It's Like Buying an Ice Cream Freezer if You're Lactose Intolerant...

Kim Comer Jackson

34 minutes ago near Metropolis

I was just looking under the "edit" settings for a relationship status that says, "I'M complicated"... they don't seem to have a setting for that...

This was my updated Facebook status a few days ago around 2:30 in the afternoon. Incidentally, they also do not have "Agnostic" as a choice - although I plan to see if I can 'write it in' later...

Those of you who know me know that I have been in no way, shape, form or fashion on the hunt for a mate, companion, boyfriend, fiance, spouse or any form of any of that mess ... 

I occasionally go on dates.  I prefer to meet the gent out somewhere .. this is evidently

something that comes from the 'control disorder' I picked up amidst the segway into the era of my life I'm currently in.  

Anywho... I'm likely to meet a fellow out for a bit of dinner and chatting and then totally disappear for ... like ... weeks ... or months ... yes, sometimes even years ... it's not something I intentionally do, I suppose it's some sort of defense mechanism ... 

I have a very firm belief on dating - for myself, anyway - It's like buying an ice cream freezer if you're lactose intolerant.  Yes kids, you heard me... I've "been married", so it's not on my "list" to "get married".  I'm extraordinarily selfish with my time and busy with my own projects, so it's not like I'm out pounding the pavement to find a mate who will most likely fragment my time even more.  These two factors alone keep dating pretty much completely off the radar for me.  

The Absolute Single Common Factor of Mass Killings ... and "Modern Sporting Rifles" My Foot!

Sweet Fancy Fritters, folks ... I was thrilled to wake closer to my "usual time" this morning.  My sleep has been seriously out of whack and my preference is to wake in the wee hours of the morning.  Sometimes I've been up for two hours and as the Facebook feed rolls by in my peripherals, I'll see something like, "Oh my God this is

horrible!!! Why did I wake so early?!" Except that it usually says "wake up", because let's face it ... many people in this neck of the woods do NOT know how to use prepositions... I on the other hand delight in waking early.  I like to combobulate myself before dealing with others.

Anywho, it was my intention to begin a chat on the mind blowing topic of dating today.  I realize this is quite a shock and some of you may need time to compose yourselves unless you were rattling around on Facebook yesterday afternoon just after I logged in to look at the "options" for relationshipdom - F.Y.I.. they do not have "agnostic" or "I'M complicated".  I may cocoon myself tonight and write about that, but I saw something this morning that completely freaked me out - for lack of a more flowery exclamation - and I felt I needed to bring it to your attention.  You ... each and every one of you ... and if you share it with your friends, each and every one of them ... and so on ... 

I had the Today Show on this morning as I often do when I'm getting my day underway and I heard a phrase that "caught my ear" as new... "modern sporting rifles".  I googled right away to make sure I was hearing what I thought I was hearing.... and yup - Bob's your Uncle ... An Assault Weapon...

If Assault Is Illegal, Why Are Assault Weapons Not?

*originally published on 12/17/12*

I have no problem with guns.  I was raised in a house with guns.  When I was of a

reasonable age in the eyes of good old DaddyO (who was then probably in his late 40s), he took me out back, gave me a briefer, pointed me towards a target shaped like a man and my lesson began.  

He gave me quite a talking to about safety and taking care of myself in this jacked up world.  He told me that someday I'd have my own place and "Guns'll save your life if you ain't afraid to use 'em.  You hesitate and somebody'll take that thang away and use it on you.." 

This was the same conversation I had heard whispers of in the very early 80s after my grandpa, Barney had passed away.  Grandma was nervous having never lived alone and wanted a hand gun.  In that case, Dad was the final say and he deemed that grandma was safer without a gun than with one.

 

If Assault Is Illegal, Why Are Assault Weapons Not?

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I clearly recall the first night I was in my own home alone as a new bride with a potential intruder on the front patio.  It occurred to me right away that for the first time in my life I was in a house without a gun and might possibly need one.  I was clever enough to

A New Feature in December and A $7 Cuppa Java

IN DECEMBER...

The 2pm Javarific Jolt

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Stop in to the Facebook Like Page every Monday afternoon at 2pm to see the 2pm Java Jolt!

