posting sucks!

Normal?  Just "pleasant"!

I was out working some overtime this morning and pull a lady over on Miami for doing 51 in a 30. As soon as we stop she says "I'm not gonna lie officer, I was speeding". I appreciate these rare busts of truthfulness. Her excuse was that she was "late to a prayer meeting". She said if I let her be on her way she will make sure she prays for me.

I still need your license and registration, however. I go back to check her info and she has a couple of points on the license. For speeding. I return with her citation and tell her that "I see you have a couple points on your license already". "Oh no that's for a seat belt ticket.

No, actually it is not because they are non pointable offenses. "are you sure", I ask.


"well I did have a ticket, but that was a couple years ago" she sheepishly recalled, while munching on a mini can of Pringles.

I sent her on her way with a little bit of a break, but my general rule is if you have some points on the license, you are probably getting some more. First time in six years I have heard being late to prayer brought into the mix.

Posting to LJ from Facebook's Six Apart Blog it Feature. This may make multiple accounts redundant!

Trying to cancel the house phone service at the old house with AT&T.   Tried four days ago gave up after being on hold for 36 minutes and ran out of time.   Called yesterday on hold for 14 minutes when my cell dropped the call as i was driving.

Today  the house phone here is on speaker phone listening to cheesy ass muzak now for... 46:49 as I type this.

I'm also on my cell trying to go through 'billing' in hopes I can get through quicker. 

I wonder how long you have to wait for a new activation.  I bet not 46 minutes.  WTF

My LOL of the day:

Court upholds 73-year-old's sentence

Husband received 18 years for crime against wife.

By PABLO ROS
Tribune Staff Writer

The 73-year-old man claimed he had been trying to help.

His wife had taken too much medication and become "mentally incapacitated," according to the facts of the case, when he decided to act.

The man, whom The Tribune is not naming to protect the identity of his victim, would later tell police he believed his 68-year-old wife had either died or was dying.

But the man did not call 911 or check her vital signs. He did not give her CPR, according to court documents.

Instead, he told police he tried to revive her by placing "his mouth and tongue on her anus," according to the facts of the case considered by the Indiana Court of Appeals.

In a unanimous decision, the Indiana Court of Appeals on Wednesday affirmed the man's 18-year prison sentence for criminal deviate conduct, a class B felony. The court of appeals judges wrote that the man's "character is that of an apparent longtime sexual predator who, in our view, presents a clear danger to those over whom he has some control."

The man's attorney, Mark Lenyo, argued that the sentence was too harsh because he is not a danger to others.

But the judges also wrote, "Even though (the man) believed that his wife was either dead or dying, he was indifferent to everything but the opportunity to do 'things' to his wife that she had specifically told him in the past not to do."

The man's criminal history dates back to at least 1962, when he was convicted of accosting a minor. In 1964, he was convicted of possessing and circulating obscene pictures. The appeals court documents also contain a reference to a charge of assault and battery with intent to gratify sexual desires, although the documents do not reveal the outcome of that case. As late as 2005, he was arrested in St. Joseph County for public indecency, jail records show; it was unclear whether he was ever charged in that case.

The incident involving his wife was in June 2007, and the man was sentenced in February.

At sentencing, St. Joseph Superior Court Judge Jerome Frese considered other statements the defendant had made to police. In an earlier statement, he admitted to carrying out inappropriate acts with a granddaughter and his daughters when they were young.

In sentencing him, Frese reportedly said the man had acted in violation of a position of trust and that as a result the man's wife had suffered "devastation."

*chuckles*

The part about time spent to make things work in IE is totally correct.

From cake Wrecks at blogspot, thanks to whiskeygirl8.  SWEET wedding cake!!

This cake may technically be a wreck, but it's a freakin' sweet wreck. And get this: it's a wedding cake. Awww yeeeah [cue Bond music: dum da da dum da da da...].

