Wakefield Daily Item Mock Newspaper -- Tuesday, July 7, 2009

Thought I'd get back to making these after quite a long absence, however, you never fully enjoyed all of my mock newspapers, so, here you go, another from way back in Jul.; most stories/persons fictional; Phyllis Hull NOT fictional; however, her actions depicted here ARE.

Wakefield Daily Item
Tuesday, July 7, 2009

Hull causes outcry at 2010 election announcement
Plans to run for Middlesex County board in 2010
-WAKEFIELD
-The public voters are stirring after Phyllis Hull made an announcement Monday, Jul. 6, that she intends to run for the Middlesex County Board in 2010, causing a huge outcry. Said Pete Lehrer, "Hull's actions controlling Wakefield as a Selectwoman are examples of why if we want our local governments to get anywhere, we do not want her having power at a higher level, which being on the County Board would give her." Said Hull, "I can help improve many of the governments all throughout the county and many of their tyrannical leaders." However, this is just one of many of Hull's quotes that have met with fervent opposition from Dem leaders. It's a far cry until the next County election, but it should be quite a campaign for Hull.

WE ASKED LOCAL WAKEFIELDIANS!
Is Hull a good choice for the county?
Yes 14%
No 86%

Wakefield gets even more spotlight off of Pleasure Island book
-WAKEFIELD
-The public is paying more spotlight to Wakefield after the publication of a new book on Pleasure Island, just released this month. The book is drawing tourists and former park visitors to the worn-out, disheveled grounds. The Wakefield Board of Selectmen is currently concocting a plan to possibly build a memorial at the site of where Pleasure Island used to stand. "It was the first thing that brought visitors to our little town... [so] jovial ... [so] wonderful, ... it rightly deserves a monument, or at least something that will expose the future generations to what Pleasure Island used to do... what [joy it used to] bring to everyone who visited it," said Selectman Michael Kearney.


4th weekend includes everything from fireworks to juicers for P.D.
-WAKEFIELD
-An extremely busy Fourth of July weekend for the P.D. included 15 arrests and countless calls for fireworks, misbehaving, and medical aid.


Friday, July 3rd, night, police:

• Responded to five fireworks calls from Catalpa, Ross, Outlook, Main, and Shaw Streets from 7-8 p.m. 5 people were cited.
• Forwarded to the F.D. a smoke alarm call at 8:11 p.m.
• Ticketed illegally parked cars near the Common at 9:10 p.m.
• Cited more firework-setters on Montrose and New Salem Streets at 10:22 p.m.

Also on Saturday, July 4th, police:

• Were informed at 12:44 a.m. that fireworks had closed up shop in Greenwood.
• Forwarded to Action Ambulance a complaint of a hip injury at an Overlake Road home at 5:59 a.m.
• Responded to two crashes in succession at the Junction, at 6:10 a.m. and 7:08 a.m., in which both drivers exchanged information.
• Arrested Willis Burnaby, 35, of 66 Hemlock Road, for leaving the scene of an accident at 9:55 a.m.
• Responded to a crash at Water St. and Scott Ln. in which a 17-year-old driver was injured, as was 39-year-old driver.
• Arrested a complement of three for grnad larceny and grand theft on Main Street at 1:46 p.m. The complement included Jacob Isbury, 41, of 421 Water Street, Mike Rollins, 38, of 14 Kendrick Rd., and one 19-year-old individual whose name could not be released.
• Police arrested Pete Wasset, 55, of 17 Pheasantwood Ter., for an open bottle violation at 4:22 p.m.
• At 5:00 p.m. Saturday, a Holland Rd. resident reported that he was juicing an orange when the juicer exploded into flames, causing a small fire.
• At 6:10 p.m., young juveniles were removed from the Common after a physical altercation.
• At 6:43 p.m., a 35-year-old man who at this point cannot be identified was arrested for reasons that cannot be identified.
• At 6:59 p.m., police handed out their first fireworks citations of the evening on Foundry and Elm Sts.
• At 9:22 p.m., police sited firework-setters on Main, Walton, and Evans Sts.
• At 11:51 p.m., Action Ambulance responded to a broken leg.
• At 11:55 p.m., another physical altercation involving youths was dispersed on the Common.

