Monday, December 14, 2009

Tiger Woods

After constantly hearing about Tiger Woods' and his wife's endless confrontations, you would think that after Tiger did the exact same thing plenty of times, his wife would learn from it all. The whole Tiger story is getting very old, very quick. For those of you who do not know it, Tiger has cheated on his wife countless times, and his wife is still trying to work things out with him, although he has purposely hurt her so much, already. His wife should have definately saw this coming, and maybe should not have even married him. First of all, he is a billionaire, who is loved by billions of women who are constantly throwing themselves at him. My opinion is that I think Tiger will keep messing up with his wife, and no one should trust a billionaire around other beautiful women; I mean it is common sense. So, after seeing and hearing all about Tiger's problems at home with his nieve wife on television, the internet, from my friends and family, on the radio, I think that the whole thing is not worth making such a big deal out of. It is everyday life to find out about people cheating on their significant others; people make mistakes, and some even repeat them. Therefore, it should not make a big difference if a famous golf player does the same thing. Paparazzi is a joke, and makes everything so much more than it really is, and quite frankly, it all is getting on my nerves; that is all I have to say about that.

Saturday, December 12, 2009

The Story of Ryan White


Although the unbelieveable and pitiful story of Ryan White is quite historic and has probably been forgotten, I want to bring the amazing event back to life, and talk about the most important and interesting facts involvong Ryan's life. I am currently working on a project which is all about Ryan White's story, and after reading about the famous story it made me want to relive the story and recognize Ryan White's tough and inspiring life. Ryan was just three days old when he was diagnosed with Hemophilia, which is a disease in which one's blood does not clot. When he was just 13, he was diagnosed with AIDS after being treated with contanimated blood. After finding out he had the deadly disease, he was given six months to live. Within the small amount of time within the rest of his life, he was kicked out of school, because of his disease, and treated as if he were a monster. While trying to return to school, he was rallied against by many. No one wanted to touch or even be near him, because everyone thought the disease was casually contagious. While being hated by the community, his story slowly became famous, and he appeared on TV with stars like Michael Jackson and Elton John. At the age of 18, Ryan White died of AIDS, while fighting a respiratory infection. Over 1,500 people attended his funeral, and four months after White's death, Congress enacted The Ryan White Comprehensive AIDS Resources Emergency (CARE) Act (often known simply as the Ryan White Care Act), in his honor. Ryan's amazing story is recognized throughout the world, and is trying to be kept known everywhere, to everyone.

Wednesday, November 25, 2009

Interesting Facts about Indiana


After reviewing some facts about our great state of Indiana, I found some quite interesting and fun facts about Indiana, that I would never expect to find. The most interesting fact that I found was that our state was the first to have electric streetlights; so basically our very own state invented the use of the much needed street lights. Another very interesting and unique fact about Indiana is that it is the hometown and birthplace of the oh so famous and funny David Letterman. Also, I found that the city of Santa Claus, Indiana receives over one half million letters and requests at Christmas time; how ironic is that? Some other fun facts about Indiana are the following:
-Birthday: December 11, 1816, the 19th state
-North of Lafayette is the site of the Battle of Tippecanoe, where on November 7, 1811, William --Henry Harrison's forces defeated the Native American confederacy formed by the famous Shawnee chief Tecumseh.
-Corydon was the scene of the only Civil War battle on Indiana ground. The battle was fought July 9, 1863 when General John Hunt Morgan attacked the city.
-Crown Hill Cemetery in Indianapolis is the burial place for many famous figures in Indiana History. Benjamin Harrison, Oliver P. Morton, Kin Hubbard, James Whitcomb Riley and John Dillinger are among those buried here.
*Total Population as of 2005: 6,271,973; this is a huge amount of people.
Well, I have done enough blogging for one day, I will continue my awesome blogging soon.
HAPPY THANKSGIVING!

