Thank You Mr. Lucas

“All the heroes and legends I knew as a child have fallen to idols of clay.” – Styx

We all have heroes from our youth.  Ok, let me rephrase that.  We all categorize the people that helped to create who we are into some form of hierarchy.  We have the true heroes who put their lives on the line such as soldiers, astronauts, firemen and police officers.  We have more cerebral heroes who teach us to strive to become more than we are such as Jesus Christ, Lord Robert Stephenson Smyth Baden-Powell, Captain Moroni and my son Royce.  And we have the heroes and legends from our youth such as friends who did legendary things (i.e. Benny “The Jet” Rodrigues), teachers who helped us grow, and movie makers that changed our perspective on life as they awed and wowed us with their movie magic.

Links-R-Us, Vol. 11

Welcome once again to Link-Friday!  Today’s selection of links has once again returned to the standard five after last week’s Link-Friday Clearinghouse.  These five links are the last of the links that I have managed to store up over the last little while; and unfortunately I have not come across any more links that have really sparked my interest enough to be included in Link-Friday…  So, this may be one of the last Link-Fridays for a little while.  Keep your eyes open, because you never know when the next Link-Friday post will once again pop up.  And, on that note, here are the links!

Our first link is to a fun video that was on one of the local news outlets.  This link leads us to a man who made a “Star Wars” type video based on him playing music from the Star Wars movies on his cello.  The article that accompanied the video brought up a good point that I wish to repeat – would Darth Vader actually do something that silly?  You be the judge.

Links-R-Us, Vol. 10

Welcome to another Link-Friday!  I was looking at the list of links that I keep on the back burner and noticed that the list is, like, huge!  When I first started to compile links for Link-Friday I would always have a hard time coming up with five (why I chose five I will never know…).  Now I’m having a hard time whittling the list down to five.  So, welcome to our first Link-Friday Link Clearinghouse!  So, I’m going to spit out as many one or two liners and links as will fit in this little post.  So, with luck on my side, here goes…

Our first link is one I wished that I had known about for the holidays – making home-made candles out of citrus fruit.  Here are a couple of links to it:

Heros, Part 1

Today I want to talk about one of the most amazing people that I know:  my son Royce.

Since birth, Royce has been plagued with various problems.  “Problems” is probably the wrong word to use – challenges would probably be more like it.  When Royce was born his bilirubin values were abnormal and ultimately went up to dangerous levels.  We were having him tested every day for nearly three weeks (his poor heals were so sore and he hated anyone touching his feet for the longest time after that) and spent almost a week with him under the “bili-lights” to bring his jaundice levels down.

Links-R-Us, Vol. 9

Thanks again for tuning into another episode of Link-Friday.  May your day be better for the visit!

Welcome once again to another Link-Friday!  Looking back on previous posts I have discovered that almost half of the Link-Friday posts have missed the mark by at least one day.  So, I am officially declaring any day that a Link-Friday post comes out is an honorary Friday.  And with all that being said, on to todays links.

My first link is to a story I had not heard about.  My brother who stayed with us for Christmas told me about this one.  Apparently Bank of America tried to foreclose on a couple that had paid cash on their home and did not have a mortgage.  After hearing the case, the court sided with the couple (becuase they had never had a mortgage with Bank of America) and it ordered BofA to pay for court costs.  Well, when BofA did not pay up the couple’s attorney showed up with the sheriff and foreclosed on the local branch – seizing all the assets of the bank.  Movers were standing by with the sheriff and his deputies until an hour later the manager gave the couple a check for the amount owed.  The couple’s next move is to sue for their legal fees.  This really seems like poetic justice in the aftermath of all the improper foreclosures we’ve read about. The link includes the story as well as a video.  Enjoy:

New Year's 2012

“It wouldn’t be New Year’s if I didn’t have regrets” – William Thomas

Hmmm…  Another year has come and gone.  It is my prayer that this next year will bring more happiness, stability and kindness to each of our lives.  Everyone could do with a little more of each of those items in their lives.

Christmas is for Children

This year has been quite a trying year for us.  Everything that you could imagine going wrong pretty much has.  Lenora Mattingly Weber put it best when she said, “Christmas is for children.  But it is for grown-ups too.  Even if it is a headache, a chore, and nightmare, it is a period of necessary defrosting of chill and hide-bound hearts.”  This year, our Christmas was for our children.