<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24275900</id><updated>2012-02-17T12:50:19.380-05:00</updated><category term='Take the Moment'/><category term='In Memory'/><category term='Lessons in Life'/><category term='Sports'/><category term='Turning Point'/><category term='Revelation'/><category term='Friendship'/><category term='self awareness'/><category term='Everyday stuff'/><title type='text'>Open your EYE</title><subtitle type='html'></subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ajbendana.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24275900/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ajbendana.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><link rel='next' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24275900/posts/default?start-index=101&amp;max-results=100'/><author><name>DobyD</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_J1TkqroESG0/S7UWZ4QkuuI/AAAAAAAAAXw/8Wu9eHWh-J8/S220/Ostrich.PNG'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>175</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24275900.post-585377270108417769</id><published>2010-12-10T15:24:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2010-12-10T15:24:42.305-05:00</updated><title type='text'>the unheard wordz</title><content type='html'>I speak, you think. Wether with words or with body, I speak, you think.&amp;nbsp;A square peg, around hole, your favorite puzzle, your ultimate goal. I speak, you think. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Requests unfullfilled, or just postponed? Scratching my head is just the norm. Feelings of confusions created by diffrent times ticking away at the same time. Is it I who am confused or is it your confusion who confuses us all. My&amp;nbsp;round thoughts&amp;nbsp;swirling around your square hole. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I dont know what you want, i dont know what you expect, i dont know what to say, i dont know what to do, i dont know much. I just know that I can feel, I can feel the words come out of my mouth, hit your wallz and bounce back into me. I wonder how it will all turn out. I know there are lessons in this, I know that I have begun to learn a few. How many more are coming, how many more will do?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I know that you have taught me about my wallz, the ones most dont see, the ones that I dont see, the ones i chose not to see. I great revelation, a powerful one. Your love broke them down like a steady breeze reshapes sand dunes.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/24275900-585377270108417769?l=ajbendana.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ajbendana.blogspot.com/feeds/585377270108417769/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=24275900&amp;postID=585377270108417769' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24275900/posts/default/585377270108417769'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24275900/posts/default/585377270108417769'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ajbendana.blogspot.com/2010/12/unheard-wordz.html' title='the unheard wordz'/><author><name>DobyD</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_J1TkqroESG0/S7UWZ4QkuuI/AAAAAAAAAXw/8Wu9eHWh-J8/S220/Ostrich.PNG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24275900.post-694539379376353005</id><published>2010-10-13T11:33:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2010-10-13T11:33:47.181-04:00</updated><title type='text'>A more positive view of what is unfolding before us.</title><content type='html'>&lt;embed allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" id="VideoPlayback" src="http://video.google.com/googleplayer.swf?docid=-4951448613711060908&amp;amp;hl=en&amp;amp;fs=true" style="height: 326px; width: 400px;" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="color: lime;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Check your facts people, these posts are just to introduce you to the ideas. Its up to you to look it up for yourselves and decide whats going on.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/24275900-694539379376353005?l=ajbendana.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ajbendana.blogspot.com/feeds/694539379376353005/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=24275900&amp;postID=694539379376353005' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24275900/posts/default/694539379376353005'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24275900/posts/default/694539379376353005'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ajbendana.blogspot.com/2010/10/check-your-facts-people-these-posts-are.html' title='A more positive view of what is unfolding before us.'/><author><name>DobyD</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_J1TkqroESG0/S7UWZ4QkuuI/AAAAAAAAAXw/8Wu9eHWh-J8/S220/Ostrich.PNG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24275900.post-4346047404787776143</id><published>2010-10-13T11:21:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2010-10-13T11:21:24.077-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Obama and the big facade</title><content type='html'>&lt;object height="385" width="640"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/eAaQNACwaLw?fs=1&amp;amp;hl=en_US"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/eAaQNACwaLw?fs=1&amp;amp;hl=en_US" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="640" height="385"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="color: lime;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Check your facts people, these posts are just to introduce you to the ideas. Its up to you to look it up for yourselves and decide whats going on. &lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/24275900-4346047404787776143?l=ajbendana.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ajbendana.blogspot.com/feeds/4346047404787776143/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=24275900&amp;postID=4346047404787776143' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24275900/posts/default/4346047404787776143'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24275900/posts/default/4346047404787776143'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ajbendana.blogspot.com/2010/10/obama-and-big-facade.html' title='Obama and the big facade'/><author><name>DobyD</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_J1TkqroESG0/S7UWZ4QkuuI/AAAAAAAAAXw/8Wu9eHWh-J8/S220/Ostrich.PNG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24275900.post-4504277943776948791</id><published>2010-04-01T18:18:00.002-04:00</published><updated>2010-04-01T18:21:29.912-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Meet my Cannon T1i.</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_J1TkqroESG0/S7UY6_30AgI/AAAAAAAAAYQ/sXVPZlLw31E/s1600/Cannon+T1i.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="320" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_J1TkqroESG0/S7UY6_30AgI/AAAAAAAAAYQ/sXVPZlLw31E/s320/Cannon+T1i.PNG" width="314" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;Lets just say that I love craigslists when used&amp;nbsp; (locally) right. It was a steal of a deal and it included a telephoto which I love using. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I noticed I started liking photography when I started taking alot of pics with my Sony Ericsson 2.0 megapixel phone cam. I got some great shots with it and wanted to do more but was limited by my equipment.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Then Luis and Desire got a Cannon Rebel XS last Xmas and brought it on our trip to Nicaragua.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Since then I have been hooked on these SLR s and their picture quality in comparison with the quick shot cameras.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I have had the camera for almost a month now and I will be displaying my photos on flicker. Stop by and check it out.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/24275900-4504277943776948791?l=ajbendana.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ajbendana.blogspot.com/feeds/4504277943776948791/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=24275900&amp;postID=4504277943776948791' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24275900/posts/default/4504277943776948791'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24275900/posts/default/4504277943776948791'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ajbendana.blogspot.com/2010/04/i-got-my-camera.html' title='Meet my Cannon T1i.'/><author><name>DobyD</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_J1TkqroESG0/S7UWZ4QkuuI/AAAAAAAAAXw/8Wu9eHWh-J8/S220/Ostrich.PNG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_J1TkqroESG0/S7UY6_30AgI/AAAAAAAAAYQ/sXVPZlLw31E/s72-c/Cannon+T1i.PNG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24275900.post-130244769578330101</id><published>2010-02-16T09:11:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2010-02-16T09:11:07.565-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Tell your representative: Save the Florida panther - Environment Florida</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://www.environmentflorida.org/action/preservation/save-panther-rep?id4=ES"&gt;Tell your representative: Save the Florida panther - Environment Florida&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/24275900-130244769578330101?l=ajbendana.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' href='http://www.environmentflorida.org/action/preservation/save-panther-rep?id4=ES' title='Tell your representative: Save the Florida panther - Environment Florida'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ajbendana.blogspot.com/feeds/130244769578330101/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=24275900&amp;postID=130244769578330101' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24275900/posts/default/130244769578330101'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24275900/posts/default/130244769578330101'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ajbendana.blogspot.com/2010/02/tell-your-representative-save-florida.html' title='Tell your representative: Save the Florida panther - Environment Florida'/><author><name>DobyD</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_J1TkqroESG0/S7UWZ4QkuuI/AAAAAAAAAXw/8Wu9eHWh-J8/S220/Ostrich.PNG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24275900.post-7015181418644296701</id><published>2010-01-15T13:06:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2010-01-15T13:06:23.072-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Its My Birthday and I will Blog if I want to.</title><content type='html'>Gosh, that was a queer title but who gives a shit. Its all gravy right? I am going to Key West the Whole weekend, its gonna be warm after the numbing weather we have been experiencing here in south florida. I know that anyone up north will laugh if they ever read this but shit, we are used to having a cold front for a weekend at most, its been almost two and a half weeks of constant cold! &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Its warming now and the southern most point in the US is the prime spot to be at this weekend. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hooray Me and who ever is blessed to go with me. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I will be thanking life and blessing my brothers and sisters in Hati. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Blessings for all.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/24275900-7015181418644296701?l=ajbendana.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ajbendana.blogspot.com/feeds/7015181418644296701/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=24275900&amp;postID=7015181418644296701' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24275900/posts/default/7015181418644296701'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24275900/posts/default/7015181418644296701'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ajbendana.blogspot.com/2010/01/its-my-birthday-and-i-will-blog-if-i.html' title='Its My Birthday and I will Blog if I want to.'/><author><name>DobyD</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_J1TkqroESG0/S7UWZ4QkuuI/AAAAAAAAAXw/8Wu9eHWh-J8/S220/Ostrich.PNG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24275900.post-8349743275223953973</id><published>2010-01-06T15:47:00.011-05:00</published><updated>2010-01-06T16:26:15.368-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Crazy Whirlwind of a Year</title><content type='html'>2009, what a year it was huh?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;It was the fastest a year has passed since I have been alive but thats been the case for all years after I turned 21.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;It was a year riddled with concerts. Most notably and in no particular order I went to see;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;Pearl Jam&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Dave Mathews&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Incubus&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;311&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;State Radio&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Kings of Leon&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Third Eye Blind&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Journey&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Heart&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Jane's Addiction&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Nine Ninch Nails&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Cold Play&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;I think thats it but I might be wrong, which brings me to my next point. Show up early for the opening act cause they might just make it big and you could be missing out on a great performance. i.e. Kings of Leon.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Lets just say that concerts are one of my new favorite things to attend. Why, you ask? &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Simply becuase everyone is gathered there for one reason, to have fun and enjoy music with other music fans. Its a great atmosphere to hang with old friends or meet and greet new friends.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2009 was also a lazy year for me. I was not working for a good 8 1/2 months! Its not what you think thought. I dedicated it to school and really enjoyed not being part of the work force. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Dec 2009 brought that work drought to an end with a Job in Info Tech at UM Health Systems Medical IT Department. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Jobs not half bad exceept for when the crazies, a.k.a. stuck up doctors and nurses flip on you for no particular reason. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2009 Growing Pains:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Even though I am aproching my 28th birthday of which I am still in disbelief, but I digress. &lt;br /&gt;Yes, I am still going through growing pains. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Learning to deal with my siblings and close friends relationships:&lt;/strong&gt; Its a bit frustrating because people tend to indulge themselves in thier new relationships and get infatuated with thier new significant others. I have never subscribed to that train of thought. I feel there needs to be some sort of balance and you need to hang out with your friends atleast once every one to two weeks. More than that and you get to know that old addage. "Out of sight, out of mind."&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Learning to taper my expectations of others:&lt;/strong&gt; I consider myself to be an Idealist and Idealist tend to end up as synics becuase thier expectations of the world and the people around them are never met exactly as they are expected to be. &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Learning new alternatives on how to comunicate my thoughts: &lt;/strong&gt;Most of the conflicts I have with other people stem from my inability to translate the thoughts in my head into cohernt words. Therefore I spend most of the time explaining how what I said to them was misunderstood and getting frustrated, annoyed and all the crud that comes with those feelings.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Learning how to guage my own strength, both physically, mentally and emotionally:&lt;/strong&gt; A wise friend once told me that I dont know my own strenght, and by strenght she meant the impact I have on the lives of the people around me. &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Learning how to use my power of will and intention Tebow style in order to acheive my aspirations:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Learning to let go of the past and future and just be in the present:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/24275900-8349743275223953973?l=ajbendana.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ajbendana.blogspot.com/feeds/8349743275223953973/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=24275900&amp;postID=8349743275223953973' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24275900/posts/default/8349743275223953973'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24275900/posts/default/8349743275223953973'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ajbendana.blogspot.com/2010/01/crazy-whirlwind-of-year.html' title='Crazy Whirlwind of a Year'/><author><name>DobyD</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_J1TkqroESG0/S7UWZ4QkuuI/AAAAAAAAAXw/8Wu9eHWh-J8/S220/Ostrich.PNG'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24275900.post-8184582314097330897</id><published>2009-01-20T14:34:00.001-05:00</published><updated>2009-01-20T14:53:11.555-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Superman REALLY does wear Tim Tebow PJ's</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_J1TkqroESG0/SXYngsfcIUI/AAAAAAAAAWA/34g9QKNNhlw/s1600-h/supergator.gif"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 187px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_J1TkqroESG0/SXYngsfcIUI/AAAAAAAAAWA/34g9QKNNhlw/s400/supergator.gif" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5293461854672920898" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;After another amazing demonstration of pure determination, Tim Tebow and the Florida Gators proved once again to be the cream of the crop in college football. Superman (Tebow)imposed his super will on the Sooners of Oklahoma and led his team to victory in what was the biggest game of his collegiate career. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It was not a very encourage able start as he threw two interceptions in the first half of play after have only thrown 2 (int's) all season. However the game was still up for grabs as the teams headed into the half all tied up at 7-7. It was not what the masses expected out of these two powerhouse offenses, but the defenses were in full display.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The second half seemed to bring new life to the Gators, who had struggled on the ground. The offensive line came alive and opened up a gaping hole on the first play of the half to spring star wide out Percy Harvin for 52 yard scamper up the right side of the field. From their the running game led by super Timmay pounded away at the Sooners the rest of the night and set up the play action jump pass to wide out David Nelson to seal the championship. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I enjoyed the game immensely from my nose bleed section 421 row 20 seat. Though I did not sit all night and lost my voice for a few days after that. All in a days work for a loyal fan and you better believe it was worth it!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Now that its been a few weeks we find out the Tim Tebow is coming back along with the entire defense. We lose Percy Harvin but he deserves to go to the NFL. I smell a REPEAT a coming!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/24275900-8184582314097330897?l=ajbendana.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ajbendana.blogspot.com/feeds/8184582314097330897/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=24275900&amp;postID=8184582314097330897' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24275900/posts/default/8184582314097330897'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24275900/posts/default/8184582314097330897'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ajbendana.blogspot.com/2009/01/superman-really-does-wear-tim-pjs.html' title='Superman REALLY does wear Tim Tebow PJ&apos;s'/><author><name>DobyD</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_J1TkqroESG0/S7UWZ4QkuuI/AAAAAAAAAXw/8Wu9eHWh-J8/S220/Ostrich.PNG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_J1TkqroESG0/SXYngsfcIUI/AAAAAAAAAWA/34g9QKNNhlw/s72-c/supergator.gif' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24275900.post-2636761571194085123</id><published>2009-01-05T23:17:00.002-05:00</published><updated>2009-01-05T23:35:56.014-05:00</updated><title type='text'>BCS Championship Game</title><content type='html'>&lt;p&gt;I cant say that I am a fan of the Bowl Championship Series, but I cant argue with it this year. As you all know my beloved Gators are set to square off against the Sooners of Oklahoma this Thursday night, but the best part about it is that I will be there live and in the flesh!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Thats right boys and girls, we (a few others that rock) are going to be rocking that staduim with a few thousand of my Gator brothers and sisters. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;I am already prepared to be voiceless for Friday but if we win it will all have been worthwhile. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Aldos keys to Game and other such Notes:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;ol&gt;&lt;li&gt;Win the field position battle (special teams)&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Win the turnover battle&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Play aggresive Defense&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Run it down their throats Tebow!!!&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;When in doubt follow rule #4&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ol&gt;&lt;p&gt;As you may have noticed I have place the top priority on special teams. I believe with have the best special teams in the country and it could be on display on GAME DAY. So I give you BAM!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_J1TkqroESG0/SWLfa6_PuHI/AAAAAAAAAU8/U8OGa7AvQzE/s1600-h/brandon+james.jpeg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 192px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_J1TkqroESG0/SWLfa6_PuHI/AAAAAAAAAU8/U8OGa7AvQzE/s400/brandon+james.jpeg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5288034566090504306" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;PICTURE OF GATOR SPECIAL TEAMS HERE^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/24275900-2636761571194085123?l=ajbendana.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ajbendana.blogspot.com/feeds/2636761571194085123/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=24275900&amp;postID=2636761571194085123' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24275900/posts/default/2636761571194085123'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24275900/posts/default/2636761571194085123'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ajbendana.blogspot.com/2009/01/bcs-championship-game.html' title='BCS Championship Game'/><author><name>DobyD</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_J1TkqroESG0/S7UWZ4QkuuI/AAAAAAAAAXw/8Wu9eHWh-J8/S220/Ostrich.PNG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_J1TkqroESG0/SWLfa6_PuHI/AAAAAAAAAU8/U8OGa7AvQzE/s72-c/brandon+james.jpeg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24275900.post-6694986715220252813</id><published>2008-12-18T11:01:00.002-05:00</published><updated>2008-12-18T11:41:23.761-05:00</updated><title type='text'>For all the Marbles.</title><content type='html'>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_J1TkqroESG0/SUp0baprE9I/AAAAAAAAAUw/AkZdxiS5SZI/s1600-h/percy+2.jpeg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 383px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_J1TkqroESG0/SUp0baprE9I/AAAAAAAAAUw/AkZdxiS5SZI/s400/percy+2.jpeg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5281161527404729298" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Gators are back in the title game for the second time in three years. Led by the best overall player in college football Timmaaayy Tebow, the Gators look to put an end to all the doubts about their toughness brought upon by their one point loss earlier in the season to the Ole Miss.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Percy &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0"&gt;Harvin&lt;/span&gt; who missed the SEC championship game against previously unbeaten Alabama, is well ahead of schedule in his rehab of a high ankle sprain suffered the week before at Florida State.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The Game on Jan. 8th is about two weeks away. The time off will help the Gators get healthy and we have all seen what the University of Florida coaching staff can do with a little time to game plan. If not just ask Ohio State two seasons ago.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Best part is that I will be attending this national championship game and rooting on my Gators. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Its a shame that two of their key players are out for the game. You never want to get an advantage due to injury. We want them at full strength vs our full strength for a no holds bar championship. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;P.S. My Brothers Birthday is also on Jan 8th so the Gators have a chance to give him a great birthday win from the state of Florida.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/24275900-6694986715220252813?l=ajbendana.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ajbendana.blogspot.com/feeds/6694986715220252813/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=24275900&amp;postID=6694986715220252813' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24275900/posts/default/6694986715220252813'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24275900/posts/default/6694986715220252813'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ajbendana.blogspot.com/2008/12/for-all-marbles.html' title='For all the Marbles.'/><author><name>DobyD</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_J1TkqroESG0/S7UWZ4QkuuI/AAAAAAAAAXw/8Wu9eHWh-J8/S220/Ostrich.PNG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_J1TkqroESG0/SUp0baprE9I/AAAAAAAAAUw/AkZdxiS5SZI/s72-c/percy+2.jpeg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24275900.post-3084864913936872577</id><published>2008-11-27T13:14:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2008-11-27T13:15:30.279-05:00</updated><title type='text'>A little understanding</title><content type='html'>Its alwasy an experience having my old friend come to town. She is a really cool gal, with a good head on her shoulder and a good heart. Yet every time she comes down and hangs out we tend to fall into the same duldrum topics and conversations. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;She tends to get very emotional and nostalgic. She tends to portray that she does not know what is going on at times and just gets flustered. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I sympathize with her but the bottom line is that she just vents her ass off.  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I usually just sit there and listen and add my two cents here and there but this past time I decided to test her. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I throw out thoughts and jabs to feel her out and like usual go a bit overboard but I think that works to our advantage. I say that becuase she seems to get her priorities straight when she is put in the theoretical corner. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I assume it helps her see the bigger picture just like our last new years encounter helped me to see. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Some times I try to explain my actions but I only end up backtracking due to misunderstandings so I rather just write my thoughts out and let her be. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I will just leave with a message for her. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"Welcome to the Club."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;PS. What club is that you peeps ask? The people that know what they want club. &lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/24275900-3084864913936872577?l=ajbendana.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ajbendana.blogspot.com/feeds/3084864913936872577/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=24275900&amp;postID=3084864913936872577' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24275900/posts/default/3084864913936872577'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24275900/posts/default/3084864913936872577'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ajbendana.blogspot.com/2008/11/little-understanding.html' title='A little understanding'/><author><name>DobyD</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_J1TkqroESG0/S7UWZ4QkuuI/AAAAAAAAAXw/8Wu9eHWh-J8/S220/Ostrich.PNG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24275900.post-7007403510804576164</id><published>2008-10-27T09:01:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2008-10-27T09:01:08.381-04:00</updated><title type='text'>A new continue</title><content type='html'>&lt;div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'&gt;So its been a while; who am I kidding its been a lot more than a while. I was used to atleast putting up one or two posts a month and I think its been over two since my last addition. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Its been crazy to say the least. I say crazy cuase i dont know a better way to describe life in general. The are so many ups and downs and in betweens that make it so difficult to explain it exactly. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Alot of new experiences, thats for sure, new friends as well.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;One thing I will elaborate on is my ankle, I had the misfortue of twisting both of them last monday night playing flag football with the boys. the first one was not so bad, but the second one was a killer. I could not walk on it for about 3 days and  I still have a noticable limp. Its getting alot better  now though. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Thats all I got for now, I need to go show and head out to work. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This is a special week for me and I need to hit the ground running. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Good luck to all you voters out there, hope we make the right choice or choices. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Much love &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/24275900-7007403510804576164?l=ajbendana.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ajbendana.blogspot.com/feeds/7007403510804576164/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=24275900&amp;postID=7007403510804576164' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24275900/posts/default/7007403510804576164'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24275900/posts/default/7007403510804576164'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ajbendana.blogspot.com/2008/10/new-continue.html' title='A new continue'/><author><name>DobyD</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_J1TkqroESG0/S7UWZ4QkuuI/AAAAAAAAAXw/8Wu9eHWh-J8/S220/Ostrich.PNG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24275900.post-6185173204341754385</id><published>2008-07-20T23:37:00.002-04:00</published><updated>2008-07-20T23:42:29.147-04:00</updated><title type='text'>I knew, I know</title><content type='html'>I knew everything that has ever happened.