REVIEW OF 500PX.com 3/29/22 a so-called PHOTO SELLING WEBSITE (very disappointed. can't recommend)

SO I've been looking around for websites to offer my photos for sale. These are mostly smartphone traveling photos. I signed up here and then they offered me a pro account trial for a week and encouraged me to upload my entire portfolio. 

So I started uploading a large amount of my stored photos and was hopeful that this was a good website to try to market my photos. 

THen suddenly I was logged out and I tried to log back in and it said I was "banned" and to contact them via email which I tried but they did not respond. 

Are they "ghosting" me? What's wrong ? If they only want professional photos they should say so. I offer medium quality but excellent QUANTITY-- photos which can be enlarged and enhanced etc.

 IF 500px.com is some sort of high brow that calls anything not taken with a professional camera a "potato" ? IF that's their attitude I don't want to be part of them anyways. 

But it's very amateur of them to just cut me off without explanation. Is there some dude in a basement somewhere just personally running this operation ? i JUST wasted 2 days here. DISAPPOINTED. 

Oscars 2022 Live Updates: Will Smith smacks Chris Rock in the face then accepts Best Actor award

"He also included an apology to the Academy and his fellow nominees before going back to thanking the KingRichard team, Venus and Serena Williams included. "Art imitates life: I look like the crazy father, just like they said about Richard Williams. But love will make you do crazy things."

https://www.vanityfair.com/live/oscars-2022-live-updates 

One thing if people are sincere about wanting to "help the homeless" ..

One thing if people are sincere about wanting to "help the homeless" or the so-called homeless,  those who live in "homes with mortgages" MUST STOP THINKING they are superior beings to those who sleep somewhere else.

re my Wayne State Law School experience early 1990's. True Story

I dropped out of Wayne State Law School back in the early 1990s after walking into my roommate and finding him masturbating. 

And  then he actually accused me of doing what he was doing - and told others that I was doing what he was doing - a total FABRICATION by him. 

At that point it was just too embarrassing to be around him. 

I didn't want to be part of that kind of culture. That's why I left and never looked back.  Today that roommate is a famous prosecutor. 

Re Rolling Hills Covenant Church, Palos Verdes

When I see the same ushers in the same spot & the same parking lot attendant in the same spot every Sunday -week after week -never coming inside to hear the message, it tells me that the message really is not that important and  you're not going to really learn or grow from it. 

 Otherwise the church would require the workers to sit down during the service and learn something - take a few notes- & also participate in prayer. 

 So the sermon (& even prayer) apparently is just some sort of ceremony we all sit thru and go to - maybe it's good for families with kids - but for the rest of us -we already know it all -so why go to church at all ? 

I'll  just grab a coffee & go direct traffic in the parking lot or be a security guard & tune everything else out - just watch the people & make sure they stand & sit & obey. Or be an usher at the same door 🚪 for 25 years - just make sure people go in, & get out when its over.

  This is what Rolling Hills Covenant is REALLY teaching me. 

What happened to Malaysian flight 370

https://malaysian-flight-370.blogspot.com/2022/03/expert-claims-he-knows-exactly-where.html

ONE OF MY BIGGEST HONORS WAS MAKING ACADEMIC DEANS LIST HONORS AT CALVIN COLLEGE 1989

ONE OF MY BIGGEST HONORS WAS MAKING ACADEMIC DEANS LIST HONORS AT CALVIN COLLEGE  1989  SEE LINK BELOW 

https://calvin-knights.blogspot.com/2015/09/fwd-42789-34th-annual-honors.html

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MOSTLY CALVIN BASKETBALL ARTICLES from the mid-50's

https://calvin-knights.blogspot.com/2019/02/photo-march-7-1951-future-calvin-stars.html

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REPORTING BAD TRUCKER from SunView Logistics (license plate # was 4TV131) on highway 90 approaching Langry TX

REPORTING BAD TRUCKER

 from SunView Logistics 

(license plate # was 4TV131) 

Around 5pm on March 11 2022 I was going west on highway 90 approaching Langry TX using cruise control to maintain a steady speed of 60mph. Lots of drivers want to go faster and so, whenever there's a "pull off" for slower traffic, I use it and allow others to pass. 

However, it is NOT my obligation to put on my brakes and stop or even slow down to allow them to pass. It is THEIR obligation to be going faster or speed up in order to successfully pass before the pull off merges back to one lane.

 A trucker from Sunview Logistics was NOT going fast enough to successfully pass. I waited as long as I could to the last moment and he was NOT increasing in speed as we approached the return to one lane. I was STILL in front of him so I merged back in and he continued to try to pass even with oncoming traffic.

 I had to FLOOR my gas pedal to avoid a dangerous situation. He was 100% wrong and I think was having one of those "hollywood moments" in his head (ie "a legend in his own mind") .

 I think his license plate # was 4TV131 . I drive 1000's of miles regularly and have a perfect driving record without conflict with others. Please REPRIMAND your driver. Very rash and dangerous of him. 

Re The Church of Bethesda-By-The Sea, Palm Beach, FL

Re The Church of Bethesda-By-The Sea, 141 S County Rd, Palm Beach, FL 33480

There's a blend of good and not-so-good here. One of the NOT so good is the old school stereotypes that still rule the nest. For example, when one of the elderly greeters saw my facial hair, I could see his smile instantly disappeared as he signaled his disapproval.  

Excuse me sir, but this IS 2022. We're NOT living in the 50's anymore. I have nicely groomed facial hair. That's NOT a bad thing. It's NOT rebellious. It DOESN'T make me a bad person. 

But there are some positive things here as well. Obviously there is beautiful architecture and also some very kind and friendly  people who seem to care about others and that's a good thing 👍.

 God Bless 

Jim Vonder

BA/BA/M.Div ✝

Academic Honors 🎓

Re Lake Worth Park Beach at 10 S Ocean Blvd, Lake Worth, FL 33460

Don't waste your time coming here.  You might as well go down the road to Lantana  & pay half price for a  better Beach and  nicer people. Plus at Lake Worth they have a 2 hour MINIMUM on the meters so it's AUTOMATIC 6 dollars even if you want to stay less. 👎

The worse thing is there's a few locals here - a couple of who wear red shorts and like to PRETEND  they are lifeguards when they're NOT.  One of them is an older man with a white beard. I call him  the Santa 🎅 Claus creep (opposite of a real Santa). The other has long hair & looks like a pothead hippy loser.

These LOSERS have nothing better to do than harass visitors who come from all over the world to enjoy the water. Why don't they let the REAL lifeguards do their job?

THese CREEPS are major A-hole dropouts with  NOTHING going for them except that they think they can control the little stretch of water while laying on their surfboards. 

 And they're the kind of surfers that DON'T know how to surf. They just sit in the water for a few hours and say they went surfing. Losers & creeps 👎. Avoid Lake Worth beach .

