07 August 2013

Humpday Happenings...
To quote that wonderful Geico commercial...
"Guess what day it is? Guess...what...day IT...IS?"
Initially, I thought the commercial lame ('cause the 2 guys at the end REALLY aren't playing the guitar and mandolin), but that camel and CGI mouth movements with the voice...are PRICELESS!
Yes, it's..."Hump-DAYYYYYYYY....YEAH!"
Today's Hoosierland weather is a bit on the "close" side today, which means that old humidity is back (already got our A/C on), and temps will top out in the lower 80s. There is a chance of some showers and some of them could be severe in nature (aren't that ALL "in nature"?)
I've never found any thunderstorms OUTSIDE of nature, and NO, fartin' in the shower doesn't count!
With THAT having been said, let's see what on the agenda today, shall we?
*** First up, the Motto of the Week, aka WHO SAID THAT?
"The Creator has not given you a longing to do that which you have no ability to do."
This might prove rather elusive a person to name, as he is rarely mentioned, if ever.
But I think you might find it a challenge to guess, if you know where to find a clue.
The answer at the top of tomorrow's post.
Meanwhile, back at the sweat-shop...
*** As is promised by yours truly, it's time once again for:
Bobby G's This Day in August History!
August 7 - 1794 - President Washington invokes the Militia Act of 1792 to suopress the Whiskey Rebellion in Western PA.
 - 1927 - The Peace Bridge opens between Buffalo, NY and Fort Erie, Ontario, Canada
 - 1942 - The Battle of Guadalcanal begins.
 - 1947 - Thor Heyerdahl's balsa wood raft, KON-TIKI smashes into the reefs at Raroia in the Tuamotu Islands, after a 101-day journey covering 4,300 miles, proving that pre-historic people could have traveled from South America.
 - 1957 - The Lincoln Memorial replaces the "wheat" on the back of the U.S. penny
 - 1964 - The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution is passed, upping America's "ante" and military footprint in the war in Vietnam.
 - 1966 - The race riots occur in Lansing, MI.
And those are just a few of the high points...so Who says nothing happens in AUGUST, hmm?
Moving on...
*** I was watching that video of that beat-down of a WHITE teen by THREE BLACK TEENS on a school bus and wondering WHERE is these so-called "racial leaders" NOW?
Here's a link to the story with video (warning, it IS graphic):
http://www.wftv.com/news/news/local/school-bus-brawl-caught-tape-driver-not-charged/nZDy5/
Personally, I find it appalling that a boy would be attacked so viciously by some thugs just BECAUSE he DID NOT want to buy and POT from the three blacks, and also reported them to school authorities the day prior. The victim was 13 years old, whole the thugs were 15 years old...and obviously had difficulty finding a belt to hold their damn saggy pants the hell up.
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Maybe if these three had real FATHERS around, they could use that belt on their asses to whip some sense into them, so they wouldn't behave in such a reprehensible manner, and then give the belts to the teens to hold the pants up...as clothiers had designed.
This whole "anything goes" crap is despicable, and it's almost always perpetrated by blacks, first on other blacks, and then, when they can;t find any of those around, turn to whites or other raced people to promote the violence.
That's NOT how you build BETTER RACE RELATIONS, people!
And NO interest "charges"!
But you won;t hear one damn word from the Revs Sharpton or Jackson...or even Tavis Smiley or Professor Eric Dyson...no, sir.
They probably view THIS attack as a form of perverse "retribution:" for the Trayvon Martin verdict.
Cripes, the victim should be getting a damn MEDAL and SCHOLARSHIP for having the courage to report drug activity at his school, and not be on the receiving end of a broken arm and numerous bruises.
At least this link provides some closure with battery and robbery charges:
http://www.examiner.com/article/school-bus-fight-three-15-year-old-boys-face-battery-charges-for-broken-arm
Doesn't seem like all the programs that have been in place to HELP young black "youts" is working all that well for some...wonder WHY that is?
Be interesting to see what these thugs have for a "home-life"...bet it's a house with a "baby'mama" and a "boyfriend of the week", complete with loud music thumping as often as possible, and most likely drug or alcohol abuse.
*** And that brings me to another point...
You ALL know how much I find rap or hip-hop "music" appalling, right?