Check out the details, folks: from the crashed plane and face-down henchman (my favorite) to the bad guy scaling the back and the bullet holes peppering the second tier, this is one detailed Bond diarama. And don't get me started on the blasted-off columns of the top tier: that's an engineering marvel all on its own. So sorry, but I haven't got a single criticism to offer here: just wanted to share a rare diamond in all this cake roughage.

I decided to add a few new friends found through an exhaustive interests search (specifially LE).  So I added you.  Welcome aboard and peruse. 

If you existing friends have anyone worth adding, rep them here.  I'm tired of looking.

The high point call of the day came kind of unexpectedly, as the last call of the day.  Here's what I had.

-Nuisance report made on a problem liquor store with my drunks I talk about I'm going to try to get closed down.
-Shagging more drunks away from same.
-Violation of protection order (report)
-Shooting (male of questionable affiliations shot in calf. Neat .45cal meat blowout)
-Shoplifter at Kroger with no suspect information (no report)
-Two armed disturbances
-Several alarm responses
-While sorting out the shoplifter mess I parked in my radar spot by the gold course- speed is 30.  I park at the hillcrest on the upside to avoid the "but I was going downhill BS".  Right now road is torn up and there is construction going on.  Cited a guy in the Lexus going 47 in the 30.  The construction zone enhancement makes it from $140 to about $480 now.  Yikes.

I also had time to sneak home and bring 10_96 a Blizzard from DQ and dinner from ChickFilA for myself, but I got 20 minutes of 30 lunchtime because the calls were so crazy they were sending cars from cross town districts to cover so I jumped on some.

Anyway, the last call was an animal control (Animal Cops SB) assist call of a rottweiler running around "foaming at the mouth".  As a rott owner I piped on the radio, because I have yet to deal with an "aggressive" rotty call, so I asked calmly if the calltaker could find out if the dog was "being aggressive foaming or just a drool problem".  They said no he was just running around.  I get there and several neighbors are chasing the poor fella whose tongue was flopping and long drool lines from his big adventure.

The neighbor guy got a nylon tow chain on him as a leash.  I went over to him (well he more came up to me), we sniffed, and he proceeded to sit on my foot.  Just like Jabari does.   He was at home.  I gave him some scritches and we bonded.

Animal control responds on call after hours, so them showing up for a dog running around but non aggressive sounded questionable.  I opened the back door on the car for him and he bounded right in.  Just like Jabari.  I told dispatch to have the AC guy meet me at the shelter and I would drive him there.   I put the windows down and he stuck the head out and enjoyed his tour.

When I got to the AC shelter, they were closed. I remembered from a long time ago about the other fuzzy guy I helped back when that you can kind of get into the back area where there is an enclosed run.  The chain link gate was closed.  My buddy Jeff was working that side of town and he met me there to see him.  We named him "Bluto" because Jeff wants a Rotty and that is his name.. and it fit.  HUGE head.  Larger than Jabbers.  He seemed kind of young.. Maybe 3-5 I would guess. 

Jeff found a tupperware bowl and him and I each filled it up.  I put it up to the window and he drank it up then laid down in my backseat.  When we walked away to see if we could get in he was using his BARK voice to get us to come back.   I was actually concerned about him busting the window by leaning on it or trying to squeeze out, which he kind of tried once.

Anyways, I waited until about 15 minutes after shift, but it was time to go.  I remembered a foot pursuit trick and got the chain link gat eopen by moving the latch with a kick (so much for the padlock, right?).  I put Bluto in the run after putting him on a leash since I didnt want a foot chase.  He was pretty good on the leash and only pulled once.  I got him a big bowl of water and he should be settled. 

He has to be someones.  He was eh.. mostly clean... Teeth were in good white shape, he's pretty lean and stout. Just no collar and unknown to the area. I hope he is chipped. 

I think I'm gonna follow up there tomorrow and see.  If not, I'd take him as an Indi replacement, I may think...  He's gotta be somebody's baby (like Jackson Browne would say).   This was the best call of the day.  I wish I didnt need to go home then.    I told Jeff this is way better than dealing with the aforementioned calls I had today.  He said "that's because dogs don't sit there and demand a BS case report".  Amen to that.