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;All the good, all the bad.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I know everything that will happen next.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;All the good, all the bad.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I knew and I know because I chose&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;and I still choose.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/24275900-6185173204341754385?l=ajbendana.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ajbendana.blogspot.com/feeds/6185173204341754385/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=24275900&amp;postID=6185173204341754385' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24275900/posts/default/6185173204341754385'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24275900/posts/default/6185173204341754385'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ajbendana.blogspot.com/2008/07/i-knew-i-know.html' title='I knew, I know'/><author><name>DobyD</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_J1TkqroESG0/S7UWZ4QkuuI/AAAAAAAAAXw/8Wu9eHWh-J8/S220/Ostrich.PNG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24275900.post-1883092318782095767</id><published>2008-07-15T11:01:00.003-04:00</published><updated>2008-07-15T11:08:39.756-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Experience the best teacher.</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_J1TkqroESG0/SHy9N0MiuXI/AAAAAAAAAPM/nE58_YluDrE/s1600-h/lang_newbeginnings.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5223257712890132850" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_J1TkqroESG0/SHy9N0MiuXI/AAAAAAAAAPM/nE58_YluDrE/s400/lang_newbeginnings.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Never be afraid of the unknown, no matter how daunting it may seem. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;If you really observe and experience the feeling, you realize its all mental. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;New things feel so awkward, so I can see how we fall into that mental pitfall so effortlessly. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;The great thing is that when you brave the unfounded awkwardness, and breakout of your shell. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;PS. Shout out to the Laqueefa for doing her part in Gambia.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/24275900-1883092318782095767?l=ajbendana.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ajbendana.blogspot.com/feeds/1883092318782095767/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=24275900&amp;postID=1883092318782095767' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24275900/posts/default/1883092318782095767'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24275900/posts/default/1883092318782095767'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ajbendana.blogspot.com/2008/07/experience-best-teacher.html' title='Experience the best teacher.'/><author><name>DobyD</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_J1TkqroESG0/S7UWZ4QkuuI/AAAAAAAAAXw/8Wu9eHWh-J8/S220/Ostrich.PNG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp3.blogger.com/_J1TkqroESG0/SHy9N0MiuXI/AAAAAAAAAPM/nE58_YluDrE/s72-c/lang_newbeginnings.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24275900.post-6457573781786631990</id><published>2008-04-23T23:31:00.003-04:00</published><updated>2008-04-23T23:36:49.303-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Photos part 2</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="center"&gt;South Beach Life Guard Tower&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_J1TkqroESG0/SA__0jmKFBI/AAAAAAAAAO0/nwHOd5_92Cw/s1600-h/best+life+guard+tower.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5192650173755036690" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_J1TkqroESG0/SA__0jmKFBI/AAAAAAAAAO0/nwHOd5_92Cw/s400/best+life+guard+tower.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Miami Nights&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_J1TkqroESG0/SA__0zmKFCI/AAAAAAAAAO8/D7U5rTldl3M/s1600-h/Best+limo.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5192650178050004002" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_J1TkqroESG0/SA__0zmKFCI/AAAAAAAAAO8/D7U5rTldl3M/s400/Best+limo.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Danger Dan&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_J1TkqroESG0/SA__dzmKE_I/AAAAAAAAAOk/qFGljy6pCmo/s1600-h/Best+Dandodo+Solarized.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5192649782913012722" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_J1TkqroESG0/SA__dzmKE_I/AAAAAAAAAOk/qFGljy6pCmo/s400/Best+Dandodo+Solarized.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Gainsville on Game Day&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_J1TkqroESG0/SA__fjmKFAI/AAAAAAAAAOs/-GntTy8dF8g/s1600-h/best+gameday.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5192649812977783810" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_J1TkqroESG0/SA__fjmKFAI/AAAAAAAAAOs/-GntTy8dF8g/s400/best+gameday.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/24275900-6457573781786631990?l=ajbendana.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ajbendana.blogspot.com/feeds/6457573781786631990/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=24275900&amp;postID=6457573781786631990' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24275900/posts/default/6457573781786631990'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24275900/posts/default/6457573781786631990'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ajbendana.blogspot.com/2008/04/photos-part-2.html' title='Photos part 2'/><author><name>DobyD</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_J1TkqroESG0/S7UWZ4QkuuI/AAAAAAAAAXw/8Wu9eHWh-J8/S220/Ostrich.PNG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_J1TkqroESG0/SA__0jmKFBI/AAAAAAAAAO0/nwHOd5_92Cw/s72-c/best+life+guard+tower.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24275900.post-1944592854142111430</id><published>2008-04-22T18:43:00.006-04:00</published><updated>2008-04-23T23:40:43.945-04:00</updated><title type='text'>The best Photos I have taken.</title><content type='html'>I was never one to carry a camera due to the fact that I dislike pockets that weigh me down. Just carrying my cellphone was enough of an annoyance, but then I got my Sony/Ericsson W810i. It has a great 2.0 mega pixel camera built in that takes pretty good shots. Anyhow, I finally had a camera I was willing to tote and started taking pictures like a mad photographer man. I just live it up and when something out of the ordinary catches my eye I capture it on my phone. Now some are not very good but those are not the ones I am going to share with you today. The following are what I consider my best work. Enjoy.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;PS. Each post will contain 4 pics.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;This is 1 of how ever many&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mid Day Sun&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_J1TkqroESG0/SA52VzmKE6I/AAAAAAAAAOI/rM398ROy9MM/s1600-h/Best2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5192217537404343202" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_J1TkqroESG0/SA52VzmKE6I/AAAAAAAAAOI/rM398ROy9MM/s400/Best2.jpg" border="0" /&gt; &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Sunset Cloud Formation 1&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_J1TkqroESG0/SA52XDmKE7I/AAAAAAAAAOQ/WrehN8rqKZk/s1600-h/best+cloud+formation.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5192217558879179698" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_J1TkqroESG0/SA52XDmKE7I/AAAAAAAAAOQ/WrehN8rqKZk/s400/best+cloud+formation.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Dusk&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_J1TkqroESG0/SA5xCzmKE4I/AAAAAAAAAN8/HDnzsCm59tc/s1600-h/Camera+Phone+Pics+458.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5192211713428689794" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_J1TkqroESG0/SA5xCzmKE4I/AAAAAAAAAN8/HDnzsCm59tc/s400/Camera+Phone+Pics+458.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Miami's Water Ways&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_J1TkqroESG0/SA5wWDmKE3I/AAAAAAAAAN0/KD9859NVlNg/s1600-h/Camera+Phone+Pics+030.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5192210944629543794" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_J1TkqroESG0/SA5wWDmKE3I/AAAAAAAAAN0/KD9859NVlNg/s400/Camera+Phone+Pics+030.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/24275900-1944592854142111430?l=ajbendana.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ajbendana.blogspot.com/feeds/1944592854142111430/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=24275900&amp;postID=1944592854142111430' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24275900/posts/default/1944592854142111430'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24275900/posts/default/1944592854142111430'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ajbendana.blogspot.com/2008/04/best-photos-i-have-taken.html' title='The best Photos I have taken.'/><author><name>DobyD</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_J1TkqroESG0/S7UWZ4QkuuI/AAAAAAAAAXw/8Wu9eHWh-J8/S220/Ostrich.PNG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_J1TkqroESG0/SA52VzmKE6I/AAAAAAAAAOI/rM398ROy9MM/s72-c/Best2.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24275900.post-4017779745240058645</id><published>2008-04-21T20:42:00.003-04:00</published><updated>2008-04-21T21:08:25.248-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Hello world!</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_J1TkqroESG0/SA014TmKE1I/AAAAAAAAANk/FZuLfMlfm94/s1600-h/Comedy+face.gif"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5191865186877313874" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_J1TkqroESG0/SA014TmKE1I/AAAAAAAAANk/FZuLfMlfm94/s400/Comedy+face.gif" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;I am back for a bit, been pretty busy with school lately but I cant lie. Its been awsome going back to school and not haveing to work for the man. Its so liberating, so enjoyable to just go to school, study hard, play hard, and drink harder. I dont think that makes sense but who cares. I feel great. Post if you feel me. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/24275900-4017779745240058645?l=ajbendana.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ajbendana.blogspot.com/feeds/4017779745240058645/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=24275900&amp;postID=4017779745240058645' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24275900/posts/default/4017779745240058645'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24275900/posts/default/4017779745240058645'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ajbendana.blogspot.com/2008/04/hello-world.html' title='Hello world!'/><author><name>DobyD</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_J1TkqroESG0/S7UWZ4QkuuI/AAAAAAAAAXw/8Wu9eHWh-J8/S220/Ostrich.PNG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_J1TkqroESG0/SA014TmKE1I/AAAAAAAAANk/FZuLfMlfm94/s72-c/Comedy+face.gif' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24275900.post-1566061843579132217</id><published>2008-03-20T12:34:00.002-04:00</published><updated>2008-03-20T12:36:50.539-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Forget the curve ball, life threw me the gyro ball</title><content type='html'>I had it all set up. I started school this coming &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0"&gt;Monday&lt;/span&gt; and suddenly, just when I had learned to hit the curve, life throws the gyro. Incredible how this stuff happens. Good thing I currently subscribe to the things happen for a reason saying &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1"&gt;cause&lt;/span&gt; if not I would be stressing. &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2"&gt;That's&lt;/span&gt; all i got. Peace to all my peoples of the world.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/24275900-1566061843579132217?l=ajbendana.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ajbendana.blogspot.com/feeds/1566061843579132217/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=24275900&amp;postID=1566061843579132217' title='23 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24275900/posts/default/1566061843579132217'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24275900/posts/default/1566061843579132217'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ajbendana.blogspot.com/2008/03/forget-curve-ball-life-threw-me-gyro.html' title='Forget the curve ball, life threw me the gyro ball'/><author><name>DobyD</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_J1TkqroESG0/S7UWZ4QkuuI/AAAAAAAAAXw/8Wu9eHWh-J8/S220/Ostrich.PNG'/></author><thr:total>23</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24275900.post-5926017665146187930</id><published>2008-03-10T13:30:00.002-04:00</published><updated>2008-03-10T14:08:57.043-04:00</updated><title type='text'>First Loves: Hate them, love them or both.</title><content type='html'>First loves are great. They are great joys, they are great pains, they are great teachers of the relationships between us and our significant others. The important question is CAN we view them as the lessons that they are but in the end it all becomes crystal clear. Think of all the people who could tell you of their first experience of love and loss and how painful it was.  Only to have them tell you that in retrospect it turned out for the best.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; Feelings, especially the intimate kind have the ability to make us feel as if nothing else matters anymore, like if the world is upside down. We don't have perspective during these situations and there for cant gauge how unreasonable we are being. Most people tend to adopt a victims approach to the situation and compound the problem. Their heart aches, their mind is rattled and confused and out of feeling of not knowing whats to come rises a burning rage that consumes the person if left to fester. That is no way to live.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The advise to all whom wish to read it is to learn to see the lesson that is to be learned from any situations, especially these types of situations. Don't harden your heart, and take a victims approach, it will only eat you up inside. Learn to forgive and let go and be the best person you can  be.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This post is dedicated to Sandro.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/24275900-5926017665146187930?l=ajbendana.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ajbendana.blogspot.com/feeds/5926017665146187930/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=24275900&amp;postID=5926017665146187930' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24275900/posts/default/5926017665146187930'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24275900/posts/default/5926017665146187930'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ajbendana.blogspot.com/2008/03/first-loves-hate-them-love-them-or-both.html' title='First Loves: Hate them, love them or both.'/><author><name>DobyD</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_J1TkqroESG0/S7UWZ4QkuuI/AAAAAAAAAXw/8Wu9eHWh-J8/S220/Ostrich.PNG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24275900.post-330101352308106332</id><published>2008-03-05T21:25:00.004-05:00</published><updated>2008-03-05T21:53:28.873-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Miami or bust</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_J1TkqroESG0/R89cRAYihGI/AAAAAAAAANc/4wLzKaPs13o/s1600-h/Miami+beach.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5174455944102446178" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_J1TkqroESG0/R89cRAYihGI/AAAAAAAAANc/4wLzKaPs13o/s400/Miami+beach.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Lately the thoughts of getting out of Miami have run rampant in my mind. Don't know if its me wanting a new start or just thinking that that's what I want. The truth is I love this city. Yes the traffic is horrible the people are unfriendly but its home. I do want to explore the country, let alone the world but there will be a time and a place for that. Whats so interesting is that everyone around the nation thinks this place is just what you see in the movies or on a vacation pamphlet. While we do have great weather year round and one of the best night scenes around, its the diverse culture that makes this place great. I can go around the block and its like if I am on the its a small world ride at Disney World with the addition of hundreds of little Cuban rafts floating around . Its also one of the few places in the nation where you don't have to speak a word of English to get by, and a little Spanglish goes along way.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;The food hear is second to none, we got it all, Latin, Oriental, Middle Eastern, European, and I Australian if you count Outback. Watch some Australian read this and freak. Personally I love the Nicaraguan food, if your ever down hear go eat at what we call "Fritanga." Order some carne asada, maduros fritos, gallo pinto, and a drink called Cacao. Just cant go wrong with that order. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Now on to my favorite part, the women. OH MY EFF-ING GOD! In terms of looks, there is no finer place than the M-I-A. Trying not to generalize to much here but most are a bit on the snobbish side. NOTICE I said MOST ladies. They are gorgeous here and it seems that there are endless swarms of them. Just go to a mall, the universities, anywhere and you will be hard pressed not to find a knockout. I had to put this section in at the risk of sounding shallow. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Case in point I love my home. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Now&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/24275900-330101352308106332?l=ajbendana.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ajbendana.blogspot.com/feeds/330101352308106332/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=24275900&amp;postID=330101352308106332' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24275900/posts/default/330101352308106332'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24275900/posts/default/330101352308106332'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ajbendana.blogspot.com/2008/03/miami-or-bust.html' title='Miami or bust'/><author><name>DobyD</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_J1TkqroESG0/S7UWZ4QkuuI/AAAAAAAAAXw/8Wu9eHWh-J8/S220/Ostrich.PNG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_J1TkqroESG0/R89cRAYihGI/AAAAAAAAANc/4wLzKaPs13o/s72-c/Miami+beach.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24275900.post-2416382133477313653</id><published>2008-03-04T01:18:00.003-05:00</published><updated>2008-03-04T01:42:34.097-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Twists and Turns</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_J1TkqroESG0/R8zt48KWfSI/AAAAAAAAANU/g7C8K6d_9H0/s1600-h/branches.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5173771634419858722" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_J1TkqroESG0/R8zt48KWfSI/AAAAAAAAANU/g7C8K6d_9H0/s400/branches.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Its been pleasant lately, no worry, no fuss, no job, no boss. Quite peaceful, boring and uneventful would be the right description. Sometimes we have no idea what we get ourselves into and we tend to worry about the uncertainty. It does not seem so bad if you have the right frame of mind though. Its actually becomes fun to not know whats next. This subject was touched upon on the last post but since its all that's happened since then, it makes sense to elaborate more on it. Cant help but notice that in these unknown situations in life we tend to try and script our next few moves. It hardly ever works out, at least not how we saw it drawn out in our minds. The monkey wrench gets thrown in the gears a couple times and we are confronted by new circumstances and challenges. At this moment in time I figured I would be heading out west but the wind has started to blows in a new direction. Its comfortingly (don't know if this is a word but w/e) weird how things come together to make situations happen. Seems as if it all starts out with an innocent thought brought to life by the will of the person who thought it. Willed into the situations and scenarios that are needed for the end result to take place. Those who master the recognition of these subtle events seem have the ability to shape their lives much more effectively than the rest. Its almost like being able to realize that what you're witnessing is the future unfold. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/24275900-2416382133477313653?l=ajbendana.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ajbendana.blogspot.com/feeds/2416382133477313653/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=24275900&amp;postID=2416382133477313653' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24275900/posts/default/2416382133477313653'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24275900/posts/default/2416382133477313653'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ajbendana.blogspot.com/2008/03/twists-and-turns.html' title='Twists and Turns'/><author><name>DobyD</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_J1TkqroESG0/S7UWZ4QkuuI/AAAAAAAAAXw/8Wu9eHWh-J8/S220/Ostrich.PNG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_J1TkqroESG0/R8zt48KWfSI/AAAAAAAAANU/g7C8K6d_9H0/s72-c/branches.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24275900.post-4876204581237262149</id><published>2008-02-19T18:51:00.003-05:00</published><updated>2008-02-19T19:05:33.095-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Leaps of faith</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_J1TkqroESG0/R7turQ3nSZI/AAAAAAAAANM/FNQNopiGGhQ/s1600-h/worth+the+treck.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5168846686879435154" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_J1TkqroESG0/R7turQ3nSZI/AAAAAAAAANM/FNQNopiGGhQ/s400/worth+the+treck.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Its been a wild last four weeks. It feels so much longer though. A change is on the horizon, its presence strongly felt. Today might not be the day; tommorrow either. The self has had its face splashed with cold water and is quickly waking up. What tommorrow holds is anyones guess. What once used to be a scary thought is now exciting. New faces, new places, are just as fresh as this mornings dew. Its crazy to think of what happend and what is waiting to happen. A feeling of fear streaks through and is replaced by a sense of knowing that the path is being followed. The knowing that the intensions are pure and just. That happines is worth the pain of a bad day;That nothing comes easy and without risk.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/24275900-4876204581237262149?l=ajbendana.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ajbendana.blogspot.com/feeds/4876204581237262149/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=24275900&amp;postID=4876204581237262149' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24275900/posts/default/4876204581237262149'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24275900/posts/default/4876204581237262149'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ajbendana.blogspot.com/2008/02/thank-you.html' title='Leaps of faith'/><author><name>DobyD</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_J1TkqroESG0/S7UWZ4QkuuI/AAAAAAAAAXw/8Wu9eHWh-J8/S220/Ostrich.PNG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_J1TkqroESG0/R7turQ3nSZI/AAAAAAAAANM/FNQNopiGGhQ/s72-c/worth+the+treck.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24275900.post-2893644985532395860</id><published>2008-01-21T15:37:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2008-01-21T15:55:16.246-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Is this gonna matter in a year.</title><content type='html'>Great idea, what they don't tell you is that there will be days when someone throws the monkey wrench into the cogs of your in balance machine and throws you off course.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The good news is that with a little perspective you can realize that its just a pebble sized situation on road of life. Now how do we go about getting that perspective? In our times of anxiety where the overall feeling is that the world as we know it is about to end we just need to think of one simple question. Is this going to matter a year from now?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This simple little question gives you a different perspective from the apocalyptic one running through our minds. You kind of settle down and realize that what was once considered a huge problem becomes an after thought.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/24275900-2893644985532395860?l=ajbendana.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ajbendana.blogspot.com/feeds/2893644985532395860/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=24275900&amp;postID=2893644985532395860' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24275900/posts/default/2893644985532395860'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24275900/posts/default/2893644985532395860'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ajbendana.blogspot.com/2008/01/is-this-gonna-matter-in-year.html' title='Is this gonna matter in a year.'/><author><name>DobyD</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_J1TkqroESG0/S7UWZ4QkuuI/AAAAAAAAAXw/8Wu9eHWh-J8/S220/Ostrich.PNG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24275900.post-4766942456757763456</id><published>2007-12-19T10:49:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2008-01-09T15:48:52.577-05:00</updated><title type='text'>I wonder why these quotes fall on deaf ears.</title><content type='html'>&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;        &lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:Palatino Linotype;" &gt;        What a great advantage for leaders that the people         do not think&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:Palatino Linotype;font-size:130%;"  &gt;         - Adolf Hitler&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;        &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt; &lt;/p&gt;        &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;        &lt;span style=";font-family:Palatino Linotype;font-size:130%;"  &gt;        &lt;span lang="EN-GB"&gt;&lt;i&gt;The most powerful tool in the         hand of the oppressor is the mind of the oppressed&lt;/i&gt;         - Stephen Biko (murdered South African activist)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;        &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt; &lt;/p&gt;        &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;        &lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:Palatino Linotype;" &gt;        The elementary principle of all deception is to          attract the enemy’s attention to what you wish          him to see &amp;amp; to distract his attention from what          you so not wish him to see&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:Palatino Linotype;font-size:130%;"  &gt;          - General Sir Archibald Wavel&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in;"&gt;I guess the last quote answers my question.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/24275900-4766942456757763456?l=ajbendana.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ajbendana.blogspot.com/feeds/4766942456757763456/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=24275900&amp;postID=4766942456757763456' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24275900/posts/default/4766942456757763456'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24275900/posts/default/4766942456757763456'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ajbendana.blogspot.com/2007/12/i-wonder-why-these-quotes-fall-on-deaf.html' title='I wonder why these quotes fall on deaf ears.'/><author><name>DobyD</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_J1TkqroESG0/S7UWZ4QkuuI/AAAAAAAAAXw/8Wu9eHWh-J8/S220/Ostrich.PNG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24275900.post-3811711532838080934</id><published>2007-12-12T15:54:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-12-12T16:02:44.082-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Quotation on display</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;Just look at us. Everything is backwards. Everything is upside down. Doctors destroy health, lawyers destroy justice, universities destroy knowledge, governments destroy freedom, the major media destroy information, religion destroys spirituality. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Dr. Michael Ellner&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:-1;"&gt;Certified Hypnotherapist&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/24275900-3811711532838080934?l=ajbendana.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ajbendana.blogspot.com/feeds/3811711532838080934/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=24275900&amp;postID=3811711532838080934' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24275900/posts/default/3811711532838080934'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24275900/posts/default/3811711532838080934'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ajbendana.blogspot.com/2007/12/quotation-on-display.html' title='Quotation on display'/><author><name>DobyD</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_J1TkqroESG0/S7UWZ4QkuuI/AAAAAAAAAXw/8Wu9eHWh-J8/S220/Ostrich.PNG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24275900.post-7109299551354421982</id><published>2007-12-12T14:51:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-12-12T15:42:12.376-05:00</updated><title type='text'>A message to TURK</title><content type='html'>WHY DO I THINK, SAY, AND ACT HOW I DO YOU ASK?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;INDEPENDENCE...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;FREEING OTHERS FROM THE SLAVERY TO MY EMPTINESS AND NEED.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;WHEN I AM NO LONGER EMOTIONALLY AFFECTED, NEGATIVELY OR POSITIVELY BY WHAT ANOTHER DOES, SAYS, &amp;amp; THINKS ABOUT ME.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;DO YOU STILL REMEMBER WHAT I SAID THAT DAY WE ROLLED IN MY ROOM? I STILL HOLD THAT SENTIMENT TO BE TRUE. ALWAYS WILL.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/24275900-7109299551354421982?l=ajbendana.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ajbendana.blogspot.com/feeds/7109299551354421982/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=24275900&amp;postID=7109299551354421982' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24275900/posts/default/7109299551354421982'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24275900/posts/default/7109299551354421982'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ajbendana.blogspot.com/2007/12/message-to-turk.html' title='A message to TURK'/><author><name>DobyD</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_J1TkqroESG0/S7UWZ4QkuuI/AAAAAAAAAXw/8Wu9eHWh-J8/S220/Ostrich.PNG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24275900.post-5372384108549057634</id><published>2007-12-11T14:25:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-12-11T15:42:45.479-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Dont want to be part of the herd, THEN WISE UP!</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_J1TkqroESG0/R170yhFC7BI/AAAAAAAAAMw/j3BUl3Hdeeo/s1600-h/police_state.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_J1TkqroESG0/R170yhFC7BI/AAAAAAAAAMw/j3BUl3Hdeeo/s400/police_state.