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Where I’ve Been – Travel Brain
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From Car Crash to Cancer Surgery to Lawsuit
46-year-old Joseph Wheeler was in a car crash back in June 2010. He was flown to Prince George’s Hospital complaining of The doctors told him he might have suffered a concussion, so they wanted to admit him for observation.
The next morning when he asked for breakfast, he was told he couldn’t have any food, because he was scheduled for surgery. To remove a cancerous mass in his chest. And the name on his bracelet was for a 33-year-old woman.
Understandably confused and concerned, Wheeler started working on leaving the hospital. It went downhill from there. Way downhill.
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Thoughts From Gettysburg
Humbling was my first thought as we drove along Confederate Road. It was a primary Confederate artillery position during the battle, and the launching point for Pickett’s Charge. To look across that field and picture 14,000 men stepping off, shoulder to shoulder facing over 100 cannon and thousands of Union rifles just chills me.
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Is It Time?
My brother got me started using a Palm device back in 1998. I bought a Palm III that fall, and have owned a IIIc, a Vx, a m515 and most recently a T|X that I’ve had for almost 5 years. I like the Palm platform. The T|X does everything I need it to do. Some things could be better, but it’s a good device.
But the IR died about two years ago. Cable connection went next, about 8-10 months ago. I could still Hotsync using wi-fi, but that seems to have died today. Tried a Soft Reset, and a System Reset, and no joy. I think it’s time to replace it. A repair attempt would cost
The question is, replace it with what? A refurbed T|X from PalmDr is $213 plus shipping. A refurbed 32G Touch is $259 with free shipping, and a 1-year warranty. Heck, an 8G is only $149. That’s very tempting. I can’t afford a data plan without a job, or I’d go ahead and get the iPhone.
But there are rumors of a new Touch coming out in the next couple of months. That would trigger a price drop on the old ones. Hmm. What to do?
Just Checking
So a while back, when there was a movie made about the assassination of a sitting President, the liberals said . . . nothing much.
But when the next sitting President was the subject of an email/Facebook joke made in poor taste that basically asked God to kill him, the liberals went ballistic.
Now there are multiple Facebook groups calling for the death by drowning of multiple people, including a former Presidential candidate. Let’s listen to the outrage from the Left:
OK, maybe that was a bad example. Let’s look at another instance. The last President was hung in effigy at protests, and people held signs up that called for his murder, and the death of members of that administration. I’m sure someone said something about how inappropriate that was, right?
But question the current President’s actions or motivations, and you’re called racist at best.
Is it any wonder things don’t change in this country? We’re more interested in bashing our enemies than we are actually fixing anything.
President Obama and Memorial Day
It’s said that the difference between Memorial Day and Veteran’s Day is that when you honor a vet on Veteran’s Day, they’re still around to hear you. Memorial Day is when we remember those veterans who gave their lives in service to our country.
This year, everyone is focused on President Obama, and where he’s spending his Memorial Day. He’s spending it in Chicago, with his family. While he will miss the Memorial Day ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery, he attended one at Abraham Lincoln National Cemetery in Illinois. Vice President Biden will be in attendance at Arlington. Read more
Irony Overload
So I saw this link earlier today, and was a bit skeptical. Wouldn’t you be? Come on. “Jackboot to the throat?” Really? Are we back to “jackbooted thugs” again? Then the next part: “FDA claims citizens have no right of access to certain foods.” That certainly made me sit up and think. It’s an interesting claim. Let’s see what there is to it. Read more
Of Christians and Mathematics
I received this tweeted response to my last post:
halm: @bobmueller ah, so either I am not a Christian, or you haven’t mastered arithmetic.
@halm is my brother, and his comment indicates that I probably need to better explain myself.
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Closing a Church
The church we used to attend is closing this week. I know it’s not a surprise to anyone who attended that church. Regular attendance a year ago was in the 20s, and 9 of them had the same last name I do. When we left last fall to answer my wife’s call to another local Nazarene congregation, I worried that New Life would close soon.
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Not Gay Enough
Gay rights advocates have long worked towards forcing organizations such as Boy Scouts of America to allow gay members. BSA generally responds that they are a private organization and as such, they are allowed to limit their membership in any way they choose. The rub lies in whether BSA and similar organizations should receive any public funds, or be allowed to use public facilities in light of their apparent discrimination.
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Chester
What is it that drives us to anthropomorphize our pets? I suppose to some degree it’s human nature. We’ve been doing it for thousands of years, really. Many of Aesop’s fables revolved around talking animals. Most recently, think of Lewis Carroll’s Alice in Wonderland, or even Margery Williams’ The Velveteen Rabbit.
I wonder about that today because of a decision my wife and I made today. Read more
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