Ataxian Chronicles

I am working on the book's back story and history. It goes back about two thousand years and it will be involved. I think I could certainly squeeze eight to twelve more books out of the history I am going to create. It won't be like Tolkien though. I will have Dwarves, the occasional elf, but the history is pre-dominately that of Man, though Dwarves and Elves do play a crucial part in some the early histories. For the most part, these races have fallen by the wayside by the time of Selena Craig and the Undead War. What will be the final turnout of the story. Well, We'll see later

Memorial Day

I am a veteran of the United States Navy. I salute the Men and women of the armed forces and thank them for their service. Thank you Shipmates and everyone who serves this country proudly.

Preparing for Life and Health insurance test

Sitting here reading my ABLE Pass Book for my Prometric Life and Health Insurance test, I realize I need to beg one of the librarians to proctor my pre-licensing test so I can get the paper signed for my certificate so I can take the test on Jun 3rd. I hope to heaven I have a car by then. I totaled my last one. I best get going because I have to get up early tomorrow and drive to Lebanon. I look forward to my cousin John's wedding in Seattle to Miss Kasey from the Seattle area. I also look forward to seeing my cousin Jimmie Gerrity who my mother told me also lives in Seattle. Yes, guys from TBF I have lots of family up that way and with Kasey marrying John and marrying into the Anoia and Butler family, I'll have second cousins up there too. Of course with Jimmie I probably already have 3rd cousins. :) Think I'll move to Bremerton someday. Anyway, I'm learning lots of interesting stuff about S&P 500's and how they are connected to annuties and Roth IRAs. and Taxing for life insurance and about Health Insurance too. By the by, because of my health, I know I would be classified as a substandard risk, whereas someone with cancer in remission would be considered a standard risk if their health is overall pretty good and they don't engage in any hazardous pasttimes like scuba diving or skydiving or rodeo riding. They are physical hazards, where as indifference is a morale hazard and lying is a moral hazard in the life insurance biz.

Scandals for the Catholic Church in Ireland

Once again the Catholic Church is making headlines. But this time the scandals stretch back to the 1930s and well into the late-1990s. What is it? Why boys in reform school were beaten, starved or raped by the Brothers in Irish reform schools and girls and women were beaten, mistreated and otherwise abandoned by families into convents. Unwed mothers were treated the worst. Their children would be taken off them and placed in orphanages whilst they worked in Laundries. One of these Laundries were the Magdalene Laundries. A movie in 2002 was based on the true story of these horrendous places. http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2003/08/08/sunday/main567365.shtml The other story is the current news headline on yahoo news. http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090520/ap_on_re_eu/eu_ireland_catholic_abuse I was raised Catholic, but really am quite lapsed. I prefer Gnosticism. These men and women who professed to love and serve God were the type of individuals I would classify as either dark entities or individuals with Life Themes such as Manipulator or Persecutor. I hope God can forgive these nuns and priests for I cannot. No child should ever be made to be a slave in the service of a benevolent God. It goes against the very thing God is and what Jesus said about allowing the children to come to him. I am embarrassed for the Faith I was raised in and for my Irish heritage. That such crimes could be committed by fellow Irish men and women shames me. My own cousins, Sisters Peter and Rosita were sweet women and nuns in the IHM and I'm sure they are spinning over in their graves over this outrage to the cloth and their heritage.

skeleton pics

I figured I would share some of my most interesting pictures from my senior year in college. This picture is of a skeleton I worked on for my independent study in Forensic Anthropology. I received a grade of "A" for the project. I love this type of work and although I love learning about Life and Health Insurance and adore writing this is really what I want to do with my life--I just need the capital to finance my Masters and Doctorate in Forensic Anthropology.

Region News

Today is the Pennsylvania Primary. Specters name was not on the ballot this year or I would have voted for him. Perhaps next year. I'm looking forward to next year--Pennsylvania's chance to get rid of Fast "Fat" Eddie Rendell. He's promising to make State Workers work without pay in case of a budget impasse. I know my friend Dan Knorr will get elected in the primary for Mayor of Bloomsburg(he's running unopposed). I had the opportunity to thank one the volunteer firefighters from Aristes for getting me out my train wreck of an accident. His name is Mr. Harris, a nice looking African-American. He lives down the block from me on the other side of the street. I appreciate his help. My neighbors are awesome people. The coal Region is a tight knit area where neighbors still help neighbors and we can let our children out to play without the worries that most modern cities or urban suburbs have. But that is simply because the neighbors are generally the parents who went to school together. For instance my daughter plays with several kids whose parents I know from either the area community pools or I went to school with. Her friend father's last name is Houser and he and my brother Jerry use to run together(although Jeff ducked my brother in 35 degree water in the Doggie Dam when they were kids). Yesterday, My friend Nicole was telling us how her brother, her and their friend use to toss nerf footballs across the street. And Her brother pegged a driver in the head. It was funny, because the guy(a big dude) got out and ran after him. She had us in stitches. God, I love the Coal Region. We are all family here. I love it.

Addendum to Two Things

I have nothing whatsoever to prove to HIM. Everyone that really knows me likes me. If he can't come out of his white Ivory Tower so be it. But life is too short and I'm through with worrying about HIM. I only have myself to prove things too. I have a life and children who need me. I'll keep that as my maxim for now. Anonymous is not my friend. My brother Jerry is sooooooooo right.

