Winter

Winter's finally here. Unfortunately, now that it is, I want summer. I like how cold it is and all, but I miss the sun. Plus, with where I live, we NEVER get snow. It's so annoying. Winter isn't enjoyable if you don't have snow...







You know the feeling you get when you sit somewhere alone, no sound, no people, and you feel like the only person on earth? That's what it feels like in the winter.............somehow. I don't know how that has anything to do with it, but it does. It's a happy but sad feeling. Having something awesome, but not having what you need.......

That's why I hate seasons. They change so quick, whether you've had enough or not... reminds me of people. Seems like they're all something you thought they were and end up being something completely different... it can be either good or bad. Some people, some friends are either the good ones, who'll stick by you no matter what, or the bad ones, who will only stick by you in the good times and run off in the bad. Or if they act like your friends so they can get what they want. Get to someone close to you. I'd rather have one of the good ones! ;)

I'm Back!!!!

I'm finally back. After such a long time of not being on here. I was making some bad choices and getting into some bad stuff but I'm done with that stuff and started over!!! It's awesome! I miss being on here. I won't be using it for school anymore but I will still use it for obsevation probably!
Give my opinion on things. Starting tomorrow! Seeya Later!

Search Locates Wreck of Australian Battle Cruiser That Sank in 1941

The wreck of battle cruiser HMAS Sydney has been found off off western Australia ending one of the country's most enduring maritime mysteries. The ship is in about 8,100 feet of water, and its hull is largely intact. It weighed 7,300 U.S. tons, making it the largest vessel from any country to be lost with no survivors during the war. That's both cool and sad at the same time. It's cool that they found those ships, but too bad there weren't very many survivors of the shipwreck.
It was not immediately clear whether these are plans to raise the Sydney if it is found. Rudd had instructed the defense Department to contact relatives of the sailors who died aboard the Sydney about the find. Ted Graham, chairman of the Finding Sydney Foundation, the group carrying out the search, said a remote-operated vehicle would be used to further examine the wreckage found on the sea floor for clues about the battle.

Mom, Sister Say Farewell to Michael

An 6-year-old Evansville boy name Michael Canary died on Friday after having lived with multiple tumors in his head that caused serious headaches that were so painful, he often vomited. When the boy died, he was 130 pounds, which was a result from a doctor's prescription. Michael underwent surgery last month to insert a small shunt that would help drain fluid from his head. It was supposed to be good for 10 years, but started leaking right away. He stopped breathing in his Mother's arms, and in his bed, which was exactly where he wanted to be when he died. That's really sad. I wish they could have done something to help him. If they had found a way to remove the tumors. Then he probably wouldn't have died.
He was getting morphine every hour at the end, so he must have been in pain. It wasn't quite a coma though, because if you bent down to give him a kiss, he'd turn his face in your direction. His appetite began to shut down two weeks ago. His Mother could only get him to eat baby food. When copies of the documents were received, it included documents from a pediatric oncology specialist at Riley's Hospital for Children in Indianapolis, which confirmed the tumors couldn't be cured.

Japanese Scientist's Glasses Can Find Anything

A Japanese scientist named Yasuo Kuniyoshi created a device that you put into your glasses so that if you lose something, it will play back the last place you had it. That would be really useful. I'd like to have that. Only I'd have goggles because I don't wear glasses. This device would be able to locate anything that was lost. I pod, remote control, cell phone, anything! The only problem would be if you lost your glasses. Then you'd have a serious problem. It has always been a problem that has vexed the fields of robotics and artificial intelligence.
Proffesor Kuniyoshi has even greater ambitions for his software, ambitions that owe a lot to the visual display of the Terminator of science fiction. Although the experimental model shown exclusively to The Times Wednesday, is still too bulky for daily use, the team at the Tokyo University School of Information Science and Technology are confident that it can soon be miniaturized. It could even, they suggest, be small enough to look a little different from a normal pair of glasses.

