I saw it all
28 Jul 2007 Leave a Comment
in News
Around noon today, I was trying to pick something to watch. So I was flipping back and forth between several channels, and they all seemed to be showing yet another police pursuit. A young guy was driving a large truck very slowly through a residential area and the police were right behind him. I decided that I would watch whichever channel was not showing the chase, because I am opposed to the live airing of police pursuits. I was still channel hopping when the crash occurred.
I saw/heard every part of the tragic event that was broadcast. I kept shaking my head in disbelief because the accident involved two veteran helicopter pilots, and I couldn’t believe that there could be a fatal crash in broad daylight with no wind or inclement weather.
I am saddened that they died over such a senseless, waste of time non-story that wouldn’t have even been remembered if not for the crash. The men on the helicopters were all fine journalists and reporters, some of them having risked their lives before in order to help during other search and rescues in the past. How tragic that they all died for the insignificant story that played out below them.
The crash was caused by human error, a mistake that could’ve happened if they all were covering a local golf tournament. I don’t fault the pilots and I hope that no one starts blaming one or the other of them. Errors happen, it’s part of life, and sadly, also part of death.
Bad Bank Flashback
27 Jul 2007 Leave a Comment
in General
I love my current bank, but I haven’t always had a pleasant ‘relationship’ with financial institutions. As a matter of fact, my former bank seemed to cause me nothing but problems. For example, one time I made a deposit in person at one of their local branches and went merrily on my way. Knowing there was money in my bank, I went shopping with my debit card in hand. Even though I had put enough money in the bank, they said my account was overdrawn and wanted to charge me for this. Turned out that the teller I dealt with made an error, but it was still a big pain in the neck and getting a bank charges refund was an uphill battle that I finally won.
My family and I now have our current accounts at another bank, and we’re all very pleased with the service. It makes it a lot easier for my kids and I to do our banking at the same place, and this bank is a lot more careful, especially when it comes to charging fees that are not our fault. Now that I’ve made the switch to a better bank, none of us have to worry about bank charges that we didn’t incur.
Smoke Dope? Are you CRAZY?
27 Jul 2007 Leave a Comment
in Health
A recent study shows that smoking just one joint could greatly increase the risk of serious mental illness by as much as 40 percent. Fwiw, I don’t drink or smoke dope, but I’ve never really concerned myself with the topic and feel totally apathetic about people that do choose to smoke it, unless it was to address the issue of those who drive while impaired. I’ve never thought it was a good idea to decriminalize pot, only because I’m not sure if it’s a gateway drug or not and I’ve always felt that more definitive research needed to be done by both sides.
However, if its true that pot can increase the risk of schizophrenia, then I think we, as a socieity should take a long hard look at the situation. I’m not foolish enough to think that everyone that smokes dope is going to have a mental illness, but then again, I don’t know how anyone on the planet could ever predict whether or not marijuana could seriously affect any particular person.
Sad doesn’t even begin to describe it
27 Jul 2007 Leave a Comment
in Arizona News
By now, I’m sure that the entire world has heard about the two helicopters that crashed over a Phoenix park earlier today. I saw it all unfold live on the news, and I have a few things to say about it. Right now, I’ve got a couple of other posts I plan on writing about first. I’ll probably get my thoughts together and write about it later tonight.
“America’s Got Talent” Can’t Hold a Candle to….
26 Jul 2007 Leave a Comment
in Links I Love
I found this amazing video of Japanese Human Art on youtube recently. It’s best if you’re not too close to your monitor. As a matter of fact, it looks downright amazing as long as you lean back just a bit. I could never come up with something this creative. Even if I could envision something like this, the execution on this is amazing. I guess that’s why I admire these performers so much:
Pope says only Catholics are Christians
26 Jul 2007 Leave a Comment
in Christianity
Well, I have to say I disagree with him on this, but then again, the Pope doesn’t agree with a lot of my Protestant opinions, lol. However, I do have to say that I admire anyone that stands up for their religious beliefs and I personally don’t have a lot of patience for moral relativism.
I also admire the Mormons for taking a stand on their beliefs and not wavering. I don’t agree with them either, but I have a great respect for the fact that you can know exactly where they stand and that they’re not afraid to say that they think they’re right and other groups are wrong.
As long as everyone disagrees in a respectful manner, then I think we all benefit. We should all be able to respect someone without having to feel compelled to agree with everything they say. If we all try to say that everyone is right and no one is wrong, then we all turn into a homogenized group of sameness. How boring is that?
Life with the PS3
25 Jul 2007 Leave a Comment
in Family
My son was playing one of the video games. It looked interesting, but I figured that by the time he explained it to me, the charge in the controller would be gone. I hadn’t played a video game on the PS3 for eons, so I tried my hand at Motor Storm again.
I like Motor Storm, but I’m not very good at it. Heck, I’m not very good at most video games, but I enjoy them just the same, lol. However, I’m proud to announce a new personal record:
While playing Motor Storm, I almost nearly didn’t come in last place. That’s right, I was in next to last place for most of the game but then someone sneaked by me right at the finish line.
At this rate, I’ll master the game sometime early in the next decade.
