tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-54900982011-07-07T19:36:30.110-04:00MikesThoughtsA daily log of thougths and dealing with life.Michael Adkinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07572268214090284278noreply@blogger.comBlogger481100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5490098.post-32684957655682292542009-10-25T06:43:00.003-04:002009-10-25T06:53:40.377-04:00Feeling the need to write again. Each time I slow down a bit in my incredibly busy life I want to reflect and take a breath. I have been reading Joe Mcnally's blog and thinking not only is this man a killer photographer but also a master writer. "I am not worthy, master!" I am in the land of pink houses and palm trees this week. Just returned from the airport where I took my good friend to Michael Adkinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07572268214090284278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5490098.post-67796437905722878462009-10-01T22:49:00.002-04:002009-10-01T22:59:42.438-04:00So much going on in my life do not know where to start. I have come to the realization that life is full of stages. As much as we resist we change. Things that were so important to us become a past chapter in our life. We turn the page and start moving through the next chapter without giving the past chapters a second thought. At my age I realize that health is high on my list. Every day Michael Adkinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07572268214090284278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5490098.post-61192785016507628772009-06-23T09:50:00.002-04:002009-06-23T10:03:14.931-04:00Vanessa and Papaw Big Adventure (New York and Washington DC)Vanessa, still asleep and it is 10:00am but I am going to let her sleep in. We arrived in Washington DC last night on Amtrack about 9:00pm and took the metro from the train station over to Alexandra VA. We took the (Blue Line), not the Red line but it could have just as easily been us in the big commuter crash in Washington. Life is Michael Adkinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07572268214090284278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5490098.post-31466960712099704812009-06-18T23:06:00.003-04:002009-06-18T23:50:17.676-04:00 Sometimes things go as expected but if they do not then things get really interesting. My new friend and great photographer Mark Velasquez visited with me on his tour of America. This was set up months ago and I was so surprised and pleased that he decided to take me up on my offer to visit me in West Virginia. One of our stops was to my cabin in Canaan Valley. The shot above was one of our Michael Adkinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07572268214090284278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5490098.post-69710086068370178882007-12-18T23:43:00.000-05:002007-12-18T23:55:40.427-05:00Local Muti-screen theaters bites the dust.Many years ago I went on a regular basis to Carmike Cinema Theaters at the Huntington Mall in Barboursville West Virginia. Since I lived close by it was just the thing to do. But I always missed the old theaters down town. There was something about the charm and the smells and it just seemed more like a movie theater to me. Also maybe because I use toMichael Adkinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07572268214090284278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5490098.post-18354857165377005362007-12-15T23:53:00.000-05:002007-12-16T01:02:58.555-05:00So Lets Do the Movie Numbers....Warning, this is another one of my rants so read on if you dare.Tonight I took the very rare opportunity to take in a movie. I say rare since over the past year family obligations have left little time for such activities. But I was in the mood and decided to go see Will Smith in "I am Legend" First let me say that the movie was not bad and the effects were niceMichael Adkinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07572268214090284278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5490098.post-18854884623360044442007-12-10T10:38:00.000-05:002007-12-10T11:08:36.824-05:00Christmas Looms around the corner like a dark dragon. Its that special season again were everything seems to hit a once. It is no wonder that the suicide rate is the highest during the Christmas Season. It is the time of the year when the Cold and Flu Virus are at there peak. When the sun has reached it soltrus and is the lowest on the horizon and you come to work and drive home in the dark. Michael Adkinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07572268214090284278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5490098.post-27907385414850297242007-12-07T10:42:00.000-05:002007-12-07T10:54:25.362-05:00Christmas Photo Club BanquetLast night was a big night for me. I was officially sworn in as President of the Ohio Valley Camera Club. This is a real honor since this coming year the club turns 50 years old. The banquet went over great with the membership and was held at Twin Silos Golf Club. The dinner was Prime Rib, Vegetable Melody, Corn, Baked Potato, Assorted Deserts, and Tea and Coffee. The Michael Adkinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07572268214090284278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5490098.post-156772738498585222007-12-03T13:36:00.000-05:002007-12-03T14:57:46.594-05:00Women - Trying to figure them out.You would think at my age I would have figured out something about why the opposite sex act and do what they do. So here are some generalized observations for consideration.Most women that are on On-Line dating all say the same thing. "I am looking for a man who would be good to me, treat me like a lady, and be faithful and a loving partner." They all go on to Michael Adkinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07572268214090284278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5490098.post-58065949659023221812007-07-08T09:37:00.000-04:002007-07-08T10:34:36.674-04:00Life's a journey...It has been over a year since my last post and I have felt compelled to start posting some of my thoughts again. In some ways this is good therapy. This post is an attempt to catch up on my life's events over the past year and to try to assure myself that my decisions to take a path makes some since.There is three large events that have influence, molded, and changed my life Michael Adkinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07572268214090284278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5490098.post-1144083083559494652006-04-03T12:35:00.000-04:002006-04-03T12:55:01.213-04:00Still Stuck on this planet. Rescue ship not due for another six months.Ok, it has been a very long time since I updated my blog and so much has happened I do not know were to start. First the new house is almost complete and I am living in it. It has been a tremendous amount of work. I can see why building your one home can cause marriages to break up, people to go bankrupt, and others find tall Michael Adkinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07572268214090284278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5490098.post-1103120060700826062004-12-15T09:00:00.000-05:002004-12-15T09:14:20.700-05:00Return to Wonderland
I have been away for a while and to my loyal Blogger community I say, "Sorry". Here it is almost Christmas time again. The time of year that we spend to much money because we feel pressured into it by the capitalistic society that we live in. The commericals show us that in order to express our true feeling of love for someone we have to spend insane amounts of money Michael Adkinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07572268214090284278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5490098.post-1094578126477013732004-09-07T13:05:00.000-04:002004-09-07T13:28:46.476-04:00LIFE IN WONDERLAND
Some may speculate why I refer to my little part of Planet Earth as Wonderland. The reference it to Alice in Wonderland and how she was amazed by the insanity of what occurred there. In many ways I feel the same way. In my busy life I take times to reflect on what is happening to our world and what is going on around me. My blog is my literary release on my observations for Michael Adkinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07572268214090284278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5490098.post-1093794426639577962004-08-29T11:28:00.000-04:002004-08-29T11:47:06.640-04:00Moring Time In Wonderland.
I just love Sunday Mornings after getting a full eight hours of sleep and starting out slow. A full day of shopping and cleaning the appartment awaits me.
Well I have discovered a wonderful place in Wonderland where others come to meet and it does not require alcohol. My new hangout is Starbucks and my drink is Tazo Chi Tea Latte with low fat milk and two Spendas, Michael Adkinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07572268214090284278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5490098.post-1093459364293046402004-08-25T14:35:00.000-04:002004-08-25T14:42:44.293-04:00Still Alive in Wonderland!
Will I made it through the operation and survived to tell the tale. Here is what happened.
Well I made it to the other side of the surgery. All and all, for me it was not as bad as I had expected. Others who had it done the same day were not as lucky but all of them are doing ok now.
Here is what happened.
7:00am
I arrived at the hospital at 7:00am with my sister andMichael Adkinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07572268214090284278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5490098.post-1086577341066325972004-06-06T22:56:00.000-04:002004-06-06T23:02:21.066-04:00How to build a home in the monsoon season.
Well it has been raining now for almost 2 weeks and more rain in the forecast. I would not normally care but I have footers to poor concrete into and that just does not work in the rain. I am hoping that this Friday is the big day. After the footers are pored then the work can really begin. The masons (Block Layers) and Framers are waiting in the Michael Adkinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07572268214090284278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5490098.post-1082689500173855542004-04-22T23:05:00.000-04:002004-04-22T23:12:33.670-04:00I have survived.
I am back and so much as changed since my last post I do not know where to start. I sold the house in Hurricane and moved to an apartment. I have approval on a loan to start building my new retirement home. I am moving the last things out of the workshop to my brother’s new garage this weekend. God willing and the creek do not rise. My X has moved away to New Orleans where Michael Adkinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07572268214090284278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5490098.post-1067635813750921292003-10-31T16:30:00.000-05:002003-10-31T16:30:12.636-05:00Its the weekend. weeeee!
Well its time for another weekend of projects. But the up side is one day of sleeping in. Lots on the table for this weekend. Hardwood floors to complete in the dining room, windows to install, and finish the walls in the bed room. Also, start work on building the new bed room furniture. No way that it will all be done but here is for trying. But Church on Sunday Michael Adkinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07572268214090284278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5490098.post-1067457434115528942003-10-29T14:57:00.000-05:002003-10-29T14:57:13.593-05:00The countdown begins.
