Boo!


Happy Halloween Everyone!!

Answer to "what am I"?

Yep!

My car.

My car abruptly left me.

Needed a battery.

Never knew a battery would just QUIT.

It did.

I had no tools, no options.

I bought the tools, the battery and a Snickers bar and change it myself.

I could have waited for a tow truck, but lord only knows what "wrench" that would bring.

I wasn't happy.

I was quite the "wrench" to say the least.

However, $70 and 20 minutes later I was back on my way and we all know that if I were to be waiting for a tow truck, mechanic etc, I may still be waiting.

So inspite of what some may think.... there are other things out there that can be just as necessary.

"Wrench"

Well this is going to be pretty much a riddle to most but I have to start somewhere.

Have you ever been called a “wrench”?

Ever had to “wrench”, having no idea what to do but you attempted it anyway.

“Wrenching” because there wasn’t any other solution.

Well Saturday I encountered the masses of the above.

Left Stranded Holding a cell phone and credit card.

The thing that I relied on and cared for every day-for a while, left me.

Just abruptly left me.

Faced with nothing except the real honest to goodness truth.

I turned into a “wrench”.

I had to. I had no choice.

I had to be the “wrench” because there wasn’t options.

Maybe there was an option but I didn’t know how long I would have to wait-didn’t know what I would be waiting for-could have ended up being nothing more than another “wrench” in the gear.

So

I threw on the tool belt

Dug in my heels

And “wrenched” on it.

What am I?

Free the Big Dog

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Duane 'Dog' Chapman arrested in Hawaii Thursday, September 14th, 2006 Honolulu

Dog, Leland and Tim were taken into custody by U.S. Marshals early Thursday, September 14 in connection with charges stemming from their 2003 arrest of convicted serial rapist, Andrew Luster.

Andrew Luster, the famed heir to the Max Factor cosmetics fortune, was convicted of drugging and raping three women over a four year span. During his trial in 2003, Luster fled the country to Mexico.

In June 2003, Dog and his team tracked the fugitive Luster in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, where he was living under an alias, and arrested him.As bounty hunting is illegal in Mexico, Dog, Tim and Leland were arrested by the Mexican authorities and Luster was handed over to the United States government by the Mexicans. He was subsequently found guilty and is currently serving a 124 year prison sentence. Bounty hunting is illegal in Mexico, and Dog, Tim and Leland were arrested by the Mexican authorities. After being released on bail, Dog, his family and team, returned to Hawaii and to their lives as bounty hunters.

Update, Friday, September 15th, 2006

Dog, Leland and Tim were all released on bail on Friday, September 15th, 2006, as the judge concluded they are not flight risks. While out on bail, they will be required to remain in the state and wear electronic monitoring devices until they return to court for extradition hearings to face trial in Mexico. No date has been set for those hearings.

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The "beach" season here in Michigan has concluded.

I am almost completely devastated.

As an avid Nitrox SCUBA diver, sun goddess and groupie of the nearest bar bq I shall now seek out antidepressants from the lack of sunshine which the next 2 seasons seem to disregard without a second thought.

This summer has been very eventful all in all though I don't feel I enjoyed the out of doors as much as I could have for some reason.

I truly believe some where in past time, my spirit or soul or whatever you want to call it, was either some kind of underwater life form or an Island Girl as the Summer weather makes me feel so overwhelmingly fantastic.

Within the water I feel complete solitude, peace and comfort beyond definition. I don’t need to be a hundred feet below the surface to feel these feelings, it could be as little as 10 feet with the sun glistening through the water, the sunlight that ripples along the sandy bottom beneath the surface and the bubbles that shimmer like flawless diamonds as they ascend to the surface. Oh these things are priceless.

No children neither splashing around in the water nor building sand castles or chasing each other around barefoot in the warm sand.

It saddens me to see the BEACH CLOSED signs and people walking the beach fully clothed wearing parkas and jeans. I feel I was robbed in a way, working 60 hour weeks and not being able to get to one of the places I love the most more than I did.

As this season ends and Fall and Winter are around the corner I can not help to think what these seasons may bring. Things are changing, the leaves are turning colors, and the weather is getting cooler and pretty soon there will be a different glistening possibly through snow cover trees or lights shimmering on Christmas trees.

These too are the things which bring solitude.