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5142816973213854738" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;"&gt;Deliberately create problems, and then offer only those solutions which result in the expansion of government. Create conditions so frightful at home and abroad that the abandonment of personal liberties and national sovereignty will appear as a reasonable price for a return to domestic tranquility and world peace.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span&gt;G. Edward Griffin.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;This is no joke folks, your country is becoming or already is a &lt;a href="http://www.playahata.com/pages/eyecalone/thephantommenace.htm"&gt;police state&lt;/a&gt;. They (The Hidden Elite) are setting this country up for a big fall. They stay hidden cause if we find out who they are they would be ass raped! If you take a gander at the Constitution and read through it again, you will notice that the government we have in power now is exactly what the constitution was created to prevent against.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Don't give in to fear tactics, they are just used to set you up so you can give up your rights and liberties. More info &lt;a href="http://www.playahata.com/pages/eyecalone/thephantommenace.htm"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/24275900-5372384108549057634?l=ajbendana.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ajbendana.blogspot.com/feeds/5372384108549057634/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=24275900&amp;postID=5372384108549057634' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24275900/posts/default/5372384108549057634'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24275900/posts/default/5372384108549057634'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ajbendana.blogspot.com/2007/12/we-are-acting-like-dumb-cows-being.html' title='Dont want to be part of the herd, THEN WISE UP!'/><author><name>DobyD</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_J1TkqroESG0/S7UWZ4QkuuI/AAAAAAAAAXw/8Wu9eHWh-J8/S220/Ostrich.PNG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_J1TkqroESG0/R170yhFC7BI/AAAAAAAAAMw/j3BUl3Hdeeo/s72-c/police_state.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24275900.post-5837056400147478811</id><published>2007-12-09T02:38:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-12-09T02:41:45.953-05:00</updated><title type='text'>TEBOW WINS THE HEISMAN</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_J1TkqroESG0/R1ubzhFC7AI/AAAAAAAAAMk/3s4YOidxbFI/s1600-h/legendoftimmyt.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_J1TkqroESG0/R1ubzhFC7AI/AAAAAAAAAMk/3s4YOidxbFI/s400/legendoftimmyt.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5141874708928719874" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/24275900-5837056400147478811?l=ajbendana.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ajbendana.blogspot.com/feeds/5837056400147478811/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=24275900&amp;postID=5837056400147478811' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24275900/posts/default/5837056400147478811'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24275900/posts/default/5837056400147478811'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ajbendana.blogspot.com/2007/12/tebow-wins-hiesman.html' title='TEBOW WINS THE HEISMAN'/><author><name>DobyD</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_J1TkqroESG0/S7UWZ4QkuuI/AAAAAAAAAXw/8Wu9eHWh-J8/S220/Ostrich.PNG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_J1TkqroESG0/R1ubzhFC7AI/AAAAAAAAAMk/3s4YOidxbFI/s72-c/legendoftimmyt.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24275900.post-1253714034199994531</id><published>2007-12-07T15:25:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-12-07T15:25:32.959-05:00</updated><title type='text'>A sobotage from within.</title><content type='html'>&lt;div&gt;Check out this video ladies and &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0"&gt;gents&lt;/span&gt;, boys and girls. Its entitled &lt;em&gt;&lt;a href="http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-8545585184878490822"&gt;2012 The Future of Mankind.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/em&gt; I am not a conspiracy theorist but this stuff is mind blowing and in plain sight. Its incredible how disinformation has crippled us and made us skeptical of anything and anyone who questions &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1"&gt;today's&lt;/span&gt; authority. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/24275900-1253714034199994531?l=ajbendana.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ajbendana.blogspot.com/feeds/1253714034199994531/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=24275900&amp;postID=1253714034199994531' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24275900/posts/default/1253714034199994531'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24275900/posts/default/1253714034199994531'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ajbendana.blogspot.com/2007/12/sobotage-from-within.html' title='A sobotage from within.'/><author><name>DobyD</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_J1TkqroESG0/S7UWZ4QkuuI/AAAAAAAAAXw/8Wu9eHWh-J8/S220/Ostrich.PNG'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24275900.post-4627818546361530115</id><published>2007-12-07T00:07:00.001-05:00</published><updated>2007-12-07T15:26:06.237-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Heisman Ballot</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_J1TkqroESG0/R1jWh2OKPsI/AAAAAAAAAMU/kZQbVdZfRnI/s1600-h/tim-tebow-girl.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_J1TkqroESG0/R1jWh2OKPsI/AAAAAAAAAMU/kZQbVdZfRnI/s320/tim-tebow-girl.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5141094851622354626" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1st: Tim Tebow - QB - FLORIDA (with help from his PR lady)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2nd: Darren Mcfadden - RB - ARKANSAS&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;3rd: Dennis Dixon - QB - OREGON&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;4th: Colt Brennan - QB - HAWAII&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;UPDATE: Tebow won the Davey O’Brien and Maxwell Awards. Tebow was also selected the quarterback for the Walter Camp All-American Team.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/24275900-4627818546361530115?l=ajbendana.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ajbendana.blogspot.com/feeds/4627818546361530115/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=24275900&amp;postID=4627818546361530115' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24275900/posts/default/4627818546361530115'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24275900/posts/default/4627818546361530115'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ajbendana.blogspot.com/2007/12/heisman-ballot.html' title='Heisman Ballot'/><author><name>DobyD</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_J1TkqroESG0/S7UWZ4QkuuI/AAAAAAAAAXw/8Wu9eHWh-J8/S220/Ostrich.PNG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_J1TkqroESG0/R1jWh2OKPsI/AAAAAAAAAMU/kZQbVdZfRnI/s72-c/tim-tebow-girl.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24275900.post-5618311456964959582</id><published>2007-12-04T12:28:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-12-04T14:05:14.480-05:00</updated><title type='text'>BCS stands for  Bullshit Computer System</title><content type='html'>Wow!!! How does Ohio State end up in the BCS championship game, who have they played? What have they done? I will tell you what they have done, they lost to Illinois! The Zooker has that team playing well and is turning that program around but come on man. This system is flawed! why does division II &amp;amp; III have a playoff system but division I does not? I cant stand this system of letting sports writers and mediots (most of which have never played a down of college ball) be responsible for choosing who deserves to play for the tittle. Its ridiculous to have anything but a playoff system where the only thing dictating who goes to the championship game are the teams themselves and how they play. Give them the playoffs these teams want and deserve.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/24275900-5618311456964959582?l=ajbendana.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ajbendana.blogspot.com/feeds/5618311456964959582/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=24275900&amp;postID=5618311456964959582' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24275900/posts/default/5618311456964959582'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24275900/posts/default/5618311456964959582'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ajbendana.blogspot.com/2007/12/bcs-stands-for-bullshit-computer-system.html' title='BCS stands for  Bullshit Computer System'/><author><name>DobyD</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_J1TkqroESG0/S7UWZ4QkuuI/AAAAAAAAAXw/8Wu9eHWh-J8/S220/Ostrich.PNG'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24275900.post-1636023467468671281</id><published>2007-11-28T14:26:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-11-28T16:28:22.307-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Ancient Wisdom</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_J1TkqroESG0/R03c14EAUTI/AAAAAAAAAMI/OHIJ7e_MjxI/s1600-h/chichen2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_J1TkqroESG0/R03c14EAUTI/AAAAAAAAAMI/OHIJ7e_MjxI/s320/chichen2.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5138005568039964978" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I love learning about ancient great civilizations. I love reading about their culture, history, sciences, spirituality, pretty much everything. I have always wondered how they became so advanced in their mastery of time, astrology, mathematics, physics and so on. The same goes for the civilizations in Egypt, India and the Orient.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I believe these people had insights long forgotten by the modern world. Ancient teachings that would benefit all aspects of modern life. Sadly all or most information like this is seen as     bullarcky.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Haven't you always felt like there is something more to life, than the usual adult routine. Yes we work hard to provide for ourselves and our families but is that all our life is meant for. Work, Play, Eat, Sleep, Repeat. I don't know about you guys but I don't want my life to sound like the instructions on the back of a shampoo bottle.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Keeping the mind open to all things available to me is a big thing for me. I hope to continue my search for knowledge and wisdom that is rooted deep within. Its a feeling that stimulates me to keep at it, find it, my purpose. Its close i can feel it.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_J1TkqroESG0/R03biYEAUSI/AAAAAAAAAMA/KAAqjNmHrMQ/s1600-h/searching.gif"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_J1TkqroESG0/R03biYEAUSI/AAAAAAAAAMA/KAAqjNmHrMQ/s200/searching.gif" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5138004133520888098" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/24275900-1636023467468671281?l=ajbendana.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ajbendana.blogspot.com/feeds/1636023467468671281/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=24275900&amp;postID=1636023467468671281' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24275900/posts/default/1636023467468671281'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24275900/posts/default/1636023467468671281'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ajbendana.blogspot.com/2007/11/ancient-wisdom.html' title='Ancient Wisdom'/><author><name>DobyD</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_J1TkqroESG0/S7UWZ4QkuuI/AAAAAAAAAXw/8Wu9eHWh-J8/S220/Ostrich.PNG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_J1TkqroESG0/R03c14EAUTI/AAAAAAAAAMI/OHIJ7e_MjxI/s72-c/chichen2.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24275900.post-8138565186224111964</id><published>2007-10-22T16:49:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-10-22T17:11:24.114-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Is a wedding all its cracked up to be?</title><content type='html'>I don't think so, personally I lean towards the side that states that most people get hitch just cause they feel the pressures of society.  I have  finished  college,  got a good job, whats next? Oh, its marriage. Are you kidding me!?!?! That might be the stupidest ever.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I know you guys are wondering why this topic, well its because i just came from a wedding  this weekend. It was my childhood friends time to tie the knot. He meets all the requirements about. Graduated, has a promising career (Police Officer), why not get married is what he made me feel was his reasoning. I made sure to ask him if he was sure with his decision as all good friends MUST do for their fellow gender. You don't want them committing a silly "I am an adult now so I can make these types of decisions" mistake. In his case, I wish him the best, he married his high school sweet heart, Awwwww, I know, clinches sicken me too. She is a good girl, smart, attractive, funny, sarcastic as they come. They definitely have their shit together, they just purchased a house and are all set to move in very soon. I am guessing  they will throw a huge house warming party but I digress.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Back to the point, It just feels as if society has taken a larger role in peoples life, setting standards and peer pressuring people to take the next step. I am assuming that this is one of the main reasons why we have such a high divorce rate. People don't put enough thought into this type of life altering decision. It scares the bleep out of me, especially after the wedding. I walked into that church and my stomach turned inside out. I was thinking " I cant do this and I am just the best man!" Imagine the GROOM! That some crazy as bleep man!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I want companionship with a wonderful woman, I want someone to spend and share my soul with but I also want to go out, live, be single, mingle, travel, be reckless at times, have no one to hold me back from doing what ever comes up. No thinking, " Man, I want to go to (fill in the place) but I don't know if (fill in the name)is going to mind." Believe it or not, that thought is a holding you back thought. Bottom line is if your not ready to completely commit to something don't commit.  Simple as that.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/24275900-8138565186224111964?l=ajbendana.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ajbendana.blogspot.com/feeds/8138565186224111964/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=24275900&amp;postID=8138565186224111964' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24275900/posts/default/8138565186224111964'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24275900/posts/default/8138565186224111964'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ajbendana.blogspot.com/2007/10/is-wedding-all-its-cracked-up-to-be.html' title='Is a wedding all its cracked up to be?'/><author><name>DobyD</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_J1TkqroESG0/S7UWZ4QkuuI/AAAAAAAAAXw/8Wu9eHWh-J8/S220/Ostrich.PNG'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24275900.post-5072690111448239448</id><published>2007-09-26T12:02:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-09-26T12:07:34.810-04:00</updated><title type='text'>I know this from personal experiences.</title><content type='html'>Seed for Though:&lt;br /&gt;We become whole, healed, by making the invisible visible and bringing the darkness to light. From the time we were children, we have been conditioned to put forth our best foot and face forward. We have been shamed when our behavior was less than perfect or we seemed greedy, arrogant, or otherwise naughty. Everything "not good" got shoved into the cellar of the personal unconscious. Jung called it the shadow. It is the alter ego that plays Hyde to our Jekyll. Hedge all you want, but it's in there, stuffed with everything that you deny, hate and disavow. The shadow is your evil twin.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/24275900-5072690111448239448?l=ajbendana.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ajbendana.blogspot.com/feeds/5072690111448239448/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=24275900&amp;postID=5072690111448239448' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24275900/posts/default/5072690111448239448'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24275900/posts/default/5072690111448239448'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ajbendana.blogspot.com/2007/09/i-know-this-from-personal-experiences.html' title='I know this from personal experiences.'/><author><name>DobyD</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_J1TkqroESG0/S7UWZ4QkuuI/AAAAAAAAAXw/8Wu9eHWh-J8/S220/Ostrich.PNG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24275900.post-8294339347503916652</id><published>2007-09-25T15:29:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-09-25T15:45:02.890-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Romo Rocks</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_J1TkqroESG0/Rvlh0hrPmBI/AAAAAAAAALo/4dLplFcPGHo/s1600-h/Romo+Rocks.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_J1TkqroESG0/Rvlh0hrPmBI/AAAAAAAAALo/4dLplFcPGHo/s400/Romo+Rocks.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5114226406876747794" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;I know its very early in the season but the Cowboys have me as happy as a fat kid in an candy shop. Tony Romo is the REAL deal! He was Phenomenal! I thought something horrible was gonna happen on each and every play and every time he amazingly continued to make plays. Its like he has spider sense in the pocket. The so called experts swore that he could not keep up his level of play against the mighty Chicago DEF and they were right, until the beginning of the second quarter. Dallas realized that they needed to soften up that Bears defensive front and started to pass like crazy. It seemed as if Mike Martz had taken control of the offense and started to shred the Bear secondary. Romo ability to buy time and escape pressure combined with skill of pro bowlers  Jason Witten and TO was sight to behold. The defense also stepped up big time with 3 turnovers and 3 sacks. Then Marion the Barbarian as TO calls him just hammered it shut with his 54 yard run in the fourth quarter. He punched it in one play later.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Cowboys are doing great, but they need to take these next to games very seriously against two of the NFL's worst teams so far if they want to be ready for the real test come week 6 when the Patriots come to town. I cant wait!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/24275900-8294339347503916652?l=ajbendana.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ajbendana.blogspot.com/feeds/8294339347503916652/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=24275900&amp;postID=8294339347503916652' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24275900/posts/default/8294339347503916652'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24275900/posts/default/8294339347503916652'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ajbendana.blogspot.com/2007/09/romo-rocks.html' title='Romo Rocks'/><author><name>DobyD</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_J1TkqroESG0/S7UWZ4QkuuI/AAAAAAAAAXw/8Wu9eHWh-J8/S220/Ostrich.PNG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_J1TkqroESG0/Rvlh0hrPmBI/AAAAAAAAALo/4dLplFcPGHo/s72-c/Romo+Rocks.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24275900.post-1776746142576659822</id><published>2007-09-20T12:19:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-09-20T13:58:36.711-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Strong Emotions</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_J1TkqroESG0/RvKt8vTTFMI/AAAAAAAAALg/XaEgoKMoets/s1600-h/Powerful+Emotions.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_J1TkqroESG0/RvKt8vTTFMI/AAAAAAAAALg/XaEgoKMoets/s400/Powerful+Emotions.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5112339786020099266" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Yesterday I was overwhelmed with thoughts and worries about the near future. The feelings came on strong and randomly. I was just watching TV and boom it hit me like a ton of bricks. Normally I   don't worry about the future and try to live in the present, but yesterday was different, the effects were strong, and very unnerving.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I get those feelings every once in a while, but cant figure out what the right course of action could be.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;Is it a sign, trying to tell me that I need to act now on something? (i.e.) Career move.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Is it an impulse I am receiving from the cosmos, trying to mess with my harmony?&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Is it telling me that I should go back to school for my Masters?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;It could be anything and thats the problem.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;I am leaning towards bullet point numbers 1 &amp;amp;3 but I am just not sure. Its not like if I am on a one way street here as far as careers are concerned, i have plenty of main streets to choose from to get to the destination or destiny, but I find myself taking the backstreet's for some reason. That reason being that its just less hectic.&lt;br /&gt;I don't like that reason though, I don't like it one bit, but I don't think I will change my route until I find type of work that I can really see myself enjoying.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I feel as if there is another being in me trying to breakout.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/24275900-1776746142576659822?l=ajbendana.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ajbendana.blogspot.com/feeds/1776746142576659822/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=24275900&amp;postID=1776746142576659822' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24275900/posts/default/1776746142576659822'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24275900/posts/default/1776746142576659822'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ajbendana.blogspot.com/2007/09/strong-emotions.html' title='Strong Emotions'/><author><name>DobyD</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_J1TkqroESG0/S7UWZ4QkuuI/AAAAAAAAAXw/8Wu9eHWh-J8/S220/Ostrich.PNG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_J1TkqroESG0/RvKt8vTTFMI/AAAAAAAAALg/XaEgoKMoets/s72-c/Powerful+Emotions.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24275900.post-6510967295433430921</id><published>2007-09-18T13:47:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2007-09-18T13:51:14.807-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Florida vs Tennessee highlights</title><content type='html'>&lt;div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;object height="350" width="425"&gt;&lt;param value="http://youtube.com/v/QNcDzD0Rgkg" name="movie"&gt;&lt;embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://youtube.com/v/QNcDzD0Rgkg" height="350" width="425"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Check out my boy Percy Harvin and the gang.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/24275900-6510967295433430921?l=ajbendana.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ajbendana.blogspot.com/feeds/6510967295433430921/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=24275900&amp;postID=6510967295433430921' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24275900/posts/default/6510967295433430921'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24275900/posts/default/6510967295433430921'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ajbendana.blogspot.com/2007/09/florida-vs-tennessee-highlights.html' title='Florida vs Tennessee highlights'/><author><name>DobyD</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_J1TkqroESG0/S7UWZ4QkuuI/AAAAAAAAAXw/8Wu9eHWh-J8/S220/Ostrich.PNG'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24275900.post-8955108135540128111</id><published>2007-09-17T10:58:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-09-17T14:20:39.779-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Its Timmy Time!!!</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_J1TkqroESG0/Ru6aKxUSeXI/AAAAAAAAAK4/VVYHhW1mr5I/s1600-h/Tebow+Time.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_J1TkqroESG0/Ru6aKxUSeXI/AAAAAAAAAK4/VVYHhW1mr5I/s400/Tebow+Time.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5111192136939895154" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0"&gt;Tebow&lt;/span&gt; is the man. One fan goes on to say that "&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1"&gt;Tebow's&lt;/span&gt; football helmet wears Tim &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2"&gt;Tebow&lt;/span&gt; for protection." It may seem like an &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3"&gt;absurd&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4"&gt;comment&lt;/span&gt; but you would think twice once you what this kid play. Here are some more funny quotes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia,times new roman,times,serif;"&gt;Tim &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5"&gt;Tebow&lt;/span&gt; and Chuck Norris once squared off. The fight lasted for 4 years, then &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6"&gt;Tebow&lt;/span&gt; realized that he was actually in a fight. He immediately stiff armed Chuck Norris upon this realization. This event is referred to as the "Big Bang"&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Tim &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7"&gt;Tebow&lt;/span&gt; saved the manatees. Then he stiff armed them back on the &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8"&gt;endangered&lt;/span&gt; species list so they &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_9"&gt;wouldnt&lt;/span&gt; get cocky.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_10"&gt;SuperMan&lt;/span&gt; wears Tim &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_11"&gt;Tebow&lt;/span&gt; Pajamas. &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Tim &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_12"&gt;Tebow&lt;/span&gt; counted to infinity - twice.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;When the &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_13"&gt;Boogeyman&lt;/span&gt; goes to sleep every night he checks his closet for Tim &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_14"&gt;Tebow&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Tim &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_15"&gt;Tebow&lt;/span&gt; built a time machine and went back in time to stop the JFK assassination. As Oswald shot, &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_16"&gt;Tebow&lt;/span&gt; met all three bullets with his stiff arm, deflecting them. JFK's head exploded out of sheer amazement.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Tim &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_17"&gt;Tebow&lt;/span&gt; can touch MC Hammer.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;At birth, Tim &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_18"&gt;Tebow&lt;/span&gt; came out arms first so he could stiff arm the doctor in the face. Nobody delivers Tim &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_19"&gt;Tebow&lt;/span&gt; but Tim &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_20"&gt;Tebow&lt;/span&gt;. &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;This one is one of my favorites&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Tim &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_21"&gt;Tebow&lt;/span&gt; frequently donates blood to the Red Cross. Just never his own.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia,times new roman,times,serif;"&gt;Tim &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_22"&gt;Tebow&lt;/span&gt; sleeps with a night light. Not because Tim &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_23"&gt;Tebow&lt;/span&gt; is afraid of the dark, but the dark is afraid of Tim &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_24"&gt;Tebow&lt;/span&gt;. &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;This one too.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_25"&gt;Thats&lt;/span&gt; just a sampling of whats out their as far as &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_26"&gt;Tebow&lt;/span&gt; Folklore.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/24275900-8955108135540128111?l=ajbendana.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ajbendana.blogspot.com/feeds/8955108135540128111/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=24275900&amp;postID=8955108135540128111' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24275900/posts/default/8955108135540128111'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24275900/posts/default/8955108135540128111'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ajbendana.blogspot.com/2007/09/its-timmy-time.html' title='Its Timmy Time!!!'/><author><name>DobyD</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_J1TkqroESG0/S7UWZ4QkuuI/AAAAAAAAAXw/8Wu9eHWh-J8/S220/Ostrich.PNG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_J1TkqroESG0/Ru6aKxUSeXI/AAAAAAAAAK4/VVYHhW1mr5I/s72-c/Tebow+Time.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24275900.post-6661871971169875809</id><published>2007-09-13T23:48:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-09-17T14:16:45.801-04:00</updated><title type='text'>----------------------------------------------</title><content type='html'>&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Confirmation&lt;/b&gt; is a &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rite" title="Rite"&gt;rite&lt;/a&gt; in many &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian" title="Christian"&gt;Christian&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian_Church" title="Christian Church"&gt;Churches&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_Catholic_Church" title="Roman Catholic Church"&gt;Roman Catholics&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eastern_Orthodox" title="Eastern Orthodox"&gt;Eastern Orthodox&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oriental_Orthodox" title="Oriental Orthodox"&gt;Oriental Orthodox&lt;/a&gt; Churches, and &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anglicans" title="Anglicans"&gt;Anglicans&lt;/a&gt;, view it as a &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sacrament" title="Sacrament"&gt;sacrament&lt;/a&gt;, which in the East is conferred on infants immediately after &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baptism" title="Baptism"&gt;baptism&lt;/a&gt;, but in the West is usually administered later at the &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Age_of_reason_%28canon_law%29" title="Age of reason (canon law)"&gt;age of reason&lt;/a&gt; or in early adolescence.