Saturn Space Probe Dives Through Moon's Geysers

Three years after gigantic geysers were spied on an icy Saturn moon, the international Cassini spacecraft plunged through the fringes of the mysterious plumes to learn how they formed. Cassini was taken within 30 miles of the surface, its closest approach. That's pretty cool. They found geyser-like eruptions of ice particles and water vapor spewing from the south pole. That's not good. That could actually be a potential danger. If anyone were to go near that in a shuttle, it could kill them. It all just depends on whether or not the ice is big or small.
The unmanned probe was about 120 miles above the moon as it swept through the edge of the geysers and measures their chemical makeup. Scientists long believed that Enceladus, the shiniest star in the solar system, was cold and still because it resides hundreds of millions of miles from the sun. Scientists generally agree the presence of water, organic compounds, and a stable heat source are needed to support primitive life. The source of the geysers is a mystery, but some theorize reservoirs of liquid water below the surface are likely supplying the ice and vapor seen in the plumes. The Cassini mission is a collaboration between NASA and the European and Italian space agencies.

NASA Sending Frankenstein Into Space? Nah, Just 'Monstrous' Space Robot

A 12-foot-tall, 3,400 pound robot named Dextre is being built in a space station right now. The idea was thought up by Canadians, but Dextre is being delivered along with the first piece of Japan's massive Kibo space station, a float-in closet for storing tools, experiments and spare parts. For the first time, each of the five major international space station partners will own a piece of the real estate. Dextre, in fact, was once in the running to be the Hubble Space Telescope's savior. I saw a picture of Dextre, and I'll tell you, it really is enormous. It has two arms, and several storage compartments for tools.
The astronaut Garrett Reisman said that it is enormous, and even kind of scary. I bet it would be. Being up in space and while you're working on the space station, you see this enormous metal thing next to the station. I'd be freaking out! I also bet that Dextre is going to be very useful to the astronauts once it's finished being built.

Nearest Star System Might Harbor Earth Twin

Scientists believe they may have found another earth. There is a planet in another star system that was formed by terrestrial planets that are likely to have formed around a star. A model showed planets forming around the star Alpha Centauri B in what is called the "habitable zone". This is where liquid water can exist on a planet's surface. I think it would be awesome if there was another planet like earth out there because then we'd have a reason to build better rockets and such to go to that planet and start growing more people on that planet. Then it would be just like having two earths.
Astronomers have for some time pinned the Alpha Centauri system as one that was likely to form planets. If such a planet is found there, spacecraft could be launched to find out more information about the world, such as whether it had water on the surface or not.

Underpass Collision Cancels 800-pound Man's Date

An 800-pound man named Manuel Uribe, a man who once weighed 1,235 pounds, was going to a date when there was an accident beneath an overpass. The bed that was holding Uribe was damaged: a post holding up the sun tarp on the bed, hit the bottom of the overpass, knocking it off the bed. After that, Uribe's blood pressure was so low, paramedics advised him not to go to the party. The party was for the success of him losing 440 pounds in 2 years, and a celebration of his girlfriend's birthday. Last year, Uribe went out into the streets to enjoy the San Nicolas de los Garza sunshine. That's neat, and it's cool that he's actually trying to lose weight. A lot of people wouldn't care if they weighed 1,235 pounds.
Uribe has lost all that weight by going on a high-protein diet. He first started the diet in January 2006 after going on national television and pleading for help. Despite the setback of the date not working out, he is hoping that he can go later in June. On June 11, when he will turn 43. He has relied on his Mother and friends to feed him and clean him since the summer of 2002, and has been bedridden. As a child, Uribe weighed over 250 pounds, and just kept growing.

Britain's Prince Harry Longs For Return to Combat Zone

Twenty-three-year-old Prince Harry had to abort a military mission to Afghanistan because press received information of his whereabouts and started to track him down. He was supposed to serve until April but was only able to serve for about 10 weeks. Though he would love to go back out, he won't be able to until the press fades down. Which is estimated to be in about 12 to 18 months. He was trained as a fighter pilot in the military and was incredibly eager to go overseas to fight for the country. I think the press just need to keep their noses out of this stuff. If he wants to fight overseas, they should let him, rather than butting into his business.
The Air Chief Marshall, head of Britain's army, said that any future deployment would depend on whether Harry poses as a risk to his colleagues. Doing this would cause many difficulties for Prince Harry and all those who support and help his service. He and his family were disappointed that he had been forced to abort his combat tour, yet security acknowledged that Harry's service in Afghanistan could make him a target for extremists in Britain. Posts were actually found on the internet of plots to kill Prince Harry and send a video of it to his family. Other past royals have seen combat, some more than once. The most recent was the princes' uncle.

