Neighborhood Code & Compliance Services Anniversary

It was one year ago today that the Neighborhood Code & Compliance Services officially opened their doors. Hmmmmm, the Mayor seems to be copping a pretty serious squeeze there again, eh?

New Blog, Average Girl In Average World

There's another New Blog on the Eastern Shore, An Average Girl In Average World.
Welcome aboard and best of luck to you. Enjoy the hits!!!!

2007 Winter Wonderland Of Lights

Although the crowd this year wasn't 1/4 of what it was last year, many came out to enjoy the festivities. Enjoy the photos.

Santa Had Big Ears Last Night

The children were lined up to get in a word with THE MAN.

The Christmas Boat Parade Was A Beautiful Success

As you can clearly see, this Parade was a huge success with people lined up everywhere along the river to get a peek. I even saw Bob Culver cruising along in his new yacht sporting County Councilman John Cannon and Wicomico County Sheriff Mike Lewis. After spending hours in the cold over at the Park, I almost didn't go to this event but I'm glad I did. It was well worth coming all the way back again from Delmar, DE.

Is Lynn Cathcart Actually Disguised As Mistletoe?

No matter where I bring my camera, if Lynn Cathcart is present, everyone is hugging and kissing?

Seriously though. How Kosher is it for these people to kiss and hug in public on a regular basis? In this photo the Mayor is hugging and kissing Council Vise President Gary Comegys.

I mean, better them than me but I just think there's something VERY unprofessional about hugging and kissing with co-workers. What's your thoughts on that?

Take A Wild GUESS Where I Was At Taking These Photos?

The first photo, (although dark) shows 3 ambulances in one location. So Am I parked at Station 16? Then there's the Suburban & Crown Vic, still think I'm at Station 16? Pickup Trucks, trailers, glow stick reflections in the last picture, that would be the strips on Fire Fighters jackets.

While many of you were sitting at home cuddling up to a warm fire and watching TV, it seems the entire Fire Department, paid and volunteers were parked BEHIND a building directly on the river hiding their vehicles. That is, until they found out Joe Albero was there. All if a sudden the sound of diesel engines were in harmony and vehicles were flying out of there like 9-11 all over again.

Yes, the entire Fire Department was there to watch the Boat Parade. Now I can see why these guys want a new Boat. It's NOT because they want to top anyone there. It's because it takes some 40 Fire Men to unload and load their boat onto its trailer. My God guys, if I would have only known! LOL

Seriously though, these guys/gals deserve a break like everyone else and last night they took some time out to enjoy the parade. Who's my MOLE now Chiefy?

Parking Is Out Of Control

Although there's a really cool new Shop that opened at this location, they have been completely out of line where parking is concerned. Pretty much daily there are vehicles parked in this spot and they are not parking spaces. I have kept quiet about it so far because they're a new store. However, people were having such a difficult time getting around it yesterday, these people need to buy parking passes with the City and start parking in the lot behind Parker Place.

Could The Mayor Own That "We Pay Cash For Homes" Company?

I see these signs everywhere and one has to wonder just who has their hands in this company? I'll bet if these signs said SBYNEWS.COM on them I'd not only be fined, they'd be instantly pulled. This photo was taken last night at Main Street & Rt. 13.

Worthy Of A Post

Fact is, whatever anyone thinks of Albero, NOT taking the law into his own hands was the SMART thing to do, something that Barrall did not have enough self-control to do.

Calling the police also showed concern for the little boy inside. THAT was the MATURE response. The LAWFUL response.

Would you want to subject a kid to watching two adult men going at it, one of them family, over something stupid, and possibly terrifying the kid more or worse, accidentally hurting him?

WTF is WRONG with you people? To anyone supporting Barrall in this, I hope to hell you are not in a position of responsibility because it shows you, too, cannot handle yourself properly in an emotional situation.

Kudos to the Delmar Fire Dept. for THEIR professional handling of a tough situation.

Broken Spoke License Renewed

STURGIS; Biker entrepreneur Jay Allen managed to win renewal of his beer license for the Broken Spoke Saloon, his rally-week tavern in downtown Sturgis.

The Sturgis City Council voted Monday night to renew his malt beverage license after his attorney, Bryce Flint, told council members that Allen was working to settle his debts.

To Settle Everyone's Mind

Comments have questioned and or challenged whether or not Wayne Barrall was in fact at the scene of the motorcycle accident Thursday. You can clearly see his vehicle, (red Explorer) in this photo and I also have others.

"I was under the understanding that Mr. Barrel was not at the scene as someone mentioned that his motive was jealousy over you getting a pic and him not. Was he there or not?"

He absolutely 100% was in fact at the scene of the accident. Whomever told you differently was a liar. Settled & closed.

Wayne Barall, The Daily Times, Crippled?????

Some have come to this Blog, (and other Sites) claiming that Wayne Barrall is crippled and is not capable of picking a fight, WRONG!

