Catching up my Facebook

Boy, I have been so busy and looked at when I lasted signed on. Catching up is not easy. LOL

I am

very surprised to see Retired General Colin L. Powell, one of the country's most respected Republicans, and both parties were stunned by strongly endorsing Sen. Barack Obama for president.

This is his quote: "I think we need a transformational figure. I think we need a president who is a generational change and that's why I'm supporting Barack Obama, not out of any lack of respect or admiration for Sen. John McCain."

Powell is one man I respect for the longest time but his adorsement will not make me change my mind.

Jury Awards $400,000 to Deaf Patient for Denial of

A Hudson County jury's $400,000 verdict for a deaf patient whose doctor refused her an interpreter may be a wake-up call for all professionals -- including lawyers -- that they risk liability for disability discrimination.

Worse, malpractice liability insurance does not usually cover such liability, says plaintiff's attorney Clara Smit. read more

Warren Buffett, the world's richest man according to Forbes magazine

is buying US stocks even though the American economy is in a "mess".
read article

My investments are still going though as normal as I have in the past. Right now, I am buying stocks cheap and down the road, hopefully (most likely) that my stock values will go up.

Deep thoughts, History and Lessons

Deep thoughts about my personal experience in positive choices that are right for me rather than living with a private struggle. I will be turning 50 on December 11th and I will be doing alot of soul searching.

I hate divorce and in my last marriage, I was married over 21 years to a woman who only cares about herself and what she wanted out of life. While I hate divorce, I am thankful and happy that I am divorced freed from such hardship and she was taking me for granted. In the last few years, I have struggled with my own issues that I have come to terms to accept them and move on. I regretted for not being their for my kids.

Today, I am happily married and my wife is the most wonderful woman. I can see why marriage is so good. It can be so good if only both spouses are not selfish and are willing to submit to one another with "love" unconditionally.

I always love "history". What is "true maturity" when we think of birthdays? Maturity means acting responsibly; it means learning from my mistakes and trying not to make the same ones over again. Mistakes are a part of being human. Appreciate your mistakes for what they are: precious life lessons that can only be learned the hard way. I regret not being with the people I care about when they need me most.

The heart of the matter is this: LOVE and Respect even when things are not going right.

Latest pictures of my granddaughter (one with my son)

Boston Red Sox

Red Sox rally from 7-0 deficit to stay alive. :)

Understanding "Submission"

Happily married couples are committed to the goal of giving each other pleasure. Submission to me means "Live with your wives", the term translated "live" means "to dwell down with," being closely aligned, being completely at home with. The little word "with" calls for close companionship, deep-down togetherness. In every marriage, there needs to be verbal, emotional, social, intellectual, and spiritual togetherness. Happily married couples create a sense of safety that allows each person to feel comfortable expressing his/her feelings, problems, and dissatisfactions. Life is full of choices. In marriage, partners always work together to make decisions.

Submit is a verb. Submitting is a voluntary action. That means it is something we ourselves do. It’s not something we make someone else do. Just as we can’t force another person to love us, we can’t force someone to submit to us either. Of course we can make that person do what we want. But then that’s not true submission.

True submission is love and love produces best sexual relationship that any couples can experience.

Do (romantic) relationships between Deaf and hearing people work?

My answer would be yes. I am deaf and my wife is hearing. Like any relationship, communication is the key. The hardest part of our relationship is when we spend time with groups of friends who are all Deaf and my wife ends up feeling left out and isolated. I have come to terms how to handle this with grace and understanding. Over the years, I have learned more about people losing their hearing due to loud noises (i.e. music). There are many couples when one spouse is losing hearing have created a marriage problem. In couples where one party loses hearing after the bond is formed, their sexual relationship can be affected the most. In many cases, good relationships have not developed. While hearing loss hasn't caused the problem, it makes the problem more insoluble. Sex often depends upon the right time and the right atmosphere. A hearing impaired person often misses or cannot understand romantic cues. Each couple develops its own sense of mood, of energy and spontaneity. Some like each step in the process planned. Each bond has its own sense of timing, but in the person who is hearing impaired, the sense of timing is thrown off. Spontaneity gets lost. Something is wrong and each person feels to blame. Seldom do they discuss it. Communication BREAKS down. Communication is the key regardless if people are hearing or deaf or both.

I am hard of hearing, without my hearing-aids, I am totally deaf. AT night we make love and we use some light in order to communicate. Talk about what feels good, what feels right, what is enjoyable.

Multiple Sclerosis and sex......

Warning, Explicit....