Phoenix Teen Admits Killing Father for Restricting His Use of Myspace

A fifteen-year-old boy form Phoenix, Arizona named Hughstan Schickler killed his father last month because he wouldn't let him use myspace. He was going to commit suicide in front of his Father at first, but then decided to kill his Father first, then commit suicide. Instead, he killed his Father, then called his friend and told her he was going to commit suicide, but she talked him out of it. That's just disgusting and ridiculous. Why would someone be so stupid as to do that. You can't get on myspace. So what! It's not the end of the world. Just talk to friends at school. Go places with them. Do stuff like that. I can't believe he killed his own dad though!
Hughstan sneaked up behind his Father, 49-year-old Ted Schickler, and shot him with a 12-gauge shotgun. After talking to his friend, she convinced him to call the police and sort it out with them. Hughstan said he hated his Father for taking the internet away because myspace was how he communicated with his friends. He said it just made him so depressed all the time.

Earth's Clouds Teem With Live Bacteria

Scientists have found living bacteria in clouds that grab up water vapor in the atmosphere to make cloud droplets. Tiny particles of dust, soot, and airplane exhaust are known to provide these surfaces. Isn't that dangerous? Can't that cause sickness in people because of all the nasty stuff in the clouds? I mean, rain comes from the clouds, so the rain falls and could carry nasty bacteria. I don't know much about it because I'm not a scientist, but i bet they'd tell us if it was dangerous.
The bacteria are good at collecting the water to form cloud droplets. Snow samples were taken from all over the world to be tested, and it was discovered that Antarctic snow has the least concentrations of biological nuclei. Sites like Montana and France had the highest.

Dispute over teen romance suspected in Texas family murders

A family in Texas was attacked on Sunday, leaving three dead and one injured. The dead were Penny Caffey, 37; Matthew Caffey, 13; and Tyler Caffey, 8. The Father, Terry Caffey, is in critical but stable condition in Tyler. Four suspects were taken into custody, one being their 16-year-old daughter, whose name was not released because of her age. That's just disgusting and wrong. I can't believe someone would be so sadistic that they would kill their own family over some stupid romance feud. That's why teenagers really shouldn't date. Because they go getting attached, and think they're in love when they really aren't.
The family was found stabbed and shot repeated times in their home, near 20 acres of remote woodland. The daughter remained in custody on capital murder charges Sunday, the day after the pre-dawn attack. No other information was released about the family, or daughter.

Critic cities stats -- Earth cooling down, not warming up

All the things being said about global warming have been proven wrong. Scientists just found out that the world isn't warming up, it's cooling down. Since 2001, the temperature has slightly declined and scientists are getting worried about the 'disturbingly quiet solar cycle'. This, I think, is more than likely true. Because the global warming activists haven't shown any proof of the earth warming. The only proof they've had was shown in Al Gore's movie, 'An Inconvenient Truth'. Even that didn't really show any proof.
I think all of that was just a scam to get attention. But the global cooling is probably true, because the scientists studied up on their homework, and had proof. An investigation has recently been called as to why temperatures were not continuing to rise as predicted. It was shown that from 1940-1975, the earth's temperature has lowered while the CO2's temperature has risen. Global warming activists have tried to promote the opposite, yet had no proof. As shown in 'An Inconvenient Truth'.