Unique Recipes

After looking a numerous amount of delicious Thanksgiving desserts, I found that there are a few unusual, but tasty-looking foods, that people make especially for Thanksgiving. One of the many desserts that I found was a yummy home-made recipe of a "Turtle Pumpkin Pie". It is the same as an original pumpkin pie, but with chocolate whipped topping, and chocolate syrup drizzle, some nuts, and a little bit of caramel. Some even use a peanut butter topping, also. Sounds delish right? I can not wait to try this new and unique recipe out, especially for Thanksgiving. I am actually helping my mom, aunt, and grandma cook for tomorrow, and I will make sure that I cook this wonderful pie, and I will make sure that everyone tries it. Another interesting recipe that I found was "Pecan Sticky Muffins". I personally think that these would be delicious and very tradtional, since there is already pecan pie involved with the holiday dinner. Thanksgiving is the best holiday, to me, and I love how there are new recipes added to the holiday, almost each year. Have a Happy and delicious Thanksgiving everyone!

COLTS


The INDIANAPOLIS COLTS are now at an AMAZING record of ten and zero. They have done a fantastic job at what they do, and I believe that they will definately make it to the Superbowl. Although a lot of people have their opinions about the Colts and how they are going to screw it all up in the end, I simply ignore those comments and keep on believing in my home team. Many people are also saying that the Colts are probably going to lose to Houston on Sunday, but I think that they will dominate. Although the Colts have barely won, to many teams lately, I think that they will win against Houston, because of the way they have been playing, lately. Houston lost, badly, against Titans the other day, and seeing how the Colts can definately take the Titans, easily, I think that we will take home the win against Houston, for sure, this upcoming weekend. I would like to make a prediction of the score on Sunday. I think that we will win by at least 5, and the score will be about mid-twenty's to early thirties, and our INDIANAPOLIS COLTS will most definately win.

Little Boy Killed by Mom's Boyfriend.

I read about a little boy, who was just 5 years old, who was killed by his mom's boyfriend, by a gunshot to the head. It all started when the boy first lived with his mom and her boyfriend, and the boyfriend and the mom were constantly arguing and never got along. Not too long after the boy turned 3, the mom was then beaten, a few times, by her boyfriend, and never left. The boy was then sent to live with his uncle and aunt for a few years, where he lived the good life, with great stability, and they cared so much for him, as if he was thier own. No one knew that they were actually only his aunt and uncle. After a few years with living with them, the boy's mother made a phone call saying that she wanted her son back with her. Well, after the mom convinced the aunt that everything back home was better, the aunt allowed the boy back with the mom. Exactly five months after he was forced back with his mother, he was shot, by a gun to the head, by the mom's boyfriend. After reading this article, I realized how stupid people are these days, and never think twice about the outcomes of things. If I were a mother, I would not allow my child to live with his biological mother, and a boyfriend that beats her, ever again. I would not allow my child to even see his mother, barely, at all. If the aunt would have kept the boy with her, he would be just fine and safe. But because of a stupid choice, a 5 year old innocent and happy boy, has been killed and taken away from this world. For all of the parents out there, I suggest that you do not make any dumb choices like this one. You will regret it for the rest of your lives, and you know it. Stick with your gut feelings; they are almost always right.

A Delicious Veggie Holiday


Who needs Turkey to have a delicious and satisfying Thanksgiving dinner? There are so many other wonderful, traditional dishes that will fit right in with the veggies. For some quick examples, there is the CREAM corn. We all love our creamy and sweet corn with our turkey, but who says you can't have your corn with your stuffing? My opinion, about the whole vegetarian Thanksgiving topic, is that you can simply replace the turkey with a great, big, yummy and quite filling, dish of the traditional stuffing. We all know that turkey is not very flavor-full or tasty; I mean, sure it's good and it's the main thing of the whole holiday, but when you really think about it, don't we all spend most of our time filling up on the satisfying side dishes and desserts? Yes, we most definately do this every year, which is why a vegetarian holiday dinner is not really different from the traditional holiday dinner. Most of us can't get enough of our pumpkin pie and mashed potatoes. Or how about that green bean casserole or the wonderful warm buttery rolls? I mean, if you really think about it, Thanksgiving food is mostly healthy, anyways. The only meat that most people have at Thanksgiving is the turkey, and everything else is vegetables and sweets. This proves my point exactly. Vegetarians can have an equally as good and craveable dinner, with one hundred percent of it containing great flavor.