tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-64072296771526747252024-03-05T00:30:51.665-08:00Jennifer's Bloggin'I enjoy writing, so I'm going to write whatever is in my soul at the time. Some stories will be fiction. Some real. Thanks for being here. Enjoy!Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12626437879998382008noreply@blogger.comBlogger131125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6407229677152674725.post-34111345985313767962014-05-17T10:52:00.002-07:002014-05-17T10:53:30.339-07:00Can’t We All Just Get Along<div style="text-align: center;">
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“The hardest obstacles we face in life can break us, make us strong, or both.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I learned that sometimes one has to be broken down in order to be rebuilt.” ~ Jennifer Lightburn 5/17/2014<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">It was a beautiful, hot summer’s day, but the white walls of
my office were cold, as was the draft that flowed through the vents on the
ceiling, which forced me to blast my space-heater.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Still, I could hear the increased volume of
Mohammad and Verna, through the hallway and walls of her office.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; text-indent: 0.5in;">
<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">“I want to make a formal complaint,”
Mohammad demanded.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">That’s when I clicked the volume
icon to turn down my music.</span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; text-indent: 0.5in;">
<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">“I heard your complaint, and I’ll
look into it,” Verna replied.</span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; text-indent: 0.5in;">
<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">“No, I’m not done.”</span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; text-indent: 0.5in;">
<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">“Yes, you are.”</span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; text-indent: 0.5in;">
<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">“We have a scheduled time, and I
haven’t finished telling you,” Mohammad said.</span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; text-indent: 0.5in;">
<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">“You’ve told me enough, and I said
I’d handle it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Now I have to go,” Verna
said just before her office door opened and she stormed out.</span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; text-indent: 0.5in;">
<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">“This is ridiculous!” Mohammad shouted;
though, his shout was meeker than most.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; text-indent: 0.5in;">
<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Had
I seen tears in his eyes as he walked out?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span></span></span></i></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; text-indent: 0.5in;">
<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">What
the hell is going on?</span></span></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">I called Tiffany to request
permission to forward the receptionist calls.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>“She’ll be back in ten minutes, but I’ll be back before then,” I
reassured her.</span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; text-indent: 0.5in;">
<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">I ran through the office, but that
was the norm for me, so I didn’t cause commotion.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I found Mohammad in the warehouse.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>His eyes were glossy and he didn’t seem startled
when I approached him.</span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; text-indent: 0.5in;">
<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">“Is everything ok?”</span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; text-indent: 0.5in;">
<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">“Not since Sarah left.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The company has gone down-hill since we hired
Verna.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>At least Sarah would listen to
us.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Verna doesn’t.”</span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; text-indent: 0.5in;">
<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">“What happened?”</span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; text-indent: 0.5in;">
<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">“You’re a part of HR, so I can tell
you,” he said, and we walked outside of the building.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; text-indent: 0.5in;">
<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">I stopped to light a cigarette
since I was outside.</span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; text-indent: 0.5in;">
<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">“No, see that camera.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They can see and hear everything.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Come on,” he said.</span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; text-indent: 0.5in;">
<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">I lit my cigarette and followed
him.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; text-indent: 0.5in;">
<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">It was hot as hell outside, but being
under the blue sky and hearing birds chirping and the roar of an airplane flying
above, and the vision of green trees, made the dry heat blowing on my skin
worth the walk. </span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; text-indent: 0.5in;">
<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">“I know they’re trying to fire
me.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You don’t have to tell me because I
don’t want you to get in any trouble.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m
the IT Manager.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I know everything,” he
said, when we reached the picnic benches.</span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; text-indent: 0.5in;">
<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">“So, you told Verna?”</span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; text-indent: 0.5in;">
<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">“No, I told her that wanted to file
a formal complaint.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Ahmed is harassing me
and he’s being discriminatory.”</span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; text-indent: 0.5in;">
<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">“How so?”</span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; text-indent: 0.5in;">
<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">“Haven’t you noticed that he only
wants to hire Indians?”</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">“Um, aren’t you Indian?”</span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; text-indent: 0.5in;">
<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">“Just like all Spanish people aren’t
Mexicans, all Asians aren’t Indians.”</span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; text-indent: 0.5in;">
<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">I felt ignorant enough at this
point, so I wasn’t going to ask what Asia had to do with Indians.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I figured I’d Google it when I got back to
the office.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">“Asia is the continent and there
are many countries in the region,” Mohammad said, obviously seeing the stupid
look on my face.</span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; text-indent: 0.5in;">
<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">“So, he only likes to hire
Indians?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s discrimination.”</span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; text-indent: 0.5in;">
<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">“Yes, and that’s the only reason he
hired Kumar because Kumar is as dumb as a doorknob.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I told Ahmed that Kumar wasn’t qualified but
he hired him anyway.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And he hates
Muslims.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Every time Ahmed knows it’s
time for me to pray, he tasks me with some mundane activity that even doorknob
could do.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He follows me when I leave
work, and if I just want to take a quick walk outside, I turn around, and there
he is.”</span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; text-indent: 0.5in;">
<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">“Ok, calm down,” I said, seeing
anger in Mohammad’s eyes, for the first time, of the most peaceful man I knew.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">To Be Continued…<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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</span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12626437879998382008noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6407229677152674725.post-38872530591910786072014-05-01T14:26:00.004-07:002014-05-01T14:26:55.434-07:00Don't Give Creditors Your Checking Account Information!
