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One more day of work and then I get a day of rest. Woo Hoo!!!!!!!!!!!!! I really like my job. Sometimes when it is slow, I have time to think. One friend of mine once said she did not like it quiet, because she would have to think. I find that annoying. I love the times it is peaceful and quiet. That way I can think and perhaps figure out how I truly feel about certain things in my life.



I watched Cold Case last night. That is where I am at on Sunday nights. In front of the TV, watching one of my favorite shows. I am not the biggest TV watcher on the planet. Some shows just grate on my nerves. I really like this particular show. It is fictional, but the stories are always interesting. Last night's episode was no exception.



Telling someone that no-one wants you is one of the most cruel things you can do to another human being. If the person is suffering from low self -esteem already, you are not helping and should avoid talking to that person. This did not happen to me personally, but it did give me insight into the character of the person who said that. I think that person has had some heavy stuff come down on them too. Understanding others is a sign of intelligence. The person who said that is normally intelligent. I could not figure out what was going on. I think now that the person is lacking in emotional intelligence. Be careful if that fits you. There are those who like to prey on people whose emotional intelligence is lower than average. You are the kind of person a con-artist is waiting for and dreams about at night. A socipath is also waiting. Do not think a socipath has to be a murderer or serial killer. Some of them exhibit that type of behavior in relationships.



I do not like or enjoy gender bashing of any kind. I was reading a journal on here that brought that up recently. Now, I do believe in calling it like you see it. If a person is behaving badly, then if the word asshole or jerk fits, then quess what no matter what gender they are, the word is an apt description for them. The person being called that should do some self examination rather quickly. If the truth of the matter is they are being what they are called, then they can change their behavior and not find themselves on the receiving end of name-calling. If they do not change the behavior, then they must deal with what others have to say about it. If you want to live life on your own terms, you must learn to crash and burn. That saying was on a Motley Crue t-shirt I once owned. If the person doing the name-calling is the one being out of line, then the person getting put down should just ignore them. It is really simple.



I work in a store. I see all types of people everyday. The children are usually the ones that stand out. I see children who are being raised to respect others. That is a joy. Then, I see those who I feel are being neglected. That hurts my heart and soul. I cannot take everyone home with me, so I just say a quick prayer and get back to work.



Well, work is calling. I have to open the store in a few minutes. I hope anyone reading this has a great day and a Happy Halloween.

I think some on the rave take one line that someone said to someone, write a journal entry about and hope the person that said it will read the journal. I know of one such instance of that . I think I ran across that journal tonight. Hmm----- Well, I would say if you have something to say to someone, be blunt and say it. Stop beating around the bush is my usual line when I see things like that. Perhaps, in this circumstance, the person does not feel they can come right out and say what they are thinking to the the individual their journal was directed to and about.



I could be wrong about my assumption. The old saying does say what assuming will do. I do know I agreed with one point made in the journal, but it was overshadowed by the fact that I kept thinking why is an intelligent human being spending their time hiding a message for someone in their journal? I also wondered if the writer really knew the person they were referring to and writing to. Everyone writes to an audience. It does not matter if the audience is one or two people. It could be millions. There is always someone the written word is especially for. The same way a verbal conversation is directed to a certain person or group of people, a written conversation ( a journal is a type of conversation) has a target at times.



I think if the author really knew the person they were writing about and not just their online persona or what a third party told them, they would find themselves liking that person without meaning to. Unless someone is making a total whatever out of themselves, I do not blindly listen to what someone else will say about someone and form an opinion. I like to find out for myself. That is in real life or on the Internet. There are always warning signs. I hope that since I have lived thirty-six years on this earth, I can spot them.

Now, the title suggests that I never speak to the two people I am referring to; however I do converse with them. I just keep it on a level that does not require them to really listen or be there for me. The only time that is going to happen is if I go to crying and since I do not cry on cue, then those times will be few and far between.



