On Sunday, February 20th, 2005 four people were killed in a house fire in my town. Three of those four were children. The fire broke out at 8 am on Sunday morning and by the time that the Kokomo Fire Department arrived at 8:02 am, the house was pretty much engulfed in flames.
KFD has been investigating the cause of the fire since Sunday. They do not know exactly how the fire was started but they say that the fire was arson. A dog that is trained to smell accelerant (something that will make a fire burn fast and spread faster) was brought it and detected some sort of accelerant in the gutted, charred home.
I cannot understand for the life of me why anyone would want to intentionally start a fire. I will admit, I am a pyro (someone that likes fire) but I would NEVER intentionally set a fire. I know what fire can do and know that it destroys lives. The person that did this is one sick S.O.B. and should and will pay the price for their actions.
I hope they find this sick person soon. I have a few suggestions on how to handle this person. Here are the choices:
1. Put them in a vacant building that needs to be torn down anyway, put them somewhere where they cannot escape, and set the place ablaze. Let them suffer the same way an innocent mother and her children died.
2. Lock them up in solitary confinement. Plaster the walls of the entire cell with pictures of those kids and their mother. Make that sicko look at those pictures and think about what they did to those people and their family. Make them feel the guilt that they carry and let it eat away at them for the rest of their years.
I think that I would go with the second option.
I am sorry if I offend anyone with option number one but I just feel that way. I look at it as, "eye for an eye, tooth for a tooth."
My heart goes out to those lost and their entire family. May God be with them and watch over them during this difficult time.
Here are a few links to some of the articles written in the media about this horrific tragedy:
http://www.wthr.com/Global/story.asp?S=2981687&nav=9TahWfWS (this is an article from WTHR, Channel 13 in Indianapolis)
http://www.theindychannel.com/news/4220768/detail.html (This is an article from RTV6 in Indianapolis)
Tuesday, February 22, 2005
Wednesday, February 16, 2005
You Know You're From Indiana When...
A few of my friends had these on their blogs.
I thought, "Why not do one on mine?" So here it is. Enjoy.
Those that are BOLD are ones I am either guilty of myself, or I know someone that is guilty.
You Know You're From Indiana When...
You drive for three hours and the scenery outside doesn't change.
There's three feet of snow on the ground and school is still in session.
You only go to the mall once a year 'cause it takes too long to get there.
While driving all you see is corn.
People still have Christmas decorations up at Easter.
You start saying to yourself "More than corn in Indiana my butt."
Anyone with a cell phone looks out of place.
Walking through Wal-Mart with two carts full of kids is normal.
Wnyone with a tan is rich.
The hip hang-out place is McDonald's.
There really is more than corn in Indiana. There’s soybeans, too.
When you plan an orgy and a Euchre game breaks out.
A restaurant has an invisible wall in the non-smoking section and you believe it works.
Speeding consists of 2 miles over the speed limit.
You think you don't have to use a turn signal on your car because you don't use it on your tractor.
You build your dream house on a cornfield, and you considered it posh.
You warsh your clothes and you think George Warshington was the first president. (My mother is guilty of putting in that mysterious "R" in "wash".)``
You're proud to be called a Hoosier, even if you don't know what one is.
You have no problem spelling or pronouncing "Terre Haute"
Detassling was your first job. Bailing hay, your second.
You can stack hay, swim in the pond to clean off, and then have the strength to play a couple of games of hoops all in the same day.
You say things like "catty-wumpus" and "kitty-corner". (My mother uses these, but instead of "kitty-corner" she says "katty-corner.)
You own a dirtbike or a ATV.
You live in a city ... and there's a cornfield in your backyard.
High school basketball game draws a bigger crowd on the weekend nights than movie theaters.
You can see at least 2 basketball hoops from your yard.
You can name every one of Bob Knight's "exploits" over the last few years.
You shop at Marsh.
Damon Bailey was your childhood hero.
The biggest question of your youth was "IU or Purdue?"
Indianapolis is the "big city".
"Getting caught by a train" is a legitimate excuse for being late to school.
People at your high school chewed tobacco.
Everyone knows who the town cop is, where he lives, and whether he is at home or on duty.
You actually know what the CART vs IRL debate is about and have taken a side.
To you, a raccoon is simply a "coon".
The vehicle of choice in your area is not a car, but a pickup.
Someone you know is BIG John Mellencamp fan.
You've been to the Covered Bridge Festival.
To you, a tenderloin is not an expensive cut of beef, but a big, salty, breaded piece of pork served on a bun with pickles.
You call a green bell pepper a "mango".
Sometimes, you call the toilet the "commode" or the "stool".
In the fall, one of your favorite pranks was corning cars.