-Sally, a real surfer- 🏄🌊

hunley submarine - Google Search

https://www.google.com/search?q=hunley+submarine&client=ms-opera-mini-android&channel=new&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjAncKQqdD1AhWtd98KHTh5AA8Q_AUIBigB&biw=320&bih=452 

SHAME on Washington DC parking enforcement 👎

 This is a true story:

 I arrived in Washington DC on January 20th after driving several thousand miles for an annual DC event. And upon arrival I had to go for a covid test at the nearby CVS medical lab near Le Enfant Plaza . I had never been to this area before & I was using Google Maps for navigation.

Suddenly I realized I need to empty my bowels urgently. Unfortunately there is not a lot of public restrooms in many places as I travel so I've devised a way to take care of restroom business inside my vehicle as I travel either discreetly using a bottle or a bucket which I appropriately dispose of later.

So as I was arriving at the covid testing place I realized I need to take care of bathroom business first. I pulled up to the parking meter intending to pay the meter AFTER I took care of bathroom business which would probably take 5 to 10 minutes. I figured    parking enforcement wouldn't come so quickly.

 I was wrong. In the middle of 'taking care of business', a parking enforcement officer came up to my vehicle and gives me a $30 parking ticket. I could see through the cracks of the coverings that I put over the windows when I need privacy.

Obviously I couldn't leave my vehicle and I couldn't get up and start the car or talk to her in the middle  of 'doing business'. 

So  I finished  doing my duty & then I stuck my head out & told her I had just arrived ... without explaining the exact circumstances. She responded she had 'no way of knowing how long I had been here.' Nor did she offer to void the ticket.  I expressed my feelings about it and that was that. 

However, there is a lesson to be learned: the parking officer clearly could have discerned that somebody was in the vehicle. She could also simply feel the hood to see HOW WARM is the engine to verify the car had just been turned off. 

Unless she is intentionally taking pleasure in reducing a person's savings, her goal should be to honestly & fairly issue tickets to those who are clearly disregarding parking rules. NOT trying to "get" people in a game of 'cat & mouse' all about seconds or a few minutes. This is NOT a basketball '3 seconds in the lane' violation. 

 This felt like she was being zealous & vexatious. And almost like she knew I had just arrived. I was literally there only a few minutes & literally taking care of a personal emergency inside the vehicle. It just seems too coincidental that she could arrive so quickly. Do they use cameras? Was she following me ? This was BEYOND casually doing one's parking enforcement job. It was targeting. SHAME ON YOU 👎.

I feel violated.

To: HBC Transportation, Complaint re truck driver near Clinton MS USA

To: HBC Transportation, 

100 KENNEDY RD S
BRAMPTON, ON L6W 3E7

re: Complaint re truck Clinton MS

On January 17 at approximately  3:20 p.m. I was on interstate 20 in a passenger SUV  going eastward near exit 31 approaching Clinton MS and one of your truckers aggressively tailgated me seemingly because he thought I was going too slow at 60mph.

It felt like he was trying to intimidate ,  scare, or harrass me etc.  If I had hit the brakes it would have been very dangerous - I'm afraid he might have rear-ended me.

I want to let you know about this so you can keep a record of complaints against this driver in case of further (or previous) incidents. 

This will help you know if you have a rogue  driver. Please look into this & counsel him if he has an anger issue etc. I do a lot of driving and I'm a safe & good driver . I don't go too slow or too fast.  Nobody really ever has a problem with me unless they have an anger problem or other emotional issues. 

Thank you very much. 

Joy V

The license plate of the

 truck was Ontario Canada V47-60Z 

I sent this on your contact form 

but you did NOT reply .

Review of Regal University Theatre Irvine , Dec 2021

I'm a longtime customer here - I LIKE the new renovations -but when I arrived for Spiderman on Tuesday December 21 2021 at noon the gal employee behind the counter at first pretended to NOT know about the Tuesday discount. But said I get the matinee discount for $12. 

I knew I'm supposed to get the Tuesday discount for approx $6 & stated so. She said "oh yeah" & asked for my card. I said I didn't have it knowing she could look it up by my number. She pretended at first to NOT know about the number lookup. She seemed intent on trying to get $12 bucks from me.Finally she realized I wasn't a "rich fool" & started doing her job. 

Dear Management, please have a conversation with this young lady about honesty & people on a budget. We're NOT ALL rich fools in this neighborhood. 

STOP the #CopyrightCreed 👎 #NFL #NBA #MLB

STOP the

 #CopyrightCreed 👎

#NFL #NBA #MLB

THE ANNOUNCERS ARE SICK OF SAYING IT AS WELL .

WE'RE ALL SICK OF IT. https://t.co/TxC3oWKJRF

At least once every sports broadcast the announcer recites the "COPYRIGHT CREED" re "reproduction is strictly forbidden". Would it really make a difference if they DIDN'T ANNOY US with this every freakin broadcast ? It's STILL under copyright whether or not they announce it.👎 https://t.co/IygFucPCXy

There's a new "thang" going on in the #LGBTQIA community. sickening stuff 👎

There's a new "thang" going on in the #LGBTQIA community. Select individuals are finding it "funny" to go around town & harass straight males by catcalling "faggot'" at  them as they walk down the street. It's sickening stuff 👎. Needs to stop 

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Review of OctaPharma Plasma Garden Grove CA

It's ok but a few of the employees are prima donnas. They think they are more important than the  donors & will take their time to come to you when your green light is on. They will do it intentionally to show you "who's the boss". 

My green light was on for about 2 minutes  and finally I waved to Dominique  to make sure that he knew I was finished because none of the employees were looking my way. He was casually talking to a female employee at the moment and responded "we'll be with you in a moment" and then he DIDN'T come over in a moment. Instead I had to wait for the gal nearby who was still cleaning one of the chairs.

 Finally she came  and tried to make me feel like I was the one who was being pushy telling me she was "cleaning the blood that had dripped  on the floor" as if I was the bad guy for wanting to get unhooked in a timely manner. And I DON't want to hear about blood dripping 👎. I was NOT being demanding -just expecting timely service as able ( & Dominique was able as well the gal he was talking to).  They were just chit-chatting .

Every single person who comes in there to donate blood is doing a good job by coming in patiently, obeying all the rules, being polite.  Many I've talked to  have jobs  and this is just to help make ends meet. We all have hardships  we could tell but nobody  wants to hear  sad stories. 

 If you're one of the workers and you're  just casually talking  to a coworker and you won't take time to come and take the needle out of somebody's arm ASAP then that's really LOUSY & MEAN  of you. shame on you. 

You're NOT superior to us. You're NOT more important. We've done our best as clients to come in in an orderly manner ... quietly & patiently obeying the rules and it's NOT too much to ask that when we're finished that you come over in a timely manner to let us out. It's NOT being demanding of us . It's a normal expectation. We  are doing our best so it's normal to expect that you do your best. It's mutual . Make it a win-win.

