Here I go Again

Irsh bleessing

2012-01-21T16:44:00.001-05:00

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This thing called van

2011-11-23T12:39:00.001-05:00

Wowza! Our person has this thing called van! Some nice lady called sunshine brought her the thing called van. But i was a little worried cuz our person sprunged a leak! I asked Chirp about the leak,she way smarter about people. "Oh it nothing really Radar people leak like that when they're happy or sad. You really need to slow down a bit and pay attention pup!" I dont understand that pay attention stuff. Huh how do you pay moneys to attention? I don't even know what attention is! But anywho our person stoped leaking and Chrip and me have got to go rides in this thing called van. It is way cool! We go to places called parks. Me and Chirp get to get out n play. I think i like this thing called van

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They updated blogger droid

2011-11-22T18:16:00.001-05:00

If they updated the blogger droid it would be ever so nice if they would tell you what all the new little icons mean. I was checking it out and posted nothing!

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2011-11-22T18:12:00.001-05:00

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Radar o'reilly for president

2011-10-17T13:20:00.001-04:00

Vote for radar o'reilly for president chirp hushpuppy for v.p. a bone in every dish plenty of work for all and lotsa love

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Jamie's baby shower

2011-09-26T14:12:00.001-04:00

I often wondered where the term baby shower originated. Or wedding shower too.

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2011-09-26T13:56:00.001-04:00

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soldiers tell soulja boy where its really at

2011-09-13T15:38:00.001-04:00

Soulja Boy Dis's the Army, a REAL Soldiers rebuttal-Stephen Hobbs

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What Does Starbucks' CEO Want?

2011-09-06T17:12:00.000-04:00

What Does Starbucks' CEO Want?

©S.Voigt

Fort Drum soldier dies after contracting rabies

2011-09-03T08:38:00.000-04:00

Fort Drum soldier dies after contracting rabies: A Fort Drum soldier has died after contracting rabies.

©S.Voigt

what I did on my summer vacation by Radar O'Reilly

2011-08-15T12:21:00.001-04:00

It's gonna rain I think that's what my person calls it when water drips from those things called clouds. I don't like rain cause me and Chirp and our person have ta stay inside,no walkies,no chasing bugs and flies. I like listening to Chirp sing the" Fly Song" with our person. Chirp sings with her cause it makes our person laugh and that's a good thing. I'm. Learning new stuff too. And I'm getting better at old stuff like" wait" . I asked Chirp about this thing called summer vacation. Chirp says summer is when it's warm and the heavy white cold rain goes away. And there's flowers. And vacation is when you go different places, I guess like picnics we go on. Or when Chirp goes shopping with our person. I hate being left home but Chirp says I have a lot more to learn before I can go places like that with our person. Ahh well someday I'll understand as much as Chirp. Untill then I'm just going to enjoy my days!

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pictures of my backyard

2011-08-14T09:53:00.001-04:00

I was taking these pictures on my phone and playing with the photo editor on my phone thought I'd share

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2011-07-12T16:26:00.001-04:00

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Dragon

2011-07-12T14:26:00.001-04:00

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Monsters everywhere

2011-06-02T20:36:00.001-04:00

Monsters monsters
Everywhere
I think that no one really cares that
I live in a lost place
On the edge of no where
Waiting to die

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BROKEN

2011-05-14T21:07:00.001-04:00

My ears do not work.
They are BROKEN.
My eyes do not work.
They are BROKEN.
My legs do not work.
They are BROKEN.
My mind does not work.
It is BROKEN.
My muscles do not work.
They are BROKEN.
So I watch the people,
Who think I don't notice when they mock me
As my muscles cause my arms to flail
And the ones who ooze phoney sympathy from their
every pore
And laugh at you after their work-day is done
And the doctors who are so sure
That your BROKEN mind is the only thing that is
Ever wrong,
The body is never BROKEN as long as you have a
BROKEN mind.
And at the end of your BROKEN life
All those who tried in vain to fix your BROKEN-NESS
To make you like them, to fit into their world-veiw,
Will all proclaim We trie to fix her but she refused to see she was BROKEN and therefore we could not fix her at all.
People throw BROKEN things away.
God takes them from the garbage and uses them anyway

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Everyone Loves A Clown

2011-05-14T19:46:00.000-04:00

Everyone loves a clown but this clown has a broken heart. So where are yyou? I'm a lonely funny clown but I have feelings too. So anyway lock the door when you leave, stop the mail and the newspapers too. I don't live here anymore.

And so,just why are so sad and blue?
I've told you before I'll tell you again.
"Smile, it ain't all that bad"
"A frown ain't nothing but a smile turned upside down"
"Laugh and the world laughs with you, cry and you cry alone!"
do you wanna be alone?
"don't let the see ya sweat"
"Don't sweat the small stuff"
Life is a cliche
"Happy are those who never let anyone see you cry"
"Don"t pout"
"Happy are those who have no feelings or opinions"
"Never discuss politics or religion"
How 'bout sex? drugs? rock n roll?
Sorry that comes under both politics and religion!
"Don't be a wet blanket, don't rain on my parade"
"Don't be a party pooper"
Life really is a cliche, old boy
can we talk about wars? and hate? and dying in the streets?
Ahh politics and religion again, sorry old son.
"Don't worry. Be happy"
"It all comes out in the wash"
Can we discuss Soul Murderers? Dream killers?
Negatory on that, politics and religion again you see. You wanna get along in this world just remember the only rule you'll ever need
"Everyone loves a CLOWN!"
©S.Voigt

