What in the world? Worms?

Its late November and just after Thanksgiving I noticed tiny hole in the leaves of my red cabbage plants up on the balcony so I did some research. About the only thing I found that was common is cabbage worms or butterfly larva. That sounds odd to me lol being this late in the season. However, I found a forum that suggested sprinkling flour on the leaves. It said the worms will eat the flour and basically blow up....ewww factor lol, but I gave it a try so we shall see in a few days. Another trick suggested was to boil water and let it cool a little, not much and pore it over the leaves but I am thinking that will kill them lol. Any suggestions would be wonderful with this problem.

Novembers Plants

This is the progress of our Broccoli, red cabbage, onions and garlic after one month.

Red Cabbage on Balcony Nov 2011

Red Cabbage on Balcony Nov 2011

Broc on Balcony 2011

Red cabbage after Transplant

Red Cabbage with view of garlic

Broc after transplant

Yellow onions along center

Red onions in back

Garlic

Red Cabbage after transplant

Build a Bed For food :)

We finally got our raised flower bed built (the first one) We will build the rest come spring time when its time to plant seeds for a fall harvest. As promised I am sharing our progress. :) I hope you enjoy!

The beginning.

Mr.S Dancing w/the cord

Dig Dig Dig!!

HiHo!HiHo!

 All finished!

All Level!

My work after his :)

Starting my garden on the balcony

little white balls you see in dirt.

Garden lime

This is the mix I used

parsley,Thai basil, boxwood basil

Broccoli

 my back porch. Oct 2011

Red onion bulbs

I've got red cabbage, broccoli and red onions planted. And my Thai basil, boxwood basil and my parsly look great. I am going to try and post pictures of. :)

Red cabbage

Gardening

Hello All,
I have recently moved to Georgia and have been here for around 4 months. I love it here!!! I have posted blogs in the past that people don't seem to interested in, which is ok because this blog really is more for myself I suppose. (its just nice having others interested :) But now I am going a different route. I am going to be gardening in Georgia now and I want to keep record of it here on blog spot. It will be a blog on the things I learn and go through as I learn to grow my own food here in Georgia. I finally have the opportunity to build my own above ground garden boxes and actually have the time to spend on gardening. I would appreciate any and all help or comments you all would like to add to help me on this venture. :)

Apathy...

 Seven years ago, a man was beaten to death in broad daylight in the street. Not one person helped him, not one person called the police or lifted a finger to help him.


A 15 year old girl was standing on the corner waiting for her bus with her friends, talking and laughing and planning what to wear to a school dance and excited about getting her drivers license.
In the next instance she was shot down by someone in a car. Dead. The shooter never caught, no arrest ever made. No one even attempted to take a license plate number or follow the vehicle.

A man was walking down the a street full of businessmen on his way to work one morning. Out of no where a man began to stab him over and over again and then ran. He lay in the street and bled to death. Not one person attempted to help him, or take down the man stabbing him. People continued to walk by....un-bothered by the situation as if they see it every single day. 


A collage student was attacked by 6 men a few months ago and brutally raped.....again.....no one helped her.


Kitty Genovese, was stabbed and killed near her home in New York. The circumstance of her murder and the lack of response from neighbors made the newspapers. It was later stated that this one incorrect information printed by the paper but nonetheless, it sparked an investigation into social psychology known as the by stander effect. 


When I think of these situations, I can't help but wonder what could possibly be going through bystanders heads in these situations that they aren't forced to help? What has happened in their hearts that the can only stand there and watch and not help someone be safe from harm? Has our society been programmed to be so selfish and forget about humanity and what it means to LIVE? Do we now take life for granted to the extent that it no longer matters to us as individuals if the person standing next to us is brutally raped, stabbed, murdered etc... 


Let me ask you this.....what if it was your daughter, your son, your mother, your father, your brother or your sister? Wouldn't you want....no wouldn't you EXPECT someone to help them? Simply for the fact that we are all *supposed* to be functional, thinking, feeling human beings? Then why would anyone stand by and watch any one of these things happen....would you? What would you do if you were walking down the street and saw this happening to a total stranger? Would you help or would you be apathetic to the situation as well, enabling our society to become uncaring, unthinking, unfeeling, beings.

(Apathy is a state of indifference, or the suppression of emotions such as concern, excitement, motivation and passion. An apathetic individual has an absence of interest in or concern about emotional, social, spiritual, philosophical or physical life.
Although the word apathy is derived from the Greek ἀπάθεια (apatheia),^[2] it is important not to confuse the two terms. Also meaning "absence of passion," "apathy" or "insensibility" in Greek, the term apatheia was used by the Stoics to signify a (desirable) state of indifference towards events and things which lie outside one's control (that is, according to their philosophy, all things exterior, one being only responsible for his representations and judgments).