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">It’s been a long time since I’ve
blogged because I’ve been looking for a job, and those of you who know me, know
that I’m a comic in training.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>However,
today, today I had to take time out to get a load off my chest.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; text-indent: 0.5in;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">I was bamboozled, hoodwinked, and
led a stray!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; text-indent: 0.5in;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">But it was my own fault because I
gave my checking information to a creditor.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">If you haven’t guessed it, by the
title, that’s the topic – what can happen if you give a creditor your account
information.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; text-indent: 0.5in;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">I was trying to do the right
thing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was my debt.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I owned it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Because of this debt, I’m a proud college graduate.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Go Terpins!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; text-indent: 0.5in;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">I gave the student loan collection
agency, Performant Corporation, my account information when I was employed.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If I could turn back time!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; text-indent: 0.5in;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">I’ve been trying to get Performant
to grant me an unemployment forbearance since December 2013.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; text-indent: 0.5in;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">$374 bucker-ooze a month!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; text-indent: 0.5in;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">For many of my friends and family,
that’s not a lot of money, but when unemployment is $379 a week, and you’ve got
a child, mortgage, and a car note on top of everything else, that’s a lot of
freaking money!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; text-indent: 0.5in;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">I explained the situation to Bank
of America when $374 was deducted in February, and they refunded that amount as
a courtesy.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; text-indent: 0.5in;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">I was told by the B&A account
representative that the only thing I could do was close my account.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; text-indent: 0.5in;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">I went to the B&A Sterling
branch and was told that closing my account would be counter-productive because
if a deposit hits my account, the account will automatically reopen.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; text-indent: 0.5in;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">I called, emailed and faxed
additional documentation to Performant, yet they deducted $374 out of my
account in March.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; text-indent: 0.5in;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">I knew I had an unemployment check
coming in (which would reopen the account), so I requested that B&A put a
stop payment on the amount $374 and the next sequential check number. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; text-indent: 0.5in;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">I pitched a fit, but I maintained
self-control when I saw that $374 had been deducted in April.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; text-indent: 0.5in;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">I spoke to two B&A customer
service agents before I spoke to Shawn, who explained, ‘Someone at B&A
should have advised me to freeze my account, and blocked the vendor name.’<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; text-indent: 0.5in;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">“No one, said that to me, and I’ve
been dealing with this since February,” I said to Shawn, who reassured me that
I would be credited for March and April!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; text-indent: 0.5in;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Praise God!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; text-indent: 0.5in;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">So, you can imagine my dismay when
I was transferred to the Fraud department and was told that I was given
misinformation. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; text-indent: 0.5in;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">‘You were told to close your
account and you chose not to, so we are not responsible for your loss,’ the
agent, Linda, said, in a nutshell.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; text-indent: 0.5in;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">I explained how the Sterling Branch
Manager said it would be “counter-productive,” how I’ve been going around and
around, given misinformation, and I’ve called, emailed, went into the branch.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; text-indent: 0.5in;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Past tears and beginning a state of
rage, I demanded to speak to a manager.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; text-indent: 0.5in;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">I can’t stand people playing with
my money, but being told, ‘here’s your money – yeah – you thought’ was too much
for me!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; text-indent: 0.5in;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">After fifteen minutes of going over
a frustrating story, I was told that I would get a form to complete, and
B&A would try to get the money from the creditor and if they do, they will
refund my account.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; text-indent: 0.5in;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">“Did you not hear what I said?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You guys told me it would be counter-productive.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You guys cashed the check when I put a stop
payment on.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I said put a stop payment on
the amount and also the check number.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s
not my fault that you guys only put the stop payment on the check number.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I didn’t realize until today that you could
have frozen my account.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Why wasn’t that
done?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ve been dealing with this since
February; it’s April!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You’ve given me
misinformation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Not all of the
information.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>B&A is just to
blame.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I will accept fighting for March,
but you need to refund April today!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It
is not my fault that you have untrained representatives working for you.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You tape your calls.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Listen to them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I was never told you could freeze my
account!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I was told twenty minutes ago
that I would get March and April refunded and now you want me to fill out a
form?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>No, I did everything that I was
supposed to do.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I want my money!”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; text-indent: 0.5in;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">“Ok, Ms. Lightburn, I will complete
a fraud report and send you the form for March…”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; text-indent: 0.5in;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">That was yesterday.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; text-indent: 0.5in;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">I went to close my account at the
Sterling Branch office today and was told, “Your account is frozen; you might
want to keep it open.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>No one can deduct
anything.” <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; text-indent: 0.5in;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Craziness!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; text-indent: 0.5in;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Anyway, my entire point of this
blog is, keep control over your personal finances by REFUSING TO GIVE CREDITORS
YOUR ACCOUNT INFORMATION.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; text-indent: 0.5in;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Creditors cannot force you to give
them your credit card or checking information, even though, sometimes it seems
as if that’s the only option.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12626437879998382008noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6407229677152674725.post-43232548286379266542014-02-04T10:23:00.000-08:002014-02-04T10:23:29.679-08:00Soul Brothas<div class="WordSection1">
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She’d
swore, if she heard kids cursing or talking down to each other, one more time, she’d
turn the vulgar misfits into frogs. Not
long after making that declaration, a five-year-old shouted to another on the
playground, “What chu lookin’ at retard!” The old witch grabbed her wand and nearly cast a spell, in front of the other child, but she decided not to send
the so-called “retard” running home with tales of witches and crap in his
pants. And she considered that turning
the foul-mouth kid into an amphibian would not improve the boy’s respect or manors.
<o:p></o:p></div>
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So,
later that day, she changed both the ill-mannered child and his father into toads. She
picked them up and zipped them in her pocket until she got home. Into a single jar
she put them, and she watched as they tirelessly jumped about. She scolded them until they finally stopped
jumping. <o:p></o:p></div>
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The
father promised, with several croaks, to teach all of his kids, indirectly or
otherwise, respect for all people. <o:p></o:p></div>
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She
believed him, as he’d drowned himself with warts. She erased the boy’s memory,
knowing what early frog memories could do to a growing mind, and promised to
reverse the spell if the father spoke a word to anyone about her. With a twist
of her wrist and a point of her wand, they metamorphosed into humans and were spun outside her apartment. <o:p></o:p></div>
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That
afternoon, she decided to take the path along the high school as a short cut to
the store to buy worms for her soup. As
she was passing the high school, she saw two teenagers in the parking lot. She watched as they got into fighter’s
stance. They each had their fists in the
air. Just as both gave each other an
uppercut, she twirled her wand.
