Doc Haynes

Domestic violence definitely not funny

October 28, 2010 at 11:36 pm

Domestic violence definitely not funny

By Mary Callow

Van Wert County Victims Services Inc.

I received an email last week.  It made me smile because it was a picture of Alice Kramden laying on the moon and two astronauts looking down at her. The caption was “First Woman on the Moon.” 

How well I remember turning on my black and white TV and watching “The Honeymooners” with Ralph Kramden and his wife Alice and their neighbors, Ed and Trixie Norton.  Ralph (played by Jackie Gleason) was a controller.  He had all the answers.  Alice was never allowed to express her opinion.  Ralph’s temper would flair and he enjoyed getting in her face and with his fists raised in the air, he would shout “One of these days Alice, I’m going to send you to the moon.”

Poor Trixie felt sorry for Alice, but she knew she better keep her mouth shut, and Ed just looked at him and cowered or got Trixie out of there.

October is the month that all the people that work to help victims of domestic violence try even harder to get the word out that if you are a victim, there is all kinds of assistance available for you.

Domestic Violence occurs between people of all ages, races and religions.  It happens in dating relationships, new marriages, old relationships, and in rural areas or in the cities.  The victim can be your mother, grandmother or the teenager in your home. Your neighbor, daughter-in-law or your niece.

There is no excuse for battering.  It is a learned behavior, not a mental illness.  Alcohol and drugs are not the cause; however, they make the beatings worse.

The battered woman does not want the relationship to end – she wants the violence to stop.  The real victims are the children that see the battering or lie in bed at night and hear their mother’s screams.

We laughed at Ralph Kramden. It was comedy. But in this day and age, it is no longer funny – it is DOMESTIC VIOLENCE and we at Van Wert County Victims Services offer the victim our complete support.

If this is happening to you, contact our office at 419.238.9800.  Your name and information will remain completely confidential.  Let us help you!


Doc HaynesI do believe that what Ralph actually said on the show was, "... one of these days ... Pow! Right in the kisser! One of these days Alice, straight to the Moon!" or something to that effect.
Seriously though, domestic violence in any form is bullshit and needs to be stopped.
October 28, 2010 at 11:43 pm

Hair

July 28, 2010 at 5:32 am

"I'm aware some stare at my hair.
In fact, to be fair,
Some really despair of my hair.
But I don't care,
Cause they're not aware,
Nor are they devonaire.
In fact, they're just square.

They see hair down to there,
Say, "Beware" and go off on a tear!
I say, "No fair!"
A head that's bare is really nowhere.
So be like a bear, be fair with your hair!
Show it you care.
Wear it to there.
Or to there.
Or to there, if you dare!

My wife bought some hair at a fair, to use as a spare.
Did I care?
Au contraire!
Spare hair is fair!
In fact, hair can be rare.
Fred Astair got no hair,
Nor does a chair,
Nor nor a chocolate eclair,
And where is the hair on a pear?
Nowhere, mon frere!

So now that I've shared this affair of the hair,
I'm going to repair to my lair and use Nair, do you care?"
~ George Carlin

Doc Haynes"Here's my beard.
Ain't it wierd?
Don't be sceered,
It's just a beard."
~ George Carlin
July 28, 2010 at 5:34 am

Sagittarius

June 22, 2010 at 11:06 pm

SAGITTARIUS

The Archer

November 23 to December 21

 

Traditional

Sagittarius Traits

Optimistic and freedom-loving

Jovial and good-humored

Honest and straightforward

Intellectual and philosophical

 

On the dark side....

Blindly optimistic and careless

Irresponsible and superficial

Tactless and restless

 

Sagittarius About Your Sign...

