Jeremy Herndon

The Incredible Hulk

jeremy — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 22:28:48 +0000

A couple of my friends that I haven’t seen in a few months came over yesterday afternoon, bringing food and the DVD of the most recent “Hulk” movie. We pigged out on pizza, sub sandwiches and soda and watched the flick while eating popcorn. Not the healthiest meal, I know, but we don’t do that very often and we had a lot of fun joking around while we ate.

It was a rainy day, so none of us felt guilty about the leaves that needed to be raked, we just hunkered down inside and had ourselves a day off - a very well deserved day off at that!

Shout out to our folks in the military

jeremy — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 22:52:47 +0000

I wanted to take a minute to honor all of the men and women who are serving, or have served in our military. I cannot even imagine for a moment how difficult it must be for you to have been separated from your loved ones and put into battle. You have my appreciation and respect forever. And for those of you who are currently serving in a battle area, my prayers are that you return home safely and soon. You are not forgotten.

Did you vote?

jeremy — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 10:46:21 +0000

I sure hope you voted yesterday, because if not, it’s too late now! I voted, I had to stand in line for an hour behind an elderly woman who had put on about a gallon of cologne - boy did she stink to high heaven! I don’t know what it is with old people and their sense of smell going bad, but I sure wish they’d lay off the cologne! Some of these scents are really overpowering and give me a headache, and that is what happened with me yesterday; by the time I got to vote I had a migraine headache and I ended up having to go home and take the day off of work. I’m feeling better today thank goodness.

Saw a Smart car on the road today

jeremy — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 20:57:18 +0000

I’ve seen pictures of the Smart car on the Internet, and on television, but not “for real” until today. I was waiting to pull out of a parking lot and a large tractor trailer passed me by, followed by a Smart car. What a huge difference in size that was! It was a cute little thing, a bright red, but it brought back memories of many years ago when I saw the results of a little car being in an accident with a tractor trailer and it made me shudder. I don’t know how safe I would feel in such a little car!

Younger brother

jeremy — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 20:52:27 +0000

My younger brother is coming to spend the weekend with me this weekend. In a short while I have to leave to go pick him up at the Metro rail station. He took the bus from New Jersey; it only costs him about $15 to take a bus, and he brings his laptop and works on his laptop or reads on the bus ride down. It will be good to see him again; we haven’t seen each other in a few months. I asked him if there was anything special he wanted to do while he was here - any sightseeing, etc, and he said no, he just wanted to relax and hang out. So that will be the plan of action, we’ll just hang out, play some games, watch some flicks and stay up late and sleep late as much as possible. I’m looking forward to the visit!

Eating out tonight

jeremy — Sun, 19 Oct 2008 00:40:47 +0000

Tonight a group of my friends got together to eat dinner at our local Applebee’s restaurant. That’s one of our favorite places to eat, the food is always good and it is always reasonably priced. The only thing that we don’t like about it is that it has a “smoking” section. We always ask for a seat in the “non-smoking” section but we still smell the cigarette smoke, which is just plain and simple nauseating to smell. Never mind the health consequences of smoking and second-hand smoke, it just plain and simply smells nasty! We were surprised that last night they allowed smoking; there are times when I’ve gone there and it was all non-smoking. Maybe that’s only on Sundays. Next time we think we want to go there, I’m going to call them and ask them when they have smoke-free dining.

Parthenogenesis

jeremy — Sun, 12 Oct 2008 20:11:18 +0000

Do you know what parthenogenesis means? I didn’t until I read it in an article that was talking about how a second case of asexual reproduction in sharks was documented this week in Virginia Beach. It seems that a female blacktip shark, having been the only kind of her species in an aquarium, gave birth without benefit of having a mate. The article also mentions that last year a hammerhead shark in a zoo in Omaha also gave birth without benefit of mating.

I found this to be quite fascinating! I knew that there were some animals that could do that, but not sharks! Considering how many people are afraid of sharks, this could be very scary news to some people. I would not be surprised to see this story on the Colbert Report’s threat down sometime soon!

Bridge collapses

jeremy — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 00:00:17 +0000

I was shocked to hear on the local news that a bridge in Gainesville VA that is part of the I-66 highway collapsed over part of RT 29 today shortly after noon. The bridge that collapsed was undergoing demolition, so the roadways were cleared (thank goodness) but I did not find that out immediately. I was very upset when I first heard the news because I have a lot of friends and family that drive over and under that bridge! So I was freaking out; wondering if anyone I knew got hurt. When I finally found out that the roads had been closed and only one person was hurt (minor injuries, one of the work crew) I felt quite relieved, but a little bit angry that such an accident could have happened in the first place. I know that it is going to be investigated - I hope that they can figure out a way to prevent a situation like that from happening again!

Bail-out rejected in the house

jeremy — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 19:56:38 +0000

I don’t understand a lot about what’s going on in the financial disaster news, but I was under the impression that this big bail-out issue was a pretty important issue, and that if the bill did not pass we were going to have a serious economy collapse that would wreak havoc with almost everyones life. So I was very surprised to hear that the House of Representatives rejected the big Bail-Out. I hope this is not a result of people holding out for some pork-barrel favors! I don’t know what the other options are to the bail out package, so I sure hope that someone comes up with a solution that prevents us all from losing our jobs, and homes, and starving to death! This is pretty serious stuff!

Financial crisis in the US

jeremy — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 09:47:25 +0000

Well history certainly is in the making, there is no doubt about that. Big financial corporations are failing left and right. I have no pity on those corporations, but I do understand that if they don’t get some kind of rescue from the US the economy is going to be in even deeper trouble than it is - and that is hard for me to imagine.

I have a few friends who claim “so what, it doesn’t effect me, so I don’t care.” They don’t understand that as the problems trickle down they could lose their jobs and not be able to find new ones. Without their jobs they will be unable to pay their bills, might lose their homes and starve to death. So this is a much bigger deal than a lot of the “common folks” really understand. I know I’m nervous about my own job!