Last night, I was on the phone with one of them and speaking about some things that went on with my mother. It was important that someone listened and I needed to talk about it. Their spouse who was not on the phone, was saying YAK YAK YAK. True, they had no idea of what I was talking about. I think both of these people were told as children to be silent and not to talk. I am sure that is true about the spouse that was not on the phone. It made me appreciate both of my parents in one area. We were allowed to express ourselves. If we got out of line, we were told so, but noone truly believed that children should be seen and not heard. Sometimes I think these two friends would prefer if I never said anything. They go on talking jags about their problems and people do try to listen. I think I am one of the few if not the only one who thought they might return the favor.



Sometimes, I do not call them, because I think this is going to happen. I feel that if it is something too important to me, I better find someone else. They may not be in the mood to hear me or anything I have to say.

LOS ANGELES, California (AP) -- Joey Bishop, the stone-faced comedian who found success in nightclubs, television and movies but became most famous as a member of Frank Sinatra's Rat Pack, has died at 89.



He was the group's last surviving member. Peter Lawford died in 1984, Sammy Davis Jr. in 1990, Dean Martin in 1995, and Sinatra in 1998.



Bishop died Wednesday night of multiple causes at his home in Newport Beach, publicist and longtime friend Warren Cowan said Thursday.



The Rat Pack -- originally a social group surrounding Humphrey Bogart -- became a show business sensation in the early 1960s, appearing at the Sands Hotel in Las Vegas in shows that combined music and comedy in a seemingly chaotic manner.



Reviewers often claimed that Bishop played a minor role, but Sinatra knew otherwise. He termed the comedian "the Hub of the Big Wheel," with Bishop coming up with some of the best one-liners and beginning many jokes with his favorite phrase, "Son of a gun!"



The quintet lived it up whenever members were free of their own commitments. They appeared together in such films as "Ocean's Eleven" and "Sergeants 3" and proudly gave honorary membership to a certain fun-loving politician from Massachusetts, John F. Kennedy, at whose inauguration gala Bishop served as master of ceremonies.



The Rat Pack faded after Kennedy's assassination, but the late 1990s brought a renaissance, with the group depicted in an HBO movie and portrayed by imitators in Las Vegas and elsewhere. The movie "Ocean's Eleven" was even remade in 2003 with George Clooney and Brad Pitt in the lead roles.



Bishop defended his fellow performers' rowdy reputations in a 1998 interview.



"Are we remembered as being drunk and chasing broads?" he asked. "I never saw Frank, Dean, Sammy or Peter drunk during performances. That was only a gag. And do you believe these guys had to chase broads? They had to chase 'em away."



Away from the Rat Pack, Bishop starred in two TV series, both called "The Joey Bishop Show."



The first, an NBC sitcom, got off to a rocky start in 1961. Critical and audience response was generally negative, and the second season brought a change in format. The third season brought a change in network, with the show moving to ABC, but nothing seemed to help and it was canceled in 1965.



In the first series, Bishop played a TV talk show host.



Then, he really became a TV talk show host. His program was started by ABC in 1967 as a challenge to Johnny Carson's immensely popular "The Tonight Show."



Like Carson, Bishop sat behind a desk and bantered with a sidekick, TV newcomer Regis Philbin. But despite an impressive guest list and outrageous stunts, Bishop couldn't dent Carson's ratings, and "The Joey Bishop Show" was canceled after two seasons.



Philbin remembered Bishop fondly.



"It was the thrill of my life to be chosen by Joey as the announcer for his talk show on ABC back in the '60s," he said in a statement. "I learned a lot about the business of making people laugh. He was a master comedian and a great teacher and I will never forget those days or him."



After the talk show's cancellation, Bishop became a familiar guest figure in TV variety shows and as sub for vacationing talk show hosts, filling in for Carson 205 times.



He also played character roles in such movies as "The Naked and the Dead" ("I played both roles"), "Onion-head," "Johnny Cool," "Texas Across the River," "Who's Minding the Mint?" "Valley of the Dolls" and "The Delta Force."



His comedic schooling came from vaudeville, burlesque and nightclubs.



Skipping his last high school semester in Philadelphia, he formed a music and comedy act with two other boys, and they played clubs in Pennsylvania and New Jersey. They called themselves the Bishop Brothers, borrowing the name from their driver, Glenn Bishop.