We will only make it together in this society if we begin to care for one another and look out for one another in times of duress much like our government does for other countries in times like the tsunami in Japan. We have to do that for one another as people.

I challenge you all...I challenge everyone who ever reads this to help one person you don't know once a day for one month. I also challenge you to start saying hello to people you pass in the store, and say it with a smile, like you mean it.  For those who are apathetic maybe...just maybe this will bring some feeling back into your hearts and souls. For those who aren't apathetic, maybe this will remind you that life is about love and friendship and helping each other make it instead of the same zombie type routine we all go  through day to day. Perhaps next time something bad is happening to someone, you will visualize it being your mother or father. If it was your child....what do you hope the person standing next to them is like on the inside????


~~Cari~~

What is regret?

My boyfriend and I were writing back and forth one day in an email. I had come across something very beautiful he wrote a few years before we got together.Im going to share these few series of emails because i feel it may shed new light to people stuck in darkness.

The beautiful thing he wrote a few years prior to us meeting:

Ive' never met true love though I have tried to shake his hand once. As if I'd come in from off the street without an appointment, he said, "Not today" 
Though we'd never met I've walked in his shadows in search of something real. All I found is that nothing here is real, except the pain. It's like a chocolate covered maggot that looks so sweet to bite into, but eats you from the inside out.
" I Love You." Three powerful words. Three beautiful words if spoken from the heart.
 What is spoken from your heart in such a dark place as this may fade to a whispering silence overcome by ones desire to be loved. ~ Scott Schofield

My email to him on what he wrote....

This is something i wrote the other day after reading the yellow piece of paper u wrote on some time ago.....

I'll be here for eternity.Through the sleepless nights and through any pain you might ever experience. Past or present. I know pain, I know emptiness and I know what it is like being lost to ones own self. To be in a place of darkness knowing if you turn your cheek you will feel the light, feel the warmth. yet not able to push past the fear that even the light will produce emptiness and that in that, there will no longer be hope. Whats left if there is no hope? No one to share it with? I'm here now. I'm here in darkness and in light for you. I'm here for an eternity with you, because I love you and nothing can change that. ~ July 18th 

His reply back to me.....

I stand alone in the darkness I created. I feel your presence like the warmth of the morning sun coming through the window. The light is welcoming and all that is good. But the darkness provides a false security that grips me like pair of a Handcuffs. I have imprisoned myself in this sea of darkness, fighting against all that I know is right and good. I fight the darkness, but I am weak. I have strength on my side though, for you are always there. As long as I have this, I know I will overcome. But know this; even when I overcome, I will always carry the darkness within. There is a hole in my heart that the fills itself with the darkness.  Even with Christ in my heart, it remains. He leaves it to remind me of my worldly desires, to remind me that I am only human.  The darkness if filled with loss and regrets. It is also filled with memories and lessons. Things that at the time I could not see.  I will spend much of my life in this darkness, but not all of that time will be imprisoned. Once the chains break I am free to come and go. I live in the light, but come here to remind myself of the dangers of this life. I spend many hours thinking of what God wants of me. More times than none, over thinking. I am always on a quest to better myself in the eyes of the lord, to please him, to understand what he wants from me. I am lost but he guides me. I have spent my whole life this way. What people take for sadness is my constant need to make sense of the world around me.

I love you, I need you, I want you!!!

 

 

My last reply to him and my point on regrets.....

Ask your self....what are regrets? In my eyes regrets are things (or lessons) we haven't learned yet. In vision this picture. Your sitting on a park bench and your looking towards the play ground, towards all the children and the possibilities in life that children bring(kids representing new things). Behind you....a woman walking away, her back to you. If you turn and face her and wonder how to make her turn around, how to make it (the situation) different, then whats behind you now? Its your choice on which way you want to turn and what you want to look at. It always has been.

 

You can  remember things in your life with out going to dark places Scott.

Texas Gov Rick Perry...very interesting

Rick Perry to America: Pray to Jesus, 

The Texas governor and possible presidential hopeful says America can only solve its problems through Jesus.

By Justin Elliott

Texas Governor Rick Perry

Gov. Rick Perry raised some eyebrows recently when he officially declared three "Days of Prayer for Rain in the State of Texas ," which has been plagued by drought.

