Prank The Prankster?

It Could Not Have Happened To A More Deserving Guy Than Myself. If Anyone Had It Coming To Them In The Worse Way, It Would Be Myself. Ok, Are You Wondering Why I Would Be Agreeing To Being A Scoundrel In Years Past? I Love Pulling Practical Jokes On People. Just The Confused Look That A Person Gives Off At The Moment The Mind Is In A Confused State.
I Experienced That Moment This Past Monday Afternoon. I Was Away The Afternoon Hours Returning Home To Shower And Get Ready For Monday Night Bowling. The Moment I Walked In The Door I Was Greeted By My Daughter Beckie. She Informed Me My Dog Has Been Barking All Afternoon. I Told Her I Would Check On Her. In The Meantime If Any One Needed To Use The Bathroom Please Use It Now So My Shower Won't Be Interrupted By Someone Needing To Go. I Opened The Bedroom Door To Find Cassie To Be Sitting On My Bed. The Only Light On Was The Light Shining In Through The Window. My First Observation Was The Dark Fir On Her Front Legs And Mane Area. It Appeared She Had Wallered In The Mud. My Cassie Was The Kind Of Dog Who Would Greet Me At The Door From Taking The Garbage Out Like I Had Been Gone All Day Long. The Look I Was Receiving From Her Were Looks Of Confuse. Maybe The Look Of I Am In Some Kind Of Trouble. While Standing There Speaking In A Very Loud Voice, "What Have You Guys Done To My Dog?" I Saw Cassie Entering The Room. The Dog On My Bed Was An Impostor!
I Turned The Light On And It Became Quite Apparent The Dog, A Pug, Was Not My Pug.
Acording To Beckie This Male Pug Was Found Wandering The Neighborhood. Around The Little Guys Neck Were Rabies Tags. The Plan Would Start By Providing A Good Home For The Night. First Thing In The Morning We Would Call The Animal Shelter And Hope They Can Identify The Dog's Home Through The Tags. Luck Would Have It That Is Exactly What Would Happen.
Just Two Streets Over An Elderly Woman Missed And Probably Was Thinking The Worse In The Disappearance Of Her Beloved Friend. Beckie Reunited The Two And Put A Happy Ending To This Ordeal. This Will Be A Memorable Moment In My Life Because Someone Pranked The Prankster.
I Always Felt April Fools Day Was Set Aside For Me. It Was Well Deserved And I Can Say It's Ok To Laugh At Yourself. Life Is Suppose To Be Happy.
You Must Be Able To Laugh At Yourself If You Want To Live In A Happy World. Always Remember, If It Looks Like A Pug, Barks Like A Pug, It Must Be A Pug. However It May Not Be Your Pug.

Mary Dean

Mary Dean Was Like No Other. She Had Been A True Friend For Many Years. We Met Over The CB Radio. Her Handle Was Brown Sugar. We Would Talk Every Day And Would Play Games On The Radio At Night Time.
She Was A Very Large Woman With A Heart Of Gold.
I Have My Fond Memories Of Mary. My Biggest Was When Danville Had No Water Supply For A Week. It Was Horrible Being Around People Who Couldn't Take A Bath. We Went To A Friends House Who Had Well Water So We Could Bathe. I Don't Think I Could Live With Myself If I Couldn't Take A Bath. It Was Because Danville Received A Lot Of Rain And The Flood Water Flooded The Pumping Station For The Water Company. The Pumping Station Served The Entire City Of Danville. Company Officials Had To Wait Until The Water Receded Before They Could Begin Operation Again.
Some Businesses Had To Close Because They Were Unable To Wash Or Offer Bathroom Facilities To Their Customers. Bingo However Was On Because They Had Porto Potties Delivered. When Intermission Was Called Those Who Had To Use The Bathroom Had To Use The Porto Potty. While She Was Outside Using It I Noticed A Slide Lock On The Outside Of The Potty. The Ornery Person That I Am I Locked Her In.
When Mary's Job Was Finished She Attempted To Get Out. She Banged And Hollered. Of Course I Am On The Outside Laughing My Butt Off. Apparently She Heard Me And Said Gregory You Better Let Me Out Of Here Right Now! It Stinks In Here! I Slid The Lock Open And Swiftly Ran Back Into The Building. She Knew Who It Was That Did It But Friends We Were And This Was Just One Of The Fondest Memories I Have Of Her.
She Recently Passed Away With A Long Battle With Cancer. She Was Only 60 Years Old. She Will Always Be Remembered By Those Who Loved Her Gentle Soul.
As I Use To Call Her Jokingly On The CB Was Elzmerelda Poontang. May You Rest In Peace.