 

KINGDOM OF BLOG

KINGDOM OF BLOG

 for the

 KINGDOM of GOD 

🦃🇺🇸🦃🇺🇸🦃🇺🇸🦃🇺🇸🦃🇺🇸 1st T-Giving 🇺🇸🦃 without America'sVoice Limbaugh

🦃🇺🇸🦃🇺🇸🦃🇺🇸🦃🇺🇸🦃🇺🇸

1st T-Giving 🇺🇸🦃

 without  America'sVoice ,

but u can still enjoy 

 "The True Story of 🆃🅷🅰🅽🅺🆂🅶🅸🆅🅸🅽🅶

Thanksgiving - by  Rush Limbaugh Show"

https://www.rushlimbaugh.com/daily/2020/11/24/the-real-story-of-thanksgiving-2/ 

Also see

https://peters-appreciation.blogspot.com/?m=1

This black female is a very depressing person _-always wears hoodie -

This black female is a  very depressing person _-always wears hoodie -sits at same place every day at this  library.  She has such an angry negative vibe even tho the white management doesn't enforce any rules against her. She's special. & thinks she owns her area. If u sit at a nearby computer she becomes rude & gross . white management afraid to do anything 👎

Can we END abortion by paying 💰people to NOT abort ? 💥🌟😇

Can we END abortion by

 paying people to NOT abort ? 

ie Paying good money 💸 for a 

LIVE BABY 👶✔ 👍

Can we END the abortion industry by paying 💰 abortion workers to STOP doing their business ? Give them a retirement payout if they 

promise to stop aborting babies ? https://t.co/Y3aEaBY8pu

Many people fighting to keep the abortion industry going in a lot of cases are fighting for their OWN careers AND salaries💰. My proposition is to shift the money directly to them & let them live in luxury BUT at the SAME TIME ban abortion. Will they accept that?

 Pay to NOT abort

#ChiefBigFaith was here 🌟💥

FYI for Ralphs Grocery Store workers

THIS is an FYI for  Ralphs Grocery Store workers, especially the check- out people and maybe especially the self-checkout employees (particularly in Torrance CA):  because of the bag policy in California and they're trying to reduce the use of plastic for the environment sake I have accepted the burden of NOT using bags and so I place  purchased items back in my cart and take the cart to my car 🚗 at which point I transfer everything from the cart into my car. And then when I get home I transfer everything from my car to my counter & refrigerator etc.  I do NOT bring my own bag because I do NOT like to reuse bags.  They get dirty and unsanitary very quickly.  

I explain all of this in detail because there are those workers who apparently negatively stereotype or profile people who do NOT use or buy bags as being poor or maybe even homeless & trying to walk off with the grocery cart with their your items in it.  

God forbid 🚫. This is NOT the case. First of all if I was homeless  I would NOT be shopping at Ralphs. 2nd,  as mentioned above, I do this to be as environmentally friendly as possible and also NOT because I can't afford a dime per bag. 

Your hypersensitivity to socioeconomics coming from where you come from as employees is VERY hypocritical. So it's a shame that I have to explain all this. 

It's like the professor at Berkeley who comes with his lunch in a brown bag. It's NOT because he can't afford to eat in the cafeteria;  or the professor at Stanford who drives an older car. It's NOT because he can't afford a newer car. There are eclectic people who do things for eclectic reasons . 

It's a shame when you stereotype in a negative way because that's where you came from. I hope this helps you understand things a little bit more. If you would have stayed in school long enough instead of becoming a clerk right out of  high school  you might have grown in your awareness and knowledge & appreciation of living for a higher purpose. God bless you. #acceptChrist2bSaved2Day 

John

BA/BA/M.Div

re Ralphs Grocery at 3455 Sepulveda Blvd, Torrance, CA 90505. #Pray4 🙏The African-American ..

re Ralphs Grocery at 3455 Sepulveda Blvd, Torrance, CA 90505. 

#Pray4 🙏The African-American young man who works at the self-checkout. He actually is semi-illiterate & lives in a van behind the store, but at the same time he is very cocky & condescending ESPECIALLY towards white males, & annoys customers. The management  originally hired him out of compassion but now is afraid to do anything about him because they're afraid of a lawsuit. Meanwhile he's driving good customers away. It's a terrible situation. This store is REALLY struggling in the poor side of Torrance/Redondo .

Re Ralphs Grocery at 5035 Pacific Coast Hwy, Torrance, CA 9050

Re Ralphs Grocery at

5035 Pacific Coast Hwy, 

Torrance, CA 90505

 I will never return here again until the African American who works at the self-checkout area gets FIRED. This guy is so cocky and demeaning and I know I'm not the only one who feels that way. People try to avoid him, & even drive farther to the other Ralphs. He is such an arrogant capital A-hole. I know complaints have been filed against him previously.  I don't know why they DON'T do anything about. He is SO very condescending. 

Re Ralphs Grocery at 3455 Sepulveda Blvd, Torrance, CA 90505

Re Ralphs Grocery at 3455 Sepulveda Blvd, Torrance, CA 90505. 

NOBODY here seems to know how to use the digital coupons. In the cheese section there was an item on sale and the sticker next to it said "scan the QR code " which I did and I got the Ralph's website but NOT  a digital coupon. I clicked  around a little bit but couldn't find what I needed to get the discount. 

So I asked a nearby guy stocking shelves & he shrugged & said "Ask them up at front", not overly concerned about trying to help me. Then I asked the guy at self-checkout & he first said "You have to download the app." And then he added "Next time you come in, go up to the customer service and ask them."

 Clearly these employees themselves have NOT actually gone through the whole process of ever using digital coupons which is kind of surprising.

You would think the management would make sure everybody who works for them has a little bit of an idea of how things work - at least the ABC's - so they can be helpful  to the customers rather than shrug it off and send you to somebody else. Have to give

 the store a grade of C in this regards.

Re American Latinos who Hate White Americans

Re American Latinos who

Hate White Americans

( or Latinos living in America who

Hate White Americans )

Here's the city of Shafter.  Now at an  ATM and a  Latino girl saw me and she started swearing on her phone 📱 just to try to perturb me -it looked like a fake phone conversation as an excuse to use profanity- to prove something -but prove what ?

IT'S NOT the first time it's happened but now I know it's intentional so I'm trying to psychoanalyze it. It's a bad phenomenon - some Latinos intentionally exhibiting extremely rude behavior as they walk by -in one case at Newport Beach a stoned pothead Latino intentionally burped very loudly as I walked by on the beach then he laughed maniacally - very rude and crude.

It's like they're saying " I don't give a blank and I want you to know it" as opposed to polite society where at least they pretend that they do care and want to be known as good citizens.

 It's really the ultimate slap in the face when they do that. You can't get more insulting than that -like saying "I'm an A- hole and I'm proud of it " . It's almost like they're trying to pick a fight even though they are being cowardly - they know that you're in such a situation as a good citizen that to get in a fight would be self-defeating NOT because you couldn't win a fist fight with the skinny chumps (or in the case of female antagonists they know you won't hit a girl) but because you'd end up getting in trouble with the law which would cause you many more problems as a good citizen than a person who could sit in jail for a year and their life would be the same -going nowhere. 

So they intentionally act worse than animals - what they really want, I think - in this case its a predominantly Latino community- is they want to keep white people out. It's actually racism but they can't be overtly racist so they have to exhibit behavior that makes you want to stay away from them - to think of them as worse than animals even though you know Mexico actually has a polite culture -so they're saying "if we treat them (ie white people) like blank indirectly they WON'T want to be around us & we can have our own private Idaho here in the USA.  We can't ban them but we can make them want to stay away by acting worse than animals."

