Category: Society/Community

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Las Vegas, Fun All Year Round

 It has been many a year since I’ve had the opportunity to take a trip out wet to Las Vegas, the city that never sleeps. It is one place that you can find something to get into no matter what day or time it is, it’s action packed and fun filled 24/7, all year round. I’d like to think that I will be able to go there once again before I get too old to enjoy such fast paced excitement and all that Vegas has to offer with their fun and games for all who come there.

There is nothing in comparison to the much talked about Las Vegas Shows that are abundant in that town, I’ve been to Atlantic City a few times and seen some of their entertainment, which was good, but just not the same. I’ve always wanted to see Cirque du Soleil at Vegas, I’ve seen it on television several times and have always enjoyed it, but to see it  live and on stage must be an experience in it’s self. 

Another show that I’d like to see in Vegas is The Blue Man Group, once again I’ve seen them several times on TV throughout the years, but seeing them live would be an adventure in itself, with all the different high tech devices that are being used these days. The lights and the music and audience participation adds a totally new dimension to their act, I’m sure.

With travel plans being reduced due to the recent economy issues, there are deals a plenty to be found for trips, such as Las Vegas, Nevada. The Internet is the only way to go for an inside view of all that Vegas has to offer. Tickets for their shows go on sale early and using the Internet brings those options right to you, instead of going through a travel agent or other 3rd parties, the Internet can take the middle man right out of the picture, which saves money all the way around.

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A Local Online Yellow Pages

I’ve found a great site that works well in finding local businesses, a local search engine based on any locality information. You can find what ever type of business or service, with accurate driving directions to get you there, along with their hours and contact information as well as reviews and their websites, a virtual online local yellowpages.  Basically a one stop shop for locating local merchants to give your business to. We are finding ourselves in tough times and shopping locally helps keep money in your own home town and community, which is a good plan of action for us to undertake during our economic crisis these days.

At Local.com you can find just about anything you need while given the opportunity to contribute your reviews with others as well. It is always good to hear what others have to say about products and services, especially when you have a good shot at knowing the people that are making the reviews, in and around your own community. I checked out a few local restaurants at Local.com and found comments and reviews from several people that I know from this part of the country and around town, that was pretty cool.

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New Jersey = Liberty & Prosperity

New Jersey seems to be holding it’s own these days, with one of the highest per capital incomes of all the fifty states in the Union, it is well known for their state motto of Liberty & Prosperity. New Jersey also in known for having the highest population density in the U.S. with an average of 1030 people per square mile which turns out is 13 times the national average. All of New Jersey’s counties are classified as metropolitans, the only state able to make that claim, so it is a great place to live, work and prosper.

New Jersey Jobs are plentiful and offer high wages for qualified workers. And being so close to N.Y. and Washington D.C. makes for a great location to raise a family. The garden state is there for the taking, with a lot to offer it’s citizens. I know several people that live there and wouldn’t dream of leaving their home state. I have often visited there and have always enjoyed my time spent there before heading back to the farm.

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Two Good Quotes to Ponder Today

“When Nature has work to be done she creates a genius to do it.”

By Ralph Waldo Emerson

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“Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.”

By Nelson Mandela

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Good Neighbor’s are a Blessing

I hope you are blessed with good neighbors like I am. On the south side of my house lives a single woman who owns her own business and is there almost 7 days a week. And the guy she is dating lives in Indiana, so when she’s not at her business she goes up to Indiana to see him.On the north side of my house lives a single woman who is retired from a government job. Most of her family lives in Kentucky, so she is only home about half the time and the other half she is in Kentucky.

Both neighbors mind their own business but do wave at me if we happen to pass in the road.

Perhaps they take some comfort in the fact that there is almost always at least one person at my house, 24/7, so if there were a disturbance or emergency at any of the three houses, I would be here to get a start on dealing with it and getting in touch with the right people.

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Second City Cop

Cops see the worst of humans every day. From the streets to the courtrooms to the jails, they are surrounded by people behaving badly. It has to wear on you and affect the way you see the world.I think most cops also see the world as strictly black and white. There is almost no grey area in their world. You are either good or bad. You are either right or wrong. You are either guilty or innocent. And honestly, I don’t think they believe many people are innocent – I think they believe everyone is guilty of something and its just a matter of time until they get caught. And some of them will make it up just to get you a ticket or if you piss them off. So when talking to a cop, mind your manners and say very little until you can get a lawyer to sit with you. If you talk to cops without a lawyer you are an idiot and deserve to be thrown in jail to protect the rest of us good citizens from having to suffer having you out on the streets to mess up our lives.

There’s a blog I like that is written by a cop. It is full of sarcasm and barbs and I love to read it, so what’s wrong with me? Anyway, if you have an interest in what a cop sees and thinks, you might want to read Second City Cop.

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A Wake Up Call

I find it very disturbing that there are so many people who have let themselves go and have become grossly over weight. No one can deny the fact that when out in public the amount of people that you come across need to loss weight, and I’m not talking about the folks that could take off 10 or 20 pounds, but more the likes of needing to get rid of 50 to 100 pounds of blubber, ugh….While listening to the local news last night, I heard a new story that tells us that the numbers are in, statistics are now showing that 2/3 of the U.S. population are over weight! That is a ridiculous number and if that isn’t a wake up call, I don’t know what is.

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Facebook, a Social Network

Did you know that changes at Facebook affected all of social networking? The article in the New York Times details the evolution of Facebook by it’s college grad founder, Mark Zuckerberg. Interestingly, he saw a shortcoming and created a way to overcome that. Thus the concept of news feed and Twitter was invented.Read the details of the New York Times article, “Brave New World of Digital Intimacy” by clicking here. It is interesting to realize that we are living in an Internet age while its very history is being made.

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Spring Break is Near

Students these days have so many options for celebrating and partying on their up and coming spring break vacations. With spring right around the corner, plans are now being made by most high school and college kids for this annual event. The Internet has made this process so much easier by providing us with sites that allow you to plan the entire trip online. You can now take care of air fair, car rentals, hotel/motel reservations and numerous spectacular party packages to enjoy all over the U.S. and surrounding areas.

Things have certainly changed since my days of spring break festivities, but most things have changed dramatically, due to the availability of the Internet to the general public to use, for just about anything these days.

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One Hundred Thousand Tons of Trash!

The news is telling us that one hundred thousand tons of trash was left on the grounds after the Presidential Inauguration festivities were over and done with. The is a extremely large number, and it really bothers me that people would have left so much behind for the city to pick up and dispose of. Most of the items where paper related products and could have been recycled, can you imagine how much room  all of that will take up in the landfill? Disturbing news to read, but I’m glad that I wasn’t one of the people responsible to trashing the place that day or responsible for cleaning it up for that matter.