Joseph Abraham Gottlieb would eventually adopt Joey Bishop as his stage name.



When his partners got drafted, Bishop went to work as a single, playing his first solo date in Cleveland at the well-named El Dumpo.



During these early years he developed his style: laid-back drollery, with surprise throwaway lines.



After 3 1/2 years in the Army, Bishop resumed his career in 1945. Within five years he was earning $1,000 a week at New York's Latin Quarter. Sinatra saw him there one night and hired him as opening act.



While most members of the Sinatra entourage treated the great man gingerly, Bishop had no inhibitions. He would tell audiences that the group's leader hadn't ignored him: "He spoke to me backstage; he told me, 'Get out of the way.' "



When Sinatra almost drowned filming a movie scene in Hawaii, Bishop wired him: "I thought you could walk on water."



Born in New York's borough of the Bronx, Bishop was the youngest of five children of two immigrants from Eastern Europe.



When he was 3 months old the family moved to South Philadelphia, where he attended public schools. He recalled being an indifferent student, once remarking, "In kindergarten, I flunked sand pile."



In 1941 Bishop married Sylvia Ruzga and, despite the rigors of a show business career, the marriage survived until her death in 1999.



Bishop, who spent his retirement years on the upscale Lido Isle in Southern California's Newport Bay, is survived by son Larry Bishop; grandchildren Scott and Kirk Bishop; and longtime companion Nora Garabotti.



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Anyone who knows me knows that I am the world's biggest Frank Sinatra fan. That means I am also a big fan of every member of the Rat Pack. There is not a one that I do not like.



I think it was wonderful of Sinatra to acknowledge the role Bishop played in the group. He did not let the words of critics cloud his judgement or give him the big head. Sinatra was not perfect. Say what you will about him, but at least he would give credit where credit was due.



I also appreciate Bishop for his comedic skills. I love all good comedians. Sometimes a person just needs to laugh. You have to respect someone who can make others laugh and forget about their problems if only for a little while.



Bishop also spoke truth about his cohorts. Martin and the others in the Rat Pack pretended to be drunk. They had their share of females, but mainly women chased them. In one autobiography I have about Sinatra, a woman and her friend were at the same place as the legendary singer. Her friend made a sight of herself throwing it at Sinatra. He just ignored her and went for the one who did not make it obvious she wanted him.



I am sure the reunion in Heaven was something else. I am postive Frank and the rest were grinning from ear to ear, when they saw their friend .

I am sure most people on the rave have heard of Dallas, Houston , Austin, San Antonio and El Paso. Of course, they are all cities in Texas. One town I did not know extisted in the Lone Star state until I met my former husband is Marlin. It is a smal town in Central Texas that just happens to be the county seat of Falls County. Marlin is a place that time has forgotten. You will not find a place to watch a movie there, you will not find a public swimming pool or many recreational areas for the young people that reside there. I found out tonight that the public park is way below many's standards. The facilities are not up to par by no means.



Planned Parenthood is wanting to open a clinic there. Before anyone gets upset, they will only be open one day a week and they will not peform a single abortion. Abortion has been and will continue to be a hot button issue. I am not going to state my opinion on aborition. That is neither here or there at this point.



What I am irked about is that Marlin has a high rate of teenagers becoming parents before they are ready and many young people getting sexually transmitted diseases. I know there are those who think the parents should have these conversations with their children, but appparently it is not happening much in Marlin or is not very effective when it does. Since Marlin does not have much in the way of employment. the odds are that a young girl having children there before she is ready is getting ready to be stuck in poverty. There is no public transportation to get one to Waco ( which is only thirty miles away) to find work. You will be unable to get anywhere to find a job. You will be stuck. The support systems for many of these young mothers are not good and would cause anyone more problems. Sooner or later, the mothers will start sinking and so will their children. Now, the next generation gets stuck in the same cycle.



Of course, you have those who want to raise Cain about Planned Parenthood opening a clinic one day a week in Marlin. They feel it encourages young people to hurry up and have sex. Ok, like my roommate said here in the real world where the majority of us reside, young teenagers are having sex. If telling them to wait until they were married work, then there would be no teenage parents period. It did not work very well in the 1950

s. There are countless stories about young girls going to stay with an aunt in another state. They really went to a home for unwed mothers and later gave a child up for adoption.