A visit to my attorney to find out that the deposition of my wife is on November 10th and the divorce trial is November 14th. It now appears that I only have 15 days of marriage left. The end of 32 years of trying to hold it together and placing her on a pedestal. 32 years of trust that was shattered with my discovery of the emails and affairs. 32 years of us and we, nowMichael Adkinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07572268214090284278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5490098.post-1067027657732380472003-10-24T16:34:00.000-04:002003-10-24T16:34:16.843-04:00End of another week.
Yes, it is finally Friday and the work week just about to end. I am going to treat myself to a quite dinner and then come back to work three hours of overtime on my servers. Updates and Security Patches seems to be my life lately. A big weekend planned. Saturday I plan to put in a full day working on the Money Pit of a house. On Sunday, the family is planning to come toMichael Adkinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07572268214090284278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5490098.post-1066928599549438572003-10-23T13:03:00.000-04:002003-10-23T13:03:50.243-04:00The Great Migration begins
Well I have been busy getting all my users ready for the Windows 2000 upgrade. My organization is very behind the times with Office XP out for over two years and we are just climbing out of the dark ages of Windows 95. However, I do understand that trying to create a stable environment for 284 thousand workstations is a daunting task. I do not believe that we would Michael Adkinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07572268214090284278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5490098.post-1066838915862013232003-10-22T12:08:00.000-04:002003-10-23T12:55:04.843-04:00Saying goodbye to much lately.
I am starting to feel the impact of saying goodbye to those who I care so much about. With my father passing away in February and finding out that my wife and sole mate for 32 years has found someone else that she wants more than me and now Plain Lane, the blogg that I read every day closing out. Life is getting hard to handle. I know that putting a blogg up Michael Adkinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07572268214090284278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5490098.post-1065453979568355962003-10-06T11:26:00.000-04:002003-10-06T11:26:19.346-04:00Training feeds the mind.
Well I am on my way home from Port Washington NY. Actually, Roselyn NY, home of Bill and Hillary Clinton. The trip so far was quite uneventful. Last night I mustered all my courage and took an adventure into the city. Went to the top of the Empire State Building, had dinner at Time Square and generally walked my legs off. But one general observation was that Michael Adkinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07572268214090284278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5490098.post-1065453167376696932003-10-06T11:12:00.000-04:002003-10-06T11:12:47.340-04:00One the road again.
In my sometimes-warped observations of the world around me, I find that good customer service does exist. I realize in today’s corporate environment of quick profits and the bottom line, customer service is considered an expense instead of an investment in the future. Most companies have forgotten that customer service pays off in customer loyalty and long term customer Michael Adkinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07572268214090284278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5490098.post-1064493939316718602003-09-25T08:45:00.000-04:002003-09-25T08:45:39.023-04:00BLOGGING ON A PDA
This is my first Blog that was totally written on my Sony Clie using the new Sony portable keyboard. The Clie is one of those pieces of technology that still amaze me. As most of you know from reading my blogs, I work in technology and have for most of my life. I am blown away by how technology has changed our lives. Some of the changes are for the good and some not so goodMichael Adkinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07572268214090284278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5490098.post-1063028464909256682003-09-08T09:41:00.000-04:002003-09-10T14:13:09.640-04:00Insurance Companies... You have to hate them.
I am sure in my mind that the terrorists are not in Iraq but are here in the United States running the Insurance Companies. What we need to do is pull our troops back home and surround the Insurance Companies Corporate Headquarters and drag the CEOs and Agents out in the street and arrest them for conspiring to harm Americans.
If you have ever Michael Adkinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07572268214090284278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5490098.post-1062691257515734122003-09-04T12:00:00.000-04:002003-09-04T12:04:24.923-04:00The sun comes out in Wonderland.
With what seems to be days with rain, there is finally a prediction of some fair weather over the next few days in Wonderland. Today I stopped into my breakfast place; you know the one with the big -M-. Well, today just as I made it to the counter, their computer went down and you know, the employees at the Big -M- do not have a backup plan. They simply are outMichael Adkinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07572268214090284278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5490098.post-1062013713770233732003-08-27T15:48:00.000-04:002003-08-27T15:48:33.643-04:00Why does it seem to me that I am the only one who sees the storm on the horizon?
Technology seems to be failing all around me and out of control. Pressure is on for programmers to produce deliverables faster than ever before and with more complex tools. Add the fact that there is no budget for travel or training. Put this with the fact that businesses and government wants to do more with Michael Adkinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07572268214090284278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5490098.post-1061989847315083942003-08-27T09:10:00.000-04:002003-08-27T09:10:47.403-04:00Who is protecting the American People from Big Business?