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;According to &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canon_law_%28Catholic_Church%29" title="Canon law (Catholic Church)"&gt;canon law&lt;/a&gt; for the &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latin_Rite" title="Latin Rite"&gt;Latin or Western&lt;/a&gt; Catholic Church, the &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sacraments_of_the_Catholic_Church" title="Sacraments of the Catholic Church"&gt;sacrament&lt;/a&gt; is to be conferred on the faithful at about the &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Age_of_reason_%28canon_law%29" title="Age of reason (canon law)"&gt;age of discretion&lt;/a&gt; (generally taken to be about 7), unless the &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Episcopal_Conference" title="Episcopal Conference"&gt;Episcopal Conference&lt;/a&gt; has decided on a different age, or there is danger of death or, in the judgement of the minister, a grave reason suggests otherwise (canon 891 of the Code of Canon Law). The number of Episcopal Conferences that have set a later age, usually between 14 and 16 years of age, has diminished in recent decades, and even in those countries a bishop may not refuse to confer the sacrament on younger children who request it, provided they are baptized, have the use of reason, are suitably instructed and are properly disposed and able to renew the baptismal promises (letter of the &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Congregation_for_Divine_Worship_and_the_Discipline_of_the_Sacraments" title="Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments"&gt;Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments&lt;/a&gt; published in its 1999 bulletin, pages 537-540).&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0"&gt;Thats&lt;/span&gt; a reference from &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1"&gt;wikipedia&lt;/span&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I just had a argument with my mother about the sacrament of confirmation. My view is that I was forced into it at the age of 16 in middle school. Confirmation to me is a personal choice to be faithful to that religion or belief system. But my mother saw it as her duty to force it upon me and that if she had a chance to do it all over again she would force me again. This pissed me off &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2"&gt;allot&lt;/span&gt; to be completely honest. I tried to explain my view on the subject and my belief that all religious belief systems are subject to interpretation. She had non of it. She admitted that she had doubts about things but that she gave no mind to them out of fear of being unfaithful. I find that to be cowardly. Its fine for anyone to believe things if people feel that resonates in them as truth, but to have doubt and still believe blindly out of fear really bothers me, especially if it affects me. It just does not register with me. I am the type of person that takes what they hear and really asks myself if that holds any truth to me. It has nothing to do with any man-run institutions preaching. Fuck that, and for all those who think I am being disrespectful to your faith, well I apologize but fuck that. I will not sit here and listen to someone or some institution tell me whats the right and wrong way to think and believe.  That not to say that I don't think that the moral values taught by the church are wrong. I think they are good teachings. I just don't feel like I have to have guidelines on how to give thanks to our creator. I don't think that I have to feel inferior to the son of God Jesus. I feel as if he was metaphorically speaking the confident Quarterback=(Enlightened son of God) of a disheartened team=(The People) that came in against the best team in the league and provided the motivation and confidence that we could all achieve victory = (enlightenment just like he had.)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Whats wrong with that. I am not making myself out to be on par with God! All I am saying that if God were a brown paper bag, I would be a piece of that paper bag that was riped off, Jesus would be a bigger piece of that paper bag, meaning that he was at a higher level of consciousness, but in the end when the paper bang was repaired we would all be one and the same. Part of all that is. No superior, no inferior, just one with all that is.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/24275900-6661871971169875809?l=ajbendana.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ajbendana.blogspot.com/feeds/6661871971169875809/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=24275900&amp;postID=6661871971169875809' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24275900/posts/default/6661871971169875809'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24275900/posts/default/6661871971169875809'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ajbendana.blogspot.com/2007/09/hypocracy.html' title='----------------------------------------------'/><author><name>DobyD</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_J1TkqroESG0/S7UWZ4QkuuI/AAAAAAAAAXw/8Wu9eHWh-J8/S220/Ostrich.PNG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24275900.post-1591411155503792315</id><published>2007-09-13T14:26:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-09-13T14:39:42.715-04:00</updated><title type='text'>I STARTED LMAO</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_J1TkqroESG0/RumBThUSeVI/AAAAAAAAAKo/DC_hPSAOjHU/s1600-h/Lee+Corso+is+aPenis.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_J1TkqroESG0/RumBThUSeVI/AAAAAAAAAKo/DC_hPSAOjHU/s400/Lee+Corso+is+aPenis.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5109757424589502802" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;WHEN I SAW THIS PIC...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;LOL!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I WONDER WHAT THEY WILL COME UP WITH NEXT.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;OH WAIT, THEY CAME UP WITH THIS CLASSIC.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Not that its a big deal since EVERY team in the league does it. I just think they don't do it as blatantly as  Mr. Belichick and his minions. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_J1TkqroESG0/RumCqBUSeWI/AAAAAAAAAKw/isxMqlxA-Ps/s1600-h/Blatent+Bellicheck.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_J1TkqroESG0/RumCqBUSeWI/AAAAAAAAAKw/isxMqlxA-Ps/s400/Blatent+Bellicheck.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5109758910648187234" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/24275900-1591411155503792315?l=ajbendana.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ajbendana.blogspot.com/feeds/1591411155503792315/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=24275900&amp;postID=1591411155503792315' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24275900/posts/default/1591411155503792315'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24275900/posts/default/1591411155503792315'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ajbendana.blogspot.com/2007/09/i-started-lmao.html' title='I STARTED LMAO'/><author><name>DobyD</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_J1TkqroESG0/S7UWZ4QkuuI/AAAAAAAAAXw/8Wu9eHWh-J8/S220/Ostrich.PNG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_J1TkqroESG0/RumBThUSeVI/AAAAAAAAAKo/DC_hPSAOjHU/s72-c/Lee+Corso+is+aPenis.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24275900.post-7248799950443961920</id><published>2007-09-12T13:02:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-09-12T15:33:00.891-04:00</updated><title type='text'>The Moon</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_J1TkqroESG0/Rug-vhUSeUI/AAAAAAAAAKg/O2hM9GIGp-w/s1600-h/Moon_phases.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_J1TkqroESG0/Rug-vhUSeUI/AAAAAAAAAKg/O2hM9GIGp-w/s400/Moon_phases.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5109402763370068290" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We are now in the New Moon Phase. Last moon on this pick that looks pitch black.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Back in the ancient times when people lived in accordance to the natural cycles of earth, the new moon was seen as a fresh start. Its the beginning of a new lunar cycle. Key words associated with this lunar phase are: beginning, birth, emergence, projection, clarity.  A time to begin anew, to put new plans &amp; goals into action. During this phase, plans &amp;amp; actions should be seeded by your inner and outer vision. Visualize your goals for this 29.6 day cycle ahead. Spend some time alone in introspection, engage in physical activity.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Everyone knows that the moon influences the tides as it rises. &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0"&gt;That's&lt;/span&gt; why we get the very high tides during full &amp;amp; new moons. Lunar gravity is acting on the earth and affecting the tides with its pull, but unless your a gardener you would not know that it also affects the underground water tables. So if you plant when it is rising towards the full status, the water table rises as well, and makes water more easily available to the new plant. During the new moon it is a good idea to plant leaf crops with the seeds on the outside of the plant, such as broccoli, lettuce, and grains.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It is remarkable to me how much information is out there about the nature of our planet and the forces that impact it and how irrelevant this information is to the general public. As I continue to learn these treasured nuggets of information I will make it a point to share it with you all.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/24275900-7248799950443961920?l=ajbendana.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ajbendana.blogspot.com/feeds/7248799950443961920/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=24275900&amp;postID=7248799950443961920' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24275900/posts/default/7248799950443961920'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24275900/posts/default/7248799950443961920'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ajbendana.blogspot.com/2007/09/moon.html' title='The Moon'/><author><name>DobyD</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_J1TkqroESG0/S7UWZ4QkuuI/AAAAAAAAAXw/8Wu9eHWh-J8/S220/Ostrich.PNG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_J1TkqroESG0/Rug-vhUSeUI/AAAAAAAAAKg/O2hM9GIGp-w/s72-c/Moon_phases.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24275900.post-8031393543942970550</id><published>2007-09-10T19:24:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-09-10T19:39:51.740-04:00</updated><title type='text'>A moment of prayer for all those who lost thier lives to Hurricane Felix.</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_J1TkqroESG0/RuXUk5r79bI/AAAAAAAAAKY/hcqH2KudPoA/s1600-h/06nicaragau-600.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_J1TkqroESG0/RuXUk5r79bI/AAAAAAAAAKY/hcqH2KudPoA/s400/06nicaragau-600.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5108723082747180466" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I have been through some tough storms in my lifetime, Andrew in 1992 and recently Wilma and Katrina. Each and every time we took all the precautionary measures and prepared with the early warning from our national hurricane center. The poor laborers and fishermen that live on remote coastlines that were struck by Felix were not so lucky. I figure if you are a fisherman you would discern that there is bad weather on the horizon but some of these people live of their daily  catch. My heart goes out to all those families who have lost love ones. God bless you.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/24275900-8031393543942970550?l=ajbendana.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ajbendana.blogspot.com/feeds/8031393543942970550/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=24275900&amp;postID=8031393543942970550' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24275900/posts/default/8031393543942970550'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24275900/posts/default/8031393543942970550'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ajbendana.blogspot.com/2007/09/moment-of-prayer-for-all-those-who-lost.html' title='A moment of prayer for all those who lost thier lives to Hurricane Felix.'/><author><name>DobyD</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_J1TkqroESG0/S7UWZ4QkuuI/AAAAAAAAAXw/8Wu9eHWh-J8/S220/Ostrich.PNG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_J1TkqroESG0/RuXUk5r79bI/AAAAAAAAAKY/hcqH2KudPoA/s72-c/06nicaragau-600.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24275900.post-2733989295832864270</id><published>2007-09-06T11:32:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-09-06T12:53:35.046-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Its Here!!!!</title><content type='html'>Football season is here at last! Thank the powers that be baby!!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I love this time of year for two simple reasons, three if you count fantasy football. The other two being college football and the NFL kickoff. Its such a long wait for the start of the season but once college has kicked of you start to get that tingle in your head cause the NFL is just around the corner. Well, I am traveling at 200mph and that corner is here today!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Gators are of to a good start. The offense looks like its ready to roll but that inexperienced defense has me a bit preoccupied. They need to mature real quick if they want to reach Atlanta this year.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Cowboys are poised to to have a playoff run this year. Romo is in his first year as the opening day starter and he as an arsenal of weapons at his disposal.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This is gonna be a good year.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/24275900-2733989295832864270?l=ajbendana.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ajbendana.blogspot.com/feeds/2733989295832864270/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=24275900&amp;postID=2733989295832864270' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24275900/posts/default/2733989295832864270'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24275900/posts/default/2733989295832864270'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ajbendana.blogspot.com/2007/09/its-here.html' title='Its Here!!!!'/><author><name>DobyD</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_J1TkqroESG0/S7UWZ4QkuuI/AAAAAAAAAXw/8Wu9eHWh-J8/S220/Ostrich.PNG'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24275900.post-5252467236344107790</id><published>2007-08-22T22:40:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-08-22T23:07:13.300-04:00</updated><title type='text'>It gets me by the balls.</title><content type='html'>That default behavior that kicks in when certain criteria are met. Its when you start to act like they say you act, but always denying that you act that way type of behavior. Shit dude, what is it that keeps me from correcting behavior like this?! I don't want to fall back on old habits and routines. Its just not what I want. I feel as if I know what it is I have to do but its just not that simple when action is called for. The worse part about this issue is that it mostly happens with people that I really enjoy. That lack of patience that is present when two people are accustomed to being aground each other way to much and clash for everything and nothing all the time. I always end up falling into that self imposed trap, do, feel or say things I shouldn't be, and feel bad about it when I think of it in retrospect.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Update:&lt;br /&gt;I almost feel mad at it. Really mad, its disturbing to feel like this. It almost makes me not want anything with anyone. When I am feeling like this, it seems that every thought, every instance of remembrance is a trigger of bitterness. Sometimes I don't know how to get it out. I used to blog more but its lost its luster a bit. It feels like if a drastic change is what is needed. Then I feel like if I know how that road ends. It ends ugly. I need a drink.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/24275900-5252467236344107790?l=ajbendana.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ajbendana.blogspot.com/feeds/5252467236344107790/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=24275900&amp;postID=5252467236344107790' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24275900/posts/default/5252467236344107790'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24275900/posts/default/5252467236344107790'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ajbendana.blogspot.com/2007/08/it-gets-me-by-balls.html' title='It gets me by the balls.'/><author><name>DobyD</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_J1TkqroESG0/S7UWZ4QkuuI/AAAAAAAAAXw/8Wu9eHWh-J8/S220/Ostrich.PNG'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24275900.post-3690502644814729152</id><published>2007-08-08T16:39:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-08-08T16:50:45.411-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Its been long time</title><content type='html'>Miss this blog man. Been so caught up in my life that I have been ignoring my need to express myself creativly. This blog is just one of the ways I do that. The others would include sketching &amp;amp; photography. Lost in the wind or should I say spreading my sails and letting it take me where ever I may end up. Many of my views have changed and my plans are not as concrete as they once were. People, places, things, and Ideas have opened my eyes to the new. I have been up, down, I have been all over the place.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/24275900-3690502644814729152?l=ajbendana.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ajbendana.blogspot.com/feeds/3690502644814729152/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=24275900&amp;postID=3690502644814729152' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24275900/posts/default/3690502644814729152'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24275900/posts/default/3690502644814729152'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ajbendana.blogspot.com/2007/08/its-been-long-time.html' title='Its been long time'/><author><name>DobyD</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_J1TkqroESG0/S7UWZ4QkuuI/AAAAAAAAAXw/8Wu9eHWh-J8/S220/Ostrich.PNG'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24275900.post-8138492162371466702</id><published>2007-07-17T02:01:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-07-17T02:05:50.267-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Meditate, Pray, or just sit and have good intentions</title><content type='html'>Help us fire up the grid. Sit with us and send loving creative energy along with the rest of us today and help heal the earth and replenish it with our life force. For more info go to &lt;a href="http://www.firethegrid.com"&gt;www.fireupthegrid.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/24275900-8138492162371466702?l=ajbendana.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ajbendana.blogspot.com/feeds/8138492162371466702/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=24275900&amp;postID=8138492162371466702' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24275900/posts/default/8138492162371466702'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24275900/posts/default/8138492162371466702'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ajbendana.blogspot.com/2007/07/meditate-pray-or-just-sit-and-have-good.html' title='Meditate, Pray, or just sit and have good intentions'/><author><name>DobyD</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_J1TkqroESG0/S7UWZ4QkuuI/AAAAAAAAAXw/8Wu9eHWh-J8/S220/Ostrich.PNG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24275900.post-333218720340587194</id><published>2007-07-06T00:32:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-07-06T00:37:21.185-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Transformers are the SHIT!</title><content type='html'>God I loved that movie! It is by far the best rendition of a childhood super hero movie to this date in time; and I might have found my future wife. Megan "thats why my last name is" Fox! Wow!!! I freakin love her. Thats all for now. Peace.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/24275900-333218720340587194?l=ajbendana.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ajbendana.blogspot.com/feeds/333218720340587194/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=24275900&amp;postID=333218720340587194' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24275900/posts/default/333218720340587194'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24275900/posts/default/333218720340587194'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ajbendana.blogspot.com/2007/07/transformers-are-shit.html' title='Transformers are the SHIT!'/><author><name>DobyD</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_J1TkqroESG0/S7UWZ4QkuuI/AAAAAAAAAXw/8Wu9eHWh-J8/S220/Ostrich.PNG'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24275900.post-3855691751368671489</id><published>2007-07-05T00:40:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-07-05T00:42:44.483-04:00</updated><title type='text'>The 4th of July aint all its cracked up to be.</title><content type='html'>Celebrate the nations independence day, by polluting the shit out of the air. The smog is so thick around the city that you cant see 10 feet in front of you.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/24275900-3855691751368671489?l=ajbendana.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ajbendana.blogspot.com/feeds/3855691751368671489/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=24275900&amp;postID=3855691751368671489' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24275900/posts/default/3855691751368671489'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24275900/posts/default/3855691751368671489'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ajbendana.blogspot.com/2007/07/4th-of-july-aint-all-its-cracked-up-to.html' title='The 4th of July aint all its cracked up to be.'/><author><name>DobyD</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_J1TkqroESG0/S7UWZ4QkuuI/AAAAAAAAAXw/8Wu9eHWh-J8/S220/Ostrich.PNG'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24275900.post-1796798993878405765</id><published>2007-07-02T00:04:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-07-02T00:13:52.607-04:00</updated><title type='text'>A Moment of Silence in Memory of Tony Fernandez</title><content type='html'>Today or yesterday, seeing that its already 12:00am I got the news that one of my friends passed away. My heart and prayers go out to his family and loved ones. The  strange thing is that I asked if anyone had seen or heard of him the day he passed away.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You can never say the right words in these types of situations so I will just send out loving kindness to his passing on to the next life. He will be missed, but he is home now.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;May he be at peace.&lt;br /&gt;May his heart remain open&lt;br /&gt;May he awaken to the light of his own true nature.&lt;br /&gt;May he be healed.&lt;br /&gt;May he be a source of healing for all.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Rest in peace buddy. Watch over us.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Passed away June 30, 2007&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/24275900-1796798993878405765?l=ajbendana.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ajbendana.blogspot.com/feeds/1796798993878405765/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=24275900&amp;postID=1796798993878405765' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24275900/posts/default/1796798993878405765'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24275900/posts/default/1796798993878405765'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ajbendana.blogspot.com/2007/07/moment-of-silence-in-memory-of-tony.html' title='A Moment of Silence in Memory of Tony Fernandez'/><author><name>DobyD</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_J1TkqroESG0/S7UWZ4QkuuI/AAAAAAAAAXw/8Wu9eHWh-J8/S220/Ostrich.PNG'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24275900.post-8877309619148624465</id><published>2007-06-28T11:24:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-06-30T14:30:32.786-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Navigating the Gauntlet</title><content type='html'>Its been a crazy last 2 months to say the least.  Things are in full swing and running smoothly. Life has been life, all encompassing, the ups are up the downs surprisingly are not so down. I have developed this resilient nature and confidence that has gotten me through many storms practically unscathed. My instincts and feelings are in tune with my surroundings. I feel people through great distances, I have attracted the people that I have needed these past couple of months. They have been instrumental on my little odyssey. Its been amazing, and tough all at once but that combination is always worth the hassle because of all the insight and wisdom it brings forth from within ones self. I have accepted things that I thought I never might. I have learned to find the bright spots in all situations. I just want to keep on developing my abilities to serve humanity as best I can.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/24275900-8877309619148624465?l=ajbendana.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ajbendana.blogspot.com/feeds/8877309619148624465/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=24275900&amp;postID=8877309619148624465' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24275900/posts/default/8877309619148624465'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24275900/posts/default/8877309619148624465'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ajbendana.blogspot.com/2007/06/navigating-gauntlet.html' title='Navigating the Gauntlet'/><author><name>DobyD</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_J1TkqroESG0/S7UWZ4QkuuI/AAAAAAAAAXw/8Wu9eHWh-J8/S220/Ostrich.PNG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24275900.post-7197189733123495029</id><published>2007-06-19T12:07:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-06-20T11:29:28.598-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Shit I am Starving</title><content type='html'>Whats the deal here man. I got food for my soul, food for thought, food for the damn cat but no food for me!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;W/e I need a Nap man.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I have practice today for flag football and probably a damn game but since the dumbass commish does not have a set schedule I am stuck improvising. The good thing is that the parents cant get on my case cause i got a blog set up for schedules and contact info. Its not like I leave them in the dark. Its a great way to cover my ass.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We are three games into the season or should I say three loses into it. The kids practice well enough but once they hit the field they start playing like if they were fathered by Frankenstien. They put on lead boots, they have butter fingers. The only way we managed to score the last game was cuase one of the kids let a ball slip right through his hands, hit of his head and into another kids hands for the touchdown. It was exciting but also a fluke.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;One things for sure, I am learning to be more patient.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/24275900-7197189733123495029?l=ajbendana.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ajbendana.blogspot.com/feeds/7197189733123495029/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=24275900&amp;postID=7197189733123495029' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24275900/posts/default/7197189733123495029'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24275900/posts/default/7197189733123495029'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ajbendana.blogspot.com/2007/06/shit-i-am-starving.html' title='Shit I am Starving'/><author><name>DobyD</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_J1TkqroESG0/S7UWZ4QkuuI/AAAAAAAAAXw/8Wu9eHWh-J8/S220/Ostrich.PNG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24275900.post-2249195037340787667</id><published>2007-06-10T18:31:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-06-12T09:41:32.977-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Lentes de SOL</title><content type='html'>Si no es eso, que es? Que dices? Que cuentas? Que has hecho?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Lo siento, lo siento todo. Sabias eso?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Estoy connectado sin saber si quiro ser o no.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Es enorme este sentimiento, y que pena da algunas veces.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Que autentico es saber.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sabes que eh descubierto el infierno.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Esta dentro de mi, de ti, de todos.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;La mente es la espada de dobble filo.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Puede ser tu angel de la guardia o tu demonio personal.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Estoy transformando el alma.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Lo que soy yo.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;No mi cuerpo.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;No mi cerebro.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;No mi corazon porques solo son carne.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Lo que soy yo.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mi conciencia eterna que grita "!CAMBIO!"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Lo que soy yo.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;La parte de mi que es conciente que yo existo.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;La parte de mi que es conciente que tu existes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;La parte de mi que siempre recuerda de donde vine, que sabe adonde llegare.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;La Luz es todo lo que vemos, pero la majoria de la jente usa lentes de sol.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/24275900-2249195037340787667?l=ajbendana.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ajbendana.blogspot.com/feeds/2249195037340787667/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=24275900&amp;postID=2249195037340787667' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24275900/posts/default/2249195037340787667'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24275900/posts/default/2249195037340787667'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ajbendana.blogspot.com/2007/06/time-to-get-to-axin.html' title='Lentes de SOL'/><author><name>DobyD</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_J1TkqroESG0/S7UWZ4QkuuI/AAAAAAAAAXw/8Wu9eHWh-J8/S220/Ostrich.PNG'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24275900.post-4788754731144389000</id><published>2007-06-08T16:05:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2007-06-08T16:41:45.180-04:00</updated><title type='text'>The Ultimate Mirage</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_J1TkqroESG0/Rmm2wfjhcQI/AAAAAAAAAKA/rYOAH5PqWi0/s1600-h/Duality.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_J1TkqroESG0/Rmm2wfjhcQI/AAAAAAAAAKA/rYOAH5PqWi0/s400/Duality.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5073787399430041858" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/24275900-4788754731144389000?l=ajbendana.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ajbendana.blogspot.com/feeds/4788754731144389000/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=24275900&amp;postID=4788754731144389000' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24275900/posts/default/4788754731144389000'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24275900/posts/default/4788754731144389000'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ajbendana.blogspot.com/2007/06/blog-post.html' title='The Ultimate Mirage'/><author><name>DobyD</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_J1TkqroESG0/S7UWZ4QkuuI/AAAAAAAAAXw/8Wu9eHWh-J8/S220/Ostrich.PNG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_J1TkqroESG0/Rmm2wfjhcQI/AAAAAAAAAKA/rYOAH5PqWi0/s72-c/Duality.