Its total racism by them toward whites.

  IT'S like they hate the people who open the doors 🚪to welcome them in (a lot of us, including me, are kindhearted & want you to do well & have opportunities) & to keep us away from them, they will make us miserable to be around them by acting worse than animals. At least I know the rationale behind it now - it took me awhile to figure out. Shameful. 👎

10/19/21 Re Walmart at 8230 Talbert Ave, Huntington Beach, CA 92646

10/19/21 Re Walmart at 8230 Talbert Ave, Huntington Beach, CA 92646

I've been coming here for many years  only because it's the closest Walmart &  I don't want to drive several miles away to get to the other one in Westminster. SO I just usually put up with the bad behavior by some of the clerks who monitor the self-checkout and they have some really ice cold ladies - I hate to use the b- word - but that's what comes to mind. 

Most recently I was checking out mostly groceries but also purchasing one of those storage bins & the lady made me take the top off it  to prove that I hadn't hidden anything in it.

 It was VERY embarrassing & humiliating.  I think I'm going to call Walmart headquarters and make a formal complaint about it.  She was SO ice cold about it too - NOT even  respectful towards me. 

 Maybe they could have a policy posted that says "any  empty containers being purchased must have the lid taken off " or something like that so that you don't feel like they're picking on you, but there's NOTHING like that - so she can't claim she was just following policy-  it really did feel like she was TARGETING me - ie profiling me as a bad person. I'm NOT a bad person & had NO intention of stealing anything 🚫. I DON'T deserve to be treated like a criminal . 

Have some decency: If you arrive late at church, DON'T sit in the front 👎 🚫.

⛪ one thing that bothers me is when parishioners come in late for whatever reason- maybe it's not their fault - maybe they got caught in traffic or  whatever ; but at least in such cases DON'T come all the way up to the front with such audacity.  just sit in the back.

 Today a couple came in AFTER the homily was finished (which is pretty late) they had the arrogance to sit in front of me. it's sort of like they insert themselves into a story that they weren't part of from the beginning.  It feels rude.

 It happens to everybody -arriving late for whatever reason & it's just plain decency to sit in the back in such cases.

Re San Carlos Cathedral, Monterey CA

The church building is historic 👍. The priests good. But there's a few local yokels who are using the church like it's their club. If they don't know you, they WON'T even greet you. It's rather dehumanizing 👎. This is a problem in some Catholic Churches where people DON'T  have  sincere commitment to the doctrines of the church nor sincere conviction to the faith they pretend to practice. And it explains why there are so-called anti-Life Catholics -cuz they're NOT real Catholics . 

i hope you will love and enjoy my Glacier & Yellowstone photos (2021)

i hope you will love and enjoy my Glacier & Yellowstone photos (2021)

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1-7LOwVkN2p8LqeN0XK7FvWdO_yznXTdU/view?usp=sharing

🇺🇸 leaders lead 👍: "FL Governor invites L.A. cargo ships to unload in Florida " without waiting 4 weeks

#DEFENDtheUNBORN ! 👶👣👼🌹🥀🎵🎶✝️⛪🙏♥️😎🇺🇸 (@PRAISETRIUNEGOD) tweeted at 11:36 AM on Sun, Oct 10, 2021:

🇺🇸 leaders lead 👍:
  "FL Governor invites L.A. cargo ships to unload in Florida " without waiting 4 weeks 

https://t.co/PJyv3hq2UW

 https://t.co/qMyMeO8BtW

(https://twitter.com/PRAISETRIUNEGOD/status/1447269749759430657?t=X02C_WLxQNePAh1M9jwxJQ&s=03) 

re Walt Disney Museum, Presidio San Francisco 🌉

You will be amazed how much info & hands-on interactive displays they have in this modest non-descript brownstone building . i was blown away by the amount of information given in an entertaining format ... & was swept away in my imagination & memories as I reminisced on all the many Disney experiences I've had over my lifetime .... 

From the movies 🎥 ..to music 🎶 ... to Disneyland 🎢 & more. Thanks to Walt & family 👪. 

Let's Hope Disney can remain family-friendly & maintain decency standards going forward 👍. Don't cave in to far-left lefties 🚫

SHAME ON AbbVie 👎"New lows reached with drug ads ...Selling obscure diseases to sell obscenely priced drugs is unethical for .."

SHAME ON AbbVie 👎 "New lows reached with drug ads | ..  ...Selling obscure diseases to sell obscenely priced drugs is unethical for two reasons. It doesn't just raise everyone's health care costs ... It makes a mockery of the entire U.S. health care system by aggressively seeking people who are NOT sick to "treat" while ignoring millions who really are sick but for whom there is no profit in treating.."

https://centerforhealthjournalism.org/2018/03/17/new-lows-reached-drug-ads 

my side of the story: re the girlie mag & cousin Tom & Arnold

I need to tell the story about taking a magazine away from cousin Tom (not real name) and the implications that arose from it. So the summer that I was staying at the PG's House in Jackson Hole - one  day Aunt Mary (not real name) asked me to pick up the mail from the post office.  They get all their mail at a PO Box because the mailman doesn't deliver out to the houses out there. 

So I went and picked up the mail and included with it was a girlie magazine addressed to my cousin Tom (changed name to respect his privacy). Now I'm not saying I'm a saint or that we shouldn't appreciate female beauty but as a Christian I think we should try to avoid sins of the flesh especially that kind of stuff, so I took it upon myself to hide the magazine from Tom figuring he probably wouldn't know or remember it.

But the same day later that afternoon I'm downstairs and suddenly I hear an argument out there next to my cousin's bedroom which is right next to mine.  It's my special needs cousin Arnold (not real name)  & Tom arguing and then Aunt Mary (not real name) gets involved about where is the magazine . They know I picked up the mail so there's no one else to blame, but WHY would they know it's coming that exact day, that's the question.

So I pull out the magazine which I had not yet thrown away & not sure really what explanation I gave them -I didn't start preaching although I probably should have - I think I just handed it to them and walked away and that was the end of it.

But somebody started gossiping -probably Arnold (or was it Mary ?) ( who I think has always really hated me - not sure why cuz I really didn't know him personally much at all growing up - only a few times meeting on holidays or big family gatherings which were very few and far in between) to the Beatrice & Lonny family which is Uncle Warnock's brother & sister-in-law (who has since deceased, RIP ) about this incident & implied that I was taking the girlie magazine for my own self-gratification rather than the real reason. 

And I never was given a chance to explain, and it became exceedingly obvious that Beatrice's opinion of me dropped precipitously after that. She wouldn't even talk to me.  But the fact that they knew the magazine was coming that day & noticed  it missing actually led me to believe that this was a setup to see if I would take it so they could actually create a false narration that I had taken it for my own self-gratification even though that was NOT the truth.

That was the only time Aunt Mary ever asked me to pick up the mail for them as well, before or after.  So I just wanted to lay that out there and let people decide for themselves. By that time in life I was long past any kind of adolescent behavior such as the kind implied by this incident. 