It Appears Facebook Is The Number One Hot Spot When It Comes To Internet Social Network. It's A Place Where People Can Communicate, Find New Friends And Share Special Photo's Of Your Family Or Everyday Activity's. I Do More Reading Than Anything Else. I Do Post To Others And Pass On A Funny Photo I Find That Others Have Posted On Their Wall.
I Would Consider Myself More Of A Browser Than Anything Else. There Are Times When I Make A Comment To What Someone Has Posted Or Simply Hit The Like Button To Show I Support Or Agree To What They Say.
Actually Facebook Is No Different Than A Bunch Of People Who Show Their True Character In The Way They Feel About Others,Issues, And Opinions. Most Who Read This Blog Pretty Much Are Aware Of Facebook And What It Offers To Their Members.
Recently Facebook Is Making Changes To Their Web Page. Their New Design Is Confusing And Very Difficult To Navigate. I Guess I Come From The Old School When They Say Why Fix It When It's Not Broke. Thankfully They Haven't Reached My Page But It's A Matter Of Time Though. For Those Who Are On My Friends List That Have Had Their Pages Changed, I Go There Peoridically To Try To Make Sense Of It All. I Know It's A Matter Of Time Before Mine Gets Changed And There Is Nothing I Can Do About It. Facebook Can Do Whatever They Want Because They Own The Site. Either Get Use To It Or Get Off. Simple As That.
A Few Weeks Ago I Found Myself Getting In The Middle Of Two Brothers Exchanging Unkind Words To Each Other. Since I Had Both Brothers As Friends Their Unfriendly Exchange Came Across My Wall. I am Particular To What I Read On My Facebook Page. Yes Certainly I Am No Stranger When It Comes To Vulgar Words As Long As I Am The One Who Is Using Them. Remember I Was A Sailor And I Have Used A Few Of Those Words Over The Years. Sorry To Disappoint Those Who All This Time Thought I Was A Saint.
Anyway I Simply Asked Them If They Could Settle Their Differences Off Of Facebook. I Really Didn't Feel It Was A Rude Request. The Bottom Line Was I Was Deleted By One Of Those Brothers For Making The Request And The Other Brother Never Responded To It. I Took His Silence As A Gesture Of If You Don't Have Anything Nice To Say Don't Say Anything At All. Meaning He Would Have Most Likely Told Me To Mind My Own Business In Which He Would Be Right. However I Have Control Over What Comes Across My Page And I Plan To Exercise That Right.
So After That Situation I Decided Facebook Is No Longer Enjoyable. I Then Deleted Everyone On My Facebook Page Including My Mother To Prove To Everyone I Show No Favoritism. My Next Plan Of Action Was To Visit My Friends On Their Page To Keep Up With What's Going On In Their Lives. Wrong! Once I Deleted Them From My Friends List I No Longer Could See Their Page Due To Their Privacy Settings. Now I Have No Facebook In My Life At All. How In The World Could A Social Network Have So Much Control Over Someone's Life Is Beyond Me.
I Find It Refreshing To Reminesce With People About The Good Old Days.
There Are Good Things And Bad Things In Everything In Life. You Either Accept Them Or You Don't. One Time I Was Deleted Simply Because I Was A Friend Of A Friend And Since That Friend No Longer Was A Part Of Their Life I Too Was Deleted. That's Ok Because It's Only Facebook And People Can Choose Whom Ever They Wish To Be Friend With. However A Month Later That Person Who Deleted Me Wanted Me Back As A Friend. I Declined The Offer And Apparently I Offended This Person. Oh Well Life Goes On. If Somebody Get's Ticked Off About A Decision And Says I Will Just Delete My Account Because It's No Longer Enjoyable. That's Ok Too But Don't Come Back On And Expect Me To Be Your Friend Again. Life Is Not Like Childhood Games. All I Can Say Is GROW UP!
I Appreciate My Old Friends Taking Me Back Considering The Circumstances After I Explained Them. However, They Didn't Have To. If You Get Mad And Announce To The World I Am No Longer Going To Be On Facebook I Will Simply Say That Is Your Choice. Everybody Knows What They Want In Their Life. Life Has So Much To Offer And Facebook Is Only One Of Them. There Is No Way I Would Ever Leave And Expect My Friends To Welcome Me Back. I'm Not Into The Popularity Thing And I Simply Think Those Who Are On Facebook Would Automatically Welcome Me Back No Matter What. I Don't Want To Be Popular On Any Level. I Just Want To Enjoy Life And What It Has To Offer Me.
I'm Not Into Hurting Anyone For Any Reason. I Simply Feel That If One Day You Decide You No Longer Want Something Like Facebook In Your Life I Say More Power To You. However Please Don't Come Back Later And Tell Me You Changed Your Mind. If It Only Happens Once Like Me, Then There Are Special Circumstance That Would Allow You To Continue To Allow Me On Your Facebook Friends List. It Would Be Too Much To Expect To Be Accepted For The Second Time Only Because They Changed My Mind.
Now Keep In Mind This Is Only Facebook. There Was Life Before Facebook And There Will Be Life Afterwards. It Should Be No Big Deal. A Relationship Can Continue Without Facebook.
I Have Decided Not To Have Certain Friends And Family On My Friends List. This Is My Choice. If Someone Is Hurt By This I Consider It Childish.
So IF You Reach A Point In Your Life That People On Facebook Can Be A Pain In Your Butt, I Simply Suggest You Walk Away From It. Please Don't Announce To All You Are Done With Facebook But Return A Few Days Later And Expect Everything To Be The Same.
To Me Everybody Is On The Same Level With Me On Facebook. If I Feel You And I Are Unable To Interact On Facebook How Can We Off Of Facebook? So All In All Enjoy Your Facebook Experience And Everything It Has To Offer You. Please Don't Abuse It By Gossiping About Others Because To Me That Is A Complete Turnoff. I Love Positive Things As Well As Inspirational Things About People On Facebook.
If It Reaches A Point I No Longer care About Facebook I Will No Longer Participate In It. It's Simply A Tool To Interact With others That May Be Far Away. It's A Good Thing As Long As You Keep Things Positive.