Lightning struck them and their bodies fell to the ground. <o:p></o:p></div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12626437879998382008noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6407229677152674725.post-76847761701658752132014-02-02T21:50:00.001-08:002014-02-02T21:50:47.481-08:00Stand Up Comedy - Jennifer Lightburn<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="270" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/PzxNhilXQnE" width="480"></iframe><br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12626437879998382008noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6407229677152674725.post-63372763906013479462014-01-28T11:30:00.001-08:002014-01-28T11:30:51.119-08:00Jennifer's Bloggin': Joke of the Day - January 28, 2014<a href="http://seasons-change-novel.blogspot.com/2014/01/joke-of-day-january-28-2014.html?spref=bl">Jennifer's Bloggin': Joke of the Day - January 28, 2014</a>: So, the postman knocked on my door. I don’t have a peephole, so I opened the kitchen window as normal. Postman: Why you not get mail! ...Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12626437879998382008noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6407229677152674725.post-51710402545091349842014-01-28T11:27:00.002-08:002014-01-28T11:27:41.068-08:00Joke of the Day - January 28, 2014<div class="MsoNormal">
So, the postman knocked on my door. I don’t have a peephole, so I opened the
kitchen window as normal.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Postman: Why you not get mail! Why you not get mail!<o:p></o:p></div>
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Me: Sorry man, I’m looking for a job.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Postman: So, why you not get mail!<o:p></o:p></div>
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Me: It’s just bills, man. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Postman: So, I got to bring your mail to you when you don’t job!?<o:p></o:p></div>
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Me: No.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Postman: So, if I didn't, I’d have to send back to post office, and they return the mail to sender.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Me: Word? Cool. Have a great day!<o:p></o:p></div>
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And I closed my window.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Two interviews tomorrow… Praise God! <span style="font-family: Wingdings; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;">J</span><o:p></o:p></div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12626437879998382008noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6407229677152674725.post-29309000416997100522013-12-11T13:11:00.004-08:002013-12-12T11:30:35.626-08:00Mom, you won’t believe this… a kid at school didn’t know who Nelson Mandela was…<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Me: <span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Hey baby, I
missed you.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Son: <span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Why? (Looking
at me quizzically.)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Me: <span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>I had a
productive day and just looked at the clock and knew you were on the way home.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Son: <span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Oh, ok.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Come give your baby boy a hug.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>(I humbly obliged.) <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Mom, you won’t believe this… a kid
at school didn’t know who Nelson Mandela was…<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Me: <span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Wow.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Well, was the kid white?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Son: <span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Yeah.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That would really be shame if he was black.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Me: <span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Was he in
your class?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Son: <span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Yeah. He was the only kid in class that
didn’t know about him.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I don’t know why
he asked in science, but, uh, he’s really smart.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>One of the smartest kids in the class.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s why I was so shocked.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Me: <span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>What did the
teacher say?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Son: <span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>That Nelson
Mandela was the Martin Luther King of South Africa.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Me: <span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Good analogy.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Son: <span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>They both fought for peace and equal rights
and they both went to jail for it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But
what I don’t get is how white people can just go and take someone’s land.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Black people lived there and white people
just came and took it.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Me: <span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Not only that, but some of those Africans
were brought here to slave for the land that the settlers took from the
Indians.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Son: <span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Wow.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">I don’t know why I automatically assumed that the student was
white.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I guess because maybe I know that
certain history topics were skipped when I went to school, and that a lot of
black history I learned was from my family.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">The interesting thing to me is that my son and I both spoke
with no malice, no content, just the sad true reality, and then he got the
leash to walk his dog.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<o:p><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> </span></o:p></div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12626437879998382008noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6407229677152674725.post-61710647326728563952013-11-26T22:10:00.001-08:002013-11-26T22:10:46.050-08:00Jennifer's Bloggin': Trick or Treat<a href="http://seasons-change-novel.blogspot.com/2013/11/trick-or-treat.html?spref=bl">Jennifer's Bloggin': Trick or Treat</a>: “This honey here was dangerous!” Tito licked his juicy lips as he passed his cell phone to show me the picture of the cute blonde on ...Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12626437879998382008noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6407229677152674725.post-84056278314342043132013-11-26T22:00:00.000-08:002013-11-26T22:35:00.575-08:00Trick or Treat<span style="font-family: Calibri;">“This honey here was dangerous!”<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Tito licked his juicy lips as he passed his cell phone to
show me the picture of the cute blonde on her knees massaging her breast.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">“She’s Spanish but she looks white.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I loved it when she called me Papi.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">“Nice tat,” I said, wondering how any grown woman could be
so uninhabited that she’d send a photo of herself half naked.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">“Took me three hours.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The tat took one," Tito said with a grin.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> "</span>Net, I agree
with you now.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I need to stop taking pussy
payments because my car-note is past due,” he continued.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">“Hope you’re strappin’ up,” I said, passing him back his
phone.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">“Hell ya.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These
chicken heads still tryin’ to play the same old high school games.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m pregnant.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I need money for an abortion.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I
told home-girl yesterday, sorry love, but it ain’t mine.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I straps it up befo I nut!”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">“HAVE mercy.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">“Right,” Tito replied, shaking his head and flipping to the
next pic.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">A knock from the door brought me out of laughter.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">“Anthony!” I shouted from the kitchen to the hallway door.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Anthony grumbled his disappointment as he stomped down the
stairs.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">“Trick or treat!” I heard through the rumble of the washer,
dryer, dishwasher and Tito’s rap music.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">“Hey Anthony, why aren’t you out?”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">“I can’t,” Anthony replied with morbid disappointment.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">I grabbed a rag to wipe the suds off my hands.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“Excuse me for a minute,” I said to Tito, a
friend I’d known since my Bob’s Big Boy days as a waitress.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Before I could console my son regarding our monetary issues
and his great disappointment, Tito stopped me in my tracks with question.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">“What’s wrong with that boy?” <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Tito was one of the few people in the world that I didn’t
have to pretend with, so I said pointedly, “I told him that you have to have
money in the bank or a line of credit in order to use the Visa for which I
don’t, and that is why he can’t get a Halloween costume this year.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Tito put his phone down on the kitchen cabinet and looked me
dead in the eyes just as Anthony closed the front door and ran back up the
stairs.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">“You serious?” Tito said as if I was talking trash.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">“About what?”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">“Buying a Halloween costume?”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">“I am broke as a joke.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">“And you sound as white as a valley girl, but girl you are
black!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You’d better go get an old sheet
and cut some holes.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">I laughed aloud because I knew Tito was right.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Not about sounding Caucasian; though,
everyone said I did...<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Back in the day
