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Share Your Spoon

A holy man was having a conversation with the Lord one day and said, '''Lord, I would like to know what Heaven and Hell are like.'''

The Lord led the holy man to two doors.

He opened one of the doors and the holy man looked in. In the middle of the room was a large round table. In the middle of the table was a large pot of stew, which smelled delicious and made the holy man's mouth water.

The people sitting around the table were thin and sickly. They appeared to be famished. They were holding spoons with very long handles that were strapped to their arms and each found it possible to reach into the pot of stew and take a spoonful. But because the handle was longer than their arms, they could not get the spoons back into their mouths.

The holy man shuddered at the sight of their misery and suffering. The Lord said, "You have seen Hell."

They went to the next room and opened the door. It was exactly the same as the first one. There was the large round table with the large pot of stew which made the holy man's mouth water. The people were equipped with the same long-handled spoons, but here the people were well nourished and plump, laughing and talking. The holy man said, "I don't understand."

It is simple," said the Lord.

"It requires but one skill. You see they have learned to feed each other, while the greedy think only of themselves."

When Jesus died on the cross, he was thinking of you. Its estimated 93% won't forward this. If you are one of the 7% who will, forward this with the title "7%".

I'm in the 7%

Remember that I will always share my spoon with you.

ADHD Awareness

National Attention Deficit Disorder Awareness Day is tomorrow, Sept. 19, 2007, and although I've never been diagnosed as having ADHD I can certainly relate to most of the symptoms so I read a lot of the material. My 9 year old son was diagnosed with ADHD about a year ago & that's how I got started researching information online. At first my main concern was to find ideas to possibly help him but after a little reading I realized I could also benefit from most of the info too.

Here are some of the sources I've found so far:

• ADD / ADHD Blog - Tara McGillicuddy
• The ADD Book Club
• ADD / ADHD Classes
• Living With ADD / ADHD
• Support for ADD / ADHD

Myspace

If you are under 30, or have kids, and want to be kept in the loop on what's going on - or just be able to have a conversation with your kid - I'd recommend getting an account on Myspace. We have 2 computers in the house - one that I use for building web sites for customers & another for the kids & personal stuff. My daughter will sit 20 feet from me on the other computer and ignore me for days as far as verbal conversation, but for an instant response I can send her a message thru Myspace.

The Aliens Have Landed

In Yahoo News yesterday there's a post about some mystery illness after a meteorite crashed in a Peruvian village. No...really....I'm serious...read it for yourself...

Mystery illness strikes after meteorite hits Peruvian village

It's been a while...

There has been SO much happen this year that I don't even know where to start - much less end...

We moved away from "the farm" a couple months ago (finally) and made our new start about a half-hour South of Texarkana in another small town (a friendly one this time). The kids are adjusting well and Jeff & I have grown up a LOT over the past month or so (not by choice...LOL). He's laid up with a broken femur right now & I'm back to making a living doing web sites again.

It's a little odd being back online because for the past 7-8 months I hardly checked my email, much less built a web site or even looked at a line of code. Colton stays by my side almost 24/7 now & wants to learn how to write code (when he's not playing on his PSP or PS2). And Tana stays on the phone or on MySpace.com. She is in the 7th grade this year, and Colton in the 4th - and I'm freaking out (nothing unusual there...) because this all means I'm getting old (or I already am).

More later - old folks go to bed by 9pm (gladly...).