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The famous Shamu at Sea Worldis now a real killer whale. In a horrible accident today in Orlando, the large whale attacked and killed its trainer. It’s not clear what caused the accident or what made the whale attack its trainer, still the news is just now coming out of Florida. It is surprising to hear about this story; after seeing Shamu so many times on television. The creature never did look like a threat to anyone’s safety. You could often see kids working and playing with Shamu in the waters that are located inside the Florida theme park.

Shamu is the main attraction for people that visit Sea World each year. Not sure what the theme park plans to do now; since Shamu has attacked and killed the trainer that was working with him/her. I guess we will have to wait for more information to come out. It’s a tragic event and I’m sure many folks are shook up right now with the killer whale’s deadly act today in central Florida. The Sea World theme park is located next to Disney World in Florida.

The whole world is looking in on Canada today. It’s time for the 2010 Winter Olympic Games to begin and it all gets started in Vancouver, Canada. I think Canada is a great choice for the Winter Olympics and they have a lot of room to host all the different events that make up the 2010 Games. I haven’t checked the schedule yet to see which events will take place on certain days and times. I will be eager to see when a lot of these events will come on television, so I can take-in this years 2010 Olympics.

The USA Hockey Team will be high on my list of things to watch this year. It seems we get a little bit better each time and now we are 4 more years into the future. I have already seen one headline at Yahoo talking about the Russian Hockey Team and how they look unstoppable on paper. I believe they have 16 players on their team that also play in the NHL or National Hockey League. The paid athletes wasn’t always allowed to play in the Olympics. Many changes have been made to the rules over the years and now they do allow professional athletes to compete in the Winter and Summer Olympic Games. What are your thoughts on professionals participating in the Olympics?

Do you think professional athletes should be allowed to play in the Olympics?

A. Yes

B. No

C. In Some Events

I think the correction was long over due and I love seeing my favorite professional athletes competing in the Olympics. For the Summer Olympics there is nothing better than watching the USA Basketball Team or “Dream Team” play against the other countries in basketball. That first Dream Team was special when we got to see Magic Johnson, Larry Bird, Dominique Wilkins, Charles Barkley, Patrick Ewing, and Michael Jordan playing on the same team. There has never been a time where that much talent was on the same team in the same sport competing against other teams in that same sport. Those guys had it going on and the original Dream Team still stands out today. The Dream Teams that followed the original one, never was able to assemble the best of the best on one team. I would love to be able to hand select our Dream Team in 2012 for the Summer Olympics. My cast of NBA players for the 2012 Olympic Dream Team would be:

1. Kobe Bryant

2. Dwayne Wade

3. Carmelo Anthony

4. Kevin Durant

5. Josh Smith

6. Dwight Howard

7. Tim Duncan

8. LeBron James

9. Chris Bosh

10. Carlos Boozer

11. Kevin Martin

12. Derrick Rose

I think these will be the 12 best basketball players the Americans could offer up in the 2012 Olympic Games. Feel free to give me your list of the best 12 players you think will be available for the Summer Olympics that is still a little over 2 years away. Perhaps someone over at Yahoo Sports sees the Russian Hockey Team as the “Dream Team” for the Winter Games in Vancouver this year. I guess I will have to root for the USA Hockey Team every time and who ever is playing against the Russians in hockey.

All the athletes are now in Canada and ready to go for gold in their special events. Let the games begin and let’s see which country has the greatest athletes competing in Vancouver this year. It should be interesting to see how the Americans do against all the other countries that are known for their strengths in the 2010 Winter Olympics.

We know some birds are seasonal and will fly south for the winter. I think some people mimic these birds and they will go to Florida or some other warm destination for their winters. I know some people have health conditions and the cold winter temperatures can cause these folks a lot of aches and pains. So each year around the fall time they will hire moving companies to relocate them to a warmer climate. Birds follow this same pattern and they will go to places that are warmer too. Once the cold weather passes up north, the birds and people will move back to their summer homes. For people they probably have a lot of ties to their northern roots and would prefer to live in their summer homes year round. It must be nice to escape winter each year, but I do like the cold weather when it snows. If it’s not going to snow, then I prefer the short sleeve weather too. I just wonder if any of these birds share the same warmer areas as the people that moved south with them?

