Break In

This guest post from Doris Dillon.

After my neighbor’s home was burglarized, I was incredibly anxious every night when I was going to sleep. I live in a safe area, and am surrounded by neighbors, but I still knew that if it had happened to her it could happen to me too. As a single woman in her twenties living alone, the thought of someone breaking in to my house was bad enough, but the thought of someone doing so while I was asleep was even worse. I stayed awake for nights in a row before I talked to my friend who’d been burglarized. She told me she signed up for a adt security system the day after the break in, and had been sleeping soundly ever since. She said knowing her home was being monitored all night long allowed her to shake off the anxiety and get some rest, and she recommended I give them a call too. I did so the next week and I can honestly say it’s made all the difference for me. I now sleep like I did before the burglary ever happened, and know it’s all because thanks to the peace of mind I have from my security system.

Why Super Tuesday Doesn't Matter to Me

You know, I still consider myself a Republican, and if the right candidate came along, I'd vote for him/her. I don't harbor as much anger toward Obama as some of my conservative counterparts, largely because if you look at his track record, most of what he's done has mimicked George W. Bush's policies, more than the conservatives care to admit. (Not that I always agreed with "dubya", either....)

Anyhow, the problem is, there seems to be no good leader on the playing field--which is basically the same reason why Obama had a wide open field the first time. I don't see anyone on the Republican side I'd care to vote for, much less anyone whom I think could beat Obama.

So concerning all this fuss about Super Tuesday, and who is going to rise to the surface, I have just two words:

So. What?

I probably won't even bother to vote this year. Maybe someone I can believe in will come around in the next four years. Meanwhile, I may just hibernate from politics for awhile.

Coldplay on Letterman

I think this is turning out to be one of my favorite Coldplay songs of all time. Take a listen to them on David Letterman.

SNL, Justin Timberlake as Bon Iver

This is about a week and a half old. But I'm still laughing. Take a look.

Sports Package

Posted by Von Battle

My husband had the direct tv albuquerque site up and was showing me different packages. He was really pushing for the sports channels package. He likes nearly all sports it seems. He wants to be able to watch tennis matches, basketball games, football games and he said he would even like to watch things like diving. I asked him when he would have time for me or anything else! I was just teasing him because I know how much he enjoys sports. He played many of them in school. He was on the football team in high school and played center on the basketball team. He always talks about the year the basketball team won the local district championships. They ended up going to the state competition, but lost in a heartbreaking game. He definitely already talks about sports a majority of the time. He will read articles on different websites to figure out who won what game and what happened in each. I think he would like to watch the games instead. Watching a game and reading about it is a very different experience. His first choice would be going to every game, but since we can’t afford that, I think the sports channel package may be a good idea after all.

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Contribution by Terrance Kirby

We got high speed internet service in Rayville when we bought our new home and moved there recently. Our new town is really small, but my husband and I were ready to move to a slower paced lifestyle. We bought a two story farmhouse that was built in 1912. I have been doing a lot of reading on the internet about historic preservation and how to update our home to keep the structure and integrity true. I have used the satellite internet to order several light fixtures that are true to the time period. They have been rewired to keep up with the current electricity regulations, but they are absolutely beautiful. The glass is all hand blown and they are made of bronze. I ordered the sconces off of Ebay and the chandelier that is in the living room, I ordered from someone that I met on one of the preservation websites. I am going to love fixing up our new home. We just can’t wait until we have some visitors.

frozen internet

Thanks for the guest post by Jo Levy

My internet always freezes and messes up when I need it the most. I swear technology loves to teach you a lesson when you procrastinate. I had a proposal due for work. I finished it pretty early the night before but wanted to leave the proof-reading for the morning. The truth is that I was worn out and wanted to take a break and watch my Sundaynight shows. While I was watching tv, I was also surfing the net. I just shut my laptop ( not shut it down). So when I got up two hours early to finish my work, it was frozen. The internet browser was up and stuck on the website www.AllHomeSecurity.com. I tried everything. It wouldn’t restart or shut off. I couldn’t close the internet browser. While the browser was up, no other applications would pull up. I even tried “control-alt-delete” and I have a mac! So I had to go to work and explain the situation. He laughed and said, “put it off to the last minute?” It was mortifying!