Re Stanford Coin Wash & Dangerous Assumptions

Stanford Coin Wash

https://maps.app.goo.gl/EmEQ48oqqxPDxNtPA

Used to come here when i was a college student living off campus. Now I'm a homeowner with my own washing machine but I just returned from 4 months traveling cross-country thru national parks etc. Discovered my house washing machine NOT working . 

So I came here. Everything worked fine but my blue pants came out of the wash with some lint or something on them. So I used the sink to rinse some of it off. 

An African-American mother & her daughter happened to stop in & she made the wrong assumption that I was a homeless person trying to wash my pants in the sink. 

She says to me "Can I pay for a load of wash for you ?" I say "huh ? It took me a moment to discern her misperception - putting 2 + 2 together .😎. I say "I'm NOT homeless" & tried to explain to her what I was doing.

 But then she said "me too". I said "you too what ?" This was like a comical "Who's on 1st" conversation. Anyways, thanks for caring about me lady but I'm fine 👌. 

Proud that I've done well in life by the grace of God but also personal initiative. I will NEVER QUIT until God takes me ✝ ❤ 🙏 

BA/BA/M.Div

9/5/21 Review of St Ann Cathedral, Great Falls MT

Unfortunately, not a very good experience as I was just passing through town I was here on Sunday morning so  i went  to St Anne's cathedral for noon service. Part of the problem is that here in Great Falls I don't find regular internet connection on my phone so I couldn't easily check the times of mass and so it was taking me awhile to find a place just to figure out the time for Catholic mass and then figure out where Saint Anne's Church is. 

 Beautiful ⛪ inside but I was a few minutes late & the black guy there who apparently is some kind of usher chided me for being late and then during the offering time he kind of gave me a disapproving side eye for not putting any money in the plate.  

I'm a traveler so I've always been under the impression by most churches if you're not a regular attendee you're not really expected to be putting money in the offering plate given the expenses it takes just to be traveling all the time. & I'm NOT a millionaire. I do have a budget.

 So I just kind of felt bad about the experience & the atmosphere and I left a little early and probably won't be back there for sometime 😞. By the way a lady in shorts came in after me and I didn't notice the black guy  showing any disapproval towards her. Why picking only on me ?

8/24/21 Review of Fault Lake Trail near Sandpoint Idaho

8/24/21 started hiking at 630 am. All  of the places I've been hiking this summer so far have been crowded with other hikers including  Mount ⛰Rainier &  the Leavenworth area near Enchantments & also Mount Baker, but I had this trail all to myself BOTH ways - not a single other hiker & when I got back to the trailhead  no other cars. Really felt like "My Own Private Idaho". 😎

The hike was great & the 6 miles there went very quick. I enjoyed the lake & I had brought a fishing 🎣 line just in case because I read the reviews that there is some good fishing here. So I dropped my line in with a little red cherry lure and sure enough a beautiful rainbow 🌈🐟 trout took the bait in a few seconds. I quickly released him - too early for a fish dinner.

On the way back I think I heard 👂  one bear and I saw another 🐻. I also think I saw  the back end of an elk running away or something with a white rear end.  The bear that I did see cracked a branch so I saw him before he saw me. In fact I don't think he saw me but I think he did smell me or heard me cuz he was looking for something.

He was through the trees on a ridge above me. I had a good view of him with my naked eye but I couldn't get a good picture 📷 of him - too many shadows & branches.

HE 🐻 stood there for a few minutes just looking around and then he started coming down and was on a trajectory to  intersect with the trail in front of me so I started running to avoid being seen and probably ran about half a mile to make sure I was out of his distance. HE  was a big 🐻 boy - i DIDN'T want to tangle with him.

Back at the parking lot i explored the river for about an hour before leaving.  There's lots of little pools and waterfalls you can cool off in although the water is a bit too cold to stay in for too long but it is warmer than Fault Lake itself which was too cold to swim in. Also by the way there were NO flies or mosquitoes up there this time of year 👍.

Getting to the trailhead is a fairly easy drive except for the last half a mile  is a bit rough - a dirt road with big bumps and rocks but if you go slow enough you can make it even with a regular car 🚗

Review: 1st Presbyterian Spokane

Pretty nice. I was just visiting & the people were nice to me even though i did NOT wear a mask 😷 which the sign says were encouraged but NOT required. 

But since almost everybody had one on AND were not being holier-than-thou about it, I decided I would put one on just to be nice & put their minds at ease- those with weak consciences who think that the masks are going to save them (which they won't). 

So I reached to the box of new masks they had on a table and one of the ladies - I guess she was an employee- kind of  growled "yes" as if that was the right thing to do. If that was her idea of behavior modification it  was very off-putting, more like being a mask bully. 

So at that moment  I decided NO I will NOT put a mask on because I DO know better. Apart from this one lady, everything was excellent 👍. Thanks

-John-

BA/BA/M.Div

I was there 👍 ⚾ 8/21/21 "Spokane Indians 11, Hillsboro Hops 3, (Final Score) "

https://www.milb.com/gameday/hops-vs-indians/2021/08/20/642661#game_state=final,lock_state=final,game_tab=box,game=642661 

Review of Stuart Lake Trail, Enchantments region, Leavenworth WA

I notice  one review says they  "saw two bears". How come there's no pictures  📷 ? First thing I would want to do if I saw a bear 🐻 is take a picture unless  it's aggressively charging at me which doesn't sound like it did , so I kind of doubt that he actually saw two bears, but it's a nice story. 

2nd , to the two weirdos I saw near Stuart Lake who called me SIR. You don't do that out here on the trail.  This ISN'T like some kind of formal environment.  We're all just fellow hikers . YOU ruin the vibe. Go home. Go back  to west Hollywood or wherever you came from 👎

Re St James Cathedral ⛪Seattle & Archbishop Etienne

Great church ⛪, but i am disappointed with archbishop Etienne 's recent pronouncement re  communion basically without any standards 👎- even if you're in favor of abortion - even if you are in a position of political power & take steps to support abortion rather than preserve life -Etienne says you can STILL receive communion because it's "about grace".

 But these are NOT people apologetic nor repentant about abortion - they are NOT in a state of grace - they're NOT even asking for grace at the communion table - they are arrogantly in defiance of God & the catholic church position on abortion. Just like going to hell 🔥- the only reason you end up there is if you DON'T want to go to heaven . God grants you your choice. It's that simple. 

  Etienne is either obtuse or corrupt himself - neither of which is tolerable at such a high position .

The Truth ✝

8/10/21 Review of Seattle Seahawks training camp

So this was my first experience at the Seattle Seahawks training camp in Renton Washington a suburb of Seattle - right on the shore of Lake Washington. In fact you could see boats cruising by while watching them practice. 

I think one boat tried to come and watch by the space between the bushes but it seemed like a couple of fellows shooed them away.  I'm not sure how they can legally keep boats away but the boat took off - seems like you could swim or take a stand up paddle board up to the shore and watch the practice but people from Seattle aren't like that- too reserved in nature. 