Anyways, here he is: BLUTO

"I LOVE YOU MISTER PO-LEECE"

10_96 and I are headed out of town on vacation- we're going to the great Smoky Mountains.  Leaving by 0700 tomorrow morning.  4Runner is mostly packed and ready for the drive.  Road trips are fun. 

Jenn told me that we are also hooking up with OFFICER tactical_reload on the way back on Thursday.  What fun. He will be impressed at Dominic's size since the last time we met was when he was like two days old.  That's really a kick ass treat bonus.

Our cabin is pretty PHAT.  The "tranquility" .  I am just impressed it has a hot tub on the deck.  I lust after having a tub to chill out and have a drink in.  (see tour here: http://patriotgetaways.com/propdetails/1-604.html) So that should be fun.Hopefully Dommy cooperates.  I think I will take my (dept issued) Nikon D80.. maybe grab some nifty shots there too..


In other news, Friday was our fallen officers memorial service.  We had the order strongly recommended option of wearing our Class A uniforms on Friday.  I was for it because we never wear them, and I have mine fairly blinged out.

I'll post a pic, but on the right side, the dept policy says shooting award badge on pocket, then above it, dept. awards (I now have two, side by side).  Duty manual also says optional pins approved are ILEA academy pin, "thin blue line" pin (which I substitute the NLEOMF pin that our honor guard uses- in pic), and above that my D.R.E. pin.  

Under that is my whistle chain, which I wear straight down and into pocket. YEARS ago (1991) my friend Chris (now a deputy sheriff in Naples FL (<-- left)) worked for SBPD and myself as an eager 20 year old wannabe rode with him. Chris is a nut but a professional one.  When the class A was the normal he provided me with several squared away tips which I employ to this day.  If you can paint a pic. it looks pretty snappy. (esp. using Chirs' pic there as a guide)

Anyways about half the shift wore the A.  I'm not bragging, but I look sharp. All brass polished, leather armor-all'd .  boots polished to reflect.   Its the second time that I've worn it to work and not for a ceremony or funeral.

At the end, my captain (who back in the day when I rode with Chris was a Corporal too and not that well liked) piped up to Pacheco (who is Guatemalan) and asked him if he could inspect my uniform and see how that compared to a Guatemalan general.  Pacheco ran with it and said that Guatemala is poor so I they dont have any generals like that, but I should watch out because a scrapper might try to rob me of my metal on the street.  It was funny.

On the way out, Captain stopped me and said "only two pins" are allowed.    I nodded and walked out, not bothering to argue, but later on I confirmed the latest copy of the duty manual permits everything as displayed.  Admittedly I don't think he liked being outdone, because captain is pretty spit and polish on uniforms and I think it irked him I blinged out more on the medals (he has no dept awards).  Fucker.

Am I  the only one who has a problem with Ice-T who was anti police in songs (even with the uber-controversial "Cop KIlla" from 1991) then took up an acting career as a police officer on Law & Order?

Now he is teaching Dominic about his favorite word (rhyme) on Sesame Street. 


F**king sellout.

Its not a "sex toy" its MEDICALLY NECESSARY!!

Come on tax refund check..

http://www.policemanvsfireman.com/

One of the detectives was playing some Cinderella at the desk today and I gave him props. In return, he suggested this cool streaming audio site, which I had not heard of but have been listening to the rest of the night.  Damn if they dont have everything!

http://www.slacker.com/

And I rehash this post from last year:

  First off, Merry Christmas to you all in celebration.  For my LJers who I missed your Channukah festival, Happy Chanukkah.  For those of you celebrating Kwanzaa, I offer you a kick in the crotch as a gift.

Hope all your Christmas wishes come true, and of course take a moment to reflect  on the reason for Christmas...  the best explanation I ever heard was the one Linus gave to Charlie Brown...

