tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6418988129383380262024-03-06T00:02:37.902-05:00A South Jersey Girl WritesA creative writing blog in which to display my pursuit of several writing challenges.SJerZGirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15888500576418777324noreply@blogger.comBlogger146125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-641898812938338026.post-15523496966004109142014-03-12T03:30:00.000-04:002014-03-12T03:30:02.704-04:00Interview with Bubblews Administrator Avi Dixit
I know that some questions have been asked by others, but I will try to make them as unique as possible. Please identify which of you is answering which question.
1) Why did you decide to create Bubblews?
We decided to create Bubblews because we felt that that the ideology behind Social Networks is not in favor of the content producers, the people who build up their enormous communities SJerZGirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15888500576418777324noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-641898812938338026.post-75736379682546918302014-03-11T01:06:00.000-04:002014-03-11T01:06:00.573-04:00Humor for the evening!A man and woman had been married for more than 60 years. They had shared everything. They had talked about everything. They had kept no secrets from each other except that the little old woman had a shoe box in the top of her closet that she had cautioned her husband never to open or ask her about. For all of these years, he had never thought about the box, but one day the little old woman got SJerZGirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15888500576418777324noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-641898812938338026.post-1944046307517654722014-03-10T06:33:00.000-04:002014-03-10T06:33:00.089-04:00Quasi-Government Waste Threatens Viability of Local High Speed LineThe celebrated and popular PATCO speedline put into place in 1969 to run on already established tracks between Lindenwold, NJ, and Philadelphia, PA, has been a generous benefactor of a variety of pet projects in the local vicinity, including $14 million towards the Philadelphia Eagles and Phillies stadium-complex, $5 million towards the National Constitution Center and $5 million towards the New SJerZGirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15888500576418777324noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-641898812938338026.post-33405610701063872002014-03-07T06:17:00.000-05:002014-03-07T06:17:10.596-05:00An Honorable Man Two weeks ago, John Patrick Stanton was buried privately after a very well-attended funeral mass held at the Immaculate Conception Church in Jenkintown (Philadelphia). He was 86 when he died and is survived by his wife, 12 children, 46 grandchildren and 15 great-grandchildren. At John's evening wake the evening before, roughly 1100 people filed past his casket to view him one last time. On the SJerZGirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15888500576418777324noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-641898812938338026.post-25700000846046043662014-03-06T05:15:00.000-05:002014-03-06T05:15:00.638-05:0052 Week Ancestor Challenge - LARS CARLSSON LOCK
Lars Carlsson LOCK is another of my direct line ancestors. Lars is my 7th great-grandfather. He is the first of the LOCK line on my mother's side in the New World, leaving Sweden in September 1647. Originally, Lars's surname was not LOCK. He, like others of his time, used the patronymic method of naming. In other words, since he was Carl's son, he was Carlsson. The surname of LOCK he derived SJerZGirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15888500576418777324noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-641898812938338026.post-33121628806542074662014-03-05T03:30:00.000-05:002014-03-05T03:30:00.888-05:00Fixing Things Around the HouseSo, I was on a mission a couple weekends ago. I was sick and tired of sitting on the dining room chairs and having the joints separate. I was also tired of using the toilet and sliding side to side because a hinge bolt is missing. So, I went out and bought wood glue and hinge bolts.
That Saturday night I put the bold in the toilet seat hinge and am happy again to SJerZGirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15888500576418777324noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-641898812938338026.post-28755419912189579812014-03-04T03:38:00.000-05:002014-03-04T03:38:00.727-05:00Dumb Criminals - Gotta Love ThemI read an article on our local ABC news channel's website that made me laugh. And, the reason I said you "gotta love them" with regard to dumb criminals is because they're so easily caught!These two guys decided that breaking in to the local Sunoco gas station store would be a good idea. And, sure, maybe since there weren't many cars on the road at that time since we were in the midst of another SJerZGirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15888500576418777324noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-641898812938338026.post-82201821494083725172014-03-03T09:56:00.000-05:002014-03-03T09:56:00.235-05:00Whistle and flute - a Captcha Challenge from Bubblews
When I first got this Captcha, I was thinking along the lines of the actual instruments. But, when I went looking for an appropriate image, I found that the phrase is 1) that of more than one pub in the UK and 2) the brand name of a new line of designer clothing in New York by designers Yoon Chang and Je-Won Hwang whose husbands are themselves Brits.With regard to the pubs, I liked the image ofSJerZGirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15888500576418777324noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-641898812938338026.post-50288125576111706452014-02-28T09:27:00.000-05:002014-02-28T09:27:00.183-05:00Dorothy Kilgallen - Game Show Panelist and Woman With a Secret?