.  I've been to several different NFL teams training camps and this is the only one so far that I've been to that charges an  admission fee.  about $14. There's no way to come and watch for free. And you have to park at a shopping mall a few miles away and they take you in a school bus to the practice.  

One thing I DIDN'T like upon arrival was a guy yelling at me to make sure I put the admission bracelet on and snap it -as if I was going to try  some kind of scam or  something.  WHAT a JERK 👎.  & he wasn't even the one who was supposed to be checking for bracelets.

 Just a busybody minding everybody else's business. After from that I didn't have any problems with anybody -although I didn't like them telling us we can't take videos of the practice. 

Once again Seattle people are so nice and compliant about everything they'll just accept it as an order when it's really probably even NOT constitutional to tell people they can't take a video of something.

The practice was pretty normal and then they had a scrimmage at the end. Unlike other training camps the players here do NOT come over to the sidelines and give autographs during or even after the practice.

 The coach Pete Carroll was dressed in all white looking like a painter or something - kind of running around barking commands but in his nice guy kind of way.  HE might be TOO nice to really command  the kind of performance needed to get to the Superbowl. 

Overhead we  saw bald eagles flying - that was pretty incredible- &  fits well with the name of the team . And then practice ended after 90 minutes.  

 And I prayed for the players and  continue to pray for them- hopefully they can find a higher calling beyond football 🏈 &  the coaches & spectators too ✝ 🙏 ❤ #RepentAndBeBaptized

#acceptChrist2bSaved2Day

8/10/21 Video : #seahawks 🏈 coach pete carrol rousing the crowd during training camp as russel wilson

Video 

#seahawks 🏈 coach pete carrol rousing the crowd during training camp as russel wilson plays practice game at the #NFL's most country club practice field on #LakeWashington 

 #SeattleSeahawks 

See 

https://t.co/ExuH2bWesD

Video: QB no3 Russell Wilson makes a play, #SeattleSeahawks training camp 2021

Video: 

QB no3 Russell Wilson makes a play at  #SeattleSeahawks training camp 2021 

https://t.co/RfbutuLpnt

Review of Mount Rainier National Park (Mowich, Tolmie, Spray Falls/Park)

Great place to camp or just park for the day to take either trail to Tolmie Peak ⛰ and/or Spray Falls & park , or a few other destinations. End of July Lake Mowich is warm enough to swim in 🏊 👍. Don't bother fishing 🎣 though - i don't think there's any fish 🐟at all, except i DID see a few dead crayfish - but only dead ones.

 And there's also Lake Eunice on way to Tolmie - smaller than Mowich - there were some critters in the water - maybe polliwigs on the verge of becoming frogs 🐸. & don't forget mosquito spray or something to keep the bugs away - repellant seems to work but I ran out and then I had to use mud on my arms which actually worked pretty good .

 Oh also DON'T forget to purchase a park pass (or preferably  an annual pass to save money if you go to the National Park more than two times per year) .

 You might think that the rangers won't drive all the way out there to issue parking citations but they DO. In  fact when I came back from Spray Park I saw several citations on vehicles as I was walking back to my car .

 I'm glad I had put my annual pass on my dashboard cuz sometimes I DON'T do it thinking that they don't really ever check - but this time I did so I didn't get a ticket.

 I wonder how many people actually DO have annual passes but just forgot or neglected to put them on their dashboard.

 To be honest there's NOT a lot of signs saying you need to post your pass on your dashboard. Maybe they do that purposely to surprise you and raise a little revenue. Nothing surprises me

Re AMC movie 🎥 theatre in Bellevue WA (Factoria 8)

Re AMC movie 🎥 theatre in Bellevue WA (Factoria 8) This theater 🎥 has nice reclining seats -very comfortable &  the parking is free and plentiful.  I don't know why everybody's complaining about it - maybe in the evening it gets crowded but at the matinee there was more than enough parking. 

However  the environment is kind of strange.  I like it when employees actually have seen some of the movies - that they're actually movie aficionados so you can chat with them a bit  about it.  

Too often  it seems that they're just there because it's an easy job. I think they should require the employees to watch some of the movies so that you can interact with them & say "Did you like this movie ? " or "What do u recommend?" etc  so you're not just feeling like a piece of meat 🍖- paying- money-  get in -now get out - next up.

 I personally do movie reviews so  that's another reason I like to be able to talk to other people about the movies including the employees - just briefly in passing. I mean if you want to work at a movie theater hopefully it's because you DO like movies a little bit.  

AND also that you respect people who come to see the movies - that they're thinking while they're watching a movie - that you the employee DOESN'T just see the customer as somebody who throws money at you & pays your hourly wage - not just popcorn- eating idiots .

  Does that make sense? Everybody likes to be respected . I do movie reviews.  I write about the movies & I like to be respected for my thoughtful critique . i also exercise & work out 🏋 & went to college & grad school. 

Most importantly i am a Christian ✝ & started the motto #PrayTheMovies 🙏 🎥. I've done 1000's of "Movie Reviews for Christians" - meaning I've paid a good chunk of your wages as well.  I hope you can respect THAT. 

re Taco Bell near Walmart in Bellingham WA after NBA finals free taco day 2021

Some days you just want to get a freebie with a smile like today -all the Taco Bells are giving away a free Taco because of  Milwaukee Bucks winning the NBA Championship 🏀- having come back from a halftime deficit - that was the deal & promotion by #TacoBell 🌮 🛎.  

It was early so i  wasn't too hungry and I ask for the free taco and they provided it- but with NO HAPPINESS 😟. The girl who handed it to me NEVER smiled - just a b- face 😖 maybe because I didn't order anything else -I don't know. 

Sometimes clerks will do that to punish you if you are a bargain hunter. That's NOT cool 👎. Come on girl 👧- DON'T do that 🚫. Give me a smile ☺ and make me feel good every now and then when enjoying a freebie. You'll still get paid. 

 Give me a smile 😀 and a sincere "Have a nice day". Be gracious and kind . Do unto others as you would have them do unto YOU. 

Re place where I hiked & a teachable moment

Pretty nice place - free parking & you take a Switchback Trail down to the water across the train track. One side of the water was very grassy NOT very swimmable. The other side was more clear - I went swimming 🏊 here and this is after I had taken about a 7 mile hike 👣 up by nearby Fragrance Lake. 

So I was a little bit tired and then I had an " issue" coming back up the Switchback Trail so I went off the trail and this is where I'll just have to be honest with ya'll - a guy started yelling at me not to take shortcuts but I had to find a place off the trail to take care of business (if you know what I mean) -  I had diarrhea 💩 -a bad bout of diarrhea- that had to be released -so I snuck off to the side and he thought I was taking a shortcut and started yelling at me. 

 I'm glad he didn't chase or he would have been in for an unpleasant surprise 💩. But it just goes to show that you if you're self- righteous or holier-than-thou sometimes you should suspend judgment until you know the whole story. 

Re 'homeless' begging at church exit

I Like this church ⛪ but as i was leaving there was an ethnic couple with a child standing by the exit holding a sign asking for help. 