And there were in the same country shepherds abiding in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night. 

And, lo, the angel of the Lord came upon them, and the glory of the Lord shone round about them: and they were sore afraid. 

And the angel said unto them, 

Fear not: for, behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people. 

For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord. 

And this shall be a sign unto you; Ye shall find the babe wrapped in swaddling clothes, lying in a manger.

And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God, and saying, 

Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men.

   LUKE 2:8-14

I go out of work some DUI.  As I am leaving the driveway I hear a call about a B&E in progress, maybe some people inside (at a car dealership).  Moments later Stone calls out 10-50 (accident) with injuries, he's involved.  Extent?  "all over" he said (real helpful, Jason!)

I bust ass down there since i have the good Nikon and maybe they need some help, even though it happened a par 3 from the station (literally on the corner 200 yards from). Stone is out of his (impala) and the other car, is my other good friend Jason King.  King is entrapped in the car (intrepid) and they are yelling to have ambos and rescue "step it up".   You LEO types here KNOW that is never good.  So I bust ass a bit faster now and so I get there and start doing my thing- taking pictures, keeping people back, etc.   They call out the FACT team.  It's not my on call week but I'm there now.  After finishing up with photos I go to the hospital as a late comer.  Bunch of coppers there of course.  Stone has a bunch of soreness, bumps, bruises, but scans and xrays show nothing of concern.

King has a fractured lumbar and C-6 vertabrae.  Part of his right ear was torn up (split the lobe) and will need some surgery.  Right hand needed some stitches too.  They un-roofed his car to get him out- from what I could see (a LOT of blood in there, which freaks you out) it looked like Jason was thrown around in there (unsure about seatbelt, my guess is no).  It appears that he ended up laying flat across the console and maybe towards passenger floor.  His metal center console was bent and twisted and his laptop stand was bend down vertically 90 degrees, so there was a lot of force in that.  The passenger airbag had a lot of blood on it too.

At the hospital he was being worked on so I talked with his fiancee (Kelly) and to Jason.  Jason pulled  me close and said "I dont know how much more of this I can take, bud".  He is a haven for disasters I know....  I told him to hang in there but he will be laid up for a good three months.  Jason will be going crazy, literally.  He can't not be moving around.  I hope he bounces back.  Honestly as I write this I am a little worried about this one with him. I've been there with him for a car wreck, was first with his shooting when they guy tried to choke him to death last year, and when he broke his hand last year after again being a shit magnet.  This three months business will be tough.  Especially if he has to wear one of those halo things.

I'm just glad nobody was killed.  It could have been pretty damn close.   And they are both my good friends and side by side coworkers. Oh, and the car that Stone's car ended up pushing into who was just stopped waiting at the light?  he got arrested for a .16 DUI. Sucks to be you.  No DUIs for me tonight though.  Watch the videos.  I'm in the WNDU one - thats me trying to block the cameras when they put Jason in the ambulance.

By Jim Pinkerton

SOUTH BEND — Two South Bend Police Officers are recovering at Memorial Hospital after they hit each other while responding to a "burglary in progress" call. It happened just before 9:30 p.m. Thursday less than a block away from the police station at the intersection of Sample and Chapin Street.

Watch The Video

Police say Corporal Jason King and Corporal Jason Stone were both responding to a "burglary in progress" call at Gates Chevy World in Downtown South Bend, when the accident happened.

"They hit each other," said St. Joseph County Fatal Alcohol Crash Team member Lt. David Hoffman. "Then they veered off and hit the other two cars that were stopped."

Ron Rodriguez saw the whole thing through his pickup truck's windshield.

"I'm thinking to myself, man one of them's got to slow down. And it didn't seem like either one of them were slowing down. I don't think the other one even noticed the other officer was coming from the other direction," he said.

Rodriguez quickly got out, and rushed to the cars. Corporal King was trapped inside, so he went to help Corporal Stone.

"[I] tried to help him get out, and I was pulling on the door, but that door wouldn't open. So, I went around to the other side and helped him out of the other side of the car."