There will be about 1 billion people that will tune in next Sunday to watch Super Bowl 44 in Miami. Fans will get treated to the best 2 football teams this year. It’s been a long time since we have seen the two very best teams going head to head in the Super Bowl. I believe they said it was 1993 the last time this happen in the National Football League. I look forward to seeing what Peyton Manning can do in this big game and I think we are currently witnessing the best QB to have ever played the game. His counterpart on Super Bowl Sunday is pretty good too. Drew Brees is carrying the whole weight of a city on his shoulders andit’s no ordinary city. Many football fans around the Louisiana area see this Super Bowl as an achievement and a reward for all the pain and suffering they have had to endure over the last few years or so. Hurricane Katrina did a lot of damage in New Orleans, but the massive hurricane could not damage the spirits of all the good folks living in and around the New Orleans area.

Who will you be rooting for when all the Super Bowl hype is over and they can finally get down to playing some football? Will you be rooting for the talented Peyton Manning and his Indianapolis Colts? Or do you remember all the heartache and destruction that Hurricane Katrina left the city of New Orleans and will be hoping Drew Brees and the New Orleans Saints can win this one for the city of New Orleans? I’m not sure if this is one of those games you can walk the fence on, but I am having a hard time deciding on which team to root for Sunday. Some would probably say that you are either with the NFC Champion Saints or your on the side of the AFC Champion Colts.

Breaking down the game for Super Bowl 44 in Miami, I would have to look at it this way. Peyton Manning has the ability to make every team in the NFL look bad on any given Sunday. This includes the hot New Orleans Saints and their very talented quarterback Drew Brees. I would not be shocked to see the Indianapolis Colts come in so prepared; that they will have this one decided at halftime with a 24+ point lead. If the Colts go into halftime leading 31 to 7 or 34 to 10; then you can go ahead and chalk up a win for the Colts and they will be the new champions of the NFL. If the Saints can get lucky with a turnover or two and keep the Colts within 2 touchdowns; then I see the Saints playing a better 2nd half and they could squeak out a win in the Sunshine State.

Most NFL fans have probably traveled to Miami already in anticpation for the big game. The Pro Bowl just wrapped up last night in Miami and this was a part of the new format in the NFL. They decided not to travel to Hawaii this year and the Pro Bowl game got moved north to the state of Florida. The NFL All Stars that were slated to play in the Pro Bowl, but have a date with the Super Bowl next Sunday, was in attendance last night, but no one for the Colts or Saints played in the Pro Bowl Game in Miami, Florida.

I know you guys will want me to get off the fence and pick a winner, so here is my prediction for Super Bowl 44 in Miami. This is a hard one to pick, since Peyton Manning is the best all time QB ever and Drew Brees is the best QB this season.

TEAMS            1st Q      2nd Q     3rd Q       4th Q        FINAL SCORE

Indianapolis Colts —20———7————7———–7———————41

New Orleans Saints—0———-3————10———-6———————19

Do you have a score prediction you would like to share with me and my blog’sreaders? Not only would I like to see your score predictions, but I would love to hear the reasons behind them too. I don’t think there is too much strategy involved when it comes to picking a Super Bowl MVP in the 44th annual Super Bowl Event. It would be very difficult for some other player that isn’t Drew Brees or Peyton Manning walk away with the Super Bowl MVP award. Going outside of the box and giving someone else a chance to win the MVP or Most Valuable Player, I will pick the tight end for the Colts wearing number 44 Dallas Clark as the MVP. I see number 44 winning MVP in Super Bowl 44; if any player even has a shot at the prestigious award with Drew and Peyton participating in this game.

Have you or your family found any caribbean vacation deals online? If so, you’re probably planning a trip to the Islands soon. It must be nice getting ready for a trip to the Caribbean Islands. I think the sun is always shinning there. If it does rain, it will probably clear up real fast and you won’t even be able to tell that it was raining just a few moments ago. I’m jealous of all the lucky travelers that get to visit this part of the world each year or have visited there at least once. I have never been outside of the States, but if I could pick one travel destination outside my country’s borders, I do believe the Caribbean would be my first choice.

