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Bedtime Stories

It’s just after 8:30 PM EDT on this wild and crazy Monday night, and I just got home from a full day of work (at the base) and even more work (at the church office) about an hour ago. I am so totally exhausted after this nearly 14-hour day away from home, but it was the funnest day I’ve enjoyed in recent memory !  I had an awesome time at both places of work.

It was fun hangin’ out with Travis, Paul, Jesse, Alex, and Anne (you need a blog too) at the church office this afternoon, and I now have a ton of new stuff that I need to set up on my computer here at home to get started with my new position as Life Pointe’s ‘Director Of Cool’ as Pastor Travis is tentatively referring to it, or as the ‘Director Of Life Pointe Connections’ as I am tentatively referring to it (until I come up with something even more catchier or at least relevant).

I’ll get it all ready and organized by this upcoming Saturday night. I’ll need to because I go to work and hit it hard on Sunday afternoon after I return home from the two services with everything that I need to do to get connected with everyone. I’m really looking forward to it all.

Well that’s what I’ve got for tonight as far as ‘Bedtime Stories’ is concerned. It’s my only blog entry for this Monday. I’ll be back on the blog tomorrow (Tuesday) after 4 PM with my most-anticipated ‘Tuesday Night Grab Bag O’ Thoughts’.

Have a safe, peaceful, and relaxing Monday night everyone, and until we blog again remember this:

Ace is the place with the helpful hardware man.

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Thursday Night Internet Hoax Hall-Of-Shame

This never happened:

Shark Vs. Helicopter

Read all about this fake picture.

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Thursday Night Internet Hoax Hall-Of-Shame

This never happened:

Tsunami

Read all about this fake picture.

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Thursday Night Internet Hoax Hall-Of-Shame

It is generally not a good idea to forward Amber Alerts that you receive via your E-Mail Inbox on to friends and family. Here are a few key reasons why:

  • About 98% of them are Internet hoaxes. They are not real. They were never real.
  • About 98% of these Internet hoaxes are forwarded to you by friends, family, and other reliable sources (with good intentions no doubt).
  • Even your friends and family – no matter how smart or computer savvy they are, and no matter what their occupation is – can be duped by an Internet hoax.
  • Legitimate Amber alerts that are 1, 2, or 3 years old or more are often forwarded to you for once missing people that are no longer missing. Even long after they have been found and reunited with their families (or worse) the E-Mails continue on endlessly in cyberspace.
  • Legitimate Amber alerts usually omit important details and other information such as names, locations, time-lines, and contact information.
  • Legitimate Amber alerts usually contain false and misleading information; thus, making them no longer legitimate.

It is best to leave any forwarded Amber alerts sent to you via E-Mail alone, and let the appropriate local and national law enforcement agencies with all of the real facts and vital information to do their job. Don’t try to be a good citizen or a detective and try to find missing persons in this world via the press of the ‘SEND’ button. You are hindering the operations of the professionals that do this type of work full-time.