Just a little something java related …
it could be a recipe …

I'm editing and uploading my fruits from the Massac High School 1991 and 1992 Reunion last night.  This happened to be my own class

reunion, I wasn't "on the clock" -
but I don't sit well, so I was happiest when up shooting.

As I've worked on the images from last night,
my mind has wandered to reunions past....

At the ten year reunion in 2002, Mendy, Miranda, Sabrina and I got the bright idea that we should take a group shot at that reunion and each one thereafter.

 That seemed like a great idea then... in 2002... at the TEN year reunion.

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We did it again at the fifteen year reunion...


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and again last night at the twenty year reunion...


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It doesn't even seem possible that twenty years have passed...
While I was looking for these pictures I have found a few other vintage reunion gathering Massac County Class o' 92 goodies and I may pop a few of those into a blog later this evening for your viewing pleasure...
and for the love of God, let's all be on the lookout for that b*tch who stole Duane's lawn mower!
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Looking for a Place to Spread Some Holiday Cheer?

If you're looking for a place to spread Holiday Cheer... 
Charlie's Party Hut is accepting donations for COPE! 
And Charlie's gonna match the amount collected!! Do stop in!!

500 W. 10th St., Metropolis, IL.

(618) 524-7313

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Leaps & Bounds - A Photo Blog -

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Silver Collections - A Photo Blog -

Enjoy 20% Off~Today (11/24) on all in-stock merchandise! 
Open Saturday 10-4! FREE Gift Wrapping and Personal Service! 

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A Bit About Small Business Saturday

You've no doubt heard a lot about Small Business Saturday by now ... but I have a special interest in Small Business Saturday.  I'm from a small town and I currently "live in that same small town" and I think I've decided to plant my feet here for a while.  The problem being however that our little town seems to be taking quite a hit in the last few months to several years... Layoffs at one of the major plants, restaurants that have been there as long as I can remember - closing down at a moment's notice, seldom does a week go by that I don't hear at least a rumor of something closing down because there's just not enough business to handle the overhead.

I've been reading a bit about Small Business Saturday this week and I've found some information you might enjoy ... I hope you'll share it.  Regardless of whether you're in my small town or another small town - the face of retail and commerce is changing.  "Mom and Pops" really have to step up and meet the bar.  

I made a stop into a "Mom and Pop" shop about a week ago to send a fax.  While I waited for her to send the fax I asked if they had a facebook or if they had another way to reach their local customers to promote shipping at this time of year... They have no Facebook... People "know they're there"... Yup - sadly a lot of small business owners tend to say that... 

Be sure and click to subscribe and whatnot ... If the roof doesn't fall in I'm going to schedule some posts to come along behind this one about the birthing of a 12 Month Long "Shop Metropolis" campaign.  It's NOT feasible to shop Metropolis ALWAYS.  If you go to Hitterman's to get something and it's three times as much as it is at Lowe's - then obviously you have to go to Lowe's unless you've just got surplus money, but for the love of Peter, Paul and Mary ... let's at least start checking the local stores before we take off to booming Paducah, further killing our town.

::Wiki "Facts":: 

Small Business Saturday is an American shopping holiday held on the Saturday after Thanksgiving during one of the busiest shopping periods of the year. First celebrated on November 27, 2010, it is a counterpart to Black Friday and Cyber Monday, which feature big box retail and e-commerce stores respectively. By contrast, Small Business Saturday encourages holiday shoppers to patronize brick and mortar businesses that are small and local.

In 2010 the holiday was conceived and promoted by American Expressvia a nationwide radio and television advertising campaign. That year Amex bought advertising inventory on Facebook, which it in turn gave to its small merchant account holders,^[1] and also gave rebates to new customers to promote the event.^[2][3]

American Express publicized the initiative using social media, advertising, and public relations. At least 41 [1] local politicians and many small business groups in the United States issued proclamations concerning the campaign,^[4][5][6]which generated more than one million Facebook "like" registrations and nearly 30,000 tweets under the Twitter hashtags #smallbusinesssaturday (which had existed since early 2010) and #smallbizsaturday.[2]

Cinda Baxter, founder of The 3/50 Project, was national spokesperson for Small Business Saturday its first year. The 3/50 Project encourages consumers to commit to spending $50 of their current monthly budgets with independently owned small businesses they care about.[3]

The Twitter hashtag #SmallBusinessSaturday has existed since early 2010 and was used to promote small businesses on any Saturday (not solely that Saturday between Black Friday and Cyber Monday). The hashtag is used in a manner similar to #FollowFriday to highlight favorite local businesses.