There are a lot of great places to visit in this part of the world. Some of the most popular tourist attractions in the Caribbean Region is places like Jamaica, Barbados, Saint Lucia, the Bahamas, and the Cayman Islands. I would also want to visit our U.S.A. friends in Puerto Rico; since this area is considered a territory of the United States. It would be tough coming up with a travel itinerary for each of these great places in the Caribbean. You would want to visit as many spots as possible, but would want to stay at each one for as long as you could. I guess if I could only pick one part to visit, I would have to go with the Bahamas. I have seen more beautiful pictures in the Bahamas compared to the other places travelers like to visit. Which place would you choose; if you could only select one spot in the Caribbean Islands?

I think it would be a lot of fun to tour all the gold prospecting places and mining camps across the United States. I love watching the TV shows that are about gold prospecting. The prices of gold are so high right now, it makes searching for gold a lot more interesting than just a couple of years ago. If you had a big recreational vehicle you could drive across the country in and visit all these places; then it would be a lot of fun. As long as you could avoid an rv breakdown on your journey through the States.

If you join the Gold Prospectors Club they will give you a book that will have all the gold claims in the U.S. in it. They say you’re free to go prospecting on any of them, but it doesn’t say it’s free to do. So I’m not sure if there is additional fees that members would have to spend or not. I would like to find about 20 to 25 places I could plan to visit and stay 1 to 2 days at each one. Then I could go back and see which places I found the most gold at and plan longers stays at these gold prospecting camps. If it is free to do, then I really just need a big van or a RV to load up in and head out in search for that pretty yellow metal.

As crazy as our weather patterns have been over the last few years, it’s not really that big of a surprise that the Midwestern states and Texas are seeing tornadoes in December. It seems tornadoes are starting to touch down in places that we don’t typically see them. There is an imaginary belt over the U.S. that you can normally find most tornadoes. This pattern doesn’t hold up these days and just about everybody is vulnerable to a severe thunderstorm or even a tornado. I guess the folks living in mobile homes might want to think about a stronger structure or ways to make their mobile homes and trailers stronger against high winds. I’m not sure how most owners react during storms; when they do live in a trailer or mobile home. I know it would be understandable for these people to have concerns during these storms that produce high winds. I would probably seek shelter at a relatives house or a friend’s place, before I would chance it, in one of these mobile homes. Some people may not have another place to go or not be prepared to leave if the storm hits late at night. I’m sure the people making mobile homes these days take some kind of consideration; when they design these types of homes. The odds are still heavily in your favor that a tornado will never cross your path, but when you start seeing them in December, it does make you think twice.

Almost 8PM here in the East. Lots of college football players and their fans, coaches, and schools are waiting the big announcement. It should be coming soon to see which two teams will be in the big game and all of the other college bowl games. I think TCU deserves that 2nd spot with Texas failing to perform yesterday and against other opponents this year. A TCU and Alabama final would be justice in a way for the current BCS Rankings.

Some schools get automatic bids to certain bowl games, so a few know where they’re going already. Some schools still don’t know which college bowl game they will be in or who they’re playing. I am eager to see where a few schools will go and who they will be playing. I hope to see some SEC Teams or ACC Teams face some of those other football conferences that are all hype and we can prove that in the bowl games. I don’t expect the PAC 10 to do well against the ACC or SEC conferences, but how many of these match ups will we get? The bowl games are good for one thing and it’s a chance for football conferences to have bragging rights over the other conferences.

Stay tuned and let’s see what they do with these bowl games. I will probably be upset at the pairings, because there is a lot of things wrong in college football and I hope someone will fix it soon. If you want to see where your favorite college football team will be playing this year; then just turn the TV to your local Fox Station and catch the BCS Selection Show. It comes on at 8PM EST or 5PM PST. Good luck!

