CANDY!

i have pretty much cut out unnecessary foods that are malnutritious (sans ice cream). I never get a hankering for a past favorite food either like cookies or zebra cakes or sugar cereals. I'm also not curled up in a ball, rocking back and forth, jonesing for a Pepsi. Although, i will admit, once and a while when someone near me is drinking it, and i catch a whiff of its sweet aroma, i do get a little sentimental. With that being said, i'm not a total hard-ass on myself either. When holidays come around, i do cave-in and buy some candy. On Christmas Day, i help devour the double-decker box of chocolates/cremes with my family. During Valentine's Day, i will buy a bag of the large candy conversation hearts (Brach's only). And during Easter time, i will always have one Cadbury Egg. And now that it is Halloween, it is time for my most favoritist candies evar -- the Assorted Mallowcremes. Banana moons, lemon corns, maple haystacks and jugs, chocolate catfaces and bats and the large orange pumpkins. They are all so delicious. I used to not care for the maple ones (they're still my least favorite) but i now eat them and mildly enjoy them. I just bought my one bag of halloween candy i will allow myself last night, and i don't know how long it's going to last. I still feel bad when i eat them, but i also don't care. I have to remind myself to live a little.

quandary

i received this letter in the mail today. it was made to look personally handwritten to me, but it was just written once and photocopied onto notebook paper:

Hi my name is Ray. The reason for this brief letter is to hopefully brighten up your day with some "good news." With all the problems we face today, many people warmly welcome a bit of "good news."

The "good news" is this....Whatever your biggest problem is, be it sickness and health, financial concerns, loneliness or security, it will soon be solved by means of "God's Kingdom."

God's Kingdom is a real government that is already set up in heaven. It is soon going to take full control over this troubled earth. I know this may sounds like an unbelieveable dream, but it is not. It is reality that we must except

When God's Kingdom rules over this earth, it will be forever. Please notice this beautiful scripture as to what "God's Kingdom" will do for mankind here on earth. It is found at Revelation 21:4. There it reads ..."And he will wipe out every tear from their eyes, and death will be no more, neither will mourning nor outcry nor pain be anymore. the former things have passed away." Isn't that indeed "good news."

To be a part of this wonderful future, it is vital to learn about God's Koingdom and meet its requirements before it is to late. Jehovah's Witnesses are assisting people all over the world to do just that.

If it is your desire to see an end to all the problems here on earth please get in touch with me or anyone of the Jehovah's Witnesses. We are at your disposal.

I can be reached at your convenience at the following address

XXXX

thank you for reading this letter and i'd love to hear from you.

Sincerely yours,
XXXX

This letter made my day! but it left me with so many questions:

Why is "God's Kingdom" sometimes in quotation marks and sometimes not? and if it is real, like he says, then why use quotation marks at all???

also, why is "good news" in quotation marks. Is it good news or not? Is this a trick?!?! I don't think this guy understands how to use quotation marks properly. Not that i'm surprised, since there's a couple of grammar/spelling mistakes scattered throughout the letter.

hmmmm....quandary.

anonymous

So who is this anonymous person who keeps posting bail for Caylee's mom - Casey Anthony? this time it was $500,000!
Personally, i think it's Nancy Grace. This is the only case she's been covering for the past 2 months. I think she's keeping the ball rolling on this story, so she has something to talk about.

by the way, i love the poem Casey wrote on July 7, eight days before she reported her daughter missing: "What is given, Can be taken away. Everyone lies. Everyone dies." I like how the news calls it a poem. I think it's more of an admission of guilt, than a poem, but that's just me.

I also like how she says "I have spent every day since Monday, June 9, 2008, looking for my daughter." I wonder if she thought Caylee would be at that bar where Casey entered that hot body contest?