On Sunday, Jul. 5:

• At 12:15 a.m., police were informed that fireworks on Walton, Catalpa, and Evans Streets had closed up shop.
• At 12:46 a.m., police placed a homeless man into protective custody after an altercation on Old Nahant Road Two significant others, Peter Walls, 30, of 578 Hemlock Blvd., Woburn, and Neville Garmand, of 5 White Way, Woburn, were arrested.
• At 3:51 a.m., police broke up a group of youths trespassing on the Breakheart Reservation.
• At 6:28 a.m., a Wicker Lane resident complained of two women yelling in the street. They were gone when police arrived.
• At 8:18 a.m., police found a call about vandalism on Gumwood Lane to be unfounded.
• At 10:22 a.m, police arrested Frank Michens, 49, of 632 Oak Street, for an opened container violation on Oak Street.
• At 12:48 p.m., a Memory Ln. grease fire was forwarded to the F.D.
• At 5:10 p.m., a group of men congregating in the middle of Muriel Avenue was dispersed.
• At 6:57 p.m., police found a group of men on Morrison Road to be intoxicated.
• Police handed out fireworks citations on Collins, Butler, Water, Spring, Sentley, and Sumner Streets from 8 to 9 p.m.
• Police handed out fireworks citations on Ames and Minot Streets, circa 9:30 p.m.
• Police were informed fireworks had closed up shop on Nahant and Valley Streets at 10:44 p.m.

On Monday, Jul. 6:

• Police arrested Ken Greene, 33, of 1 Hemlock Road, for leaving the scene of an accident on Hwy. 129 at 3:15 a.m.
• Fireworks on Sycamore and MacKenzie Streets continued until 4 a.m. At 4:11 a.m., the official call came that fireworks had closed up shop.
• Fireworks on Albion and Spruce Streets continued until 4:30 a.m. At 4:37 a.m., the official call came that fireworks had closed up shop.
• Fireworks on Ames and Howard Sts. continued until 5 a.m. At 5:02 a.m., the official call came that fireworks had closed up shop.
• Police were informed of a break-in at a Madison Avenue office at 8:22 a.m.
• At 1:56 p.m., a young juvenile was detained for petty theft. After about thirty minutes, officers dropped the decision to arrest the youth and the youth was released.

Nats 13s/14s pull off smash
-WAKEFIELD
-Friday, July 3, after Thursday's game was postponed due to rain, Wakefield met Saugus at Jackman Field in Saugus. Johnny Latman, an underestimated second-stringer, pulled off a grand slam in the 5th, which was followed up by a solo shot by Cody Richman in the 6th. Wakefield just kept racking up runs. With Saugus's star pitcher injured, the Nats just couldn't stop hitting, scoring 3 runs in the 7th, 3 in the 8th, and 3 in the previous 4th for a 14-2 win. The Nats face 3rd-seeded Brockton for the CHAMPIONSHIP July 12th in Wakefield.

Up in Yo-Semite

Just updating from Yosemite N.P. Got here the 23rd, leaving the 29th.

Got this new laptop for Christmas!!! =D (Or else this post wouldn't be here xD)

Hiked Mirror Lake today, an easy 2.4-mi. round trip. Icy conditions, the slip-and-fall-if-you're-not-careful kind, though. The lake is fast filling up with sediment and in less than a half century could be no more.

The cafeteria at the Lodge is yet to fill up with the huge Badger Pass ski crowds, which usually come in the very day after Christmas.

The staff at the Lodge have been very friendly and helpful to us, as always. Some of the employees we see year after year.

No snow yet, only rain in the forecast. Snow has been on the GROUND the whole time, yet none has fallen since we arrived.

Rain forecast tonight into tomorrow, temperatures have been and will stay in the mid to upper 40s in the daytime, that's just enough cold for me ;)

Lows at night have reached the low 20s, but we're not out that late. I'd say the coldest temps I've experienced so far on the trip have been low 30s.

Well, will be off now for sleep. Another hike tomorrow if the weather holds up.

