September 2008

Wordless Wednesday: I Don’t Think I Liked THAT Piece!

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"Daddy Dave" Green Arrested

Green_David_white_cte.jpgI posted about “Daddy Dave” in my first America’s Most Wanted update back on August 21st. Long story short he was a drug kingpin in Ohio that escaped from a minimum security camp back in 2000. America’s Most Wanted featured him on their website and their show a couple of weeks ago. A tipster clued them into the fact that David Green was in the Daytona Beach area, had suffered a stroke earlier this year and was in a nursing home.
The update is over at AMW if you want to read it. AMW and the folks that watch it stirke again and nab another fugitive! Thanks to whoever tipped them off to Dave’s location.

Wednesday Hero: Staff Sergeant Andy Pena

SSgt. Andy Pena
SSgt. Andy Pena
U.S. Air Force
Staff Sgt. Andy Pena performs in-flight calibrations on a HH-60 Pave Low while flying Sept. 3 over Ellington Field, Texas. He and members of the 55th Rescue Squadron deployed from Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Ariz., to Ellington Field in response to Hurricane Gustav with less than 24 hours after notification. Sergeant Pena is an aerial gunner.

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 Have Every Right To Dream Heroic Dreams. Those Who Say That We’re In A Time When There Are No Heroes, They Just Don’t Know Where To Look
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Linkfest Haven, the Blogger's Oasis

Trackposted to Pet’s Garden Blog, Blog @ MoreWhat.com, Rosemary’s Thoughts, Allie is Wired, third world county, The World According to Carl, The Pink Flamingo, Leaning Straight Up, Gulf Coast Hurricane Tracker, and Democrat=Socialist, thanks to Linkfest Haven Deluxe.

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Wordless Wednesday: Garden Spider

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Trackposted to Pet’s Garden Blog, Blog @ MoreWhat.com, Rosemary’s Thoughts, Allie is Wired, third world county, The World According to Carl, The Pink Flamingo, Leaning Straight Up, Gulf Coast Hurricane Tracker, and Democrat=Socialist, thanks to Linkfest Haven Deluxe.

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Blogs For Borders Weekly Blogburst

Our weekly vlog — podcast on illegal immigration and border security. in this weeks edition…
Election 2008: What is Sarah Palin’s position on illegal immigration, amnesty and border security and does it matter?
Thank you! We take a moment to thank you who are working so hard for this nation.
100% Preventable! Americans continue to pay the bloody price for open borders, when will the madness end?

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Better Late Than Never I Suppose

Earlier in the year I wrote extensively about Brianna Denison’s murder and the search for her killer. He is still at large and law enforcement as well as Brianna’s family are still trying to bring her justice.
I used to get a feed from the Journal-Gazette but apparently it’s not working for me anymore because I just came across this article about the Denison Blue-Ribbon Campaign.

On Labor Day, tying a blue ribbon around your tree, mailbox or vehicle antenna in memory of Brianna Denison will remind the community of the importance of personal safety.
That’s the hope of Denison’s family and the board members of the Bring Bri Justice Foundation, aimed at making sure all women and children are safe in Nevada. Denison’s killer, who authorities say was a serial sexual predator targeting college neighborhoods, has yet to be caught.
On Monday, the group is launching “Tie a Ribbon for Bri Day” to coincide with school returning to session. Blue ribbons will be available at Reno and Sparks area Starbucks and Scolari’s locations.
Community members are encouraged to tie more ribbons, or replace those that have gotten tattered.
Blue was Brianna’s favorite color. The blue ribbons became a connecting symbol for the community who first searched for her when she was missing, and then demanded justice upon her death.

The foundation had a place flying on Labor Day with a banner that directed people to the foundation’s web site which is the official site dedicated to Brianna Denison.
The vision statement for the Bring Bri Justice Foundation includes:

  • Bring Brianna Denison’s murderer to justice.
  • Promote legislative and legal efforts to increase consequences preventing violent crimes.
  • Promote public awareness assuring the safety of all women and children in Nevada

Go check out the website if you have time and donate as well.
You can mail donations to:
Bring Bri Justice Foundation
PO Box 10892
Reno, NV 89510

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My Take on Google Chrome

So I decided to check out Google Chrome and downloaded it the other day to check it out. I am back to using Flock again as of this morning but I am still not happy with it.