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24275900.post-95197139692959992</id><published>2007-06-04T12:27:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-06-08T01:53:59.761-04:00</updated><title type='text'>First Weekend of June</title><content type='html'>I had a great weekend, could not have been more fullfilling. Lots of fun in the florida sun. Lakes to fish, kayaks to row, tree swings to hurl us into the depths below.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Refuel, retool, and Reboot.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Pool sports, friends, fam, and fun.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;That was my weekend in a nutshell.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This weekend was not so grande for another of of my friends. This friend of mine works at as a manager in a fast food restaurant and had to open on Sunday morning. He recieved a call while there that an employee to be was  going to drop of an application there cause he could not make it later on in the day. The person stated that he had spoken with last nights manager; who happened to be the manager that hires new employees. Adrian knowing that thought it was legit and opened the door to find himself held up at gunpoint. The culprit has him move inside towards the managers office, asks for Adrian to give him the money he has and the video tape recording at the moment. He delivered on 1 of the 2 commands, when he gave the robber the money. However the video was being recorded digitaly and could not be accessed by anyone except for the main store manager. The theif then left Adrian in the freezer to wait till he left. The theif also took Adrian's phone and has been calling people a on his list for Adrian's home address so he can "give back" the phone.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So if anyone is on Adrians address book be careful what info you give out.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Poor guy is shaken up a bit but I think he will be ok. He is a resilant one.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/24275900-95197139692959992?l=ajbendana.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ajbendana.blogspot.com/feeds/95197139692959992/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=24275900&amp;postID=95197139692959992' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24275900/posts/default/95197139692959992'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24275900/posts/default/95197139692959992'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ajbendana.blogspot.com/2007/06/i-had-great-weekend-could-not-have-been.html' title='First Weekend of June'/><author><name>DobyD</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_J1TkqroESG0/S7UWZ4QkuuI/AAAAAAAAAXw/8Wu9eHWh-J8/S220/Ostrich.PNG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24275900.post-2082160744494038971</id><published>2007-05-23T12:43:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-05-23T12:52:29.939-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Revelation'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='self awareness'/><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(192, 192, 192);"&gt;&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0"  style="font-size:180%;"&gt;Damming&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt; up the river.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(192, 192, 192);" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_J1TkqroESG0/RlRwdB7W0qI/AAAAAAAAAJk/7nssF4APTzo/s1600-h/energy-flow-and-mystery-II_l.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_J1TkqroESG0/RlRwdB7W0qI/AAAAAAAAAJk/7nssF4APTzo/s320/energy-flow-and-mystery-II_l.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5067799124734562978" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(192, 192, 192);"&gt;I almost did it today. I almost obstructed the natural flow. Who am I to do that! It could have caused a significant shift that could have turn out &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1"&gt;irreparable&lt;/span&gt;. Let if flow naturally is the ticket. Let nature take its course. Thank my good friend Davin-Rod who steered me clear of a big mistake.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/24275900-2082160744494038971?l=ajbendana.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ajbendana.blogspot.com/feeds/2082160744494038971/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=24275900&amp;postID=2082160744494038971' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24275900/posts/default/2082160744494038971'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24275900/posts/default/2082160744494038971'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ajbendana.blogspot.com/2007/05/damming-up-river.html' title=''/><author><name>DobyD</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_J1TkqroESG0/S7UWZ4QkuuI/AAAAAAAAAXw/8Wu9eHWh-J8/S220/Ostrich.PNG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_J1TkqroESG0/RlRwdB7W0qI/AAAAAAAAAJk/7nssF4APTzo/s72-c/energy-flow-and-mystery-II_l.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24275900.post-2858783708878276185</id><published>2007-05-22T11:51:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-05-23T13:04:10.251-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Revelation'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='self awareness'/><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Carving Out My Niche&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_J1TkqroESG0/RlMh8R7W0pI/AAAAAAAAAJc/mRDuxPP9R10/s1600-h/grand-canyon-couple.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_J1TkqroESG0/RlMh8R7W0pI/AAAAAAAAAJc/mRDuxPP9R10/s320/grand-canyon-couple.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5067431325210170002" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;Its not surprising to see that people in this day in age are always confused. Shit, I am normally confused for half of my day. I still &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0"&gt;don't&lt;/span&gt; know what I want to do with my life. Where is it that I am going to end up?&lt;br /&gt;It's become obvious to me that we are all one and the same when it comes to where we originate,  but that should not be misunderstood to state that everyone is the same and we must all think alike and are &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1"&gt;going to&lt;/span&gt; end up how we hope to end up. Its more along the lines of things happening for a reason regardless of how we feel about them personally. If things are to be, then they will be but they will be on &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2"&gt;life's&lt;/span&gt; terms and not mine, yours or ours.&lt;br /&gt;I &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3"&gt;don't&lt;/span&gt; know why I feels so alive, Actually &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0"&gt;that's&lt;/span&gt; not true, yes I do know or &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4"&gt;at least&lt;/span&gt; I feel I do. I am feel alive because I am alive and I am content and connected to life. I &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1"&gt;don't&lt;/span&gt; feel the need to do &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2"&gt;something&lt;/span&gt; exciting to feel that I am living. I am that feeling, and I bring it with me to all my &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3"&gt;endeavors&lt;/span&gt;. I never thought I would be the person I am today. Never in one &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5"&gt;hundred&lt;/span&gt; years could I envision myself at this point and time to be how I have become. I see now that I have some say in my destiny but like the great plateau's of stone that were once the Grand Canyon, I am exposed and at the mercy of the flow of life. It cuts grooves into my being and helps shape the person that I am becoming. I only hope that when it is all said and done, the final result will be as majestic as the Canyon the Colorado helped shape.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/24275900-2858783708878276185?l=ajbendana.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ajbendana.blogspot.com/feeds/2858783708878276185/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=24275900&amp;postID=2858783708878276185' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24275900/posts/default/2858783708878276185'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24275900/posts/default/2858783708878276185'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ajbendana.blogspot.com/2007/05/carving-out-my-niche-its-not-surprising.html' title=''/><author><name>DobyD</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_J1TkqroESG0/S7UWZ4QkuuI/AAAAAAAAAXw/8Wu9eHWh-J8/S220/Ostrich.PNG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_J1TkqroESG0/RlMh8R7W0pI/AAAAAAAAAJc/mRDuxPP9R10/s72-c/grand-canyon-couple.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24275900.post-5625432088951531469</id><published>2007-05-20T23:51:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-05-23T13:04:48.707-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Friendship'/><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;To a friend...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_J1TkqroESG0/RlEZ8B7W0hI/AAAAAAAAAIk/v_i-6FqPzCo/s1600-h/listen+to+your+heart.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_J1TkqroESG0/RlEZ8B7W0hI/AAAAAAAAAIk/v_i-6FqPzCo/s400/listen+to+your+heart.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5066859574868759058" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Decisions, decisions, life is full of them. Some are easy and others seem almost impossible to make. I just want you to know that I am here for you and have your best interest in mind. You got a friend in me forever and if you need to talk about it, ask questions, vent, etc don't be hesitant to call. I will be here to help. Like I said to you once, home is where your heart is, so listen to your heart for it will not lead you astray. It is the best thing you can go on when you have reached a cross road in your life and need some guidance. Do what your heart tells you feels right, when you do you will feel that you have made the right choice. Good luck and good journey.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Peace love and elbow grease.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/24275900-5625432088951531469?l=ajbendana.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ajbendana.blogspot.com/feeds/5625432088951531469/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=24275900&amp;postID=5625432088951531469' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24275900/posts/default/5625432088951531469'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24275900/posts/default/5625432088951531469'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ajbendana.blogspot.com/2007/05/to-friend.html' title=''/><author><name>DobyD</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_J1TkqroESG0/S7UWZ4QkuuI/AAAAAAAAAXw/8Wu9eHWh-J8/S220/Ostrich.PNG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_J1TkqroESG0/RlEZ8B7W0hI/AAAAAAAAAIk/v_i-6FqPzCo/s72-c/listen+to+your+heart.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24275900.post-6380329345336064199</id><published>2007-05-07T14:37:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-05-23T13:05:56.844-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Everyday stuff'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='self awareness'/><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>I like to think that I have a strong chin. Most of the punches life has thrown my way are met by my chin. Its always been a bennefit to be able to take the full brunt of somthing and keep going regardless of the negative effects that may come of it. Give it to me straight, my chin can take it! Thats the battle cry I prefer. All the protection in the world is not needed. I am not iron man and  I am also no fool. I like things short sweet/unsweet and to the point. Never have been one for long explanations or conversations unless they really grab my attention. I got a shrub trimmer I use to beat the shit out of the bushes around my house.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Shovel sand on me and will just brush it off me and step up like my donkey friend &lt;a href="http://upchucky.net/%7Eupchucky/flash-fun/farmer-donkey.swf"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Pochocha!!!!!!!!!!!hahahahahahahahahhaha&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I love that word&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/24275900-6380329345336064199?l=ajbendana.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ajbendana.blogspot.com/feeds/6380329345336064199/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=24275900&amp;postID=6380329345336064199' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24275900/posts/default/6380329345336064199'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24275900/posts/default/6380329345336064199'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ajbendana.blogspot.com/2007/05/i-like-to-think-that-i-have-strong-chin.html' title=''/><author><name>DobyD</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_J1TkqroESG0/S7UWZ4QkuuI/AAAAAAAAAXw/8Wu9eHWh-J8/S220/Ostrich.PNG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24275900.post-368011229641130165</id><published>2007-05-07T09:44:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-05-07T10:32:14.103-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='self awareness'/><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_J1TkqroESG0/Rj84RZEUlJI/AAAAAAAAAIc/08bHTMrhHmQ/s1600-h/Life.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_J1TkqroESG0/Rj84RZEUlJI/AAAAAAAAAIc/08bHTMrhHmQ/s400/Life.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5061826377625670802" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;The worlds a funny place.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Its so, so, SO &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0"&gt;indescribable&lt;/span&gt;! It really is man. People like to describe it as cruel, big, mean, kind, grand, but its such a limiting view of this vast world. Its more like a description of it brought on by how they may be feeling at the moment. It can be all that you feel it to be if people (me included) let themselves blame it for all thier issues. I am alive, somtimes I forget what that feels like with all the responsibility one has on thier shoulder. Then we get a taste of that feeling again and are hooked to getting more.  The only problem is that when we cant get more we feel down and out of it. Maybe its just me but i doubt it. I love to feel alive, when you can just be looking out your window and enjoying the sights, smells, sounds, etc of nature. When the sun hits your face and you feel blessed.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Not having that feeling or letting thoughts and emotions get in the way of that awareness of life is a crime or atleast thats what I have come to see it as. I really enjoy feeling alive and I have realized that it is not in what you do (surf, sky dive, white water rafting) but how your mental state is at any given moment. Somtimes thoughts and emotions get to me and create a mental wall that I must fight to break down. But once the Wall falls I can hear lifes calls.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/24275900-368011229641130165?l=ajbendana.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ajbendana.blogspot.com/feeds/368011229641130165/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=24275900&amp;postID=368011229641130165' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24275900/posts/default/368011229641130165'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24275900/posts/default/368011229641130165'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ajbendana.blogspot.com/2007/05/worlds-funny-place.html' title=''/><author><name>DobyD</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_J1TkqroESG0/S7UWZ4QkuuI/AAAAAAAAAXw/8Wu9eHWh-J8/S220/Ostrich.PNG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_J1TkqroESG0/Rj84RZEUlJI/AAAAAAAAAIc/08bHTMrhHmQ/s72-c/Life.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24275900.post-7087199894451404404</id><published>2007-05-01T10:24:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-05-23T13:06:29.625-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Sports'/><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>The Draft is over People its time for all us football fans to suffer for a couple months. I guess we could find somthing else and stop sounding like crack addicts but w/e. Football Junkie for life!!!!!!!!!!!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Anyhow, the cowboys had soso draft. By soso i mean it could end up soso good or soso bad. I really like the Anthony Spencer pick at #1. He is a high motor/intensity guy who plays with great leverage and gets to the football. He will be a very nice bookend to Pro Bowler Demarcus Ware. I also like that we addressed the oline with picks in round 3 and 4, but the best part is our acquistion of clevelands First round pick in next years draft which should be a top 10 pick. That cowboys should do very well this year and maybe land a moster puzzle piece to our super bowl puzzle.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/24275900-7087199894451404404?l=ajbendana.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ajbendana.blogspot.com/feeds/7087199894451404404/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=24275900&amp;postID=7087199894451404404' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24275900/posts/default/7087199894451404404'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24275900/posts/default/7087199894451404404'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ajbendana.blogspot.com/2007/05/draft-is-over-people-its-time-for-all.html' title=''/><author><name>DobyD</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_J1TkqroESG0/S7UWZ4QkuuI/AAAAAAAAAXw/8Wu9eHWh-J8/S220/Ostrich.PNG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24275900.post-7617357110761341120</id><published>2007-04-24T16:11:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-05-23T13:07:01.759-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Sports'/><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;NFL Draft Week 2007&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_J1TkqroESG0/Ri5sbMFwDCI/AAAAAAAAAIM/1KPG65D6cu8/s1600-h/Pre+Pre+season+football+A.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 228px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_J1TkqroESG0/Ri5sbMFwDCI/AAAAAAAAAIM/1KPG65D6cu8/s400/Pre+Pre+season+football+A.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5057098645941259298" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This is the time of year where we football freaks get a cheap tease with the Pro Football Draft. Football season is months away and it is a damn tease i tell you! Well hopefully the Cowboys and a stud to the line up. I am hoping for my boy Reggie Nelson FS for your 2006-2007 National Chompion Florida Gators. He is a ballhawking centerfielder type that I believe would fit perfectly along side Roy Williams. This would allow Terrance Newman a.k.a. (T-New) to shut down his side of the field as he always does and give Anthony Henry a.k.a. the other corner help deep. Henry is a physical corner who excels at bump and is strong in run support but in order to be truly effective he needs saftey help. This is were my boy Reggie a.k.a (Da Eraser) fits in. He has the speed of a corner (4.34 in the 40), leaping ability of a kangaroo, and the hands of a spiderman himself. Plus he lays the hardwood on anyone who dares try and come into his territory. I am crossing my fingers!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/24275900-7617357110761341120?l=ajbendana.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ajbendana.blogspot.com/feeds/7617357110761341120/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=24275900&amp;postID=7617357110761341120' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24275900/posts/default/7617357110761341120'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24275900/posts/default/7617357110761341120'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ajbendana.blogspot.com/2007/04/nfl-draft-week-2007-this-is-time-of.html' title=''/><author><name>DobyD</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_J1TkqroESG0/S7UWZ4QkuuI/AAAAAAAAAXw/8Wu9eHWh-J8/S220/Ostrich.PNG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_J1TkqroESG0/Ri5sbMFwDCI/AAAAAAAAAIM/1KPG65D6cu8/s72-c/Pre+Pre+season+football+A.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24275900.post-5302436438200267679</id><published>2007-04-23T16:33:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-04-23T16:46:11.324-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Lessons in Life'/><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;THERE IS ALWAYS A LIFE LESSON TO LEARN&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;What sucks is that I always seem to learn them the hard way. I wonder, am in the minority or the majority? Do most people learn the hard way or do most think ahead and are able to forsee the consequences and set a plan in motion to bypass the hard knocks. The the stereotypical demographics of my surrounding area make me think I am in the majority, but I realize that this is a miniscule sample size so I ask the millions (joke) who read my blog to chime in.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/24275900-5302436438200267679?l=ajbendana.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ajbendana.blogspot.com/feeds/5302436438200267679/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=24275900&amp;postID=5302436438200267679' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24275900/posts/default/5302436438200267679'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24275900/posts/default/5302436438200267679'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ajbendana.blogspot.com/2007/04/there-is-always-life-lesson-to-learn.html' title=''/><author><name>DobyD</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_J1TkqroESG0/S7UWZ4QkuuI/AAAAAAAAAXw/8Wu9eHWh-J8/S220/Ostrich.PNG'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24275900.post-9069187418749443872</id><published>2007-04-20T09:50:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-05-23T13:08:20.105-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Revelation'/><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;"&gt;Suspicious Society&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I keep on telling people that anyone and everyone is capable of anything and everything given the right mindset. From the nicest of the nice to the meanest of the mean and so on, etcetera etcetera. The atrocities that were committed this week in Blacksburg Virgina on the Virgina Tech campus seem to reinforce my thoughts on the matter. This guy was obviously not right in the head. The line between sane and insane is&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;What really gets to me is the lack of action not take by the University after the first incident in which the first two victims were killed. How do you go roughly two hours without waring the student body that there is a killer on the loose. Its fucking ridiculous if you ask me. I mean, I would have to live through something like that and actually see if I would do the same or not but I like to think that I would get the word out at the very least.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Unfortunately it seems to me that with no proper action take, the situation was allowed to escalate from what could have been two murders to over 30. No lose of life is ever wished for, but when you look at it by the numbers, 2 is better than 30plus. My heart goes out to the families and friends of the victims as well as the student body and faculty that witnessed this most disturbing of human experiences.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Pin pointing troubled people such as the killer needs to become more efficient and if we are to avoid this type of events from taking place. The warning signs were present and numerous, this event in my eyes should not have happened and is inexcusable.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It makes me wonder how much of this blame falls on society in general. How careless have we gotten? I feel it is our duty to reevaluate the way society has and is shaping our lives as well as its effects on future generations.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/24275900-9069187418749443872?l=ajbendana.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ajbendana.blogspot.com/feeds/9069187418749443872/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=24275900&amp;postID=9069187418749443872' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24275900/posts/default/9069187418749443872'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24275900/posts/default/9069187418749443872'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ajbendana.blogspot.com/2007/04/suspicious-society-i-keep-on-telling.html' title=''/><author><name>DobyD</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_J1TkqroESG0/S7UWZ4QkuuI/AAAAAAAAAXw/8Wu9eHWh-J8/S220/Ostrich.PNG'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24275900.post-8691402467110240900</id><published>2007-04-19T14:36:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-04-19T15:34:39.039-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Sports'/><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0"&gt;Diesel&lt;/span&gt; Powered&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_J1TkqroESG0/Rie9FsFwC_I/AAAAAAAAAH0/sG3xsoZZyhs/s1600-h/miawade_070418_300.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_J1TkqroESG0/Rie9FsFwC_I/AAAAAAAAAH0/sG3xsoZZyhs/s400/miawade_070418_300.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5055217012178947058" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The NBA playoffs have arrived. Will Wade county be celebrating like the folks in &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1"&gt;Gainsville&lt;/span&gt; or are they destined to fall short to either the Bulls, &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2"&gt;Cavs&lt;/span&gt;, or Pistons. If Heat are rested and D-wade is 85%, I believe we can reach the conference finals versus Detroit were Andre and his boys will be licking their chops at the chance for redemption. If the Heat play like they did when Wade was out they should fare well and reach the championship series.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I am a bit concerned at the fact that since Wades return, the Heat have gone away from the Diesel and have reverted back to watching D-wade work. &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3"&gt;Shaq&lt;/span&gt; needs to be established first so that Miami's slasher and perimeter shooters have open looks. Then Dwayne Wade can just take over and just hammer the lid shut on the opposition as he did last season.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Go Heat!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/24275900-8691402467110240900?l=ajbendana.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ajbendana.blogspot.com/feeds/8691402467110240900/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=24275900&amp;postID=8691402467110240900' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24275900/posts/default/8691402467110240900'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24275900/posts/default/8691402467110240900'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ajbendana.blogspot.com/2007/04/nba-playoffs-have-arrived-will-wade.html' title=''/><author><name>DobyD</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_J1TkqroESG0/S7UWZ4QkuuI/AAAAAAAAAXw/8Wu9eHWh-J8/S220/Ostrich.PNG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_J1TkqroESG0/Rie9FsFwC_I/AAAAAAAAAH0/sG3xsoZZyhs/s72-c/miawade_070418_300.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24275900.post-3674532574084844815</id><published>2007-04-16T14:20:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-05-23T14:05:51.574-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='In Memory'/><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" &gt;A moment of silence for the lives lost today at Virgina Tech University.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;Blacksburg, Va. - A gunman opened fire in a dorm and classroom at Virginia Tech today, killing at least 21 people and wounding 28 in the deadliest campus massacre in U.S. history. The gunman was killed, bringing to death toll to 22, but it was unclear if he was shot by police or took his own life.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;May they and their families all be at peace, may thier hearts remain open&lt;br /&gt;May they all awaken to the light of thier own true nation.&lt;br /&gt;May they be healed, may they be a source of healing for all beings&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/24275900-3674532574084844815?l=ajbendana.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ajbendana.blogspot.com/feeds/3674532574084844815/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=24275900&amp;postID=3674532574084844815' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24275900/posts/default/3674532574084844815'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24275900/posts/default/3674532574084844815'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ajbendana.blogspot.com/2007/04/moment-of-silence-for-lives-lost-today.html' title=''/><author><name>DobyD</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_J1TkqroESG0/S7UWZ4QkuuI/AAAAAAAAAXw/8Wu9eHWh-J8/S220/Ostrich.PNG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24275900.post-3445096176174772999</id><published>2007-04-12T13:33:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-05-23T14:06:48.179-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Take the Moment'/><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;My dream of dreams&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_J1TkqroESG0/Rh56055sW6I/AAAAAAAAAHs/EVJrLPVzk1E/s1600-h/dreamscape.gif"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_J1TkqroESG0/Rh56055sW6I/AAAAAAAAAHs/EVJrLPVzk1E/s320/dreamscape.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5052610881270864802" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;To live in a simple ocean front house, with a medium sized boat docked on the dock. I want to live of the land and sea. I want to provide for myself and my family and the lot of animals I will care for. .Be one with the elements, become an element. Surf the seas by day and star gaze by night. Develope a small close knit community of people who truly care for thier neighbors  and are characterized as genuine. Its either this or becoming the owner of the dallas cowboys. lol.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Share your dream of dreams.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/24275900-3445096176174772999?l=ajbendana.