: About Me

Born in Southern California where I resided for thirty years I spent my twenties as a firefighter EMT. Proudly I fought many of the major wild fires in the Lake Elsinore Hemet area. In the twenty years since my employment opportunities have taken me from roofer to truck driver (18 wheeler)to ordained minister where I helped found a local church and was and associate pastor.

My spouse and I now reside in a Midwest country setting on 5 ac. with one dog named Socks (Aussie Shepherd/Border Collie)and cat named Shadow (Siamese)plus the wild life around us. We are proud God Parents of eight god children ranging from two-twenty four years of age.

I enjoy watching TV (anything Sci-Fi), History, and Discovery Channel, Boston Legal, Hero's, Bionic Woman. I have been playing the Guitar (acoustic and electric) and composing music for 33 years. Seasonal gardening and carpentry work is my personal therapy.

I just finishing up my undergraduate B.S. degree in Advanced Legal Studies and I plan on attending Law School specializing in human and civil rights.

My passion is ...

Human and Civil Liberties, Astrotheology, biblical Inerrancy, music, reading, gardening, and working out.

I know too much about ...

Roofing.

My parents always told me ...

You can't help the birds flying over your head, but don't let them make nest's in your hair.

My childhood ambition ...

Firefighter/Paramedic. Been there done that!

My favorite memory ...

1978 Best music!

Why I write ...

Because one person can make a difference and it give me a chance to vent.

What I am reading/watching/listening to ...

Reading "Infidel" and watching Stargate Atlantis

My first job ...

EMT

My best moment ...

I have been reunited with my niece Jillian!

My inspiration ...

My wife, friends and people I meet for they all have something to offer.

Health & Fitness > Substance Abuse Is smoking pot benign or a serious health hazard?

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The question of is smoking Marihuana dangerous will largely depend on who you ask, where they get their information, the reliability of the information, and whether or not the individual has actually partaken of the herb. Furthermore to what do we compare the alleged dangerousness of this plant; hashish, heroine, cocaine, methamphetamine, alcohol, tobacco, narcotics or physician prescribed FDA approved medication? The idea that Marijuana is harmful to the health of an individual is based on studies done in the 1960s and 1970s. In the book "Marijuana Myths, Marijuana Facts", Dr. Lynn Zimmer...

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