Bella Diana by Ann Pino page… um…two?
Seems like lately I’ve been doing more online reading. There are some really fantastic serials and novels posted on people’s blogs – original works for free. Whee! So, anyway, this is what I’m reading right now.
“There’s only so much we can do,” Harley pointed out. “It’s not like we’ve got qualified soldiers waiting in line to join us.”
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Fwd: Wasp Spray
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I know some of you own GUNS but this is something to think about…—
If you don’t have a gun, here’s a more humane way to wreck someone’s evil plans for you. Did you know this? I didn’t. I never really thought of it before. I guess I can get rid of the baseball bat.
Wasp Spray – A friend who is a receptionist in a church in a high risk area was concerned about someone coming into the office on Monday to rob them when they were counting the collection. She asked the local police department about using pepper spray and they recommended to her that she get a can of wasp spray instead.
The wasp spray, they told her, can shoot up to twenty feet away and is a lot more accurate, while with the pepper spray, they have to get too close to you and could overpower you.. The wasp spray temporarily blinds an attacker until they get to the hospital for an antidote. She keeps a can on her desk in the office and it doesn’t attract attention from people like a can of pepper spray would. She also keeps one nearby at home for home protection. Thought this was interesting and might be of use.
On the heels of a break in and beating that left an elderly woman in Toledo dead, self defense experts have a tip that could save your life.
Val Glinka teaches self-defense to students at Sylvania Southview High School . For decades, he’s suggested putting a can of wasp and hornet spray near your door or bed.
Glinka says, “This is better than anything I can teach them.”
Glinka considers it inexpensive, easy to find, and more effective than mace or pepper spray. The cans typically shoot 20 to 30 feet; so if someone tries to break into your home, Glinka says “spray the culprit in the eyes”. It’s a tip he’s given to students for decades.
It’s also one he wants everyone to hear. If you’re looking for protection, Glinka says look to the spray. “That’s going to give you a chance to call the police; maybe get out.” Maybe even save a life.
Please share this with all the people who are precious to your life
Did you also know that wasp spray will kill a snake? And a mouse! It will! Good to know, huh? It will also kill a wasp.!!!! ”
Stop!
Rolling fast through nowhere
spinning wheels
hurry
to reach
more nowhere.
Quick,
before the sun goes down
and spinning gets hard.
Monkey Man hosts the 160 Character Challenge. See what you can write in 160 characters or less, spaces included.
Suzie’s House 207 : Red Handed
Miranda paused at the top of the staircase. Normally she’d simply go to Vin’s room without turning any lights on. Or maybe tonight she’d go to her own room, since she didn’t want to argue with him again over all the overtime she’d been putting in. But this time she heard a furtive sound at the other end of the hall. There was someone in Suzie’s room who shouldn’t be there.
55 – Average, Everyday, Ordinary Rant
“I can’t believe you put my good broom out on the porch again!!!”
“I didn’t.”
“Yes, you did. I have a ratty old broom perfect for sweeping sidewalks or whatever it is you do to trash my brooms. So why is the one I paid extra for out there again?”
“Mom, Dad didn’t do it. I did. Sorry.”
“You…? Oh. Um… sorry, Dear.”
The challenge, should you choose to accept it, is to write a story in exactly 55 words. Flash Fiction 55 is hosted by the G-man, a host with the most.
13 Electrical Cords
A while back my daughter suggested a number of topics for Thursday Thirteen lists. One of them was electrical cords. She had Mr. Al in mind when she said it, but I’m lazy, so I’m going the much easier route of listing my own electrical cords. These are all plugged into my computer.
1. The power cord
2. The cord to the monitor
3. The one to the cable service/ISP
4. The one to the printer
5. The one to the keyboard
6. The one to the mouse
7. The one to the smart pen
8. The one to the back up hard drive
9. The one to the first digital camera
10. The one to the DSLR
11. The one to the new digital camera
12. The one to my headphones
13. The one to the speakers.
Those are the ones on top. We aren’t going to look at the ones underneath my desk.
Potholes
It’s been a long, hard winter. The roads have suffered horribly. What gets to me isn’t so much that we have so many and such large potholes. It’s the way the potholes run in lines like ruts. How are your streets? Lost any tires yet?
160 — The Handiness of a Windbag
Sometimes
it feels as if I have in my lungs
all the hot air in the world,
If I stood in the right place
I could power
every house.
Just ask, and I’ll tell you about it.
Monkey Man hosts the 160 Character Challenge. See what you can write in 160 characters or less, spaces included.
Keep Your Mouth Shut
Jack: Darling? Don’t tell me your little cage thing didn’t work. And is that a tapioca jacuzzi?
Jill: Don’t say a word about this to anyone.
Jack: Right. I’ll just close my eyes and walk away.
Jill: Humph. You don’t have to be so closed minded.
Today’s theme is Closed
Previously in Jack and Jill: Desperate Measures
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Suzie’s House 206 : The Rescue Mission
The floorboard creaked. Holding his breath, Ben froze, one foot in the dark hall, the other in his mother’s bedroom. He had been so sure that spot on the floor was ok. Mom stopped snoring for a minute, but then he could hear her breathing slow and even. That counted as asleep, right? Close enough. He took another step into her bedroom.
55 – Tag, You’re Mine
The argument brutal, he thought they were through. She stomped away down the street away, away from him. No counter argument. They were doomed. Until she turned around, stomped right up, getting in his grill, and kissed him for all the world to see.
“We’ll talk about it later.”
The challenge, should you choose to accept it, is to write a story in exactly 55 words. Flash Fiction 55 is hosted by the G-man, a host with the most.
Yep, another totally random, unrelated picture. I’m just full of them.
13 Random Pictures
I’ve posted these before, but thought they deserved a re-run. Did you see them before?
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