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ajbendana.blogspot.com/feeds/3445096176174772999/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=24275900&amp;postID=3445096176174772999' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24275900/posts/default/3445096176174772999'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24275900/posts/default/3445096176174772999'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ajbendana.blogspot.com/2007/04/my-dream-of-dreams-to-live-in-simple.html' title=''/><author><name>DobyD</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_J1TkqroESG0/S7UWZ4QkuuI/AAAAAAAAAXw/8Wu9eHWh-J8/S220/Ostrich.PNG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_J1TkqroESG0/Rh56055sW6I/AAAAAAAAAHs/EVJrLPVzk1E/s72-c/dreamscape.gif' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24275900.post-4571409530103610870</id><published>2007-04-10T14:28:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-05-23T14:08:00.506-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Lessons in Life'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Revelation'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Turning Point'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='self awareness'/><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>This pretty much sums it all up for me. I have read many of his works and as I live my life and truely experience things, I start to understand his words, not just intellectually, not just emotionally, but with the insight of which he speaks. This type of stuff get me excited to be alive and to continue on the journy. Remembering that The destination is not what matters, its the journy.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"The core of Krishnamurti's teaching is contained in the statement he made in 1929 when he said: 'Truth is a pathless land'. Man cannot come to it through any organization, through any creed, through any dogma, priest or ritual, not through any philosophic knowledge or psychological technique. He has to find it through the mirror of relationship, through the understanding of the contents of his own mind, through observation and not through intellectual analysis or introspective dissection. Man has built in himself images as a fence of security - religious, political, personal. These manifest as symbols, ideas, beliefs. The burden of these images dominates man's thinking, his relationships and his daily life. These images are the causes of our problems for they divide man from man. His perception of life is shaped by the concepts already established in his mind. The content of his consciousness is his entire existence. This content is common to all humanity. The individuality is the name, the form and superficial culture he acquires from tradition and environment. The uniqueness of man does not lie in the superficial but in complete freedom from the content of his consciousness, which is common to all mankind. So he is not an individual.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;  Freedom is not a reaction; freedom is not a choice. It is man's pretence that because he has choice he is free. Freedom is pure observation without direction, without fear of punishment and reward. Freedom is without motive; freedom is not at the end of the evolution of man but lies in the first step of his existence. In observation one begins to discover the lack of freedom. Freedom is found in the choiceless awareness of our daily existence and activity. Thought is time. Thought is born of experience and knowledge which are inseparable from time and the past. Time is the psychological enemy of man. Our action is based on knowledge and therefore time, so man is always a slave to the past. Thought is ever-limited and so we live in constant conflict and struggle. There is no psychological evolution.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;  When man becomes aware of the movement of his own thoughts he will see the division between the thinker and thought, the observer and the observed, the experiencer and the experience. He will discover that this division is an illusion. Then only is there pure observation which is insight without any shadow of the past or of time. This timeless insight brings about a deep radical mutation in the mind.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;  Total negation is the essence of the positive. When there is negation of all those things that thought has brought about psychologically, only then is there love, which is compassion and intelligence."&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/24275900-4571409530103610870?l=ajbendana.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ajbendana.blogspot.com/feeds/4571409530103610870/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=24275900&amp;postID=4571409530103610870' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24275900/posts/default/4571409530103610870'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24275900/posts/default/4571409530103610870'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ajbendana.blogspot.com/2007/04/this-pretty-much-sums-it-all-up-for-me.html' title=''/><author><name>DobyD</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_J1TkqroESG0/S7UWZ4QkuuI/AAAAAAAAAXw/8Wu9eHWh-J8/S220/Ostrich.PNG'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24275900.post-3098641169674260822</id><published>2007-04-09T13:40:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-05-23T14:09:27.960-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Take the Moment'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Everyday stuff'/><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>You know what I love about life?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;No... well guess.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I will give you 5,4,3,2,1&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;ERRRRRRRRRRRRRR!!!!!!!!!!!!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Times up.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Well I guess you could say there are many things I could and do love about life, but i am focusing on one especially  relavent  observation.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Its all about the attitude you have.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Bad attitude =  more likely than not a bad time.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Good attitude = more likely than not a good time.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Today is not what I call a great day, but I would not know it since I am in a happy mindset.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;N E ways,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;My friends and I went to the beach on Saturday, man do I need to go more often. The sun, the water, the women! Hot Hot Hot! It was a good time and we actually planned it well, we usually just go and forget everyting, but this time we had all we needed. Here is the basic check list.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;ol&gt;&lt;li&gt; Towels - check*&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;beach chairs- check&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Ipod with speakers- check*&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;cooler with drinks- check*&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;snacks-check&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;sunscreen-check*&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Softball equipment**-check&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ol&gt;* = essential&lt;br /&gt;** = Inside joke&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I also need to get myself some nice shades but other than that i think we got it covered. We are working on getting a little grill as well.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Then we went home, ate and surgically dismanteled some of my friend Adri's friends in basketball.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;What does this equall? A hell of a good Saturday.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/24275900-3098641169674260822?l=ajbendana.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ajbendana.blogspot.com/feeds/3098641169674260822/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=24275900&amp;postID=3098641169674260822' title='5 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24275900/posts/default/3098641169674260822'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24275900/posts/default/3098641169674260822'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ajbendana.blogspot.com/2007/04/you-know-what-i-love-about-life-no.html' title=''/><author><name>DobyD</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_J1TkqroESG0/S7UWZ4QkuuI/AAAAAAAAAXw/8Wu9eHWh-J8/S220/Ostrich.PNG'/></author><thr:total>5</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24275900.post-1525019151891311790</id><published>2007-04-09T09:51:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-04-09T10:17:40.737-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Take the Moment'/><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>Its always intresting to me when I read somthing that directly pertains to what I am thinking or feeling. So lets see if you all (yes the hundereds of people that read my blog, lol) find it intresting as well.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Seed for thought&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"We can recognize the ego as the part of ourself that lives in our historical past, our story, rather than the present moment. When some one says somthing and we respond way out of proportion to the comment, that's the ego responding from its insecure place of self-importance. As we learn  to sidestep the ego, we also learn not to take the bait when some one else's ego challenges us. "&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"Its is difficult to see the world with new eyes and to disregard the constant criticisms of our noisy ego. I am tired of the suffering that my judging self causes. "&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/24275900-1525019151891311790?l=ajbendana.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ajbendana.blogspot.com/feeds/1525019151891311790/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=24275900&amp;postID=1525019151891311790' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24275900/posts/default/1525019151891311790'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24275900/posts/default/1525019151891311790'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ajbendana.blogspot.com/2007/04/its-always-intresting-to-me-when-i-read.html' title=''/><author><name>DobyD</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_J1TkqroESG0/S7UWZ4QkuuI/AAAAAAAAAXw/8Wu9eHWh-J8/S220/Ostrich.PNG'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24275900.post-4435654969705534210</id><published>2007-04-04T10:14:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-04-04T13:08:44.345-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Sports'/><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;The came, they won and then won it again!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_J1TkqroESG0/RhO4cE1CLZI/AAAAAAAAAHk/QJ8s-jtpZ6Q/s1600-h/Team+champs.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_J1TkqroESG0/RhO4cE1CLZI/AAAAAAAAAHk/QJ8s-jtpZ6Q/s400/Team+champs.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5049582399684488594" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;If you look up team in the dictionary you will find a picture of this UF squad. One of the greates of all time.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_J1TkqroESG0/RhO3ok1CLYI/AAAAAAAAAHc/KA-wKkYOS4g/s1600-h/Donovan+Nets.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_J1TkqroESG0/RhO3ok1CLYI/AAAAAAAAAHc/KA-wKkYOS4g/s400/Donovan+Nets.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5049581514921225602" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Must be twice as nice this time around for Billy D.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_J1TkqroESG0/RhO3dE1CLXI/AAAAAAAAAHU/9caupGkVjrQ/s1600-h/Horford+Nets.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_J1TkqroESG0/RhO3dE1CLXI/AAAAAAAAAHU/9caupGkVjrQ/s400/Horford+Nets.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5049581317352729970" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Da Godfather is a BEAST!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_J1TkqroESG0/RhO3SU1CLWI/AAAAAAAAAHM/ej-LARhMnRc/s1600-h/Noah+Nets.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_J1TkqroESG0/RhO3SU1CLWI/AAAAAAAAAHM/ej-LARhMnRc/s400/Noah+Nets.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5049581132669136226" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Noah loves his nets.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_J1TkqroESG0/RhO19k1CLVI/AAAAAAAAAHE/Qc5YbBmda_E/s1600-h/Lee+Nets.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_J1TkqroESG0/RhO19k1CLVI/AAAAAAAAAHE/Qc5YbBmda_E/s400/Lee+Nets.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5049579676675222866" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Lee for three Humphry&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_J1TkqroESG0/RhO1301CLUI/AAAAAAAAAG8/U1Skw8iY3Gg/s1600-h/green+nets.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_J1TkqroESG0/RhO1301CLUI/AAAAAAAAAG8/U1Skw8iY3Gg/s400/green+nets.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5049579577890975042" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;The floor general.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_J1TkqroESG0/RhO07U1CLTI/AAAAAAAAAG0/LbuHFMLXOec/s1600-h/Post+champ+celebratoin.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_J1TkqroESG0/RhO07U1CLTI/AAAAAAAAAG0/LbuHFMLXOec/s400/Post+champ+celebratoin.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5049578538508889394" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Is it the last we will see of the 04's?  I hope not cause I want to see a threepeat!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/24275900-4435654969705534210?l=ajbendana.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ajbendana.blogspot.com/feeds/4435654969705534210/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=24275900&amp;postID=4435654969705534210' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24275900/posts/default/4435654969705534210'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24275900/posts/default/4435654969705534210'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ajbendana.blogspot.com/2007/04/came-they-won-and-then-won-it-again-if.html' title=''/><author><name>DobyD</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_J1TkqroESG0/S7UWZ4QkuuI/AAAAAAAAAXw/8Wu9eHWh-J8/S220/Ostrich.PNG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_J1TkqroESG0/RhO4cE1CLZI/AAAAAAAAAHk/QJ8s-jtpZ6Q/s72-c/Team+champs.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24275900.post-5352507899313239825</id><published>2007-04-01T12:53:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-04-02T13:22:07.812-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Sports'/><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;One game away from history.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_J1TkqroESG0/RhE7WJottSI/AAAAAAAAAGs/fvZFIT91y40/s1600-h/THE+FAB+FIVE.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_J1TkqroESG0/RhE7WJottSI/AAAAAAAAAGs/fvZFIT91y40/s400/THE+FAB+FIVE.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5048881908988884258" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;Will it be the freshmen led Ohio State team headlined by Mike Conley Jr. and the man child Greg Oden?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_J1TkqroESG0/RhBn35ottQI/AAAAAAAAAGc/dj7ZuDeU6pA/s1600-h/ncb_g_ohiostate_412.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_J1TkqroESG0/RhBn35ottQI/AAAAAAAAAGc/dj7ZuDeU6pA/s400/ncb_g_ohiostate_412.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5048649392344380674" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Or will it be the Defending National Champs who are looking to cap a dominant showing in NCAA world of sports. My money is on one team, a team that could and should supplant the original fab five as the real fab five.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;P.S. Eat your heart out Michigan! I also knocked on wood after writing this.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/24275900-5352507899313239825?l=ajbendana.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ajbendana.blogspot.com/feeds/5352507899313239825/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=24275900&amp;postID=5352507899313239825' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24275900/posts/default/5352507899313239825'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24275900/posts/default/5352507899313239825'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ajbendana.blogspot.com/2007/04/one-game-away-from-history.html' title=''/><author><name>DobyD</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_J1TkqroESG0/S7UWZ4QkuuI/AAAAAAAAAXw/8Wu9eHWh-J8/S220/Ostrich.PNG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_J1TkqroESG0/RhE7WJottSI/AAAAAAAAAGs/fvZFIT91y40/s72-c/THE+FAB+FIVE.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24275900.post-4346385204008091660</id><published>2007-03-29T14:07:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-05-23T14:11:23.334-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='self awareness'/><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>Will Power, I summon thee!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;What the hell is the deal with my will power. On a scale from 1 to 10, ten being the highest, I give myself a 3 which translates into Mierda (shit for the español challenged). Need to find the power to hold fast to my objectives!!! OK, from this moment, (mariana please dont start singing) I am going to Do it. I can effing do It!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/24275900-4346385204008091660?l=ajbendana.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ajbendana.blogspot.com/feeds/4346385204008091660/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=24275900&amp;postID=4346385204008091660' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24275900/posts/default/4346385204008091660'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24275900/posts/default/4346385204008091660'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ajbendana.blogspot.com/2007/03/will-power-i-summon-thee-what-hell-is.html' title=''/><author><name>DobyD</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_J1TkqroESG0/S7UWZ4QkuuI/AAAAAAAAAXw/8Wu9eHWh-J8/S220/Ostrich.PNG'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24275900.post-8915720001847597131</id><published>2007-03-26T16:37:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-05-23T14:12:25.061-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Sports'/><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_J1TkqroESG0/Rggw1PRmUjI/AAAAAAAAAGM/Z0gLHY20aIk/s1600-h/bilde.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_J1TkqroESG0/Rggw1PRmUjI/AAAAAAAAAGM/Z0gLHY20aIk/s400/bilde.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5046337073660187186" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Final Four&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Well Gators &amp; Gator Haters. We are back in the final four for the second consecutive years, in route to a possible repeat for the NCAA Mens Basketball Championship. If it comes to pass, it would be the first time in 15 years that a team has repeated as national champs. The last to do it was Duke in 91 &amp;amp; 92. I for one cant wait and am going to make the road trip to gainsville if we win. This team has impressed like I have never been impressed. Keep it up Gators.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/24275900-8915720001847597131?l=ajbendana.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ajbendana.blogspot.com/feeds/8915720001847597131/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=24275900&amp;postID=8915720001847597131' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24275900/posts/default/8915720001847597131'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24275900/posts/default/8915720001847597131'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ajbendana.blogspot.com/2007/03/final-four-well-gators-gator-haters.html' title=''/><author><name>DobyD</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_J1TkqroESG0/S7UWZ4QkuuI/AAAAAAAAAXw/8Wu9eHWh-J8/S220/Ostrich.PNG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_J1TkqroESG0/Rggw1PRmUjI/AAAAAAAAAGM/Z0gLHY20aIk/s72-c/bilde.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24275900.post-3911333834923304953</id><published>2007-03-19T12:34:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-05-23T14:12:57.881-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Sports'/><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>Gators edge it out against Purdue. Thanks to the 13 straight shots that they made to finish off the game. Al Horford was huge at the end. Got to tip your hat to Purdue, they played thier hearts out, but after all it is a game against the champs, they are resilient and they find the ways to win.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Up next is the sweet sixteen matchup against the number 5 seeded Butler on friday. I think the Gators got a wake up call and will be firing on all cylinders.  Go Gators!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/24275900-3911333834923304953?l=ajbendana.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ajbendana.blogspot.com/feeds/3911333834923304953/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=24275900&amp;postID=3911333834923304953' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24275900/posts/default/3911333834923304953'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24275900/posts/default/3911333834923304953'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ajbendana.blogspot.com/2007/03/gators-edge-it-out-against-purdue.html' title=''/><author><name>DobyD</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_J1TkqroESG0/S7UWZ4QkuuI/AAAAAAAAAXw/8Wu9eHWh-J8/S220/Ostrich.PNG'/></author><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24275900.post-6195678749569704937</id><published>2007-03-16T14:13:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-05-23T14:13:33.889-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Sports'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Everyday stuff'/><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;March Madness Is Here!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Go Gators!!!!!!!!!!!!!!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/24275900-6195678749569704937?l=ajbendana.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ajbendana.blogspot.com/feeds/6195678749569704937/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=24275900&amp;postID=6195678749569704937' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24275900/posts/default/6195678749569704937'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24275900/posts/default/6195678749569704937'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ajbendana.blogspot.com/2007/03/march-madness-is-here-go-gators.html' title=''/><author><name>DobyD</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_J1TkqroESG0/S7UWZ4QkuuI/AAAAAAAAAXw/8Wu9eHWh-J8/S220/Ostrich.PNG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24275900.post-6342022147339136134</id><published>2007-03-14T15:50:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-05-23T14:14:53.349-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Everyday stuff'/><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;Its definitly one of those days&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_J1TkqroESG0/RfhSL0YyNnI/AAAAAAAAAF4/HcXurZUZ6LA/s1600-h/badday.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_J1TkqroESG0/RfhSL0YyNnI/AAAAAAAAAF4/HcXurZUZ6LA/s400/badday.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5041870145835906674" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;Where nothing seems to go right, and when something does go right, it still sucks.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I like the picture. Could you imagine seeing this on the news. That would be freaking awesome in a sad kind of way.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The movie 300 made me remeber my childhood in the sense that I had to fight wolves when i was nine. J/k I dreamed about it though. I wana be spartan!!!!!! Those guys rock!!!!!!!!!!!! No not USC just in case some joker decided to comment.  W/e I am almost done with work. Yea!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/24275900-6342022147339136134?l=ajbendana.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ajbendana.blogspot.com/feeds/6342022147339136134/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=24275900&amp;postID=6342022147339136134' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24275900/posts/default/6342022147339136134'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24275900/posts/default/6342022147339136134'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ajbendana.blogspot.com/2007/03/its-definitly-one-of-those-days-where.html' title=''/><author><name>DobyD</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_J1TkqroESG0/S7UWZ4QkuuI/AAAAAAAAAXw/8Wu9eHWh-J8/S220/Ostrich.PNG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_J1TkqroESG0/RfhSL0YyNnI/AAAAAAAAAF4/HcXurZUZ6LA/s72-c/badday.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24275900.post-3009321849810322752</id><published>2007-03-09T10:38:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-05-23T14:17:10.118-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Lessons in Life'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Take the Moment'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Revelation'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Turning Point'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='self awareness'/><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>The search for truth, is it a valid quest? Is it what we envision it to be? Is it whole hearted endeavor we partake to find our purpose in this world or is it a dillusion in our mind that we create to make us feel like if all our suffering wont be in vain and that there is some form of comfort ahead. What is truth? How can we define it? Who can say that thier definition truly defines the word. How can we KNOW truth?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Most of us adhere to some form of authority (social, spiritual, moral etc.)when it comes to the truth. These institutions of authority  lay down their guidelines of how to live and act in order to find the truth they describe. But the question is do people really experience truth in this way? How can they, if they are taking the template from an experienced few and baseing thier morals and ideas around that. It creates a metal image of what they are trying to achieve. Well, my limited experience has taught me that truth is found in the experience. How do you describe the sensations you experience when you go to the ocean without having experienced them. How can you ever know what love is untill you experiences it personally.  What is truth as experienced by me is not nessicarily truth to you.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Having made this point, why is it that we look to others experiences on subjects such as religion, society, and morality as guidelines to live by? They can  give us the tools needed to experience the truth of what ever matter but we have to actually put for the effort to find our own experience of truth.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/24275900-3009321849810322752?l=ajbendana.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ajbendana.blogspot.com/feeds/3009321849810322752/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=24275900&amp;postID=3009321849810322752' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24275900/posts/default/3009321849810322752'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24275900/posts/default/3009321849810322752'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ajbendana.blogspot.com/2007/02/search-for-truth-is-it-valid-quest-is.html' title=''/><author><name>DobyD</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_J1TkqroESG0/S7UWZ4QkuuI/AAAAAAAAAXw/8Wu9eHWh-J8/S220/Ostrich.PNG'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24275900.post-3710144196949325973</id><published>2007-03-02T16:09:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-03-07T15:02:42.323-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Everyday stuff'/><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_J1TkqroESG0/ReiU12zQKHI/AAAAAAAAAFs/L3M68bnIdfo/s1600-h/tgif.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_J1TkqroESG0/ReiU12zQKHI/AAAAAAAAAFs/L3M68bnIdfo/s400/tgif.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5037439836178360434" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;Its FRIDAY!!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hell yea baby! I love fridays, especially ones where the week has zoomed by and the weekend around the corner is do for a big bash!!! My roomates are leaving out of town and its fiesta (thats means party for all you spanish challeged people) time!!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;Peace&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/24275900-3710144196949325973?l=ajbendana.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ajbendana.blogspot.com/feeds/3710144196949325973/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=24275900&amp;postID=3710144196949325973' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24275900/posts/default/3710144196949325973'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24275900/posts/default/3710144196949325973'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ajbendana.blogspot.com/2007/03/its-friday-hell-yea-baby-i-love-fridays.html' title=''/><author><name>DobyD</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_J1TkqroESG0/S7UWZ4QkuuI/AAAAAAAAAXw/8Wu9eHWh-J8/S220/Ostrich.PNG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_J1TkqroESG0/ReiU12zQKHI/AAAAAAAAAFs/L3M68bnIdfo/s72-c/tgif.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24275900.post-8737618041567475395</id><published>2007-02-28T11:51:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-02-28T12:30:17.549-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Everyday stuff'/><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_J1TkqroESG0/ReW5-2ZWIRI/AAAAAAAAAFc/5mF_gz4vhWQ/s1600-h/racquetball.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_J1TkqroESG0/ReW5-2ZWIRI/AAAAAAAAAFc/5mF_gz4vhWQ/s400/racquetball.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5036636247688618258" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Just another day,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It started out OK and progressed to good. I guess all days are good, it ones attitude that ruins them. You never know what side of the bed your gonna get up from so I have learned to put my best foot forward when dealing with bad attitude on any given day.  Enough of that preachy boring shit though.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Yesterday I had my second ass whooping in racquetball. Let me tell you that I definitely do not enjoy getting my ass handed to me in any activity, scrabble included (damn Mari-A-na)! But I will say that I really enjoy playing that game. It is so fast, and reaction time is crucial. Thank whom ever is responsible that I have cat like reflexes or I would be in an even worse situation. Its like dodge ball on roids but I get to slam the poop out of the ball with my stubby racket. The best is when we play doubles but before I describe that let me introduce the participants and background. Every Tuesday and Thursday of the week my cousin Miguel or Michele as i like to call him goes and plays with his two friends at Doral. They have very nice setup there and we exploite it to the max.  Exploite sounds so bad but screw it.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I had not played since my long lost memory knows when and decided to partake and ended up being hooked. We started playing doubles and lets just say that the bodies were hitting the floor HARD! Any sport where you are dodgeing bodies and balls, colliding against walls, and slamming the crap out of balls that might or might not end up hitting someone in the (back, head, jewels, ass,) is a great time!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;My knees are feeling it today though, I am sore as a w*ore! lol... sorry slipped out.