When asked if he could walk, Rodriguez said, "for a second, then he said his knees were hurt, and he went right to the ground."

It took rescue crews nearly a half hour to cut Cpl. King from his car.

Both officers and a third driver of an SUV that was hit during the accident were rushed to the hospital.

A 4th driver of a white Honda wasn't hurt, but St. Joseph County's Fatal Alcohol Crash Team or "FACT" is investigating after learning he may have been drunk.

"He had nothing to do with causing the accident," said Lt. Hoffman. "Wrong place at the wrong time."

Now, "FACT" investigators have the tough job of piecing the crash back together, while praying two of their own pull through.

"It's a difficult thing to do," said Lt. Hoffman. "But that's the goal: Complete and accurate information."

Sample and Chapin re-opened to traffic just before 1 a.m.

Really all I want is Mike Portnoy's drum kit.    Watch and be dazzled by cowbell solo...

Crap.  Today is clearly a movie watching day...


This Afternoon: Periods of rain and thunderstorms. Some of the storms could produce heavy rainfall. High near 70. Southeast wind around 15 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New rainfall amounts between one and two inches possible.

Who here has Verizon? Yay or nay?

Puddle Of Mudd- Control.
Best come-uppance move ever in a video when the chick comes back to pick him up. Love it.

I took my Drug Recognition Expert (DRE) final exam yesterday. Four hours and all nearly essay.  Such as:

Explain what attributes and symptoms you expect to see in an individual under the influence of the following drugs:  CNS Stimulant, CVNS Depressant and Cannabis.  Be sure to include pyschophysical symptoms, duration of length of drug, time of onset of each, and effects.

That was one of them, with four drug explanations.. 

But I PASSED!!

Looking at stuff to do in Vegas- and this caught my eye at the Stratosphere.  Should I try it?

INSANITY- THE RIDE

Three ‘G’s of Pure Insanity!

Insanity the Ride is a truly mindbending experience! A massive mechanical arm extending out 64 feet over the edge of the Stratosphere Tower at a height of over 900 feet, Insanity will spin you and several other passengers in the open air at speeds of up to three ‘G’s. You’ll be propelled up to an angle of 70 degrees, which will tilt your body into one position – facing straight down! If you’re brave enough to keep your eyes open you’ll be rewarded with a breathtaking view of historic downtown Las Vegas. Experience Insanity and walk away to tell the tale!

At LawEnforcementForums.com there is a thread in the sworn LEO side about what policing means to you.

Here is my thoughts:


Im now coming upon year 5 and find myself trying to not be bitter like most of my coworkers about things that you cant chnage- lax judges, dealing with the same POSs every day, constantly going to calls to help people who really dont want your help anyways, arresting people who fuck up but is never their fault, dealing with admins who are so far removed from what is actually happening out here, etc.

You all know what Im talking about because I know that it really IS the same to certain degrees everywhere you go.

What policing means to me is that it still IS:
- the coolest job I have ever worked
- only job where I have had that you DONT have to kiss a customers ass.
- a job where you are given freedom, gun and badge and are essentially told to go out and screw with people
- a job where 10% of the population are the ones you always deal with and who screw up things for 90% of the population
- one of the few jobs I have had where you get to actually think for yourself
- you get the neat pleasure of little kids being wowed by a police car and waving to you when you drive by
- the next block over you have those kids who are now about 16-25 and who mean mug you because of their arrest history is somehow YOUR fault.
- all the free coffee I want to drink
- riding a bike in the entertainment district and looking at drunk college honeys and getting paid time and a half for it.
- feeling a neat unspoken bond to anyone wearing the same gang colors, especially when its from a different agency
- seeing four hundred police cars showing up to honor a fallen brother who most never even knew.
- the inner satisfaction of seeing some drunk idiot flop around on the ground feeling the wrath of the Taser after you have had enough of his shit
- having respectable citizens approach you at dinner somewhere and saying "I truly appreciate what you do" and meaning it. <- this makes it all worth it.