Wakefield Daily Item Mock Newspaper -- Tuesday, June 30, 2009

Wakefield Daily Item
Tuesday, June 30, 2009

Selectmen Speak of rallying votes for Gs
-WAKEFIELD
-The Wakefield Board of Selectmen are gathering votes for Props G1 and G2 from radical Republican government officials. Said Chrmn. Lawrence Gailor Seiseman (R), "The budgets of the P.D. and F.D. are overinflated as it is." The vote of the Board of Selectmen will be put forth as a full town electorate vote, and with a 8-4 Rep/Dem balance on the Board, including the outlandish Phyllis Hull, the Wakefield electorate will probably go "Yes" toward G1 and G2, despite over 70% of Wakefieldian voters having claimed to vote "No" on G1/G2 in the popular vote. But Dem rallyers such as Halle Wille are turning votes over on Reps to change the flow for voters. Of a 61%/23% D/R balance, there is a 70%/30% N/Y balance on Props G1 and G2. Wille also convinced Selectmen today to drop Prop J, the prop for the new overlay area code.

Cambridge Univ. College of Christ Choir to hit the Cong tonight
-WAKEFIELD
-As part of their U.S. tour, the Choir of College of Christ of Oxford University in England will hit Congregational Church tonight at 7:30 p.m. Attendance is free. The C of C Cambridge choir is one of the most renowned in the world, and they park it in Wakefield on the second stop of their 12-city tour. The choir performed in Beverly tonight and hits Burlington, Vt. Thursday and Alton, N.H., Friday.

Busy Police Day Includes Attempted Vehicular Arson
-WAKEFIELD
-It wasn't a sit-and-the-depot-and-drink-coffee day for the P.D. yesterday, as they were called out off and on throughout the day. The main call was from a Ledyard Court resident who reported at 10:53 a.m. this morning that a man, identified as Amos Brakleton, 24, 24 Stillwell Av., was trying to set a car alight and drive it into a tree.

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The P.D. continued their ticketing Monday, striking over forty cars on Albion, Church, and North Streets on parking violations.

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Police placed a 27-year-old man, unidentified, under arrest at 6:27 a.m. yesterday morning after he struck a police officer for unknown reasons on Spruce Street.

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In other business yesterday:

• A homeless man inside a Starbucks was deported to Vale View Rd. at 6:41 a.m.
• A cat who attacked a woman and boy on Foundry Street was taken to the Wakefield Animal Hospital at 7:12 a.m.
• A man on Stowitcher Court called police at 7:35 a.m. to ask if they could scare away birds waking him up. Police overlooked the call.
• A collision happened off-road at a pole near Audubon Rd. when Dale Rye, 23, 115 Court St., Reading, veered to avoid colliding with Joseph Lamatou, 26, of 1250 Great Wy., Cambridge, but instead fender-bendered Lamatou and drove into a pole. This occurred at 7:37 a.m.
• At 9:11 a.m., Joshlin Weaver, 23, 201 South Ave., Medford, and Frank Mataro, 51, 112 Water St., collided at the intersection of Main and Morel.
• At 10:07 a.m., an elderly woman on Main St. complained of noise when police found no noise to be present.
• At 11:51 a.m., Rob Andlerst, 49, 146 Johnston Ter., Tewksbury, was questioned for entering Alano's on Main Street with a football helmet on his head.
• At 4:44 p.m., police arrested a man on Ledyard Ct. who had reportedly kicked an off-duty officer in the shin.
• At 7:16 p.m., police arrested Roy Halmont, 30, 13 Flint St., for operating an illegal firework that caused a loud, startling boom all throughout the central Greenwood area.

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In other business this morning:

• Police sent kids yelling and playing in the middle of Foundry St. on their way at 12:29 a.m.

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The fire legion put out a kitchen fire on Merion Street at 7:50 a.m.

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The Department of Water and Power is set to dredge and clean Lake Quannapowitt today.

Waltham clobbers Reds

-WAKEFIELD

-In Babe Ruth League action at Greenwood Field yest., the Waltham Cubs clobbered our Wakefield Reds 17-0. Pitcher/pinch hitter Shawn Jackman had a no-hitter against the Wakefield lineup, and only recorded one walk. Rory Stefeneman grand slammed for Waltham, and third baseman Petey Lotus had a 3RBI triple. Rightfielder Patrick Pinckney snagged what would have been a Wakefield grand slam in the 8th.

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E

Waltham 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 10 4 17 25 1

WAKEFIELD 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1

Wakefield Daily Item Mock Newspaper -- Monday, June 29, 2009

Most stories, persons fictional. NOTE: Starting in this mock paper, you'll be hearing a lot about someone named Phyllis Hull. Unlike most people mentioned in the mock newspapers, Phyllis Hull IS real--and, boy, does she need to get a life.