Radar christmas

2010-12-30T16:01:00.001-05:00

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Christmas by Radar T. D. O'Reily

2010-12-27T13:59:00.001-05:00

Wowza! Wowza! My person just had this thing called Christmas. I don't understands this thing called Christmas but people are a puzzle to me! My person brought in this tree called Christmas Tree. I don't think it's a really tree cuz it don't smell like any kinda tree I've ever smell before and it's all prickly. So I asked Chirp about all this cuz she is way smarter about people than me. Chirp says the tree called Christmas is a pretend tree that get put away at the end of chrisstmas to be saved and put up again next year. Chrirp also explained about hiding stuff in boxes covered with shinny paper,those are called gifts and people give them to each other. Gifts make people be happy, it's kinda like a hug and a pet that our person gives Chirp and me. I like hugs from my person. I learned something about those trees called Christmas, ya gotta be careful of em,they have pretty,frangile shinny stuff on em and they fall over easy. Like one time Chirp and me were playing and i wagged my tail too much and the tree fell over! Wowza! That was really scary! And something else is that person called Santa Claws, I wonder if it's really a big cat and not a person. Well, Santa Claws comes to leave gifts under the tree called Christmas at night when every one iss sleeping. I tried to stay awake to see him but i musta fell asleep. In the morning our person gave me and Chirp some new chewy toys from Santa Claws. My person took some pctures with some thing called camera. I don't what that is I'll have to ask Chirp about camera and get back to you later. But anyway,I made daybeaut in video pictures and you can watch em if you want right here!
Note from Radar's person having tech difficulty if i ever get an anwer to how to fix the problem from blogger i will post the video. But i wouldn't hold my breath waiting!

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Mothers

2010-12-07T17:56:00.001-05:00

A mother holds you close in the night
When those terrible monsters give you a fright.
A mother kisses your skinned knees,
Dries your tears,calms your fears.
A mother is always the best of cooks
And she reads to you the most interesting of books.
She is always the most beautiful woman in the world!
She has such a special smile, a heart that is tender and true.
She's there to help on that very first date.
And picks up the pieces when first your heart breaks.
A mother is someone so strong and tall,
Gentle and kind,
A mixture of all the most delightful things!
A mother is someone who makes your heart sing
With joyous songs of each new day,
Of love and laughter shared along the way.
Mother"s are all terrific but because you are mine,
You are the bestest mother of all time!

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busy hands

2010-12-07T13:11:00.001-05:00

I crocheted this dinosaur for my grandson from a pattern in creative home magazine. I started this a year ago in oct planing to give it to jake for christmas. He'll get it this year! I also found a pattern for this bee on the inside of a red heart yarn wrapper. The bee was easy...only took one day!

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deaf can do anything but hear

2010-11-24T20:02:00.001-05:00

Don't laugh at me,laugh with me.
Don't shut me out, be my friend.
Learn my language so we can share thoughts and feelings.
It's lonely for me when !'m surrounded by hearing people who make no effort to understand and befriend me.
Don't be afraid of deafness, it's not contagious.
Being different doesn't mean being 'bad'.
I'm not stupid,although I may seem so to you, I just can't hear.
When it's difficult for me to understan what you're trying to tell,
Don't give up and tell me 'Never Mind!'
Please don't talk about me like I'm not there,that's just rude.
Sometimes I wish I could hear birds sing,crickets chirp, but sometimes I'm glad I can't hear.
Sometimes the silence is nice,at times though the silence is opresive
It is a sad fact of life that discrimination because of a disabilty has to legislated against.
But you can't make laws that will change what's in a person's heart, only each indevidual can do that.
I have the same feelings and needs as you do.
Sometimes a hug would make my day,
So let's be friends ok?

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Poems

2010-10-23T18:08:00.000-04:00

                                                                       The Desent

Sitting alone
at the top of the hill.
Deep in the woods all is still.
Quiet surrounds me,
encased in a tomb.
The blackness comes over me
Opens old wounds,
Oozing the poison from deep within.
Running again
with no place to hide.
Life oozes out as
blackness creeps in.
Into the pits I weariy spin.
Life drains away
as I step inside
a living Hell
Where no one can hide.
Twisted and broken
thrown on the heap
All my emotions dead
at my feet
Nothing is left
There is nothing to tell
One final drink
And I bid thee.......
Farewell

                            Thats the Way It Is

Of love shared but now forgotten
Life is lived in deep despair
Among shattered dreams, crushed hopes
I live on the edge of world
See no future anywhere
Only past with bitter sweet memories
of days long ago
With all the dreams and
Nothing impossible
Could have flown to the moon,
Soared above clouds
On bird-wing joy
Bound through feilds, forests
clamber over rocks
Like nimble sure-foot hind
Sing songs with laughing streams.
To soon it ends, too soon it ends
Every child "grows up"
Learning world ways
Money is king
Things more important, people don't matter
Love learns to hate
Golden rule re-written
'do unto others before they do unto you'
guerrilla -warfare-grown-up-games
Learn to attack, to destroy the enemy
but first must learn
the enemy name
All things good
Every just and fair and kind person
Kindness and courtesy are childish things
no longer to be practiced
Do not do good things
Be not kind,
for then you will be destroyed
And all hopes and all dreams got too
And so children remember these rules and such as was written here
And then decide not to grow up at all!!