my mother never bought me or my sister a costume.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She always made it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">“Anthony!” I hollered.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">He came down the stairs with soft steps.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">His head was held low and through a low grumble, Anthony
said, “I’m not going to be no jacked-up ghost.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>How would I look with a sheet, walking around trick-a-treating in this
neighborhood?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’d be talked about for
being a deprived Caspter or jumped for looking like the KKK.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">“You go boy!” I said, astonishment that Anthony used one of
his spelling words in a sentence in conversation.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Deprived.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>D<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>E<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>P<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>R<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>V<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>E<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>D.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Deprived.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Tito looked at me and then turned to Anthony.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“You talking like you pay some damn bills up in
this camp,” he said.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Ignoring Tito’s comment, Anthony probed me. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“Why do we always have to be poor?” he asked with
an expression that broke my heart.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">I took a deep breath.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I was embarrassed of Anthony’s question, and mortified that he asked me
in front of Tito, even if T was my homey from back in the day, whom I didn’t
have to <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">fake the funk</i> with.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">“I’m doing the best I can, Anthony.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m working with one income.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">“Why can’t you get another job?” my eleven-year-old son
asked.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">My first inclination was: I know this little mofo ain’t
telling me to get a second job as hard as I already bust my ass! <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And then I wondered if his question came from curiosity
or degradation.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">“Boy, you are lucky that’s your mother because my mom would
have stuck her foot straight up your butt for the crap you’re saying now.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">“I guess I am lucky,” Anthony replied.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“Besides, I didn’t say anything; I only asked
questions,” he continued.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Tito gave me the please-handle-this-shit look, and I turned
to Anthony.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">“We can use one of your old twin sheets.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I can cut some holes so you can see.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Anthony’s disappointment made my eyes fill with tears.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">“Boy, go get on your football uniform and stop acting like a
spoiled little brat!” Tito barked.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Anthony replied bitterly, “That’s just a complete announcement
that we are POOR!” <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Something snapped inside of me.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In a flash of a second, my emotions flipped.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">“Well, you are poor!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>We are poor.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You don’t have a
Halloween costume but you got every God damn thing else.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I am doing the very best I can, so either get
in the freaking football uniform or shut the hell up.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I don’t want to hear another word about
it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I don’t even want to hear you
sulk.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Be quiet and go to your room!” <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Anthony walked up the stairs, and I sat at the barstool next
to Tito in the kitchen.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">“You got a little sista in you after all,” he said smugly.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">It didn’t take Anthony five minutes to put that uniform on,
and he ran down the stairs as several knocks hammered the door.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">“Trick or Treat!”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">“Hey, Anthony, I’m a football player too.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You going out?”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">“Yeah, hold on.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">I could feel the stress leaving my body.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">“Mommy, I’m going with <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Brian</b>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>See you later.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">“Later gator,” I replied.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12626437879998382008noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6407229677152674725.post-58990621695230078342013-11-21T17:28:00.000-08:002013-11-21T17:28:10.399-08:00The Sex Talk - Father And Son<br />
<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;">
I know that periodically, my son's father gives our son forewarnings about life... to get him prepared to be a man. This is a quick "sex talk" conversation I overheard.</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: small;">Father: These girls out there… they’ll tell you they’re on
the pill.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They’ll tell you they’ve got
some device.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They’ll say any old thing,
but don’t listen to them, son.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Always
have a condom or you’ll end up having a baby at nineteen.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;">
</span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">
<span style="font-size: small;">I’m thinking to myself.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The boy is thirteen.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And then I
started thinking.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Oh, damn, was
dry-humping at fourteen or fifteen.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>:-)<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> (Funny but, ah, not so damn funny) :-) </span>And I pay attention.</span></div>
<span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;">
</span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">
<span style="font-size: small;">Son: Dad, you won’t have to worry.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ll think about you.</span></div>
<span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;">
</span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">
<span style="font-size: small;">Dad: Why are you going to be thinking about me? I didn’t
have a baby at nineteen.</span></div>
<span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;">
</span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">
<span style="font-size: small;">Son: I’ll be thinking about you whooping my butt.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>:-)</span></div>
<span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;">
</span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">
<span style="font-size: small;">I’m thinking, well, keep that thought.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>:-)<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
<span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;">
</span></span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12626437879998382008noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6407229677152674725.post-62725206215436708492013-11-21T16:15:00.002-08:002013-11-21T16:20:53.766-08:00Just A Short Funny Before My Evening<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">My ex-man tore out my heart with his big African lips.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;"><span style="mso-char-type: symbol; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;">:-)</span></span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m not saying that to be nasty nasty.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m saying that to be nasty nice.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m going to miss those lips.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;"><span style="mso-char-type: symbol; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;">:-)</span></span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"></span>But I don’t have to deal with his
tongue.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>HAVE mercy!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> :-)</span></span></div>
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">So, my boss asked me where I met him.</span></div>
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">“Safeway.”</span></div>
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">“Safeway?”</span></div>
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">“Yep, in the checkout line.”</span></div>
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">He said, “Well, try Giant’s next time in the meat
department.”</span></div>
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">LOL!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;"><span style="mso-char-type: symbol; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;">:-)</span></span></span></div>
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<o:p><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> </span></o:p></div>
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a zero tolerance regarding Work Place Bullying, but that was not always the
case.</span><br />
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">I was in fact a victim to this indentured servant fad when I
worked for another GC that supported a large government agency who required a television
crew for their studio headquartered in Washington, DC.</span></div>
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">This agency can fly people to the moon but did not want a
black woman Supervising Producer working in their studio!</span><br />
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">The point of contact, government employee, Mr. Brown told
our Program Manager not to hire black women, and he so arrogantly defied the
federal law, that he walked into an interview with one of the candidates (at
the government site) and immediately retreated without so much as a hello.</span></div>
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">The candidate, of course, called me immediately to ask if
Mr. Brown had an issue with women, and because he is also African American, she
did not consider the possibility that his issue was also her skin color.</span><br />
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">The Human Resource Manager (now HR Director) and I advised
the President of the company about the flagrant discrimination that our PM shared
with us in a proposal meeting.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