I never get overdrafts so I had no idea what they charge until today. My bank mistakenly did not post my deposit and I ended up with three overdrafts. They were very nice about it and agreed to remove them. However, I was shocked to see that they charged $29.50 for each one of them. That’s almost $90.00 bucks for three overdrafts that Michael Adkinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07572268214090284278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5490098.post-1061900920784325702003-08-26T08:28:00.000-04:002003-08-26T08:28:40.820-04:00Hatred over rules reason.
Well the vote is in and the union workers said to hell with there jobs they were not going to let the company go on and not support the retirees as well as ask the workers to take cuts while management gets rich. So now, it is up to the bankruptcy judge to rule next week. Everyone now believes that they will lock out the plant and scrap it. 900 good paying jobs leaveMichael Adkinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07572268214090284278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5490098.post-1061831932487021852003-08-25T13:18:00.000-04:002003-08-25T13:27:28.386-04:00The Big Day - Keep it or kill it.
Today’s the day we find out if one of the oldest and largest employers in Wonderland will keep its doors open. Its funny how emotions rule judgment. The union employees vote today to see if they are willing to take the pay cuts and concessions that the company is requesting. The company is in bankruptcy and the court awarded management huge bonuses while theyMichael Adkinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07572268214090284278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5490098.post-1061467176118972882003-08-21T07:59:00.000-04:002003-08-21T08:13:35.246-04:00It's Hot - Hot - Hot.
Today will prove to be another interesting day in Wonderland. Today I have an appointment with my lawyer “The Keeper of the Forms!” I do not know why but I always feel worse after I visit with him and he is my attorney. He just wants me to blood let for my wife and let her have what is left of my dignity. When I say that I was a devoted monogamous husband for 32 years, Michael Adkinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07572268214090284278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5490098.post-1061386815260210012003-08-20T09:40:00.000-04:002003-08-20T09:40:15.190-04:00Changes going on in Wonderland.
I am starting to discover how to make programming changes in my BLOG. I just found out how other bloggers were able to set there blogs so that visitors and readers could leave comments. More to come. Back to ASP programming today. Many Arrays to work on.
Just could not leave without leaving a new observation of the world of Wonderland. I have been watchingMichael Adkinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07572268214090284278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5490098.post-1061215910953304682003-08-18T10:11:00.000-04:002003-08-18T10:11:51.060-04:00Just another day in Wonderland.
Its been a very busy time in wonderland and I have been very negligent from my blog. Time to catch up on things. Today I am going to start looking at new home for my blog or a way that I can have friends leave public and private messages on the blog.
More amazing observations of the degradation of America. It seems that employers are finding out new ways of Michael Adkinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07572268214090284278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5490098.post-1058012515509517692003-07-12T08:21:00.000-04:002003-07-12T08:25:20.896-04:00Alice and the Hatter (Total Rhetoric).
After reading this and you still support the Republicans and President Bush, you need to go see the queen, Alice.
President Bush and the Republicans have proposed a bill that would do away with overtime for over ½ million American workers. If you have any education and you work for a company, you could find that work over 40 hours per week would be Michael Adkinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07572268214090284278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5490098.post-1057862689361837292003-07-10T14:44:00.000-04:002003-07-10T14:44:49.386-04:00Just another day in Wonderland Alice.
WHAT EVERY HAPPENED TO CUSTOMER SERVICE?
I have been negligent in updating my blog so let me catch up. The house closes on the 15th of this month and I will be moving into my first apartment in my adult life. I hate to admit it but it is a little scary. Not that I am afraid of living in an apartment but with all the changes. I spent today contacting Michael Adkinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07572268214090284278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5490098.post-1057235615792614442003-07-03T08:33:00.000-04:002003-07-03T08:33:35.863-04:00Good Morning my Blog. Well its Thursday and for me a Friday before the big long.... holiday weekend. My brother told me of a bumper sticker he seen that said “If you are not enraged, your not paying attention.” So very true! Yesterday with a stroke of a pin, the president wiped out a two billion dollar industry in the United States. Most of us hate telemarketing and getting those calls just Michael Adkinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07572268214090284278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5490098.post-1056977516934873492003-06-30T08:51:00.000-04:002003-06-30T08:51:56.876-04:00Sorry blog, but I missed you on Friday. It was a very busy day of supporting our users and getting a few lines of code in on the latest project. Do not know were to begin. My heart has been heavy lately but I am still striving to stay positive. I feel that it is very important at this time to do the best I can on the basics, i.e. work and my grand daughter. Kind of low lately on the Michael Adkinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07572268214090284278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5490098.post-1056637031333413962003-06-26T10:17:00.000-04:002003-06-26T10:17:11.343-04:00Just another day in wonderland Alice.
