A Real Unicorn!

According to a story on Yahoo.com a deer with a single horn in the center of its head has been seen in a nature preserve in Italy.

Gilberto Tozzi, the director of the Center of Natural Sciences in Prato said "This is fantasy becoming reality. The unicorn has always been a mythological animal." The 1-year-old Roe Deer has been named Unicorn and was born in captivity in the research center's park in the Tuscan town of Prato, near Florence.

Tozzi said such anomalies among deer may have inspired the myth of the unicorn. The unicorn, is described as a horse-like creature with magical healing powers, and has appeared in legends and stories throughout history, from ancient and medieval texts to the adventures of Harry Potter.

For more on this story visit http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080611/ap_on_fe_st/italy_unicorn.

Long Time No Blogg.

It seems like forever since I've posted anything on here and believe me I've heard about it. It seems like it gets harder and harder to find the time to do those things we enjoy in life anymore. You work all day to make sure that the bills are paid, you have gas for the car (so that you can get back to work the rest of the week) and that all things are taken care of. At the end of the day you're so exhausted that you don't even feel like doing the things that you once enjoyed in life.

I always loved to write short stories, poetry and other things. I loved art. I drew and painted all the time. There were times that I would work for weeks on one canvas just trying to make it the best thing that I could. Now days it's like I don't have time for an artistic thought to enter my head at the end of the day little long try to sketch it out, ink it and then paint it. So I don't do much art. I fall asleep more than anything when trying to write.

Blogging was once a great thing that I try to do every day but now it's like everything else that I have loved. It's got to the point of having to make time in an endless aray of things to do to do those things which can give us the simple piece of sanity that we all used to have. Sometimes you just have to disconnect yourself from the crazy world of insanity that we live in and try to put in perspective the things around you those things which make you the happiest.

So here I am with a seemingly meaningless blog that probably makes no sense to anyone but me at this time but I hope you all understand at lest a little where I am coming from. I have not abandoned those things which always brought me pleasure, happiness and a sense of calm but they have however got placed on the back burner until times when I lose my mind and need a way to relax.

Reasons Why I Relay!

Despite my four years of participating in the Relay for Lfe there is always the question of why I partcipate in the Relay every year. Well over the next week or so (you know how it gets sometimes) I'm going to be posting pictures and the purpose as to why I relay every year. This is the first reason why I relay. One of the best friends I could have ever asked God to have brought into my life. Christopher Newsome was one of my best friends and I always looked up to him.

It didn't mater if the group was hanging out on Saturdays playing Dungeons & Dragons or if our strange group of friends were stuck on the side of the road on the night of Junior Prom waiting for a car that functions since the one they had tore up, Chris always made all his friends feel welcome in his home, and never made any of us feel as though we didn't belong.
Chris had bone cancer and was misdiagnosed I don't know how many times before the cancer broke through the bone in his arm. It was a shock to all of us who loved him and hard to understand.

Chris was supposed to be the best man in my wedding but was unable to even attend the ceremony because of the cancer treatment. We lost a gret friend in April of 2005 andMay 2005 was my very first Relay for Life and I have had a team every year since. I guess it's my way of keeping the memories of those I love alive and a way of trying to help out.

Feng Shui MacDonald's

Feng Shui is an ancient Chinese practice of positioning objects in harmony with five elements wood, fire, earth, water, metal in order to increase the flow of chi, or energy. Commonly used as a relaxation technique for many people. You may be wondering what this has to do with Happy Meals and Ronald McDonald...well, I'm not entirely sure but it has happened.

A McDonald's restaurant in California has become the first in the nation to undergo a Feng Shui makeover. The only familiar McDonald's object reportedly is the golden arches that every child recognizes. According to www.rawstory.com the resteraunt in California has "wood ceiling, silver-coated chairs, plus red accents throughout the dining area to symbolize fire and "good luck, laughter and prosperity...textured walls patterned after ocean waves symbolize "life and relaxation."

According to www.rawstroy.com , Mark Brownstein, one of three owners of the restaurant: "chose the feng shui makeover because the restaurant is located near a renowned Buddhist temple, which is considered good luck. The designs were meant to appeal to the area's growing Asian population, but were also done in a way that would help all customers tap their inner Zen."

For more on this check out this link: http://www.rawstory.com

Happy New Year!

Happy New Year from my world to yours. I hope everyone has a great new year and hope we can all stick to our New Years Resoluations. Here's to a wonderful time and have a great time!

Inmate suing the Utah Department of Corrections claiming they were denying him his right to practice an ancient Nordic religion while in jail.