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Gladly today is rest day. I am gona buy some epsom salt, and soak the pain away.  Then sit and watch friday nights lights.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;PS. Hey Marcy, Mike (Apocalypto) G got a "Volcano" I almost broke my rule on Monday for it but decided against it.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;They call him apocalypto at work, guess why?&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/24275900-8737618041567475395?l=ajbendana.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ajbendana.blogspot.com/feeds/8737618041567475395/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=24275900&amp;postID=8737618041567475395' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24275900/posts/default/8737618041567475395'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24275900/posts/default/8737618041567475395'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ajbendana.blogspot.com/2007/02/just-another-day-it-started-out-ok-and.html' title=''/><author><name>DobyD</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_J1TkqroESG0/S7UWZ4QkuuI/AAAAAAAAAXw/8Wu9eHWh-J8/S220/Ostrich.PNG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_J1TkqroESG0/ReW5-2ZWIRI/AAAAAAAAAFc/5mF_gz4vhWQ/s72-c/racquetball.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24275900.post-7347778017732175676</id><published>2007-02-23T12:52:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-05-23T14:18:59.064-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Everyday stuff'/><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;Weird Dreams May Come  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;My dreams have been pretty &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0"&gt;interesting&lt;/span&gt; lately, Most of them are a bit &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1"&gt;&lt;/span&gt; too nuts to write about and others just so vague, I &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2"&gt;remember&lt;/span&gt; how I felt very well, but as far as dream recollection is concerned I just blank out. But my pal David had an even crazier dream than any of my combined. He says he was visited by a friend of his that passed away in a motorcycle accident a couple years back. He thinks its &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3"&gt;cause&lt;/span&gt; he as passed by the area of the accident a couple of times this past month. He states that he is sure that he did not dream about him but that he came to visit in his dream. He also said that he asked his friend how heaven was but he forgot most of the dialogue except that his deceased friend told him that he would visit him once a month. Crazy huh...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Anybody have some &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4"&gt;interesting&lt;/span&gt; dreams that they have recently had?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/24275900-7347778017732175676?l=ajbendana.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ajbendana.blogspot.com/feeds/7347778017732175676/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=24275900&amp;postID=7347778017732175676' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24275900/posts/default/7347778017732175676'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24275900/posts/default/7347778017732175676'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ajbendana.blogspot.com/2007/02/weird-dreams-may-come-my-dreams-have.html' title=''/><author><name>DobyD</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_J1TkqroESG0/S7UWZ4QkuuI/AAAAAAAAAXw/8Wu9eHWh-J8/S220/Ostrich.PNG'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24275900.post-6448125397336867786</id><published>2007-02-14T09:23:00.001-05:00</published><updated>2007-02-14T09:54:40.016-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Friendship'/><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(255, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;Happy Valentines Day&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(255, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_J1TkqroESG0/RdMgDxYbxJI/AAAAAAAAAEo/ayFs6gcYFqk/s1600-h/Heart+of+the+Matter+3329.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_J1TkqroESG0/RdMgDxYbxJI/AAAAAAAAAEo/ayFs6gcYFqk/s400/Heart+of+the+Matter+3329.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5031400457870492818" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;everybody, but especially a special &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0"&gt;somebody&lt;/span&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/24275900-6448125397336867786?l=ajbendana.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ajbendana.blogspot.com/feeds/6448125397336867786/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=24275900&amp;postID=6448125397336867786' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24275900/posts/default/6448125397336867786'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24275900/posts/default/6448125397336867786'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ajbendana.blogspot.com/2007/02/happy-valentines-day-everybody-but_14.html' title=''/><author><name>DobyD</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_J1TkqroESG0/S7UWZ4QkuuI/AAAAAAAAAXw/8Wu9eHWh-J8/S220/Ostrich.PNG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_J1TkqroESG0/RdMgDxYbxJI/AAAAAAAAAEo/ayFs6gcYFqk/s72-c/Heart+of+the+Matter+3329.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24275900.post-5754829559428189221</id><published>2007-02-09T18:21:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-02-13T12:53:27.073-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Revelation'/><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_J1TkqroESG0/RdHYNhYbxAI/AAAAAAAAADE/eQJnKDd8-wU/s1600-h/settlers-beach-cossack.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_J1TkqroESG0/RdHYNhYbxAI/AAAAAAAAADE/eQJnKDd8-wU/s400/settlers-beach-cossack.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5031039985560306690" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);"&gt;Kill me now man, kill me now. I just don't get it. I just does not register. Its just not comprehensible. I will just leave it up to Spirit. I mean what else is there to do? There are some situations in life that you just don't get a bone thrown your way. Its just those Nolan Ryan type curve balls in the life of a human being. These are the times when you just entrust your life to spirit and have FAITH.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);"&gt;Faith, now &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);"&gt;that's&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);"&gt; a word I never really liked. Its a word I never got until I needed to get it. Faith to me was a last resort, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);"&gt;that's&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);"&gt; how I learned it. Not to say that &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);"&gt;that's&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);"&gt; how faith is for everyone so don't rip me for it, just in case anyone was. Its just what my experience with it is.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);"&gt;Here's&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);"&gt; a little background information about me and faith (Faith and I). Faith was a word I could not stand, I guess its cause I did not understand what it meant or how it applied to me. All my life I heard the same the phrase, "You have to have FAITH," after every  unanswerable religious question I asked to every person whether it was my mom,  grandparents, Sunday school teacher,  religion  teacher, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);"&gt;Marist&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);"&gt; brother (went to a &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);"&gt;Marist&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);"&gt; catholic high school), priest, even George Michael would not shut up about it. I always thought it was bullshit. How the *&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);"&gt;uck&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);"&gt; can you have faith in what you &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);"&gt;don't&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);"&gt; even know exists! Now I see that &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);"&gt;that's&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);"&gt; all you have when all other things have failed.   &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(255, 102, 0);"&gt;FAITH, FAITH, FAITH!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(255, 102, 0);"&gt;I HAVE FAITH!!!!!!!!!!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(255, 102, 0);"&gt;FUCK MAN.... ITS TAKEN ME 25 YEARS TO REALIZE THAT MYSELF AND THE REST OF US HAVE TO HAVE FAITH IN WHAT EVER YOU THINK ABOUT OR DO IN YOUR LIFE!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);"&gt;I have faith that everything will turn out fine in the end. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);"&gt;That's&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);"&gt; it. Short simple and to the point. You cant evade the bad times &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);"&gt;cause&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);"&gt; like my friend &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);"&gt;Pamplona&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);"&gt; likes to say and quote &lt;a href="http://www.columbia.edu/%7Egm84/gibtable.html"&gt;(Kahlil &lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);" href="http://www.columbia.edu/%7Egm84/gibtable.html"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;Gibran&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.columbia.edu/%7Egm84/gibtable.html"&gt;)&lt;/a&gt;, the bad times make the good times that much better or &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);"&gt;something&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);"&gt; along those lines.&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/24275900-5754829559428189221?l=ajbendana.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ajbendana.blogspot.com/feeds/5754829559428189221/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=24275900&amp;postID=5754829559428189221' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24275900/posts/default/5754829559428189221'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24275900/posts/default/5754829559428189221'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ajbendana.blogspot.com/2007/02/kill-me-now-man-kill-me-now.html' title=''/><author><name>DobyD</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_J1TkqroESG0/S7UWZ4QkuuI/AAAAAAAAAXw/8Wu9eHWh-J8/S220/Ostrich.PNG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_J1TkqroESG0/RdHYNhYbxAI/AAAAAAAAADE/eQJnKDd8-wU/s72-c/settlers-beach-cossack.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24275900.post-7284258785060578924</id><published>2007-02-06T15:27:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-05-23T14:20:21.557-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Lessons in Life'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Revelation'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='self awareness'/><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:180%;" &gt;The saboteur in all of us. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_J1TkqroESG0/Rcj4DAd7cZI/AAAAAAAAACw/vcoERgueCgI/s1600-h/alter+ego+half-face.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_J1TkqroESG0/Rcj4DAd7cZI/AAAAAAAAACw/vcoERgueCgI/s400/alter+ego+half-face.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5028541714507985298" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;He lurks in the umbra of our thoughts, conspiring to overthrow the true insights of our soul.&lt;br /&gt;He helps you connive at the selfish egocentric messages brought to light by his small mind.&lt;br /&gt;He whole heartedly tries to convince you that things wont work, not to change, to give up when the going gets tough in order to keep you complacent, cowardly,  comfortable and in ignorance as part of the herd.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;RECOGNIZE his every whim siblings for he has the power to make man great but also the power to seal his fate.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/24275900-7284258785060578924?l=ajbendana.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ajbendana.blogspot.com/feeds/7284258785060578924/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=24275900&amp;postID=7284258785060578924' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24275900/posts/default/7284258785060578924'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24275900/posts/default/7284258785060578924'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ajbendana.blogspot.com/2007/02/saboteur-in-all-of-us.html' title=''/><author><name>DobyD</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_J1TkqroESG0/S7UWZ4QkuuI/AAAAAAAAAXw/8Wu9eHWh-J8/S220/Ostrich.PNG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_J1TkqroESG0/Rcj4DAd7cZI/AAAAAAAAACw/vcoERgueCgI/s72-c/alter+ego+half-face.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24275900.post-3611553232655243902</id><published>2007-02-06T10:51:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-05-23T14:21:17.824-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Sports'/><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);font-size:130%;" &gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;My favorite type of class&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_J1TkqroESG0/Rcikngd7cWI/AAAAAAAAACU/os3fM-C_1Vk/s1600-h/2007gatorscommits25dra4.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_J1TkqroESG0/Rcikngd7cWI/AAAAAAAAACU/os3fM-C_1Vk/s400/2007gatorscommits25dra4.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5028449982596477282" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);"&gt;The University of Florida football program is doing it again, as they stand, they are set to bring home the #1 recruting class for 2007. This would bring two straight #1 classes depending on which recruiting site you favor. We currently have commitments from the #5th, 9th, 12th and 28th top national prospects and still have the possibility of landing the #13th and 14th prospect. What does this all mean you ask? Well it means that the Urban revival in Gainsville is in full effect. If there still are any people that doubt Urban Meyer's ability to run a successful program then those people really dont know much about college football. This guy is fantastic when it comes to building a program the right way. He recruits like there is no tommorrow in a state that was formerly domminated by the University of Miami and the other school out in the north west (FSU). This year the fruit of this staffs labor is finally beginning to ripen as the gators domminated the state in recruiting. Our foot is well inside the door, and our cupboards are being stocked like if we shop at Costco. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);"&gt;Its a great time to be a Florida Fan, and just in case anyone was wondering, we are not taking frontrunners into our ranks. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/24275900-3611553232655243902?l=ajbendana.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ajbendana.blogspot.com/feeds/3611553232655243902/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=24275900&amp;postID=3611553232655243902' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24275900/posts/default/3611553232655243902'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24275900/posts/default/3611553232655243902'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ajbendana.blogspot.com/2007/02/my-favorite-type-of-class-university-of.html' title=''/><author><name>DobyD</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_J1TkqroESG0/S7UWZ4QkuuI/AAAAAAAAAXw/8Wu9eHWh-J8/S220/Ostrich.PNG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_J1TkqroESG0/Rcikngd7cWI/AAAAAAAAACU/os3fM-C_1Vk/s72-c/2007gatorscommits25dra4.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24275900.post-4709430654597542966</id><published>2007-01-23T16:14:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-05-23T14:22:00.209-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Lessons in Life'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Take the Moment'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Revelation'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Turning Point'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='self awareness'/><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_J1TkqroESG0/RcEYtagx79I/AAAAAAAAACI/TeXwnNZkaeY/s1600-h/The+Path+Sketch.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_J1TkqroESG0/RcEYtagx79I/AAAAAAAAACI/TeXwnNZkaeY/s400/The+Path+Sketch.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5026325827612176338" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;Rediscovering &lt;span onclick="BLOG_clickHandler(this)" class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0"&gt;life's&lt;/span&gt; path.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;There have been times in my life when I felt all was  well, where all my thoughts and actions flowed smoothly with the steady river that is the universe. No action could go wrong it seemed, no event seemed out of whack. Just smooth sailing as far as the &lt;span onclick="BLOG_clickHandler(this)" class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1"&gt;ego less&lt;/span&gt; entity can see. Everything falls into place and the unknown is &lt;span onclick="BLOG_clickHandler(this)" class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2"&gt;something&lt;/span&gt; that is beheld as exciting and not fearful. I feel as though there is a &lt;span onclick="BLOG_clickHandler(this)" class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3"&gt;life&lt;/span&gt; path that everyone has laid for them but its not predetermined. Its more like following an Etch a Sketch point, the path behind is &lt;span onclick="BLOG_clickHandler(this)" class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4"&gt;visable&lt;/span&gt; but the front is not yet determined, all you know is your on the right path and what comes is what you make of it.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The majority of this planets people are so in tuned with &lt;span onclick="BLOG_clickHandler(this)" class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5"&gt;their&lt;/span&gt; everyday life that rediscovering this so called path is an huge  &lt;span onclick="BLOG_clickHandler(this)" class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6"&gt;endeavor&lt;/span&gt;. People need to match the &lt;span onclick="BLOG_clickHandler(this)" class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7"&gt;attributes&lt;/span&gt; of "God", my god,  &lt;span onclick="BLOG_clickHandler(this)" class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8"&gt;their&lt;/span&gt; god, what ever they see god as. Like a wise teacher once said, " The Divine is the Sea. All religions are rivers leading to the sea. Some rivers wind a great deal. Why not go to the sea directly?" The &lt;span onclick="BLOG_clickHandler(this)" class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_9"&gt;label&lt;/span&gt; or name that they use for god may be &lt;span onclick="BLOG_clickHandler(this)" class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_10"&gt;different&lt;/span&gt; but its the same Source.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;There are 7 attributes&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;ol&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Creativity: &lt;/span&gt;Creative expression, with out it there is no creation&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Kindness: &lt;/span&gt;Acts of kindness extended, &lt;span onclick="BLOG_clickHandler(this)" class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_11"&gt;received&lt;/span&gt; or observed &lt;span onclick="BLOG_clickHandler(this)" class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_12"&gt;beneficially&lt;/span&gt; impacts the physical health and feelings of everyone involved.  I know everyone can relate to this.  &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Love: &lt;/span&gt;"Love is our Highest word and a synonym for God" Ralph Waldo Emerson &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Beauty: &lt;/span&gt;Beautiful &lt;span onclick="BLOG_clickHandler(this)" class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_13"&gt;thoughts&lt;/span&gt; create a beautiful soul.  See beauty in all of Gods creations. A Creative kind,  loving source can not create anything that is repulsive to itself. &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Expansion: &lt;/span&gt;Life continues to expand, grow, evolved, thrive. Expanding creativity, kindness, love, and beauty. &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Unlimited Abundance:&lt;/span&gt; It Never stops, endless. We are created by an endless energy (God), We are limitless in our potential. We WILL have all we will ever need and if we have an abundant point of view towards our life. We  want to think about the abundance in our life in order to attract more of it.  For god only knows abundance.  Limited thoughts  put a limit on you and  create a block that keeps  abundance  (any type, love, money, etc.)&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Receptivity:&lt;/span&gt; All are welcome, we all come from the same source, there is no exclusion. Being receptive to the endless abundance that is "God."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ol&gt;I find that the more I try to live  up to these attributes, the more &lt;span onclick="BLOG_clickHandler(this)" class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_14"&gt;in tuned&lt;/span&gt; I feel with everything around me. Things just flow, if I need &lt;span onclick="BLOG_clickHandler(this)" class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_15"&gt;something&lt;/span&gt; and &lt;span onclick="BLOG_clickHandler(this)" class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_16"&gt;don't&lt;/span&gt; know where to start it just finds its way into my life. I love that.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Let spirit express itself through and for you. This leaves no room for Ego.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I will end this with another good qutoe&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"The secret to manifesting anything that you desire is your willingness and your ability to realign yourself so that your inner world is in inner harmony with the power of intention" Dr. Wayne Dyer&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;F.Y.I. By power of intention he means God.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/24275900-4709430654597542966?l=ajbendana.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ajbendana.blogspot.com/feeds/4709430654597542966/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=24275900&amp;postID=4709430654597542966' title='7 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24275900/posts/default/4709430654597542966'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24275900/posts/default/4709430654597542966'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ajbendana.blogspot.com/2007/01/rediscovering-lifes-path.html' title=''/><author><name>DobyD</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_J1TkqroESG0/S7UWZ4QkuuI/AAAAAAAAAXw/8Wu9eHWh-J8/S220/Ostrich.PNG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_J1TkqroESG0/RcEYtagx79I/AAAAAAAAACI/TeXwnNZkaeY/s72-c/The+Path+Sketch.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>7</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24275900.post-3438821938683781291</id><published>2007-01-19T15:41:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-05-23T14:23:00.370-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Friendship'/><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;Distant Conversations&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_J1TkqroESG0/RbE9sZ9CEmI/AAAAAAAAAB8/WZPsxxulHjY/s1600-h/Distant+conversation+Sketch.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_J1TkqroESG0/RbE9sZ9CEmI/AAAAAAAAAB8/WZPsxxulHjY/s320/Distant+conversation+Sketch.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5021862892585226850" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I dont know if it is just me or if everyone feels that long distance conversations just dont cut it. I feel so unsatisfied when everything is all said and done. The experience is nowhere near as rich and nourishing as it would be in person and you kind of yearn for that warmth that comes with the face to face, mano a mano experience. It seems so impersonal, so cold, so lackluster, so much like its just buisness, its just how it is type of feeling to it. To sum it all up its just plain old cold shit.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This is not to imply that the person on the other line is this way or makes it that way. Just need to make that CLEAR... I dont know enough about how it makes me feel, I could sit here and just think of words to express the sentiment that comes over me when I am dealing with the topic that we speack of. I am usually doing my best to keep myself upbeat about all things in my life but somthing I feel must be expressed if only to ease the discomfort.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Peace and love to all.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/24275900-3438821938683781291?l=ajbendana.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ajbendana.blogspot.com/feeds/3438821938683781291/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=24275900&amp;postID=3438821938683781291' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24275900/posts/default/3438821938683781291'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24275900/posts/default/3438821938683781291'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ajbendana.blogspot.com/2007/01/distant-conversations-i-dont-know-if-it.html' title=''/><author><name>DobyD</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_J1TkqroESG0/S7UWZ4QkuuI/AAAAAAAAAXw/8Wu9eHWh-J8/S220/Ostrich.PNG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_J1TkqroESG0/RbE9sZ9CEmI/AAAAAAAAAB8/WZPsxxulHjY/s72-c/Distant+conversation+Sketch.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24275900.post-8293268429672873158</id><published>2007-01-09T16:14:00.001-05:00</published><updated>2007-03-07T15:01:58.041-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Sports'/><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);font-size:180%;" &gt;2006-2007 NATIONAL CHAMPS!!!!!!!!!!!!!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_J1TkqroESG0/RaQI4QMbAYI/AAAAAAAAABs/amLLRDoggE0/s1600-h/ncf_bcs_CHRISLEAK_t.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_J1TkqroESG0/RaQI4QMbAYI/AAAAAAAAABs/amLLRDoggE0/s400/ncf_bcs_CHRISLEAK_t.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5018145647310340482" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0); font-weight: bold;"&gt;What! What was that! 82 TOTAL YARDS you say!!! OHIO STATE...THE Ohio State!?!?!?! It cant be, It couldnt be, IT IS Gator Hators!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);"&gt;Scoring Summary&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"&gt;FIRST QUARTER FLA OSU&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"&gt;TD 14:44 TED GINN JR. 93 YD KICK RETURN (AARON PETTREY KICK) 0 7&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"&gt; TD 10:31 DALLAS BAKER 14 YD PASS FROM CHRIS LEAK (CHRIS HETLAND KICK)&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"&gt;Drive info: 7 plays, 46 yards.&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"&gt; 7 7&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"&gt; TD 5:51 PERCY HARVIN 4 YD RUN (CHRIS HETLAND KICK)&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"&gt;Drive info: 5 plays, 34 yards.&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"&gt; 14 7&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;SECOND QUARTER FLA OSU&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;TD 14:56 DESHAWN WYNN 2 YD RUN (CHRIS HETLAND KICK)&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"&gt;Drive info: 10 plays, 71 yards.&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"&gt; 21 7&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;TD 13:32 ANTONIO PITTMAN 18 YD RUN (AARON PETTREY KICK)&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"&gt;Drive info: 4 plays, 64 yards.&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"&gt; 21 14&lt;br /&gt;-------POINT OF NO RETURN FOR  Overrated State University &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"&gt;(OSU)------------------------------&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"&gt; FG 6:00 CHRIS HETLAND 42 YD FG&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"&gt;Drive info: 9 plays, 32 yards.&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"&gt; 24 14&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;FG 1:53 CHRIS HETLAND 40 YD FG&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"&gt;Drive info: 4 plays, 6 yards.&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"&gt; 27 14&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;TD 0:23 ANDRE CALDWELL 1 YD PASS FROM TIM TEBOW (CHRIS HETLAND KICK)&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"&gt;Drive info: 3 plays, 5 yards.&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"&gt; 34 14&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;FOURTH QUARTER FLA OSU&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;TD 10:20 TIM TEBOW 1 YD RUN (CHRIS HETLAND KICK)&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"&gt;Drive info: 8 plays, 39 yards.&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"&gt; 41 14&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/24275900-8293268429672873158?l=ajbendana.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ajbendana.blogspot.com/feeds/8293268429672873158/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=24275900&amp;postID=8293268429672873158' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24275900/posts/default/8293268429672873158'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24275900/posts/default/8293268429672873158'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ajbendana.blogspot.com/2007/01/2006-2007-national-champs-what-what-was_09.html' title=''/><author><name>DobyD</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_J1TkqroESG0/S7UWZ4QkuuI/AAAAAAAAAXw/8Wu9eHWh-J8/S220/Ostrich.PNG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_J1TkqroESG0/RaQI4QMbAYI/AAAAAAAAABs/amLLRDoggE0/s72-c/ncf_bcs_CHRISLEAK_t.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24275900.post-3491324624463088156</id><published>2006-12-19T14:12:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-12-19T14:34:08.829-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Take the Moment'/><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(102, 204, 204);"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0); font-weight: bold;"&gt;Time of my life.  The time is now! Time is an illusion but the moment is now! The Moment is KEY! This Moment for me! The Moment to be all that I can Be. I leave you with a quote that really spoke to me.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_J1TkqroESG0/RYg8wDpXdlI/AAAAAAAAABg/-FqYzwX3ff0/s1600-h/Life_is_beautiful.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_J1TkqroESG0/RYg8wDpXdlI/AAAAAAAAABg/-FqYzwX3ff0/s400/Life_is_beautiful.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5010321381759874642" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 102, 255);"&gt;“Watch your thoughts, for they become words.&lt;br /&gt;Watch your words, for they become actions.&lt;br /&gt;Watch your actions, for they become habits.