 

Sagittarians have a positive outlook on life, are full of enterprise, energy, versatility, adventurousness and eagerness to extend experience beyond the physically familiar. They enjoy travelling and exploration, the more so because their minds are constantly open to new dimensions of thought. They are basically ambitious and optimistic, and continue to be so even when their hopes are dashed. Their strongly idealistic natures can also suffer many disappointments without being affected. They are honorable, honest, trustworthy, truthful, generous and sincere, with a passion for justice. They are usually on the side of the underdog in society they will fight for any cause they believe to be just, and are prepared to be rebellious. They balance loyalty with independence.

 

Sagittarians are usually modest and are often religious, with a strong sense of morality, though they tend to overemphasize the ethical codes they follow and worship beliefs about God rather than God Himself. This means that, negatively, they regard rigid, unloving, intolerant adherence to ritual and conventional codes as more important than the truths they symbolize or embody. They sometimes pay lip service to religions and political parties in which they have ceased to believe because the outward forms satisfy them, yet they may not hesitate to switch allegiance in politics or change their system of belief if they see personal advantage to themselves in doing so.

 

They have both profound and widely ranging minds, equipped with foresight and good judgement, and they can be witty conversationalists. They love to initiate new projects (they make excellent researchers) and have an urge to understand conceptions that are new to them. they think rapidly, are intuitive and often original, but are better at adapting than inventing and are at their best when working with colleagues of other types of character that compliment their own. They are strong-willed and good at organizing, a combination that gives them the ability to bring any project they undertake to a successful conclusion. Their generosity can be balanced by their extreme care at handling their resources.

 

Sagittarians are ardent, sincere and straightforward in love, normally conventional and in control of their sexual natures. Yet if thwarted, they may easily allow their failure to embitter their whole lives or they may revenge themselves upon the opposite sex by becoming cynically promiscuous. They are more apt then the average to make an uncongenial alliance.

 

If their marriages are successful, they will be faithful spouses and indulgent parents; but their innate restlessness will inspire them to use even the most satisfying ménage as a base from which to set out on their travels. They need to fell free and are often faced with the choice of allowing their careers to take over their lives at the expense of the love of their spouse and family. Sagittarian women are the counterparts of their men; even if they have no career to rival their love, they find it difficult to express affection and may run the risk of being thought frigid.

 

In other personal relationships they are reliable, seldom betraying any trust given to them. They can, however, be impulsively angry and both male and female Sagittarians know how to be outspoken and exactly what expressions will hurt their adversaries most. On the other hand they are magnanimous in forgiving offenses and are responsible when looking after the elderly in the family.

 

Their gifts fit Sagittarians for a number of widely differing professions. They are natural teachers and philosophers with a talent for expounding the moral principles and laws which seem to explain the universe. This gift enables them to be successful churchmen on the one hand and scientists on the other. The law and politics also suit them, as does public service, social administration, public relations and advertising. Travel and exploration naturally appeal to such restless souls and, if their opportunities are limited, they may find something of travel and change of scene in the armed forces or through working as a travelling salesman. Others may make fine musicians and, in the days before automobiles, they were said to be successful at horse trading and all activities, including sporting ones, concerning horses. This has been translated in modern terms into an interest in cars and aircraft - and again with emphasis on the sporting side racing, rallying etc. They are said to make good sports coaches, but their tastes in this direction may lead them into imprudent gambling, though the gambling instinct may be sublimated by carrying it out professionally as a bookmaker.

 

The vices to which Sagittarians are prone are anger they tend to flare up over trifles; impatience - they want to rush every new project through immediately and demand too much of colleagues who cannot work at the pace they require; and scorn of the inadequacies of others while expecting fulsome recognition of their own efforts. They may in one sense deserve recognition, because in completing a major project they will sacrifice their health and family relationships; in their family's eyes they may merit condemnation.

 

They can be exacting, domineering and inconsiderate in the work place; and boastful, vulgar and extravagant in their private lives. Their restlessness, if excessive, can jeopardize more than their own stability. some Sagittarians risk becoming playboys, wasting their lives away in frivolous pursuits. Others can develop a moralizing, religious fanaticism or else turn into hypocrites, their inner prudishness disguised by an outward appearance of joviality. Another side of the religiosity which is a danger in Sagittarians is superstition.