Well, I have good reason, and I want you all to think on this...
YOU CAN'T WHISTLE ANY OF IT...period!
When was the last time YOU heard anyone whistling any rap song, hmm?
ANY other genre of music CAN be whistled..from country, to rock, to oldies, to jazz, and even classical (I like Beethoven's 5th symphony myself...LOL), but most all of today's urban pop music cannot be whistled along with in ANY human form.
Go ahead...try it...I dare 'ya.
Kinda HARD to whistle a damn thumping 4-4 drum beat, isn't it?
And even IF you can find a bar of two that has for real musical NOTES attached to it, it's all repetitive anyway, so you're bored after 10 seconds of it.
Anyone walking around whistling Nelly?
Whisle to THIS?
Or Fifty Cent?
Or even L'il Wayne?
Hell no...because you simply CAN'T.
Now, to ME...whistling falls into TWO categories:
1) Real music
2) Bird calls
If you can't whistle something that falls into either one, it's NOT nusic, and it is probably NOT a bird call. (unlike a cat-call or a wolf-call)
I rest my case...LOL.
And I'm NOT just wetting my whistle, blowing the whistle, whistling in the dark, whistling up a wind, or whistling Dixie (although that's a nice ditty)...!
*** Lastly today, isn't life complex ENOUGH without all the garbage that we're forced to endure?
I'd have to say YES!
I've said before that we're like Stretch Armstrong - being pulled in every direction...and for what purpose?
It's to DISTRACT us...keep our "eyes off the prize", as it were.
If we're busy looking someplace else, it's easy for the wrong folks to pull something over on us, isn't it?
What we need to do is concentrate in what is important to each of us, and focus on that.
And with so many different people with different minds, we should be able to cover damn near everything, because we can't ALL be focused on the exact same thing...that is where diversity really makes up for it's shortcomings.
I feel we can prevail in any situation we encounter, and not because of who or what we are, but for who and what we can BECOME.
Every day is another opportunity...take advantage of it.
Be well, make a difference to someone, and...
Stay SAFE out there, America.

06 August 2013

Tuesday Tidbits...
Good morning and welcome to my humble slice of the blogosphere. If you like your Tuesdays a bit on the damp side, you might prefer today, as the Hoosierland will see spotty showers part of the day and sunny the rest of the time.
High temps will remain around the upper 70s again, before we warm up into the 80s tomorrow.
With that said, let's take a stroll into this day and see what awaits...
First up, it's time for:
Bobby G's This Day in August History!
August 6 - 1945 - The first atomic bomb, nicknamed "Little Boy" was dropped on Hiroshima, Japan by the American B-29 bomber Enola Gay. Seventy thousand people were killed immediately, with tens of thousands dying in the years following from burns and radiation poisoning.
Meanwhile, back at Los Alamos...
*** Okay, so yesterday we left a few things rather unresolved, regarding our female cat Penelope, and my "Batmobile".
-- First, I am relieved to say that our cat's blood work came back, and according to the doc, she's got a LOT of positive returns for her age. No trace of feline leukemia, or hyperthyroidism, or diabetes (whew).
Glad to hear that.
She did show anemia and a high white cell count, attributable to the infection she's had.
I'm feeling better - Thank you everyone!
Yesterday, she was actually making the rounds about the house, coming out to eat and get some milk. She even came in when I was brushing some tangled hair off of the male cat to get "her" brushing...and that's a very good sign.
She still has a swollen lymph node, but otherwise seems to be doing better.
Is Penelope back watching me AGAIN?
We are very hopeful.
-- Next, after taking the car into the shop, I am pleased to say that it's only a battery that needs replacing, and I had it swapped out this morning.
Thirty years old..and still looks good!
Yeoman's diagnosed the charging system, and found the "parasitic draw" to be ONLY 10 Milliamps, well within specs.
This is the electrical consumption in every car (since the mid 70s) that drives such items as the radio presets, onboard computer and so on. Today's cars most likely draw more due to ALL the gizmos that are sitting there, waiting for the turn of the key, or the push of a button, like the "entertainment system", the GPS, and so on.
So, that was two problems that were addressed in a manner that didn't suffer our lives too badly.
But, is that the end of the tale?