Wakefield Daily Item
Monday, June 29, 2009

WIDC/WSSC Release Schedules for 4th of July
-WAKEFIELD
-The Wakefield Independence Day Committee/West Side Social Club have jointly released their schedules for the 4th of July festivities Saturday. Times are subject to change.

Schedule -- Wakefield Independence Day Committee Events
2:00p WSSC Float Registry
5:00p Parade
7:15-10:30p Music on Lower Common
9:45p Fireworks, on Lower Common, over Lake

Schedule -- West Side Social Club
6:30a Fishing Registration
7:00a Fishing
8:00a Pet Show
8:45a Cart/Wagon Parade Registry
9:00a Bicycle Parade Registry
9:15a Cart Parade
9:55a Bicycle Parade
12:00p Canoe Race ends - Head of Lake
12:15-1:05p Races

Wakefieldians speak out against Props G1, G2, J
-WAKEFIELD
-Wakefield is among many towns in Middlesex County trying to rack up "No" votes for props G1, G2, and J for Wednesday's Middlesex County election. G1 and G2 would scoop up funding from Medicaid programs and transfer it to local Mayoral Offices, Boards of Selectmen, and Officiating Offices. J would implement a new overlay area code. Halle Wille was among the most outspoken voters who gathered citizens to a Main Street rally over the weekend. "Our selectmen are too pompous monetarily already!" Wille preached to voters. "Our amorphous entities of rulers must be reinvented!" Wille spoke to a good chunk of the 63% of Wakefieldian voters who are registered as Democrat. "We must elect new leaders, and propositions like G1 and G2 need to be eradicated!" Wille told Item her rallies will continue until Wednesday.

Pittman, Royey hope to regain power for 3rd term
-WAKEFIELD
-Ivan Pittman and Dr. Kenny Royey will be running for county representative to Wakefield in the county election Wednesday. Pittman (D) is running for a third term, having served since 2007. Dr. Royey served from 1999-2001, and is running to fill the spot of David Johnson, who opted out of running for a second term after winning a slot in 2008. Peter Monikan (R) is also opting out; Pauline Allensford (D), a former Selectwoman, is running to fill that spot for a Democratic sweep.
26-year-old representative Bradley Ravell (D), according to a June 14th Item article, was considering opting out of running for a second term. The AP and the Middlesex County Board have now confirmed that he has dropped that consideration and that he will run for reelection Wednesday. The June 14 article said the consideration was pending a June 26 decision.

Further statue desecrations
-WAKEFIELD
-The town of Wakefield, as of Sunday, plans to issue a formal complaint against the Wakefield Police Department for not patrolling the area around the Upper Common heavily enough. The statement, planned to be issued by the Board of Selectmen Monday, says that the P.D. is "20% at fault" for the World War II memorial desecrations Friday and Sunday. Added to the peace sign and trampled flowers of Friday were a "thumbs down" or similar sign and the words "NO CONFLICT." A black spray-paint arrow was also added, the meaning of which has not been determined. Said a Police Department spokesperson in regards to both matters, "We'd like to assure the town that the Police Dept has many troupes and outsets of officers in every part of the town, with equal amounts near the Common, if not more--in addition, we will be beefing up night security around the area." Selectwoman Phyllis Hull remarked, "This laziness on behalf of the P.D. is only all the MORE reason for a transfer of their funds to us."

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At 5:11 p.m. Saturday, Bill Mashee, 35, 204 Outlook Rd., and Sara Jolvus, 33, of 166 Mayward Rd., Mashpee, collided at the Junction. No injuries were reported.

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At 9:00 p.m. Saturday, an arrest was made on the Common when a man stole the hat off of a police officer's head and attempted to throw it into Lake Quannapowitt.

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A resident complained about incessantly barking dogs 6:33 a.m. Sunday.

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Youths found loitering in front of a CVS at 10:10a.m. Sunday were sent on their way.

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A chest of drawers, valued at $150 including contents, was stolen from a Redfield Road home 1:23 p.m. Sunday.

