Jeremy Herndon Blog

It’s good to know that there are ways out there to stop collection harassment for good because with today’s economic turmoil just isn’t getting any better and more and more people are getting deeper and deeper in debt and debt collections has turned into a major big business because of that fact.

My sister has had to get legal assistance in her effort to stop collection harassment California  style since her husband got laid off just last fall and it doesn’t look promising in that he will be landing anything decent any time soon. Even the fast food restaurants have started to cut back on hiring a lot of folks that normally turn to a stent at fast food in between other higher paying positions in various fields.

My sister has even considered a short career in exotic dancing in an effort to keep the mortgage paid and not lose the house. She used to dance in between high school and when she went to college. She did pretty good but I don’t think her husband would be thrilled with her taking to the stage now that they are married with children. But some times you gotta do what you gotta do, right?

We had a surprise visitor at our Elks meeting last night. The State President, Tim Knotts, showed up unexpected and had us all pretty nervous upon his arrival. We kept the meeting short and sweet, allowed him plenty of time to stand up and talk about all the things that are going on in the state, all the places he has been and where he is planning on during the rest of his term.

After each meeting we all head downstairs for drinks, but Tim didn’t stick around for any social time, most likely because he had a 2 1/2 hour drive back home and the meeting didn’t end until almost 9pm. We are all curious as to why the surprise visit and are anxious to find out more and what we are up against.

One of the things that I like about living in a small town is how the entire town makes such a big deal about community events. For example right now there are several Vinyl Banners that have been strung between lampposts crossing Main Street advertising the county’s annual autumn Farm Days celebration.

Apparently Farm Days consists of several local farms opening their doors to the community for guided tours around their farms. I think that taking a tour of the local akpaca farm is something that most children would enjoy quite a bit. Naturally at the same time the town closes off a section of the town’s second most traveled commercial street and allows vendors to set up their tents and Trade Show Displays of their freshly grown local produce from the farms along with the assorted crafters and local politicians setting up camp trying to win voters for the upcoming local elections.

Seems to me that the same two candidates are always running for the position of Sheriff. They seem to take turns winning! I don’t know what the town would do if a third person ever threw his or her hat into that competition! I like going to the street fairs and just walking around and people watch. From time to time I might find something unique to buy from a crafter that has come up with something new. 

My wife likes to look at the hand made jewelry, she is always on the prowl looking for new additions to her assortment of statement jewelry.  I have to admit though, she does not often spend much money at the fair.

I was going through some old drafts that never got published and came across this one – I don’t know why I never published it! So I’ll publish it now, three years after the writing!

On April 24, 2008 a news story was released that an Adolf Hitler was going to be sold in the Ukraine, aimed at children. The news story said that the dolls were Barbie-like in nature, that kids could dress and undress him and pin on medals. There was supposedly even an interchangeable head, where the facial expression was, I think the term was either “kinder” or “gentler” – something like that. Then the story went on to say that if the sales of the doll went well that the manufacturer would expand the line and start selling dolls of his German Shepard dog “Blondie” and model crematoriums.

I think it is interesting that this “Hitler doll” story first came out right around the anniversary of Hitler’s birthday! So it has been discovered that the entire story was a hoax, although I don’t know HOW it was discovered to be a hoax, and several news agencies have had to retract their stories on the doll. I find that very interesting!

I can remember back when I was a really young child, being part of a school celebration of spring on May 1st.  I remember parents were invited to come watch us kids dance with ribbons around the May Pole, which every other day of the year was the tether ball pole.  And as kids we used to pick flowers from the garden and put them in a basket and leave them on the front porch of our neighbor’s house, ring the bell and run away.

Then suddenly the school celebrations of May Day stopped.  I was told it had something to do with Russia celebrating May Day and having big parades to celebrate their military might and our government did not want to be seen as supporting that celebration.  I can remember that was a bunch of nonsense!  Our celebration of spring should have nothing to do with Russia!

This morning I was thinking about how when people are in boats or planes and are in danger, they shout “Mayday Mayday” into their microphones for help.  I started to wonder how that got started….  sounds like a little bit of wiki searching is about to happen!