You know what FFA and 4H stand for.
You know what chip-and-seal is, and your high school was located on just such a road.
You go the county fair every night of it's week-long duration.
You can say "French Lick" without laughing out loud.
There's actually a college near you named "Ball State."
The last "g" is silent in any word ending in "ing."
You think the state Bird is Larry.
You actually get these jokes and pass them on to other friends from Indiana.
Get Your Own "You Know You're From" Meme Here
More cool things for your blog at Blogthings
I thought, "Why not do one on mine?" So here it is. Enjoy.
Those that are BOLD are ones I am either guilty of myself, or I know someone that is guilty.
You Know You're From Indiana When...
You drive for three hours and the scenery outside doesn't change.
There's three feet of snow on the ground and school is still in session.
You only go to the mall once a year 'cause it takes too long to get there.
While driving all you see is corn.
People still have Christmas decorations up at Easter.
You start saying to yourself "More than corn in Indiana my butt."
Anyone with a cell phone looks out of place.
Walking through Wal-Mart with two carts full of kids is normal.
Wnyone with a tan is rich.
The hip hang-out place is McDonald's.
There really is more than corn in Indiana. There’s soybeans, too.
When you plan an orgy and a Euchre game breaks out.
A restaurant has an invisible wall in the non-smoking section and you believe it works.
Speeding consists of 2 miles over the speed limit.
You think you don't have to use a turn signal on your car because you don't use it on your tractor.
You build your dream house on a cornfield, and you considered it posh.
You warsh your clothes and you think George Warshington was the first president. (My mother is guilty of putting in that mysterious "R" in "wash".)``
You're proud to be called a Hoosier, even if you don't know what one is.
You have no problem spelling or pronouncing "Terre Haute"
Detassling was your first job. Bailing hay, your second.
You can stack hay, swim in the pond to clean off, and then have the strength to play a couple of games of hoops all in the same day.
You say things like "catty-wumpus" and "kitty-corner". (My mother uses these, but instead of "kitty-corner" she says "katty-corner.)
You own a dirtbike or a ATV.
You live in a city ... and there's a cornfield in your backyard.
High school basketball game draws a bigger crowd on the weekend nights than movie theaters.
You can see at least 2 basketball hoops from your yard.
You can name every one of Bob Knight's "exploits" over the last few years.
You shop at Marsh.
Damon Bailey was your childhood hero.
The biggest question of your youth was "IU or Purdue?"
Indianapolis is the "big city".
"Getting caught by a train" is a legitimate excuse for being late to school.
People at your high school chewed tobacco.
Everyone knows who the town cop is, where he lives, and whether he is at home or on duty.
You actually know what the CART vs IRL debate is about and have taken a side.
To you, a raccoon is simply a "coon".
The vehicle of choice in your area is not a car, but a pickup.
Someone you know is BIG John Mellencamp fan.
You've been to the Covered Bridge Festival.
To you, a tenderloin is not an expensive cut of beef, but a big, salty, breaded piece of pork served on a bun with pickles.
You call a green bell pepper a "mango".
Sometimes, you call the toilet the "commode" or the "stool".
In the fall, one of your favorite pranks was corning cars.
You know what FFA and 4H stand for.
You know what chip-and-seal is, and your high school was located on just such a road.
You go the county fair every night of it's week-long duration.
You can say "French Lick" without laughing out loud.
There's actually a college near you named "Ball State."
The last "g" is silent in any word ending in "ing."
You think the state Bird is Larry.
You actually get these jokes and pass them on to other friends from Indiana.
Get Your Own "You Know You're From" Meme Here
More cool things for your blog at Blogthings
Thursday, February 3, 2005
Is It Spring Yet?
I am telling you what; I am starting to catch Cabin Fever. This cold weather and snow is starting to really get on my nerves. I am so ready for spring to be upon us that I can not see straight.
With spring comes the kickoff to baseball season, with Spring Training that is. It has been almost 5 long months since the 2004 season came to a close. I am really starting to miss it and am so ready for it to start up again.
This off-season hasn’t been necessarily as good as most Cubs fans would have hoped for. My Cubs did something that I never thought would happen and that is trade Sammy Sosa. That is right; they traded Sosa to the Baltimore Orioles. I cannot sit here and honestly say that I am disappointed because I’m not.
Granted, Sosa did a lot for the Cubs and the city of Chicago for the past thirteen years. Sammy had his good times in Chicago for most of those thirteen years, but that started changing.