This is NOT the first time I've experienced this at a Catholic Church (elsewhere).  It seems like there's a few people who specifically know exactly what time people will be leaving and they target churchgoers either to guilt them or if you give them something they give you God's blessing as if they are actually superior to you which is an odd feeling: 

  As you're helping them, they're actually acting condescending toward you as if for some reason you're just some schmuck going to church and they're some sort of sophisticated 'survivor' who is closer to God than you -which makes me angry actually - and it also leaves me feeling like these people are scamming me for a handout or  some kind of psychological manipulation rather than  actually being really needy. 

 I handed them two cans of food that I carry for homeless people but once again I didn't feel like I was giving it to somebody who was really so needy but was actually quite savvy 👎. 

Like they decided to go stand by the Catholic church and see if these church people are really very generous or not.  and my question is ARE U REALLY NEEDY OR NOT ? If not,   you are SCAMMING people . 

Yes I was that guy walking around with a blank ball under my arm at ballard locks

Yes I was that guy walking around with a blank ball under my arm at ballard locks -some people may be wondering why when there's no  blank around the area -strangely after visiting the locks visitor center I came out and there was a brand new blank ball sitting right there on the sidewalk.

  I looked around at all the people there and asked "Is this your ball is this your ball ?" everybody said NO so I picked it up and walked around thinking maybe I'd see a family or people who forgot their new ball  and they'd say "Hey, that's our ball " -but nobody did . 

SO I just walked back to my car with it. If you lost your ball and can identify it -let me know & you can have it back 👍

re Scriber Lake Park & homeless, Lynnwood WA

My experience here does NOT match up with the negative reviews i read about homeless & needles etc. I DIDN'T see a single piece of trash. I saw a city worker emptying garbage cans. I saw city workers pouring wood chips on trail. I saw one man fishing. 

By the way, a person may be without a home temporarily but shouldn't be denigrated as 'homeless'. I DON'T get it when people who have EVERYTHING: a home, car, money etc find it necessary to kick people who are down & out. 

Sure, some made bad choices but not always - some are victims too. But if you are somebody who made all the right choices & have never been victimized you should simply be thankful & try to help others out of their bad situation - if not with material things at least thru prayer & encouragement 👍. 

disappointed with seattle archbishop Etienne 's recent pronouncement re communion

i am disappointed with archbishop Etienne 's recent pronouncement re  communion basically without any standards - even if you're in favor of abortion - even if you are in a position of political power & take steps to support abortion rather than preserve life -

Etienne says you can STILL receive communion because it's "about grace". But these are NOT people apologetic nor repentant about abortion - they are NOT in a state of grace - they're NOT even asking for grace at the communion table - they are arrogantly in defiance of God & the catholic church position on abortion. Etienne is either obtuse or corrupt himself - neither of which is tolerable at such a high position . 

"A brilliant Twitter thread perfectly explains what drives today's conservatives -" American Thinker

https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2021/07/a_brilliant_twitter_thread_perfectly_explains_what_drives_todays_conservatives.html#.YOliAnW0I-8.twitter 

homes have been EMPTY for 60 years ? "California spent $13M in taxpayer money to guard empty homes amid homeless crisis: ..

#DEFENDtheUNBORN ! 👶👣👼🌹🥀🎵🎶✝️⛪🙏♥️😎🇺🇸 (@PRAISETRIUNEGOD) tweeted at 8:11 AM on Fri, Jul 09, 2021:

These homes have been EMPTY for 60 years ? "California spent $13M in taxpayer money to guard empty homes amid homeless crisis: .. homes were purchased 60 YEARS AGO  when the state wanted to connect the 710 freeway to the 210 in Pasadena..."

https://t.co/wXI3wkVhVj
(https://twitter.com/PRAISETRIUNEGOD/status/1413516225037045767?s=03) 

Lynwood WA: Walmart should NOT have supremacist 🇮🇳 India-Americans 🇺🇸 working at self-checkout.

Walmart should NOT have supremacist 🇮🇳 India-Americans 🇺🇸 working at self-checkout. Furthermore because they are also Hindus & frown 😠 upon alcohol , they have barely hidden contempt for customers who purchase beer etc . 

That is another reason India-Americans should NOT be working in positions where they are a negative influence on the customer experience 👎. You're better off driving 🚗to the full-service supercenter 5 miles north in Everett - much better customer experience at the Everett location . TOO many India-Americans who think they are superior here in Lynwood 👎 WA

Re Walmart in Lynwood WA, July 2021

Walmart, Lynwood WA,

(425) 741-9445

https://maps.app.goo.gl/td3qrAZ8KbpxrM3x6

I love people from India 🇮🇳 - they are a valuable part of the USA melting pot 🇺🇸 - however some of them think they are SUPERIOR to others. 

Even at self- checkout the Indian employee (+ 2 other India employees roaming around) 1st pointed in an authoritarian manner at which kiosk he wanted me to use as if we can't decide for ourselves & then asked if I had scanned the 2 t-shirts 👕. 

I said YES. But then he scrolled thru the thing to make sure - & DIDN'T apologize for  doing so nor say "thank u sir" as would be expected - just acted very bossy & superior as if i was white trash 🗑.

 I went to college & more pal :

 BA/BA/M.Div 🎓 . 

Show some respect if u want to be respected. The American gal at the exit was much nicer 😀 & respectful 👍

Watch "Libertarian and the Librarian" . Craig VanGenderen & co. singing & playing 🎸

https://youtu.be/8k22izi5cfM 

re When NOT to give fishing 🎣advice

I'm not much of a fisherman but I carry a pole around with me and once in a while I like to walk out on a dock and cast my line for a while- NOT necessarily with  high hopes of catching anything8  but just being out there enjoying the water & the weather & a feeling of peacefulness.

  I tell u this because I get tired of people coming up to me sometimes and trying to give me advice about how to catch fish. Even though they're NOT fishing themselves they think they're experts at telling other people how to catch fish 🐟. 

 I'd be happy sometimes just casting a line 🎣 without even a hook on it just for something to do for a little while. It's called Zen.

  So next time you see somebody fishing- even if they're NOT catching anything just allow them to enjoy their Zen -their peace.  Thank you very much 👍

Hint re identity of this Eagles & GR blogger: I'm from 1 of the wealthiest 'old money' GR families

Hint re identity of this eagles blogger: 

I'm from 1 of the  wealthiest 'old money' 💰 GR families. My grandfather was a entrepreneur who grew up in Holland & Grand Rapids in the early 1900's & later made millions in Chicago as an inventor.

 After which he moved his business back to GR & it is still in business in 2021. McDonalds restaurants are his biggest contract. All of his 9 children (minus 1 who had down syndrome) attended GRCH & Calvin College. 

Can you guess who he is ?

 (Hint: Not Prince or DeVos or Van Andel or Meijer family). 

I'm a grandson 😁

Who am I

I  worked at Pine Rest Christian Hospital  for a while as a mental health worker in the Van Andel Center but also in other sections of the hospital and my father was also a employee here before me. 

 I had some good experiences here & a few bad ones- including losing a  patient - so mixed feelings- but  I think we helped a lot of people with the Christian emphasis on mental health.