Have You Ever Wondered What They Say To Each Other While They Are On That Wire? I Am Sure There Is Some Sort Of Communication Within The Flock. I Would Like To Be A Bird For A Day. Maybe With The Exception Of Dinner Time. The Thought Of Worms Or Road Kill Takes Away My Appetite.
I Wouldn't Consider Myself A Bird Watcher But I Have Watched Them Over The Years. How It's Within Their Being, A Bird And How God Gave Them The Instinct Of Migration, Building Nest, Laying Eggs And Hatching Them.
We As Humans Teach Each Other How To Raise Our Young, Develop Them To Be Productive Human Beings. It Seems There Are Various Ways To Teach Them. However In Birds And Other Animals There Is Only One Way. Apparently It's God's Way, Because It Was Him Who Created All Of The Animals.
So Could It Be The Humans Conscious That Is Our Guidance From God? I Believe It To Be True Or Otherwise We Would Have No Conscious Within Ourselves. Our Conscious Tells Us What's Right And Wrong.
Being A Bird For A Day Would Allow Me To Experience A Life Of Instinct Like No Other. My Flight Could Erase My Fear Of Heights.
For A Day I Could Play A Part In Karma And Go On A Bombing Raid, Depositing On The Souls I Feel Are Well Deserved.

My Oven Mit

I Have Been Sick With A Cold The Past Few Days. This Seems To Happen To Me Each And Every Winter. I'm Not Sure Where I Picked The Germ Up At But It Could Have Been Anywhere. I Have A Hand Sanitizer That I will Be Carrying Along With Me From Now On. Don't Get Me Wrong, I Don't Plan On Being A Fanatic When It Comes To Shaking Hands But I Will Be More Aware Of The Things I Touch From Now On.
Germs Can Be Spread On To Others Rather Easily. We Need To Be More Cautious In How We Interact With One Another. Back In The 1980's I Was Given Tuberculosis By Someone. It Was In The Middle Of The Winter And The Doctor Asked Me If I Had Been Around Anyone Sneezing Or Coughing? Well Yea, It Was Winter And People Get Colds In The Winter. It's A Common Thing To See. I Took Care Of That Problem But Have Always Tried To Be Proactive Ever Since.
During This Past Ordeal Of Sickness I Decided To Put An Oven Mit On My Hand To Protect Those Around From Picking Up My Germs On Door Knobs Or Common Items Around The House. The Grand Kids Were Spending The Weekend With Us And I Heard A Few Giggles After They Saw Me Wearing It. Ofcourse They Are Too Young To Fully Understand The Germ Thing But A Lesson Would Be Shown By My Action. Why Should Someone Catch My Germs If I Could Protect Them? So For Three Days I Wore This Oven Mit.
So Far Nobody In The Household Has Caught A Cold. Maybe Preventive Measures Do Help After All.
So Please Be Kind To Me. If You Have A Cold, Tell Others That May Be Near You. Some May Not Want To Be Exposed To Your Sickness. I Know I Would Appreciate It.