This weekend my grandmother passed away. She was a good grandmother. She love my sister and I dearly. Her obituary can be found here. It reads as
Margaret M. Presutti
Harmar Township
Margaret M. Presutti, 88, of Harmar Township, died Saturday, July 11, 2009, at the home of her daughter in Pickerington, Ohio. She was born June 14, 1921, in Verona, to the late George and Sophie Skeren Vinovac, and was a lifelong resident of this area. Mrs. Presutti was a member of Our Lady of Victory Roman Catholic Church in Harwick. She is survived by daughter, Kathy (Robert C.) Green, of Pickerington; son, Leonard A. (Andrea) Presutti, of Rockport, Mass.; and two grandchildren, Robert C. Green II and Christine L. Green. She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Leonard Presutti; a brother, Frank Vinovac; and two sisters, Rose Woltz and Ann Goberish. Friends will be received from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Tuesday at the CHARLES B. JARVIE FUNERAL HOME INC., Cheswick, 1607 Pittsburgh St. Christian Funeral Mass will be celebrated at 1 p.m. Wednesday in Our Lady of Victory Church by the Rev. Al Zapf with burial to follow in Deer Creek Cemetery, Harmar Township.
Here is an excellent article. I knew I liked Tolkien for a reason (the books alone are enough, but this just proves that he was a good man). It’s the simple folks that always shoulder the burden.
I also have a great quote for the day from Tolkein that I agree with wholeheartedly, though I don’t think I’d be executing anyone:
My political opinions lean more and more to Anarchy (philosophically understood, meaning abolition of control not whiskered men with bombs) — or to »unconstitutional« Monarchy. I would arrest anybody who uses the word state (in any sense other than the inanimate realm of England and its inhabitants, a thing that has neither power, rights nor mind); and after a chance of recantation, execute them if they remained obstinate!
Read this article. That’s right – other car companies are gobbling up the leftovers from Chrysler, GM, and any other socialized mess of the auto industry. If they would have just failed in the first place, they’d already be replaced and people could be back to work!
If this is really what is happening the I am truly scared. Somehow I think we’re a bit more in the middle, but we all need that Middle of the Road Policies lead to socialism
It’s nice when folks start to make sense. Here’s an idea for every American (including the government): Live responsibily within your means while paying off debt.
In contrast, a penitentiary does not include a warehouse issuing receipts for cigarette packs or cans of mack.If they ever do, we know what will follow: fraud (the warehouse issuing notes in excess of deposits), then government-sanctioned fraud, then government-imposed fraud, and finally — The Big House Reserve (perhaps consisting of notes with the warden’s picture and Latin phrases).
Today has been a good day. We went to a great church service this morning where we met a lot of folks. Coincidentally I met the sound guy. It just so happens that he’s a computer science guy that grew up in Beaver Falls, PA. How odd when you consider that I’m a computer science guy who is in charge of our churches technical ministry and went to college in good old BF! Ha!
We also saw The Fast and the Furious today. What can I say except that it is a total guy movie!
I also finished the book Twilight today. Good story. It may be a romance, but it is full of enough actions and vampires to entertain any man or sci fi fantasy fan. Good story. Well written.
I’ve spent the last day traveling to Fort Collings, CO in order to visit some friends. Today we visited went to breakfast at Lucilles and then visited New Belgium Brewery and Budweiser.
Lucilees was awesone. Large portions for homemade breakfast is absolutely unbeatable. The prices are a little higher than I’m used to, but we had beignets and a huge biscuit that were both delicous. Not to mention that our omelettes and breakfast burrito were large and extremely tasty!
New Belgium is an awesome small company. They treat their employess extremely well and they are responsible stewards of the environment. This means that there are days off, great benefits (a trip to Belgium to tour breweries after 5 years and a bike on your 1 year anniversay), free beer for employees, and their production process is a true testament to sustainability and stewardship of the earth. I was impressed. They use wind and methane for power. They recycle the water used to make beer. I was very impressed.
The entire place is also fun and personal. They give out free tours and free beer samplers. You can send post cards to anywhere in the world for free from their lobby. At the end of the tour you get to go down a freakin’ sweet slide! And the best part – the employees are happy and pleasant!
The only problem for me: I don’t really like their beers Go figure. A company that I actually love and I don’t really like their product. It’s nothing personal, I just don’t like the taste. For some reason it just doesn’t taste like real beer (keep in mind I prefer drinking Guiness and Boddingtons).
Budweiser is really just a big corporation that wants to make a buck. Their brewery is huge. Their horses are cool. They donate tons of money and are environmentally responsible for the most part. But no matter how you spin it they are still large, corporate, and looking to make a buck. And their beer is beer. Nothing special
I really enjoyed today. It was a heck of a lot of fun.
