Since everyone is posting clock pictures I thought that I would succomb to peer pressure and do the same:

As you can see by the thermometer it is 40  degrees outside,The streaks that you see in the pictures is snow.

The following picture was taken 15 minutes after the first 2.

One of my favorite sunsets in a long time,taken in my front yard.

Another Razorback is leaving for the NFL before his senior year. http://http://www.4029tv.com/news/22200266/detail.html  A couple of years ago Darren McFadden was picked in the first round (#4) of the NFL draft and headed to the Raiders. A few years before that Ronnie Brewer was drafted for the NBA before his senior year just to give a few examples. In my opinion a person goes to college to be able to get a higher paying job than those who didn’t go and if they are offered a chance to go pro before they get their degree they are fulfilling their ambitions to be able to make the big bucks a year or two early. There are so many factors that can come into play if they stayed in school,they could be injured and never fully recover from it,family emergencies could pull them out of school or they might just have a really sucky last year that would take them out of the running for going pro.After all they made a commitment to their college team,what message does this pass on to the younger generation?

What is your opinion on this? Should college atheletes be eligible to turn pro BEFORE they graduate or should they risk never being able to suit up and play against the big boys by staying in school? If they decide to turn pro early should they be required to finish their degree either through correspondence or through such fine institutions as the University of Pheonix?

A police officer in Ozark Arkansas used a taser on a 10 year old girl. http://www.4029tv.com/news/21638427/detail.html

I personally think that it is apalling that they would use such force on one that young. What are your thoughts?

Update: The officer who tased the girl has been fired for not using the video recording device that is built into the gun.

Since everyone seems to be on a things I have been paid to do kick I thought I would also do one. :

1. Detail vans

2. Make house shutters

3. Work at a gas station fixing tires and pumping gas

4. Make necklaces and bracelets

5. Projectionist at a theater

6. Run a flouroscope checking wheels for defects

7. Chock and chain planes to a flightdeck

8. Ramp agent at airport

9. Run a business

10. Sell mensware at upscale dept store

11. Run shipping recieving for a fortune 500 company

12. Cook at a chinese restaurant

13. Cook at an italian restaurant

14. Cook at a steak house

15. Salomes slave,Herods guard,dove merchant and cross theif at the Great Passion Play

16. Open flea market

17. Tear down small barn

18. Sell papergoods to schools

19. Lawn work

20. Handyman

21. Exterminator

22. Maintenance

23. Sell premium ice cream to stores and restaurants

24. Pick up and drive dairy truck across state

25. Housesit and feed coyote/chow mix dogs for a week.

A lot of the jobs were in my preteen years and a number of them were at the same time. For example 3,4 and 5 was when I was in 7th grade,I would go to school then go to the gas station to work,go home and shower and make the necklaces and bracelets to sell to stores and then go to the theater where I showed the movies.

It is hard to get the full effect of this tree from the distance I had to stand away from it to get it in the shot. The trunk is 16 feet around and a good number of the limbs are as big around as a full grown tree. According to a tree man about 7 or 8 years ago,it is about 300+ years old.

I have no idea how long you will be able to do this since I heard that it has something to do with the way the planets are aligned,whether that is the reason for being able to do it or not I honestly do not know but it is pretty neat. Give it a try.

 Fathers Day was one of my dads favorite holidays,we would fire up the grill and all of his kids that could make it would come to his and moms house to visit and have a good time. Sadly,he passed away 2 years ago on the 25th. Here are some photos of him through the years.

 1959 Mom and Dad with dad holding saintvi,bigsister502 in front of mom and ihaveanalibi in front of dad.

Somewhere around 1965 or so at the summit of Pikes Peak. From left to right,saintvi,ihaveanalibi,yingforyouryang and bigsister502 with dad front and centered.

Family portrait from aprox.1966

1973 in Jackson Mississippi. Nobody can say that he didn’t have class.

2002 with my daughter

2002 with mom

Aprox 2004

2005 his health is failing

2007

I miss you and love you Dad. Happy Fathers Day.