One email could help protect children.

What would you think of a program that would alert you when a sex offender moved into your area? Would there be anyone opposed to this, except for maybe the sex offender himself?

The Department of Law Enforcement in Miami-Dade county in Florida is doing just that. They are contacting people via email to inform them when a sex offender moves within 1/4mile - 5 miles of their neighborhood. What an ingenious, yet simple, idea! All you do is register with them online and you're put on their contact list.

Just think of how many lives this could potentially save. Remember Jessica Lunsford? Such a beautiful little girl, taken much too soon by a repeat sex offender. When her body was found, she was only 150 yards from her own home. That is sickening.


What could we do to save these children? For one, all states could do exactly what the Miami-Dade police are doing. And I don't even want to hear that we'd be invading the rights of the sex offenders. They gave up that right when they decided to prey on innocent children. If it were up to me, they'd all be castrated and tattoed with the word "PERVERT" on the front of their heads.

Another example of trying to pass the blame.

Whatever happened to taking responsibility for your own actions? Are the people of today such crybabies that they just can't admit when they've screwed up?

I'm talking about Arelia Margarita Taveras. What is her deal? She lost all of her money, almost a MILLION dollars gambling. So now, she's decided to sue for $20 million. Yeah, she's suing six Atlantic City casinos and one in Las Vegas. Why? Because it was THEIR responsibility to see she had a problem, and they did nothing to stop her gambling.

This is what she says. "They knew I was going for days without eating or sleeping. I would pass out at the tables. They had a duty of care to me. Nobody in their right mind would gamble for four or five straight days without sleeping." She says she would go days at a time at the tables, not eating or sleeping, brushing her teeth with disposable wipes so she didn't have to leave.

Well if you ask me, nobody in their right mind would award this woman anything for being a dumbass! And if the casino had told her to leave, I'm sure she would have sued them for something completely different!

Did I mention she's a laywer? Figures.

And the bearded prize goes too.........

I learned something new today! Did you know that the United States has a team of hairy men representing us worldwide? It's true! Beard Team USA just placed in four out of 17 categories in the World Beard & Moustache Championships. The Freestyle category is by far the most fun! Pretty much anything goes in this category.































Talk about commitment! Some of these guys grow out their facial hair for SIX YEARS to compete! Can you imagine? Backstage before the competition men apply gel and hairspray to their facial hair. Not one hair is out of place! They take this thing seriously! To view more great photos, go to: http://www.time.com/.

Raped without penetration

Sometimes I find things online that upset me so much, I am actually unable to find the words to express my anger. I saw this video a few days ago, and it wasn't until now that I could even try to write about it.

As a woman, I go to great lengths to hide my nudity. Nothing funny is intended in that statement. After two children, being naked in front of a room full of strangers would be a nightmare for me. The video I want you to see is very hard to watch. The victim is a woman named Hope Steffy, and her assailants are police; a room full of men and women that were called to Steffy's home by her family after she'd been assaulted.

Watch the video, listen to the story, and let me know how you feel afterwards.

An unborn child is still a child

I live in the town where Maria Lauterbach was killed, so I have followed the entire case very closely. As I'm sure you know, Maria Lauterbach, a local Marine, was 8 1/2 months pregnant when she was murdered and buried in the backyard of the man she accused of raping her.

I drove to the crime scene, just a few miles from my own home, to watch them dig for her body. I've read news articles, watched the news every night, and last night attended a candlelight vigil for her and her unborn son. Yes, son. She planned on naming him Gabriel.

As I stood among the other 300 or so people, stroking the hair of my own son, it saddened me to know that her poor little baby doesn't even count. In the state of North Carolina, an unborn child doesn't amount to much. If, and when, Cesar Laurean is prosecuted for the murder of Maria Lauterbach, he wont be charged with the death of her son.

I have just read and signed the petition: "Death or Injury causing death to a Fetus is still Murder". Please take a moment to read about this important issue, and join me in signing the petition. It takes just 30 seconds, but can truly make a difference. They are trying to reach 2000 signatures - please sign here: www.thepetitionsite.com/1/AFetusIsHuman

Thank you.

Say hello to my hairy friend

I was crafting with my six year old, Dillon, recently. You know painting, glittering, gluing. It was all over my hands and wrists. So when Dillon informed me I had a moustache, I calmly wiped the back of my hand against the top of my mouth and smiled at him.

"No, Mom. A real one."

Nothing will stop a woman in her tracks faster than being told she has a moustache. A real one.

I bolted to the mirror and OH MY GOD he was right! I did have a moustache. And I don't mean a few stray hairs I had to strain to look for. A fourteen year old boy would have been jealous of this thing!! How could this have formed without my knowledge, and more puzzling was how did I not feel it? Ewwww……….. I had a moustache!

Nair to the rescue! Have you ever tried that stuff? My God, it smells like a cross between eggs & sewage. It's nasty, but I would've applied boiling acid to myself if that's what it took to get rid of the 'stache'.

Two minutes of Nair and………..it was still there. Somehow some of it had withheld. And oddly I had a burn mark on the corner of my upper lip. As if the hair wasn't noticeable enough, now I had a bright red mark hi-lighting the thing. An accent point, if you will.

I plucked the remaining hairs. And may I just say……OUCH THAT SHIT HURTS. Fucking hell it hurt. I had tears coming out of my eyes it hurt so damn bad. But I am proud to say that I am now hair free!

Until next time.

Bad guys hate pink

A small prison in Texas has turned everything PINK and the inmates actually hate it! Who would've thought that pink uniforms would actually deter hardcore felons? Well, apparently, they don't like it.

Sheriff Clint Low introduced pink paint to cell walls and bars. Even put pink sheets on the beds. And then, changed the prison uniforms pink. When I first heard this, I thought it was ridiculous. However, it is working. Yeah. Something so simple is working. Prison population is DOWN. And those that are in jail now say the uniforms will stop them from coming back. Prisoners with good behavior are rewarded by not having to wear the pink.

If it works, why not do this elsewhere? Why stop at a small jail? Obviously there will be those that don't care what they wear, but with taxpayers paying upwards of $ 35.00 a day per inmate, don't you think it's worth a try?

And if they hate pink, imagine what they'd think of having to wear yellow duckies on their jumpsuits. Or pink bunnies. The possibilites are endless!