Lifetime Friendships

I believe lifetime friendships are possible. My friend Lana Slotterback and I have been friends since I was 9. Almost 25 years later, I am still friends with her. She loves me and accepts me for who I am and I am of like mind with her. True friendships are possible if the other person can accept someone with all their faults and idiosyncracies and still like that person. My Aunt Eileen once told me that me and my brothers were some of the nicest, most unspoiled, most unindulged children she knew and as a result she said that none of us had arrogance. I love my boss, Joe, he is a wonderful man. He's also cool. He rides a Suzuki motorcycle and wears leather riding gear. The people that know me best are the ones who grew up with me and know my temper, know my family and know my friends. My brother showed me a quote yesterday it goes: "Anonymous is here. Anonymous is not your friend." So, so true. I post only positive or middling comments and nothing negative. Negative posts get read and rejected. I am a child of God and I don't need negativity in my life. I don't need negative people slamming my God-centered soul in my quest to become more positive. To my detractors I say this: You only knew me for 4 months, you have not known me your whole life. Before you slander me or criticize, look at yourself and ask am I perfect or do I have faults too? After all, Let he who is without sin cast the first stone. I cast no stones at you and Him could be anyone of the many exes I have. Up and to including my ex-husband. So don't assume--after all you know what they say about assuming. Friends forgive and move on. I forgive my detractors and pray that you find happiness in your lives.

Lichdom

In writing The Rise of the Lich I have had to do some research. To me, lichdom, is ritual suicide. Lichdom is a form of suicide and a maddened attempt to gain godhood or immortality. But these men and women who choose lichdom, are already the sociopaths of Ataxia. They are afraid to die, afraid to give up their wealth and powers or just afraid. In their maddened state they believe they can outwit the Reaper. But the Reaper claims his own. Everything dies forever sooner or later. Writing Sildur Diabolist, a psionic lich, is fun as is writing about Sheol the Cruel. Sheol chose the his name because he liked demonology and studying the plane of Sheol. Sildur is the strongest lich in Ataxian history. He is about 3000 years old and existed before Ataxia or Vidar were formed. He existed before the births of Queen Philomena and King Adrian--prominent figures in the history of Ataxia and before the birth of Prince Abraham--later to be known as Sheol the Cruel. He has lain in wait for centuries for the right astrological alignment and begins his slow rise to once again try to conquer the continent of Onestra and bring about the re-birth of his empire, which was once known as Obsidia. His lichdom is such that he'll never completely become a demi-lich.

article about Car Wreck

Here is what I escaped from. Thank God for seatbelts and great neighbors. Thank God my mom knows PA State Trooper Michael Kozma.

i survived

i survived my on May 7, 2009 after I ate a telephone pole and totaled my car. I escaped with abrasions and massive bruising. I am happy to be alive and take into consideration that life isn't that serious and I've got to go with the flow. Thank God for seatbelts I could be other wise. See the May 8th edition of www.pressenterprise.com for further details or email me at fprice65@yahoo.com

The Mortal Instruments Series by Cassandra Clare

I just discovered this Urban Fantasy and I am looking forward to really enjoying it. From the looks of things it seems like it will be a fun series and I'm in dire need of something new to read. If I absorb myself in my books I will eventually stop thinking of Him and the Forum. I must put it behind me and use it as a fine lesson in who to avoid. Thank God for Sharon.

Rethinking my book

I've decided to rethink my book. I have a thousand questions for how to create a website, but no one to answer them. I want to use various quotes at the start of select chapters-a quote for the beginning, one for the Interlude, and one for the villians intro and one for the last. I want only four quotes at the start of each chapter. So far, I'm using a quote from Edgar Allen Poe. Might use Lovecraft, but need two more. If anyone has any ideas, the first chapter starts off with innocence ending in Undeath, please feel free to share. It's more than time to get back on track as I'm slowly putting the last few months behind me as a fine lesson in what forums to avoid from now on. I hate to say it, but the crew at TBF may have turned me off Terry Brooks altogether, because I don't want to be associated with certain people in that group. No one, and I mean no one has the right to make another human being feel the way most of them made me feel. I forgive you Shawn Speakman for hurting my feelings and for saying I bring out the worst in people. I am Scorpio, but not a scorpion. I'm on the second tier of scorpio--the Eagle. I will eventually rise to phoenix. Take care My friend and I do care about you. There will never be a time I don't. You are my friend and I love all my friends. :)

It's May

It's May and it's raining. I have 17 days to prepare and pre-test for the Prometric Life and Health Insurance Licensing test. I am trying to complete the Life Insurance section to complete my Health Insurance study section next week. I am very excited. I think I willl be great at my job. So far as a census worker and Lister for the 2010 census people have responded to me and treated me kindly. I even managed to talk my way into the gated community of Mystic Mountain. Proving the lie that I bring out the worst in People. Now that the listing of addresses for the 2010 census is wearing down I can get back to concentrating on my story, although I feel that the time off from it is good for me. Also I promised my daughter more time away from it. Now that it has been two weeks since I was Unceremoniously kicked off Terry's Forum by the hard-hearted Shawn and his cronies, I have had time to sit back and contemplate if that wasn't for the best in the first place. I certainly have had less tooth pain since they did what they did. I'm not really mad at the mods anymore, but I am still a bit annoyed with Shawn. Maybe it's because I truly trusted him and took his defense of me to heart, I don't know. All I know is I still want to meet him so he can truly see what a decent and good person I am. After all, how can you really know a person without actually meeting them in the flesh? Who knows, he may actually talk to me. But I won't hold my breath. By then, though, I hope to be published in Abstracts in Anthropology. :) Here's hoping.