*Congrats to the Alabama Crimson Tide for being this year’s top college football team in America

It’s strange to think about families planning a trip to a park for a vacation. I don’t think there is any other state in the United States that works like the Sunshine State does. Florida has that unique ability to attract families living within the borders of their state and outside their borders to visit their parks for a week long vacation. I guess these aren’t the typical parks and these are very well-designed theme parks. You may see another state with a theme park that is as good as any in Florida, but how many can match up to the number of theme parks Florida can provide? This is why so many families plan orlando vacations each year. The number of theme parks in central Florida is more than any other state could offer. When a family chooses Mickey Mouse as their travel destination, they also are making plans to be real close to the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida and Daytona Beach is just an hour’s drive to the east. If you don’t like the ocean on the east side of Florida; then a short drive to the west will put you on the Gulf of Mexico. If you’re talking about vacation capitals of the world, it would be hard to beat Orlando, Florida for the beaches nearby, the attractions, and of course the famous theme parks in Orlando. It really is the perfect place for kids, but there is enough adult entertainment to plan a Orlando vacation without the kids.

A new movie that is set in Nome, Alaska is said to be a fact based movie on alien abduction. It’s called the Fourth Kind and I’m sure this new movie is going to get a lot of attention. It’s probably a safe guess to say that 99 percent of the people living in the world don’t believe in alien abductions. We hear about them a lot, but no good proof that an alien abduction has ever happened on the planet Earth. Now we have a new movie called the 4th Kind and it’s claiming to be based on real life facts. I know the 1 percent of people that believe in alien abductions will want to see this movie; while the rest of the 99 percent of non-believers will be curious to see too.

I would like to watch this movie the Fourth Kind and see how real it does appear. Have you heard about it yet? Did you know about the Fourth Kind before you read my blog post today? I think this movie is going to draw a lot of attention from us all and since it is claiming to be a true story, it’s going to see its share of critics.

How does this movie get its title? There is actually a scale on aliens and it breaks down into “kinds”. You remember a popular movie called Close Encounters of the Third Kind? That is one of the “kinds” and there is 4 that got created back in 1972. This was the scale that got set up to measure our contacts with aliens and UFO’s:

First Kind – Seeing a UFO or observing a alien aircraft

Second Kind – Providing evidence of an UFO or alien

Third Kind – Contact with a UFO, alien, or extra terrestrial

Fourth Kind – Being abducted by a alien or UFO

The new movie that is based on actual events would fit into the 4th level on this scale and it’s the 4th Kind. Apparently this took place in Alaska and many people have gone missing from a certain area in Alaska. The movie plans to shed light on the alien aspect of things. Others believe the Government is to blame for the people missing in this area in Alaska and it’s just a cover up on their end. This movie may not change any beliefs or answer any questions, but it will expose some light on all the mysterious things that have been taking place in Alaska. I wasn’t aware of these strange things and people that have went missing in Alaska over the years. I look forward to seeing this new movie the Fourth Kind and also trying to do some research on this interesting Alaskan mystery.

. The people that drive big trucks or would need a motorhome towing service may have a little more trouble than those that just drive the average car. However, there is roadside assistance available to all travelers, no matter what they are driving on the roadways.  Don’t rely on another passing motorist to let you use their cell phones. A phone and a phone number are the two main things we should all have in our cars, trucks, or even a motor home.

Ok, so this isn’t breaking news for most people. It is troubling that one of the richest countries in the world would have a serious problem with fat people. I guess I should say “overweight people“  and that would be a nicer way of pointing out these folks. I think it’s time we get tough and if someone is fat; then let’s call them fat! We need to meet this problem head on and start getting rid of all these weight loss products that don’t work. Our nation should only focus on the top diet pills for fat people and start removing all these products that have false claims and don’t help you lose any weight.

If you travel around the world and see how other people are living on this planet, you will see we have poor health habits. We eat way too much as a society and our workouts consist of watching TV and playing video games. This isn’t a good mix and it’s not hard to see why we have fat people in America today. Why do the people living in Mexico have less fat people than we do? Over in Asia they do a great job at controlling their weight and maybe we should push more products like rice in this country. I love Chinese food and it wouldn’t be a problem for me to eat more foods like this. If some organization or group doesn’t step up soon and meet this problem head on; then we are just going to get fatter as a nation and our hospitals will not be able to keep up. Let’s start today by putting every American on a diet and we can change our futures and the way other countries look at us. Right now, we are just a bunch of fat people that needs to get off of the sofa and out into the yard!