President told me (in private), however, that there was a misunderstanding;
even though, the entire proposal team heard the remarkable fiasco. </span></div>
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">I began to feel the consequence of trying to protect the
company from any lawsuit caused by the government.</span><br />
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">During this same timeframe, that same GC underwent an
investigation with the Department of Labor (“DOL”).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Management’s answer was to “get rid of the problem” per the
HR Manager, so she began an “investigation” where she was both harassing
and belligerent to the employees questioned.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span></span><br />
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">The problem was not the people they wanted to terminate, but
management itself, so I told both employees what to do – write what happened
and get email backup.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The one who
listened kept his job – until they got rid of me.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The other, they fired immediately.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Soon after, the IT Manager was on the chopping block.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This I knew because I was tasked with finding
his replacement.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He came to me for
help.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><br />
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">I did not confirm nor deny my colleague’s questions, but I
did tell him to speak with the President because I witnessed the HR Manager's disgraceful interrogation
in there “fact finding” meeting that the employee scheduled to submit a harassment
/ discrimination claim.</span></div>
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">That’s when management decided to turn up the workplace bullying!</span><br />
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">The HR Manager began to yell at me in meetings for no good
reason, and she did this to no one else.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>She began to mark my time in and out and threatened to write me up, even
though, I was not the one who was always late in the department.</span></div>
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Employees became replete with anxiety and continued to ask
for my advice, but now I was afraid to give it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I’d already complained enough:</span><br />
<br />
<div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -0.25in;">
<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">1.</span><span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri;">The IT Director only wanted Indians in his
department – no Asians and no Muslims</span></div>
<br />
<div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -0.25in;">
<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">2.</span><span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri;">The Engineering Director didn’t want to hire a
black candidate who was qualified because “We couldn’t put someone with
dreadlocks in front of the client.”</span></div>
<br />
<div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt 0.5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -0.25in;">
<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">3.</span><span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri;">The CTE didn’t want to hire a fully qualified black
candidate with a CCNP because “we have to think about him being in front of the
client,” and he didn’t want to hire a Spanish candidate with a CCIO – highest CISCO
certification because “he had an accent.”</span></div>
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">When I brought up these injustices, which caused me enormous
stress and induced depression, the bullying only got worse, and a co-worker
advised me to lay low because I was now on the chopping block.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">The President started calling impromptu meetings and
expressed his irritation that I had not filled positions, for which I later
learned, where not even approved or funded.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>It didn’t matter that I found qualified candidates within a
substantially low salary range, and that his management staff was the cause for
the delay in hiring due to their own prejudices.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><br />
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">The President even bashed me for not doing someone else’s
job – requesting a contract modification of the Aerospace contract.</span></div>
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">That’s when I got a harebrained idea to write a review and
post it to Glassdoor.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Lesson
learned!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This would later be used
against me in a mediation session with the Human Rights Commission (“HRC”).</span><br />
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">The day had finally come when I knew enough was enough.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">I called out sick the day after my boss showed her ranging-maniac
side.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That day she sent an email to tell
me if I was sick then I “didn’t need to be working from home,” and that she
wanted to talk to me about taking off the next day every time we had a
disagreement.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><br />
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">I’m a grown woman and to have another grown woman yelling at
me like she lost her mind was too much!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But
that’s not why I took off.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I was sick
and entitled to take sick leave, which is what I emailed her, adding that I
thought it was ridiculous for her to harass me about taking a day off. </span></div>
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Well, I ended up taking a week off, as I was sick as a dog,
and when I came back to work, my boss said that she wanted to meet with
me.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><br />
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">She was irate regarding the email I sent her and even more
displeased that I “almost hired a Greencard” when she specifically told me not
to.</span></div>
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Telling my boss that I never interviewed the candidate, but
I asked for a background check because the candidate told me some personal
information, and I didn’t want to illegally disqualify him, was probably not
the smartest thing I’ve done.</span><br />
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Telling her that the President of the company and the IT
Director assured me that the Web Developer would be working on house projects
and would not need a clearance, so I could hire someone with a Greencard, wasn’t
bright either.</span></div>
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">But telling her that she knew it was against the law to
discriminate on the grounds of national origin was far worse.</span><br />
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">After five years of receiving exceptional performance
raises, bonuses and great evaluations, I got my walking papers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">A few weeks later, I received a phone call from the Fairfax
County Police Department about the return of the GC’s computer, even after, I’d
repeatedly asked the HR Manager (via email) for the company to ship a prepaid
box.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Calibri;"></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">I told the officer what happened and that I emailed requests to the HR Manager for a box. Needless to say, I received a pre-paid box. Even after I left, they harassed me!</span><br />
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">I filed a complaint with every agency I could think of.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">HRC had the case the longest, almost an entire year, and the
investigator Ms. Betz said today, “We’re backlogged and won’t get to the case
until sometime next year.”</span><br />
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">I filed a complaint with the Aerospace agency, and was told
by the EEOC attorney, Ms. Danette Mincey that “It is not our practice nor is it
appropriate for us to provide a status on the progress of an investigation.”</span></div>
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">How on earth can there be justice if there’s not enough staff
to research the claims!</span><br />
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Needless to say, the GC (still) won the re-compete,<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>and the government employee is still at the
agency.</span></div>
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">A few weeks after I left, the GC got rid of many of the
people that I was protecting when I was there.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Together we filed a complaint with the Department of Labor, but I have
not heard a single peep from them.</span><br />
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">I went to an attorney who said I had a case – Wrongful Termination
and Retaliation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’d begun to do the legwork
and research but fell into a greater depression from all the awful memories and
blatant injustice the GC caused me, so I had to simply walk away.</span></div>
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">A year later, I’m finally getting back on my feet
emotionally, and it’s my hope that in another year, I’ll be finally stable and
will be vindicated with justice.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But, I
expect nothing of course.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><br />
<br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">I read an article about Workplace Bullying and the memories
came flooding back.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Though, I’m afraid
of what this story will do to my career, this is the way that I am freeing
myself from an ugly nightmare.</span></div>
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Learn from my mistakes and don’t let workplace bullying
happen to you.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">In conclusion, I want to express my sincere apologies to:
Mahdy, Carlton, Geroge and Faisal.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I apologize
for the retaliation you experienced because of me.</span></div>
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Please feel free to comment or post your story regarding
Workplace Bullying.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Please also freely
post suggestions on how to deter workplace bullying.</span><br />
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<a href="http://www.pressofatlanticcity.com/online_features/health_and_wellness/overcoming-workplace-bullying/article_1928b59d-2cae-556f-9c2c-7130ffe4ccb5.html"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Calibri;">http://www.pressofatlanticcity.com/online_features/health_and_wellness/overcoming-workplace-bullying/article_1928b59d-2cae-556f-9c2c-7130ffe4ccb5.html</span></a></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12626437879998382008noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6407229677152674725.post-33206711053007813372013-09-18T13:45:00.002-07:002013-09-18T13:45:21.730-07:00Warning and Advice for New Homebuyers Moving Into A Newly Developed Community!