But now Perry (these days a pundit-approved possible presidential contender) is taking his advocacy for public prayer a step further. Perry is the man behind a new conservative Christian event called "The Response: A call to prayer for a nation in crisis." It is a day of prayer and fasting to be held at Reliant Stadium in Houston in August.

Says Perry in a letter on the front page of the event's website: "Right now, America is in crisis: we have been besieged by financial debt, terrorism, and a multitude of natural disasters. As a nation, we must come together and call upon Jesus to guide us through unprecedented struggles, and thank Him for the blessings of freedom we so richly enjoy." Perry adds that "There is hope for America ... and we will find it on our knees."

So who else will be at The Response? "Governor Perry has invited all U.S. governors as well as many other national Christian and political leaders," according to the event's website. "People of all ages, races, backgrounds and Christian denominations will be in attendance to proclaim Jesus as Savior and pray for America ." The Response is being organized at Perry's request by the American Family Association. Here's a link to the promotional video for The Response: The Response Promo from The Response USA on Vimeo.

I've reached out to Perry's spokesman to ask what the governor would say to those Americans who are not comfortable with his exhortation that they pray to Jesus, and I'll update this post when I hear back.

Friends, Governor Rick Perry recently attended a private dinner with oil and gas businessmen trying to help secure the $2M funding for: The Response: A Call to Prayer for a Nation in Crisis August 6th Reliant Stadium Houston, TX The event was conceived, initiated and called for by Texas Governor Rick Perry. There will be no DVD sales, book sales, CD sales, T-Shirt sales, and no vendors...just water, fasting and prayer. Below are his remarks last week in Longview : Governor Rick Perry Transcribed speech Longview , Texas May 23, 2011 In 1977, I had left the Air Force and moved home. I’ll be real honest with you—I was a bit lost spiritually, and I really didn’t know what I wanted to do with my life. So I moved in with my mother and father. Now that’s a real trip! I had been an aircraft commander, traveling all around the world, seeing amazing places that a boy from Paint Creek , Texas , had never even dreamed were out there before. I had this great epiphany during my mid twenties. As I had lived in Europe and South America and the Middle East , I saw all these different countries with different forms of government. I was actually paying attention to the dictatorships, theocracies, monarchies, democratic states, etc. I started making the connection between how those people lived and the form of government they had. It was most interesting for me, as I’d never really given that much attention to our form of government in America . I’d taken for granted this extraordinary country we live in, but I came to realize that America is really a special place. I also made the calculation that inside that really cool place was this incredible place called Texas ! At twenty-five, twenty-six years old, it dawned on me what an incredible country we live in, and that the vast majority of the people take it for granted. They abuse the privilege of living in a free country. They don't realize how so many other people live around the world. But with that knowledge, I went home and lived with my mom and dad. I moved back into my old room. At eighteen years old, I left to go to my beloved Texas A&M University . Nine years later, I came back into my old room. I swear to God, I know mother cleaned it, but it looked exactly like it did the day I left. It had my football number on the door, and it had the all-star football game program still stuck on the bulletin board. It was an eerie moment for me to move back home. My dad was pretty sure I was the same stupid eighteen-year-old that had left. I was pretty sure he hadn’t gotten any smarter either. So we went through this really brutal period of time of finding our comfort zone. But God was dealing with me. At twenty-seven years old, I knew that I’d been called to the ministry. I’ve just always been really stunned by how big a pulpit I was gonna have! I still am. I truly believe with all my heart that God has put me in this place at this time to do His will. On Aug the 6th of this year, 2011, we are going to have a day of prayer and fasting. And it’s going to be the real deal. It’s not going to be some program where we line up a dozen political figures to come in and talk. It’s going to be people standing on that stage, projecting and proclaiming Jesus Christ as our Lord and Savior at Reliant Stadium in Houston , Texas . Let me tell you, that’s a big stadium and there will be a lot of people. But it’s going to send a powerful message across this country! Our country’s broke. Well, actually, Washington ’s broke; our country’s going to be just fine. But we’ve got to have men and women who are willing to stand up to proclaim the values that this country was based upon. In 1774, at the Continental Congress when they got together and penned that first document, they talked about “life” and “liberty.” Interestingly, the third thing they talked about was “property.” A couple of years later, when they actually wrote the Declaration, they changed that “property” to “the pursuit of happiness.” I just signed a piece of legislation today, the imminent domain legislation. I tell people, that “personal property” and the ownership of that personal property is crucial to our way of life. Our founding fathers understood that it was a very important part of the pursuit of happiness. Being able to own things that are your own is one of the things that makes America unique. But I happen to think that it’s in jeopardy. It’s in jeopardy because of taxes; it’s in jeopardy because of regulation; it’s in jeopardy because of a legal system that’s run amuck. And I think it’s time for us to just hand it over to God and say, “God, You’re going to have to fix this.” (I think it was Herman Cain who stood up the other day and said, “How’s that “Hope and Change” thing working out for you?”) I think it’s time for us to use our wisdom and our influence and really put it in God’s hands. That’s what I’m going to do, and I hope you’ll join me. I hope you’ll join us in Houston on the 6th day of August and really start a revival across this country. Here’s what I want to leave you with. I know from time to time, people will say something like, “There goes Perry. He wants to secede.” But I love this country. We’re a special place. We were created by God-fearing individuals who understood those biblical values and how powerful they could be and would be in the future. And I suggest that for our country, our best days are ahead if we’ll get on our knees and ask God to take over and give us wisdom. I may wear the Lord out every day in prayer. I pray for this country. I pray for restoration for this country. I pray for our president every day. I pray that God turns buckets of wisdom out on his head, that God will open his eyes. We can change this country, but it requires our giving it to Him and letting Him guide us.