Nats 13/14s advance to Winners Bracket Semis for first time since '98

-WAKEFIELD

-The Wakefield National 13/14-year-old All Stars just edged Quincy Sunday night at Walsh Field. Cody Richman was once again the driving force of the offense for Wakefield, scoring an unanswered walkoff 2RBI double to give Wakefield the 8-6 win. "Our pitching and defense was shaky at first," said Mgr. Mike Deltore, who started Ben Brouae, a pitcher who gave up 6 runs in the first 2 innings. Steven Whalen, third baseman, had two infield flubs. Mikey Deltore Jr. belted a solo shot in the 7th inning to tie the game for Wakefield in what was truly a comeback victory. "We overcompenstaed for hitting, but it worked," said Deltore.

Richman has had 35 home runs and 19 walkoff plays in the season. Wakefield's leading scorer, Richman is 2nd out of players of the eight winners' bracket teams with 67 RBI, a number superceded only by star centerfielder John Bibbie of the undefeated-in-winners-bracket-since-2006 Saugus. The Nats play top seeded Saugus next. When the two teams meet in Saugus Thursday, only nine days will have separated that matchup from the two teams' previosu one on Tuesday, the final game of the season where the Nats toppled Saugus 2-0.

STANDINGS AMONG WINNERS' BRACKET TEAMS

Team W L T

Saugus 21 3 0

Methuen 19 4 1

Brockton 19 5 0

WAKEFIELD 16 8 0

Quincy 15 9 0

Stoneham 14 7 3

Reading 14 8 2

Melrose 14 10 0

Wakefield Daily Item Mock Newspaper -- Wednesday, June 24, 2009

While I was back in Boston, I wrote a fair share of mock versions of the local town paper, The Wakefield Daily Item, which, for some reason, generally seems to have very funny and sometimes poorly-written articles. It isn't The Boston Globe, let's put it that way. But it's one of the many things about Wakefield that I deeply love and cherish anyway. Here's just one of the mock versions I wrote--hopefully there will be more to come, unless I'm too lazy to type them up. =P

Most stories and persons are fictional; only a select few are real. All police logs are fictional.

Wakefield Daily Item
Wednesday, June 24, 2009

Police Department Warns Against Fireworks on 4th
-Wakefield
-Police issued a public announcement Tuesday claiming that the P.D. will not tolerate use of personal fireworks or firecrackers this 4th of July week (June 27-July 5). Dep. Will Halveles said that the P.D. plans to "crack down" on firework/firecracker use "as much as possible." The fine for violating these new rules can be as much as $275, depending on the level of the offense. Said Halveles, "If you use fireworks this 4th, we will know, we will find you, and you will have to pay up."

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At 7:22 a.m. Tuesday, off duty officer Rick Pikee was cruising back streets when he found a middle aged man being subdued by a teenager at 12 Catalpa Street. Investigation showed that the teenager, Peter Dorset, 17, had caught the man, identified as Paul Jenkins, 33, of 7 West Rd., Peabody, breaking into a neighbor's house. Dorset had tackled and subdued Jenkins about two minutes before police arrived. Jenkins was arrested for breaking and entering and petty theft, though, fortunately, he had stolen nothing other than a half-eaten cinnamon keugle from a refrigerator.

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A kitchen fire was reported at 10:11 a.m.; police forwarded the situation to the fire apparatus.

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In other business yesterday, police:

• broke up a physical altercation between a party of youths at Yueull School at 6:13 a.m.
• At 6:51 a.m., police responded to an alarms call at an office building on Water Street. A custodian had set off the alarm accidentally, it transpired.
• At 9:42 a.m., a dog was reported to be romping on Redfield Road unleashed.
• At 3:37 p.m., police cleaned up graffiti on a Bay State Road storefront.
• At 8:11 p.m., police arrested Solma Pakijon, 32, for trying to detonate a mailbox.
• At 11:55 p.m., police responded to a call about "mysterious activity" on Sesame Street. No one was present when police arrived.
• At 4:22a.m. this morning, a Chestnut Street resident reported someone had just driven into a pole.
• At 11:01 a.m., police responded to a call about youths playing baseball in the middle of a street.

Mosquito spraying dates released

-Wakefield

-Dates and times for mosquito spraying have been released.