According to a story on http://www.news.yahoo.com/ an inmate serving time for aggravated assault and robbery is suing the Utah Department of Corrections saying that he is being denied of religious items which are required for him to practice the ancient Nordic religion of Asatru.

According to the article: "he has been a member of the Asatru faith since 2005, and in order to properly practice it he needs items including: a Thor's Hammer, a prayer cloth, a Mead Horn used for drinking Wassail, a drum made of wood and boar skin, a rune staff and a sword.

Trial delayed due to the LSU-Ohio State Game.

According to a news story on www.news.yahoo.com a state judge has agreed to postpone a trial which was originally scheduled to begin on the same day LSU plays Ohio State in the BCS national championship game.

Attorney for the Defendant as well as the Plaintiff's Attorney in the case had tickets to the games and reached an agreement according to the news story regarding the delaying of the trial pending the Judge's acceptance of the Motion filed on behalf of the Defense.

Attorney for the Defendant states as follows in his written request for a new trial date: "All counsel to this matter unequivocally agree that the presence of LSU in the aforementioned contest of pigskin skill unquestionably constitutes good grounds therefor," Babcock wrote. "In fact we have been unable through much imagination and hypothetical scenarios to think of a better reason."

West Baton Rouge Parish District Judge Alvin Batiste, agreed to postpone the trial but he didn't immediately set a new date for the trial to take place.

He Wants Heat, She Was Packing Heat!

In Washington Township, Michigan Joseph Grucz a 65 year old man and his 61 year old wife Cheryl Grucz were having an argument regarding the heat of their home. He had asked his wife to turn up the heat in their home and she in turn pull out a gun and shot thier flat-screen TV.

According to the Detroit Free Press Cheryl Grucz fired a shot while her husband was hiding his head in a pillow. The shot strck their plasma TV after which Cheryl Grucz went upstairs. Mrs. Grucz picked up the other telephone extention and was telling the 911 operator her side of the story as well as arguing with her husband while on the telephone.

Cheryl Grucz was charged with assault with the intent to do great bodily harm. That charge alone could carry a charge of 10 years in prison. She also faces a felony firearms charge; however, Mrs. Grucz was freed on $50,000 bond and a preliminary examination January 15, 2008.

For more on this one go to www.news.yahoo.com

Administrative Law Judge Sides with Man Who Was Fired for Posting Dilbert Comic Strip

According to the news story on www.news.yahoo.com David Steward of Des Moines, Iowa was fired from his job at the Catfish Bend Casino in Burlington after posting a comic strip on the office bulletin board from the Dilbert Comic series.

Mr. Steward was fired from his position with the Casino as a result of mangement finding the comic to be "very offensive" and as a result he petitioned for unemployment benefits which were denied by his former employer and resulted in the lawsuit presided over by the Honorable Administrative Law Judge Lynette Donner.

According to the news article the exchange in the comic was as follows:

"Why does it seem as if most of the decisions in my workplace are made by drunken lemurs?"
"Decisions are made by people who have time, not people who have talent."
"Why are talented people so busy?"
"They're fixing the problems made by people who have time."

Hon. Donner ruled that posting the comic did not represent intentional misbehavior but however did represent "a good-faith error in judgment."

For more on this article chek out www.news.yahoo.com

Recall of Metromint water sold online

According to the San Francisco Chronicle, Soma Beverage Company issued a voluntary recall Wednesday of its mint-flavored water because of possible contamination after an isolated case of Bacillus cereus contamination was found in a water sample that was bottled a year ago at a Southern California plant.

Bacillus cereus contamination as stated in the article "can cause food poisoning, with symptoms including nausea and diarrhea."

"The recall involves water with a "Best before 2006/12/21" date printed on the shoulder of the bottle and the lettering "KSA" in a rectangle located on the lower-right corner of the back panel of the label."

According to the article the bottled water that is in question was only sold over the internet. For more on this story go to: http://www.sfgate.com

Modern Toilet Diner

Yes that is Ice-cream shaped like feces served in miniature toliets. This is the strangest thing that I have seen in a while however not the first time that I have heard of this place.

It's at a resteraunt called Modern Toliet Diner which is located in the Shilin district in Taipei. All 100 seats in the diner are toilet bowls, not chairs. This is one of 12 resteraunts in an island-wide chain with a toilet theme. For more on these type of resteraunts check out Freekboi's Blog post regarding the resteraunts and the food. His post can be found at the following link:

http://freekboi.blogspot.com/2005/05/eat-here.html

Thanksgiving Humor

Here's a little holiday Thanksgiving humor for you all out there in cyber land. I couldn't pass this picture up. Seeing as how many a holiday with the family may leave you feeling like you need prozac to help you through the forced conversation and the fake smiles.