...Not on your life.
-- Last evening, after 7PM, our toilet was making a "moaning" noise, and I could hear it from the living room, so I went in to see what the problem was. This has happened before, but only sporadically, and such things as opening the bathroom door was enough to stop that noise...weird, huh?
Anyway, I take the top of the tank off...nothing. I then see the water feed line below the tank and I grasp that. Amazingly, the noise damn near goes away, so I figure THIS must be the culprit (somehow). I flick the pipe with mu finger a few times, and tap it with the palm of my hand...
Don't let THIS happen to YOU!
(bad move)
The pipe cracked and about 50 PSI of water shot out at me!
(impromptu shower-time)
I dashed downstairs (didn't know I could STILL move THAT fast) and cut the water MAIN off, which left only a 1/4 inch of water on the bathroom floor. Yeah, it comes out THAT fast.
Wifey called Korte for an emergency repair, and within 90 minutes, all was fixed.
Now THIS is more like it.
Apparently, that water feed line was ready to rupture (like an old appendix), and all it took was for me to tap it.
While this was a costly mess (after hours emergencies ALWAYS cost more), it's a lot better than having that pipe crack when we're NOT HOME.
That's all we need is to find a nicely saturated first floor raining into our basement...not to mention the following month;'s WATER BILL!
The really GOOD news here is that the replacement pipe is rated at TWICE the pressure the old pipe was (100 PSI), is made of a poly-compound with pressure fittings (no brazing required) AND we NOW have a SHUT-OFF valve on that line, where before, we had none.
Now, any future fixes at the toilet can be handled without running up and down stairs...I like that.
Yep, these post-war houses CAN have their issues from time to time. You just have to be ready for them.
My "hero".
The lovely Mrs Bobby G. encouraged me after the repairman left to "not touch anything else tonight"...LOL.
I had to second that, saying to her that if she heard any noise coming from within the house, to not bother me, and if something else broke, I didn't want to know about it.
Anything else is still fair game.
Oh, the joys of being a homeowner...!
I will say one thing...it does provide a very comprehensive education regarding such things as carpentry, plumbing, appliance repair, pruning, lawn care, landscaping, gutter-cleaning, window-cleaning, painting, caulking, insulating, carpet-cleaning, electrical repair, and other assorted things that might arise.
Tends to keep one "engaged" both physically, and...more often than not, financially.
Got it's own "job-security" built right into it. You just have to love it.
*** Next up, I 'm not going to mention anything about the 3 kids that hopped a train from Ft. Wayne to Findlay Ohio, and having one fall asleep ON the damn tracks and die...that's pointless to argue the level of stupidity there.
-- Nor, will I talk about the Ft. Hood trial set to begin today, when the shooter, one Army Major Hasan SHOULD have been taken the hell out when we had the damn chance. Would have saved a LOT of money there.
-- I won't belabor the point that while this nation's economy is TENUOUS at best, both Congress AND the Prez decide to go "on vacation", while they ALL should be trying to find a REAL solution to this country's financial woes (and it's not to create more dumbass stimulus crap).
That's not worth my time.
Shame on THEM ALL!
-- I won't talk about Al-Queda being decimated and on the run, when in fact, they are ramping UP their activities, and as Greg Gutfeld mentioned yesterday, DECIMATE means to kill every TENTH soldier (from Roman antiquity) so that means that NINETY PERCENT of Al-Queda is STILL intact...
-- And I can't be bothered with knowing that the University of Iowa is this nations BEST "party college".
Hell, I went to college (at night no less) to LEARN (even if it was only for one year)...not f$ck around...that's for the weekends, right?
-- It's even beneath me to pontificate about how Ft. Wayne is ONLY the 232nd best city out of 433 surveyed (with Camden NJ being number 433, and Detroit right behind that), even IF Fisher's Indiana is rated number ONE.
Nah...I have bigger fish to fry, just on my own mundane life.
Not to mention, I'm probably not finished finding things to break accidentally...LOL
Let's hope I can get a handle on that last thing.
*** Lastly today, life is all about choices...and opportunities...and very often, something called fate.
We make good choices, and we can pretty much predict the outcome. We seize an opportunity and we can be somewhat assured of the result, but fate tends to be the hairball in the mix.