In light of my post yesterday about those who did not comment about anything going on with myself or the loss of a brother officer, I decide that if you are using your LJ and either

a) could not take the time to post something about it

b) don't bother to ever post in my LJ

c) don't post in your own LJ something worthy enough, often enough

d) are not in Law Enforcement yourself and post something that I find interesting in your own LJ

then you are being dropped.  No hard feelings.  If you want to discuss, email me at eako2107 *at* livejournal.com.  Otherwise, see you.

FUCK.  Its like deja vu- one year + 1 to the day.  And on my vacation again.  In my beat.


April 23. 2007 6:59AM

 Officer dies in South Bend shooting

WSBT-TV, Tribune, and SBT 24/7 Staff Report

SOUTH BEND -- One police officer is dead, and one is in stable condition after they were shot on the city's southeast side early Tuesday morning.

The officers were shot near the Wooden Indian Motel, 1631 Lincoln Way East. The injured officers were transported to Memorial Hospital, according to WSBT-TV.

Police at the scene also said a possible suspect in the shooting had been wounded, but it was unclear how severely, according to a Tribune report.

More than 50 emergency units responded to the scene at one point in the morning. As of about 3:15 a.m. the number of officers at the scene was beginning to go down, according to a Tribune report.

As of about 3:15 a.m. the South Bend SWAT team had cleared all the rooms at the motel in a search for additional victims, according to a Tribune report.

We're looking at breaking down and getting a new PC.  My main concern is about MS Vista vs. getting something with XP.  Dell and most others are shipping everything with Vista these days, but with it being so new, I'm not sold on it yet, plus the word is you really need at least 1GB RAM.  No biggy there since thats what I was thinking of anyways, but it seems XP would run a lot quicker with 1GB of RAM than Vista would, since it needs more RAM to run smoothly in the first place- the funnel theory if you will.

Am I right or just stupid?

Vista or XP?  I figure this new PC should be the one for the next 6-7 years, so I dont want XP to really be a dinosaur in that time, either.

Thoughts welcomed

Isnt this the damndest thing....

iBreath® iPod Alcohol Breathalyzer with Integrated FM Wireless Transmitter

"Best iPod Accessory Ever!"
Gizmodo.com

Introducing the iBreath Alcohol Breathalyzer. It's the ultimate iPod accessory that lets you take your own alcohol breath test so you can get home safely.

This clever & innovative breathalyzer product is a fully functioning alcohol breathalyzer tester and an iPod FM transmitter that transmits your iPod tunes to any FM tuner. 

Supply is absolutely limited so order yours now via this link or with the Click to Buy button at right.

Just fold out the BAC blow wand and exhale into it for a full 5 seconds. 5 seconds later, this jail-saving tool let's you know if you're safe to drive. It even houses a timer that can be set from 1 minute up to 4 hours in order to remind you when it's time for the next test.

And if keeping you out of the pokey isn't enough, this cool gadget doubles as a wireless FM transmitter to beam your tunes directly to any FM stereo!

With the National Center for Injury and Prevention Control reporting that alcohol-related motor vehicle accidents kill someone every 31 minutes, and injures someone every two minutes in the U.S., the need for safety devices including breathalyzers has never been stronger.

• Compact, Stylish Design
• No Batteries Needed
• All Functions & Results Shown on iPod Display
• 0.00 - 0.12% BAC Range
• Wireless FM Transmitter
• Pass Through Dock Enables Docking/Charging without Removing the iBreath from iPod
• Makes a Great Gift!

The moment is a moment where ignorance overwhelms the mind of an otherwise rational negro male..

YES!!!!!!!!

LJ Peeps- if you have a MySpace, give it up here..  I need to add more people..

$240 worth of PUDDIN!!!

For blue_samurai44

"I'm gettin' real tired of you duckin' me, man."

Brilliant trailer editing!