I live just north of Florida in the state of Georgia. It isn’t uncommon for the folks living in Georgia to take a vacation down to Florida once a year; since we are bordering states. I have visited a few different places in Florida. I have enjoyed all of my visits to the Sunshine State and there really isn’t a bad destination you could take to Florida. Perhaps if you took a trip to an area in Florida that had an approaching hurricane would not be much fun and would be a bad travel destination, but for the most part they are all fun places to visit.

If I had to select one place in Florida that is better than all the rest; then I would choose panama city beach as my favorite Florida destination. It is hands down the best place to visit in Florida and it might just be the best travel destination in the southeastern United States. You will find Panama City Beach in the pan handle of Florida. It borders the waters in the Gulf of Mexico and if walked straight out through the ocean; then you would end up in the country of Mexico. Panama City Beach does face the South; when you’re looking straight ahead or over the edge of the ocean in the Gulf of Mexico.

I haven’t been to Panama City in Florida recently, so not sure what changes have been made down there. One of the things I always do is eat at a restaurant called Bishops. They have an all-you-can-eat buffet and they have a little bit of everything on it. The seafood is really good there! If you live in Panama City or have visited there recently, please let me know if Bishops is still in business. They have other great seafood restaurants in Panama City Beach. Eating seafood, when I travel to Florida, is a must and you will be hard-pressed to find better seafood any where else in Florida.

Entertainment is always a plus when you make a trip or plan a vacation to a foreign place. Plenty of adult clubs for the older travelers to enjoy in Panama City. There is no shortage of putt putt courses or go-kart tracks for the kids either. Panama City offers a friendly atmosphere to families with small children and they will love all the game rooms and surf shops along the strip.

I have to go to the dog races when I visit Florida and I always check out the greyhounds when I visit Panama City Beach, Florida. There isn’t a greyhound track inside the city, but just a short 30 minute drive away is a dog track for those that like to bet on the dogs. You can bring the kids to the dog track near Panama City called Ebro. They allow all ages in and you just have to keep the children away from the betting area where the tellers are located. I have never took anyone to the greyhound races and they had a bad time. I guarantee you will have a good time, if you visit the dog track, the next time you visit Florida.

No doubts that Panama City Beach is the top travel destination to choose for those that are planning a trip to Florida. Yes, I have visited Daytona Beach before and it is a great place to see too. I just don’t rank Daytona ahead of Panama City, because there is much more to do in Panama City when you compare it to Daytona Beach or other popular places in Florida. I know Mickey Mouse and his friends are great in Central Florida, but I still like Panama City Beach the best. Orlando doesn’t even have a beach and you have to have the sand between your toes if you go to Florida!

What is the first thing that comes to your mind when you think of New Jersey? I know for me it would be Atlantic City and this is one place I would like to travel to some day. There are lots of other states and places I would like to visit too, but how often do we think about the place we are traveling to? Once we leave our hometowns or states we are pretty much on our own and we should be aware of certain things when you travel to a new state or country. There is a good chance that the laws is different and this is very important to know before you make a trip to a foreign place. What may be legal in your state is breaking the law in another one.

Another good tip is to learn where hospitals and police stations are located, so you will be prepared in an emergency situation. This can be important if you’re are in an accident, witness a crime, or have a medical emergency. What if you did visit Atlantic City in New Jersey and suddenly you wake up with severe dental pain, would a orange nj cosmetic dentist be the right person to contact? Perhaps there would be a dentist located closer to Atlantic City and a dentist in Orange, New Jersey may be too far away from the popular tourist destination we know as Atlantic City. If you ever had a tooth ache before; then you know how important it would be to find help as quick as possible. I refer to these safety tips as a “Jersey Dentist“. If you know how to contact a dentist, police officer, or a doctor in the place you’re preparing to visit; then you will feel much safer in case of an emergency.