FATE is the thing that tosses something at us from far left field...no predictability about it at all.
When certain things, be they tangible or intangible converge to a singular point in one's life, THAT become fate.
And fate can be affected by our choices and the opportunities that present themselves.
It can be good OR bad, depending on the particular parameters by which an event is set up.
It can be the World Trade Center on 9/11 or it can be a simplistic break in a bathroom pipe.
Thing is, fate is something that is always in flux...it can be changed by what we do...or do not do, as well as the way we choose to handle it.
This all sounds mystical or philosophical in nature, but time and again, we find the cause and effect of such things in life something that was bound to happen, given the circumstances leading up to the event.
If anything, we should learn from it, make sure what WE do has purpose, and that as many choices as we make each day have their basis in reason.
That way, fate can work with us, rather than against us.
Therein lies the lesson for today.
Be well, make a difference to someone, and...
Stay SAFE out there, America.

05 August 2013

Monday Musings...
Welcome to the first REAL week of August, and it's starting off nicely, weather-wise.
Temps will reach into the upper 70s (again) with a mostly sunny sky and no chance of rain(today, that is).
So, sit back and take it easy for a spell, because today's post is packed tighter than Imelda Marcos' shoe closet (1220 pairs for you trivia buffs).
*** First off the line today is:
Bobby G's This Day in August History!
And since we've the weekend to include, it's gonna be a "three-fer".
August 3 - 1946 - Santa Claus Land, the world's FIRST themed amusement park open in SANTA CLAUS, INDIANA (where else?)
August 4 - 1987 - The FCC rescinds the Fairness Doctrine which had required radio and TV stations to present controversial issues "fairly".
August 5 - 1957 - American Bandstand, a show dedicated to the teenage "baby-boomers" by playing the songs and showing popular dances of the time, debuts (in Philadelphia) on the ABC television network
And now YOU know...some history.
Moving on...
*** I don't usually watch 60 Minutes on the "eyeball network", because I prefer MY news to be less BIASED, but last night they had a great segment (Leslie Stahl) about the Massachusetts State Police and how THEY have come up with a new tactic to take on crime and the thugs that perpetrate it.
Here's the link with video:
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-18560_162-57582605/counterinsurgency-methods-used-to-fight-gang-crime/
Imagine that...using the "Stateys" to help take on GANGS and the violence they bring with them...
Just like counterinsurgency tactics used by OUR forces in the Middle East.
Wonder WHY Fort Wayne doesn't apply a similar take on the violent crime we "enjoy" on the SE side (which IS spreading westward and northward, as I've said for some time)...?
Then again, we have plenty of numbnuts on the highways making trouble for motorists to keep the ISP busy for damn near ever.
Still, perhaps a "strong hand" IS needed to help this tide of violent crime recede...'ya think?
And since we're on the topic of violent crime...
*** A shooting at the Eden Green Apartments late Friday left one man in serious condition.
Here's the story link:
http://www.indianasnewscenter.com/news/local/Shooting-At-Eden-Green-Apartments-218123281.html
Cripes that place looks more like the FWPD parking lot than a HUD-sponsored housing project for the chronically lazy.
Guess not having all the police down the street at the old Creighton Ave HQ is showing it's worth, hmm?
But that's not all, folks...a bit closer to our "Fortress", there's THIS:
http://www.wane.com/dpp/news/crime/police-respond-to-shooting-on-citys-south-side
Another double shooting happened along Decatur Rd at Lafayette St early Sunday morning around 0409 hrs.
Police received a call of *shots fired* (signal 113) and when they responded  were STILL hearing gunshots. At the scene they found one man suffering gunshot wounds. During the investigation, police were told a second man was privately transported to hospital also suffering from gunshot wounds.
The man the offiers found remains in critical condition after being taken to hospital.
No weapon was found on scene, and according to police NO suspects are in custody and NO arrests have been made.
Police are unsure whether gang activity is involved.
I dunno...WHO (exactly) is out ON the STREETS down here at FOUR-f$cking-AM anyway?
I wonder if the ISP could make a few arrests, as an assist to the FWPD with a counterinsurgency strategy?
See, when you don't WORK for a living, and don't wake up until damn near NOON, and then remain awake until close to sun up the next morning , THIS kinda sh*t DOES happens.