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--"For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ, for it is the power of God to salvation for everyone who believes".

Unspoken Men's Room Secret's

I absolutely could not believe when I heard there were men's room's rule's. I had know idea for a man to use a public rest room it was so difficult lol.

Public restrooms - and men's rooms in particular - ain't what they used to be. Watch a Bogart movie and you get the sense that public toilets were once bastions of Art Deco elegance and civility, with nattily attired men slipping the attendant a fin for the mints, the after shave and the freshly pressed towel. And, to be sure, there are still men's rooms like that out there. It's just that I never get to go in them. They don't exist at the airport or in, say, the local mall.
No, most of the men's rooms I take advantage of are dim, dank, oddly cold places with peeling taupe paint clinging to tin-thin metal stall dividers. The floor may or may not be moist and you don't want to think too much about what exactly is making it so sticky. A necessary evil, those public restrooms. They are supposed to be there for our 'convenience,' but have you ever noticed that they are not really that convenient? I mean, you need a restroom while you are browsing the GAP, so why do you have to walk all the way back to the food court?
I digress. The point is that the men's room is not a place you look forward to visiting. If you're like me, you imagine the ladies' room to be an oasis of comfortable chairs, soft indirect lighting and Bach's Brandenburg Concertos being wafted softly through the lavender scented air. Why else would they seem so excited to go? And in groups none the less. The mythic ladies' room is, in short, the exact opposite of the men's room, of which the most positive feature is often the ongoing graffiti battle going on between two lewd, key-wielding teenagers hell-bent on sullying the name of each others mothers.
So, if no man in his right mind enjoys a trip to the loo, the least we can do is to try and make the experience as painless as possible for one another. And it's with this in mind, my fraternal brothers of the public john, that I offer these seven simple rules to remember when it comes bathroom etiquette. They are easy to remember and should, if everyone adheres, make this necessary evil a little less painful - perhaps, even, enjoyable - for everyone.

Rule #1 - The Buffer Urinal

What's more uncomfortable than rubbing elbows with a stranger while standing, legs akimbo to avoid the puddle, at the urinal? This is basic field strategy here guys. Dave Barry (http://www.angelfire.com/ma4/knickman11/r.htm) covered this years ago. You never, ever, ever, select a urinal directly next to one already in use, not when there's a choice anyway. If there are three urinals to choose from, pick one on the outside. Leave the center one for the guy who may actually die if he doesn't get to the bathroom. If the one of the outside ones is in use, choose the one on the opposite end of the bank. If both outside ones are in use and only the center one is available, wait. One of the other guys will be done soon.

Rule #2 - Announce Your Presence

If you are using a stall and have the place to yourself, it's one thing. But as soon as you hear the door open, you need to make your presence known. Am I suggesting that you say 'hi' and introduce yourself? Absolutely not. No way. Instead, do a little cough. A sniff can be mistaken for the shuffling of a shopping bag or a heavy winter parka. Plus, you may not want to be inhaling through your nose. I'm just saying. A cough is more effective, distinct and has the added bonus of being absolutely, 100% impersonal. Let's remember, you're in there to get something down, not to make a friend.

