Thankfully, our family has finally got over the seemingly endless bout of sickness. HURRAY FOR NOT BEING SICK! Lol...

Well, I can't really think of anything to blog about! Soooo...I might as well post a tag. Here goes, 7 wierd things about me...

1. I have a tendancy to sing absolutely loony songs in very strange voices when I'm alone.

2. I love frozen spinach!

3. I can't pronounce "cinnamon", even if I try.

4. I chew my pencils to bits in a matter of hours!

5. Sometimes, when I'm bored, I'll go onto someone's blog, post, like, 20 spam comments, and then delete them all!

7. I actually like washing dishes!

Thanks to JocelynDixon for utterly and completely humiliating me. xD

In Christ,

pcboy

AHHHHHH!!!

Have any of you guys ever just wanted to scream? Well, that's how I feel right now! And I probably would scream, IF MY THROAT WERE'NT SORE!!!

It's insane! For the past month my entire family has been sick, sick, sick, non-stop! It's crazy! I've had the flu, a cold, two fevers a stomach bug and a sore throat since Decemeber! And you know what? I'm SICK OF BEING SICK!

Okay! I'm done. I''ve yelled and ranted enough for today. Maybe my next post will have something worthwhile.

I am posting to let you guys know that...I AM NOT DEAD! I've just been very busy, these last few days. I mean weeks. Okay, make that months. Anyways, I've been very busy lately doing school, doing school, oh yeah! And doing some more school. 

So, I am back for awhile. Is HSB ready? Is the online homeschool community ready for pcboy to come back yet again and rule the world?!?! Yeah, I know I'm wierd.

Cya around,
pcboy

I would like to take a moment and recognize, mothers. As children, it can be hard to appreciate them, and this often causes them grief. But just think, the pain, the suffering that mothers go through for one thing. Children.

It is very sad that nowaday most of America's youth and teens disrespect and despise their parents, specifically their mothers. Why this ingraditude? It's my opinion that these teens just don't stop and think about what this wonderful woman has done for them. This is a rather short post, but I simply wanted to say, Thank You Mom!

Proverbs 31:28
Her children arise up and call her blessed;

Most of you have probably heard the phrase "reading and writing and 'rithmetic". It just so happens that those are my favorite school subjects! I'll post a bit about each one.

Reading

I literally devour books! A two-hundred page book? That's just a day's work! In the bathroom, in bed, in the car, I'll be reading!

I'm also the type that is extremely devoted to two or three authors. Nearly all of my favorite writers are English. C.S. Lewis, Charles Dickens and Brian Jaques are my all-time favorites. I also enjoy Arthur Conan Doyle, writer of the Sherlock Holmes series.

The following list contains the books that I would most highly reccomend.

• David Copperfield - Charles Dickens
• The Narnia Series - C.S. Lewis
• The Redwall Series - Brian Jaques

As you probably noticed, all of my favorite authors are English. I'm one of those "England people".  Anyways, I hope you the list helped!

Writing

I enjoy writing almost as much as I do reading. I'm currently working on the book "The Adventures of Oliver B. Gump". I've decided to post the first chapter. Here it is.

Chapter 1

There once lived in New York city, a very short, plump little dwarf whose name was Oliver B. Gump. He lived in a cozy, brick apartment at 6820b Lilac Cottages, which was the only house with a window box.

Oliver had a very bushy, red beard and a shiny, bald head. He was only about three feet tall, and quite fat. Yet, he was a very respectable dwarf. Every morning he would take a bath and then comb and trim his beard, and put on a clean suit of clothes. Then he would have his breakfast and coffee.

Now, on one fine, summer morning, Oliver B. Gump was sitting in his favorite chair, smoking his pipe and reading the paper. Oliver’s favorite part of the newspaper was the ads, even though he never bought anything. He was looking through the used car ads when he heard a sharp rap-rap-rap at the door. He set down the newspaper and his pipe, and waddled over to see who it was. It was, in fact, Mrs. Bingleton, the lady who owned Lilac Cottages.

Mrs. Bingleton was a very nice woman. She made wonderful cookies and sometimes would give a dozen or so to the residents of her apartments. She was also the president of the Ladies Knitting Club, so every Christmas she made a pair of woolen socks for all the tenants.  And every day thoughtful Mrs. Bingleton delivered all of the mail to the people in her apartments. But, she couldn’t deliver the packages, because some were too heavy for her to carry up the stairs.

Oliver opened the door and said Good Morning to Mrs. Bingleton.

“Good morning, Mr. Gump! I say, Good morning, Mr. Gump!” said Mrs. Bingleton cheerily. “Isn’t a lovely day outside? I say, a lovely day? I do love summer! Oh! Dear me, if I haven’t forgotten what I came here for! ” She hastily pulled a handful of mail from a little bag that she wore over her shoulder. “Here is your mail, sir. I say, here’s your mail! I shall see you later Mr. Gump, and have a wonderful day, dear! I say, a simply wonderful day!”

And with that, she handed him a quarterly coffee magazine, an electrical bill, an ad for the new deli down the road, and…a little envelope with his name scrawled on the very front! Oliver hardly ever got letters, so he hurried back to read it. When he was once again settled into his favorite armchair, with his pipe in his mouth, he eagerly ripped open the envelope.

“Bless my soul if it ain’t from my Aunt Matilda!” he said in surprise.

“Now what in tarnation might she be writing me about?”