These indigent thugs tend to hit the sac and sleep off their drunk/high until around 0400 until around 1100 when they get up and start their crap ALL over again...every...single...day.
TYPICAL behavior for such people.
This part of town definitely needs...an enema!
(or a DOZEN...!)
And now, for something completely different...
*** We have a NEW DOCTOR...no, he's not THAT kind of doctor.
I'm talking about DOCTOR WHO, of which I've been a huge fan since the early 1970s, when the show came across the pond and graced our PBS station back in Philly.
Yes, I am a Whovian!
My, how time flies.
The 12th incarnation of "The Doctor" is veteran Scottish actor Peter Capaldi, and he follows in the footsteps of some great actors who have preceded him.
Doctor Who is either a show you like...or hate. It's not for everyone, and that's fine, but considering it IS the longest running sci-fi show in television history, well...that''s got to account for something, right?
Odd thing is, time lords only get TWELVE regenerations, so I wonder WTH is going to happen when this doctor bows out, as they all inevitably do?
Should be interesting...
*** Damn, almost forgot...had a charging problem w/ the "Batmobile" (probably needs a new battery again - a VAT 40 test should tell), so I managed to get her fired up, after I told Wifey "Listen to what a car that won't start sounds like.".
And it promptly made a liar outta me...LOL!
Wifey called the sop, I ex-filled the "Fortress", and took my "thirty-year old" 1983 Pontiac (R.I.P. Arrowhead division of GM - when it still meant something) Firebird to the shop to see what's what.
Should have it back either later today or early tomorrow.
Weird to see a whole lotta "nothing" where the car's supposed to be...(!?!)
*** Lastly today, you know we have two cats, male and female litter mates, and we've had them for about 17 years (damn near an eternity), which makes them eligible for the big dirt nap more sooner than later (kinda like me...lol).
Is that a piece of string I need to chase?
Anyway, our female cat Penelope has been losing weight, and is lethargic and doesn't eat all that much, as she used to.
I detest losing a pet, especially one that has become a family member, so off to the vet we went on Saturday to get her checked out.
The blood work comes back today, so we might get a clue as to what's ailing her.
With cats of her age, there's a number of things that go wrong, such as diabetes, hyperthyroidism, cancer, feline leukemia, and those are the biggies.
Then there's liver problems, and parasites...a lot farther down the list.
It's just heart-wrenching to not see her near as frisky as she's always been, and I'm sure any of you that have had pets know exactly what I mean.
Wifey and I will do all we can to keep her with us, and keep her as healthy as she can be at this point in her aging life.
But, like all of us, no matter how many feet we have, the inevitability of the end of life looms closer.
Will it be easy to see her go when the time comes? Hell, no!
When my father passed on 1978. our two dogs (shepherd and golden retriever) died within the first year after that, and that was a very difficult situation.
Yep, I'm sleeping RIGHT...HERE...!
So, here's hoping we can have more time with her.
She's always been a good cat, even if she did beg constantly at the dinner table when guests came for the holidays...LOL
We'll think good thoughts and say a pray or two for her.
In that there is a life lesson not only to be learned, but to be embraced.
Have yourselves a great week.
Be well, make a difference to someone, and...
Stay SAFE out there, America.

02 August 2013

Friday Follies...
Here we are again friends...end of another week.
And out here in Hoosierland, we're ending it on a bit of a WET note.
Got us some rain outside this morning (which beats the hell out of the rain that occurs INSIDE), but the temps are nice and mild.
Another day of upper 70s highs awaits us, and maybe, if we''re REAL good, we might even see the sun...sooner or later.
So far...not so much, but it IS Indiana - where the weather changes by the minute...often!
So what's say we sit back, get comfy, and get this show on the road and see what has been going on since yesterday...
*** ((...record-scratch...)) Cripes, I almost forgot...
-- Time for: Bobby G's This Day In August History!
August 2 - the FIRST U.S.CENSUS was conducted (1790) and a few years before that in 1776, the SIGNING of the U.S. CONSTITUTION took place.
If you want more, check out John D.'s blog (Nobody Move! - link at right) for another important event that also happened today.
Whew...almost got away from me...
Meanwhile, back at the mens lounge...