Rule #3 - Ignore My Kid

This should go without saying. I shouldn't even need to put it here, but, inevitably, there is a guy every weekend - at Costco, say - who breaks this cardinal rule and feels the need to comment about the fact that my kid either a) really has to go or b) "made it." This second one is especially creepy. It implies the guy was monitoring my kid's transaction somehow and is especially creepy when accompanied by a groan, the kind someone does as they stretch in the morning. My kids are my business. I don't like the idea that they need to be in the men's room. I'd rather use the family bathroom, but it seems like it is always taken when I need it the most. My children will have enough reason for emotional scarring. They don't need Old Man Winter making a comment regarding their "pee-pee."

NEXT: Rule #4 - No Eye Contact, No Talking
Okay, I have had exactly one interesting conversation with a stranger in a public restroom. It was at a grocery store. He was old, a WWII vet who was waiting for his meds. He seemed a bit lost and confused and began talking to me as I was washing my hands. But that one incident does not make it okay to speak with or look directly at another man in the men's room. It's never okay. Don't be the guy who walks into the bathroom and tries to strike up a conversation or says something like, "Whew, it smells like Big Foot's tomb in here!" Even if it were funny, the situation does not call for comedy. If there is, for some extreme reason, an occasion that necessitates inter-personal communication, eye contact is strictly prohibited. Stand, stock still, eyes forward like a Marine on inspection. When entering and exiting, keep your eyes down. When standing at the sink, it's okay to look at yourself in the mirror, but absolutely never should peeking at your neighbor be allowed. Ever.

Rule #5 - Clean Up After Yourself

If you dribble on the seat, leave a mess of water and soap around the sink or miss the waste basket with an errant paper towel, pick it up. This isn't elementary school, this is a men's room. You may be in a huge hurry to get out of there and I understand that, but come on, you're an adult. Act like it. If you leave drops on the seat or a toilet unflushed, that automatically removes that particular facility from use for at least 10 hours. Have some decency. And while you're at it, after you rip off some paper towel, wipe the push bar and start the roll out so the next guy can rip a piece directly off. Why should I have to suffer your laziness the next time I go to get some paper towel only to touch an oddly gelatinous coating on the handy push bar? Clean and dry, that's how you should leave the place. Repeat the backpacker's mantra to yourself over and over: "Leave no trace. Leave no trace."

Rule #6 - The Proper Stance

Whether in a stall or at a urinal, keep your stance narrow and your positioning square against the target. In the stall, a wide stance could lead to unexpected touching or, worse in the case of Senator Larry Craig, a political scandal. It's important at the urinal too. No one wants to touch boots while you're doing that. And if you stand at an angle, you're likely to incur civilian backsplash casualties. I shouldn't have to wear a disposable poncho into the men's room because you don't understand that the angle of incident is equal to the angle of reflection. In short: AIM.

Rule #7 - Don't Linger

I am as guilty as the next guy of spending, perhaps, a bit too long in my bathroom at home. A lot of times, it's the only time I get to myself to read or get caught up on all the staring and doing nothing I have fallen so far behind on since the kids came along. But, not here, not in the men's room. Those who linger here are waiting for something. What? A chance to mug someone? A new friend? A visit from aliens? How am I supposed to know? It's not something I do. When it comes to the men's room, think about Chile's. 'Get in. Get out. Get on with life.' Put an end to the awkwardness and discomfort. Do your thing and move on. The men's room is not the place to stop and smell the roses.

Now you know what to do in a public restroom, who knew lol.

Idiosyncrasies’ VS OCD

My Idiosyncrasies’- We all have them. However my doctor calls it OCD, lol. So where’s the line? What makes daily routine or habit turn from idiosyncrasies to OCD? Here’s a few of mine.

Hygiene:

• ·         When I shave it’s always the left leg first and then the right, sitting on the side of the tub using only warm water so the hot water doesn’t run out.

• ·         When I shower I always wash my hair, rinse, condition, hen wash my body so the conditioner can set on my air longer. After I wash, I shave under my arms, other areas and then rinse my entire body, head last. No other way makes sense.

• ·         Towel dry hair, body and then deodorant and lotion.

• ·         When brushing my teeth, I always start outside left top, Middle top. Then outside bottom left, middle top. Then start over on the back side, then tongue. Then run the tooth brush under water and repeat process while spitting and re wetting verses rinsing.

• ·         Pants go on left leg first always.

• ·         Socks and shoes go on left foot first always.

• ·         I button from the third button down from the top, then the second then the rest at the bottom.