I love sex. My wife loves sex as well. Sometimes disability can get in the way of sexual enjoyment. The best way to deal with those feelings is to talk as openly as possible about them. Our BRAINS are our BEST sexual organ. We started talking about more sensual and taking time to enjoy each feeling as it came. Knowing that stimulating our minds would make sex more fulfilling for us was no secret and we are more open to explore. We lay down together and letting our carnal emotions take over our bodies by putting our minds at ease by allowing us to lead each other into never ending ecstasy. Unspoken agreements invite hands wandering in an uncontrollable passion within sensual forces. With our complete love for each other, we release each other's from any inhibitions we may have sexually. In our erotic brain, wanting to manifest themselves into material reality that sensual scenes of we played over and over again are becoming reality. Sweet surrender. Appeasing each others' appetites & fantasies. When a couple makes love, they are entering into a state of oneness; it's a oneness described in Genesis, when a man shall cleave unto his wife and they shall be one flesh (Genesis 2:24). Sex in marriage should always center around love. The gift of sharing your sexuality with each other is to bring oneness, joy, love, nurture, and fun to your relationship. It's important for each couple to negotiate how they are going to talk about their sexual relationship together. To talk honestly about our sexuality, sexual preferences, fears, feelings about our bodies, struggles, joys—this is intimacy, deep friendship with trust and faithfulness. The most important sexual organ is your brain. What's happening in your mind affects your responses physically, emotionally, and spiritually. Using your imagination and playing together are important for a healthy marriage and sexual relationship. If you're both having fun, neither of you feels degraded, there is no physical or psychological pain, you are growing in your oneness, and expressing your love for each other, then enjoy!

My wife and I are finding ways to be more sexual to over-come obstacles. Our minds are the BEST sexual organ and we are more wild than we ever before.

Now, our next project is getting a sound-proof bedroom. :)

Wow.. time flies and I have been busy

I am still around. I guess I won't be blogging much until winter when I am stuck in the house. I am still around and lurking. Watching my investments go down and trying to stay afloat.

See you all soon.

Jim :)

Power Outage for 2 days

About 4 pm, Sunday afternoon, the power went out and we didn't get the power back until 20 minutes ago. Most of Ohio had lost power due to wind storm from the affect from Hurricane Ike. 84 of the state's 88 counties have reported damage from the storm, which had reports of wind gusts of 75 miles per hour.

Ohio Governor, Ted Strickland declared a state of emergency to help Ohio government better respond to the wind storm that slammed the state on Sunday, killing up to six people and knocking out power to nearly 2 million homes and businesses.

Randy Shaffer, father of missing Ohio State University student Brian Randall Shaffer , died when a tree limb struck him outside his Baltimore home in Fairfield County. Randy Shaffer was a familiar face to many in central Ohio who followed his well-publicized search to find his son. Brian Shaffer has been missing since April 1, 2006. Shaffer's wife, Renee, died of cancer the month before their son disappeared.

On the lighter side, in Bexley, Ohio (which is about 10 miles southeast of Upper Arlington) Superintendent Michael Johnson discovered the fastest way to spread the word about his district's closing: tell kids to text all their friends.

Johnson, whose own home was victim to a downed tree, drove through Bexley neighborhoods Sunday evening and stopped to talk to kids along the way. He told them he was the superintendent, and asked them to text their friends with word that school was closed yesterday.

Mandated Laws (i.e. ADA) and Small Businesses

I do understand that harmful government mandates further threatening employee and employer alike in all small-businesses that the economic outlook has become more scary. For small businesses, they have been carrying the costs of the economic downturn which make up 80% of businesses are small-businesses while 20% are large corporations.

I understand that most small-businesses owners are republicans because they understand that in order to be able to provide jobs and benefits to each and every employee, they don't want democrats to create unfavorable governmental regulations threaten small businesses ability to run their business. As an Ohioian, I am looking into the 2008 election, all of us need to understand the impact by small businesses owners and their employees will vote as pro-business mindset when they cast their ballots. They will want to work with elected officials who have similar ideals that strengthen business and do not irresponsibly hinder job production and growth.

I come from a family that run small businesses and I do understand the impact of what laws can do to small businesses. Often when laws hinders small businesses to do what they are intending to do, they will lay off employees or close up.

ADA Law Expanded

Last Thursday, the Senate approved major legislation that would expand protection against workplace discrimination for people with disabilities and overturn several Supreme Court rulings that have affected many. In the past decade, the courts decisions have created "catch 22" where people with serious conditions could be forced to choose between treating their conditions and forfeiting their protections under the ADA, or not treating their conditions and being protected by the law. They were unfair to the people with disabilities. The bill is to ensure protections for people with disabilities who are trying to keep their jobs. The Supreme Court has ruled that a disabled person using medication to control his condition or a device to mitigate his impairment (such as a hearing aid), is not considered disabled. I wear hearing-aids and I am legally deaf but when the courts say that when I am wearing hearing-aids, I am no longer considered "disabled". Therefore, congressional bill HB 3195, "The Restoration Act of 2007," was introduced in the House and passed this year, clarifying the ADA to restore it to its original intent. The pros and cons of ADA implementation should be of interest to all persons with a disability and we are to understand the new law after the President signs the bill.

This bill also defines that a condition can be classified as a disability even if it is in remission or occurs episodically which often refer to people like me who have Multiple Sclerosis. I am healthy and most of the time, I am fine except when I have a relapse.

Deaf dog owner has to wait for day in court

The 71-year-old woman is contesting a ticket she received