He started to decline in the last few years, last year being the worst. His performance AND attitude were the worst that I had seen out of him. He started to think that the fans were booing him unjustly, which was not the case. He was being booed because he was not producing to help the team anymore. Not only that but he did not listen to anyone other than himself when it came to playing the game. He was making himself look foolish at the plate, swinging at pitchers that we six inches off the plate. The biggest problem with that and the reason it happened so often was because he refused to move closer to the plate. Everyone saw this but Sosa. Dusty Baker, Gary Matthews, and anyone else that was around him on a daily basis tried to tell him this and how he could fix it, but he refused to listen.
On the last day of the season, he didn’t dress for the game and left fifteen minutes after the start of the game without permission. This incident outraged Cubs players, management, and Cubs fans. Sammy was supposed to be the Captain of the team and was supposed to be a team player. A Captain and team player does NOT walk out on his team, no matter how bad the circumstances. His ego has gotten the better of him and has made him look like such an arrogant jerk.
I will always remember all the good times that Sammy had in a Cubs uniform and will be forever grateful to him for what he did. I thank him for all that and wish him the best in Baltimore. I will also always remember how it ended and that is something that I wish I could forget, but I know I won?t.
I think that with Sammy being gone that the Cubs will be better for it. The Cubs will finally be a team, something they could hardly be with him on the team.
The 2005 Cubs are going to have quite a different look to them this year. The Cubs will be playing without Sammy Sosa and Mosies Alou, who lead the team in Home Runs and RBIs last season. The Cubs signed Jeromy Burnitz to take Sosa?s spot in right. As it stands now, the Cubs have three choices to play left, those being Todd Hollandsworth, rookie Jason Dubois, and Jerry Hairston, who was acquired from the Orioles in the trade. I am not sure how this is going to play out and it kind of worries me. I am hoping that this new outfield works out and can produce on a consistent basis. I am sure that it cannot be any worse than last season. I hope that it does nothing but improve on last year.
There are a lot of question marks to the 2005 Cubs but I am hoping those will be taken care of in Spring Training before Opening Day. Only time will tell.
GO CUBS IN 2005!
Till next time
Jason
With spring comes the kickoff to baseball season, with Spring Training that is. It has been almost 5 long months since the 2004 season came to a close. I am really starting to miss it and am so ready for it to start up again.
This off-season hasn’t been necessarily as good as most Cubs fans would have hoped for. My Cubs did something that I never thought would happen and that is trade Sammy Sosa. That is right; they traded Sosa to the Baltimore Orioles. I cannot sit here and honestly say that I am disappointed because I’m not.
Granted, Sosa did a lot for the Cubs and the city of Chicago for the past thirteen years. Sammy had his good times in Chicago for most of those thirteen years, but that started changing.
He started to decline in the last few years, last year being the worst. His performance AND attitude were the worst that I had seen out of him. He started to think that the fans were booing him unjustly, which was not the case. He was being booed because he was not producing to help the team anymore. Not only that but he did not listen to anyone other than himself when it came to playing the game. He was making himself look foolish at the plate, swinging at pitchers that we six inches off the plate. The biggest problem with that and the reason it happened so often was because he refused to move closer to the plate. Everyone saw this but Sosa. Dusty Baker, Gary Matthews, and anyone else that was around him on a daily basis tried to tell him this and how he could fix it, but he refused to listen.
On the last day of the season, he didn’t dress for the game and left fifteen minutes after the start of the game without permission. This incident outraged Cubs players, management, and Cubs fans. Sammy was supposed to be the Captain of the team and was supposed to be a team player. A Captain and team player does NOT walk out on his team, no matter how bad the circumstances. His ego has gotten the better of him and has made him look like such an arrogant jerk.
I will always remember all the good times that Sammy had in a Cubs uniform and will be forever grateful to him for what he did. I thank him for all that and wish him the best in Baltimore. I will also always remember how it ended and that is something that I wish I could forget, but I know I won?t.
I think that with Sammy being gone that the Cubs will be better for it. The Cubs will finally be a team, something they could hardly be with him on the team.
The 2005 Cubs are going to have quite a different look to them this year. The Cubs will be playing without Sammy Sosa and Mosies Alou, who lead the team in Home Runs and RBIs last season. The Cubs signed Jeromy Burnitz to take Sosa?s spot in right. As it stands now, the Cubs have three choices to play left, those being Todd Hollandsworth, rookie Jason Dubois, and Jerry Hairston, who was acquired from the Orioles in the trade. I am not sure how this is going to play out and it kind of worries me. I am hoping that this new outfield works out and can produce on a consistent basis. I am sure that it cannot be any worse than last season. I hope that it does nothing but improve on last year.
There are a lot of question marks to the 2005 Cubs but I am hoping those will be taken care of in Spring Training before Opening Day. Only time will tell.
GO CUBS IN 2005!
Till next time
Jason
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