• ·         I wash my hands after I use the restroom. Really meticulously in public restrooms, especially if there are other people using the restroom. I never turn on or off the faucet or open and close the doors without a paper towel between my hand and the door and flush the toilet with my foot.

Computing:

• ·         Watching somebody else use a computer drives me bats. If we’re doing something as a team, I almost always end up taking control because I can’t stand to watch other people use a computer.

• ·         Keyboard shortcuts. I use a lot of them. Switching from the keyboard back to the mouse takes too much time.

Travel:

• ·         I try to travel light

• ·         When flying, I don’t mind checking luggage, even if it’s small. I don’t want to be that person who tries fourteen different ways to cram my bag into the overhead compartment.

• ·         I pick aisle seats on long flights (I’m a bit claustrophobic). I pick window seats on shorter flights (I can look out the window and forget I’m claustrophobic).

• ·         I don’t do a lot of sight-seeing. I cower in a corner of my room.

Eating:

• ·         I tend to try all of one item before moving onto the next. Usually my least favorite items first, saving my favorites for last. If you see me switch foods, it means I like them (or dislike them) equally, but that rarely happens.

• ·         I do not like my food touching unless it’s something like gravy on a food item. However with items like Pizza, I pick off toppings one by one and then eat it.

• ·         I could eat the same things all the time and be perfectly happy with it.

• ·         My glass has to be on the left hand side of my plate always even though im right handed.

Laundry:

• ·         When folding towels, they must be folded the same way and a certain way. The must be stacked with largest on bottom smallest on top and color coordinated.

• ·         When hanging shirts, all hangers must face to the left.

• ·         Underwear doesn’t have to be folded but socks have to be matched.

• ·         Pajamas in one drawer.

• ·         Shorts in one drawer.

• ·         Pants and skirts hung up so I don’t have to iron them at a later time, again all hangers facing the left as hanging.

• ·         Shoes aligned properly and matching.(ie: tennis shoes, sandal’s, church shoes)

Kitchen/Living room:

• ·         Pantry or cabinets: the cans all have to face forward so the label can be read. All items in a row and color coordinated. Meaning green beans and asparagus and peas beside each other etc. All pasta together and stacked accordingly next to pasta sauces. All crackers and chips next to one another. Drink mixes next to one another and spices lined up accordingly.

• ·         Dishes have to be stacked and matching.  Glasses face up and in a row, big glasses to little glasses. Glasses not next to coffee cups. Those on a different shelf entirely. Sauce pans stacked biggest to littlest from bottom up, same with frying pans.

• ·         Cushions on the couch the same way always and floor vacuumed before the man gets home. Everything picked up. I’m not so anal about dusting, which can be done weekly with the base boards, and moping although sweeping hard floors daily. (Dirty baseboards drive me insane. To the point when we go to friends’ houses if they leave the room I hurry and wipe down theirs if its dirty.)

Bedroom/Bathroom:

• ·         I’m not picky about the bedroom at all. For me this is a place to retire to and relax. The door can stay closed so it can stay messy for a day or two and then be cleaned. My Kids room however has to be cleaned daily as they have friends over and if it goes beyond one day it looks like hurricane Katrina hit.

• ·         The bathroom I clean weekly unless I notice something out of place or dirty and then I do a run down. I wipe the sink down daily. 

So what are your Idiosyncrasies? Please feel free to share yours and your thoughts about these verses OCD.

Obamah blames ATM's for high unemployment rates!

On the June 14 edition of NBC's "Today," President Barack Obama ascribed part of the blame for the high unemployment rate to ATMs, yet most media outlets continue to ignore the gaffe.
"There are some structural issues with our economy where a lot of businesses have learned to become much more efficient with a lot fewer workers," lectured Obama in an interview with NBC's Ann Curry. "You see it when you go to a bank and you use an ATM, you don’t go to a bank teller, or you go to the airport and you’re using a kiosk instead of checking in at the gate."

Read more: http://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/alex-fitzsimmons/2011/06/15/obama-blames-high-unemployment-atms-media-shrug-gaffe#ixzz1PRgq00fH

I don't agree with our president very often but here i think hes right. By making ATMs it eliminates bank teller jobs, by making kiosk instead of checkout tellers it eliminates those jobs as well. By making automated self check outs at grocery stores/walmart etc, it eliminates cashier jobs for the people. Then those people go on federal assistance until they can find a job which comes out of tax payers pockets.they tried putting  those self check outs in our walmarts in Seminole and everyone in town refused to use them and went threw the check out line where we had a cashiers. Guess what? They removed them and made more lanes for real people, creating more jobs in our town. :)