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Find Out Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Small Business Saturday Here...


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"I Only Wear Red One Day a Year" is "that Kentucky crap" ... I Beg to Differ... Go Cats!

I was simply devastated to find that one of my friends had referred to my blue santa as "that Kentucky crap" when seeing it go through the news feed earlier this week.  I am truly a Kentucky fan - as you

learned here the day after Kentucky won the Championship - but I haven't always been... 

Way back many moons ago when I was a delightfully optimistic young dahling, I realized very quickly that College Basketball season was going to be quite similar to the hunting seasons I had witnessed growing up at the folks' and if I wanted any quality time with my later-to-be-ex-hubby during the fall I needed to get in the loop.  

Boy is my noggin ever full today... Part 2

Continued from Yesterday -- > Boy is my noggin ever full today... Part 1

I arrived in the E.R. waiting room, sat down and grabbed my phone as to get my brothers up to speed with things.  Just about the time I started to dial Kev, I heard a creaking door and a muffled cough.  As I looked up, my Dad was sauntering across the waiting room looking more on edge than usual... 

Boy is my noggin ever full today... Part 1

Boy is my noggin ever full today... I've sat down to write literally almost every day since my last post and it always winds up falling back into my drafts.  

Something has been mentally screwing with me for a while now and it may have come to fruition yesterday morning when I got a text from Mom that said she and dad were on the way to the E.R., her blood pressure was 240/140 and please get a prayer chain started.  

I felt "as weak as a cat" as my Mom says... I made a post and tagged her page on Facebook to get some prayers happening.  I have a friend who was surprised to read in my Mom's blog several months ago that she had called me because she needed a prayer partner while they were on a trip and having a situation with their bike.  I totally believe in the power of prayer.  I totally believe in a higher power that can bestow grace and/or mercy on us.  I also believe in the power of the Universe to unfold in the way that it should for reasons we may not understand. I believe in many things... I'm not lacking on open mindedness.  

Don't Blame Me... I Voted for Johnson...

I'm hoping now that both "major parties" have fallen prey to the Electoral College that people will begin to understand that our voting system as it currently stands is a mess... 

As I said in yesterday's blog...

""The Electoral College voting system is a wolf in sheep's clothing... It's all dressed up like Democracy, we get to vote for "whichever

one we want" after the 'appropriate candidates' are 'filtered in'.  Those 'other guys' (or gals) can run, but they might not be on the ballot in every state, they won't be invited to the "big debates".  They can have their own debate... and they will... and they'll invite 'the traditional candidates' and they won't bother to attend... and you'll never hear it on the news.... ""

Tuesday - November 6th - Election Day - 8 a.m.

I made a definitive choice on a very important decision last night.  

I decided that I will vote for neither "major party" candidate and I will cast my vote for Libertarian, Gary Johnson - as 5% of for Gary Johnson means that we will see more variety on the ballot in 2016.

Some people say, "That's a wasted vote...  

To them I say, "I watched the news just last night and my state is already colored in.. so it's evidently okay." 

Our two party system is a failure ... 

it's the "haves" arguing against the "have nots" and vice versa... 

I personally feel that the largest problem we have is the voting system in this country.  I feel relatively informed on this topic as I've spent a tremendous amount of time lately listening to documentaries while editing pics and googling any little question I had about what I had learned.  I continue to study it because obviously we should never stop learning... 

We're taught about our country's voting system.  If I'm not mistaken, I memorized it as a Senior in High School and regurgitated it onto a test... Just months later I voted in my first election... More on that later... 

The point is, we see it ... but we don't demand that it be changed.  I don't think anyone likes it ((Except of course for the major party candidates that it benefits)) Yet we all just go along apathetically every four years and keep our mouths shut and do it the way we've always done it.  Obviously some would still vote for "major party candidates", but not everyone would.

