Bernie Mac Dies At Age 50

I was listening to the news this morning and around 7 a.m. or earlier I hear Bernie Mac has died. I immediately got out of bed. For those of you who don't know who he is, he was a comedian and actor. So I get out of bed thinking no way how could he die, it's fake he's so young. He had been hospitalized for a while, which I didn't know, because of pneumonia. So that's what he died from. I'm still shocked and I can't believe it. I was just watching his show 2 days ago. Wow I just really am surprised. I'm also sad as well. I just can't believe it. All the best for his family.

On another note, an American tourist was killed in Beijing. It's so sad that on what is supposed to be a great start to the Olympics has been marked by tragedy. It pisses me off that someone would do that. Not because he was American but because this is supposed to be a happy event for the whole world. I would have been just as upset if it had happened to someone else from another country.

Another important thing in current events is RUSSIA at war. It's crazy. It seems so like wow it's unbelievable they're at war. It's just like the feeling I got when I saw Afghanistan getting bombed when I was in high school. War is just not the answer. I don't like war. I don't believe in killing someone to gain something. It just isn't me. I just hope something happens so it stops.

Thank You Firefighters, From California!

Lately I've been thinking how blessed we are that no fires have broken out in the area we live in. I'm glad it hasn't happened. Yesterday on my way to visit my parents, I saw a long line of fire trucks one right after the other. I'm sure they were at least 10 trucks. They came from Beverly Hills CA and Davis CA. Davis isn't so far from where I live but Beverly Hills is hella far. Anyway those firefighters and all the rest of the firefighters have to drive so far to get to Concow and Paradise. It must be a grueling trip for them to have to endure and then fight fires. What do they do to fight time? Do they play cards? Watch dvd's on a portable dvd player? It would be so boring just to have to sit there all the way.

On a more serious note, many of you might have heard that there has already been one fatality in Concow, yes the fires have claimed a victim which is so sad. I just hope the people who have not listened to authorities now see the magnitude of the fires and evacuate so there are no more casualties. I just want these fires to end. It's so horrible. It's just awful to see all that suffering.

Every week that I have gone to visit my family in Live Oak and Gridley I have seen fire trucks either going to or coming from the Paradise and Concow areas where the fires have been burning. Every single time I see them I think " Thank you, for helping." What more can I say? I'm grateful that we have men and women who choose this profession.

I am not forgetting the fires in the bay area. I'm not sure if those are contained or not. I have not forgotten the men and women fighting those fires either. I thank them as well. I thank all the men and women who are fighting the fires all across the state of California those include those who have come from different states to aid in battling those fires.

THANK YOU! For helping to protect us.