The Daily Times now claims they DO NOT pay Wayne Barrall for photos regularly printed in the Daily Times, including the Sports Section. Wayne tells everyone he gets $40.00 a shot. Which is it?

Even the Delmar Fire Department will create an internal investigation on matters that happened on Thanksgiving Day with Wayne at my home. "There is a procedure for matters like this," said the President and Fire Chief who visited my home yesterday.

Any and ALL charges made by the State Police will be of their choosing, not mine. I have expressed exactly what happened Thanksgiving Day and I have turned over evidence of such, including threatening e-mail messages threatening physical assault on me by Wayne.

What some of you have seen from the outside is nothing compared to what I have seen from this man time and time again. IMO, Wayne Barrall has a mean streak in him that is completely out of control and he proved that Thanksgiving Day.

So why would Wayne Barrall all of a sudden be remorseful? Well, I'm sure The Daily Times knows I have an Attorney on call, since the Daily Times now claims I'm competition and Wayne represents The Daily Times. Then there's the outcome of the Delmar Fire Department's investigation? Just how many Fire Departments does Wayne Barrall represent? He sells disks of his photos to these Fire Departments as well as Insurance Companies. There's also the fact that I'm sure by now Wayne has spoken to an Attorney and he knows he's in deep sh*t.

Considering Wayne is at pretty much EVERY scene I have ever been to, NONE of you can claim the man is crippled, so cut the crap! My Wife has an injured back and we would never claim she's crippled.

Trust me, when Wayne started flinching his arms up and down at me acting as if he was going to hit me, the man isn't crippled. I'll close with, an apology because everyone around you is coming down on you and you were forced to do so is BULLSHIT Wayne. And do you know why I will refuse to accept your apology? Because you should have been apologizing to a 6 YEAR OLD, not me! That's why I know your apology is forced upon you under pressure.

Read my original Post again and try seeing how is was based around a 6 year old, not me. You tattoo'd a 6 year old's mind about Firemen for the rest of his life. They're big bad men now Wayne. The President and Chief of the Delmar Fire Department were kind enough last night to let Gavin play in their truck, run the lights, the siren, the whole nine yards just to regain the confidence ALL 6 year old's should have in FIRE MEN!

Wayne apologized on The Watch Desk, not to me personally and certainly not to our Grandson. It's all about image.

Delmarva Dealings Is History, Once Again

It has been almost a month since his last Post and from the sound of it I doubt very seriously he'll be making a return. We experienced this exact same thing a year ago with G.A. Harrison, (Cato) and as I can attest to the fact that Blogging just isn't easy, it drains every ounce of your spare time and quite frankly I don't know how some do it.

Once it consumes you, people can tend to make you feel obligated to getting something out as soon as possible. That means everything else you're doing has to come to an end. Bill Duvall and I have a more fortunate situation whereas we're retired and we have the spare time to entertain people with our thoughts.

Nevertheless, I have done everything I can to make contact with G.A. and I have been unsuccessful in getting him to return those attempts. What saddens me about that is, I truly considered him my friend and I have never had a friend treat me like that. Out of respect, G.A. should have returned my calls and he has not done so. No one is that busy.

Anyhow, I wish him the best and I'll miss his work, as I'm sure many others will as well. All that being said, for those of you who regularly call me about G.A., do not do so any more and waste my cell minutes. I am removing his link today from my computer, just as I did the Anti Albero Blogs a month ago.

Is It Christmas Or A Holiday?

Twas the month before Christmas when all through our land,
Not a Christian was praying nor taking a stand.
Why the PC Police had taken away,
The reason for Christmas - no one could say.

The children were told by their schools not to sing,
About Shepherds and Wise Men and Angels and things.
It might hurt people's feelings, the teachers would say
December 25th is just a Holiday.
Yet the shoppers were ready with cash, checks and credit
Pushing folks down to the floor just to get it!
CDs from Madonna, an X BOX, an I-pod
Something was changing, something quite odd!

Retailers promoted Ramadan and Kwanzaa
In hopes to sell books by Franken & Fonda.
As Targets are hanging their trees upside down
At Lowe's the word Christmas - was no where to be found.

At K-Mart and Staples and Penny's and Sears
You won't hear the word Christmas; it won't touch your ears.
Inclusive, sensitive, Di-ver-is-ty
Are words that were used to intimidate me.

Now Daschle, Now Darden, Now Sharpton, Wolf Blitzen
On Boxer, on Rather, on Kerry, on Clinton!
At the top of the Senate, there arose such a clatter
To eliminate Jesus, in all public matter.

And we spoke not a word, as they took away our faith
Forbidden to speak of salvation and grace
The true Gift of Christmas was exchanged and discarded
The reason for the season, stopped before it started.

So as you celebrate 'Winter Break' under your 'DreamTree'
Sipping your Starbucks, listen to me.
Choose your words carefully, choose what you say
Shout MERRY CHRISTMAS, not Happy Holiday!