'Earth Worship' on the rise among evangelical youth

Many youth in churches all over the place are getting into earth worship, the Wiccan religion, and it is beginning to worry all of the older people. It should be. The Wiccan religion is evil, based mainly on bringing up demons, even possessing people sometimes. Wiccans believe that no one can tell them what to do. They believe that nobody on God's green earth can tell them what to do, and the youth like that idea. I think it's completely stupid, because if elders didn't tell us what to do, we'd be stupid and wouldn't know what to do.
They also believe that a creative force lives in the universe and is usually referred to as "The One", or "The All". They believe that all living things have a spirit (plants, trees, animals, stars, planets, rock, people). I don't believe any of it. I believe in one God when the believe in several. I don't think anything has a spirit except humans. But I'm not going to force my beliefs upon them, and hopefully they won't try to force theirs upon us.

School Suspends Teens for Wearing Crucifixes

Two high school students:Jaime Salazar,14, and his friend Marco Castro,16, were suspended from school on Monday because they were wearing gifts from their mothers. Crucifixes. The school claims it is gang-related to wear them and they tried to send the teens to the front office, but when they said no, they were suspended. I think that is completely ridiculous. You should be allowed to wear crucifixes. I can understand if they came in wearing swastikas on wristbands or anything like that, but nothing is wrong with wearing a crucifix. Unless you're wearing it as a gang symbol. Then the teachers have all rights to kick them out.
The school corporation backs him up. Because he is the principle, he has the right to ask a student to remove things like that.

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Japan Launches High-Speed Communications Satellie Atop Rocket

Japan launched an H-2A rocket that is able to send high-speed data transmissions. Named Kizuna, it launched from the southern island of Tanegashima at 5:55 A.M. on Saturday and was at 175 miles by 28 minutes after lift-off. That's really awesome. I'd like to see some of the material collected from the rocket. I bet it's really amazing. With a high-definition cam like that, they could get some pretty sweet feed.
The rocket is mostly just a creation made to be better than the rockets built in China, their rivals. All of the scientists in Japan are excited about the new rocket, and hope it performs to the highest extremes. I hope it does too. I want them to be happy with their new design. As well as just about any other amazing thing created.

Magnitude 7.3 Earthquake Rocks Indonesia: Tsunami Warning Lifted

In Indonesia, a powerful earthquake rocked the west coast, injuring a few people. The earthquake had a magnitude of 7.3 and was centered in the Indian Ocean. Good thing it wasn't anything worse. It probably would have cause a Tsunami and would have injured or killed several. In 2004, an enormous tsunami was spawned and killed over 230,000 residents. I feel so bad for the families of those people, and for the families caught in the earthquake on Monday.
Residents in Bengkulu say they felt the quake strongly, but it didn't cause any major damage. Only some minor damage was recorded thankfully.

Musharraf Dismisses 'Graceful' Exit Suggested by U.S. Senators

The Pakistani President, Pervez Musharraf, dismissed a suggestion from U.S. senators on Monday to leave gracefully from power. The three senators that advised him were most likely insulted, which would be ridiculous because it was technically the man's choice how he wanted to leave. I mean, if he wanted to leave in overalls acting like a hillbilly, that would be just fine. Why? Because it was his choice. But, I'm not one to judge, so I wouldn't say anything.
Musharraf left normally. The senators endorsed a negotiated retreat rather than a push from power.

The ant shall one day conquer the elephant...

Okay, so saturday, I went to make pizzas at my youth group for a thingamabob we do so kids can raise money for camp and stuff. But while I was boxing the pizzas, my friend started to wink. Over and over and over again. I asked her why. She said she wasn't, she got something in her eye. My other friend, her brother, walked past and saw us winking back and forth at each other(yes, we're strange folk). He just stood there staring, so I started to wink at him.

He tried to wink back, but instead, he just started blinking over and over again. So I said,"Hey ------, you're not winking right", and he said,"I know! My wink box is broken!" and walked off while his sister and I stood there laughing. While he was walking, he started trying to wink/blink again, which caused him to run into someone who was carrying boxes across the room which only made us laugh harder because he jumped up and said,"HOLY CRAP!" while picking up boxes. After that the day went on and we ended up finishing early. YAY! Aaaaaannnnnd....that's about it. Gotta go! BYE!!