The Electoral College voting system is a wolf in sheep's clothing... It's all dressed up like Democracy, we get to vote for "whichever one we want" after the 'appropriate

candidates' are 'filtered in'.  Those 'other guys' (or gals) can run, but they might not be on the ballot in every state, they won't be invited to the "big debates".  They can have their own debate... and they will... and they'll invite 'the traditional candidates' and they won't bother to attend... and you'll never hear it on the news.... 

I'll tell you this... if Gary Johnson would have been on the same stage with President Obama and Mitt Romney during any of the three debates, you would have heard some solutions rather than witnessing a pissing match.

Vote for whomever you wish today... Nothing on earth is more important than following what your gut tells you to do.  I'm going to listen to my gut and I hope you'll do the same.

Don't Blame Me... I Voted for Johnson...

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Oh What a Week It's Been...

This week has been full of trials and self doubting, but I've made it to Saturday.  

Saturday doesn't mean what it used to when I was punching a clock and picking up a paycheck every week whether I was marching or fighting - Saturday now means run around like a chicken with it's head cut off and tie up loose ends on as many things, gigs and projects as possible from that week whilst figuring out, scheduling and preparing for the next week.

Raw Footage of a Remix - Woodhaven

At the link below a rough walkthrough.. before and during of a remix I've been doing the last couple of days...

Watch "kcojaxremix Woodhaven Lounge, Music and Dining Room" on YouTube

I've started a board on this gig on Pinterest

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Country Vocalists - Spaces Still Available in the Texaco Country Showdown!

Country Vocalists - Spaces Still Available in the Texaco Country Showdown! 

October 14, at The Badgett Playhouse in Grand Rivers, Ky.

This is the last Kentucky Showdown before State finals.

E-mail Evan Spencer at evan.wmok@frontier.com for more information or call 618-524-9209.

The Showdown is open to vocal and/or instrumental performers, individuals, or groups of up to seven members who have not performed on a record listed in the national record charts of Billboard, Radio and Records, or The Gavin Report within eighteen months preceding local competition.

There is a $20.00 entry fee per act and all contestants must begin their competition by performing at showdowns produced by participating country music radio stations.  A uniform judging system on all levels of competition ensures fairness.  Despite a rather humble beginning, the Country Showdown has become a reliable source of rising country music stars over its 30-year history.

Over the years, stars such as Garth Brooks, Sara Evans & Brad Paisley have competed in the Country Showdown. At the 1983 National Final, Martina McBride & Neal McCoy competed against one another, only to lose to The Jim Arnold Band. In 1985, Sweethearts Of The Rodeo won the National Final before becoming one of country music's hottest duos.

So, do what many of today's country superstars have done and "Follow the Road" to the National Final where YOU could win $100,000 and the National Title.

The FIRST EVAH DVR Round-Up :: the very best of Sheldon Cooper

The DVR Round-Up is a new feature in Journey to the Nucleus of my Noggin in which I share with you TV clips that tickle my fancy.  Occasionally these will be clips that I've uploaded to my YouTube Channel Flawn Ocho, but for the most part they will be from YouTube, Vimeo, etc...

I'm going to test the traffic times,
but I hope to post them in the afternoon as to lure you into my blog during your afternoon breaks... 

Hands down, one of my favorite shows on TV - 

The Big Bang Theory

Enjoy the clip below...

the very best of Sheldon Cooper

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I Needed Some Inspiration...

I needed just one more splash of inspiration before my timer was to ding and let me know that my Sunday morning of quiet javarific bliss was complete and "time to make the donuts" had arrived... I thought for a moment, googled ... and found my own link to boot ... :) 

Enjoy! 

the Ocho-rific Song 'o the Day: 10/15/2010 - Eastbound and Down - Jerry Reed - 1977

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Oh How I Love a Guest Post! Growing Up in Round Knob Canyon...

Every once and a blue moon I have the opportunity to guest blog for my Mom, the Katydid ...

the Fidget ... Katy ... Kay ... etc .... Anywho, today was one of those days and you'll find the results at the link below .... 

A Simple Womans Journal: A Guest Post - Growing Up In Round Knob Canyon: the Daddy-O, the Katydid and Technology by Kim Comer Jackson

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