Today I get a new programming card for my cpap breathing machine and a note that my prescription had been changed. I thought that was odd since I had not been back to the doctor for almost 2 years. My question was “was the prescription wrong all this time or do they just change the prescription after 2 years.” Well a call to the provider was in order. Michael Adkinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07572268214090284278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5490098.post-1056556159680279432003-06-25T11:49:00.000-04:002003-06-25T11:49:19.720-04:00Well reality started to set in last night when I realized that I will not be living in the home that I have been in for the past ten years. Mixed emotions. I loved the house but it just does not meet my needs now. And with the divorce going on, the house would have to go anyway. The house inspectors and termite inspectors are to look at the house today. I hope that everything turns out fine.Michael Adkinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07572268214090284278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5490098.post-1056458946763015352003-06-24T08:49:00.000-04:002003-06-24T08:49:06.720-04:00Politics --- Over the past few years I have become increasingly interested in Politics and a understanding of the differences between Republicans and Democrats, their agendas and values. I have been so very disappointed in the current administration and the decisions that have affected all of our lives. As a veteran I strongly support our troops and understand that they do the job that is Michael Adkinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07572268214090284278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5490098.post-1056371527681198802003-06-23T08:32:00.000-04:002003-06-23T08:32:07.730-04:00Survived another weekend. Sure glad there are five days in the week to recover before another weekend begins. Worked a total of 24 hours this weekend on the house but finally believe that it is ready for the house inspection. Worked 2 hours overtime at work. Still can not see the value in just 2 hours but that’s part of the game. Wife helped take care of the grandchild this weekend. This Michael Adkinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07572268214090284278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5490098.post-1056196486787154392003-06-21T07:54:00.000-04:002003-06-21T07:54:46.646-04:00Saturday is here at last. Well here at work on a Saturday morning. Hope that the two hours proves to be productive. Got my chess move out of the way and read some Blogs but now to update mine and move onto some JAVA. Time is clicking away and only have a little more than an hour before they release me back into the real world. Find that these blogs are very therapeutic. I forgot to pick upMichael Adkinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07572268214090284278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5490098.post-1056111108760236652003-06-20T08:11:00.000-04:002003-06-20T08:11:48.846-04:00Sold my home yesterday. Got what I wanted for it and netted 81,000.00, to bad I have to give my wife ½ of it in the divorce. But still will be enough with the sale of my dads house to start building my retirement home.
Not a lot going on in the news today. Never seem to hear from the President since no weapons of mass destruction have been found. Kind of hard to go before the American Michael Adkinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07572268214090284278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5490098.post-1056026182195512712003-06-19T08:36:00.000-04:002003-06-20T08:06:23.766-04:00Just another day of amazements. Today I heard Hillary Rodham Clinton interview on NPR "National Public Radio" She stated that when her husband was president that he was getting the same type of reports about IRAQ and weapons of mass destruction as the Bush administration got. The difference is the Democrats did not go to the extent of a preemptive strike against another country. War is an Michael Adkinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07572268214090284278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5490098.post-1055952345576615382003-06-18T12:05:00.000-04:002003-06-18T12:05:45.560-04:00Frustration – I purchased and paid full price for a Disney DVD movie for my grand-daughter. We had to set through 15 minutes of promos and ads before the movie started. There was no way to skip forward to the start of the movie. Come on, if we have to watch the ads then make the DVDs free. No wonder people copy DVDs. The businesses are there own worse enemy. I would have loved to have beenMichael Adkinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07572268214090284278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5490098.post-1055950702149941862003-06-18T11:38:00.000-04:002003-06-18T12:00:05.180-04:00Constant Amazement - I read in Men’s Health Magazine that an American Soldier was captured in Afghanistan and was held for six months in captivity till he was finally freed. When he returned to the United States he was arrested for not paying child support during the six months in captivity. The judge told him he was sorry but the law was clear and sentenced him to six months in jail. "Have we Michael Adkinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07572268214090284278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5490098.post-105594055629301702003-06-18T08:49:00.000-04:002003-06-18T08:49:16.156-04:00Good morning cyber community. This is my personal diary of daily thoughts, insperations, troubles, and amazements. Michael Adkinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07572268214090284278noreply@blogger.com