 

Possible Health Concerns...

Sagittarius governs the hips, thighs and sacral area; subjects suffer from ailments of the hips and thighs and are liable to sciatica and rheumatism. An alleged deficiency of silicon in their physiques can give them poor skin, nails and hair.

 

As they are often sportsmen indulging in dangerous pursuits, they are prone to accidents which arise from these. The ancient astrologers mention falls from horses and hurts from them and other four-footed beasts. The taking of risks in other sports is a danger to the modern Sagittarian, and he is also liable to accidents with fire and heat.

 

LIKES

Traveling

getting to the heart of the matter

Freedom

Laws and meanings

the general 'feel' of things

 

DISLIKES

Off the wall theories

being tied down domestically

Being constrained

cooling your heels

bothered with details

 

PROBLEMS THAT MAY ARISE FOR YOU, AND THEIR SOLUTIONS

 

As with all sun signs, we all have unique traits to our personalities. When these traits are suppressed, or unrealized, problems will arise. However, with astrology we can examine the problem and assess the proper solution based on the sun sign characteristics. As a Sagittarius you may see things below that really strike home. Try the solution, you most likely will be amazed at the results. If you find yourself on the receiving end of the negatives below, it is because you are failing to express the positive.

 

PROBLEM: Others have no time for you as you are apt to have too many irons in the fire at any given time.

SOLUTION: Be sure that you have a 'product' to match all the 'advertising' you do. Is it fact or is it fiction?

 

PROBLEM: Others cease to confide in you or to take you seriously.

SOLUTION: Try not to exaggerate or be contentious with others as this could be embarrassing if they feel you are not trustworthy.

 

PROBLEM: Feeling lost and disillusioned.

SOLUTION: Focus upon one thing that will satisfy you and work toward that point.

 

PROBLEM: You seem anchored in one spot, unable to move forward.

SOLUTION: You should try to think more positive thoughts and set some short term goals that you can reach, then set more. In this way you will move ahead in your endeavors.

 

Your ruling planet is JUPITER

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Mean distance from the Sun (AU) 5.202

Sidereal period of orbit (years) 11.86

Equatorial radius (km) 71,492

Polar radius (km) 66,854

Body rotation period (hours) 9.92

Tilt of equator to orbit (degrees) 3.08

Number of observed satellites 16

 

Some more interesting facts about your sign:

 

The animal associated with you sign is the centaur.

The Greek love for the horse led to the ennoblement of the centaur in myth and legend. The Centaur Chiron was known for his wisdom and healing abilities. Nessus was killed by Hercules for trying to rape a woman under his charge, and other centaurs were renowned for their weakness for drink. The centaur symbolizes mankinds dual nature as an intellectual creature (the human half) which was also a physical animal (the horse half).

 

The color of choice for Sagittarius is RICH PURPLE

~ http://www.astrology-online.com/sagittar.htm

 

Aries, Leo, and Sagittarius—fire elements: The Fire signs exhibit righteousness. These people conform to the standard of moral law. They do what is right and are known for their sense of fair play. They are truthful, straight-forward, just, upright and virtuous in their dealings with other people. The Fire signs are the true warriors. They demonstrate courage, fortitude, zeal and pugnacity. They have the mental and moral strength that enables them to venture into unknown waters and to persevere and withstand danger. They seldom show fear and are confident in their actions. They have mettle, resolution, and tenacity. They can face danger or difficulty without flinching or retreating. They will fight for their principles and have a stubborn persistence that is unwilling to recognize defeat. They have grit, backbone, guts, and are willing to keep fighting under all odds. They are aggressive and thrive on challenge. The Fire signs are of a spiritual nature. They have a nature that gives them physical energy, strength and vital powers. Their essential characteristic qualities are liveliness, energy, ardor, enthusiasm, courage and action. They have a firm, courageous and assertive disposition which is their most characteristic quality. The emotional nature of the Fire sign is goal oriented. These people like to win or be the best in anything they pursue. Their aggressive nature makes them just one big ego. There is nothing more stimulating to them than to win, and there is nothing more depressing to their ego than to lose. They strive to be the center of attention and are at home when showing off. They are straight-forward and have no reservations about hurting the feelings of others by their forthrightness. The main virtue of this sign is being just and right.