Not every holiday can be a happy one but at least we can try to make the best of the situations if a best of the situation presents itself for enjoyment. There are holidays where you just want to sit and say ok why are we all here anyway. I mean seriously we can't get along wouldn't it be better if we were miles away from one another at this very moment??? LOL I hope everyone has a great Thanksgiving and enjoy the family and friends that drop by to eat your food and clutter your house....I mean drop by for polite conversation and a nice meal.

Art, Stories, Reading and Relaxng

You every notice how time seems to fly by when you are doing something that you enjoy and when you are doing things that don't interest you as much the day just drags by? There are so many things in my life that I used to enjoy doing and I would still enjoy doing them if only I had the time to sit back and relax to do them.

I have loved art since I was old enough to hold a crayon. My father taught me to draw at a young age and I will always share my love of art and drawing with him. That will be a memory I will always treasure throughout my life and art is a great way for me to relax. However, it seems as though I just do not have the time to take out a canvas and paint. I have loved to write poetry and short stories all my life. I am an artist and a writer before anything. Sometimes my writting influences my art and vice versa.

I haven't had a lot of time between work and getting ready to move to do the things that I enjoy but with the coming holiday of Thanksgiving and the short but well needed vacation time for the holiday I am looking forward to kicking back for an hour or two with a good book, sitting down with just my imagination, a pencil and a notebook or blank canvas and getting back to what makes life worth living. You have to enjoy the simple things in life no matter how rare the moment are that you get to enjoy them. Hopefuly I'll be able to do this in the next week and hopefully I'll be in a better frame of mind once I get to relax and enjoy my time to myself and my family.

I hope everyone has a great holiday and I hope you all find time to relax and enjoy yourself over the holiday.

Anime Weekend in Atlanta, GA

Animie Weekend In Atlanta, GA
People cosplay as Inuyasha, Sesshomaru and Kikyou.

Hello all! How is everyone of you doing today. It's been a while again hasn't it. With work and general stuff going on I barely have time to get on here but that should be changing because I have plenty of topics to go through to keep you entertained for a while at lest.

I have a great pen pal who lives in Georgia and he was telling me about this Anime Con that happens down there every year. It's Anime Weekend in Atlanta. Now I have never been to Atlanta, GA but I have been through Georgia on my way to Florida. It's a beautiful state. Here is the link for this years AWA site http://www.awa-con.com/index.php?page=information Now being the big fan of Anime that I have become I found this to be very interesting and love the idea of cosplay and seeing all the different anime that we haven't got into around her as of yet.

I am seriously considering going to the AWA next year and it sounds like so much fun. There are videos on you tube of the AWA if any of you are interested in seeing what it looked like this year. Well that's all for my update today I'll have more coming soon so keep watching this blog for more random stuff! Have a good weekend.

Long Time No Bloggy!!

Well it seems life has a way of stepping in the way of even simple blogging. I have been so busy that I have neglected my blogs and for that I do appologize. LOL I hope you all will forgive me for my laziness in updating but things have been so hectic first with our Relay in May then we had so much going on in June and July and with work and catching up with family and friends things have got a little hectic.

However, now that I'm back in my sanity (yeah right I know that was a funny one) I'll try to keep this thing updated more regularly.

Hope everyone has a great day.

WWE wrestler Benoit murder / suicide

It seems the facts of this situation are getting more and more bizare as new information is discovered and released to the public involving the death of WWE wrestler Chris Benoit, his wife Nancy (Woman) and their 7 year old son Daniel.

www.cnn.com is reporting that only two days before the bodies of the three family members were found in their home Benoit told told co-workers his wife and son had food poisoning and then Benoit called other co-workers and claimed to have missed a flight to a scheduled WWE show in Texas on Saturday. It is believed that his wife Nancy and possibly their son Daniel was already dead by this time. The same co-worker claimed Benoit said "I love you," during the conversation which was completely out of context.

Police are saying that Benoit placed Bibles beside the bodies of his wife and child after he killed them and spent at least one (1) day in the home with the bodies before hanging himself from one of his weight machines in his work out room at the home. There was no suicide note found in the home or anywhere else but there were text messages sent to co-workers from Benoit's cell phone on Sunday. Most of the text message sent from Benoit's cell phone to his co-workers included his address and one said "The dogs are in the enclosed pool area. Garage side door is open." It is apprent that he wanted the bodies of him and his family discovered fairly soon after his own death.