©S.Voigt

Book Of The Week

2010-09-06T17:44:00.000-04:00

"The Lovely Bones" by Alice Sebold

This is a really good read. I couldn't put The Lovely Bones down once I started it. Told from the point of view of the murdered girl, it chronicles the family's ups and downs after her murder. Susie tells us about her first days in heaven,how she watches over her family and friends wishing she could tell them who her killer is and wanting to comfort her family , but being unable to. It's a touching, warm, sometimes funny tale of what happens to her family after Susie's brutal murder.
I highly recommend The Lovely Bones
The Lovely Bones

©S.Voigt

Peek... Your Inbox in Your Pocket

2010-07-22T19:34:00.000-04:00

The Peek is a really good idea but they need to work out some the bugs. I bought the Peek in May but it was July 2 before I was able to get a signal so that I could register my email. It has two weeks before I was able to read a part of an email. I sent two emails. I hope they work out the bugs soon because it's frustrating as anything. I bought it with the idea that using Peek would be fun and easier to post to my blogs.
©S.Voigt

(No subject)

2010-07-22T12:53:00.001-04:00

Ok we are trying out this peek thing. At
the moment I have almost no signal. It is very iffy, now my signal is-strong so I better send this be4 I get that big red x meaning nadda nothing NO signal

Sent on the go from my Peek

The adventures Of Radar O"Riely

2010-06-10T14:05:00.001-04:00

Well, last night Chirp and me went out for a trip in some kinda contraption my person calls a car. At first I was kinda scared because cars are noisy smelly things. We went for a long drive to something my person called a rabbits clinic. We had a pretty full car. It was my person and her two favorite little persons she calls grandiekids or something like that. I asked Chirp about that because she is older and has lived with people longer than me. (Chirp is seven years and I'm only 10 months) She says it is not easy figuring out why some people are very important to our person and others are kind of important or not at all. Anyway, I got to sit on one of the grandiekids' lap and oh wow it was just so much fun! You wouldn't believe how fast all the trees and houses went past us! There were other things called cars flying past us too. Chirp says that people call all these things cars even though they don't look nothing alike. After awhile we got to this really big house, I guess it"s where the people have their rabbits clinics. Oh wow! All the smells there! other dogs smells and cat smells and people smells! I could have spent days there just enjoying all those smells! Our person left us with the man who brought us there and went to do something called registering us for the rabbits clinic. I asked Chirp where the rabbits were because I didn't see any anywhere and not a little whiff of their smell. Oh man, people are really something else! Just before our person left us to do that registering thing one of the strange people made the huge door close and it scared me so bad!! I thought it would come over and grab me or something! But my person didn't seem upset, she talked quiet to me and Chirp wasn't upset at all. Chirp says people can do some pretty strange stuff but most of the time it's not to hurt anyone.
Then this guy grabs me and sticks something sharp in me. It was OK until i seen him grab Chirp too and that made all kinds of upset. But the person with didn't seem upset and Chirp wasn't upset either. In fact Chirp told me to get a grip! This is just part of the rabbits clinic! I should do what our person says... I should behave and stop acting like an animal! After we both got stuck with those sharp little sticks we were all done with the rabbits clinic and we all got back into the car and drove home. It was mostly fun but I'm kind of confuzzeled about where the rabbits were and why it's called a rabbits clinic. Who can ever understand people? I hope my person takes me on some more trips in the car.

Live At The Troubadour [CD / DVD Combo]

©S.Voigt

2010-05-28T17:22:00.001-04:00

I just heard the news, Gary Coleman has died. My thoughts and prayers go out to his family

coming soon to createspace

2009-08-26T16:08:00.003-04:00

well, things happen!! i'm in the process of publishing a collection of poems on createspace. i just have to figure out how to "do" that adobe thingy. it's proveing to be:::::::: interesting to say the least!

you know, i gotta ask this. this whole thing about texting while driving. why do we need a law against it? i mean i know the thing about common sense is that it isn't very common, but c'mon! texting while driving is like reading a book and making notes while driving! have our brains turned to mush, that we need laws against reading and note taking ( read texting) while driving?

©S.Voigt

hello, it's me

2009-07-31T21:45:00.002-04:00

hello there, i've been awol for awhile. if i ever get my "new" computer on line i'll be here more often. i live in a tin can a.ka. mobile home on an ant hill, they've taken over my home, yard, storage shed, yuck! in a wind tunnel. but i love the summer. my flowers are blooming everywhere. my tomatoes are starting to turn red, well really still mostly green and "pink" the rose of sharon tree i planted last year died. i think it hapened in feb. when we had some very warm days followed by an ice storm.

well, till this time next time, have a wonderful weekend

©S.Voigt

Is it Spring Yet?

2009-04-07T15:27:00.003-04:00

Last Thursday was such a beautiful Spring day! Nearly 60 degrees outside, and so sunny! My dog and kitty and I sat outside most of the day. I dug around in the dirt a bit, cleaned up the trash that inevitably blows into the yard.I opened a few windows. Such a joy to feel the sun and breeze on my face.
But alas! It was not Spring yet. Today and yesterday ( monday and tuesday) we have been having ... oh I can hardly bring myself to say it... Gulp!.... snow!
Into each life a little snow must fall. Couldn't the snow stop falling until next December? Maybe the snow could only fall on December 23 thru the 29 and no more?
We are suffering from a severe case of cabin fever! Think Spring!

My thoughts and prayers go out to the families in Binghamton, New York who were killed by that unhappy young man.
And also to all the others killed by unhappy people in the last few months.

