my new baby snake

this has been a very busy week-I just purchased a new snake.I will bring him home on saturday,he is a columbian red boa and is 6 months old.I bought all the set up and looking forward to having a new member of the family.I miss my other snakes and sad that they are gone,but we must go on.some people don't understand my attachment to theses wonderful creatures.some people don't think you can bond with a snake.sure I can't teach it to fetch a stick or cuddle with it on the couch.I can't take it on walks(well i can I just be the one doing all the walking.)

but there is a bonding which only other reptile lovers understand.sure its not the same way you bond with a cat or dog or even a ferret.but its something we do and that we love and no one else seem to understand.

I see people all the time trying to prohibit us from owning snakes,and I read where some cities have succeeded.I don't try to tell you to get rid of your pitbulls or rottweilers or other animals that people have.I can guarantee if I can't have my snakes i will be damn if I will let you keep your precious little dogs.so you keep out of my buisness and I will keep out of yours.let me have my snakes and you can have your pitbulls and your rottweilers,bulldogs and wolves.I will look the other way when you let them loose to roam our neighborhoods and promise I won't call the dog pound(since we do have a leash law) and have them impounded and put to sleep. you just let me have my snakes AND WE WILL GET ALONG JUST FINE.

"Ons Heemecht" (Our Motherland)

Wou dUelzecht durech dWisen zéit,
Duerch dFielsen dSauer brëcht.
Wou dRief laanscht dMusel dofteg bléit,
Den Himmel Wäin ons mëcht.
Dat as onst Land, fir dat mir géif,
Heinidden alles won.
Ons Heemechtsland, dat mir sou déif
An onsen Hierzer dron..

O Du do uewen, deem séng Hand
Duurch dWelt dNatioune leet.
Behitt Du dLëtzebuerger Land
Vru friemem Joch a Leed !
Du hues ons all als Kanner schon
de fräie Geescht jo gin.
Looss viru blénken dFräiheetssonn
déi mir sou laang gesin

pambansang awit ng pilipinas

bayang magiliw

perlas ng silanganan

alab ng puso

sa dibdib mo'y buhay



lupang hinirang

duyan ka ng magiting

sa manlulupig

di ka pasisiil



sa dagat at bundok

sa simoy at sa langit mong bughaw

may dilag ang tula at awit

sa paglayang minamahal



ang kislap ng watawat mo'y

tagumpay na nagniningning

ang bituin at araw niya'y

kailan pa ma'y di magdidilim



lupa nang araw ng luwalhati't pagsinta

buhay ay langit sa piling mo

aming ligaya na pag may mang-aapi

ang mamatay nang dahil sa iyo

A backwards glance

been reflecting the last 12 months.I think about the destructions,the nightmares,the water that flooded our homes,the lost of lives,the looting and the way people can change overnight.their true nature really comes out.you all thinking it is good ,sorry to disappoint you but i have never seen so many inconsiderate people in my live at one time.that includes people who you thought was your friends and family members. the looting was out of this world,it was bad enough that we had to deal with the destruction and trying to salvage what was left if anything at all,then people going through others homes or what was left of their homes and just helping yourself.people came down here with the false pretense of helping us and instead robbing us blind and taking what they considered souvenirs.I am sorry but stealing is stealing and you all know who you are should all be hanged in the town square,oops forgot we don't have one anymore,what was left people stoled,well we just beat them with our shovels and stomp their f--king head in.yes the nightmares continues and just won't go away.I don't want your pity,I just want you to keep your filthy hands off what belongs to others.everytime a hurricane comes into the gulf of mexico the nightmares begin again.maybe one day they will go away,but untill than i suffer in silences and wait it out.