&lt;br /&gt;Watch your habits, for they become character.&lt;br /&gt;Watch your character, for it becomes your destiny.”&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/24275900-3491324624463088156?l=ajbendana.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ajbendana.blogspot.com/feeds/3491324624463088156/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=24275900&amp;postID=3491324624463088156' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24275900/posts/default/3491324624463088156'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24275900/posts/default/3491324624463088156'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ajbendana.blogspot.com/2006/12/time-of-my-life.html' title=''/><author><name>DobyD</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_J1TkqroESG0/S7UWZ4QkuuI/AAAAAAAAAXw/8Wu9eHWh-J8/S220/Ostrich.PNG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_J1TkqroESG0/RYg8wDpXdlI/AAAAAAAAABg/-FqYzwX3ff0/s72-c/Life_is_beautiful.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24275900.post-6663343155370522766</id><published>2006-12-12T10:34:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-12-12T10:57:30.745-05:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_J1TkqroESG0/RX7RQuNLfrI/AAAAAAAAABU/Ck2tOyMFOMM/s1600-h/wise+%26+unwise.JPEG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_J1TkqroESG0/RX7RQuNLfrI/AAAAAAAAABU/Ck2tOyMFOMM/s200/wise+%26+unwise.JPEG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5007669920893992626" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Wise &amp; Unwise&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span onclick="BLOG_clickHandler(this)" class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0"&gt;Doesn't&lt;/span&gt; anyone ever wonder why we (people) can be so wise and give such great advice that just seems to flow naturally from our minds, but when the script is flipped and we are the ones seeking advice we act like children lost in the airport. We cant help but feel helpless, &lt;span onclick="BLOG_clickHandler(this)" class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1"&gt;desperate&lt;/span&gt;, and alone.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The answers and solutions that were once so &lt;span onclick="BLOG_clickHandler(this)" class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2"&gt;accessible&lt;/span&gt; to us in our previous mental state are now nowhere to be found or are they? The funny/sad thing is that the answers are still right in front of us but we just &lt;span onclick="BLOG_clickHandler(this)" class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3"&gt;don't&lt;/span&gt; see them, or is it that we &lt;span onclick="BLOG_clickHandler(this)" class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4"&gt;don't&lt;/span&gt; want to see them.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It seems as though we are  so much in denial that those answers become unacceptable and there for not possible answers anymore. Its incredible to me how that whole process works. Humans, we are complicated beings. Who &lt;span onclick="BLOG_clickHandler(this)" class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0"&gt;DA&lt;/span&gt; thought?&lt;a href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="return false;" tabindex="7"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/24275900-6663343155370522766?l=ajbendana.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ajbendana.blogspot.com/feeds/6663343155370522766/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=24275900&amp;postID=6663343155370522766' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24275900/posts/default/6663343155370522766'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24275900/posts/default/6663343155370522766'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ajbendana.blogspot.com/2006/12/wise-unwise-doesnt-anyone-ever-wonder.html' title=''/><author><name>DobyD</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_J1TkqroESG0/S7UWZ4QkuuI/AAAAAAAAAXw/8Wu9eHWh-J8/S220/Ostrich.PNG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_J1TkqroESG0/RX7RQuNLfrI/AAAAAAAAABU/Ck2tOyMFOMM/s72-c/wise+%26+unwise.JPEG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24275900.post-8643513299723136609</id><published>2006-12-11T10:52:00.001-05:00</published><updated>2006-12-11T10:52:49.749-05:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>The Cowboys get owned, i dont even want to say anymore. Wow we got exposed!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/24275900-8643513299723136609?l=ajbendana.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ajbendana.blogspot.com/feeds/8643513299723136609/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=24275900&amp;postID=8643513299723136609' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24275900/posts/default/8643513299723136609'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24275900/posts/default/8643513299723136609'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ajbendana.blogspot.com/2006/12/cowboys-get-owned-i-dont-even-want-to.html' title=''/><author><name>DobyD</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_J1TkqroESG0/S7UWZ4QkuuI/AAAAAAAAAXw/8Wu9eHWh-J8/S220/Ostrich.PNG'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24275900.post-3358497470352454881</id><published>2006-12-06T09:58:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-12-07T12:55:51.969-05:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);font-size:180%;" &gt;The Gator Side of the Story  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_J1TkqroESG0/RXhVbnS8qAI/AAAAAAAAAAw/OulHyIzKYCM/s1600-h/Urban+shower+sec+champs.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_J1TkqroESG0/RXhVbnS8qAI/AAAAAAAAAAw/OulHyIzKYCM/s400/Urban+shower+sec+champs.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5005844918715590658" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I was gona write an entire analysis on the schedules, confrences, diffrenced between UF and UM but I ran into this &lt;a href="http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/sports/colleges/university_of_florida/16158002.htm"&gt;article&lt;/a&gt; that pretty much sums it all up. Enjoy, and if your a Maize and Blue fan just let it go alreadly.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/24275900-3358497470352454881?l=ajbendana.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ajbendana.blogspot.com/feeds/3358497470352454881/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=24275900&amp;postID=3358497470352454881' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24275900/posts/default/3358497470352454881'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24275900/posts/default/3358497470352454881'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ajbendana.blogspot.com/2006/12/gator-side-of-story-i-was-gona-write.html' title=''/><author><name>DobyD</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_J1TkqroESG0/S7UWZ4QkuuI/AAAAAAAAAXw/8Wu9eHWh-J8/S220/Ostrich.PNG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_J1TkqroESG0/RXhVbnS8qAI/AAAAAAAAAAw/OulHyIzKYCM/s72-c/Urban+shower+sec+champs.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24275900.post-8587289543005007352</id><published>2006-12-03T23:24:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-12-06T09:58:02.045-05:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 153, 0);"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);"&gt;GATORS GET BID TO PLAY IN THE BCS CHAMPIONSHIP VS OHIO STATE!!!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_J1TkqroESG0/RXOrcGqscgI/AAAAAAAAAAk/losAw3Sa7sU/s1600-h/bcs_champ_2007.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_J1TkqroESG0/RXOrcGqscgI/AAAAAAAAAAk/losAw3Sa7sU/s400/bcs_champ_2007.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5004532110253126146" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(255, 153, 0);"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration: underline;"&gt;The Stars haved aligned!!!&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"&gt;NFL new: Dallas takes control of the NFC East with today win over New York.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/24275900-8587289543005007352?l=ajbendana.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ajbendana.blogspot.com/feeds/8587289543005007352/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=24275900&amp;postID=8587289543005007352' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24275900/posts/default/8587289543005007352'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24275900/posts/default/8587289543005007352'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ajbendana.blogspot.com/2006/12/gators-get-bid-to-play-in-bcs.html' title=''/><author><name>DobyD</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_J1TkqroESG0/S7UWZ4QkuuI/AAAAAAAAAXw/8Wu9eHWh-J8/S220/Ostrich.PNG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_J1TkqroESG0/RXOrcGqscgI/AAAAAAAAAAk/losAw3Sa7sU/s72-c/bcs_champ_2007.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24275900.post-6729936313802986433</id><published>2006-12-03T01:11:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-12-03T01:22:40.884-05:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:180%;" &gt;FINALLY!!!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_J1TkqroESG0/RXJqpGqsceI/AAAAAAAAAAM/hD8wpoU-HV0/s1600-h/Leak+Finally%21%21%21.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_J1TkqroESG0/RXJqpGqsceI/AAAAAAAAAAM/hD8wpoU-HV0/s400/Leak+Finally%21%21%21.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5004179390358909410" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Florida Gators win their sixth SEC championship in grand fashion. This game was nuts, a hell of a performance by both teams. It was everything a championship game should be. I am very happy for the 21 seniors who found a way to win yet again. Gators finish the season 12-1 and await the BCS calculations that come out tomorrow. Its either UF or UM (Mich.) thats gonna meet Ohio State for the Title game.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I personally think that Michigan does not deserve to play due to thier loss to Ohio State. Give another team who has NOT lost to OSU a shot at it. Michigan had thier chance and came up short. It would be a crime not to allow the Gators to play, and prove again that the BCS system is flawed.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Enjoy the win Gator fans we deserve it for all those tough years under Zook.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Prediction: The stars will align and allow the Gators to take on OSU for the title.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/24275900-6729936313802986433?l=ajbendana.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ajbendana.blogspot.com/feeds/6729936313802986433/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=24275900&amp;postID=6729936313802986433' title='11 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24275900/posts/default/6729936313802986433'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24275900/posts/default/6729936313802986433'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ajbendana.blogspot.com/2006/12/finally-florida-gators-win-their-sixth.html' title=''/><author><name>DobyD</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_J1TkqroESG0/S7UWZ4QkuuI/AAAAAAAAAXw/8Wu9eHWh-J8/S220/Ostrich.PNG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_J1TkqroESG0/RXJqpGqsceI/AAAAAAAAAAM/hD8wpoU-HV0/s72-c/Leak+Finally%21%21%21.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>11</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24275900.post-6317253197957616916</id><published>2006-11-25T18:30:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-11-25T18:45:11.736-05:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;Happy Turkey Weekend People!!!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger2/3004/2963/1600/56715/Turkey%20bowl%20Pic.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger2/3004/2963/320/751805/Turkey%20bowl%20Pic.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;I had a great thanks giving and hopefully all you peeps did as well. My flag football team swept through the competition going 3-0 to win the first annual Turkey Bowl beyotches!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;On another bright note, the Dallas Cowboys clobbered the Tampa Bay Buccaneer's 38-10! Tony Romo had a career day, throwing for 5 touchdowns which ties Troy Aikman for the team record. He is not in bad company folks. This kid looks like the real deal and he ain't no shlameal!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;My beloved Gators beat in state Rival FSU 21-14, in a game that was how you say??? shitty with respects to style points that are needed in todays college football in order to impress those medioits at ESPN to back a team. Someone please talk some sense into the NCAA and have them run a playoff! Stupid Analysts!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Last but not least, we finally finished moving to the new warehouse and we start working there on Monday. Its gonna be great compared to the shit hole we were in before. Cant wait!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;All I need to finish this weekend of immaculate is for my Fantasy team to whoop up on my brothers team.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/24275900-6317253197957616916?l=ajbendana.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ajbendana.blogspot.com/feeds/6317253197957616916/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=24275900&amp;postID=6317253197957616916' title='8 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24275900/posts/default/6317253197957616916'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24275900/posts/default/6317253197957616916'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ajbendana.blogspot.com/2006/11/happy-turkey-weekend-people-i-had-great.html' title=''/><author><name>DobyD</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_J1TkqroESG0/S7UWZ4QkuuI/AAAAAAAAAXw/8Wu9eHWh-J8/S220/Ostrich.PNG'/></author><thr:total>8</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24275900.post-7919371843882522579</id><published>2006-11-20T11:09:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-11-20T11:54:27.808-05:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"&gt;Cowboys Hogtie the Colts!!! &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger2/3004/2963/1600/218597/Manning%20Nowhere%20to%20run.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger2/3004/2963/400/508456/Manning%20Nowhere%20to%20run.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger2/3004/2963/1600/385923/mbIII.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger2/3004/2963/400/20125/mbIII.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger2/3004/2963/1600/482588/Parcells-Manning_330.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger2/3004/2963/400/567468/Parcells-Manning_330.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"&gt;In what had to be the best defensive performance of the year, the &lt;a style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);" href="http://sports-att.espn.go.com/nfl/recap?gameId=261119006"&gt;Dallas Cowboys&lt;/a&gt; redeemed themselves after roughing up  Payton Manning and the undefeated Colts. That Cowboys who's pass rush had been &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" onclick="BLOG_clickHandler(this)" class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0"&gt;anemic&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"&gt;through out the entire first half of the season, came alive. I was a bit concerned about the pass rush especially since the Cowboys had lost their best pass rusher Greg Ellis for the season due to a torn&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" onclick="BLOG_clickHandler(this)" class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1"&gt;Achilles&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"&gt;. Regardless of what we all thought, the replacements stepped up to give Manning a day to &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" onclick="BLOG_clickHandler(this)" class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2"&gt;remember&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"&gt;. Two sacks, two fumbles forced, 2 interceptions, one on the &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" onclick="BLOG_clickHandler(this)" class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3"&gt;goaline&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"&gt; and one returned for a touchdown by 2&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" onclick="BLOG_clickHandler(this)" class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4"&gt;nd&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"&gt; year linebacker Kevin Burnett. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"&gt;Offensively it took the &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" onclick="BLOG_clickHandler(this)" class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5"&gt;Boyz&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"&gt; till the third quarter to get things figured out but once they did they got a &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" onclick="BLOG_clickHandler(this)" class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6"&gt;handful&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"&gt; of Julius Jones and &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" onclick="BLOG_clickHandler(this)" class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7"&gt;MBIII&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"&gt;. Give credit to what was though to be a horrible run defense for the Colts. The &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" onclick="BLOG_clickHandler(this)" class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8"&gt;Stymied&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"&gt; the Cowboys in the first half of play. Tony Romo has made me a believer, this kid can freaking play! He had an huge clutch drive at in the last two minutes to keep Payton and that offense off the field for the win. Very impressive win for the Cowboys! &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"&gt;Now if only the &lt;a href="http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=2668566"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 0);"&gt;Gators&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; would get some love from the BCS! Stupid ESPN analysts. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/24275900-7919371843882522579?l=ajbendana.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ajbendana.blogspot.com/feeds/7919371843882522579/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=24275900&amp;postID=7919371843882522579' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24275900/posts/default/7919371843882522579'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24275900/posts/default/7919371843882522579'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ajbendana.blogspot.com/2006/11/cowboys-hogtie-colts-in-what-had-to-be.html' title=''/><author><name>DobyD</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_J1TkqroESG0/S7UWZ4QkuuI/AAAAAAAAAXw/8Wu9eHWh-J8/S220/Ostrich.PNG'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24275900.post-116287788798382556</id><published>2006-11-07T00:05:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-11-15T13:06:14.030-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Turning Point'/><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);"&gt;I am totally out of whack. I am completely lost in perception. I don't know why, or how I can allow my self to utterly lose  my focus when trying to accomplish goals. Actually &lt;span onclick="BLOG_clickHandler(this)" class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0"&gt;that's&lt;/span&gt; not the truth, actually I know exactly how, cause I constantly see myself do it, but I get this feeling of indifference that comes over me. Its come to the point where I am convinced that I cant finish something unless I see it through without interruption. I feel like if I where a recovering alcoholic that dying for a shot that he knows will send me into a tailspin.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span onclick="BLOG_clickHandler(this)" class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1"&gt;OK&lt;/span&gt; that was a last week I believe. Today I have a new view of the situation. Last weeks part has some relevancy to &lt;span onclick="BLOG_clickHandler(this)" class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2"&gt;today's&lt;/span&gt; topic but its just a small part. The first half of this year, my time was taken up by my desire to explore the spiritual side of my humanity.  I did and still &lt;span onclick="BLOG_clickHandler(this)" class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3"&gt;don't&lt;/span&gt; know much about it for that matter but i made some significant strides. My mind was clear&lt;span onclick="BLOG_clickHandler(this)" class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;, my heart was in the right place, my morals were unquestioned. Then little by little I came down from that cloud I was on. As the days went by, the desire to explore and search and the need to find what I sought slowly slipped through my minds fingers.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;As the time passed I hardly noticed the changes taking place. I became complacent with my life and fell through the cracks. I &lt;span onclick="BLOG_clickHandler(this)" class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6"&gt;didn't&lt;/span&gt; even care to blog anymore and that had been one of my greatest outlets. A place to tell the world how Aldo Jose &lt;span onclick="BLOG_clickHandler(this)" class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7"&gt;Bendañ&lt;/span&gt;a G&lt;span onclick="BLOG_clickHandler(this)" class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8"&gt;urdian &lt;/span&gt;M&lt;span onclick="BLOG_clickHandler(this)" class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_9"&gt;onterey &lt;/span&gt;Lopez viewed the world! Its&lt;span onclick="BLOG_clickHandler(this)" class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_10"&gt;ridiculous &lt;/span&gt;how people (me) can be on such a high about &lt;span onclick="BLOG_clickHandler(this)" class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_11"&gt;something&lt;/span&gt; new in &lt;span onclick="BLOG_clickHandler(this)" class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_12"&gt;their&lt;/span&gt; life and then just forget it altogether. Its actually sad, but enough of that sort of talk. I am on the road to recovery, (i am a drunk, J/K) and it starts today with this post. No more meaningless m&lt;span onclick="BLOG_clickHandler(this)" class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_13"&gt;umbo &lt;/span&gt;jumbo. All I got left to say is Where my dogs at?!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/24275900-116287788798382556?l=ajbendana.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ajbendana.blogspot.com/feeds/116287788798382556/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=24275900&amp;postID=116287788798382556' title='5 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24275900/posts/default/116287788798382556'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24275900/posts/default/116287788798382556'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ajbendana.blogspot.com/2006/11/i-am-totally-out-of-whack.html' title=''/><author><name>DobyD</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_J1TkqroESG0/S7UWZ4QkuuI/AAAAAAAAAXw/8Wu9eHWh-J8/S220/Ostrich.PNG'/></author><thr:total>5</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24275900.post-116240618035764801</id><published>2006-11-01T13:32:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-11-15T11:24:43.299-05:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>Peeved is the effing WORD for it.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You know what really irks me? Its when someone swears that you have or are doing something and you arent. No matter what you do or say its just pointless. This stupid post is pointless but it serves a purpose and that is to vent about some dope that doesnt get a clue. I really wish it didnt bother me so much, but its just so annoying. I have a good mind to not even post this crap but fuck it.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/24275900-116240618035764801?l=ajbendana.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ajbendana.blogspot.com/feeds/116240618035764801/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=24275900&amp;postID=116240618035764801' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24275900/posts/default/116240618035764801'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24275900/posts/default/116240618035764801'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ajbendana.blogspot.com/2006/11/peeved-is-effing-word-for-it.html' title=''/><author><name>DobyD</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_J1TkqroESG0/S7UWZ4QkuuI/AAAAAAAAAXw/8Wu9eHWh-J8/S220/Ostrich.PNG'/></author><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24275900.post-116171086159988067</id><published>2006-10-24T13:18:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2006-11-15T11:24:43.184-05:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7945/2514/1600/logo.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7945/2514/400/logo.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0);"&gt;Hey guys, this is a new type of post for me, but I am always looking for ways to make money and I wanted to give Network Marketing a try. Usually in network marketing you have existing companies with existing products and the people who first start out with the company when the products are launched are the ones who benefit from the pyramid of distributors that forms, the higher you are on the pyramid, the more money you get. Well, I was stumling on Stumbleupon and I found a site called &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0);" href="http://sensatiafruit.com/pre/ab060937.html"&gt;SenSatiaFriut.com.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0);"&gt; Its free to register which is the best part, and they give you your own copy of thier website. The more people who sign up free under your your website the better it is for you. I have not found the catch if there is one, but I would not be surprised if it popped up later, but its free for now so what do I have to lose. The product goes on sale in December of this year. This should be if nothing else an intresting experiment and learing experience.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0);"&gt;The website can be reach on the Hyperlink above or at&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 51);"&gt;http://sensatiafruit.com/pre/ab060937.html&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/24275900-116171086159988067?l=ajbendana.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ajbendana.blogspot.com/feeds/116171086159988067/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=24275900&amp;postID=116171086159988067' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24275900/posts/default/116171086159988067'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24275900/posts/default/116171086159988067'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ajbendana.blogspot.com/2006/10/hey-guys-this-is-new-type-of-post-for_24.html' title=''/><author><name>DobyD</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_J1TkqroESG0/S7UWZ4QkuuI/AAAAAAAAAXw/8Wu9eHWh-J8/S220/Ostrich.PNG'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24275900.post-116170533142961225</id><published>2006-10-24T11:34:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-11-15T11:24:42.963-05:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7945/2514/1600/pl_718302.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7945/2514/400/pl_718302.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;What a stupid line judge! If that dumb bastard had not been in the way of Roy Williams, he would have A)Knocked the crap out of Plaxico Burress or B) intercepted/broken up the touchdown pass.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I  hate when officials get in the way. It should be a pentaly, It interference!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7945/2514/1600/Romo.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7945/2514/400/Romo.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;On a brighter note, the Parcells finally had enough of Bledsoes let downs. He has screwed up way to many times. No i am not talking about all the sacks but i am talking about his mental lapses. I am glad Romo has taken over. His mobility allows us to open up the offense and send more people out on routes. With Bledsoe imobility we had to keep Jason Witten in to help block. Now he can go out and make plays like he did last night in limited time. Romo brings a spark to the team. I think things will turn out alright now that we dont have a statue at quarterback.  Go Romo.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/24275900-116170533142961225?l=ajbendana.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ajbendana.blogspot.com/feeds/116170533142961225/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=24275900&amp;postID=116170533142961225' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24275900/posts/default/116170533142961225'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24275900/posts/default/116170533142961225'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ajbendana.blogspot.com/2006/10/what-stupid-line-judge-if-that-dumb.html' title=''/><author><name>DobyD</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_J1TkqroESG0/S7UWZ4QkuuI/AAAAAAAAAXw/8Wu9eHWh-J8/S220/Ostrich.PNG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24275900.post-116170402103871160</id><published>2006-10-24T11:17:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-11-15T11:24:42.808-05:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7945/2514/1600/Sweet-16-Logo%20halloween%20horror%20nights.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7945/2514/400/Sweet-16-Logo%20halloween%20horror%20nights.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Blows if you dont have the express pass, its lines are rediculously long, we were there from 4pm to about 12am and we only got to go on 3 effing rides. If anyone ever thinks of going to this crap, make sure you get the express pass, if not you are going to be DOOMED to walk like zombies in a fucking line all night. Even though we were unable to see all events, I managed to have a pretty decent time. Just remember that I dont recomend this shit if you dont have what? THE EXPRESS PASS!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7945/2514/1600/HowlOScream.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7945/2514/400/HowlOScream.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I actually wanted to go to Howl-O-Scream in Busch Gardens, I hear its much better than Halloween Horror nights by a landslide. Wait till next year I guess. Marilona, I would have loved to have scared the shit out of you this weekend.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/24275900-116170402103871160?l=ajbendana.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ajbendana.blogspot.com/feeds/116170402103871160/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=24275900&amp;postID=116170402103871160' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24275900/posts/default/116170402103871160'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24275900/posts/default/116170402103871160'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ajbendana.blogspot.com/2006/10/blows-if-you-dont-have-express-pass.html' title=''/><author><name>DobyD</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_J1TkqroESG0/S7UWZ4QkuuI/AAAAAAAAAXw/8Wu9eHWh-J8/S220/Ostrich.PNG'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry></feed>