As a child, I used to watch various game shows along with my mother. I always liked shows like "What's My Line?" and "I've Got a Secret". They were televised versions of the game 20 Questions most of us have played, but with celebrity panelists and the occasional celebrity guest. In the case of the celebrity guest, the panelists were given blindfolds so that they could not recognize the guestSJerZGirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15888500576418777324noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-641898812938338026.post-49395645727133210272014-02-27T09:10:00.000-05:002014-02-27T09:10:00.541-05:00The Cycle of Violence
The cycle of violence is the pattern that develops in an abusive relationship where there are good times and bad times and times wherein the victim knows the abuse is preparing to happen again.Examples where both partners contribute to the cycle of violence include the victim apologizing for having caused the perpetrator to attack (whether verbally or physically doesn't matter), both of them SJerZGirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15888500576418777324noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-641898812938338026.post-76005361487826639292014-02-26T11:46:00.000-05:002014-02-26T11:46:00.336-05:00Dumb Criminals - Gotta Love ThemI read an article on our local ABC news channel's website that made me laugh. And, the reason I said you "gotta love them" with regard to dumb criminals is because they're so easily caught!These two guys decided that breaking in to the local Sunoco gas station store would be a good idea. And, sure, maybe since there weren't many cars on the road at that time since we were in the midst of another SJerZGirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15888500576418777324noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-641898812938338026.post-51223557702533147942014-02-26T09:04:00.000-05:002014-02-26T09:04:00.871-05:00Domestic Violence and the Criminal Justice System
Law enforcement agencies throughout the nation are seeing an increase of domestic violence calls that they say is directly related to the decline in the economy. Fifty-six percent of the responding agencies to the national survey say that, although domestic violence is not a separate category, the economy is causing an increase in responses to domestic violence calls. This doesn’t always mean SJerZGirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15888500576418777324noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-641898812938338026.post-66330361361265596962014-02-25T17:18:00.000-05:002014-02-25T17:18:00.724-05:00Do you believe in Karma? (Or any of its variations?)
It's interesting that the concept of Karma seems to be universal, even if it isn't called that by the various cultures that believe in it. The Christian culture believes in "an eye for an eye" (although Jesus actually said turning the other cheek is preferred). One Christian scripture states "what ye sows, so shall ye reap". Another one states "those who plow iniquity and sow troubleSJerZGirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15888500576418777324noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-641898812938338026.post-35065853762952371372014-02-24T13:36:00.000-05:002014-02-24T13:36:00.952-05:00What do you think the worst invention is?For me, that would be Viagra!!! Of course, it wasn't created for the purpose it's currently sold for. It was just heavily marketed for that once they discovered the side "effects". And, the men I know who use it don't need it - they just use it to "enhance" what they already have. But, male doctors and the pharmaceutical marketing executives know this. However, the med itself has value for those SJerZGirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15888500576418777324noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-641898812938338026.post-90401123612322463192014-02-21T11:49:00.000-05:002014-02-21T11:49:00.077-05:00WKRP in Cincinnati - I've missed this show so much!!
I used to love this show. It hasn't been on the air in almost 30 years. I am so happy to find it on Hulu. I've been watching one episode after another. My daughter groaned when she saw what I was watching, but it wasn't long before she began to laugh at the classic jokes being done on the show. It was so far ahead of its time. The things it presented then are still relevant today. Some things SJerZGirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15888500576418777324noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-641898812938338026.post-46725282592312073852014-02-20T01:01:00.000-05:002014-02-20T01:01:00.847-05:00I've moved a lot in my life.