Perhaps, if the good people of Marlin would provide positive outlets for their young people, there would not be an issue about Planned Parenthood coming to their town. Maybe if they had mentors for the children whose parents are unwilling or working too hard and long to be there for them, they would not have to worry about some young kid catching a sexually transmitted disease. Perhaps, if they would figure out a way to provide transportation to Waco and back, so people can get a job , their taxes and everyone else's could go down. Food stamps, WIC and Medicaid are not free. Somebody has to pay for it. If you have a job in the United States or pay taxes in other ways, you are footing the bill.



Many things about this irks the hell out of me. The main thing that bothers me is no-one is wanting to use a common sense approach to solve this problem. They are too busy as adults arguing and labeling things immoral to help the children of the town.

Thank you Cancer. Now, if I just want to rant and rave, I can do it in private, if I think I am being a bore or just have gotten out of pocket through noone's fault but my own.

Sometimes I feel I am somewhat of a good writer. Other times I think I am a talentless hack. I am nowhere near Ernest Hemmingway, William Faulkner or JK Rowlings. They are the rare talents. On the rave, we have people like Angelus and Imagesinwords. I just wish I was as good as them.



When it comes to math, I am braindead. Maybe not braindead, but I do not think in numbers. My son is gifted in that area, so was my father. I sometimes wonder if those genes eluded me.



Maybe that is why I do not see the need to point out every spelling and grammar error I find on the rave. I know I make them. I sometimes look at old journal entries and wonder why I have not made the journals of those who comment on those kinds of things. I am always editing something. My profile, my journal- a message I send. Perhaps, the members that cannot write as well as others are the children we went to school with who made all A's in every math class with little or no effort.

Anyone listening to this song realizes that the singer is singing about a woman. Yes, I know a man I could have that dedicated too. In fact, probably more than one. I also know other people who have been in my life that this song fits.









Artist: Yoakam Dwight

Song: Ain't That Lonely Yet







You keep calling me

On the telephone

You say you're all alone

Well that's real sad

And you keep leavin'

Notes stuck on my door

Guess you're hungry for some more

Girl that's too bad



CHORUS:

Cuz I ain't that lonely yet

No I ain't that lonely yet

After what you put me through

Oh I ain't that lonely yet



Once there was this

Spider in my bed

I got caught up in her web

Of love and lies

She put her chains around my heart and soul

Never to let go

Oh but I survived



(CHORUS)



Nothing left you can do to try and bring me back

Cuz everything you do

Just brings me down, oh yeah and I



CHORUS x3)

COLERAIN TOWNSHIP, Ohio -- A third-grade student was taken into custody Friday morning after he pointed a loaded gun at other students on a school bus, sheriff's deputies said.



The 8-year-old boy got onto a Mount Healthy school bus in Springfield Township and, as the bus headed toward Duvall Elementary, authorities said the boy pulled out a fully loaded .380 caliber Beretta handgun from his backpack.



The student pointed the handgun, which was still in a holster, at the other 12 students on the bus, deputies said.



The bus driver notified authorities, and deputies took the boy into custody when the bus stopped on Sacramento Avenue just before 9 a.m.



"It's unfortunate that an eight-year-old student is able to get their hands on a gun," Superintendent Dave Horine said in a news release. "We are thankful that no one was hurt, and that students acted in a responsible way by telling an adult. We are pleased with the appropriate actions the bus driver took to ensure student safety, as well as the quick response of law enforcement agencies."



The district notified the parents of the other children on the bus about the incident.



The student did not make any particular or direct threats to any of the other students, deputies said.



Authorities in County declined to file charges against the boy and instead referred the matter to Hamilton County Job and Family Services.



Instead, a former boyfriend of the boy's mother was charged in connection with the indicent.



Police said that 26-year-old Michael Wilson, of Greenhills, left the loaded gun at the mother's home.



He was arrested Friday and charged with one count of child endangering.



