McDonald's will still stand after many other places close simply due to their ability to copy, change, & adapt w/o any pride involved.

More evidence that McD boycott is history: Starbucks lacks wifi, McD next door has wifi. Guess who's wifi I'm using w/ iced coffee? lol:)

Amazing to see nearby Starbucks on the closing list also failed to renew wifi contract while the store still remains open. #sfs

The Today Show is airing a segment confirming my belief that Rihanna faces major backlash for reconciling with Chris Brown.

Good morning All:)

Kids received CDs yesterday from CFA, so I'm going off line to give an opportunity to check them out:) bbl

Someone left our tv on & Drumline is airing. Still a good movie seen only once:)

I regained the hour lost last night & feel great! Enjoying some home alone time right now:)

Enjoying sunshine in a Smyrna, GA park like hibernation ended for the 1st time ever:)

It's funny how Gmail's spam filter is extremely accurate even when known people send spam:)

Major ATL law firm downsizes & many that were let go really don't flow well w/o very low risk & high degrees of order:( #sfs

Flow is the optimum point where focus & speed coexist & you can run with anything within you!

Focus wants to narrow the perspective but when it downshifts & wants all info before moving, it can cripple.

The greatest challenge creatively is to stay focused while not sacrificing speed. They prefer to ride solo:(

When web2.0 works, it really steps beyond simple mind blowing power! Nothing like meeting others w/tons in common & learning from new peeps

This weekend shall be enjoyed by hook or by crook:) No crying, moping, or foot dragging allowed!

Blogger was not receiving updates due to still unknown technical reason. I believe it has been cleared finally.

Just pointed *-roneysmith.com to my Wordpress blog & *-blog.roneysmith.com to existing Blogger page. New & old school collide:)

Hailey's Class Coloring @ Atlanta History Center

Hailey's Class Coloring @ Atlanta History Center
Originally uploaded by wysiwysell

Earlier today I chaperoned along with several other parents a field trip that our kindergardeners took to the Atlanta History Center.

Although I have been there at least three times before for corporate meetings and networking events, I never went into the exhibit hall areas which were very cool.

The children heard speakers reenact the Buffalo Soldiers and the NAACP's Walter White as well as about the Harlem Renaissance, early Atlanta history, and an exhibit on the 1996 Centennial Olympics held in Atlanta, GA.

We will definitely visit again with a smaller or with more time to slowly take it all in.

Peace!

Criteria That Makes Octuplet IVF Plan Logical As Sick As It Is

I just returned home minutes ago from running to the post office and heard the following NPR radio program which has totally clicked within me unlike any other explanation has about the series of events that led to the octuplets recently born in California.

NPR host Michel Martin made an introductory statement that was so innocent and essential but yet easily overlooked to the segment entitled California Octuplets Raises About Ethics, Fertility that I wish the full statement was heard online as well but it does not appear to be at this point in time. I have sent a message to Ms. Martin and I hope that NPR adds the full introduction.

Unfortunately I cannot remember the exact phrase that was used but all we need to know is that Martin's statement innocently included the names Angelina Jolie and Nadya Suleman in the same sentence.

The introduction was so pure and succinct that I doubt Martin knows how laser like her statement has connected the dots to me that nothing has come as close to connecting.

It is my belief that a recognized or near subliminal fascination with Angelina Jolie is the missing link in Suleman's quest to have such an expanded family size given everything about her on paper.

The first moment I saw Suleman I instantly told my wife that she was attractive but I could not put my finger on what it was that implied something was out of the norm in her demeanor and beauty strictly from the neck up.

As a fan of the FX show Nip Tuck, I also thought that Suleman possibly had some plastic surgery on her lips or face since her right side of her mouth looked a little odd.

But to hear the name Angelina Jolie mentioned in the same sentence with Suleman, the dots quickly come together like a mosquito to a zapper.

This is still my own personal conclusion but like a hungry dog on a meat wagon, you will have to come up with something very good to get me to change my position:)

Although it is as macabre and paranormal than I prefer to contemplate for a period of time, bells are ringing like a game show jackpot being hit with 100% pure accuracy.

The closest explanation that I had before hearing the names and instantly seeing the link was it was a combined sign of generational forces (Suleman and her parents all inclusive) that made Suleman's decisions more logical in her own mind because nothing is logically associated within anyone else's.

The Holy Bible lets us know that God wanted us to be fruitful and multiply but He expressed His desire for us to have a helpmate in the process.

My prayers go out to the family and hopefully the same pit of faulty logic will be closed to others in a non-abusive way to the individuals and society at large.

May heaven help us all.

Peace!