Taking a little time now to prepare a safe trip will give you and your family a better chance of having a safe and fun vacation. So the next time you go to New Jersey or any other travel destination, try to understand the local laws and jot down a few emergency phone numbers. This will help you stay out of trouble and be safe while you’re away from home.

People living in the U.S. might not want to travel to North Korea or Iran anytime soon. America isn’t too popular in these countries right now and getting detained in either country is a strong possibility these days. We recently seen the release of two American journalists who were held against their will in North Korea. It took a lot of connections and a former president (Bill Clinton) to finally get the release of these two American journalists in North Korea.

Now Iran is making headlines with a possible underground nuclear facility. Some European nations are even claiming that Iran may have a dozen or more of these types of underground sites for nuclear weapon purposes. Iran has stated that their attempts in the nuclear sectors have been for energy purposes only, but now they are claiming to have missile capabilities that could reach any country in the world. Israel is taking a hard-line stance against the Iranian nation and has even talked about delivering a first strike military action if needed.

Normally the United States is the country that takes the lead role in these weapons of mass destruction claims, but they appear to be taking a backseat when it comes to the latest news coming out of Iran. America is not taking their usual hard-stance and some countries in the region appear to be upset with the current relaxed U.S. stance toward Iran. Perhaps this has to do with President Obama and his team not wanting to follow old patterns that the U.S. normally takes in these types of situations. Israel is considered a friendly nation toward America, but Obama may be pushing the U.S. allies to the side, in the latest controversy surrounding the country of Iran.

Due to all the news that has happened this year in North Korea and Iran; Americans would be smart to stay out of both of these hostile nations. It just isn’t safe for any American to travel to Iran or North Korea in 2009 and the same will probably hold true in 2010. It’s unclear where the tensions will go from here with the United States and the nations of Iran and North Korea, but all travel plans should be cancelled to these two countries right now. Travelers have enough to worry about when they travel abroad and the fears of getting held hostage in North Korea or Iran are very real right now. The two American journalists did nothing wrong in North Korea and it took a long time for them to reach U.S. soil again. Iran has also been accused of holding American hikers that accidentally crossed over the borders into Iran. Both of these stories should be a wake up call for anyone that has plans to travel to Iran or North Korea.

I’m sure this has crossed your mind many times and you have probably dreamed about having a million dollars and all the things you could buy. I think taking trips and going on long vacations would be a good starting point on spending a million bucks. Vegas vacations are something that takes a little money to have fun and I would like to take a few thousand to Las Vegas for a few days on the slot machines. It would be interesting to see how long a thousand or ten thousand dollars would last in Vegas playing the slots.

Most people have these million dollar dreams and they get their money by playing the lottery. If I ever get lucky enough to have a million dollars; then it probably would come from the lottery too. I don’t think I will ever have a job or invent something good enough that would be worth a million dollars. If it isn’t the lottery paying me, I guess it would have to be contest related.

Paying off your bills would be a thing everyone would do if they won the lottery. Getting out of debt is tough and it would be nice to wipe the slate clean for all the bill collectors we owe money to. Buying a new car and a new house would rank high on everyone’s list too. These are pretty much the basic things people say they will do with a big lump sum of money. Most people are willing to share their money and help friends and family pay off their bills if they won a million dollars or more. I think most lottery winners end up spending their money entirely different from their original thoughts on how they would spend the money. You really can’t say what you would spend your money on; until you actually had that much to spend.

The swine flu continues to make headlines in North America. As the cold and flu season gets closer we will probably start hearing a lot more cases of this new flu virus. The experts are sticking to their guns on the advice they are telling people in America and in other countries too. Keeping your hands washed is still the best way to prevent a transfer of swine flu. Going to your kitchen and bathroom sinks as much as possible is the best way to prevent a flu virus. At least this is the advice that’s going around right now and it would appear water is our best defense to this point.