What's In A Word

2009-02-22T20:02:00.002-05:00

I have run ascross the word snafu quite a bit lately. I wonder if those of us who use it knows where it comes from. in my wanderings through dictionaries (I've been known to read dictionaries and encylopeidias for fun) and other such wonderful books. I ran acroos this word "snafu" it originated in the world war 2 era and came from our soldiers. SNAFU Situation Normal All F@@ked Up. So now I know! And I'm not surpised at it's origin.It still fits most government offices, in my humble opinion.
Live well, commit some random acts of Kindness

TwilightZone or Jackie Glesson?

2009-02-09T11:46:00.004-05:00

You decide..
Take one middle aged woman who is a bit wobbly and walks as if she's three sheets to the wind on a good day, add one four wheeled walker, a slightly insecure service dog mix well and send them off on a bus trip to Strong Hospital in Rochester.
4:30 a.m. The wobbly woman can't sleep because she is anxious about their up coming trip. The weather report had called for nasty winter weather, possibly large snow falls.So she is packing enough food for her puppy just in case they are stranded in the bus station in Rochester. She packs lunch and snacks for her self. makes sure she has enough baggies in the doggy bag for clean up, along with the pooper scooper and mean green clean up wipes.puppy bowl bottle of water. it's very much like traveling with a young child.
5:00 a.m. She makes a pot of coffee and nibbles on a piece of coffee cake while she checks her bag to make sure she hasn't forgotten anything important, like the CD's, CD player, extra batteries, fanny pack with all the necessary cards, smokes, extra smoke supplies, beading junk, two books. oh hey, maybe she should toss in some yarn and stuff just in case she feels like crocheting too. well, who knows, it might be a very long trip, better safe than sorry, right?
6:00 a.m She is now on her 5th cuppa coffee. Attempting to remain somewhat calm. This is a lost cause. Calm is not in her vocabulary on most days! This day is worse as she is having a running battle with medicaid about transportation, a lawyer who is "trying" to help(lawyers are most definitely trying), and social security who maintain the pittance she receives for disability is more than adequate for her needs.It's just too bad so sad that there are all these extra expenses. Nothing anyone can do about no doctors in your area. Gee that's just too bad! So get over it already!
7:00 a.m. She is dressed and puppy is dressed, the puppy has been out to potty(twice already) it is so cold her pee freezes on contact. They go back inside to try to wait patiently for the taxi that will pick them up at 7:30. Please, don't be late! Pleasepleaspleaseplease!! Oh God will she ever get through this day without going nuclear? Tis doubtful, sure is.
Another cup o joe, another smoke, stay glued to the window looking for the taxi.
7:35 a.m. no taxi yet. WHERE IS IT!!! Oh GOD! We're gonna miss the bus to the City!!! We"ll miss the greyhound!!!!! Oh Balls!
Call the taxi company....he's nearby be here in two shakes of a lambs tail.
Grab the dog lock the door, thank God the walker is outside already. There is so much snow and she can't shovel so the ramp is pretty useless in winter, can't get the power chair out, the walker either....but she struggles through. gotta do what ya gotta do.She has kind neighbors though, who shovel for her sometimes.
Taxi pulls into the drive, goes all the way to end, he's turning around, she thinks. No he's sitting there! What the fugggg!! What is doing! Is he stuck? Hey!! She waves her arms frantically. He's moving! YES! this is good.
They gave him the wrong friggin lot number!
She's on her way now. Hope they don't miss the first bus. Take a deep breath...take about ten while you're at it! Taxi driver tells her they could work out a deal, they do it for some other folks who go to Rochester. Rent the cab for $40.00 an hour. It'll probably work out about the same as going by grayhound. She will most definitely be thinking about this later.
8:19 She's on the bus going into the city. She's breathing a bit easier now. The rest should be a piece of cake.
Off the bus, take the puppy over to the far side so she can do the potty thing. It's only slightly warmer but the big snow falls have been changed to snow maybe but nothing too serious. She's hoping for smooth sailing the rest of the day.
Go inside, collect the ticket. Did she remember to turn off the coffee pot? Lock the door? Leave the kitty enough food and water? Yes Yes! But....are you sure...that nasty little voice in the back of her head that just loves to mess with her, asks in a soft little whisper.
Buy coffee hit the ATM machine, visit the little girl's room. OOPPPS! doggy zigged when she shoulda zagged..coffee cup upside down on the floor! Hmmm, that lid is wicked good, no spilled coffee, wow!
10:25 take puppy out for one last potty break before boarding the bus.
10:30 a.m. all aboard if ya can't get a board get a plank!! They are on the bus and on their way to Rochester! Yippee Skippy! She thinks that maybe things are going to be OK after all.
12:05 p.m. Arrive in Rochester, look for a taxi. first taxi doesn't want to take the dog, the driver is afraid of doggies. Taxi behind him takes them to the hospital. It's been awhile since she has been here. She goes in the way she has before but UH-OH! they have moved their office! oh almightly Chit!!! now she is lost, getting more anxious by the minute. Someone who works in the hospital helps her find the neuro clinic. It's touch and go there for a few minutes. They think they found it but the receptionist misunderstood her last name...oopppss! wait a minute! Yup she's got it! Right place after all. Everyone loves the puppy, and puppy is being such a good girl. Her sweet puppy eyes and waggy little tail captivate a young boy. The boy looks like he's maybe two or a bit younger. He wants to pet the puppy and she is happy to let the cutie pet her baby.
4:15 p.m. back to the bus station. The bus leaves here at 5:40 p.m. not too long to wait. She is looking forward to getting back home. They go out for smoke and potty breaks now and then.Someone who works for grayhound tells her she can't bring the dog in the station. She explains the puppy is a service dog. She asks if they are waiting for the bus, yes she replies. The grayhound lady says she hopes they know about a dog! ( when you travel by bus with a service dog you have to call the center for passengers with disabilities like 2 or more days before you travel. and if you need a bus with a lift they have those too! so grayhound did indeed"know about the dog")
7:18 p.m. back to the home bus station. Buy a coffee and muffin, feed the puppy, water the puppy. ( hmm she didn't grow any after she was water!)
make sure the kidlet is NOT coming to pick them up. make other calls, no one answers. She wanders around awhile. Take thee puppy out, have a smoke. wander inside. read a book, play the video game listen to CD's. make more phone calls to see about a ride... no luck wander around some more outside with puppy so she can potty, have a smoke. go back in and people watch.
12:00a.m. take off jacket and boots sit on floor with puppy, puppy stops whining and goes to sleep, she people watches, reads, makes a beaded bracelet.They go out side for a potty break and smoke.
Someone in the bus station causing trouble, cops come and take the person away.
3:00a.m Still sitting on the floor on her jacket with puppy, still reading, eats some of her lunch. people watching
She is thinking this has turned into a very bad no good trip!
4:00a.m same chit different day
5:00a.m. same ole stuff
6:40a.m first bus back towards home! AT F###$^ LAST!!!
Get off bus go in search of a phone...do you know there are no pay phones anywhere anymore? Lots of signs for pay phones lots of empty phone booths but NO PHONES! She ends up in a Colonial Laundry and she has a serious melt down. A very nice gentleman makes a phone call for her but the line is..yup you guessed it!....busy!
the very kind gentleman gives her and the puppy a ride home. Thank you thank you kind sir!
She and the puppy spend three days mostly sleeping. But they are better now