TireSwingMedia (thats my web design bweesness) got an honest to goodness paying customer for the portfolio list today.

Jeff -our K9 director- has a side biz training dogs.  He got a basic site up, which is pretty nice looking, IMO, but needs someone to help maintain it, smooth it out, and add more content.  So we struck a deal for me doing some revamps, then getting paid every month for updates.  Kick ass.  Click on it to see the "before":  midwestk9training.com

A new car!! (say it Price is Right style out loud for extra effect)

Picked it up two days ago but finally had a chance to get everything the way I want/need it and cleaned up.

PIcs as follows:

Prior to Jabari and Jenny entering my life (well  not necessarily in that order) there was Lola.   Lola actually was my first dog ever, including when I was a kid. 

Lola is a pure bred German Shepherd and she was my ex girlfriends idea.  When the time came I mentioned that I wanted a German Shepherd (because I think they are cool looking dogs, used by plice often- would have looked good in my car off duty..., and because they have great demeanors.    So we got a puppy.  As such, she paid for the dog, which turned out to be a bad idea on my part when we broke up.  I liked Lola a lot. Probably more than I admitted to myself, because of issues with puppies and such.

Lola was the runt of the litter.  She ended up making up for that and was well on her way to adolesence when the ex and I split.  She stayed with me for a while then got repo'd.  That was fine with me because I worked a lot and nobody would have been home for her to run around and play with her.  Besides, Jabari came around by way of 10_96 so I had another dog to enjoy, I guess.

Life goes on.  This was back in 2003.  The photo on your right is Lola at about 3 months old.

Life goes on, as I mention.  With things in my life being what they are, I havent really thought a lot about Lola since then.  I got an email out of the blue from the ex, which seeing "Lola" in the subject header from her is odd, because our breakup was not on good terms and we havent spoken since things were finalized with us (which really is fine with me).

So I open the email and it says:

I just wanted to let you know that Lola was killed by a car today. My idiot landlord had been here working and left the gate open when he went to run to the hardware store. She was hit by a car on Cleveland, and when {ex's daughter} went looking for her, some people were nice enough to have stopped to see whose dog it was, and they brought her off the street. Anyway, just wanted to let you know.

Damn.  I have never lost a pet before, and I guess I really didnt lose one now, but I still feel a sense of loss somewhere.  I hope she didnt suffer.  I hope someone had the decency to stop after hitting a beautiful German Shepherd with a friendly face and skinny tail.   I doubt it though, because people are assholes.  And because the email basically says that nobody who hit her stopped.  If all dogs go to heaven (as the saying goes) then I hope people who hit pet animals and then dont bother acknowledging it go to hell.  I understand accidents happen, and certainly on that busy of a road mentioned (4 lane roadway, posted 40, avg. is more like 50), but damn.

That makes me sad.  Farewell Lola.
















"Lola"  2003-2006

Gained another project in webbuilding for the local Weed & Seed Alliance.  W&S is a federal grant program that pays for copious amounts of police OT  in the designated W&S area (read as "the hood"), plus other learing programs, after school stuff, etc for youth and residents.

AnywaysI did a quick design and put it up last night- most of the links dont work yet since I want to make sure they like it, but I submit it to you.

Thoughts on the design style, colors, etc. please-  http://www.SBWSA.com

I get no joy out of surfing the internet, always thinking "I need to look up one more thing" or looking for something for one of my numerous websites, only to realize damn its 2 am, knowing:

1) its too damn late
2) baby wll be up in 6 hours max
3) I dont get up well in the morning anyways
4) Im not being productive
5) Im wasting my time when I should be sleeping
6) I need to get some sleep
7) I read all my 'usuals', and Im to the point of screwing around on google. This usually brings me to google or ebay as my "thats enough' point.

The internet is the devil.

People would be forced to receive the mark of the beast. The world would be able to simultaneously witness events. The Gospel will be preached to the entire world.

All made possible to you by the internet. See? Point proven. (I think Im feeling sleep depravation.)

Good night!