3 Children Found Dead in Long Island Apartment; Mom Arrested

Three children: 6-year-old Jewell Ward, 5-year-old Michael Demesyeux, and 1-year-old Innocent Demesyeux were found dead today in their bed, their mother nowhere to be found. After tracking down their mother and arresting her, they tried to find out how the children were killed but police wouldn't say how the thought the children may have been killed. I hate hearing about these stories. They make me so mad.
I don't see how anyone could kill little kids like that. Or anyone for that matter. It's just plain evil. The brother of the woman,Robert McCord, defended her saying she wasn't ballistic or insane. It was a shock to all of her family, including him. I feel very sorry for the woman and her family. I'll be praying for them all. The woman was taken to the hospital for evaluation and observation and to be arraigned today.

Siblings Celebrate 391 Years of Wedded Bliss

Seven siblings have been married for a total of 391 years, about 50 years each which is amazing because people usually aren't married that long. The reason for their long-lasting marriages? Because their parents believed that marriages should last forever. I agree with that also. Marriage shouldn't be something that comes and goes. If you have problems, you should try by whatever means possible to work it out. Not just drop it like it's something you don't want. It's unfair to other people around you. Especially your family.
Unfortunately, a lot of people do that. They decide they either don't like being married anymore or they have problems. Now if the spouse is abusive, then that's the only reason you should leave.The surviving seven children have all been married to their spouse at least 50 years each. One sibling died in 1992 and would add 48 years to the total and make it a large sum of 439 years! Wow! Now those are some close married couples. They're the type of people who will stick with their spouse no matter what.

Voting Begins in Pakistan Election Amid Fears of Violence, Rigging

Voting in Pakistan began yesterday even though people were fearful of suicide bombers and terrorist coming to attack. This fear was brought upon by the assassination of the former Prime Minister of Pakistan, Benazir Bhutto and after 46 people were killed in a suicide bombing near the border of Pakistan. The voting began nationwide on Monday at 8:00 A.M. and closed at 5:00 P.M.
This is a very good idea as long as they have military there to protect the voters and make sure there are no suicide bombers around. Which there were. In a possible hiding place for Osama Bin Laden, a remote border region of Bajur, hundreds of Pashtun tribesman came out to vote at a nearby polling station and dismissed the threat of attack. The military in Pakistan were heavy around that area to keep an eye on everything. I think that they should have put the polling station somewhere where the terrorist would probably never go. Somewhere that is hidden from them, but not from the voters.

U.S. Military Says Seized Docs Show Al Queda In Iraq Is Weakened

A diary was found by the military that contained information that encourages the military. It said that they fear the terrorist group may be crumbling. The diary was from an Al Qaeda leader in Iraq and Al Qaeda is in a crisis. This doesn't mean the end of terrorists in Iraq, but it means that they will be weaker and we have a much better chance if we have to retaliate again. Which we will probably have to eventually anyway. So this could be some very good news for the U.S. military.

Bush: 'The Kosovars Are Now Independent'

On Monday, Bush announced that the Kosovars are now independent and that they are going to be on their own. I don't know much about the Kosovars so I don't have much to say. In 1999, 10,000 people were killed by Kosovars in a crackdown on ethnic Albanian separatists. The independence set up a showdown with Serbia. Bush says he is going to do whatever he can to prevent any violence.

CDC Warns of 'Choking Game' After 82 Youths Die

A game made up several years ago by some teenagers and pre-teens called the choking game(also the pass-out game or space monkey) has caused 82 youths to die throughout the past thirteen years. The point of the game is to cut off the flow of blood to your brain/get high from the lessening of blood circulation. I think it's the most ridiculous thing I've ever heard. Why would they do something like that? I guess they just don't think about how dangerous it is and only think about how cool it makes them look (not that it does).
Signs of playing this game are: Bloodshot eyes; marks on the neck; severe or constant headaches; disorientation after spending time alone; ropes, scarves and belts tied to furniture or doorknobs or found knotted on the floor; unexpected presence of items such as dog leashes, choke collars, and/or bungee cords. I think that people should start spending time with their kids rather than letting them run off and do who knows what. That's probably why these kids did this. They thought "Hey! This will be fun! And no one will even notice." I especially feel sorry for the ones who do care. And for the ones that don't.