Medicines are still being worked on and tested by the CDC (Centers for Disease Control) in Atlanta. They haven’t came up with a proven vaccine yet to fight off the new swine flu virus, that is rapidly spreading all over the globe. The good news is that it doesn’t appear to be that deadly in most parts of the world. I don’t think anyone should have a fear of traveling to any other countries right now; due to swine flu outbreaks. It’s looking like we will all catch this new flu virus at some point in our lives and just dealing with the symptoms is the only game plan right now for those contracting swine flu. Keep plenty of soap by the sinks in your household and just keep telling your family to wash their hands and maybe you can prevent the flu from entering your home. Clean water may just turn out to be the cure for this new virus; that has so many people’s attention right now.

I haven’t been doing a lot of driving these days and this is because my car is in need of some major repairs. I wish I just needed a few car accessories that would make my car look nicer, but I need repairs so it can just keep running. It all started when my super charger went bad on my 1998 Buick Regal. This was followed by my belts not being tight enough and those need to be fixed too. My car runs on a 2 fan belt system and if one of those loose belts break; then the car isn’t going anywhere. I have been putting off these car repairs and not putting any money in my vehicle and now I need other things fixed. An oil job and the tires being rotated is just the start and I need to get these 2 things taken care of soon. My blinker was out on one side and now I have two blinkers that are not working. I’m not sure if my blinker problems are related to my battery, but I think I need a new battery too. The car acts like it doesn’t want to start when you try cranking it and I hope it just needs a new car battery. I would never be able to afford a new starter if that turns out to be the problem. As you can see my car needs a lot of work done to it and I hope I get some money coming in soon, so I can start knocking out some of these mounting car repairs.

Williamsport, Pennsylvania is the place every little league baseball player dreams about being this time of year. That dream is coming true for a group of young boys from Warner Robins, Georgia. They continue to win baseball games together as a team and they are receiving a lot of national recognition right now. Their pitchers have been pitching well and the batters continue to slug the ball out of the park and for base hits. They have a really good team this year and no team has beat them yet.

It’s been a fun ride in the LLWS for these guys from Georgia. Looking at the remaining teams left in the Little League World Series, it would appear that Georgia has a great shot at winning again this year. I say again, because in 2007 the Little Leaguers from Warner Robins won it all, after they beat Japan 3 to 2 with a walk-off homer. The magic would continue a year later when a team from Columbus, Georgia won the 2008 LLWS in Williamsport.

Who knows when the magic will end for the boys from Warner Robins, but they have certainly put the state of Georgia on the map; when it comes to little league baseball. Other countries that participate in the LLWS are keeping an eye on Warner Robins too and trying to learn the secrets they are using to be successful on the baseball diamond. Warner Robins is a great place to live and raise a family in Georgia and it should be interesting to see how many future Major League Baseball Players this tiny town in Georgia will produce. The sky is the limit for Warner Robins and the girls softball team has already won the title for their terrific play. If the boys from Warner Robins can win it all this year; then it will be the first time an area has produced both champions in softball and baseball. Go Warner Robins!

Not many people in the past would ever think of taking a trip to the state of Missouri. I’m sure this was just an U.S. State that most travelers would travel through and not really stop at to visit. This isn’t the case anymore and lots of people are now making plans to stay in the state of Missouri. The most sought after place in Missouri is Branson and this is a great place to plan a family vacation to. Branson vacations isn’t nothing new and this great city in Missouri has been around for a number of years. The attractions just continue to grow in Branson, Missouri and they offer something for all ages of the family. The grown-ups will love the shopping and golf that is available in Branson and the kids will want to visit the theme park. It really is a place to take a trip to someday and everyone in the household will love their stay in Branson.

Have you been to Branson before on vacation? What was the things you liked best and would you want to return for a 2nd trip to Branson, Missouri? I don’t think this is a seasonal destination like some places are and you would enjoy a trip here anytime of the year. I look forward to reading your feedback and seeing how well a Branson vacation stacks up against other popular vacations spots.

ATTRACTIONS:

* Silver Dollar City

* Dolly Parton’s Dixie Stampede

* Celebration City

* Ride the Ducks

* Titantic Museum

* Comedy Jamboree

* Ripleys Believe It or Not

* Veterans Memorial Museum

* Hollywood Wax Museum

* Much More…