Kindly Talk

I don’t care what anyone says, death stinks. In my life time I have been present at the deaths of many people. Some deaths were caused by warfare, others related to accidents, many to aging, disease and others due to suicide or homicide. Death really stinks. No, not because we loose a loved one, but there is a specific odor that accompanies death.

Not everyone can smell the odor of death. I guess I am a person who is very sensitive to the odor. When I lived in New York City for three months in 2002, I made my way through the streets towards Ground Zero. A sick feeling came over me as I smelt that odor once more and I ask the guy I went with, “Do you smell that”? His response was, “Well, I didn’t do it”! “No, Mark, do you smell death? Read the rest of this entry »

Sounds like a title from a horror movie? But I wonder what lurks at your home? Really!

I put up day/night vision security cameras due to the fact that I had turned some gang members into the law enforcement and somehow they found my house. In fact, one day on a major highway, they even waved at me driving their shiny, black vehicles that displayed the emblems of their criminal organization on the sides. Guess they just wanted to let me know they were there.

Back to the cameras! Night vision is awesome. Read the rest of this entry »

I have heard it said that Children are God’s little tape recorders. I use to agree with that, but now find that it is not the case. Perhaps, we should say “They are God’s video or digital video recorders.”

Parents and step-parents need to understand that the most powerful learning tool is what they (parents and step-parents) do and say in their role as an authority–that is not only the speaking of words, but by their actions and attitudes. A driver cuts in front of you Read the rest of this entry »