Movin on up

...looks like we are about to be rich beyond our wildest dreams. look at the email I got today!!!!! I have already responded with all our financial info. Anybody need a loan????.... NOT!!!!

Dear Sir

RE: CONFIDENTIAL
TRANSACTION


I am Dr George Johnson, the immediate resigned senate
president of the federal republic of Nigeria, I know you must be
surprised at this development, but I chose to tell you the truth
because of my sincere wish to treat every man, as I would expect to be
treated.

While in office, I witnessed a lot of unpatriotic acts by
men of high position in Nigeria concerning the payment of foreign
contractors. Several times allocations are mapped for foreign contract
payment and a lot of contractors’ payments will be approved but their
fund will never be released to them because some group of men on high
share the money among themselves and leave the concerned contractors
with nothing but continues spending in pursuit of their payment.
Payments like this will never reach the hand of the beneficiaries why
because they continuously use them as a means to loot funds out of the
fault of Central Bank of Nigeria. These same people because of my
indiscriminate campaign against their acts accused me of taking bribes
of over US$8 Million from contractors. In any case I was forced to
resign.

My purpose of writing this letter to you is not to tell you
these stories but provide a recovery opportunity to your financial
stand. While all these was going on, I sensed it will end like this so
I was able to move out the sum of US$14.7million in cash through a
friend working with a London cargo company with a branch here. This
consignment was registered with the courier company as a diplomatic
luggage belonging to you and they are shipping it to your country via
London.

Furthermore, the weight of the consignment is 78kg but I
managed to pay 40kg, which cost US$8,600.00. On no account should you
disclose the content of the crate with the diplomatic courier services
for fear of betrayal. So do not allow them to know that the content is
money.

In the meantime, contact Mr. James Wan the director
(DIPLOMATIC COURIER & CARGO SERVICES U.K) on Tel/fax: 447092868481 or
email: in London now or tomorrow to know the actual situation with the
consignment and also give them your address where the consignment will
be delivered and then get back to me as soon as possible so that I can
give you the shipment document and the keys to the consignment.

Meanwhile, I will be coming over to your country immediately the
consignment arrives in your country for my 50% of the US$14.7milliom.
Awaiting a positive reply from you. Contact them and get back to me or
call me 234-8062873152.

Thank you for your anticipated co-operation


Regards,

Dr GeorgeJohnson

oh, and...

..it seems that a tornado or something came through here while we were gone. limbs all over the place...obvious signs of flooding. we hear reports that a tornado came through town. tennis ball size hail too....

weekend it was

Ok...Did the Coca Cola 600. the race takes a while, but i enjoyed it a great deal. I also like having the ability to tailgate afterward and eat and not have to sit in traffic. I think I am going to organize next years trek to Nascar a little earlier, so we can get seat about 10 rows higher, and, as brandy suggested, more to the center of a row, so we dont have people constantly climbing over us to get out.

Ok...next up for me.... flying to jersey to see kristen at the end of the month, plus i will swing in NYC and see brown for a couple of days.

in between...i wanna go see Carz with the family, perhaps hit the g-ville zoo one day.... go see a Greenville Drive game, and hit the go carts with I-man and Ryles at the funpark. That should take us through June.

What about Nascar

on XM the other day, there was a discussion about what people like about Nascar and what part is your favorite part. There are several things i like. There are always several moments about a race that, while very short and quick, i always look forward to...

1) I always find it interesting that the cars look so different in person than on TV. Of course, all sports are like that. And each car sounds different when they go by. The Penske cars...obviously turning higher rpms and sounding more like Formula 1...or the DEI/RCR cars with different gear ratios that make their cars sound at a lower pitch.

2) i always love when the cars all start up at "gentlemen, Start your engines".... that rumble at first..then you feel the subtle ground shaking

3) the first time the cars go by on the parade lap. Again the rumble, and feeling the ground shakin as they go by. Then that distinctive smell of racing fuel.

4) the green flag and the sheer sound generated by the cars as they work through the gears as they pass you

5) the first time the cars come by at nearly full speed. There is almost a palpable sense of "we're the big boys...we mean business" with the cars that are up front when they blow by at about 185mph. its really hard to describe...bu tif you have ever been to a busch race, then to a Cup race, you can definitely tell a difference in the air, even though there is only about 10 mph difference in speeds.

ok..another weekend down....

alright...went and saw Aunt Ellen's portfolio showing at an Art gallery in Charlotte. I was impressed by her porfolio. Obviously she has been paying attention in school. We then went with jessica's parens, Uncle Wes and pseudo Wifey Ashley to Chili's, then jessica , the twins and i returned back to town.

It was the first All Star race that i have missed since 2000. It actually felt kinda odd to be missing it, although it did rain, I and I am kinda reeleived because I really dont know how the group of people i am going to the race next week with would react to a race delay...in the rain. i've done it several times. But i have always been by myself, and I can simply put on my headphones, listen to the scanner, and amuse myself.

next up...headin to charlotte for the 600...