I remember working with Brent Gates and Belinda Clarke and Frank Sisung the drummer who was married to the Boorsma girl,  and also several others who were fun to work with including Johnny King (great 70's bb 🏀 player at Calvin) .

I continue to pray4 🙏  the patients and the workers at Pine Rest some of whom are still there - who I worked with back in the 90s 👍.

Van 

Review of SF Bay Bridge Toll plaza

👎 👎  the Bay Bridge makes it so difficult for one time travelers to pay the toll especially if you're not going back to your mailing or residential address for a while you won't get the invoice 

...and if you don't have the invoice number in some cases such as mine  it's difficult to pay online with just a license plate number because in some cases if you bought a used car the previous owner may have already an account with that license plate

-so I can't log in -and so I need the invoice number -and nobody is there to open my mail for for me.  and if I call SF MTA on the phone 📞 they DON'T answer or make you stay on the line for literally hours to get through to anybody to pay your Bay Bridge toll. 

..and if you don't pay it within 30 days they assess a late fee -and I think that's exactly what they're trying to do is get a late fee to make it more expensive&  fill their coffers - a  very creepy system for one time travelers - aka tourists

Re vehicle #NoisePollution driving people crazy .

If i walk down the sidewalk & yell in peoples ears I'll prob be arrested for disturbing the peace, rightly so. its NOT free speech. 

Yet loud exhausts 🚗 🏍 R increasing everywhere. It disturbed 1 man so much recently in Battleground WA he shot (& killed) his neighbor.

  I ask police 🚔to start enforcing applicable laws  so that it DOESN'T drive more people CRAZY, literally. #NoisePollution

Re SF MTA parking enforcement San Francisco, 2021

I understand the city needs to have some parking rules and some way to enforce   otherwise it could be chaos but when you notice your parking citation is issued only a few minutes after the time begins, then you start to think that these are vexatious agents working for the city who actually delight in  issuing  parking tickets - like they're waiting for that moment to begin that they can start writing a ticket almost as if they're waiting at the end of the street drooling for the clock to start ticking so they can start writing tickets. 

 That's what makes you angry 😡- when they are lying-in-wait like a hunter waiting for the animal 🐅 to slay.   I got a parking ticket at 6:13 a.m. for a zone that starts at 6 a.m. and I had already had moved at 6:20 a.m.. It's like they intentionally chose my vehicle to start with. Sickening - that's the only thing i need a mask for in SF. 👎

And this is at a time when we are just barely emerging from the covid lockdown and all the financial hardships that it has created and now they add an  $83 parking citation to it.

Thanks a lot. NOT.  😠

Check out this review of Gary Bale Redi Mix Concrete on Google Maps

This guy is a CREEP 👎 - started honking at me to go faster - um, that's what a passing lane is for dude. I was driving the speed limit. Then he gave me this gesture. Glad I got his license plate and commercial identification so I can report him for aggressive driving.

https://goo.gl/maps/4C6rPsHXxrZ9Cvxe6 

Re highway 41 across the everglades . Cops 🚔 need to patrol it more .

JUST A WARNING TO TOURISTS re HIGHWAY 41:

  freaking stupid truck driver in a big rig tried to pass me on the two-way highway . I was driving the speed limit and as he passed there were cars coming and he was NOT going nearly fast enough to make a safe pass - so either he had to back off and return behind me but he wasn't going to do back down OR there literally would have been some sort of collision if I had not actually slammed my brakes to allow him in , and that's NOT the way you're supposed to pass . 

If you're NOT able to pass safely with enough speed you don't make the other driver slow down to allow you to pass- that was really BAD driving.  I wish I had gotten his license plate to report him.  he could have caused a serious deadly accident . 

And this road has a lot of wildlife and there are tourists driving up and down it going the speed limit , but there's locals & truckers who want to go faster. They've been down this road so many times they get angry behind you. It's very frustrating.

 I wish they'd go somewhere else if they don't like driving down this road.  I mean if you live in  Florida you got to get used to being around tourists otherwise you better move somewhere else. 

 And then I also saw a dead turtle 🐢 on the road which is another proof of  overly-aggressive driving - if you can't avoid a turtle crossing the road you know you're driving too fast , or alternatively they intentionally hit it and you're a sick puppy if you're TRYING to kill a turtle with your truck.  slow down . There was a dead alligator 🐊 as well

re Ecology Trail Presidio San Francisco

Nice hiking trails 👣 BUT there are TONS of local yokel parents hovering over their super precious kids & you represent "stranger danger" to them. It kind of ruins the vibe of taking a hike 🚶. One kid actually announced "stranger" as I passed by. Another kid said "What are you looking at?" as I turned the corner & they were on the path. Both kids sounded SCRIPTED as if they had practiced with their PERFECT parents. Wow. This is the future of America 🇺🇸 ?Kids trained to adore & worship their parents & be suspicious of everybody else . i recommend you do this hike once to get to know the area & then cross it off your list.

6/13/21 I was there: it rained ALL Saturday night &ALL Sunday day "Sunday marks the wettest day in Portland since February | "

 I was there: it rained ALL Saturday night &ALL Sunday day  "Sunday marks the wettest day in Portland since February | "

https://www.kptv.com/news/sunday-marks-the-wettest-day-in-portland-since-february/article_02e331a8-ccae-11eb-a588-93a49f5692bb.html 

Review of Wahclella Falls hike

It's a very nice Trail -pretty easy and a beautiful waterfall at the end.  however on the day I went there was a wedding at the waterfall - I couldn't believe it . which is  fine and beautiful but some of the wedding party (from utah) were a little bit suspicious of other hikers & they kind of took over the place as if it was theirs- which ruined the moment that you have when you arrive at the waterfall and want to enjoy it.

 Instead  they stare at you suspiciously and start picking up their stuff like you're going to steal it.  good grief -I'm a tourist too  you fools.  I'm just as uptight about people stealing my stuff as yours. DON'T be so damned self-righteous and then as I tried to make my way through this group of about 50 people one of the dudes said "Stop. My girlfriend is changing. She's topless". too much information . just say "please wait, she's changing" i get it. I'm NOT a neandarthal nor a thief. Treat others the way you wish to be treated and don't act so damned self-righteous. 

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Did Cal VanReken cheat in college ?

Did Cal VanReken 

ever Cheat in colleGe ?  

SeMinary ? 

Review Re Polin Spring Ecology Trail, Presidio San Francisco

Review Re Polin Spring Ecology Trail,               Presidio San Francisco 

Nice hiking trails 👣 BUT there are TONS of local yokel parents hovering over their super precious kids 👦 👧 & you represent "stranger danger" to them. It kind of ruins the vibe of taking a hike 🚶.

 One kid actually announced "stranger" as I passed by. Another kid said "What are you looking at?" as I turned the corner & they were on the path. Both kids sounded SCRIPTED as if they had practiced with their PERFECT parents.

 Wow. This is the future of America 🇺🇸 -kids trained to adore & worship their parents (but NOT God) & be suspicious of everybody else .

 Do this hike once to get to know the area & then cross it off your list.