LOCATION DATE TIME

N of Water St., W of Main St. 7/15 6-11p N of Water St., E of Main St. 7/18 6-11p S of Water St., W of Main St. 7/12 5-10p

S of Water St., E of Main St. 7/14 4-9p

If residents see a spray truck coming, they are advised to go indoors and stay indoors for 20 minutes.

Galvin MS will NOT hold summer school

-Wakefield

-Strapped for funding, and dealing with the Amonson case, Galvin Middle School summer classes have been moved to Wakefield High School and will begin June 29 pending school board approval. Algebra 1, English 6, English 7, Life Science, Biology 11, Biology 12, Pre-Algebra, Algebra 2, Calculus, and World History 10 and 11 are the classes scheduled to be offered at WHS. Call Royce (781) 001-0507.

Birth Announcement & Birth Tallies

-Wakefield

-Daniella (Allens) and Patrick Localman of Wakefield are ecstatic to announce the birth of their son, Jesephiah Localman, June 12, 2009, at Melrose-Wakefield Hospital. Maternal grandparents are Molly and Rich Allens of Melrose. Paternal grandparents are John and Shelly Localman of Wakefield. On Tuesday, four births were recorded at Melrose-Wakefield Hospital.

Nats 13/14s qualify for winners bracket

-Saugus

-Wakefield's 13/14-year-old National All Stars toppled 1st-seeded Saugus to earn a winners' bracket berth for the championships starting June 28. This is the first time since 1998 the Nats have qualified for the winners' bracket. They will be seeded 4th, and play 5th-seeded Quincy Sunday in Wakefield. A largely uneventful but successful game found Cody Richman hitting a 2-run homer in the 7th to clinch a 2-run win.

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E

WAKEFIELD 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 5 1

Saugus 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0

Yay, A New Blog For Once!

I'm starting this blog for a second time after I hit some wayward button and erased anything. I hate when I have to write everything all over again, because it will never sound as good as it would have the first time.

Anyway...

I was writing about how much has happened since my last blog in January or February...I forgot about this account because SBM came along and thrust me into a world where you can talk about literally anything you want, and the moderators are just as crazy as the members, if not more. It is, in essence, a tv.com without tv.com.

After being banned from a second account on February 2, I've pretty much abandoned tv.com, and most of the firends I had on tv.com are now on SBM as well, so I've been able to keep in touch with them while leaving this fun, yet somewhat painful, slightly regretted portion of my internet life behind.

Life on tv.com moved on, or at least as much as it could normally on such a site. Pokesponge, whom I now call Dylan, admitted that he was Pokesponge sometime in March (he had made a new account in January), and yet nothing happened to him. Here we are, now in June, and still no action has been taken. Please, understand, it's not that I want Dylan to be banned, rather I'm just trying to note how curious it is that those who admit they rejoined have no action taken against them, whereas tvfan (now more commonly known as "I am the cheese" on SBM) made two other accounts, both of which were unsuccessful. A "pending notice" was sent within MINUTES--MINUTES--of the creation of the third and final account.

I haven't been thinking about tv.com much---life on SBM has been very good so far, and I've made lots of new friends there, but Josh (tvfan) was bugging me today to write a tv.com rant blog, claiming how much he missed them, so that is basically the purpose of this blog.

As for JellyFishJammer, she was given community spotlight in March, which she was thrilled about at first, but then grew uneasy about it because she felt like she was being watched. She had CS for over a month, and she felt like she didn't have the freedoms she did--writing rant blogs such as this being one example--when she was not on community spotlight. She told me she felt relieved when it was finally taken away. In other news, she also made editor for Penguins of Madagascar. I am happy for her, but, I must admit, a tad jealous--she's one of the few original people remaining from when I was a member, and she barely has any TOS's. Now, don't get my wrong, JFJ is my best friend, but I just wonder sometimes why the mods were so easy on her compared to everybody else.

Well, tvfan can't seem to wait any longer--he's already prowling on the fringes of this account waiting for this to be published--so I suppose I'd better sign off now. Hopefully I'll start making entries here more often. ;)

THIS IS GETTING RIDICULOUS

The "Please Un-Ban Our Friends" thread was locked by...TVTomeShadow???!!! When on Earth does HE ever come to HIS OWN forum? I'm gonna go back and check, if he's a moderator now, I AM GOING TO SCREAM!!!! THIS IS GETTING RIDICULOUS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Update--1/24/2009

So, it's been a very long time since the last blog, and my blogging consistency seems to be very low--it was unusual, when I was on tv.com I would blog almost EVERY SINGLE DAY, and now I have this great blogger account set up, and yet I'm barely posting anything. Maybe it's because I lack the motivation I had on tv.com--I knew I had readers there.



