PhoneBoy’s Neighborhood

Friday evening I took Sheryl out. I took this over dinner and it came out looking very nice. She's so beautiful and photographable. I haven't taken enough pictures of the amazing love of my life lately, but that's about to change again soon.

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I am the luckiest man alive and Sheryl is my precious treasure.

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CFL bulbs don't stand a chance against this technology. This video pretty much explains it all. It's pretty exciting folks!

SEATTLE, September 14, 2009 - Vu1 Corporation (OTCBB: VUOC) today posted a documentary which for the first time publicly demonstrates the company’s Electron Stimulated Luminescence™ (ESL™) lighting technology

Here's the press release...and more info

http://www.vu1.com/news/news_sept09.htm

As some of you may know, there has been massive flooding and many, many thunderstorms in the Southeast as of late.  On Sunday, there was a particularly rough bit of weather in my mother's neighborhood in Middle Tennessee.  A monstrous clap of thunder heralded a vicious streak of lightning that zapped her almost-new (purchased in May)  cordless phone.  The next day, she contacted the local phone company; the technician spent over 3 hours repairing wiring that had suffered the brunt of the assault.  Mama was still without her favorite phone, though, and the other ones she has are, to put it plainly, pieces of crap. 

I just found all this out this morning (so that explains why I couldn't reach her yesterday)!  Knowing she had bought the phone at one of the three Radio Shacks available to her, I ascertained which one and, since it would have been long distance for her to call them, I set up a 3-way and let her talk to one of the CSR's.  Much to her amazement (and mine, quite frankly), he said that, although it normally wouldn't be covered by a lightning strike, he would replace the phone for her, free of charge!  This is a $75 phone, folks.  That may not sound like much to most of you, but for someone on a fixed income, it's a fortune.  She thanked him profusely and, after cautioning her not to run out today to fetch the new phone (weather is still sucktastic down there), I went on about my day, happy that I'd actually done something useful.

The purpose of this post wasn't to brag (well, ok, maybe a little), but to point out that:

THEM THAT DON'T ASK, DON'T GIT!

Never assume you can't have what you want just because Vulcan logic says you can't. 

I already know these words will come back to bite me, so I'm investing in Kevlar undies asap! lol

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I had to call Mama back this afternoon for another reason, and found out that she'd already gone and got that phone!  I had a cow, but she assured me that the weather had finally broken off and the sun was out.  She'll be a happy yapper tomorrow after the phone is all charged up, I'm sure.

Regardless of your age, human nature is that when you have to pay out of pocket for anything, you might just opt to do things different to avoid having to pay that cost. Health Insurance creates a mechanism that actually supports and promotes unhealthy lifestyles.

The fact is that if you have less to lose, you take bigger chances. Taking chances with your health is no different. And when you have a mechanism such as Health Insurance to fall back on, the odds you will ultimately take bigger risks increase exponentially.

This is only made worse by Government Sponsored Heath Care Insurance. Personally, I'd rather cram down a McD burger than get choked to death by Obamacare. What good is it to live longer, when all you have to look forward to is higher taxes, a lifestyle you wouldn't wish on your worst enemy, a total loss of personal freedom. There is one rule that will always apply...there's no free lunch! 

The House has voted to deny all federal funding for ACORN, the community organizing group that has been caught up in several scandals. The vote, on a provision attached to a student aid bill, was 345-75. All 75 no votes were Democrats.

Now my question is that why do we need to pay "ANY" organization to register voters?

I registered in Redding at the DMV. Years ago when I was a fireman, I was also a registered votor registrar. People would come into the firehouse and register. Then we often give them a tour. Every county in the US has a county Regitrars office...another good place to register.

While not as convenient as someone standing at a mall, and not as many people ever registered, there was little fraud associated with it. The registrar signs the form as a witness!

If you want to exercise your constitutional right to voice your opinion and participate in an election, you should know that there are no guarantees that exercising that right will be convenient. The exception being a "convenient polling place".

There is nothing in the Constitution that says that taxpayers should be responsible to fund any action that would 'encourage" voter registration. If anything, this should be funded by party funds....If memory serves me correctly, this is the reason ACORN was funded origionally because party funded registration drives were riddled with fraud problems also.

Any method that makes voter registration convenient will lead to fraud. We need to go back to the old ways to ensure the integrity of the system. It is too easily abused.