Wilson's bond was set at $25,000 Saturday morning.



The incident was among three across the state since 14-year-old Asa Coon shot and wounded four people and then killed himself Wednesday at SuccessTech Academy in Cleveland.



Guns were confiscated Thursday at Brookhaven and Mifflin high schools in Columbus, authorities said.



In one case, a resident notified police that a youth had fired a gun near his bus stop, and other students told the bus driver about the gun, and the driver radioed ahead to ask that security officers meet the bus when it arrived.



Police arrested David Roberts, 16, a junior at the Leadership Institute, one of three small schools within Brookhaven.



He was charged with delinquency counts of possession of a deadly weapon in a school zone and carrying a concealed weapon.



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I wonder how many of the above cases were copycats of what Asa Coon did this last week.



I hope the former boyfriend is never allowed to own another gun. Placing a gun where a child could get it and it is a loaded one at that is stupid beyond belief.



I do not think this is what our founding fathers had in mind when the added the right to bear arms in the Constitution. Of course, it was a different world then. I am sure none of them could have foreseen a day when just the simple act of going to school could get you gunned down.

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania (CNN) -- A woman bought guns and bomb-making material to indulge her socially outcast 14-year-old son, a prosecutor said Friday



Michele Cossey, 46, faces charges in connection with her son's alleged plan for a Columbine-like attack on a school. She is accused of buying him a .22-caliber handgun, a .22-caliber rifle, a 9 mm semiautomatic rifle and black powder used to make grenades.



"There's a lot of things at play here," Montgomery County District Attorney Bruce Castor Jr. said. "You have a child who is obviously emotionally disturbed and a social outcast, and no doubt the parents feel sorry for him and are indulging him.



"This is not the best parenting I've ever seen, obviously, and she has to be held accountable for that."



Cossey was charged Friday with unlawful transfer of a fiream, possession of a firearm by a minor, corruption of a minor, endangering the welfare of a child and two counts of reckless endangerment.



A search of the family's home Wednesday in Plymouth Meeting outside Philadelphia turned up the rifle, about 30 air-powered guns, swords, knives, grenades, a bomb-making book and videos of the 1999 Columbine High School attack, Castor said.



Castor said the weapons were plainly visible in the boy's bedroom.



"We alleged that she purchased the 9 mm rifle for her son, allowed him to have black powder, gunpowder and the instruments to make the grenades," Castor said.



"I don't think she had anything to do with planning this attack, but by virtue of her indulgence she allowed him to get into this position."



During a hearing Friday in juvenile court, a judge ruled authorities could continue to hold the teen during their investigation.



The judge also ordered psychiatric and educational achievement evaluations for the youth, who withdrew from school in 2006 and was reportedly home-schooled.



The teen was charged as a juvenile with solicitation to commit terror and other counts and was being held at a youth facility. If he is found delinquent, he could face long-term detention and counseling.



The boy was brought into court in handcuffs. At the end of the hearing, he blew a kiss to his mother and whispered, "I love you."



As Cossey sat sobbing in the courtroom, Castor walked over to her and informed her that he had a warrant for her arrest. He told her to go to his office on a lower floor of the courthouse, where the warrant was served.



The boy's father, Frank Cossey, also could face criminal charges pending an investigation, police said.



Police said Frank Cossey was sentenced to house arrest for failing to acknowledge a 1981 manslaughter conviction when he tried to buy a .22-caliber rifle for his son in 2005, The Associated Press reported.



School officials said police acted on a tip from a Plymouth Whitemarsh High School student and his father. They said they believe the tip was prompted by Wednesday's shooting at a Cleveland, Ohio, school in which a 14-year-old killed himself after wounding two teachers and two other students.



In a separate incidents in West Virginia, six teens have been arrested and charged with making terrorist threats at two high schools.



In Marion County, four students are suspected of involvement in attempting to set fires at Fairmont High School, and a fifth is accused of making unrelated threats against students and teachers, Marion County Prosecutor Pat Wilson said.



In Greenbrier County, a Greenbrier East High School student was arrested Thursday morning after students alerted police that he was making threats of a school shooting, said John Curry, county schools superintendent.