Discombobulated

To confuse or disconcert; upset; frustrate: The speaker was completely discombobulated by the hecklers.
I like that word. I think it is now most definitely my favorite word. If you people don't like the word....................you have seriously got something wrong with your head. I mean, it's like the best word discovered since the word supercailfragilisticexpialidocious. Well...just thought I'd get that off my chest. SEEYA LATER PEOPLE!!!

Armed Robbers Steal $163 Million Worth of Art From Zurich Museum

Four Paintings were stolen on Sunday by three armed, masked men who were 5' 9" and one spoke with a Russian accent. They believe it may be one of the most spectacular robberies in the history of Switzerland. Why? Because the stolen paintings were four of the most famous paintings ever made. I think it is the most ridiculous robbery ever. They should have tighter security in a museum like that. Especially with paintings like that in the museum. The worth of these paintings? $163.2 million. Now that's a large chunk of money. I sure hope they get the paintings back!

Mystery of Saturn's Watery Moon Solved

On Saturn, a lake was discovered beneath the surface. It has been a mystery what caused jets of water to shoot up from the surface until now. They believe it is part of the natural science of the planet. They think it is either a global ocean beneath the planet's surface or just a small lake. They can't be sure. I believe that the streams come from geyser-like craters that are on the surface and the temperature causes the water to boil a shoot water out of the holes. I will look more into the subject to find out more. But the discovery is an excitement to scientists and they believe that this will lead to more interesting information about Saturn and other planets. I hope so. I love hearing about a lot of discoveries about the planets!

Best Friends Have Babies Weeks Apart With Same Deadly Illness

The women, Tara Sturman:35-years-old, and Andrea Cobbold:33-years-old, who have been friends since childhood have babies weeks apart, but the babies have the same deadly illness called biliary atresia. The disease causes them to be born without bile ducts outside their liver so bile enter their bloodstream poisoning the liver and causing cirrhosis, a disease of the liver characterized by increase of connective tissue and alteration in gross and microscopic makeup.
Those poor babies. I hope their able to take care of them and nurse them to good health.

Mysterious Illness Forces Girl to Survive on a Diet of Mints

A 19-year-old U.K. girl named Natalie Cooper is suffering from an unknown mysterious illness that causes her to vomit after eating any solid food. This causes her to be aloud only to eat mints such a tic-tacs and light mints like that to make her think she isn't hungry. All her needed nutrients are given to her through a feeding tube in the resemblance of a type of formula. At first doctors wondered if she might have bulimia, but ruled that out. Since she started using the feeding tube, she has gone from a low 70 pounds, to a healthy 98 pounds.
I'm glad they're trying to help her. A lot of doctors I hear about don't care, and try to encourage the parent to take the sick person off of feeding tube, and not help the patient. Mostly just because of laziness.

The Broken Mirror

this is a story i had to write for english for school

The Broken Mirror

“I can't wait to get outside and use the new lawnmower!”
thirteen-year-old Corey commented as he raced through the house. He was
running through his Mother and Father's room and was so distracted,he
ran right into the wall. 'Whoops', he thought ,'need to be more---.'
*CRASH!* ”Oh no! What was that!” he exclaimed. He returned to his
parent's room to find their new mirror lying on the floor.

He walked over to the mirror, picked it up, and stood there
staring at the broken shards of glass in stunned silence. Then Corey's
four-year-old brother Samuel walked into the room. Hmmm.... Corey
considered the idea, and decided to try it.

“Samuel!” Corey shouted. Little Samuel looked at Corey with big,
round eyes and Corey instantly felt guilty. But he couldn't turn back
now. He had to finish what he started.”Samuel!” he shouted again. ”Look
what you did.” Samuel started to cry and Mother and Father hurried into
the room.

“What in the world is going on in here?” Mother asked.

Corey paused for a moment, then said, “Samuel knocked your new
mirror off the wall.”

