Brandie Halls

All of a sudden, out of nowhere comes a child support check every week for the past three weeks.  Maybe my Daddy suddenly developed a conscious after all.  I bet Grandpa got on his rear end and that’s why he’s paying for now.  Either that or he was about to have to go to court over the child support.  Who knows and who cares because I sure don’t.  I’m just glad that Mom is finally getting what she should have been getting for the past 4 or 5 years now I believe it is.

Too many ‘boys’ are making babies and walking away from them like they hold no responsibility what-so-ever.  Notice I didn’t call them ‘Men’ because it takes a Man to take care of his children even if he’s divorced from their mother or never married her.  That doesn’t matter.  The children matter or should.  We’ll see how long it lasts.  He’ll come up with some sort of reason why he can’t pay again just like he always does.

A friend of mine sent me this in an email.  I checked some of it out but thought there might be someone out there that knew if most of it was true or not without me having to take so much time checking it all out.  Let me know if you know what’s true and what isn’t please.  I have never been much on history but this has sparked my interest.

Abraham Lincoln was elected to Congress in 1846.
John F. Kennedy was elected to Congress in 1946.

Abraham Lincoln was elected President in 1860.
John F. Kennedy was elected President in 1960.

Both were particularly concerned with civil rights.
Both wives lost their children while living in the White House.

Both Presidents were shot on a Friday.
Both Presidents were shot in the head

Now it gets really weird.

Lincoln’s secretary was named Kennedy
Kennedy’s Secretary was named Lincoln.

Both were assassinated by Southerners.
Both were succeeded by Southerners named Johnson.

Andrew Johnson, who succeeded Lincoln, was born in 1808.
Lyndon Johnson, who succeeded Kennedy, was born in 1908

John Wilkes Booth, who assassinated Lincoln, was born in 1839.
Lee Harvey Oswald, who assassinated Kennedy, was born in 1939.

Both assassins were known by their three names.
Both names are composed of fifteen letters.

Lincoln was shot at the theater named ‘Ford.’
Kennedy was shot in a car called ‘ Lincoln ‘ made by ‘Ford.’

Lincoln was shot in a theater and his assassin ran and hid in a warehouse.
Kennedy was shot from a warehouse and his assassin ran and hid in a theater.

Booth and Oswald were assassinated before their trials.

A week before Lincoln was shot, he was in Monroe, Maryland
A week before Kennedy was shot, and he was with Marilyn Monroe.

I loved Aretha Franklins hat when she sang at the inaugration.  I thought it was just the coolest thing I have ever seen.  I must not be the only one because check this out:

From the moment it appeared at the inauguration, Aretha Franklin’s hat, with its oversize woolen bow bejeweled with Swarovski crystals, has invited commentary. It has its own Facebook page. It has been the subject of YouTube spoofs. Its designer reportedly received 3,000 requests for copies.

But now things are getting serious. The Smithsonian Institution – you know, home of the Mercury capsule and a triceratops – wants the hat. The Queen of Soul’s response: I’m thinking about it.

Is that not the coolest thing you ever heard?  I think so.