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Maybe the only good thing to come out of the Cleveland, Ohio school shootings is that more students will start reporting their classmates for making threats . Maybe the students making idle threats will get in trouble, but after 9/11 anyone over the age of ten should be aware of how quickly making threats will bring trouble your way.



This mother must have felt badly that her son did not fit in with others his age. Instead of getting this child the help he needed, she feeds his problems. IF someone had not said anything, this child would have hurt many at his school or at a nearby school. This young boy was homeschooled. That fact the father has a manslaughter charge may add to what has troubled this young boy. I am sure it is normal in his family to resort to violence when you are angry, frustrated or just plain upset.



Any mother that will provide her child with guns, the instructions to make a bomb and the items needed to make a grenade is an unfit mother. Did it ever dawn on this woman that her son could have blown his own self up with a grenade he was making or had made?

- A 14-year-old gunman shot students and teachers at a Cleveland high school, wounding four, and was then killed, the mayor told CNN affiliates WOIO and WKYC.



t was not known if police shot the gunman or if he took his own life.



The shooting victims include two adult men, 57 and 42 years old; and two teenage males, 17 and 14 years old, according to Cleveland Mayor Frank Jackson. A 14-year-old female hurt her knee in the chaos, he added.



Two students were taken to hospitals, said Andrea Jackson, press secretary for Cleveland's mayor.



One was taken out of the school on a stretcher but was conscious.



The teens are in "stable" condition, according to Jackson. He described the adults' conditions as "slightly elevated" above that of the students.



Witnesses told WKYC that the 14-year-old gunman was upset about being suspended for fighting earlier this week. He came to the school Wednesday with a gun in each hand and began firing.



Students said they took cover in closets after the school principal announced a "Code Blue" on the intercom.



The gunman was described by fellow students as "odd."



SuccessTech is a nontraditional high school, according to local school officials.



"Since it is a specialty school," it doesn't have "the typical population of a large high school," said Lisa Matthews of the superintendent's office.



It is a "school of choice" -- students have to apply to get in, said Ruthie Williams, also of the superintendent's office. She said classrooms are on the first and third floors of the four-story building and the rest contains the school district's administrative offices.



Cleveland fire, police and EMS are at the scene.

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The academy describes itself on its Web site as a "small, nontraditional high school that provides a learning environment in which all student believe in their ability to succeed."



It adds that the curriculum is "problem-based" and "infused" with technology.



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Since the 1990's, we have heard about countless school shootings. I do not understand what is exactly going on with today's youth. I do not recall these kinds of things happening when I was in school. I graduated high school in 1989 and my parents never felt I was unsafe at school. It never entered my mind that I would end up the victim of a shooting just by going to school.



The gunman was described as odd. Being odd or eccentric does not make one a future gunman. I think some adults in his life missed some sgns that something was wrong with this young student. I do not know if his parents were just working all the time or not paying attention to their child . As facts about the gunmen come out, we will probably learn more about his background. Hopefully, we will find out something that can be used to prevent this kind of thing from happening again.



We have those who have made profiles of serial killers. Those profiles are usually used to catch them. Perhaps, the same people can create a profile that could be used by school officals to determine if an odd or problem student could be capable of becoming violent. Something has to be done. I am sure there are those against labeling a child. However, your normal everyday child is not going to fall into getting labeled a potential gunmen. Even if a school offical jumped the gun and it was discovered later that the student does not fit the profile, it is better to err on the side of caution.

I had a funny feeling the last week I worked at Dell. Before I heard the rumor that was going around that Dell was going to close the call center I worked at in Mac Gregor, Tx, I got the feeling something was not right. I could not understand why they were not training new hires with Christmas just around the corner. I could not understand why my trainer spent a week in Round Rock. I know think he was attempting to transfer to that call center.



Then the rumor that the center was closing went around the job. The Saturday after my last Friday working for Dell, I saw an old roommate at HEB. For those not familar with Texas, HEB is a Texas based grocery chain. I think they are only in Texas. She told me that a person she spoke to at HEB told her the call center in Mac Gregor was closing. I was like this may be true. When I worked at Allergan, I would hear rumors about things from my friend , Connie that I did not believe and never really came to pass. This time I felt this may be going down.



