Awsume street sign.

Travel At Your Own Risk

Originally uploaded by tturff

Came across this sign on the way to the landfill I was delivering to. This is one of the best signs I’ve seen in a long time. It was a little back country gravel road. Thou it’s hard to tell with all the snow.

Love Dad

St. Johns from Buckman Bridge

St. Johns from Buckman Bridge

Originally uploaded by tturff

Good Day Tara,

It’s about noon, and it’s still only 50*. This is still a beautiful view of the river from a bridge almost 3 miles long. It’s a little cold to go to the beach today. Ah well, I don’t have time antway. Dropping this trailer here in Jacksonville, Fl.

 

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It’s Cold in Florida

Frost in Florida

Originally uploaded by tturff

Morning Tara,
I’m down here in sunny Florida. It’s 32*. It’s not supposed to be freezing in Florida. I don’t know if you can see it, but that’s frost on the grass. FROST! What happened to the warm Florida I remember. So much for global warming.

World of Warcraft is Evil!

    Why do I say World of Warcraft is evil, simple. It is to immersive of a game. You don’t realize that you are over playing it. I’m not sure who first suggested it, my son or myself. It doesn’t matter. I’m addicted. It’s not that I want to play it all the time, and I do. It’s that I think about all the time. The title of this post is miss leading. A game can not be evil. Despite, what some may say. Even one dealing with magic and ‘evil’ mobs, I mean creatures. LOL. It’s all fantasy. It’s how far you go with it, that becomes a problem.

    This is such a beautiful game. The level of complexity is astounding. The fact that you can see other players on the ground in realtime playing, while you are flying from one area to another. WOW! They’re not just static images of the areas, they are active in realtime. Also, from what I understand, with a ranged weapon, there can be interaction between air and ground. The amount of ways ou can play this game is great. Follow the quest, power level, raid, or just use the game as a social platform. Now, that I think about it, this is a true social platform. Interaction on a level that all other social networks should be evious of.

    When I first played this game. OMG! I had 2 hours of sleep in the first four days. I didn’t even realize I was going without sleep. It was unreal. Someone said I looked tired. That got me to thinking about how much sleep I had had. Since then, I’ve tried to restrict myself. I seem to doing better, but not great. I still go without sleep, but not like I did at first.

How I quit smoking

    Well, I really didn’t quit, but I have not had a cigarette in over two months. I didn’t have any withdraw issues either. Bet you want me to explain that one don’t you. I found a way to eliminate the guilt for me. That was the biggest obstacle for me, the guilt factor. I’ve quit many times before, and always started smoking again. I once made it eleven months, but yes started again. I’d go along, not smoking for awhile, doing OK. Then I’d break down and have a smoke. That was all it took, I would start smoking all over again.

   With all the sin taxes and the other increases in the price of cigarettes, I just couldn’t justify the increased money I was spending on them. It was the first time that I can remember that I had to choose between cigarettes and necessary items for living. Like food, drink, clothing. That was the proverbial straw that broke the camels back. What was I doing, choosing between food and cigarettes. I’m not talking extra food. I’m talking not eating for a day or two to have cigarettes.

    Like I said above, it was the guilt that was my biggest obstacle. I had to overcome the guilt if I was going to succeed. Then, it came to me. Why, do I have to quite. Why not treat cigarettes like a luxury item. I mean would you eat twenty to forty pieces of cheesecake a day. Every day. Or, would you drink twenty to forty Starbucks espresso drinks each and every day. I mean, do you feel guilty enough when you have a rich desert to start only eating desert for all your meals. No, that would be stupid.

    So, why do smokers treat smoking differently. Maybe, it’s an addiction. Maybe, not. There maybe a physical/mental addiction factor there. But, come on, it is still a choice. Every smoker has their own personal reason that they smoke so much. I’m not going to go there. I’m going to keep this about how I changed my life.

    I simply made a contract with myself.

• I couldn’t buy more then a single cigarette at a time.
• I couldn’t have more then a single cigarette in my possession at a time.
• I could ask/bum a cigarette from another smoker.

    Believe it are not, this simple contract eliminated the guilt factor for me. Immediately I was only having one cigarette a day. Within a week I was down to one cigarette in four days. Then I was not smoking. It was so simple it was to easy. I can’t believe it is working.

    The fact that I can have a cigarette when ever I want is what is helping me. The thing is, I’m not having a cigarette. I don’t and didn’t from the beginning have any withdrawal issues. I’m not a new smoker. I started when I was eleven years old. I’m turning 39 this year. Yep 28 years of smoking. Two packs a day. For about five years I was smoking non-filters. Toasty! LOL.

    Well, that’s how I did it. Hope it helps.