A Stepen King marathon

2009-01-24T11:54:00.003-05:00

recently i picked up some new(to me) Stephen King books at Better World.com my fave bookstore on the web.(there's a link to better world in the sidebar...check it out..you'll be glad you did!) I really enjoyed all three books, Bag of Bones, Insomnia, which reminds me a little bit of "It" and Danse Macabre.
It is Danse Macabre that I want to comment on.In the chapter titled "The Modern American Horror Movie" King mentions "the Little Shop of Horrors" produced by Roger Corman which Mr. king Believes not even notable as one of Jack Nicholson's earliest films.(pg 190) It reminded me of watching this on "Monster Movie Matinee with my mom and older sister and what ended up being a family joke for awhile.
We had recently moved into a large drafty farm house. The house itself was kind of spooky. It is an early November Saturday with the wind kicking up driving rain and sleet into the windows. Dad was at work so it was just mom and Sissy and me home that day. Mom made a pot of split pea soup for lunch. We sat in the living room eating soup watching The Little Shop Of Horrors. When the plant starts telling the young guy..."feed me....I'm hungry!" mom starts laughing! I'm only eight or nine years old at the time and I don't really understand why she's laughing at this people eating plant.I think it just struck her funny because at the time the plant says its line mom had a spoonful of soup on the way to her mouth.Just shows to go ya on what makes a film memorable! I still think of this occasionally on rainy stormy Saturdays while eating split pea soup.

SMOKIN' Joe

2009-01-04T17:46:00.003-05:00

I have an idea for a novel floating around in my head for a few years now. i even made a few stabs at getting it on paper but i just couldn't get it right. well it has finally started to gel and i worked on it yesterday and managed nearly 3,000 words in short order. i'm really psyched!
hope everyone has a great new year.

peace

Black Friday

2008-11-29T09:40:00.002-05:00

The biggest shopping day of the year is named Black Friday, so named because retail stores are supposed to make enough profit to end the year in the "black" . Yesterday an employee at a Wal-Mart store was trampled to death by frenzied shoppers.I really have to ask, is a few dollars bargain worth a life?
Feed the greed machine, I guess. So now we have a new twist, called Cyber Monday. At least no one will be physically hurt at the virtual malls. Though you do have to watch out for scams, identity thieves etc.in those virtual malls.

losses great and small

2008-10-12T20:37:00.002-04:00

Dignity
running
walking
Teeth!!!
my keys
note book
tears
careing
popeye
Charles Scultz
Amy
Blitz
Cindy-Dog
Eric
Clarence
Misty Morning
love
self respect
my MIND! (nutz NOS)
b-ball
walks in the woods
good moods
tolerance
swings
my computer
Bladder!
arms
legs
sleep
confidence
mom
feeling/touch
EYES
Bowels!!
driving
cooking
Kurt Vonnegut
Hope

in the news

2008-06-08T20:35:00.002-04:00

a local hospital couldn't find the body of a stll born infant. i have never heard of something like this happening. how unutterablely sad. the parents must have been doublely grieved by this. i pray they find comfort for their saddeness. i hope the hospital finds the baby's body soon so this nightmare ends for the family.

Check this out!

