tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38719831267676132752025-10-06T18:17:07.458-04:00Scott Mayorga blogs about Laboratory, Hematology, Healthcare.Leslie M.http://www.blogger.com/profile/07428808159939903128noreply@blogger.comBlogger67125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3871983126767613275.post-78608364888932449552025-10-05T21:25:00.003-04:002025-10-05T21:28:25.145-04:00

 North Georgia has an endless list of majestic scenery and notable places to visit. Nestled at the southern tip of the Appalachian Trail are wondrous sites, activities, restaurants, shopping, and the great outdoors with plenty of fresh air. Rivers, water falls, lakes, forests, apple picking farms and pumpkin farms are just the beginning of the beauty of North Georgia. Comprised of several

Scott Mayorgahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00827367607031487012noreply@blogger.com1294 S Main St, Ellijay, GA 30540, USA34.6919938 -84.4866340999999896.4554609190512835 -119.64288409999999 62.928526680948714 -49.330384099999989tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3871983126767613275.post-76484960397197603602018-12-16T22:12:00.002-05:002022-03-07T20:55:22.163-05:00

Being a grandparent is one of the most important tasks in life.  Is it a job? Maybe. A task? Maybe - maybe not.  Is it a way of life?  Definitely!  Whether you are destined to have one, two, three grandchildren or more each one is special and unique and has one thing in common.  They are all part of you.  If you are involved in your grandchild's life you will be

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So your little one wants a Skateboard which makes you want to take up that Xanax hobby you have been promising yourself!  What are you going to do now?  Here at Grand-Pa Boot Camp, I aim to fill in some blanks.  Here is your Skateboard 101, 102 and Advanced Placement for Skateboarding courses. Skateboarding 101- Skateboard or skateboarding was invented "according to

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Here comes Santa (err Grandpa)...    As the holidays are upon us this can be a most difficult time for Grandparents.  Living on fixed income, budgetary constraints, rising expenses, and expectation that the Christmas or Holiday gift giving is going to be immense can really stress this Grandpa out!  End of year taxes (Thanks Obama), Obamacare Skyrocketing costs, property taxes,

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As the Grand Father of three beautiful children, two beautiful daughters, and a wonderfully talented wife I believe I have enough life experience to share some worth-while reading material to anyone who is about to become one of life's greatest titles - Grand Parent.  Sure it is easy to become a Grand Parent...Have children, raise them, clothe them, furnish them with their every need,

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 BULLYCIDE - The Bullying Continues Bullycide is a term that describes the tragic taking of ones own life as a result of bullying.  Some of my readers can remember from August 2013 I wrote a post about one such Bullycide that occurred in the Greenwich CT Public Schools system.  A young boy killed himself at the commencement of school after summer break.  This was a tragic

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Global Warming - The Greatest Hoax of Social Engineering Since the late 1990's "Global Warming" has been a buzz-word in the print media progressing into the national American media.  Since year 2000 "Global Warming" was no longer a buzz-word.  Mainstream Media outlets and news broadcasts started pontificating the dangers of "Global Warming" incessantly. Nightly lambasting of the

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Wrist watches for the ordinary man - Bulova Marine Star 330 Ft. Chronograph Alarm Bulova Watch Company makes a very fine time piece with a long history of creations since inception in 1875.  Just looking at the current line up of Bulova watch lines makes me stare in awe at how beautiful they are and how meticulously constructed the pieces are.  Bulova represents one of the venerable

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Wrist watches for the ordinary man - UZI Protector UZI-001-R Many tactical watches have striking looks, luminous hands, and rugged reliability.  The UZI Protector is no exception to that genre.  Quartz movement, rotating bezel, black with white graphics, date window, heavy rubber strap, and Tritium luminous markers.  All that said and done this is a rugged watch.  Add a screw

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Invicta Special Model 17259 The Invicta Specialty model 17259 is a manual wind movement time piece with a skeleton analog design.  This watch is special to me for a couple of reasons.  It was a 2014 Fathers Day gift from my Daughter Jessica, it is a manual wind time piece of 2014 technology, and it is a skeleton design of which this is the first in my collection. The watch is blue

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Why wear a watch if you don't enjoy it.  You don't need to spend thousands for a great watch that you can enjoy. There are plenty of websites, blogs, and magazines that spotlight and review watches.  These are grand publications full of exploded diagrams of the latest versions of time piece technology as well as venerable classics; all of them though have one thing in common. 

