New Year's Eve Edition

     It's New Year's Eve. Not yet entirely sure what I will be doing later. I ave an appointment with the National Guard Recruiter today at 1400. I will be getting a ride to his office from one of his assistants. Today 3's seem to be popping up, so 3 is the theme for the day. As well as 22 or three's happening in three's etc. Tomorrow four would logically be the theme since it comes after four, and four if the last digit of the next (and better) year. I am back on the E-Cig again. Still having some cigarette cravings weirdly enough though. Even though the liquid contains nicotine. Have a safe and Happy New Year! Good luck and don't drive drunk! If you get buzzed, let someone sober drive or call a cab. AAA is also providing free rides home to people who are drunk whether they are a member or not from 6:00 P.M.-6:00 A.M.

News:

* H1N1 and Seasonal Flu On the Spread in the U.S.
   ~Deaths in Texas Have Already Been Reported

Insomnia Is Back...

     Been having trouble with my insomnia again. Just when it seems to have gone away, it comes back. It wouldn't be so bad if I didn't feel sleepy when it was going on. If I was just "awake" then that would be OK. It's the fatigue that sucks.  It throws my whole day off. I think I am finally getting over the gastroenteritis. It's cold and windy outside, so I don't plan to get out much today. It's not good to walk in. Probably risk frost bite. Our weather goes from comfortable warm, to frigid in the blink of an eye. It's weird when the day time is colder than the night.

Food Poisoning and Captain Trips

     I am slowly getting over food poisoning (E. Coli is the culprit I think), and I may have passed a kidney stone. I have been spending a lot of time with friends as I continue to enlarge my social circle. Continuing to drop off job applications. I haven't applied at any medical clinics in awhile. I have applied for several positions at Norman Regional Hospital and will be canvasing some nursing homes on Monday. Typically CNA/MAT jobs are a dime a dozen and a guaranteed position. Let's see if my luck changes with that. Flu season has started and its hitting hard in Oklahoma and Texas. A couple of states have had outbreaks of H1N1, with 80% of flu cases in Texas being the deadly H1N1 strain. And guess what? I didn't sign up for Obamacare. I guess I am screwed? Maybe...

Comet ISON:

Comet ISON was expected to be the "comet of the century". Maybe "comet of the year" at best. It's cameo to our solar system ended on Thanksgiving day when it grazed the sun. Burning up and exploding it disintegrated leaving behind a cloud of vapor and meteors at best. 2013 was a very interesting year for space debris.

News (and links to source sites):

* California Could Face Historical Drought in 2014

* Millions of Americans to Loose Their Unemployment Benefits

* US Jude Uphold NSA Wire Taps as "Legal"

* Did Paul Walker Fake His Own Death?

* Outbreak of Goat Plague in China

* Report on Newton Shootings Offers Little

* No Evidence for Sandyhook Shooting Motive...but Lot's Learned About Gunman

* H1N1 Outbreak in United States

* Is Oklahoma Ready for the Big Quake?

Links:

StateImpact: Issues that Matter

 

 

Post-Christmas

     Had a good Christmas. Yesterday I took a gander at the CNN.com website and noticed a lot of bad things happened over Christmas-worldwide. This has been a terrible year. I have said it many times already, but just a few more days left before 2014 and I expec that to be a better one. The Antichrist didn't rise this year though. Kind of expected him to...

News:

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Kim Jong Un Visits Command of Large Combined Unit 526 of KPA * Kim Jong Un Wants Military Ready for Strike

Ice Storms and Bad Winter Weather...and another earthquake too!

     We have been hit by ice storms. There was a tornado in Kentucky, seven people have died as a result of freak winter weather and their have been floods. Here in Norman we have sustained a lot of tree damage from tree limbs freezing and falling (on cars) and many of the trees are bald as a result. Some areas are without power. The temperature is dangerously cold and today will be the first in a few days that I will get out and get stuff done. I wonder if more bad winter weather is headed this way? It should be warming up. Yesterday we had another earthquake-3.3M. My friend's apartment burned down last night. Such a shame so close to Christmas.

Thinking About Becoming a Citizen Soldier

  
      I plan on joining the Oklahoma Army  National Guard if they will take me. I would like to be a Combat Medic or Chaplain's Assistant if those positions are available to me. I am also using a "vape" to quit smoking. You have seen them around I am sure. People on the bus with them, or out in public even though they are banning them all over the place. Whatever. They help people quit smoking. I am sure Big Tobacco has its hand in the legislation. They don't want competition for their cancer sticks. I say smoke 'em if you got 'em. The smoking lamp is lit...does anyone know what that is from? It is going to be a great Christmas this year mark my words! I send love to you all dear readers. I think of you often. I ma not know your personally (but I would love to! Facebook me!) but I wonder who you are and what your interests are and what you think of what I write. You. The Person reading this right now. Why don't you shoot me off an email or something?

     On Saturday the eigtht earthquake for this month in Texas, shook. There have apparently been an outbreak of earthquakes in Oklahoma and Texas in recent months.

Pray for Japan

  

      I have been doing a lot of meditating and contemplating and getting a lot of writing done. It's all in my journals. Things that I will share on here as time goes on. I needed to hit the mental "reset button" and give my brain a good flush. It worked. Clarity of thought and a little bit of spring cleaning make way for bright new things. It is almost Christmas time and I am in the Holiday spirit. I had to revive that spirit. For awhile the Holidays were kind of a downer for me. But these days they aren't. I love it! I believe in Santa. Not that a literal red fat man lives at the North Pole, but rather that the spirit of Santa is very real. He is timeless and I bet if we found another intelligent civilization out in space-they would have a Santa too!

     Today there was a 5.5M Quake in Japan. Ironic since I had an interesting conversation with a gentleman from the Philippines about Japanese earthquakes. No reports of immediate damage. It seems that 51 of the Sailors who helped in the rescue after the Fukushima incident have come down with various cancers. God bless those men and women. They have gone way above and beyond what they were called to do and have sacrificed so much as a result. And for that we should show appreciation. There has also been an incident where the Chinese Navy blocked the way of a US battleship that was trailing their carrier in the south China sea. While I can understand the Chinese wanting to protect their assets, it is never a smart idea to get in the way of America. Right or wrong, things like that come with a hefty price tag.