Old man B

Yeah, I know...its probably already annoying you...but I thought one of browns emails was worth a reply here.
Old man b says....
we need to talk about several things...shaq's resurgance....why the braves & yanks have fallen into complancency despite two disparate gm strategies....elton brand...many many things, but i just read your blog today after a while, and i was fine until i read the 5/1 post with the addition by ms. angela winters (i was going to skip it, but something made me read it). i love it when you post stuff like that because sometimes they either make me laugh out loud, or they poke the sleeping bear (when that happens it ususally raises my blood pressure several points & takes years off my already probably short life, but i love it anyway)

Ok... Shaq...my man...The Diesel.... Superman...the Big Aristotle. Seems Shaq might be falling into the Kareem role, which i think would fit him nicely. average 18pts and 10 boards...let Flash/Green Lantern/Wade play the Magic role. That is what i would like to happen. but, we shall see what happens in this next round...that is, if the Pistons dont let Rasheed make them look like utter fools.

The Braves have closed to 31/2 back. if i were the Mets ( or Phillies), i would find some way to put the boot on the neck of the Braves, so to speak, because if the let the Braves hang around, they will suddenly look up and theyll be 10 games back and wondering how the Braves played them like bitches again. Because both the Yankees and the braves now have that "We exopect to win...someway, somehow, eventually" sorta mentality which can only be defeated by taking the hobnailed boot and crushing the will (see Boston 2 years ago) of the evil Empire.

Elton Brand...i remember sitting in Pep band and seeing him as a freshman and thinking to myself..."he is definitely not a Duke player"..."Way too "I'm takin my game to the NBA because i will be a STAR there"kinda feel to him". But i didnt expect him to be this good and this polished. I guess only him and Grant Hill ...made it. Well, maybe maggette too. oh, and i guess laettner kinda. But, you know...YOU KNOW.... this is the year for them. No way The Lakers become upstaged by these guys.... You probably wont hear from Brand again until....he becomes a Laker.

I post that sorta stuff because i expect it will make everyone think. I dont always agree with it, but it is usually something I found thought provoking.

Another day, another day....

yesterday was somewhat interesting. i went to the eye doctor, who actually happens to be a highschool classmate...as in one I was in the top classes with. Interesting talking to him, because he,still has the same mannerisms, etc. as he did...well...21 years ago. So, anyway, I got my eyes checked. They are basically OK, and I do need some glasses, although jessica says the prescription is a weak one.. No cataracts, glaucoma or detached retina either, which is something i kinda have to keep an eye on. That dilating the eyes thing screwed me up for about half the day, though. The frames and Setting up the eye exam were Jessica's gift to me. Ryles is holding what I-Man and her got for me.

Also...much thanks to lynn and brandy, and of course, my mother...who called me at 715AM.

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Life is what happens to

"Life is what happens to you while you are busy making other plans." Anyone know who said this?

Wow. Got an eye exam

Wow. Got an eye exam today. Sun is very bright today...very bright. But I will be getting some glasses...

jerome

by the way

...if you ever want to send me a quick text, and you are too cheap to drop .10 from your phone, you can go to... https://www.vtext.com/users/8646316376 and text me from there for free. if you want a reply, you will have to put in your number, and...well...theres that .10 issue again...

Old man B

Ok...so that is what i will call him from now on. I was very amused to read his rant while at work this afternoon. I think it good for him to let off a little steam. And yes, i can see the chair flinging across the room right now.

It is always good to have healthy debate. I am a slightly right leaning moderate conservative...Not pat robertson or billy Graham jr or Dick Cheny conservative, but still more conservative than the tree huggers, for the most part. although I keep up with the tree hugger design, etc because...well...it is cool. i think Old Man B is a tad bit polar opposite...leaning to the left, but probably not Al Franken left, or Janeane Garofalo left...or Jesse Jackson left...but i know he's been known spend time workin in a park or two huggin trees.... but thats all good. I prefer my friends to have differing opinions, and viewpoints..it would just be boring if everyone thought alike.

by the I-man made the paper for his last soccer match. I will have to take a picture of the blurb and post it sometime later....

Yep. This new schedule will

Yep. This new schedule will take bit getting used to. Its only been a couple of days and I feel a bit out if touch with everyone.

jerome

ok...another weekend in the books

...Ok...out the door of work and straight to darlington last Friday. met up with Aunt Ellen and jessica and the twins went to her parents while I went to the track. Got to my seat just in time for the Star Spangled Banner.. watched race and then went to Jessica's parents house for the night. Went back to track around 330 on saturday, and was startled at the amount of traffic. Jessica's parents are only about 10 minutes away from Darlington normally, but it took me about 45 minutes to get parked. the race was sold out and they added seats, so there are definitely more people to deal with. I have a great seat for the race...end of row, at the top of the lowest section. Race was great except for the fact that my guy had a piece of asphalt go thru his radiator on lap 30 (of 367) and he was then 10 laps down. funny listening thru the scanner at him cursing.
Mothers day saw a return to town and i had to hit work in the afternoon.... this schedule will take a bit getting used to, but it is only for 4 monhs, so i will be alright.