2008-05-04T23:20:00.000-04:00

supermom_in_ny has some really awesome ideas for making money online as well as some really great stories on her blogs and squidoo lens. there is a lot info and tutorials that explain what you need to know and how to do what you are looking to do. i have spent most of the day reading and there is still more stuff i'd like to look at.
thanks supermom.....your newest number one fan.....dogs

Leturs to Ant Lisa

2008-03-26T15:48:00.001-04:00

Deer Ant Lisa,
mom says y'all lost my last letur so im riting it all over agin. now let me think if i can remember wat i rote last time.
oh yeah!
mom got some kinda papers called divorce. she was very xcited about these papers. i don't know wat they are all about but its kinda like wen i was a pup.remember how xcited i wood get wen there was papers on the floor? so xcited they wood end up getin wet! so wat is the meenin of theses papers called divorce? is it like goin' BOS at ...oh like...westminester or sumthin? i know those kinda things are emportent to humans! mom even hanged them up in a fram on the wall for a wile, now that's just plane silly! everbuddy knows papers belong on the floor!
so ant lisa, let me tell you bout a new frens i made. his name is berdie pigin. i met birdie at my other frens howse, you know sqire squirl. squire had a howse warmin party cuz he jus moved into a new condor. it's a real nice place! he has wall to wall straw and a automatic nut krusher.(whitch by the way ya really need to keep your paws away from it!) squire even has a swimin pool in his yard. we had lots of fun runin and jumpin but i got so hot and thurste i drank all the water out from the pool. squire was mad at me for a long time but we are back to bean frens again
my new fren berdie and his wif berdett had to move to cuz their daughter had to move back home with her kids.
burdettas husben jus died not long ago burdetta was so ovecum with grief that she culdent work or take care of her kids so berdie and berdett are helpin out for awhile burdetta is a real nice gurl and it makes me sad that she is so unhappy. it was a real weird askadent that killed him. he worked overtime that day so it was late at nite and he wanted to stop at the roost to get some seedburgers. wel seems the plac was klosed for the nite but he thoght the fly-thru winda was still open. he flew rite threw the glass cuz he was tired and ina hury and dinnit see the "closed" sinne. poor burdetta! well i gotta go for now its time for my beauty nap. pleaz tell all my frens and famely i love and miss them. im havin berdie and his famely and sqire over for tea tomarow so i got a lots to do!(most empotant is the nap of corse) pleaz tell squire not to be ofended by my squirl frens name being the same as his (but squire always was a litle squirly huh? )
love and kises from
bltiz the wunder dawg

Good Friday

2008-03-21T22:00:00.000-04:00

Today is Good Friday.It is a day to contemplate redemption a solomn time for many christrians. I find myself thinking about forgiveness and what that means to me.When someone does something that hurts you, there are a few ways to respond. Usually the first response, for me at least, is anger followed closely by thoughts of revenge. But I find I'm expending more energy staying angry and vengeful than I can spare. It has hurt me more to hang on to the hurts than it hurts the other person who may not even realize what they've done.So how do you let go of the hurt? I have not found an adequate way of doing that. I try to forgive but I know have not because the hurts still live in my mind. I know that forgiveness doesn't mean that you condone an other's behavior and really you can't 'fix' anyone else, they are responsible for their own behavior. So why forgive? Is it a way to peace within your heart? Is it a duty you must perform as the bible says or you will end up in the hot place after death? I would guess it's in order to find peace within that you forgive. It's more about letting go of your need to hang onto the hurts.
I am watching Diane Sawyer's special on prostitutes tonight and I wonder who will take care of these people? Who will make sure they are safe and cared for? Why are the women arrested but not their not their male clients or the pimps? And why don't these documenteries talk about the male prostitutes?
And when the women who was caught in adultry was brought before Jesus, did He condem her

What do you do when you're bored?

2008-03-15T22:26:00.000-04:00

you could watch t.v.or listen to bon jovi cds or write silly posts on your blog or play with the text colors or play with the font gosh this is so much fun. are we having fun yet? no not yet!
the t.v. is showing our local st pat's day parade. is it nearly spring? it must be at least we didn't have snow falling on our parade today.ok i'll stop being boring now
peace

In the News

2008-03-11T18:56:00.000-04:00

Mr. Spitzer, What were you thinking?!? I really thought we had a winner in Albany this time. I thought Mr. Spitzer would take New York in a new direction.
I guess he did...
I don't think it's a good direction.
It's so stupid. it's outrageous.
It is just sad.

if you only had six months to live...? part 1

2008-03-08T16:37:00.000-05:00

the doctors words hit me with the force of a sledge hammer, like the kind you see at fairs to test your strength by how high you can get that metal puck to go up and hopefully ring the bell.at the top.
you should get your affairs in order. i'm so sorry but there is nothing left for us to try. you have maybe six months....his voice trailed off, we sat in silence for a few moments
were those tears i saw welling up in the doctors eyes? perhaps. perhaps it was my wishful thinking. perhaps only a very human need to believe someone cared about my passing, that somehow i'd made a difference here, in this life, to at least one person.
in my stunned and dazed state i left the doctors office and walked the three blocks to a small park and sat there on a cold wooden bench for hours.
the green grass, the new leaves budding on the trees, the yellow daffodils bobbing in the soft breeze, all went unnoticed by me.shouts of laughter from nearby children seemed somehow harsh and jarring to my ears. the sun seemed over-bright to my eyes. this was not a glorious herald of the coming spring nor a celebration on awakening new life, to me on this day it was a sad reminder that i would most likely not see another spring. i ached inside with the loneliness of the thought and couldn't imagine the scene before me with me not there.
a shift in the intensity of the sun a chill in the air roused me from my stupor. i stood and on my stiff legs began to walk toward home. home. a small word yet so rich in meaning. a mom, a dad, kids, a family doing the usual family things.
to be continued
copyright susan voigt march 7 2008

an inconveint truth

2008-03-06T20:42:00.000-05:00

i was watching the movie an inconvenient truth by al gore tonight.(a little shout out to netflix, i just joined and i love the selection and the idea of having movies sent to me!! it's awesome ). while he explaining how green house gases cause global warming it occurred to me that it's kind of like being at a party with a lot of people smoking cigarettes. there's always this layer of smoke that just hangs there in the air and the more people who smoke enter the house the thicker that smog gets. it's not easy to get all that smoke out of the house after everyone has left either.
some people don't think there is really any problem with this thing called global warming. i want to make another comparison to cigarettes here. when the surgeon general said studies showed that cigarettes cause heart disease cancer emphysema, the tobacco companies said that other studies showed no connection between smoking and these diseases. i remember thinking ,'well maybe cigarettes are bad but no one seems to know for sure, so i'll just keep smoking till they do'. that was pretty stupid huh? well maybe global warming isn't real but do really want to be 'stupid' and do nothing? maybe it will it just go away. maybe we will just go away with global warming as well.or our kids will.
peace

