Local sheriff’s deputy arrested on child porn charges

A 65-year-old Prince William County sheriff’s deputy is under arrest on charges of possession of child pornography.

Investigators say they found more than 900 such images on the computer of Deputy Arthur Staples.

Last week authorities in St. Lucie County, Fla., contacted the Manassas City Police Department about a child pornography suspect in Manassas City. Manassas police searched Staples’ home Friday. Police said they were seeking evidence that he was distributing child porn.

Staples was being held Tuesday without bail and will be extradited to Florida, where he will face charges of using the Internet to trade pornographic pictures of children.

--Bastard

Rule Number One: Don't Panic

I almost died today.

Seriously. I choked on my lunch today. I know now, that in my entire life, I never have really choked before. Today, like many other days, I was working through lunch. I often do this to make sure I don't have to work late. Some days I don't even bother warming up my lunch and just wolf it down. Like today...

A piece of pork loin firmly lodged in my throat. I was helpless. I could not swallow it, couldn't breath, couldn't cough or gag or do anything.

20 seconds of abject Fear. Fear for Brenda and the kids and never seeing The Hobbit filmed with real people.

I actually thought to myself, "If you don't act now you are dead." Rule Number One was invoked. I didn't panic.

I wasn't going to be one of those people who are too embarrassed to ask for help. I figured coworkers were a 10 second walk away. 15 seconds to communicate the point. Then say hello for Mr. Heimlich.

As I moved to get up the piece of meat shifted. My epiglottis was freed and air moved. I stifled a cough and gag and worked on swallowing that cinder block. It went down eventually. Once water seemed like a good idea I drank a quart quickly.

Mom was right. "Marty! Chew your food!"

--Rule Number One: Don't Panic

Still Keeping it Real...

Repo Man Sequel Starts Filming Next Month

Posted on Thursday, December 4th, 2008 at 12:12 am by: Peter Sciretta

Alex Cox’s Repo Man sequel Repo Chick is finally going into production next month (January 2009). Production Weekly reports that David Lynch is producing the project.

The original 1984 film told the story of Otto, a newly hired repossession man who goes in search for a mysterious Malibu carrying a high value package which was taken from a government lab and has strange effects on anyone who views it.

Cox has previously said that the follow-up will “unfold against the background of the credit crunch and the subprime mortgage crisis in the US, where repossessions of homes, cars and other forms of property is at a new high. ‘The repo business has expanded to everything from boats, houses, aeroplanes, small nations…children”.

-- Please don't make this Suck!!

Turkey Soup!

Left over turkey is one of my favorite things in the world. My wonderful wife knows this about me. So much so, that even though we went to my sisters this year for T-Day, she baked a Turkey!

I discovered last year that I had a knack for soup.

I started out to make a soup that I would like. I made it for me. I had 4 times the meat of other peoples soup. I included spices I liked. Veggies I like and as it turns out EVERYONE loved it!

Encouraged, I started making soup on a regular basis. I love having it for lunch.

--Today may be the BEST batch EVER!

Never Forget

Happy Thanksgiving!

What are you thankful for today?

I am thankful for my wonderful wife.
I am thankful for our excellent children.
I am thankful for their excellent mom.
I am thankful for my friends, my beautiful home, my excellent job.
I am thankful for being born in this time and place.

I am thankful for my country.

...and pie, I can't forget pie.

I See You...

Fallout 3

So I bought this new game for the xBox 360 called Fallout 3.

This game is so cool. The style of it is so haunting.

It takes place in the future after a huge nuclear war. It actually takes place in and around Washington DC. That has pissed a lot of people off. I recognize places in the game. Buildings, bridges, metro stops and other places.

So very cool.

--But I suck with game controllers!

Mob Wars on Facebook

I have a FaceBook account. Lots of people do. In Facebook they have an applications section that includes games.

My current favorite game is called Mob Wars.

It is a turn based game. It actually doesn't take much time to play and it's not complicated. For some reason I really like it.

Brenda is into it now too. We are in each others Mob.

--Give it a try! Invite me to your mob!

RIP: Jasmine

The photo is from better days.

I will miss that cat. Eight years ago, the very first time I visited my now wife at her home, Jasmine jumped right into my lap. She had a specific spot in my recliner as I surfed the web. When she was afraid, she would run to me.

--I loved that cat.

All this talk of Change

President Elect Obama is all about Change.

To that end I am looking at a blog change!

--Upgrades, baby. Upgrades.

Best Pet Halloween Costume Ever!!

Are you an issue based voter like me?

My friend Molly sent me a great link to see which candidate fits you best on the issues that matter to you: glassbooth.org

The survey on the issues confirmed what I already knew. I was going to vote for McCain. It also confirmed that that I was only and issue or two on the McCain side.

I know people that swear on a stack of Mothers graves that, "if McCain wins they are moving to Canada". I'm not that adamant either way.

-- Let me know what your glassboot.org scores are! VOTE!

My $.02 on the Meltdown

When Brenda and I bought the townhouse we could not believe how much money the bank would loan us. We didn't even need my name on the loan at all to buy it. We bought it under just Brendas name and got some serious tax advantages. I still owned a townhouse that we rented out.

Brenda could have easily gotten a loan she could not afford. One that the two of us together could not afford!

We showed restraint. We knew what size house we could afford. We spent hours drilling the numbers in spreadsheets, analyzing budgets. We played it conservative. Leveraged both townhouses into our current house. Once again, %30 down and a loan we could afford.

That was the key. We bought what we could actually afford. We borrowed what we could afford, not what they would loan us. The Jugheads that took the loans the stupid banks allowed them are the ones that snowballed this mess into a meltdown. Everyone gambled the Real Estate market would continue to climb. Banks and borrowers.

--Gambled and lost.

Brenda is on the mend, the stock market not so much

Brenda starts back to work next week. It has been a long six weeks to get back to this level. The entire six weeks went faster for me than the 4 hours I had to wait to see her that morning in the hospital.

In preparation for her return to work, we did the last, most painful, activity we needed to do.

Look at our retirement fund.

Ouch.

It was not as bad as we thought it would be. It still sucks. After the "Dot Com" bubble I was more conservative in my mutual fund choices. One fund we have continues to climb. Even now. Slow and steady.

The closer we get to retirement the more will be transferred to secure funds like that.

--For now, there's Scotch!

The world sucks sometimes.

This cartoon represents one of the main reasons I believe that McCain will win the election.

It's unfortunate.

I wish it was only about the issues. Race should not be a part of the equation.

--But it will be...

I Love McDonalds!

"The McDonald's hamburger on the right is from 2008; the one on the left is from 1996. And they both look fairly edible. Wellness educator and nutrition consultant Karen Hanrahan has kept a McDonald's hamburger since 1996 to illustrate its nonexistent ability to decay. Aside from drying out and bit and having "the oddest smell," it apparently hasn't changed much in the past 12 years. This isn't the first time someone kept an uneaten McDonald's hamburger for an extended period of time for the sake of science. Or in the case of the Bionic Burger Museum, multiple burgers for over 19 years. There are even instructions on how to start your own collection of old, self-preserving burgers.

Anyone else have experience with Fast Food That Just Won't Rot?"

--Better Life through Technology!!

What's a Pirates Favorite Letter?

Talk like a pirate today or I will send you to Davey Jones Locker!!

--AAARRRrrrrrrr...

This Years Hawk

Here is the Gray-Meister Hawk for this season.

Started school with the Hawk and size 10 sneakers!

--He's my Man!