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color:#993300;&quot;&gt;Oh the joys I look forward to of  my journey through &quot;maturation&quot;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This goes to prove our natural innate attribute we all have with nature...and life, in general.&lt;br /&gt;Why do we, as human beings, ignore what&#39;s a comin&#39; in our direction in life?&lt;br /&gt;We are given all the signs.&lt;br /&gt;We are given all the internal tell-tell signs, yet we almost refuse to acknowledge it.&lt;br /&gt;If we used our natural gifts that were given to us, we can avoid the storms that are&lt;br /&gt;a comin&#39; in our lives.&lt;br /&gt;Of course, this my own perspective.&lt;br /&gt;But then again, who am I to tell you this bit of information?&lt;br /&gt;You already know.&lt;br /&gt;Why ignore the signs of the storm?&lt;br /&gt;There&#39;s a hurricane a comin&#39;...&lt;br /&gt;What are you doing to prepare for it?&lt;/span&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://notageek4u.blogspot.com/feeds/7525631932752722789/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/2468703683470470613/7525631932752722789' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2468703683470470613/posts/default/7525631932752722789'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2468703683470470613/posts/default/7525631932752722789'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://notageek4u.blogspot.com/2007/08/theres-hurricane-comin.html' title='&quot;There&#39;s a hurricane a comin&#39;!&quot;'/><author><name>Notageek</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09209593437078188826</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2468703683470470613.post-2082664881736853306</id><published>2007-08-20T08:33:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-08-20T08:39:07.360-07:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="christian"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="faith"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="God"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="life"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="thoughts"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="value"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="wisdom"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="words"/><title type='text'>My Body is A Vessel</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(153, 102, 51);&quot;&gt;My Body is not mine.&lt;br /&gt;My Body is just a vessel.&lt;br /&gt;It is a tool.&lt;br /&gt;It is an instrument of some divine purpose unknown to me.&lt;br /&gt;I feel it working...&lt;br /&gt;growing...&lt;br /&gt;yearning...&lt;br /&gt;NEEDING...&lt;br /&gt;I&#39;m looking on to my journey in life...&lt;br /&gt;waiting...&lt;br /&gt;watching...&lt;br /&gt;observing...&lt;br /&gt;This vessel has been tossed about through the billows of life,&lt;br /&gt;and the aching inside of me is waiting for it&#39;s moment to shine through.&lt;br /&gt;It&#39;s happening on it&#39;s own accord.&lt;br /&gt;I can feel it.&lt;br /&gt;Can you feel it?&lt;br /&gt;Can you feel your circumstantial life coming to an Apex in the middle?&lt;br /&gt;Wrap yourself in it and know this...&lt;br /&gt;Your body is just a vessel waiting for it&#39;s next level of growth.&lt;br /&gt;Your vessel is just a tool for others to be used on.&lt;br /&gt;You...are an example...&lt;br /&gt;You...are an instrument...&lt;br /&gt;How are you using your vessel?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://notageek4u.blogspot.com/feeds/2082664881736853306/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/2468703683470470613/2082664881736853306' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2468703683470470613/posts/default/2082664881736853306'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2468703683470470613/posts/default/2082664881736853306'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://notageek4u.blogspot.com/2007/08/my-body-is-vessel.html' title='My Body is A Vessel'/><author><name>Notageek</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09209593437078188826</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2468703683470470613.post-626875318253286169</id><published>2007-08-18T06:09:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-08-18T06:33:42.608-07:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="cigarettes"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="coffee"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="daily"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="friends"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="hope"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="journey"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="life"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="spiritual"/><title type='text'>Coffee and Cigarettes...</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(102, 51, 0);&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:arial;&quot;&gt;The title says it all...coffee and cigarettes.&lt;br /&gt;This is my morning routine.&lt;br /&gt;I wake up and make coffee, making sure I time it to be done while&lt;br /&gt;I go use the bathroom (my morning delight to relieve pressure).&lt;br /&gt;Upon return of the fresh brewed coffee, I retrieve my pack of Camel&lt;br /&gt;Lights and then go ponder about life and the day to come on the patio&lt;br /&gt;of my apartment (which is shared with my best friend and her sister).&lt;br /&gt;My apartment...almost a laugh in my face, but an experience of love and&lt;br /&gt;friendship at the same time.  You see, my part of the apartment consists&lt;br /&gt;of the dining turned into a make-shift studio bedroom--right next to the&lt;br /&gt;kitchen and living room.&lt;br /&gt;I am not upset by my living situation, or the lack of privacy.&lt;br /&gt;It is actually a moment of humility and humbleness.&lt;br /&gt;It is a reminder of what I have, and yet others lack.&lt;br /&gt;A place to call home and to rest my weary head at night.&lt;br /&gt;Thanks to coffee and cigarettes, I have two well known addictions to fall&lt;br /&gt;back own to help satiate this feeling of being an unknown financial&lt;br /&gt;underachiever.&lt;br /&gt;Sometimes, I look at my friends and their financial rewards they receive&lt;br /&gt;(they do not boast of it to me, but rather share their life&#39;s experiences)&lt;br /&gt;and wonder why they would befriend someone of my nature...and not look&lt;br /&gt;down upon my circumstances of life which has brought me to this place...&lt;br /&gt;my milestone in life.&lt;br /&gt;My life exists beyond my physical situation in life.&lt;br /&gt;I am thankful.&lt;br /&gt;Thankful for many things.&lt;br /&gt;My life has a craving.  A craving outside of this realm of life that I am&lt;br /&gt;currently in.&lt;br /&gt;I&#39;m taking a trip.  A trip across the country.  A trip to know myself and life&lt;br /&gt;better.  A spiritual journey, if you will.  A journey that I would love to share with you,&lt;br /&gt;if you will let me.&lt;br /&gt;Come October, I will be sharing my life through photo&#39;s, videos, and blogs of my&lt;br /&gt;journey.  I know this journey might be scary to some people, but I welcome it&lt;br /&gt;with open arms.  My answers to life will come to me.  Answers will be revealed,&lt;br /&gt;and I&#39;m nervous of what questions in my head might be answered.&lt;br /&gt;I welcome these answers openly.&lt;br /&gt;I am a Gay Man on a journey.&lt;br /&gt;A journey followed by coffee and cigarettes.&lt;br /&gt;What vices do you have to appease your physical host known as your body?&lt;br /&gt;Share with me.&lt;br /&gt;I want to know.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://notageek4u.blogspot.com/feeds/626875318253286169/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/2468703683470470613/626875318253286169' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2468703683470470613/posts/default/626875318253286169'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2468703683470470613/posts/default/626875318253286169'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://notageek4u.blogspot.com/2007/08/coffee-and-cigarettes.html' title='Coffee and Cigarettes...'/><author><name>Notageek</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09209593437078188826</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry></feed>