(AP) A former postal service employee has pleaded guilty to stealing more than 30,000 DVDs that moved through a western Massachusetts post office. Myles Weathers, formerly of Springfield, took DVDs that were mailed by Netflix to customers for a year beginning in January 2007. Federal prosecutors say the movie rental company alerted Springfield post office officials that a suspiciously high number of DVDs were disappearing. As many as 100 movies a week were disappearing. Weathers was arrested in February 2008 after investigators filmed him taking DVDs from packages and slipping them into his backpack. He faces 10 months to 16 months in prison and restitution costs of about $38,000 at his Dec. 23 sentencing.
It is people like this that give me job security!
Friday, September 25, 2009
Friday, September 18, 2009
Chris? Is that you?
I just had breakfast with a Christopher Cox....was it his last moment of freedom?TAMPA - A 22-year-old man is scheduled to appear in court this morning on charges he and another suspect killed a man, concealed his body in a closet and then showed it off to two people.
Christopher Cox and Amer Ejak, 16, were arrested over the weekend on charges they killed the 34-year-old man found in his apartment Saturday night after his parents called police to check on him.
Thursday, September 17, 2009
destiny?
I sat across from a young man, about 15 years old. He looked like your average kid, acted like a little kid, made stupid jokes - his only problem; he was addicted to selling drugs. He wasn't addicted to using drugs; but he got high from the life style and money. He once told me that he would make three to four thousand dollars in only two days. He would buy food, clothes and hotel rooms from his friends. He would pay his mother's mortgage and provided all her needs. One night someone stole his wallet which contained two thousand dollars. His response; 'that sucked' and then he went out and made his money back.
He told me his destiny was to be rich. His only problem, he wasn't smart enough to be a drug dealer. He saw no other way to make money. This boy thought I was weak from punching a time clock and paying my taxes. His destiny was to make his millions, be happy and live life. The boy sitting across from me wasn't a millionaire, he wasn't happy and his life now was on hold as he lived behind the gates.
In the Last Samaria - the big Samurai fellow said to Tom Cruise; "is it possible for a man to rewrite his destiny?" And Cruise response; "it is only possible for a man to live his life until his destiny is more clearly visible".
Clearly this kid's destiny is not to be a drug dealer. But he is so addicted to the life style he is forcing himself to believe this is all he can do. What is a disappointing fake destiny.
He told me his destiny was to be rich. His only problem, he wasn't smart enough to be a drug dealer. He saw no other way to make money. This boy thought I was weak from punching a time clock and paying my taxes. His destiny was to make his millions, be happy and live life. The boy sitting across from me wasn't a millionaire, he wasn't happy and his life now was on hold as he lived behind the gates.
In the Last Samaria - the big Samurai fellow said to Tom Cruise; "is it possible for a man to rewrite his destiny?" And Cruise response; "it is only possible for a man to live his life until his destiny is more clearly visible".
Clearly this kid's destiny is not to be a drug dealer. But he is so addicted to the life style he is forcing himself to believe this is all he can do. What is a disappointing fake destiny.
Wednesday, September 16, 2009
what's for dinner?
Everyday life brings questions. Sometimes the questions are easy...what to eat, what to wear, where to go to breakfast. Fights break out in marriages because two people can't agree where to go for dinner. The small things sometimes cause us sleepless nights. Then life deals the whoppers: what kind of cancer treatment, what career path, what house to buy.
But for the majority of us our daily decisions aren't life shaking. Today I sat across from a young female who has been committed to a program. In the midst of the emotional roller coaster she was on during the admission process; she visits the nurse. This was the first time this female had been to the doctors in a long time. This females admission process was coming to an end when the nurse walked into the room.
This young female in the midst of being removed from her house, her family and all that is familiar - is pregnant. The voices of those in her life are silenced by the shutting of the gate once she stepped on our property. She now has a decision. Keep the baby? Abortion? Adoption? Imagine having everything you are familiar with ripped from you and then being forced to make a major decision.
It brings to mind the questions about faith and believes. The idea that are beliefs mold our actions and values. If everything in my life was taking away from me and all those 'advice givers' where silenced - what would I do? Would my decision making process change if there were no one people around? If I couldn't turn to family and friends would God's voice be just as loud? Or do I depend upon my environment to define my decisions.
I will watch as this female deals with a new environment while trying to 'find' the best solution.
But for the majority of us our daily decisions aren't life shaking. Today I sat across from a young female who has been committed to a program. In the midst of the emotional roller coaster she was on during the admission process; she visits the nurse. This was the first time this female had been to the doctors in a long time. This females admission process was coming to an end when the nurse walked into the room.
This young female in the midst of being removed from her house, her family and all that is familiar - is pregnant. The voices of those in her life are silenced by the shutting of the gate once she stepped on our property. She now has a decision. Keep the baby? Abortion? Adoption? Imagine having everything you are familiar with ripped from you and then being forced to make a major decision.
It brings to mind the questions about faith and believes. The idea that are beliefs mold our actions and values. If everything in my life was taking away from me and all those 'advice givers' where silenced - what would I do? Would my decision making process change if there were no one people around? If I couldn't turn to family and friends would God's voice be just as loud? Or do I depend upon my environment to define my decisions.
I will watch as this female deals with a new environment while trying to 'find' the best solution.
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