Poems

2008-03-05T20:43:00.000-05:00

Sueisnide

Empty heart
Fear
Alone. Alone
in dead zone
numb, cold.
Icicles form in place of heart
and mind.
No care taken of the body-betrayer
Pain, pain
rises up within
Seething, roiling, bubbling
pain.
Everlasting to everlasting
Pain
Racking, coursing throughout
a betraying and broken body
broken on the rocks of tempest tossed seas
lift raft gone, disappeared into the mist
Just you alone in raging seas
with broken body, broken mind
looking for release
from pain that does not cease.
Light a cigarette, drink some wine.
Yes drink deep and long of
chilled red wine.
Siren whine. Shrill empty howling
Whine, whine, whine.
Red wine for Red whine
Blinding headache whine.
Muscle whine.
Lung whine.
Belly whine.
Old decrepit
creaking-knees-on-stairs whine
Bitter, sour wine.
look for food in cupboards bare.
Nothing to sustain you there,
only ancient bones of long past feasts.
Empty words,
vacant stares
of people who pretend to care.
What does it matter if there
is one less whine.
In the dead zone by and by
we lay down our heads to sleep
the sleep of the undead
until the red wine is gone
and the red whine is finally turned off,
Peace
at last
cpoyright july 2007 susan voigt

mental health parity

2008-02-29T21:57:00.000-05:00

from bazelon mental health law center

write or call your represenative (see my favorite website for link to congress.org) ask him/her to vote for H.R.1424
the Paul Wellstone Mental Health and Addiction Equity Act. Parity is a fair and affordable solution to insurance discrimination. It will save lives and families.

it is still SNOWING think we'll see spring before june?

perfect stranger

2008-02-27T18:58:00.000-05:00

the world news with Charles Gibson tonight had a reporter asking perfect strangers where their clothes were made. it seems that clothes made in foreign countries prices are linked to how well our economy is doing. but that isn't what I wanted to talk about really, i want to know where ABC news or anyone else for that matter, found perfect strangers. I don't know about you but I'm not perfect and I don't think I've ever met a perfect person. I will say I am a bit stranger than most. maybe even perfectly strange.

In the news

2008-02-26T17:47:00.000-05:00

O.J. is back in the news....he alegedly tried to steal back some of his football memorabila that he sold to a collector...i wonder what kind of defense he'll concoct this time around.....

Obama and Hillary are at it..again..it's almost enough for this life long democrat to vote....gulp!!..oh i just can't say it!

more suicide bombers in Iraq and Afghanistan

more favorite web sit well i guess there won't be anymore favorite website links until i can contact blogger to find out what they changed in the proccess of adding links cuz it doesn't seem to working the same as it did a few weeks ago

who is your hero?

2008-02-23T21:39:00.000-05:00

i have a severe profound hearing loss, so i guess it shouldn't surprise anyone when i say that my hero is helen kellerr.she lived an extraordinary life despiste being both blind and deaf in an age that was not disable-friendly.it was her determination that inspired me the most. she inspired me to find different ways to accomplish some of my goals,to see that my biggest obstical was how i percieved myself as a hard of hearing person in a hearing world. you are what you think you are and you can accomplish just about anything you set out to accomplish. within reason of course, we all have things we're not suited for.
who is your hero? leave me a coment and tell me who your hero is and why.

have you huged someone you love today? did you tell someone you love them?

got drugs?

2008-02-17T21:12:00.000-05:00

i have a question, why does the FDA try to frighten people away from natural remedies and vitamines by using scary sound warnings about the hazzards to one's health, while allowing the pharmacutical companies to blast us with ads for their drugs that include such side effects as lymphoma, heppatitis,tuburculous and posible death?
in my opinon it's because natural remedies cannot be patented and so no one company can makes scads of moneyby manufacturing and marketing them to television audiances. my health insurance will not cover any type of alternative treatment for chronic pain even though they were extremly helpful to me in the past, even allowing me to continue work for several months longer. they will however provide me with pain medications with some very unacceptable side effects. because of my other health problems there are drugs that mess up my balance to the point that i fall more offten. but alternative tretments aint allowed!!!

ok my mini rant is finished, but it is something to ponder these last cold winter nights, sitting in front of the fireplace watching tv ads for killer drugs...
peace
dogsrbest

howdy-do

2008-02-14T17:50:00.000-05:00

ummm..i'd like to give a shout-out to the new york giants! i watched the supper bowl commercials, most of them stunk, and i had the sound off so i wasn't really sure who'd actually won the football game. oh well better late than never i always say....yay giants.

happy valentines day to sweethearts everywhere.

chocolate hearts all
around to celebrate this
lovers day with you

meditate

2008-02-07T19:48:00.000-05:00

one of my favorite meditations is the prayer of st. francis.
lord, make me an instrument of thy peace.
where there is hatred, let me sow love;
where there is injury, pardon;
where there is doubt, faith;
where there is despair, hope;
where there is darkness light;
where there is sadness, joy.