“How?” Mother demanded

“I'm not sure”, Corey replied. “I walked in here to get my jacket
before I went outside to mow the grass and found Samuel in here next to the broken mirror.” At that moment,

Father spoke up.

“Corey, look at me and tell me you are telling the truth” he said
as he looked Corey in the eye. Corey hesitated, looking at his Father
with his bright green eyes.

Then he replied with a solid voice ,”Yes Father. I promise.”

Dad stood there, looked from Corey to Samuel, then said,”Corey,
you may go mow the grapples now.”

“Yes Father”, Corey replied. Without a glance at Samuel, he walked
out of the room.

Once Corey was outside in the garage, he pulled the lawnmower out,
put gasoline in the tank, and walked back to the garage to put the gas
can away. As he made his way back to the mower, he thought,'I shouldn't
have lied about Samuel like that. I mean, he is just a little kid and
all so maybe he didn't get in trouble.' Yet, as he started up the
mower, that pang of guilt wouldn't go away.

Once he finished mowing the grass, he put away the mower, locked
up the garage, and went in the house. ”I guess I should go apologize to
Samuel and tell Mom and Dad the truth.” As he walked slowly up the
stairs, he thought about what he should say. He found Samuel sitting on
the floor in his room playing with his Hot Wheels cars. ”Hey buddy!”

“Hi Samuel!” Sam replied with a big smile on his face.”Wanna play
cars with me?”

“Not right now Sam”, Corey said as he hugged his little brother.”I
just wanted to apologize for getting you in trouble earlier.”

“It's okay.”

With that, he turned back to his cars.

Corey made his way slowly toward his parents' bedroom. When he got
there, he stopped in the doorway. ”Mom, I have to tell you....” He
scuffed his shoe on the carpet.

“Yes Corey, what is it.” She saw how nervous he was and said,”What
can I help you with?”

“Well Mom, I have a confession to make....”

She sat there motionless. Waiting.

“Um....”

“You can tell me Corey.”

“Okay”, he sighed, trying to build up the momentum and courage.”I
broke your new mirror and I'm sorry. I didn't want to lie but I was
scared I would get in trouble. I was running through the house and
knocked your new mirror off the wall and I just wanted you to forgive
me. Please?”

“Oh”, she said softly.

Silence.

“Mom?”

“Well”,she said finally,”You'd better go tell you Father then.”

“Yes Mom”, Corey replied,”And I'm sorry.” She smiled and nodded in
approval.

“Your Dad's out in the yard”, she told him.

“'Kay. Thanks for forgiving me”, he said as he left the room. Then
he made his way outside with a spiring in his step.

“I'm sorry I lied”, he concluded that evening in the living room.
“I'll try my hardest not to in the future.”

“Thanks for telling the truth son”, his Dad said. “But you have to
understand, there's still going to be punishment.”

“Of course”, Corey grinned. He felt a whole lot better now that he
had told the truth.

THE END

NASA Puts Saturn V Rocket on Display

The Saturn V rocket, which is now on display in Alabama , spent 35 years lying on its sand with animals living in it and was finally brought out and remodeled it so as to put it on display. This was a very smart move on their part because it means the rocket will get a lot of well-deserved attention. A man who helped build the rocket about 50 years ago and is now 95-years-old, says it looks as good as it did when it was first built. This project cost $23.4 million and was helpful to the expanding state-owned museum. I hope they get enough money back to repay what amount was used to preserve the rocket. I would go see it but I live too far away from it to be able to.

Church Federation: Malaysian Airport Customs Seize Bibles

32 Bibles were confiscated from a woman who was traveling home from the Philippines on January 28 because the church federation there had different beliefs than the woman did. This of course is completely ridiculous. People have rights, and that is one of them: freedom of religion. They can't just go and take another's belongings, judging by if they dislike it or not. This was done by Muslims Malays. Sixty percent of the Muslim population are Muslim Malays, which means that almost every Muslim agreed with the actions partaken in this article. I personally disagree with what they did and I wouldn't let them do this if I were their leader.