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Don’t feel like your dream home has turned into a
nightmare.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Follow some simple advice to
avoid senseless irritation.</span><br />
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">1.</span><span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Make sure you find out the deadline of turning
in your punch list, and turn it in before the deadline and copy your HOA.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>(You want your HOA to know that there are
issues that need to be resolved so the developer feels obligated to address
those issues and fix them before the developer convinces the HOA to accept the
community.)</span></div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">2.</span><span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Look at your plat (small plan of your lot), and
verify that all trees are planted AND are still alive.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Everyone is trying to save a buck or two, so
don’t get surprised to learn that your Virginia Pine is dead as a doorknob. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Also, if there are a lot of dead trees in your
neighborhood, the developer is REQUIRED to replace them (if the HOA has not
accepted the community).</span></div>
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</div>
<div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -0.25in;">
<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">3.</span><span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Find the contact information for the county and Department
of Transportation inspectors as well as the bond department.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Land Developers get bonded by the state and
county to make improvements to the land per approved plans.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Having this information is helpful because sometimes
Land Developers will treat you like a dog unless you’re barking up the right
tree.</span></div>
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</div>
<div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -0.25in;">
<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">4.</span><span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri;">If your street has not been accepted by the
Department of Transportation, make sure your HOA has contracted a snow removal
company.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If not, you may find yourself
shoveling your street!</span><o:p><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> </span></o:p></div>
<br />
<div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -0.25in;">
<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">5.</span><span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman";"> <span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Before</span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> you spend money on outside improvements
(i.e. concrete driveway or monumental mail-box), make sure those improvements
are approved by the county AND Department of Transportation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If the roads have not been accepted, and your
improvement is not approved by the GOV, the developer could remove your costly
improvement; and they wouldn’t be obligated to reimbursement you, but many
developers will if they desperately need to get off of bond. </span><o:p><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> </span></o:p></div>
<br />
<div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -0.25in;">
<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">6.</span><span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri;">If you have water puddles in your yard, you may
have a grading issue.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Request that the
developer fix the issue in writing and send a copy to your HOA, the county and
the Department of Transportation.</span></div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">7.</span><span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri;">If your HOA has a pond, request that the HOA
have the builder install an irrigation system so that still water will not
attract pesky mosquitoes and a film of green algae.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
<div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -0.25in;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"></span></span> </div>
<div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -0.25in;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"></span></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">8.</span><span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Call the county to find out when the developer’s
bond expires, so you can use this as leverage to get your punch list resolved
expediently.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
<div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -0.25in;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"></span></span> </div>
<div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -0.25in;">
<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">9.</span><span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri;">If your community remains on bond for a year
after construction, there’s a reason, so use this to your advantage to possibly
negotiate freebees.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If enough people
complain to the government, a developer may not be able to renew their bond,
and they would rather pay a couple thousand dollars in improvements than to
lose millions in a defaulted surety.</span></div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">10.</span><span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Enjoy your new home!</span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12626437879998382008noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6407229677152674725.post-73665337424263626642013-07-27T15:59:00.001-07:002013-07-27T16:01:10.777-07:00Jennifer's Bloggin': USA - A Blessing And A Curse<a href="http://seasons-change-novel.blogspot.com/2013/07/usa-blessing-and-course.html?spref=bl">Jennifer's Bloggin': USA - A Blessing And A Course</a>: I am biased because I haven’t been to many countries, but just from reading and what I’ve learned, I know I live in the greatest country on...Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12626437879998382008noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6407229677152674725.post-69705094957104471792013-07-27T15:53:00.000-07:002013-07-27T16:19:03.591-07:00USA - A Blessing And A Curse <div class="MsoNormal">
I am biased because I haven’t been to many countries, but
just from reading and what I’ve learned, I know I live in the greatest country
on this earth, even though it’s both blessed and cursed. </div>
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As President Obama said, “It’s (the United States) not a
perfect union,” but we are blessed to have freedoms that many countries dream about.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Still, this dynamic nation has issues that dig deep into the
fabric of its creation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></div>
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We are a country born of racism and violence.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Without recapping history, we learned in grade
school that the early settlers claimed this land, killed Indians and enslaved
Africans.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></div>
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We’ve come a long way in 300 – 400 years.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Having an African American President says a lot about how far
we’ve come and how minds are changing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></div>
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I understand that change takes time, but when it’s your race
or your group being targeted, sometimes change can’t come soon enough.<o:p></o:p></div>
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With the evolution of equality moving at a snail’s pace, I’m
glad that I was born when I was.<o:p></o:p></div>
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“I know that I couldn’t live in the 50’s and 60’s,” I told
my son, as we were watching the Jackie Robinson movie.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“I would have been hung or lynched because
there’s no way that I could maintain my decorum being treated like that.”<o:p></o:p></div>
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“You don’t know what you would have done,” my
thirteen-year-old replied, “because your mindset would have been
different.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You’re free.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Black people back then were free but they
weren’t free.”<o:p></o:p></div>
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‘Back then’ is my mother’s generation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></div>
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She grew up in a time where there were white-only bathrooms,
when black people sat in the back of the bus, when there were segregated schools
and hand-me-down books from white schools.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>She lived in a time period where it was normal to hear a white person
call a black person colored or a nigger.<o:p></o:p></div>
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My father was a second generation American.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He was a civil rights leader and campaigned
