Damn, this is only about 15 or 20 miles from my house. Apparently the woman ran out of gas and Reggie Brown Hairston picked her up about 5am and raped her. The police have caught him in an industrial area. There haven’t been any other details released as far as I know, so I’m not sure why he wasn’t in his car or what.
String the bastard up if he’s guilty.
Sidney Dorsey has finally confessed to being behind the slaying of Dekalb County Sheriff-Elect Derwin Brown on December 15th 2000. Basically it was greed and jealousy. His marriage was in trouble, he was facing sexual harassment charges and he was pissed off because he lost the election to Derwin Brown.
A good blogger friend of mine is going to be spending some time in Europe this fall. I am very envious of him. I will eventually get the chance to spend time overseas but until then I can keep writing about it and dreaming.
One of the places I would like to go is the Netherlands. Amsterdam is a beautiful city and the people I have met that call Amsterdam home are extremely nice and polite. I was looking at the Amsterdam Hotel Guide and came across a place called the Holly Hotel Carlton. Just looking at the picture makes me want to visit. In addition to Amsterdam one of the European Cities that I want to visit is London. The pictures in the London Hotel Guide just cannot do it justice.
That’s the Tower Bridge, in London. One of the things things that are so different in the U.S. as opposed to most European countries is that they are steeped in centuries of history and it shows in the architecture as well as the stories.
All in all I wouldn’t mind having a couple of months free time to just wander around Europe and site see. Once the kids are gone perhaps the wife and I will really get a chance to grab a Europe Hotels Guide and just hit the road for a few months.
Aside from Amsterdam and London I would eventually like to see Paris, parts of Bavaria, Ireland, and would really like to visit Russia/
The prosecutor in the Michael Vick case has let him know that if he doesn’t take the plea deal which includes a year of jail time by Friday then he may face new charges including racketeering. A Federal Grand jury is supposed to be meeting Monday to consider the new charges against Vick.
The reason that he hasn’t made a deal yet is that he doesn’t know what the NFL and the Atlanta Falcons are going to do and he is concerned that they will fire him should he take a plea. He should have been a bit more concerned prior to getting involved in the whole dog-fighting venture in the first place.
Back in June freeblinds.com launched their website, which is an Internet Shopping site that allows you to shop for free window blinds and earn back 100% of the purchase price of whatever window coverings that you opt to buy. When you purchase an item you are presented with a unique code. If you share that code with other people and they purchase a product, 20% of the purchase price is rewarded via a check refund to you.
The jury in the Jose Padilla trial has found him guilty of conspiracy to support Islamic terrorism overseas. His two co-defendants were also found guilty of conspiracy to murder, kidnap and maim people in a foreign country, conspiracy to provide material support for terrorists, and providing material support for terrorists.
Next they will get sentencing, which will happen on December 5th. All three of them are facing life in prison. They should have been charged with treason and given the death penalty.
It’s about time that they finally got this over with after having had him in custody for over three years now.
I had to go out this morning and take care of a few things before I really got started at the house. I drove into town and mailed a care package to my nephew in Iraq. Just some stuff, candy, DVDs, Vodka Mouthwash; you know, useful stuff that they don’t get a lot of. Dealing with the Postal Service is always fun. Had to fill out some paperwork for customs. I made sure to send it priority so that if it can’t get delivered it will come back here instead.
After that I dropped a bunch of paperwork off to a friend of mine who is also a district manager and will be at our weekly meeting today. She was in the same boat that I currently am. A crappy manager, except that her’s finally quit so she is running the store as well as the rest of her district. I also dropped by the Elementary School since my daughter had forgotten her lunch today.
Had to make a run to Wal-Mart after that and pick up some lunch stuff for the kids and a scratching post for the other kids and then get a bite to eat at a fast food joint. Nothing beats a couple of good hot burgers and onion rings, washed down with a Dr Pepper.
I was going to work in the yard for awhile when I got home but after three hours of riding around in the car with no fricking air I am done for the day. I still need to straighten the house as well but I have lost any energy I had and all I really want to do right now is take a nap.
This is a test of the emergency broadcasting system…
No, actually I am testing the EntryPost plugin for Movabletype. Check it out if you get a chance…
Editor’s Note – Hey, this works great. When you submit an entry it sits and waits until I go in and approve it or edit it and then approve. Very nice. You can also use this as a way to contact me as well iffen you don’t want to send an e-mail. I’ll just delete the entry if it’s used to contact me, and go on about my merry way 🙂