*** Next up, and update to the "triple" shootings on the city's southWEST side...which turned out to actually be one shooting, one stabbing, and a woman in a neighboring apartment that got caught up in the melee at this HUD community.
Here's the story link:
http://www.journalgazette.net/article/20130802/LOCAL07/308029964
The recently-deceased are Sidney Earl Gates, 26, and Dashawn Jermell Martin, 21, both of Fort Wayne.
It might interest you all to know that if you check my archives from back on 21 JUNE this year, you will find a link to a story about another shooting...of Sidney Gates, who had been just released from prison 3 days prior to THAT shooting (in the back, no less...musta been running away).
So, you see that thugs like this keep coming back like bad pennies, until someone gets it right and offs them permanently.
The woman was wounded in her had when an errant round tore through HER apartment wall, striking her. Her name has not been released yet.
The two D/Bs were obviously into hard drugs, as was the situation when police entered the apartment and found a LARGE quantity of "street pharms"..
Naturally, they BOTH have RAP SHEETS, and since you asked, here they are:
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SIDNEY EARL GATES (black male, 6'0" 175lbs)
02D04-0506-CM-004223  Gates, Sidney E 06/14/2005
Allen Superior Court 6 CM - Criminal Misdemeanor
Decided NEVER RECEIVE LICENSE
FALSE & FICTITIOUS REG'N 
02D04-0507-MC-001417  Gates, Sidney 07/28/2005
Allen Superior Court 6 MC - Miscellaneous Criminal
Decided P.C. RESIDENTIAL ENTRY
P.C. INTIMIDATION
DOMESTIC BATTERY
DOMESTIC BATTERY
INTERFER W/REPORTING CRIME
BATTERY (B) 
02D04-0508-CM-005544  Gates, Sidney E 08/02/2005
Allen Superior Court 5 CM - Criminal Misdemeanor
Decided DOMESTIC BATTERY
INTERFER W/REPORTING CRIME
BATTERY (B) 
02D04-0508-MC-001622  Gates, Sidney E 08/25/2005
Allen Superior Court 4 MC - Miscellaneous Criminal
Decided P.C. ARMED ROBBERY 
02D04-0508-FB-000125  Gates, Sidney E 08/30/2005
Allen Superior Court 5 FB - Class B Felony
Decided ROBBERY 
02D04-0509-MC-001728  Gates, Sidney E 09/09/2005
Allen Superior Court 5 MC - Miscellaneous Criminal
Decided P.C. REC STOLEN PROPERTY
P.C. CARRY HDGUN W/O PRMT
POSSESSION OF MARIJUANA
RESISTING LAW ENFORCEMENT
P.C. REC STOLEN AUTO PART
POSS FIREARM/DOMESTIC BATT
UNAUTH ENTRY OF MOTOR VEH
CARRYING HANDGUN W/O LICENSE 
02D04-0509-FD-000628  Gates, Sidney E 09/14/2005
Allen Superior Court 6 FD - Class D Felony
Decided RECEIVING STOLEN PARTS
POSSESSION OF MARIJUANA HASH OIL OR HASHISH
CARRYING HANDGUN WITHOUT A LICENSE
POSSESSION OF FIREARM BY DOMESTIC BATTERER
RESISTING LAW ENFORCEMENT 
D.O.D. - 31 Jul 2013
====ADDRESS===========
4925 Holton Ave
Fort Wayne, IN 46806
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DASHAWN JERMELL MARTIN, 21(black male, 5'9", 165 lbs)