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This 2014 Mazda CX-9 Grand Touring beauty was supplied by STI - The Driving Experience Company for review; the opinions stated below are my own and I received no financial compensation. Mazda America Corporation has presented an impressive line up of Cross-Over/SUV vehicles for a long time that satisfied the needs of car buyers looking for small, medium sized, to full sized SUV

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I participated in a campaign on behalf of Dad Central Consulting for the Cord Blood Registry. I received promotional item to thank me for my participation. CBR - Cord Blood Registry For expectant parents, click cordbankingbasics.com to visit the Cord Blood Registry.  Until February 24th, 2014 receive a $200 discount on New Born Umbilical Cord Blood Banking Services by completing an

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2014 KIA Soul! Driving Experience This 2014 Inferno Red KIA Soul!(exclaim) was provided by STI - The Driving Experience company for review; the opinions stated below are my own and I received no financial compensation. Seems like these days car company's are strident to upgrade, improve, and restyle models every year much like the cell phone and PC/laptop manufacturers.  Each year the

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I received two varieties of Fiber One Meal Bars from BzzAgent.   My opinions are my own and I received no financial compensation. Strawberry Greek Yogurt and Chocolate Peanut Butter Fiber One Meal Bars  These meal bars are a great complement with your favorite beverage any time of day or night.  I especially enjoy them for breakfast at work at my desk.  I prepare myself a

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Winter Storm Leon Causes Quite  a mess for Atlanta - January 28, 2014 by Scott R. Mayorga Leon rolled into town on Tuesday January 28, 2014 approximately 12 Noon; Atlanta and the surrounding counties where caught off guard, ill prepared, and rather mis-informed for the snow event.  What Happened?  In a nut shell; thousands of motorists including school children on school buses

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Cichlids~Cichlidae (Sik-li-day) A type of fish found in South American and African lakes.  Colorful, smart, humorous, feisty, and intelligent.  Cichlids are a wonderful fish to keep.  Watching their behavior, feeding them caring for them.  These are the joys of keeping a fish tank full of Cichlids.  Tropical fish of a special order they are.  It is a joy to care

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2014 Mazda Mazda6 Driving Experience This 2014 Mazda6 I Grand Touring as provided by STI - The Driving Experience company for review; the opinions stated below are my own and I received no financial compensation. Oh wow look at this baby!  I had the pleasure of driving and sharing this sleek vehicle with Leslie of Leslielovesveggies for review.  What fun we had.  This is

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2014 KIA Sorento SX Driving Experience  This 2014 KIA Sorento was provided by STI - The Drive Experience Company for review; the opinions stated below are my own and I received no financial compensation. I am not a fan of the Mini-van, SUV, or cross-over vehicle except when traveling with a small group it is wonderful to seat everyone comfortably for the ride.  These large vehicles

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As far back as I can remember, I sat in the lap of Santa Claus December after December as a child and had my picture taken with the Jolly St. Nick.  I remember vividly visiting Santa at A&S Department Store within a magical display of Christmas Trees, Decorations, and a big beautiful throne of which Santa sat.  Me with Santa That was a special time each year.  Of course

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So - you got a nice new i-Phone 5 equipped with that neat biometric scanner!  You can scan your finger tips, your nose, your toes, even your nipple will work to identify you to your new cell phone.  That is really cool.  You can even have your i-Phone open up to your spouse or significant other by scanning their appendages too.  Isn't it great how science betters our lives?

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 United Pet Group is a wonderful company who cares about my Cichlids As an addition to the story of my fish tank Cichlidae Lagoon, which leaked terribly on Labor Day weekend 2013, I am happy to say that United Pet Group offered to send me some MarineLand and Tetra fish care products to help in my situation.  I couldn't be more thrilled and thankful to United Pet Group.  I

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As young adults you, me, we all did dumb stuff from time to time...   Like the time a friend and I went down steep-steep Cotton Tail Road on our skateboards with no helmets or safety gear and crashed hard resulting in many inches of road rash and near concussions.  My head bleeding, my forearms looking like chop-meat, I then proceeded to drive us both home stopping at a convenience

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Laboratory Certification - Laboratory Licensing - What does it all mean?  With over 239,000 clinical laboratory facilities registered in the US under CLIA - Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments; the public can get quite confused about regulations, certification, and licensing of these facilities.  Under CLIA, there are 29 different categories of Clinical Laboratories. 

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2013 turned out to be a banner year for Taste of Atlanta! Sun, fall weather, warm temperature, great food, and fun people all got together for a celebration.  A celebration of Atlanta's heritage of food and the proprietors there of. As per Federal Trade Commission Regulation,  16 CFR, Part 255; Endorsements and Testimonials in Advertising - - See more at: http://

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