for the recognition of Martin Luther King’s birthday. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He demanded civil rights for all people, and
he even preached at a church on occasion.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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I grew up in a racially-mixed neighborhood.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My brother and I were the only black kids on
the block.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My friends from back in the
day were white, black, Spanish, Asian… the list goes on, and they’re still my
friends today.<o:p></o:p></div>
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I didn’t experience racism until I was an adult, and I’m
seeing racism more so now because people feel they have the right to say and do
whatever they want.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></div>
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“Americans have too much freedom, and they are very cruel,”
I’ve heard immigrants and Naturalized American citizens say.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></div>
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I don’t agree that we have too much freedom, but I do
believe that cruel behavior stems from greed, hatred, jealousy, ignorance and
poverty.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></div>
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And I do believe that there are some people that abuse and
hide behind the law.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></div>
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There are people who do feel there are justifiable reasons
to act in a rebellious manner.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Yes, “there’s a reason to kick an old man down a flight of steps,
but you just don’t do it!” comedian, Chris Rock said so eloquently.<o:p></o:p></div>
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I know how hard it is to walk away when someone attacks the
core of your being, whatever that might be, but sometimes walking away and
thinking about the situation will give you a different perspective.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Maybe we all need to take an anger management class.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="font-family: Wingdings; mso-ascii-font-family: Cambria; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-hansi-font-family: Cambria; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;"><span style="mso-char-type: symbol; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;">J</span></span><o:p></o:p></div>
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With so many different races and religions and practices and
beliefs, it will not be easy to act as one people, and it takes time and
patience to understand and/or accept each other’s differences.<o:p></o:p></div>
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We are not a nation of one race and one religion and one
culture.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></div>
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We are a nation of everyone, and no one is going anywhere,
so it’s best to work together and find solutions to create peace and not
instill unjust practices that will further ignite hostility and chaos.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></div>
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America is both blessed and cursed to have such
diversity.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s what makes us such a phenomenal
country.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></div>
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If we all try just a little bit more, someday we’ll start
behaving like a United Nation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12626437879998382008noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6407229677152674725.post-34902430968048031272013-07-26T16:14:00.001-07:002013-07-26T16:14:52.576-07:00Jennifer's Bloggin': KKK, the Neighborhood Watch, and Stand Your Ground...<a href="http://seasons-change-novel.blogspot.com/2013/07/kkk-neighborhood-watch-and-stand-your.html?spref=bl">Jennifer's Bloggin': KKK, the Neighborhood Watch, and Stand Your Ground...</a>: Do you think it’s a coincidence that the KKK is creating a neighborhood watch program just weeks after George Zimmerman was acquitted of mu...Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12626437879998382008noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6407229677152674725.post-68568002149247823672013-07-26T16:08:00.001-07:002013-07-27T13:13:47.620-07:00The KKK Promotes Neighborhood Watch - Stand Your Ground!<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Do you think it’s a coincidence that the KKK is creating a
neighborhood watch program just weeks after </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Zimmerman#George_Zimmerman"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Calibri;">George
Zimmerman</span></a><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> was acquitted of murdering </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treyvon_Martin"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Calibri;">Treyvon Martin</span></a><span style="font-family: Calibri;">?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"></span></span><br />
<a href="http://www.ky3.com/news/ky3-kkk-tries-to-recruit-residents-for-neighborhood-watch-program-in-springfield-20130724,0,706946.story">KKK And Neighborhood Watch Video</a> <span style="font-family: Calibri;">This video is a wakeup call and it makes me nervous. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">We already know what can happen when someone in the neighborhood
watch takes matters into their own hands.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Take for instance, the Zimmerman case.<span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The dispatcher said, "We don't
need you to do that." Zimmerman responded, "Okay."<sup id="cite_ref-zimmermanok_82-0"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shooting_of_Trayvon_Martin#cite_note-zimmermanok-82"><span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">[78]</span></span></a></sup> Zimmerman asked that police call him
upon their arrival so he could provide his location.<sup id="cite_ref-what_is_known_13-4"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shooting_of_Trayvon_Martin#cite_note-what_is_known-13"><span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">[13]</span></span></a></sup> Zimmerman ended the call at 7:15 p.m.<sup id="cite_ref-what_is_known_13-5"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shooting_of_Trayvon_Martin#cite_note-what_is_known-13"><span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">[13]</span></span></a></sup></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">It is a reasonable theory that if Zimmerman would have listened
to the police, Zimmerman would not have killed Martin.</span></div>
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">How many (more) people will be killed recklessly and without
regard, all in the name of self-defense, before laws are changed?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">I’m not saying get rid of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stand-your-ground_law">Stand Your Ground</a>; I’m saying modify them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We live in an age of delusion and outdated
laws, and it’s hurting our society. In the Zimmerman case, delusion and outdated laws were compounded with bad
defense.</span></div>
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">How in the world did the prosecutor think they would get a fare shake with an <a href="http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2013/07/17/zimmerman-trayvon-martin-jury-consultant-killing-sanford/2530151/">all white jury,all female</a> jury?!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I have nothing against
white people.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My ex-husband is white and
I have many white friends, but COME ON!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Many
white people have reservations towards black people because of <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ENHP89mLWOY">history</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Race_and_crime_in_the_United_States">currentday craziness</a>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I can understand
that.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I could understand why a white
female may be quicker to pull the trigger had her nosy ass been in that same
situation, but that don't make it right!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Had a person of color or a
man been on the jury, maybe that person could have shed some light with experience, stories and for instances that the all white female jury could understand.</span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Bottom line - fear shouldn’t
cost an unarmed person their life when that shooter shouldn't have been there in the first place!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Call your </span><a href="http://www.statelocalgov.net/" style="font-family: Calibri;">governor</a><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> and let them know that they need to
update these laws now before all hell breaks loose.</span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="font-family: Calibri;">People are entitled to defend
themselves.</span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="font-family: Calibri;">However, add stipulations,
such as, “If you are safe and law enforcement says, ‘Stand Down’ and you