Which brings up the subject of tv.com--at first I couldn't live without it, and now it's not bothering me that much that I'm not on there, except for this one little part of me that absolutely irks to go back there. There's a part of me that still misses tv.com horribly. I'm still there, every day, reading everyone's blogs but not being able to post my own--the same kind of helplessness I felt BEFORE I joined tv.com, but worse now because I HAD a taste of that, and it all just slipped away.



So, the eternal question: creating a new account? Going by a completely different username, having to regain all those levels, and possibly getting banned AGAIN?????? Is it worth it? That's the question I've been pondering so far, but if I DID go back, it would be mostly for the relationships I've developed there (yes, JFJ, this means you...and PS123, too...and CM...and almost everyone else). I guess the banning just really hit me because I hadn't had a TOS in over a month, the mods were getting off my back, and I was trying to HELP them, seemingly, at least, making the impression that I wasn't trying to ruin their website, I was, if anything, trying to help out and IMPROVE it. So...



should I rejoin???



Thoughts...deep thoughts...



more later.

Update--1/11/2009 & Obama thoughts

So, as you may have noticed, I haven't said much here so far. I've been busy with other internet engagements--my proboard, this unbelievable online course, that kind of thing. I have a new photo next to my profile, as you may have noticed. It's the BoSox mobbing the field after winning the World Series in 2004. I got it from iconator, it was an animated one, but for some reason every time I save an animated icon to my computer, it takes the animation away! :-( Before it had shown that picture, and then flashed "Take That Yankees!!!" repeatedly. I don't know how the animation gets lost.

5 more invites to my Proboard were sent, or so it was said, but for some reason they didn't seem to have the intended effect. I never found out who they got sent to anyways. Apparently bob_ball got one, as I was browsing a few blogs back on tv.com earlier today (yes, I still try to keep in touch with things), but for some baffling reason he can never join Proboards.

Meanwhile, in other, more important matters, my father did some after Christmas shopping yesterday and brought home the salient observation that most of the stores looked like ghost towns. Keep in mind this was a SATURDAY, with Xmas items up to 90% OFF.

In government, our very own governor Schwarzenegger has proposed cutting back the school years 5 days, which may seem all apple pie and ice cream, but this will affect the state's teachers dramatically as a LOT of money can be brought home in just one week. I know. We have educators in the family.

And speaking of Schwarzenegger, I just want to go off on a tangent here to make a point. For Christmas, I got the DVD of The Simpsons Movie, which I had never seen before. In it, Schwarzenegger is president, which isn't even possible because he is foreign-born. Just a few days later, back home in the civilized world, all the tabloids (which I had had a 6-day break from up in the mountains) had allegations splattered on their covers that Obama was not American-born.

Well, you know what I say--So what? I mean, what about Bush? He's American as you can be and he's the worst president we've ever had! In my book, as long as you've lived in this country, and you feel a deep appreciation and love for this country, you should be allowed to be president. So what if Obama spent the first 24 hours of his life in a foreign country? How can we prove that that makes him unfit to be president, just because the hospital he was born in wasn't in America? It has nothing to do with his smarts, his intelligence, his performance. It doesn't affect anything. So how, I ask you, HOW??? can we deem him unfit to be the next president for the sole reason that his first hours were not spent on American soil. Hmm?

ANSWER THAT.

OK...slow your roll, RedSoxFan, you're getting too steamed. Just nine more days until the inauguration...then we will be on a path to a better nation and a better world.

Nine. More. Days.

Welcome

Hello, and welcome to this brand new blog. I don't expect this blog to be all that much, pretty much just a day to day record of my experiences and insights into what life is and how we approach it. When April comes around, things will get beefier with the addition of my BoSox comments. Anyways, please watch as this blog grows more and more. Hopefully passing browsers will take interest. Or maybe not. We'll see what happens. But I have a positive outlook, which is of course most important.

You see? That's the kind of insight you'll get.

Enjoy.