I really liked Chrome and probably could have come to use it as my default browser. As a matter of fact I had even set it as default until last night. It is faster than Firefox, Flock and IE 7 (and 8) on my system and used quite a bit less memory. I also like the way it compartmentalizes the tabs and memory usage. If one of them became non-responsive the rest were fine and I could kill the task without crashing down the other 25 tabs that I might have open at the same timr. I was very impressed with it. Using Flock, Firefox or IE for a couple of hours and a bunch of tabs and windows open I usually have to kill the whole process after a couple of hours and forget using iTunes and actually listening to music at the same time. WIth Chrome I was able to not only listen to iTunes but keep several different windows open and working at the same time.

So why the switch back to Flock?

I spent two and a half hours working on a post last night. Several thousand words. Shadowscope was apparently offline for 40 minutes or so for some reason so the last autosave Movabletype had done missed 3/4 of the post. I wasn’t aware of it because my connection was fine. Anyway, I went to publish the entry and of course got a DNS error. When I tried to go back to the previous page most of the entry was gone. I wanted to cry. With Firefox and Flock I can spend an hour or two working on an entry and if for some reason my draft isn’t saved on the server I can go back to the posting form and most or all of it will still be there. I have even used Task Manager to kill flock and when I reopened a new browser window it has saved my entered text. That in itself is worth sticking with to me.

I don’t even mind not having access to plugins. If Google would add in saving of text entered into forms I would switch back in a heartbeat. It’s just not worth losing two frigging hours of work.

I used to use Windows Live Writer to post blog entries but it’s too damn buggy, which is why I switched back to the MT interface in the first place.

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Google Chrome

    I decided to check out Google Chrome and downloaded it the other day to check it out. I am back to using Flock again as of this morning but I am still not happy with it.

I really liked Chrome and probably could have come to use it as my default browser. As a matter of fact I had even set it as default until last night. It is faster than Firefox, Flock and IE 7 (and 8) on my system and used quite a bit less memory. I also like the way it compartmentalizes the tabs and memory usage. If one of them became non-responsive the rest were fine and I could kill the task without crashing down the other 25 tabs that I might have open at the same timr. I was very impressed with it. Using Flock, Firefox or IE for a couple of hours and a bunch of tabs and windows open I usually have to kill the whole process after a couple of hours and forget using iTunes and actually listening to music at the same time. WIth Chrome I was able to not only listen to iTunes but keep several different windows open and working at the same time.

So why the switch back to Flock?

I spent two and a half hours working on a post last night. Several thousand words. Shadowscope was apparently offline for 40 minutes or so for some reason so the last autosave Movabletype had done missed 3/4 of the post. I wasn’t aware of it because my connection was fine. Anyway, I went to publish the entry and of course got a DNS error. When I tried to go back to the previous page most of the entry was gone. I wanted to cry. With Firefox and Flock I can spend an hour or two working on an entry and if for some reason my draft isn’t saved on the server I can go back to the posting form and most or all of it will still be there. I have even used Task Manager to kill flock and when I reopened a new browser window it has saved my entered text. That in itself is worth sticking with to me.

I don’t even mind not having access to plugins. If Google would add in saving of text entered into forms I would switch back in a heartbeat. It’s just not worth losing two frigging hours of work.

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I Hate Spiders

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This damned thing had made it’s web over my back door so I about crapped my pants when I went out for a smoke at 5 this morning. I figured it would be gone when I arrived home but amazingly enough it and the web were still there.

I have since partially dismantled the web hoping it would leave but it looks like it is enjoying the spot.

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Wednesday Hero: Lance Cpl. Ryan T. McCaughn

Lance Cpl. Ryan T. McCaughn

Lance Cpl. Ryan T. McCaughn
19 years old from Manchester, New Hampshire
1st Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force
November 7, 2006
U.S. Marine Corps

“I just can’t believe it,” said Nicole Cote, mother of L/Cpl. McCoughn. “It’s not supposed to happen this way. Your kids aren’t supposed to leave you.” McCoughn joined the USMC during his Senior year of High School. “He said he needed to do this. He said if he could keep one dad from going to Iraq and he could take his place instead, then he’ll feel like he’s accomplished something.”

Lance Cpl. Ryan T. McCaughn was killed on November 7, 2006 while conducting combat operations in Anbar province, Iraq. He leaves behind his mother, father, step-father and two brothers.


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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