New GM Scott Pioli… acquired from the New England Patriots himself, has traded for Mike Vrabel, linebacker, and now QB Matt Cassel, the Patriots “Franchise Player.”
Obviously the Patriots believe Brady will be 100%, and they have their eye on someone in the draft. That number 3 position was evidently too much to pass up.

Guess I’m rooting for the Kansas City Patriots this year.

I’ve recently received an education on identity theft. Fortunately, it is not because my identity was stolen.

Burn out hit me at the end of 2008, and I just could not continue to have most of my work time be spent on a computer. I’m not one to spend 15 minutes talking to a client for every 10 hours of work by myself at a computer. I just can’t do it any longer.

So I’m going back to a business I was extremely happy with, and I only left because of HUGE life changes (divorce, going back to college, etc…). Once I graduated from college, I started doing web dev and pursuing acting and did not give my former business much of a thought.

Now I’m transitioning back into it full-time, and they’ve added a new product. Identity Theft Shield. It’s pretty amazing, but I thought people who paid for identity security products were just paranoid… until I started getting my education.

According to the FTC, half of all Americans in 2007 (2008 numbers not in yet) had their information compromised due to 446 major corporations having their information stolen. Just today, I see an article about another gigantic security breach.

“St. Louis-based Heartland Payment announced yesterday that hackers gained access to the machines it uses to process roughly 100 million credit card transactions every month. The company handles transactions for 175,000 separate businesses and bills itself as having “the highest standards” and “the most trusted transactions.” Despite that, the company has no idea how long its systems were being monitored, saying only that it was “longer than weeks.”

Full Article: Millions of Credit Card Numbers Nabbed in Payment System Breach

So as I said before, I sell an identity theft product. So take this information as coming from someone who could make a few bucks by pointing out such things.

I can honestly say whether you buy it from me or not, get Identity Theft coverage!

And my short little sales bit is this: If you are a victim of identity theft, we have experts which do the restoration for you. This is much better than the monitoring services your credit card companies, banks, or tv advertisements are pitching to you.

Contact me if you are interested in this low-cost product

The problem is, not a single day passes where my phone does not reboot itself at least once. And that is normally when I am either receiving or trying to make a phone call.

And, if someone does not leave a message, I do not even know who tried to call me.

Palm Support is utterly useless on this issue. They tried to blame it on third party software, but I removed EVERYTHING, and guess what… it still happens.

Of course, I let them talk me into keeping it and now it’s past the 30-day return period.

I upgraded to the 755p for one simple reason: the 700p rebooted itself frequently. I wanted this problem fixed. I was missing important calls, and I was tired of it.

The new phone was great for about two weeks. Then it begun. The reboots. With the 700p, it was normally when I received a call while already on another call or if I was playing a game on the phone (which was too often… the person who developed Tetris for Palm OS should be shot!). Now with the 755p, it seems to happen most often when the bluetooth is connected. I’ve used three different bluetooth headsets, and the Treo 755p has the same issue with all of them.

I am thinking about switching to the Blackberry Storm. I want to stay on Verizon’s network, and it still irritates me that Apple made their exclusive deal with the worst cell phone service provider in the United States. I think the Storm has gotten harsh reviews mainly from people who wanted the Storm to be something it’s not. I’m going to try to play with one at a Verizon store early next week, and if I like it, I will forever be done with Palm.

To keep my conscience clear, I felt like I should warn all my dear readers to avoid Palm units like the plague!

Yes, there were some good years under Carl Peterson. Unfortunately for Chiefs fans, success in the NFL is about Super Bowls… the Chiefs have not appeared in one under Peterson. Not one in his twenty years. With such a tremendous record of wins-losses in the Peterson era, the Chiefs are either the unluckiest team in football or the GM has failed to put together the personnel to even get to the big game.

His biggest flaw has been his choice of coaches. With the exception of Dick Vermeil, not a single coach who has headed up the Chiefs under Peterson has ever been part of the Super Bowl. Vermeil had the best chance of getting there, but he also failed to put together a complete team.

As a Chiefs fan for the entire Peterson era, all I can say today is, “Hallelujah!”

Prices dropped throughout October, and… I predicted it. I proclaimed often this spring to all of my friends that gas prices would drop incredibly before the election. The oil companies know who is good for them, and since Republicans are linked to big oil, lower prices mean less angst about oil connections.

Does it make a difference? Probably not in this election. But in a close election, 1 out of 100 persons could be all the difference in the world.

Gas prices have dropped more than twice as much in the fall of an election year under Bush as they normally do.

Here’s another prediction: Gas will be at least a dollar higher than current pump prices by Dec. 15.

Collected Quotes from Albert Einstein

This is the time where human sexuality, abortion, gay marriage, etc., rule the voting consciences of many Christians. It comes down to a simple principle:

The religious right believes you should legislate morality.

For many voters, this principle goes unquestioned. But is this compatible with the Christian faith? I personally don’t think so.

One simple question states my case pretty clearly. If over night, we were able to pass every single law the religious right would have enacted, would that make our country Christian?

Here are a few more questions to get your minds going: Would it change one single heart? Would it make one single person a follower of Jesus by the enactment of these laws of morality?