1 year later

well we celebrated our 1 year anniversary of hurricane katrina here on the mississippi coast and alot of stuff was going on.memorial services,regrand opening of beau rivage and tribute to the ones we lost here on the coast.it was a somber event of what we have been through and where we are at today.boy did this year ever go by fast.and so much still left to do here on the mississippi coast.we made not get news coverage like news orleans but at least we got the help that they didn't.

for all of you who feel sorry for new orleans you all have been fooled.their levees broke when caused the flooding and the levee broke not because of the storm,but because the levee was not up to standards and termites were eating away the wood and time has also took away the levee's holding power or so to say.yes new orleans may of suffered some lost,but compare to the mississippi coast and the alabama area we both suffered the worst blunt of the storm.new orleans gets coverage because it is a city everyone knows. well regardless of the news the superdome is open once again and the mardi gras was a big success.and bourbon street is up and running,and they are still the center of the news.I just wished the jounalist and newspaper get their act together and report the news as a whole and not what they want to.I have no love lost over news people at all,how they twist stories to fit them and keeping us informed i shall give them a f- and maybe one day we will have some good ones like we use to have.

movies and television shows.

whatever happen to original ideals-I have noticed the last couple of years there has been alot of remakes at the movie theater theses days.or old tv series they decide to make into movies.miami vice,duke of hazards to name a few.it just not cut it for me.i grew up with the old type series and they putting new faces on the show/movie just doesn't make it worth watching.to me it is an insult to the oldies,maybe if they did a reunion show or made it where they was the kids of the original cast or something.to keep their names that was used in the original showing is also stupid.

at least they can give them different names for the show/movie. maybe i am just old and people my age just don't go to the movies anymore.

i will also give my kudos to the directors,writers for trying to bring them back.
I just wish maybe they will put a different twist to it.it is just not he same as the original.maybe i should try to watch theses show with a different mind set.

it is just hard to.I just hope they don't try to mess up "gone with the wind",or

some of the good old films. some shows were never meant to be remade.just keep doing the anniversary editions and i will be happy with that.

and how about something new for a chance.I think snakes on a plane will be successful for it is one of the few originals that is being made.lets just hope and pray it is so.

movies and television shows.

whatever happen to original ideals-I have noticed the last couple of years there has been alot of remakes at the movie theater theses days.or old tv series they decide to make into movies.miami vice,duke of hazards to name a few.it just not cut it for me.i grew up with the old type series and they putting new faces on the show/movie just doesn't make it worth watching.to me it is an insult to the oldies,maybe if they did a reunion show or made it where they was the kids of the original cast or something.to keep their names that was used in the original showing is also stupid.

at least they can give them different names for the show/movie. maybe i am just old and people my age just don't go to the movies anymore.

i will also give my kudos to the directors,writers for trying to bring them back.
I just wish maybe they will put a different twist to it.it is just not he same as the original.maybe i should try to watch theses show with a different mind set.

it is just hard to.I just hope they don't try to mess up "gone with the wind",or

some of the good old films. some shows were never meant to be remade.just keep doing the anniversary editions and i will be happy with that.

and how about something new for a chance.I think snakes on a plane will be successful for it is one of the few originals that is being made.lets just hope and pray it is so.

movies and television shows.

whatever happen to original ideals-I have noticed the last couple of years there has been alot of remakes at the movie theater theses days.or old tv series they decide to make into movies.miami vice,duke of hazards to name a few.it just not cut it for me.i grew up with the old type series and they putting new faces on the show/movie just doesn't make it worth watching.to me it is an insult to the oldies,maybe if they did a reunion show or made it where they was the kids of the original cast or something.to keep their names that was used in the original showing is also stupid.

at least they can give them different names for the show/movie. maybe i am just old and people my age just don't go to the movies anymore.

i will also give my kudos to the directors,writers for trying to bring them back.
I just wish maybe they will put a different twist to it.it is just not he same as the original.maybe i should try to watch theses show with a different mind set.

it is just hard to.I just hope they don't try to mess up "gone with the wind",or

some of the good old films. some shows were never meant to be remade.just keep doing the anniversary editions and i will be happy with that.

and how about something new for a chance.I think snakes on a plane will be successful for it is one of the few originals that is being made.lets just hope and pray it is so.

nothing new

good afternoon everyone,just another gloomy day here in mississippi,overcast and suppose to rain again.hear the thunder outside,working out in the yard and can't believe how quick the yard gets out of shape,all this rain we have been getting keeps me from working in the yard like I would like to.
hence the yard out of shape,this morning I was able to do some edging,well consider almost a year ago I had no yard.sine hurricane katrina washed it all away and what it didn't wash away the salt water killed it.

just another day and hopefully something exciting will happen today than again i have enjoyed the quiet day so far.well so much for the boring day eh.

see you all later.