o divine master, grant that i may not so much seek
to be consoled as to console,
to be understood, as to understand;
to be loved as to love.
for it is giving that we receive,
it is in pardoning that we are pardoned
it is by dying to self that we are born into eternal life.

a few months ago i rediscovered the 'benefits' of meditating. i also started keeping a 'gratitude journal' and i highly recomend this as a way to begin changing your thoughts from negative to posative. we are what we think and say.

my favorite websites

2008-02-03T09:27:00.000-05:00

some of my favorite websites
http://www.congress.org write your congressperson!!!

http://www.disabled-world.com lots of info on disabilities and links to other helpful sites

http://www.lymphoma.org lymphoma research foundation info on latest treatment, support for paitents and family of lymphoma surviors

http://niams.nih.gov arthiritis institue web site thru national institutes of health, info on sjogren's syndrome and more

http://www.betterworld.com buy new and used books, fund literacy world wide free shipping in U.S.

http://www.lionbrand.com free knit and crochet paterns, blog chat etc..

http://search.vivisimo.com my fave search engine

mini political rant

2008-02-03T07:41:00.000-05:00

what i am hoping for in our new president. i want a president that will be honest and willing to share information. a president that does not opperate under a cloak of secrecy. the united states is a government of, by and for the people, i think it is past time for our elected officals to start listening to us again. i want a president that will follow the consitution and uphold the bill of rights. i want a president that does not misuse their power by evesdropping on inocent citizens, one who will follow up on reports of emmenit terrorist attacks prior the attack. i want a president who acctually works for the better good of u.s. citizens. and finally, i want a congress who will head the call for impeachment if the president overreaches for power and engages in subtrifuge and or intimidation to get what ever they think they want. the consitution does not allow the president to have the power to do just anything they have a mind to. laws must be obeyed, procedures that are already in place must be followed.think we have a candidate that might fill the bill? i don't know.

on a lighter note, the days are getting longer! spring is surely not far away now. i've been studying my seed catalogs trying to decide what i want to plant in my garden this spring. so many wonderful plants and so little yard to plant them in!

happy super bowl! GO GIANTS!

we'll return after a word from our sponsers

2008-01-22T20:15:00.000-05:00

there are a number of adds on tv for all kinds of drugs. if you have a problem tell your doctor and ask for the latest wonder drug. later you can call those lawyers who also advertise on tv to sue the drug companies for the serious side effects of all the new wonder drugs. better living through chemistry!

some antidepressants some anti epilectics, almost all anti psychotic drugs cause tardive dyskeniesia. it is brain damage. it is permanent. it does not go away. it can not be treated. they can give more drugs to control the symptoms, but most of those also cause t.d. i know this. i have t.d. parents need to really think about this before letting some doctor say their young child has bi polar disorder and to treat them with drugs. i was an adult when i took these drugs. the antidepressants side effects were so awful, i tried twice to commit suicide. thanks to my psychiatrist i'm now a happy well adjusted freak

2007-12-26T20:29:00.000-05:00

christmas is done. santa brought my doggie some new toys. wish i'd had a camera cuz she was just so funny! couldn't make up her mind which to play with first so she tried playing with all 8 at once.

a freind sent me this, i thought it was cute so i'm sharing.

two little boys ages 8 and 10 were excesivly mischievous.
they were always getting into trouble and their parents knew about it

if any mischief occured in their town, the two boys were probably involved.

the boys' mother heard that a preacher in town had been successful in disciplining children.
so she asked if he would speak with her boys.

the preacher aggreed but he asked to see them individually.
so the mother sent the 8 year old in the morning with the older boy to see the preacher in the afternoon.
the preacher, a huge man with a booming voice sat the younger boy down and asked him sternly, DO you know where God is son ?!
the boys mouth dropped open but he made no response, sitting there wide-eyed with his mouth hanging open

so the preacher repeted the question in an even steaner voice...WHERE IS GOD!??
again the boy made no attempt to answer.
the preacher raised her voice even more and shook his finger in the boys face and bellowed,
WHERE IS GOD!!

the boy screamed and bolted from the room, ran directly home, dove into his closet and slamed the door behind him.
when his older brother found him there, he asked"what happened"?
the younger brother gasping for breath replied, "we are in BIG trouble this time! God is missing and they think WE did it!!"

catch y'all later be good and stay safe!

Oh the weather outside is frightful

2007-12-11T17:42:00.000-05:00

Hello everyone!

Well it's getting close to Santa's day..(hehe). I'm not sure why but I'm into Christmas in a big way this year. I put my tree up on Thanksgiving and have had my Christmas cd's playing so much I may wear them out before Christmas.
I've had my sewing machine going over time making little mittens and bows to hang on my tree. I also made christmas stockings for my doggie and kitty.
The weather is strange, we had snow for like 4 days but now it's warmer and drizzling. I hope this doesn't freeze!

I'm thinking of having a family reunion next summer, so if anyone in my family has any ideas etc send me an email.

Hello

2007-12-06T20:25:00.000-05:00

Hello! And welcome to my blog.

I figured that since my family is scattered around the country I'd start this blog as a way for us all to keep in touch.

It's only December 6 and we are already knee deep in snow! I'm sick of winter already.
I like snow only on December 24 and 25.

My little grandkids are not so little anymore. They grow up so fast. I wonder what they are going to ask from Santa for Christmas. With so many toy recalls, I am not sure if grandma should buy any toys this year.