02D04-1003-MC-000588 567362
567362 Martin, Dashawn J 03/22/2010
Allen Superior Court 5 MC - Miscellaneous Criminal
Decided P.C. POSSESSION OF COCAINE
MINOR CONSUMING ALCOHOL
NEVER RECEIVE LICENSE
UNREASONABLE SPEED
DISREGARDING AUTOM SIGNAL 
02D04-1007-FD-000710 35-48-4-6 Martin, Dashawn 07/21/2010
Allen Superior Court 4 FD - Class D Felony
Decided POSSESSION OF COCAINE OR NARCOTIC DRUG
9-24-18-1/MC: Operating a Motor Vehicle Without Ever Receiving a License
POSSESS, CONSUMP OR TRANSPORT OF ALCOH BY MINOR 
02D05-1010-CM-006266 NA
NA MARTIN, DASHAWN J 10/12/2010
Allen Superior Court 5 CM - Criminal Misdemeanor
Decided 35-48-4-11(1)/MA: Possession Marijuana/Hash Oil/Hashish - Possession
35-44-2-2(d)(1)/MB: False Informing 
02D05-1104-CM-002115 NA MARTIN, DASHAWN J 04/11/2011
Allen Superior Court 5 CM - Criminal Misdemeanor
Decided 35-44-3-3(a)(3)/MA: Resisting Law Enforcement
D.O.D. 31 Jul 2013 
=====ADDRESSES==========
9322 MORNING LIGHT TRL 
FORT WAYNE, IN 46806
4509 Spatz Ave.
Fort Wayne, IN 46806
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As you can plainly see, neither of them lived at Brookmill, yet, BOTH of them were "upstanding" men in their community...until they fell DOWN dead.
Then they were no longer standing UP.
But now, they can take up gardening...as in pushing up daisies.
Best thing they could do for this city...good riddance to bad rubbish.
Moving on..(thankfully)
*** Wifey made good getting rid of those old books...she actually wound up at HALF PRICE BOOKS and netted about $12...not bad for several boxes of books. Like I said, it's not about money...better to pass them on to someone who might find them enjoyable.
But, Wifey almost got nailed by some asshole driver that obviously has NEVER been familiarized with that law of PHYSICS that states that "no two things can occupy the SAME space at the SAME time". Fortunately, both she and the car came through fine, with just a bit of frazzled nerves.
I knew there was a reason I was NOT supposed to go yesterday with the lovely Mrs. Bobby G....
I would have stopped the damn car, got the hell out and read that other driver the riot act.
It's not really "road rage" with me...more like a (very loud and highly profane) PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT....for safe driving! Happy Motoring!
*** The Fort Wayne Childrens Zoo has lost "Juan".
Their 15 year old bobcat has gone to that great childrens zoo in the sky.
Juan and Evita
Here's the story link:
http://www.journalgazette.net/article/20130802/LOCAL/308029966
I always hate to see "anyone" named BOB pass on...wonder why?
Anyway, Juan's littermate, Evita passed away last year, and considering their age and captivity, both of the bobcats did alright in their lives.
Both of our domestic cats are around 17 years old, also litter-mates, and you can tell they're slowing down a lot.
The knowledge that both of them might not be around that much longer weighs more heavily than it has in the past.
After that many years, it IS like losing a member of the family, and that you never quite get over...just come to accept.
Juan and Evita both came to the Ft.Wayne zoo back in 1997, after their birth in Evansville.
Zoo spokespeople state that both the zoo staff AND zoo fans get attached to the animals there, and it's hard to see them go.
Our zoo now has NO bobcats, but I'm sure that will change in the near future.
And when our time comes to bid farewell to OUR "kids", we'll probably adopt another cat or two...perhaps a dog.
Personally, I'd love to have an ex-police shepherd...all black.
Seems the line only gets LONGER across the "Rainbow Bridge".
Here's a link to that poem:
http://www.petloss.com/rainbowbridge.htm
Now that's something to look forward to...
*** Lastly today, come hell or high water (or even city shootings), I AM going to post some pictures around our "Fortress" featuring our ever-growing "extended family" of critters.
(and no two-footers allowed...LOL).
That's a hummingbird moth.
Our cardinal keep us "saintly"
We're never at a loss for something going on at the "all-you-can-peck" patio buffet.
Mrs. cardinal stops by often before sunrise.
Or at one of our numerous plants and shrubs...
A Tiger Swallowtail on the butterfly bush.
This is a red-spotted purple.
It's the small things like these you come to enjoy...and actually look FORWARD to.
Not a monarch - it's a viceroy
It sure helps chase away the angst.
That dark smudge IS a hummingbird.
It soothes the soul, calms the nerves, and lowers the blood pressure.
We even have beefsteak tomatoes...sorta
And God knows I can use as much of that as I can find around here...LOL!
Do have yourselves a fantastic weekend.
Be well, make a difference to someone today, and as always...
Stay SAFE out there, America.