~ “Astrology and The Four Elements by Charlie Higgins” 1997.

 

Mutable signs (Gemini, Virgo, Sagittarius and Pisces) are associated with adaptability, service-providing and expansion.

~ "An Introduction to Astrology." Spiritsingles.com 25 Nov.2007.

 

Transpersonal Signs - Sagittarius, Capricorn, Aquarius, Pisces - are principally aware of and concerned with humanitarian and existential concerns.

~ "An Introduction to Astrology." Spiritsingles.com 25 Nov.2007.SagittariusSagittariusSagittariusSagittariusSagittariusSagittarius

Doc HaynesI'd say the descriptions above are about 70% accurate in my case.
June 22, 2010 at 11:28 pm
Nancy McCormack"find it difficult to express affection and may run the risk of being thought frigid."
So not me,,,,
July 26, 2010 at 3:54 pm
Nancy McCormackI am not smart or superficial .
July 26, 2010 at 3:56 pm
Doc HaynesOn the dark side....
Blindly optimistic and careless = check
Irresponsible and superficial = check
Tactless and restless =check

I am not good at expressing affection. I am not really much of a hugger either. Mostly people got to just know I love them. Because I won't tell them near enough. so yeah check. lol
July 26, 2010 at 4:02 pm
Doc HaynesGood thing I mostly never use my dark side. lol
July 26, 2010 at 4:03 pm
Nancy McCormackoh wow, I say I Love you,,all the time and I mean it.
"Beautiful is a word that I use to describe so many things.
MEN are beautiful, I am glad to know you, I think you are beautiful.
July 26, 2010 at 4:08 pm
Nancy McCormackUgly things can be beautiful,( to me)
but people can make themselves ugly no matter how they appear
July 26, 2010 at 4:13 pm
Doc HaynesI added up the numbers of my birthday and they equal 7, so I found this on a numerology website about people born under that number.
http://www.astrology-numerology.com/num-lifepath.html
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The Life Path 7 suggests that you entered this plane with a gift for investigation, analysis, and keen observation. You are a thinker of the first order. You evaluate situations very quickly, and with amazing accuracy. As a result, you are thorough and complete in your work, the perfectionist who expects everyone else to meet a high standard of performance, too.

A Life Path 7 person is a peaceful and affectionate soul. But you guard your connection to people carefully. It's easy for you to detect deception and recognize insincere people, and you avoid them. You aren't one to have a wide circle of friends, but once you accept someone as a friend, it's for life. It's as if you must get to know someone a lot better before you allow the wall surrounding you to be penetrated. Chances are you are a very charming and refined individual with great poise and a quick wit. Nonetheless, there is an exclusiveness about you. You probably aren't a very social person. Your reserve is often taken to be aloofness, but actually, it's not that at all. It is merely a cover up for your basic feeling of insecurity. There's no rush, It takes time for you to warm up to new friends. Clubs and organizations hold little interest for you; you are not a joiner.

You actually like being alone and away from the hustle and bustle of modern life. In many ways, you would have fit in better in much earlier times when the pace of life was less hectic. You need a good deal of quiet time to be with your own inner thoughts and dreams. You dislike crowds, noise, distractions, and confusion.

The overwhelming strength of the number 7 is reflected in the depth of thinking that is shown; you will garner knowledge from practically every source that you find. Intellectual, scientific, and studious, you don't accept a premise until you have dissected the subject and arrived at your own independent conclusion.