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snakes and equipment

tomorrow morning I start on my quest to buying 2 75 gallons aquarium with a screen top that i can latch down with clips,i also will have to get water bowls,heat lamps,heat pads,a place for them to hide in,branches for them to climb on,aspen chips for bedding,an UV light for during the day,and i usually buy plastic plants for them to hide in as well.
been looking forward to this for quite a while,the snakes i will get is 2 ball pythons and 1 female Colombian red tail boa.that is what i hoping to get.I won't settle for anything less. but first and foremost is getting their home set up and going so their transaction will be with as much stress free as i get them.stress will kill them,so i want to house up and running and up to the right temperature and everything.i also have to buy thermometers to set the temperature and keep it accurate.I have done all of this before and lost it all to hurricane katrina.

nothing like having to start all over again.hopefully 2 weeks from now i will have me some snakes once again.

religion

why is it everybody feel the need to tell you about their religion.whether its protestant,catholics,Muslims,zen,orthodox,Hinduism,Judaism,Bahia,Taoism,Buddhism,Shinto,shakta,sikhism,paganism and new age.to name just a few.why must their be wars in the name of our gods?

why is it people are ready to defend their religion with a sword,or a knife,or a gun,or even with a tank.

why do people get into heated arguments over which religion is the true one.whatever happen to just sitting down and with a cup of coffee or cola or whatever you drink and just discuss.do we need to bring in religion.

a few years ago there was this thing going around the country called breaking down the walls.I had the chance to attend one of their meetings.it was held at the coliseum and all different Churches attended.it was not about being a catholic,or baptist,pentecostal,or nondenominational,or white,black,Latino,Hispanic,African American,or any thing else for that matters.

it was about Jesus and praising his holy name and loving one another regardless of your skin color or what church you went to.it lasted about a year or so and people were back in the same old rutted about how their church is the only way to get to heaven.if this offends anyone maybe you need to go back and evaluate your life or just pass this post up.

this is just my opinion and you have the option whether to read this or not to read this.
now where was I.you might be asking OK what religion am I promoting or what church am i trying to get you to attend.in fact none of them.Jesus will lead you the way,He will tell you if he wants you at this church or that church.
all I here to do is proclaim the Name of Jesus.
not here to to shove it down your throat or make you believe.that's not my job to get you to believe,I just want to share Jesus with you on a personal level.

this is not about religion,or a church it is just about a man from Galilee who came to this world and spread his love to the world.his message of hope,love,and healing and much much more.read your bible,i realize their is so many different types of versions out there.i can't help you there,i like the king James version,the new king James version and the new international version.

but that what I like,anyway ,search the scriptures and search for the truth and seek it.you will find it.it will come to those who seek it.but let us get away from religion and who church is the better church.must we fight one another under the name of God.and stop arguing about whose church is the right church and can't we just join hands and pray together as one.I don't care what your race is or your color is or your creed.can't we all just join together as brothers and sisters.i realize i am just talking in the wind.I really have no doubt that anyone will read this for I am no scholar or some journalist or some famous person.I am just me who you see in the store or on the streets or in a restaurant or i am the one that fixed your food or the person who delivered it to your table,or maybe the one you almost ran down when i was crossing the street and you refused to stop at that red light.

maybe i am the one you just cut off in traffic cause you were in a hurry and didn't care that i had kids in my car and caused me to swerve and run off the road and my kids were hurt.

maybe you are the one who came into my store and shoplifted something you really didn't need just to see if you could get away with it.

just maybe i was the one who was hungry and asked you for some food,or maybe even a drink of water and you just laughed at me and told me to get lost.

maybe i am one of the many who lost their home to hurricane Katrina and you sat back and said oh well that is what you get for living on the coast.

i pray that wherever you live and if you lose someone or something that someone doesn't say well if they only didn't drink and drive,or only if they didn't smoked,or only if they didn't live in tornado alley or only they didn't live on a fault line or they lived where there is snow and your roof caved in because of the weight of the snow.
oh well!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!