WWE held a 3 hour tribute to the career of Chris Benoit Monday night after canceling their regular edition of Monday Night RAW. However, Benoit had been traded to the ECW brand during last weeks roster draft. The mood was completely different for the ECW show after more information was learned about Benoit's involvment in the death of his family. Aside from an introduction to the show by chairman Vince McMahon, who appeared less sympathetic for Benoit than before, there was no mention of Chris Benoit or what had happened over the weekend. There were no tributes or dedicated matches or anything of the sort and the mood of the night was less somber than the show on Monday had been.

Update on WWE Star Chris Benoit's death

In an update to my earlier post today regarding the murder / suicide involving World Wrestling Entertainment star Chris Benoit, it has been released that Benoit was indeed the killer of his wife Nancy and his 7 year old son Daniel.

Police are saying that Benoit strangled his wife to death and smothered his son to death over the weekend before hanging himself in the weight room of his home Monday. Police are investigating if steroids could have played a factor in the actions of Chris Benoit over the weekend but are not saying much more than that.

For more on this strange story go to:
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/W/WRESTLER_DEAD?SITE=OKTUL&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT

WWE Superstar Chris Benoit Found Dead

As a fan of professional wrestling for the vast majority of my life I find it kind of unsettling watching the wrestlers that I grew up cheering and booing passing on at such young ages. Over the years the likes of Owen Hart, "Flyin'" Brian Pillman, Curt Henning and others have passed away in the professional wrestling world leaving behind great matches and a legend that will one day will be an inspiration to others who desire the business as they once did.

Over the weekend there was yet another unexpected death in the world of professional wrestling. Current World Wrestling Entertainment superstar Chris Benoit was found dead in his home Monday along with his wife Nancy and their 7 year old son Daniel. Benoit was scheduled to participate in the pay-per-view Vengence on Sunday night; however, he left the show 40 minutes into it claiming he had to return home for personal reasons and was expected to return in time for his title match. However, he did not return and was found dead the next day.

The police department is now investigating the scene as a murder-suicide. It is believed that Benoit killed his wife and son over the weekend and then killed himself on Monday after sending "strange" text messages to friends. What could make a man snap in such a fashion as to return home and kill his wife and child before killing himself the following day? After watching Benoit for many years in the professional wrestling business it kind of amazes me to find this information out. I went back and forth in my like and dislike for his character in the wrestling world but the character they portray and the person they are are sometimes rarely similar. For the last few years I have not been a fan of Benoit's character in the ring; however, that does not change the fact that he was a person who was giving his all in the ring and was a very sound technical wrestler, something that you don't see much of in the professional wrestling business anymore.

One has to wonder what it was that sent him over the edge if in fact the scinario that the police department released is accurate. There is nothing 100% known yet. The autopsies on the family are scheduled for latter today and hopefully then more will be known.

For more on this on going story go here:
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/W/WRESTLER_DEAD?SITE=PASUN&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT

"Thomas and Friends" railway toys recalled

Joining the likes of Peter Pan Peanut Butter, various pet foods and now a brand of toothpaste is the children's toy Thomas and Friends. According to Yahoo.com news: More than 1 million of the popular "Thomas & Friends" wooden railway toys made in China are being voluntarily recalled because some may contain lead paint, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission said on Wednesday.

About 1.5 million wooden vehicles, buildings and other train-set parts for young children are being recalled, the CPSC said in a statement. The toys were sold in the United States from January 2005 through June 2007, the statement said. The recall of toys made in China follows a series of health scandals in the United States involving food, drugs and other products imported from China, from poisoned cough syrup to tainted toothpaste and pet food.

"Consumers should take the recalled toys away from young children immediately and contact RC2 Corp. for a replacement toy," the CPSC said.

For more on this story please go to: http://news.yahoo.com/

Colgate warns of fake toothpaste in U.S.

In the wake of the large Pet Food Recall in recent months and the peanut butter recall a few month prior there is yet another product on the American market that could pose potentially harmful effects to those who may use it. According to Yahoo.com news section: Colgate-Palmolive Co. on Thursday warned counterfeit "Colgate" toothpaste that may contain a toxic chemical had been found in discount stores in four U.S. states.

Colgate-Palmolive said it does not use, nor has ever used, diethylene glycol as an ingredient in its toothpaste anywhere in the world. The chemical, also known as DEG and sometimes illegally used as an inexpensive sweetener and thickening agent, is commonly found in solvents and antifreeze.

The counterfeit toothpaste is labeled as being manufactured in South Africa but Colgate-Palmolive said it does not import toothpaste to the United States from South Africa. The packaging also contains several misspellings.

For more on this story visit http://news.yahoo.com