Reflecting Back A Year Ago Today

If you'll recall, this was a photo I put up a year ago saying, "What's Wrong With This Picture?" I took a photo into my Pond and flipped it upside down to make it look like it was a regular photo of some trees and the sky. Boy how time flies! Hence the new title, "Reflecting Back A Year Ago Today" LOL.

Tonight Also Kicks Off The Winter Wonderland Of Lights

The festivities start at 4:00 PM at the Bandstand in the Park.

Yacht Club Christmas Parade Tonight

Tonight kicks off the Wicomico River Christmas Parade. Boats will be passing the Upper Ferry around 7:00 PM and end up at Brew River around 8:00 PM. If you haven't been before, it truly is a sight to see. Bring some hot chocolate.

Thanksgiving Gone Wild

My Wife and I would like to congratulate Wayne Barrel for changing a six year olds opinion of the Firefighting Hero. Instead of our Grandson thinking of the profession as being something to look up to, he now knows the fear of what happened at our house on Thanksgiving Day. You see Wayne in some perceived wrong decided to come over to our house uninvited because I had the audacity to not answer either the house or the cell phone when he was repeatedly calling. My wife was on her way to pick up her son for the holiday and I was home alone with our Grandson. I also happen to have been in the process of showering when Wayne came over to do God knows what. Well I stuck my head out of the master bath just in time to see our Grandson come running in and diving under the bed. The hammering on the door and some stranger trying to beat his way into the house had really scared him. When our Grandson heard me explaining to Jennifer what happened, he over heard me mention that Wayne was a firemen. What a shame. What little boy doesn't aspire to join the fire department and ride around on those really cool trucks? Well, our Grandson now has a tainted version of what a fire fighter represents.

What's truly amazing is that Wayne seems to feel I have slighted him. Yet read what some of his cohorts as well as himself, have said about my family. Read some of the lovely things they said about my wife, my in-laws and even my Grandson. And please while your at it feel free to explain when I have ever picked on a fire fighter's family.

If anybody had a reason to go over the top, it wasn't Wayne Barrel. But I guess that old saying about sticks and stones only apply when your mature enough to understand the thought behind the saying. My family and I have been called it all, but we don't and won't act on any of it. Perhaps Wayne might do himself and his fire fighting friends a big favor by abiding by those same rules. Because right now they all have a black mark on their department when one of their owns feels it's okay to frighten the he** out of a six year old. Way to go Wayne. Maybe they'll erect a statue in your honor.

So this Thanksgiving will go down in the history books. One that we would rather have not had our Grandson experience. He's experience enough trauma in his 6 short years on earth without anyone adding more to it. I also would like to ask what sort of mental evaluation goes on within fire departments. These folks have access to sensitive information, so how about explaining how departments handle the screening process. Obviously there are some lose cannons that need to be weeded out. These kinds of folks can do more harm to a department then any good the department can do in its existence.

It should be noted that Wayne Barrall is a Photographer for The Daily Times. You know, my competition!

Quotes Wayne Barrall made on this subject on The Watch Desk.

"So I drove to his house. I knocked on the door. No answer. I could see his grand son clearly though the full glass door. So I knocked again. Still no answer. So I figured he was scared so I got back in my truck and started to leave."

"He then stated that I was tresspassing and it was privite property, so I said what I had to than began to leave."

"He ended up calling the police and tried to say I was harassing him!"

"Guys Im just not someone to sit back and allow lies be told about me and not doing anything about it!"

"His day will come! Might be me might be someone else, but someone will get him! He's a no body. He thinks this world belongs to him. He is a pure PU**Y and I found that out today..lol.."

The Parrot

A young man named John received a parrot as a gift. The parrot had a bad attitude and an even worse vocabulary. Every word out of the bird's mouth was rude, obnoxious and laced with profanity.

John tried and tried to change the bird's attitude by consistently Saying only polite words, playing soft music and anything else he could think of to "clean up" the bird's vocabulary. Finally, John was fed up and he yelled at the parrot. The parrot yelled back. John shook the parrot and the parrot got angrier and even ruder. John, in desperation, threw up his hand, grabbed the bird and put him in the freezer.

For a few minutes the parrot squawked and kicked and screamed. Then Suddenly there was total quiet. Not a peep was heard for over a minute. Fearing that he'd hurt the parrot, John quickly opened the door to the freezer.

The parrot calmly stepped out onto John's outstretched arms and said "I believe I may have offended you with my rude language and actions. I'm sincerely remorseful for my inappropriate transgressions and I fully intend to do everything I can to correct my rude and unforgivable
behavior." John was stunned at the change in the bird's attitude. As he was about to ask the parrot what had made such a dramatic change in his behavior, the bird continued, "May I ask what the turkey did?"

HAPPY THANKSGIVING