Next up... gotta go see Aunt Ellen's porfolio presentation at a Art gallery in Charlotte Friday night. Also..preparations for the following weekend to see race at Lowes....

whoa...Dr. Olivet!!!!!

Dr. frakkin Olivet on Law and Order tonight.....thought she was long gone....

went to a wedding yesterday...got to see a lot of people from the "good ole days"...or at least one set of good ole days. got to see Cheryl and Gresham get married, with Danny, Sara, Mark, Kerri, Tariq, Mike, Matt, Jamie, Kevin, Hollie, Andrea, Will, Landon, Katie, Brandy, STephen, Emily...hell it was like we were at some party back in 1998 or something.... good to see those people and good to catch up with everyone....

Ian had his last soccer match of the season yesterday. He got a little trophy, etc. So not I gotta make like Venus and Serana William's dad and get Ian out on the soccer pitch at 7:00am every morn, training.....

On deck this weekend...Busch and Nextel cup races in Darlington, which I will be attending.

Ok...this starting to get depressing...I

Ok...this starting to get depressing...I get a txt at the end of every Braves game... 12-16 so far, 7 games back... Sigh...

jerome

oh, and a Norman Rockwell weekend it was...

nanna and papa came into town Friday night. Spent the night, then They took Ryles to her recital rehearsal ( since they would not be able to see the actual recital) while i took I-man to his soccer match. Ian had 9 shots on goal (honest!) but either had the goalie save or missed the goal all together. He seems to have mastered the "get the ball, and go like mad toward the other teams goal..." concept. Still doesnt like to mix it up too much with the other players.

After the rehearsal and soccer match, I went with the twins to Greenville Pickens speedway ( see pix below).that was realy fun. Ryles actually watched without headphones for a while, while I-man demanded he have them on before we even got out of the Explorer.

Then Yesterday was Ryles big day. Aunt Ellen was in town, and we went to the recital My mother and bother were ther, as well as Brandy and AJ. mucho thanks to them showing up to sit through the 2 and a half hour dance tour de force. And then we went to eat at Monterays or whatever that place is called where we had the mexican version of the Mad About You waitress, or Fifi from friends.... then it was back home...

i really like my life...2 good kids...some pretty slick friends...pretty wife...Nascar tracks close by.... decent college football, above average pro baseball, above average pro football teams to root for...the good ole USA...sigh...

i found this amusing...

All joking aside, i am really all for immigration, and everyone having a right to come here and make a life...provided they play fair and by the rules... I found this little tidbit today.... perhaps a notch harsh, but on point on a couple of things....

ANGELA WINTERS COMMENTARY: A Day Without...Whatever

"Today is our day without immigrants. I haven't seen a difference left and D.C. is full of immigrants. I am in favor of legal immigration, that is what America is about. However, I hope the illegals who take off work get fired. And what's up with illegals taking a day off from school? Their parents aren't paying taxes, so what are they doing in our schools anyway? Who loses if they don't come to school? More attention for the American students who stay, so I hope they take tomorrow off too. I know this is mean, but I'm sick of the PC Police telling us that we can't hurt people's feelings by saying what we feel. Do you think these illegals give a damn about our feelings? Have you seen some of their signs? Have you heard some of the chants the TV news stations won't play? 'We demand your rights! We demand your jobs! We demand your future!' 'If you don't give us America then you are racist pigs!' They are DEMANDING our resources and REFUSING the responsibility that comes along with them. See how easy it is to try and make these people citizens. They don't want to be responsible for paying taxes for the services they use in great quantities....Things are going to escalate and they will become more violent. I've already seen on the news and internet that Minutemen have been attacked with counter-protesting. This has garnered an incredible amount of sympathy for this group and their numbers are swelling. They even got the brothers involved. As the violence increases, at least they won't be able to claim this is a civil rights movement. They'll be on their own where those in the wrong deserve to be. The more violent they get, the more people will really see the threat and decide that having cheap labor when you need help moving furniture isn't worth it. They will press their local and state government to do what Georgia is doing and we'll finally get some law and order on this issue."

Some folks are calling this National Black Get A Job Day. While illegal immigrants are boldly declaring their criminal status on America's streets, let this be an opportunity for black citizens to reclaim jobs stolen from citizens and legal residents. After all, the free labor of our ancestors - ahem, slavery - and their rich history of promotion of democracy and civil rights played a key role in building America, and I'll be damned if illegal immigrants are gonna run us out of our communities and off the continent when they should concentrate on reforming Mexico's corrupt government and ineffective policies.