THE CAPRICIOUS WRITER (Book) http://www.Writing.Com/main/books.php/item_id/1043512-THE-CAPRICIOUS-WRITER THE SHIP WILL TAKE YOU TO MY NEW BLOG ** Images For Use By Upgraded+ Only ** Thu, 12 Apr 2007 19:03:22 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/497890 I feel like a dope! Yesterday I couldn’t get online and my digital phone didn’t work. I thought it was a problem with my modem, so I called the cable company and they set up an appointment for a repairman to come out some time in the next couple of days. Meanwhile, my brother had a ten page paper due for his online class, but couldn’t send it in. The earliest the ca...[Read Full Post] Mon, 26 Mar 2007 16:45:06 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/497762 I was having a few technical problems with my computer early this morning, so I'm praying it will continue working normally at least until I can get a new one in May. Yesterday I was disturbed by the report of rat poison in the dog food. It wasn't until the evening news that I learned that it might not have been accidental after all...careless but accid...[Read Full Post] Sat, 24 Mar 2007 15:19:08 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/497345 Today’s newspaper reported a local pet owner rushing her dog to the veterinarian. Meatball, her Neapolitan Mastiff, was lethargic and didn’t want to eat. The dog’s illness progressed and it died en route. The dog’s owner had mixed a meat and gravy product to its dry food, something I do for my dogs. I will be even more cautious then I have been whe...[Read Full Post] Fri, 23 Mar 2007 15:40:30 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/497183 When I was first entering college, I took a sophomore philosophy class. I wasn’t ready for a sophomore philosophy class. The first book we studied was Joseph Conrad’s Heart of Darkness. I was lost and didn’t understand it. Later I studied the same book as a work of literature and I understood it and could engage others in discussions about it. The...[Read Full Post] Fri, 23 Mar 2007 01:35:49 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/496979 The dictionary defines corruption as "dishonesty for personal gain: dishonest exploitation of power for personal gain". If indeed money talks then corruption is when elected officials start listening to the voice of money and no longer to the people. When the people are not heard concerning an unfair issue I can't hold back. I may not be a public sp...[Read Full Post] Wed, 21 Mar 2007 17:16:21 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/496700 I am an animal lover. I have nine dogs, three cats and four kittens. Each one has a personality. Each one is a member of the family. I have never had to be so concerned about the food I was buying for them until today. I just got back from daily shopping for pet food, and I paused awhile in the pet food aisle to consider what food was safe for my a...[Read Full Post] Tue, 20 Mar 2007 19:40:01 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/496530 A few weeks ago I blogged [Link to Book Entry #490153] and how dog hair was being used in some fur coats. They were slaughtered inhumanely just for their coats. Now there is another inhumane slaughter that has been brought to my attention. Seals are being slaughtered, seal pups no less. Why? They are being slaughtered for their fur. Many people ...[Read Full Post] Mon, 19 Mar 2007 16:43:50 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/496275 I’m a big fan of superhero movies, and in many of the movies when a superhero first develops that super power there comes that realization that “with great power comes great responsibility”. It may not be a super power, but every writer does have a power they can use to great affect, the power of words. As a writer life has taught me the power of words. Words can hurt, or words can heal. They can mend sorrows a...[Read Full Post] Sun, 18 Mar 2007 17:30:49 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/496006 Before Captain Jack Sparrow there was one pirate who inspired decades of book-loving young boys! That pirate was Captain Long John Silver. Having completed Stephen King’s Dreamcatcher I have been trying to decide on the next great literary masterpiece to read. The sig that was gifted to me yesterday has inspired me to again read my favor...[Read Full Post] Sat, 17 Mar 2007 15:27:22 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/495751 It’s crazy at South Padre Island this week. It’s not a place I want to be during Spring Break. It was reported last night that someone fell from a hotel balcony. This isn’t the first time that has happened during Spring Break. The news also reported that the number of rapes is higher than it’s ever been. It is not the safes...[Read Full Post] Fri, 16 Mar 2007 20:47:34 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/495592 Half the month is over and there are sixteen more days until the deadline for the [Link To Item #1205704] . We have a few fantastic entries so far, but there is still room for more, so I'm sending out a second call for entries! WRITE ON! WRITE ON! WRITE ON! ** I...[Read Full Post] Thu, 15 Mar 2007 23:17:27 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/495381 Today’s entry presents a question of ethics and immigration. Immigration is an issue often debated in Washington. Illegal immigration and drug smuggling are very real problems on the border, but how many people that debate the issue in our nation’s capital have ever lived or spent much time on the border. Sure we have the occasional vis...