This morning I pick up the local paper and lo and behold, Dell has closed the call center in Mac Gregor. Well, I am glad I listened to my hunch or gut instinct. I called my friend from Dell, Dawn, today when I got a break at work. She told me they went to work on Friday and were greeted by people with boxes. They were told to pack up the desks and get out. No advance warning, accept the fact that the main supervisors had packed up their desks the night before. I think they were done wrong. They wanted them to keep fielding calls until Thursday night at 10 pm. They could have had them pack up after their shift Thursday night and not waste the gas to get to work on Friday. I was a temp and so was all my co-workers . The paper stated the permanent employees would receive five weeks severance pay. I am sure the temps are not going to get anything. They were making 12 dollars an hour. I am sure the employment agency they were working for will not have jobs with that pay range for each one of them. They were told to call the employment agency Monday morning. I am sure the employment agency is going to hurry up and offer them a job somewhere. They are not going to want to pay unemployment for all those people.



I feel badly for these people. I hope all of them can find another job. The holidays are just around the corner. That is not mentioning the fact I am sure all of them have the monthly bills that everyone else pays.

I rated this whelp and did not even message him. He goes to my profile and sees that I profess a belief in God and I receive the following message:



On 08:53:26 Oct 03 2007 duriora wrote:



im sorry but im wiccan and i refuse to beleave in ur false god i have my own GODS they look after me they make me earn what i gain from them i work hard to earn their blessing and will keep doing so till the day i die i respect u have a faith just plz dont force it apon me for it will have no affect i only ask that u respect my faith and in return i wll respect urs





Now, I had not messaged this fool up to the point he sent the message. I went back and looked at his profile and there was nothing about being Wiccan. We had not even discussed religion. Those who regularly read my journal would know that I would probably be discussing politics first. Apparently, he did not read my profile well. I mention the fact that I will respect your religion and state that the country I live in was founded on the basis of religious freedom. I could care less if he or anyone else was Wiccan. I have enough sense to know that many Christian holidays are based on pagan holidays. I never stated what religion I was. For all he knows, I could be Wiccan and worship a God. I never said what religion I believe in. I am not big on religion. I am big on my belief in a Supreme Being.



Just because someone professes a belief in God does not mean we are out to belittle those who believe differently . Nor are we trying to convert you. I have do desire to be a televangelist. I will leave that to the Pat Robertsons of the world. I do not listen to Pat Robertson. I find his ilk to be annoying. It is like I tell my friends who do not believe in a God- when I die I will know for sure who was right - me or them. Until then, I see no point in ar guing about it.



I did message this dude and let him know that I thought it was rather overstretching to read someone's profile and assume they are going to belittle you because of your religion without exchanging one message with them. He should save his little I am offended stance for those who will insult him and leave everyone else alone.

I am sure by now that anyone reading this knows that Britney Spears has lost custody of her two young sons. I am sure that everyone knows that custody was awarded to her ex-husband, Keven Federline. The judge had to pick the lesser of two evils.



What makes this so sad is that I am pretty sure that everything we have seen regarding Britney Spears has been a slow, but steady mental decline. What rational person shaves their head? What sane person will lose custody of their children and then go to a tanning bed? I am sure she could not have been thinking too clearly when she partied with Paris Hilton. Her marriage has broken up, her career is in a fast decline and she has two small children. Instead of figuring out what has gone wrong in her life and trying to repair it, she is out partying with someone who is not known for their wise choices.



Apparently, she is also an addict. I wonder about the people who have surronded Britney. I think they have done this young woman a grave disservice. If she had not been a celebrity who could afford to pay them a nice hefty salary, I am sure one or more of them would have said something about how fast her life was unraveling. Instead they stood back and watched the train wreck.



The saddest part of all of this is two young boys are paying a price. Divorce is never easy even in the best of circumstances. These boys are without one sane, stable adult for a parent. God only knows if they are going to become sane , stable adults or will travel the same road as their parents.