I do NOT like birds!

So very much UNlike the post by blogger friend M. this one is all about bashing birds. Literally and verbally. Any way I can to get them to SHUT UP before 6:00 am anywhere near my home!

I have no idea what kind of birds they are.

One of them makes this annoying high pitched "beep". Very Loudly, and only one at a time- with just enough time in between to almost fall back to sleep in between. Almost.

Another one starts with a chirp that goes down in pitch and is then followed by several up pitched chirps in succession. Some times it does 7. Or 8. Sometimes it will do 12. It is never consistent. Well it is consistently annoying, but the number if chirps is in no decipherable pattern.

Then there is the species that I do know- the ever so melodic crow. They have been on my list of things I love to hate for quite some time now. They are the birds that prompted me to say yes to my sons when they asked for b.b. guns. "Really boys, I will pitch in the extra $30.00 so you can get the higher powered one. Really, it is my pleasure!" They looked at me with a puzzled and quizzical look when I said I wanted to keep it in my bedroom... for safe keeping, of course!

Now I know that one of my besetting sins is sleeping in. If I could only look at these creatures as gifts from Heaven sent from the Lord himself to help me wake up earlier. Oh the extra time I could spend in devotions! Not to mention the jump start on the day for laundry and school for the kids! Think of all that could be done before the bright and early hour of 8:00 am that I usually resurrect!

(Vickie... I should have married a farmer that needs to be out before sun up!!)

But almost every morning all I manage to do is get out of bed , shut the windows in our room as well as the door, turn on the fan for white noise... and then try to go back to sleep. The other morning while trying to pull the covers over my ears to assist in the noise cancellation my thumb nail gouged my chin! Now I have a scab to annoy remind me of my failure to be an early riser.

My idea of being up early is to never go to bed. The night owl that I am would actually succeed with this technique for a while. But alas, I would end up taking naps, and that would-I am quite sure- become another post entirely!

Copyrights...

Well, as many of you know, the blogging world has lost a most faithful and (nearly) daily contributor, as the author of lunch time thoughts deems institute and family life as more deserving of his few discretionary hours in the day- and wisely so, I might add- but that does not change the fact that there is now a gaping hole in the cyber world. (I, for one, am myself completely over positive that I used so many more than would ever be needed words in that well written and colorfully descriptive sentence!) (Never mind about punctuation!)

Hindsey, we will do our best to fill it, but let me be the first of many who I am sure agree with me...get them papers and reports and street ministry done young man!

Now on to the main point of this post... I quickly ascertained exclusive permission to use the phrase that is very coveted and often used without regard to the originators feelings "just a thought..."

And I have copied and pasted it here for all to see...

" You can use "Just a thought" :) "

And you will all believe me, because there is no way that could have been forged or mistaken for anything but the direct permission from the man himself!

Now why, you might ask, was I SO CONCERNED about getting permission? Let me explain!

Due to the fact that I bored you to death telling you, all of you know our dog recently had puppies. Because we wanted to sell them, it required that they be advertised. Youtube seemed a great way to do just that, and I made a cute little video, and spammed it all over everywhere I could in order to generate interest and exposure, thereby selling the cute little buggers as quickly as I could. Very successfully, I might add.

Actually a little too successful was my marketing scheme, as you can read in the following excerpts from three, you read me correctly, THREE!!! emails to me regarding my infringement on a certain copyrighted name/logo/title that I used in my cute and innocently made video.

"Understandably, you have used a name for your videos that others have, as well, and we have informed those others...


------deleted some junk------


Since we certainly understand why you chose to use that name for your video (since we did, ourselves, years ago) we want to address you directly, rather than getting any of those "legal folks" involved at this point.

-----more deleted stuff-----


So we are asking you, please, to remove references to "************" and "***********" in the audio, video and graphics (including the title and text) from any material you may distribute in the future
Please respond to us at ++++@++++.com as soon as you decide those references will be removed from YouTube. We, of course have nothing but encouragement for you to resubmit them with our name removed, if you choose to do so. There are many names you can use that we have not staked a claim on, and we are sure you, as creative people, can rename your video, and replace or remove any audio references to our registered marks, in a charming fashion."


Those "legal folks"??? After I laughed for a second, I realized they were probably serious!!

What made me laugh even more is they emailed me three times within 5 hours... like they were checking me minute by minute to see if I had in fact complied with their demands requests. I felt like I was caught in a "comments war" loop similar to the previously acclaimed blog! My goodness!

I even googled the "offending title", (and N.O. I will not use it here! I would be surely jailed if they found me bashing them in a post on my highly acclaimed blog!) and couldn't find them, their company, their TV show... ANYTHING related to them! I really think I should email them just a helpful little letter, or two or three, and tell them all of my marketing techniques! Maybe I could get paid as a consultant for them!!

Wow, there are a lot of people getting paid a lot of money to chase down people the likes of me. Good thing there wasn't something important going on in the world!!

Then again, maybe they are just frustrated bloggers who get no comments on their posts and have had to seek validation elsewhere...

Just a thought...

It is the season of Love...

I have a whole host of posts in my head. None have made it to the keyboard as of yet... I hope some day they will!


I had plans of a week long series of posts starting on Monday with the letter "L" and all through the word "O-V-E", each day bringing another aspect...culminating on today, a kind of spiritual ode to Valentines Day.

Whatever.

I basically have decided to do a post on the various brands of tissue, puffs, puffs+, kleenex brand, the basic gotta-use-a-napkin-because-I-am-desperate brand... Not recommended under any circumstance of desperation! But to spare you, that is all I will say! Yes, I have another cold! I haven't been so plagued with the sniffles in all of my 40+ years of drawing breath!

If you want a good post on love, visit here.

If you want another, go here.

They are from a few of my favorite lady bloggers.

I should hope and pray to be over with this "Kook-a-mung" soon. (That is the term my sister has for all illness- especially the head stuffiness and excessively need to clear your throat kinds!) And then we can get on to this regularly scheduled blog!

Just a little fun...

O. has a great talent for picture taking, as well as taking others' pictures. She has a special fondness for crazy signs, and I happen to share the same feeling. Here are a few of her (and my!) favorites!!

This was a "loo" sign in England!

Are you able to read the small print!!! Tell me you don't love it!

This must be in the south.....

Notice the last line... the only real vital information!! It says "bridge out ahead"!

What?!

I think my friend K.P. just drove by in Erika's car...




Was my son J. here recently?

Well, they are good for a laugh!