This is a very spiritual number and it often denotes a sort of spiritual wisdom that becomes apparent at a fairly early age. A built in inner guide providing a strong sense of intuition may set you up as being a law unto yourself. Whatever spiritual position you take, whether traditional or bizarre, you will cling to it with fervor. Once you have decided an issue, it is almost impossible to get you to revisit the question. Adaptability is not your style, and change for you is a rarity.

You rely heavily on your experiences and your intuition, rather than accepting advice from someone. Your hunches usually prove to be very accurate, and knowing this, you follow the directions they seem to guide.

In the most negative use of the 7 energies, you can become very pessimistic, lackadaisical, quarrelsome, and secretive. A Life Path 7 individual who is not living life fully and gaining through experiences, is a hard person to live with because of a serious lack of consideration for others. There is such a negative attitude. Indeed, operating on the negative side of the 7 can produce a very selfish and spoiled individual and living with one can be a challenge. This may be why some 7s actually prefer living alone. If you have any of the negative traits they are very difficult to get rid of because you tend to feel that the world really does owe you a living or that in some way you are not being fairly treated.

Fortunately, the negative 7 is not the typical 7, at least not without some mitigating positive traits. This number is one that seems to have some major shifts from highs to lows. Stability in feelings may be elusive for you.
October 3, 2010 at 1:44 pm
UnknownI've worked very hard at being ugly. it took years of getting beat-up, falling, jumping, being run over by rogue forklifts, 35 traffic accidents, being stabbed and slashed, taking drugs, drinking liquor and smoking. I deserve to be ugly and nobody--NOBODY can take it away from me.
October 3, 2010 at 4:53 pm
Jessica HolesI see you in a lot of the traits. I did notice it says you are supposed to be organized and I don't think that is the case most of the time. You are witty and tenacious when it comes to arguing a theory so im going to have to say check on that one. I say 75% true of you...
November 10, 2010 at 11:45 am
Doc HaynesYeah my organisational skills are a bit on the retarded side. lol
November 10, 2010 at 1:00 pm
Nancy McCormackmy physical energy tends to crash and burn when I do not want it to.
November 10, 2010 at 3:22 pm

Girls Inc.

May 13, 2010 at 12:53 am

Girls are awesome, please help them to have a great tomorrow.
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If you are a father, a grandfather, a brother or an uncle help support Girls Inc. and help a girl achieve her dreams.
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Oh yeah, I almost forgot, you can be a woman and help support them too.
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http://www.girlsinc.org/dearworld

Have you read this? What about this?

May 12, 2010 at 8:28 pm

The BBC believes most people will have read only 6 of the 100 books here. How do your reading habits stack up?

Instructions: Copy this into your NOTES. Look at the list and put an 'x' after those you have read. Tag other BookNerds.

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1 Pride and Prejudice- X
2 The Lord of the Rings - X
3 Jane Eyre - Charlotte Bronte
4 Harry Potter series - JK Rowling
5 To Kill a Mockingbird - Harper Lee - X
6 The Bible - X
7 Wuthering Heights - Emily Bronte - X
8 Nineteen Eighty Four - George Orwell - X
9 His Dark Materials - Philip Pullman
10 Great Expectations - Charles Dickens - X

Section 1

11 Little Women - Louisa M Alcott
12 Tess of the D’Urbervilles - Thomas Hardy
13 Catch 22 - Joseph Heller- X
14 Complete Works of Shakespeare - X
15 Rebecca - Daphne Du Maurier
16 The Hobbit - JRR Tolkien - X
17 Birdsong - Sebastian Faulk
18 Catcher In The Rye - X
19 The Time Traveler’s Wife - Audrey Niffenegger
20 Middlemarch - George Eliot