Or how about this different set of questions: Would it make those who do not follow Jesus hate his followers even more? Would it close the minds of those already hardened to the message of Christ? Could it possibly increase sin all the more?

Since Christians cannot simply enact all the laws they want over night, these questions could be written off as unnecessary fantasy. But if those questions apply to my fictitious scenario, they could also apply at varying levels to the actual situation.

When one “legal victory” is gained by the religious right, does it draw people closer to Christ or repel them for being forced to follow a morality they do not understand? Does it instill Christian grace in this country, or does it bolster a sense of legalism which both those in and outside of the church strongly sense in today’s evangelicalism?

The attention on legislating morality also hinders Christians from positive political activity which would be in line with their faith. Helping shape the government of the most powerful nation in the world in to a grace-giving, compassionate, force for good would be a real possibility if the religious right were not so obsessed with keeping gays from being married.

Assisting those in need and helping women most at risk for unwanted pregnancies would practically reduce the numbers of abortions. But instead, a war is waged which may never be won. It’s all or nothing for the religious right. How does this match up with what we do for the least of these, we do for Jesus? It doesn’t.

And what about ending corruption in our government? Why aren’t prominent Christians asking the difficult questions about why our civil liberties are vanishing before our very eyes and no one seems to be doing anything about it? Why aren’t our religious leaders questioning how oil companies have made record profits while the country is lead by an oil baron president? That fact isn’t enough to convict George W. Bush of any wrongdoing, but why aren’t they even asking the questions?

How is it I can cross the border and pay $2.83 a gallon for gas, but the cheapest station in my area has gas for $4.49? How does a company once run by the Vice President make billions off of a war most of the country no longer wants us to be in (and if we weren’t told it was unpatriotic wouldn’t have wanted us in in the first place)?

By now, you’ve already resonated with my questions and comments, or you probably aren’t reading any more. Let me just say, for the record, I am not a Democrat. I am no longer a Republican. I will most likely vote Democrat for the first time in my life for President (I voted Green Party last time because I could not respect either candidate from the major political parties), because Obama’s political concerns line up more closely (not anywhere close to perfectly) with my religious beliefs than John McCain’s. A part of my religious beliefs are that you should vote for the person who will do the most good for our country and our world. I am not interested in McCain’s stance on gay marriage, abortion, or any other moral issue a politician could seek to legislate. I am interested in both candidate’s ability to help those in need, respond compassionately to a world filled with strife, and to pursue the best path for the most powerful nation in the world.

Couldn’t we just call them Los Angeles of Anaheim?

Or better yet, why not.. the Anaheim Angels. Gee, why didn’t they think of that one?

Definitely worth a look for those of you who use projection for your times of community worship.

So right now, I’m downloading the Killers new album from Amazon, for FOUR DOLLARS cheaper than the iTunes version. Better portability, better price, better deal.

If you haven’t, you should really check out the MP3 downloads from Amazon. Click on the Killers link in this post, and you’ll also be able to search for tunes in MP3 instead of a DRM’d format.

The Pack is 6-1 and facing a Kansas City team, albeit in first place of the diminished AFC West, which is in a rebuilding season.

I’m afraid my boys are going to go down against the greatest quarterback currently playing the game. In my humble opinion, any way!

Just FYI, I’m not a Democrat.

1. Jesus loves you, and shares your hatred of homosexuals and Hillary Clinton
2. Saddam was a good guy when Reagan armed him, a bad guy when Bush’s Daddy made war on him , a good guy when Cheney did business with him, and a bad guy when Bush needed a ‘we can’t find Bin Laden’ diversion!
3. Trade with Cuba is wrong because the country is Communist, but trade with China and Viet Nam is vital to a spirit of international harmony.
4. The United States should get out of the United Nations, and our highest national priority is enforcing U.N. resolutions against Iraq.
5. A woman can’t be trusted with decisions about her own body, but multinational drug corporations can make decisions affecting all mankind without regulation.
6. The best way to improve military morale is to praise the troops in speeches, while slashing veterans’ benefits and combat pay.
7. If condoms are kept out of schools, adolescents won’t have sex.
8. A good way to fight terrorism is to belittle our longtime allies, then demand their cooperation and money.
9. Providing health care to all Iraqis is sound policy, but providing health care to all Americans is socialism. HMO’s and insurance companies have the best interests of the public at heart.
10. Global warming and tobacco’s link to cancer are junk science, but creationism should be taught in schools.
11. A president lying about an extramarital affair is an impeachable offense, but a president lying to enlist support for a war in which thousands die is solid defense policy.
12. Government should limit itself to the powers named in the Constitution, which include banning gay marriages and censoring the Internet
13. The public has a right to know about Hillary’s cattle trades, but George Bush’s driving record is none of our business.
14. Being a drug addict is a moral fail ing and a crime, unless you’re a conservative radio host. Then it’s an illness and you need our prayers for your recovery.
15. Supporting ‘Executive Privilege’ for every Republican ever born, who will be born or who might be born (in perpetuity.)
16. What Bill Clinton did in the 1960’s is of vital national interest, but what Bush did in the ’80’s is irrelevant.
17. Support for hunters who shoot their friends and blame them for wearing orange vests similar to those worn by the quail.