October 24, 2007

Fun With Tasers…

rmiles7721October 24, 2007Site News

Just a quick collection of Tasers and news stories about taster incidents for your enjoyment…

The Real Fugitive…CAUGHT!

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A guy that escaped from a New Jersey prison 28 years ago was arrested Wednesday at his Philadelphia home where he was making one last bid to conceal his identity and remain a free man.

Wedding Entertainment

rmiles7721October 24, 2007Entertainment

When the wife and I got married 19 years ago, we didn’t have tons of money and neither did anyone in our family. The reception itself was held in the clubhouse of the condo’s where my wife’s Aunt lived at the time, and for entertainment we pretty much had ourselves and possibly a country music station. I don’t really remember too many details as I had been up extremely late the evening before. I do have lots of pictures though and they help bring the memories back. The one I remember most is the feeling of relief when we got the heck out of that place and drove off to go on our honeymoon.

Hopefully it will be quite some time but when the girls eventually get married I want them to have fond memories of everything that happens on that day and that includes even the Wedding Music because one of the big things that they will remember is the music that is played at the wedding. I can remember times in my life and certain years and decades by the songs and when I hear one it brings back those memories. That’s why GIGMasters can be such an integral part of the whole thing.

GIGMasters is the Internet’s premiere booking service for entertainment since 1997. The provide entertainments for weddings as well as other special events and have a large database that includes thousands of performers all across the United States and Canada. They will allow you to book a wedding band, DJ or musician in just minutes with access to audio, video and client reviews.

Wednesday Hero

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Sgt. Robert M. McDowell


Sgt. Robert M. McDowell
30 years old from Deer Park, Texas
2nd Brigade Special Troops Battalion, 2nd Brigade

Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division
April 01, 2007 

Sgt. Robert M. McDowell was a military police noncommissioned officer assigned to Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 2nd Brigade Special Troops Battalion.

Originally from Deer Park, Texas, he joined the Army in February 1998 and completed training at Fort Benning, Georgia.

In June 1998 he was assigned to Fort Hood where he served until being reassigned to 1st Battalion, 1st Aviation Regiment at Katterbach Kaserne in Germany in January 2003. While a member of 1st Infantry Division, he served as an AH-64 Apache Attack Helicopter repairman.

McDowell was assigned to Fort Drum in March 2006 after completing military police reclassification training at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri.

He was deployed to Bosnia from February to September 1999.

His awards and decorations include the Purple Heart, Army Commendation Medal, Army Achievement Medal, Joint Meritorious Unit Award, Valorous Unit Award, Army Good Conduct Medal, National Defense Service Medal, Kosovo Campaign Medal, Iraq Campaign Medal, Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary Service Medal, Army Service Ribbon, Overseas Service Ribbon, NATO Medal, Combat Action Badge and the Army Aviator Badge.

Sgt. McDowell was killed when and IED struck his vehicle in Baghdad, Iraq. He is survived by his wife and son, of Evans Mills, N.Y., and a daughter, Madison McDowell, of New Mexico.

Also killed in the attack were Staff Sgt. David A. Mejias, Staff Sgt. Eric R. Vick and Sgt. William G. Bowling. You can find more information about them at this site.

These brave men and women sacrifice so much in their lives so that others may enjoy the freedoms we get to enjoy everyday. For that, I am proud to call them Hero.
We Should Not Only Mourn These Men And Women Who Died, We Should Also Thank God That Such People Lived

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Wordless Wednesday #6

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Comparison Shopping

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One of the things that I like that seem to be popping up more and more are the comparison shopping sites such as Mpire. Mpire allows you to compare prices and find the best deals available online from major retail web sites as well as the auction sites such as eBay. You can find some of the best deals and coupons around for products from stores such as Best Buy, Target, Eddie Bauer and Dell along with thousands more.

I was able to find prices for the Canon Digital EOS-300D ranging from $450 all the way up to $1200. That’s a huge prices different and why Mpire does so well at comparison shopping. They allow me to pick and choose from vendors, give ratings for each store as well as the shipping costs right there on one single easy to read page.

Why would I want to only stick with going to one single place for all of my shopping when I can easily find the best deals over at Mpire. The thing is, there are a few names that I trust on the Internet and I will always buy from them rather than their competitors. The only problem is that sometimes their web sites are so large that finding a great deal can be difficult, and that’s where Mpire comes in. They show me the best prices and from what I’ve seen, my favorite sites are usually in the list and at a lower cost than I found on the original site in the first place.