instead accost, you are thereby forfeiting your rights under </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stand-your-ground_law" style="font-family: Calibri;">Stand Your Ground</a><span style="font-family: Calibri;">.”</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">If <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KKK">KKK</a>'s organized neighborhood watch catches on, more innocent people are going to be victims of murder in
the name of fear and / or hate.</span></div>
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">It’s just my opinion and everyone is entitled to one.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Thank you very much! </span><span style="font-family: Wingdings; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;"><span style="mso-char-type: symbol; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;">J</span></span><br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12626437879998382008noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6407229677152674725.post-63819731480670466452013-07-22T20:40:00.000-07:002013-07-22T20:40:53.790-07:00Let's go camping - Joke with language<div class="MsoNormal">
“You know what, let’s go camping.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Do you like to camp?” I asked.<o:p></o:p></div>
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(An unusually long silence.)<o:p></o:p></div>
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“Oh, you’re an uppity Negro,” I said, hoping to one day be an uppity Negro.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></div>
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“Uh, no, I just like showers and air-conditioning,” he
replied.<o:p></o:p></div>
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“Well, why did you go?”<o:p></o:p></div>
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“I didn’t have a choice.”<o:p></o:p></div>
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“Why didn’t you have a choice?”<o:p></o:p></div>
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“Because I was an ex-change student, and they were taking me
on retreat.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They had everything… huge
house, cars, lots of space, but for a couple of days they lived like they didn’t
have shit.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What kind of holiday is
that?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was nasty and didn’t teach me
shit.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If I had known, I would have
declined. We were living like Pilgrims, pulling up water from a well.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The mother fuckers took me from the shower to
the bucket.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Don’t get me wrong.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I didn’t show any weakness.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I fit in.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I don’t know.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I guess it’s a
reality check or some kind of spiritual experience. Uh, camping’s not bad. Maybe
I just had a bad experience.”<o:p></o:p></div>
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LOL! <span style="font-family: Wingdings; mso-ascii-font-family: Cambria; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-hansi-font-family: Cambria; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;"><span style="mso-char-type: symbol; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;">J</span></span><o:p></o:p></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12626437879998382008noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6407229677152674725.post-26437752564968807812013-07-22T16:33:00.001-07:002013-07-22T16:33:50.397-07:00Jennifer's Bloggin': If I'm Lying I'm Flying - Funny Short Story<a href="http://seasons-change-novel.blogspot.com/2013/07/if-im-lying-im-flying-funny-short-story.html?spref=bl">Jennifer's Bloggin': If I'm Lying I'm Flying - Funny Short Story</a>: I barbecued some chuck beef, and my son left three small pieces on his plate because he said it hurt his jaw muscles. Nah, it was right...Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12626437879998382008noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6407229677152674725.post-9668304905497343532013-07-22T16:28:00.000-07:002013-07-22T16:30:44.060-07:00If I'm Lying I'm Flying - Funny Short Story<div class="MsoNormal">
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">I barbecued some chuck beef,
and my son left three small pieces on his plate because he said it hurt his jaw
muscles.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Nah, it was right on point, but
I’m not going to make him eat every nook and cranny for “all the starving kids
in Africa.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>(You remember </span><span style="font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Cambria; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-hansi-font-family: Cambria; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;"><span style="mso-char-type: symbol; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;">J</span></span><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">)<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So, I gave it
to my baby girl.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>No, I didn’t up and
have a kid that no one knows about.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Cambria; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-hansi-font-family: Cambria; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;"><span style="mso-char-type: symbol; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;">J</span></span><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;"> <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I gave it to my
dog… Happy. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Boy, she was licking her
snout after every swallow.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">My son started for the
living room to play X-box Live, and so I asked if he wanted to sing with
me?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><br /></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">He said, “Not right now.” <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Both of us love to sing, and a few days ago,
he asked me to help him prepare for the school chorus.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“Maybe later,” he continued.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">My dog looked at me and said,
“Ruff!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Ruff!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Ruff!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Ruff!”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">“Oh, you want to sing with
me, Happy,” I said joyfully.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">She said, “Ruff.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">It was as if she knew what I
was saying, and so I replied, “Ok.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Let’s
sing Old MacDonald.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">She just looked at me and
wagged her tail, and as soon as I started to sing, she barked in on beat.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">“Ruff.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Ruff.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Ruff.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Ruff.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Ruff.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Ruff.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Ruff.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Cambria; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-hansi-font-family: Cambria; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;"><span style="mso-char-type: symbol; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;">J</span></span><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">I said, “Well, I’ll be damn!”
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">If I’m lying I’m flying.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">And to top my day off
regarding my baby girl, the bitch didn’t piss on my floor.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">God is good.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Cambria; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-hansi-font-family: Cambria; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;"><span style="mso-char-type: symbol; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;">J</span></span><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">Hey, you’ve got to see all
the funny you can in this life.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">Have a great day!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And Share people.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Come on now.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>It desn't cost a thing to hit that little button.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> And it only takes five minutes to w</span>rite a comment and make someones day.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> Come on now. </span>Send a link to your Facebook family.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">Help a sista out!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Cambria; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-hansi-font-family: Cambria; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;"><span style="mso-char-type: symbol; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;">J</span></span><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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