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A Christmas Charge!

I'm sure I have been on many lists this year...  I've joined many friends lists, left some friend's lists, gotten on some email lists, gotten off some of those when I found out they were email spam.  I'v gotten on Capital One's mailing list somehow, someone tell me how to get off of it with out getting a credit card through them. I'm sure I'm on someone's naughty list, although I would like to think I'm on the nice list.  I mean I did get one of my wishes, which was to be with family for Christmas! So on this the Eve of Christmas I charge you all to be eat, drink and be merry with those you love and who love you! ~Merry Christmas!

My Mother's Short Story!

Myra Harke ALL THE TOMORROWS He never walked, he never held his head erect for more than a few seconds without support.  He didn’t bring home A’s on his report card or play a game of Candy Land.  He never even hugged me or said I love you mom.  He lived in an entirely different world from the one I lived in.  But for thirteen years our worlds intertwined with one another. Jasper had a radiant smile and a deep from the belly laugh that filled the entire house.  He learned to operate a computer with switches and loved watching Sponge Bob and Veggie Tales.  We took him to the zoo, Disney World and swimming with dolphins. He was our adopted son, not of our own race but truly created in the image of God. I got the call from Donna, a social worker, on a bright, sunny morning in May of 1994.  It concerned an eight month old infant in the local hospital who needed to be discharged to foster care.  Would we take him into our home? I was told that he was born a healthy

Changing Jobs, Said No One Ever!

"For the past 33 years, I have looked in the mirror every morning and asked myself: 'If today were the last day of my life, would I want to do what I am about to do today?' And whenever the answer has been 'No' for too many days in a row, I know I need to change something." Steve Jobs When I look at what Steve Jobs accomplished in building a technological brand empire, he accomplished what few have attempted in the marketing world. It's a shame we have lost such a brilliant mind and soul. I look back at my case study I did of Apple's Creator, Steve Jobs and I admire the man. He brainwashed the world into believing, his brand was the best catchy commercials and flashy ads from what not. He changed marketing.  He changed it in that we don't send mailers to your house about an iPod Nano, no we see it in movies or cross promoted with Coca-Cola or Pepsi-Cola in the Superbowl ads.  I even bought into the magical hype about apple when I asked f