I came upon a website within the last year that actually showed the last 10 addresses I've had. It turns out that was from 1981 through the present. I had almost as many from 1981 back through 1975 when I first moved away from home. I remember my mother having to buy a new address book because she'd run out of spaces for all my new addresses and phone numbers. I averaged one move every 2 years SJerZGirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15888500576418777324noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-641898812938338026.post-24603502234452717422014-02-19T00:43:00.000-05:002014-02-19T00:43:00.090-05:0052 Week Ancestor Challenge - Jesse Chew
I found another Bubbler was doing a weekly post for something called the "52 Week Ancestor Challenge" and, since I've been working on my family history since 1974, I just knew I had to take that challenge as well. Here is my first week's post, some four weeks later than the original challenge began. But, I will catch up.JESSE CHEW (1738 - 1812)Jesse Chew was my 6th great grandfather.SJerZGirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15888500576418777324noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-641898812938338026.post-86613234545718910402014-02-18T00:39:00.000-05:002014-02-18T00:39:01.079-05:00Revealing Prejudice - The Underbelly of the Beast
This is my response to someone who said Sotomayor was an activist who was more interested in "brown pride." If you were always being criticized for who you were and what your ancestry was only because you looked different than those in the majority, you'd develop some pride in defending yourself against such unfair characterizations as well. Maybe you might even call it "white pride" (or SJerZGirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15888500576418777324noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-641898812938338026.post-41288786782708038572014-02-17T00:36:00.000-05:002014-02-17T00:36:00.258-05:00Laura Ingraham thinks Supreme Justice Sonia Sotomayor is too focused on her "immigrant family background." Um....Sotomayor was born in the USA!!!
Did Laura Ingraham, a right-wing talk show host, seriously accuse Justice Sotomayor of being too focused on her "immigrant family background"? Precisely where did Ingraham's family come from? The bogs of Alabama? Because they sure as hell didn't get to this country without HER family background coming from somewhere else. So, why should HER family get better treatment than the families of SJerZGirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15888500576418777324noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-641898812938338026.post-58907489532726277752014-02-14T10:53:00.000-05:002014-02-14T10:53:00.098-05:00Do you believe in a "higher power"?
I do, because I don't believe in the absolute randomness of the universe. The way things work; the way they are organized; the fact that, in general, everything has a place and a reason for existence all points to someone else having a role in all of it. I don't care what some of these extremists say, science and God do coexist. HE created it all and He can use whatever method He wishes to useSJerZGirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15888500576418777324noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-641898812938338026.post-71863337752297269442014-02-13T10:51:00.000-05:002014-02-13T10:51:00.131-05:00If you had to go a week without either your phone or your car, which would you choose?I haven't had a car since 2010, but I'd go bonkers without my phone. It isn't that I make call after call. I have no idea how people can be on their phones talking incessantly. But, my phone lets me send and receive texts (again, not incessantly) and lets me get online when I'm not around my computer (or when our internet was shut off for a couple of months, my phone was my lifeline!) I also takeSJerZGirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15888500576418777324noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-641898812938338026.post-7623262529194422812014-02-12T10:48:00.000-05:002014-02-12T10:48:00.303-05:00What was your favorite place to visit as a child?
I used to love going to Cape May and hunting for Cape May Diamonds (a type of quartz found along the beach there). When we would go camping in the Poconos, I loved seeing Boulder Field. I couldn't imagine how all those huge boulders all got placed there together in one spot. Then when we were living in Venezuela, I loved going to Colonia Tovar on top of a mountain southwest of Caracas. They SJerZGirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15888500576418777324noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-641898812938338026.post-23198659253317655212014-02-11T22:42:00.000-05:002014-02-11T22:42:00.353-05:00What's your favorite type of weather?
I like rainy days. I think the rain has a calming effect on me. At the same time, I feel more energetic. I've often said it's because the rain positively ionizes the surrounding atmosphere, but I have no idea if I'm right on that. It just sounds right. I'm not so fond of violent thunderstorms, but I do love the rain. I love how it sounds and how it feels if you allow yourself to get wetSJerZGirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15888500576418777324noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-641898812938338026.post-74205595977389633162014-02-10T10:26:00.000-05:002014-02-11T11:46:40.593-05:00Who is your "go to" person when you need advice?
Believe it or not, I often ask my daughter for advice. She's one of the brightest people I have ever known. She's tech savvy and knowledgeable about so many different kinds of things. You see, she likes to learn and will often study random things just for her own satisfaction. Right now, she's working in accounting, soon to be replacing a man who has a Masters in Accounting, yet she has no SJerZGirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15888500576418777324noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-641898812938338026.post-80041932840068290642014-02-09T10:04:00.000-05:002014-02-09T10:04:00.481-05:00What are your thoughts on same sex marriage?
As far as I'm concerned, it shouldn't matter to anyone. Nothing my cohabiting neighbors does affects what I do in my own home. My marriage fell apart because it was a bad marriage. Not because two guys or two girls wanted to get married or because other people were having sex outside of marriage. If you believe it's a sin, fine. Don't marry someone of the same gender. But, be sure you hold SJerZGirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15888500576418777324noreply@blogger.com0