Section 2

21 Gone With The Wind - Margaret Mitchell - X
22 The Great Gatsby - F Scott Fitzgerald - X
23 Bleak House - Charles Dickens - X
24 War and Peace - Leo Tolstoy - X
25 The Hitch Hiker’s Guide to the Galaxy - Douglas Adams - X
27 Crime and Punishment - Fyodor Dostoyevsky- X
28 Grapes of Wrath - John Steinbeck - X
29 Alice in Wonderland - Lewis Carroll - X
30 The Wind in the Willows - Kenneth Grahame - X

Section 3

31 Anna Karenina - Leo Tolstoy
32 David Copperfield - Charles Dickens- X
33 Chronicles of Narnia - CS Lewis -X
34 Emma - Jane Austen
35 Persuasion - Jane Austen
36 The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe - CS Lewis - X
37 The Kite Runner - Khaled Hosseini
38 Captain Corelli’s Mandolin - Louis De Bernieres
39 Memoirs of a Geisha - Arthur Golden
40 Winnie the Pooh - AA Milne - X

Section 4

41 Animal Farm - George Orwell - X
42 The Da Vinci Code - Dan Brown - X
43 One Hundred Years of Solitude - Gabriel Garcia Marquez
44 A Prayer for Owen Meaney - John Irving
45 The Woman in White - Wilkie Collins
46 Anne of Green Gables - LM Montgomery
47 Far From The Madding Crowd - Thomas Hardy
48 The Handmaid’s Tale - Margaret Atwood
49 Lord of the Flies - William Golding - X
50 Atonement - Ian McEwan

Section 5

51 Life of Pi - Yann Martel
52 Dune - Frank Herbert - X
53 Cold Comfort Farm - Stella Gibbons
54 Sense and Sensibility - Jane Austen
55 A Suitable Boy - Vikram Seth
56 The Shadow of the Wind - Carlos Ruiz Zafon
57 A Tale Of Two Cities - Charles Dickens- X
58 Brave New World - Aldous Huxley - X
59 The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night - Mark Haddon
60 Love In The Time Of Cholera - Gabriel Garcia Marquez

Section 6

61 Of Mice and Men - John Steinbeck - X
62 Lolita - Vladimir Nabokov - X
63 The Secret History - Donna Tartt
64 The Lovely Bones - Alice Sebold
65 Count of Monte Cristo - Alexandre Dumas- X
66 On The Road - Jack Kerouac- X
67 Jude the Obscure - Thomas Hardy
68 Bridget Jones’s Diary - Helen Fielding
69 Midnight’s Children - Salman Rushdie
70 Moby Dick - Herman Melville- X

Section 7

71 Oliver Twist - Charles Dickens- X
72 Dracula - Bram Stoker - X
73 The Secret Garden - Frances Hodgson Burnett
74 Notes From A Small Island - Bill Bryson
75 Ulysses - James Joyce - X
76 The Inferno – Dante - X
77 Swallows and Amazons - Arthur Ransome
78 Germinal - Emile Zola
79 Vanity Fair - William Makepeace Thackeray
80 Possession - AS Byatt

Section 8

81 A Christmas Carol - Charles Dickens - X
82 Cloud Atlas - David Mitchell
83 The Color Purple - Alice Walker - X
84 The Remains of the Day - Kazuo Ishiguro- X
85 Madame Bovary - Gustave Flaubert
86 A Fine Balance - Rohinton Mistry
87 Charlotte’s Web - EB White - X
88 The Five People You Meet In Heaven - Mitch Albom
89 Adventures of Sherlock Holmes - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle - X
90 The Faraway Tree Collection - Enid Blyton

Section 9

91 Heart of Darkness - Joseph Conrad
92 The Little Prince - Antoine De Saint-Exupery
93 The Wasp Factory - Iain Banks
94 Watership Down - Richard Adams - X
95 A Confederacy of Dunces - John Kennedy Toole
96 A Town Like Alice - Nevil Shute
97 The Three Musketeers - Alexandre Dumas- X
98 Hamlet - William Shakespeare - X
99 Charlie and the Chocolate Factory - X
100 Les Miserables - Victor Hugo

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