Twins Save Mom's Life, Kick Loose Deadly Tumor From Mom's Cervix While Still in Womb

A 35-year-old woman named Michelle Stepney was save by her unborn twins, who saved her life while in the womb. The twins, Alice and Harriet, now 13 mo. old, dislodged a tumor in their mom's cervix by kicking it. If they hadn't, she most likely would have died. The doctors suggested she get an abortion shortly before the miracle but she declined. She is glad she did or else this wouldn't have happened.
I love hearing these stories. They make me so happy. Especially whenever they are about declined abortions. It shows some people actually do care about life.

3 Men Shot Dead During Super Bowl Telecast at Maryland Pizzaria

Three men:Terrance Lynne Sneed, 22 and Curtis Lee Poston, 26 were shot dead at a restaurant on Sunday after the Giants scored a touchdown. Witnesses say three men had an argument about the score and one shot the other two down. The shooter was shot dead while trying to escape across the parking lot.
How ridiculous can you get? Why would you get so mad that you would shoot people over a stupid football game? I think that's completely stupid.

Web Sleuths Reunite Lost Digital Camera With Owner

On New Years Eve, a woman named Erika Gunderson entered a taxi only to find a camera in the back seat. This sent her on a journey to find the owner of the digital camera. She brought the camera home to her fiance, 26-year-old Brian Ascher, who decided he would look for the owner of the camera. He first called the Ireland district to see if anyone had bought a camera that registered the $500 camera's serial number. Nothing. Next he called a diner owned by Bob Heilman, but he only remembered a group of Irish diners'. No last names. After that, he went to a place shown in one of the camera's pictures to be Radisson Hotel where he received the email address of the believed owner. It turns out the camera didn't belong to the man name Noel. In the end, Ascher got the email address of the real owner who thanked him for his honesty and trouble.
Wow. That's really interesting. I'm glad he finally found the real owners, and that they were honest enough to go through all the trouble of finding the real owners.

SO HAPPY!

YES! Last night was so cool. I got to see Skillet in concert! They were amazing. Especially when they used flamethrowers on the stage. I think it might possibly be the coolest concert ever.(That I've been to). Even Group 1 Crew was good. And I don't usually like hip-hop. I hope they come here again. I'm also excited because I might get to go to a Hawk Nelson concert in April. W00T!! LATER PEOPLE!

Using DNA Evidence Cops Arrest Suspect in 10-Year-Old Murder of Colorado Coed

A 23-year-old woman named Susannah Chase was beat by someone with a baseball bat and left for dead in an alley in 1997 and police believe they have found the murderer by using DNA evidence. The suspect, 38-year-old Diego Olmos-Alcalde, was being held on $5 million bail charges of first-degree murder and sex assault and second-degree kidnapping. Everyone is glad that a suspect has been identified and apprehended.
That's just sick. I can't believe someone would do that. It's just disgusting that some people actually enjoy doing things like this..

Schoolwork

Hey everyone. I'm going to be using this blog for two things:schoolwork and everything else. I have to do my civics on here. So if you wonder "Why is this kid posting stuff about newspaper articles?", that's why. Sooooo... LATER!

Beijing Unveils 'Watercube' Swimming Venue for 2008 Olympics

A new structure has been built for the 2008 Olympics in Beijing. It's called 'The Watercube'. It was made so that it looked as if it were a cube covered in bubblewrap and is to be used for a shopping area as well as an area for tennis courts, retail outlets, nightclubs, and restaurants. But this is planned for after the Olympics. Until then, it is to be used for the sports in the Olympics. To build the structure cost from $150 million to $200 million. 17,000 seats are currently installed and are to be used for all 42 events of the Olympics.
I think that's really cool. I wish I could go to the the Olympics. I bet the Watercube is a really cool thing to see. That's probably the only reason I'd go to the Olympics. I'm not really interested in the sports they have there.

Hey!

Hey. My name's Kyle, I live in Indiana, and I'm just a normal kid with a normal life. I have 2 normal dogs, 1 normal cat, and one superpowered hamster named Momo. I also have a sister named Lauren. I guess that's enough to know about me. Not much to other people maybe, but it's enough for me. SEEYA LATER!!