[Read Full Post] Wed, 14 Mar 2007 17:34:54 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/495137 I may not be a meteorologist, but I do notice patterns. It is the week of Spring Break and thousands of college students have flocked to South Padre Island. For the past couple of years, every time Spring Break week comes around there is bad weather. It either gets cold at the beginning of the week, too cold to go to the beach, or it rains. Last night there we...[Read Full Post] Tue, 13 Mar 2007 19:43:20 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/494878 There is a debate going on in Florida over a Ten Commandments display at a courthouse. There is nothing that makes my blood boil like someone who should know better arguing that “Separation of Church and State” is stipulated in the U.S. Constitution. When someone argues that the Ten Commandments displayed at a courthouse is in violation of ...[Read Full Post] Mon, 12 Mar 2007 20:34:37 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/494551 This will be a short entry because it's late and I'm tired. I still have to adjust to the time change. We lost an hour and I'm feeling it! Earlier this week my brother was planning to rent "The Prestige", but it wasn't available, so he brought home "The Illusionist". We watched it and I took it back today to bring h...[Read Full Post] Mon, 12 Mar 2007 00:20:55 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/494425 I am still a news and information "junkie". I could spend hours surfing the web to read newspapers and visit different information sites. I would list them all for easy access, but there is not enough space on the "Misc Links" list to list them all, so I have created another website to accomodate them: [Link To Item #1230504] Are you ready for Daylight...[Read Full Post] Sat, 10 Mar 2007 21:14:55 EST http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/494120 Question: Of what real value is Daylight Savings Time anymore? Do we even need it? Everyone I talk to seems to wonder the very same thing. This weekend Daylight Savings Time begins early and it has been mentioned on the news that it might affect high-tech gadgets. If so will it affect those areas that don’t observe Daylight Savings Time? Computers are world wi...[Read Full Post] Fri, 09 Mar 2007 20:35:58 EST http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/493802 Whereas many people in the Northern U.S. have to shovel winter snow I had to mow the lawn today. My yard was starting to look like a wildlife refuge in the middle of town, and indeed you will find wild birds in my backyard habitat that you won’t normally find anywhere else in town. I like wildlife! However, the city doesn’t like overgrown yards, so I had to do...[Read Full Post] Thu, 08 Mar 2007 20:50:45 EST http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/493557 I was talking online with a friend of mine last night, and she brought to my attention a Primetime news report of a man claiming to be Jesus Christ. This following on the heels of Sunday’s ludicrous documentary about the lost tomb of Christ gave me the subject for today’s blog entry. I prefer the New King James Version of the Bible because the words of Christ...[Read Full Post] Wed, 07 Mar 2007 13:09:01 EST http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/493163 Many years ago there was a man who got behind the pulpit of a church and taught end-time prophecy contrary to Biblical Scripture! It outraged my uncle who had a lot of questions, so I took an intensive look at Biblical prophecy and the “end of days”. I wrote an extensive paper by long-hand on the subject and still have it in my Bible. T...[Read Full Post] Tue, 06 Mar 2007 22:20:35 EST http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/493024 Today we took a drive to Baffin Bay. It was pretty much an all day trip there and back again. Baffin Bay is where they have all the fishing tournaments and one can look out across the water to see Padre Island which I estimate is the longest of the state’s barrier islands. South Padre is going to be busy with Spring Breakers next week. North P...[Read Full Post] Tue, 06 Mar 2007 00:03:05 EST http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/492830 Much has been written about the Irish temperament. Much has been said of the German temperament. Things have also been written of the Cherokee temperament. I am of Scotch-Irish, German, and Cherokee descent and I’m a writer, so if I feel strongly or passionate about something I’m going to express it! I am also a student of Bible prophecy! The ludicrous claim by James Cameron that the tomb of Jesus and his family has been found is going to air on a documentary tonight. But if that is his claim then he denies the person and divinity of the true Christ! In w...[Read Full Post] Sun, 04 Mar 2007 17:57:32 EST http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/492439 My favorite line in the movie “Batman Begins” is when he says, “It’s not who I am underneath, but it’s what I do that defines me.” It’s what we do that defines who we are, who we become, and how people will remember us. The poetry reading went well last night. It took place at the library in the evening h...[Read Full Post] Sat, 03 Mar 2007 10:48:38 EST http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/492021 Sometimes I see on TV a character fretting over another year passing. I’ve known some people fret about turning 25. I remember an episode of “Friends” where they were fretting about turning 30. I’ll be turning 37 in a few months. I’ve never worried about aging even when my younger brother told me I’m starting to look like an ol...[Read Full Post] Thu, 01 Mar 2007 18:27:07 EST http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/491568