He read it to himself. And this is what it said:

Dearest Oliver,

I’m very sorry I haven’t written to you in such a long time. You see, I just left Switzerland a week ago and arrived in China very soon after. You can’t imagine what a wonderful place China is, nothing like the Chinatown in New York! By the way, I’m sending you a present I bought at the market; I do hope you enjoy it! It should be there very soon!

Yours ever so truly,

Aunt Matilda

Oliver wondered what Aunt Matilda might be sending him. Maybe she would send him a pair of carved bamboo chopsticks, or perhaps a long, silk nightgown with dragons and pagodas on it. Or maybe even a gold statue with shining, ruby eyes!  

All day Oliver wondered about his aunt’s gift. While he drank his coffee, he wondered. When he smoked his pipe, he wondered. While he took a walk to the park, he wondered. And when he put on his nightshirt and cap and got into bed, he couldn’t get to sleep, because he was wondering so hard about Aunt Matilda’s gift! When he finally did get to sleep, all he dreamed about were mounds of Chinese treasures and yards and yards of beautiful silks!

The next day, Oliver forgot about bathing and trimming his beard and putting on a fresh suit of clothes. He didn’t even make breakfast or a cup of coffee! He simply sat down in his favorite chair and lighted his pipe and picked up the yesterday’s paper that he hadn’t finished. But, try as he might, he couldn’t keep his eyes on the page. It kept wandering off out the window, where the big delivery truck came by every day with packages. He wondered if maybe his package was in a big delivery truck right now, rumbling toward 6820b Lilac Cottages! Or what if, Oliver’s blood froze in his veins, the delivery truck had been in an road accident! Or if, his package had been forgotten and was still sitting in the mail plane! “Oh, dear!” Oliver moaned out loud as he thought of the awful prospects.

All day, Oliver paced his little living room, peeking out the open window, thinking about the dreadful things that might have happened to his gift. And then, just when Oliver could stand it no longer, he heard the melodious sounds of the of the delivery truck, rumbling up the road! Oliver danced a little jig of delight. He rushed to the door as fast as his little legs would carry him, and jumped into his slippers. Throwing open the door, he raced down the metal stairs and finally, tripped into the lobby.

He could see the delivery man, bringing in all of the packages, on a big cart. He waited until all of the parcels were in, and then walked straight up to the front desk.

Mrs. Bingleton was normally behind the desk, knitting mittens or scarves. But, today, Mrs. Bingleton’s sister was sitting there, sewing lace. Mrs. Bingleton had to leave for an important meeting with her Knitting Club and needed her sister to take over for the day. Oliver, who was very shy around strangers, was a bit nervous, but finally plucked up the courage to speak. “Ma’am!” he said loudly.

The lady looked very puzzled when she didn’t see anyone, for Oliver was not tall enough to look over the desk! Oliver thinking she hadn’t heard him shouted “Ahem…Ma’am!”

Now Mrs. Bingleton’s poor sister was very confused! She looked around her, behind her and in front of her! No one was there! Oliver was now getting angry. He began to think she was ignoring him! So he took in a deep breath and yelled as loud as could, “Look, lady, down here!” The lady slowly leaned forward, still looking very puzzled, and saw Oliver standing there still in his nightshirt with his bright red hair sticking in all directions!

"Oh...um...sir! I'm," she stifled a little chuckled "so very sorry. I didn't see you th-"

“Of course you didn’t see me!” Oliver snapped. “Now, is there by any chance a package for Mr. Oliver B. Gump?”

“Just one moment, please.” And the lady began fumbling through a pile of bundles and boxes on the floor. “I’m sorry sir, there isn’t any…oh, wait here’s one! Adressed to Mr. Oliver Beaudophilus Gump. Yes! Here it is, and have a good day sir!”

Oliver's heart was pounding as the lady handed him the box. But wait! This couldn't be it! The box was no bigger than a toaster! Yet, there was no mistaking his name, and the word "CHINA" stamped in one corner.

Well, it still might be a small golden statuette. No…It’s much too light for that. Perhaps a beautiful, silk robe with dragons and pagodas all over it! No…It’s far too heavy for that. What could it be? Oliver puzzled over it as he carried the package up the metal stairs to his little apartment at 6820b Lilac Cottages.

Although he was very tired when he reached his room, he was also very curious. So he got his little toolbox and pulled out a screwdriver. He was busy unscrewing the box when he heard a low, rumbling, growl from inside the box! Oliver’s heart skipped a beat. Whatever Aunt Matilda had sent, it certainly wasn’t a gold statue with diamond eyes! He wondered whether he should finish opening it. The growling had stopped, so Oliver very gingerly finished unscrewing the lid. But Oliver wasn’t prepared for what he saw staring straight at him from inside the box! It was, in fact, a little, baby dragon!

Although the dragon was only about one foot long, it was very striking. It had bright, crimson scales and long, pointed wings. Its huge row of teeth, were whiter than snow and sharper than any dagger. But the very first thing you noticed was his eyes. They were so green and shiny that they looked like little emeralds.

Oliver was so frightened, and so astounded he didn’t know what to do. So he stood there, and stared right into the baby dragon’s deep, green eyes. How long Oliver stood he never knew. Suddenly, without warning, the dragon hopped right out of the box and for sheer joy, breathed a little jet of flames into the air. This proved too much for poor Oliver B. Gump. He fell back onto the floor, in a dead faint.

Comments are welcome!

'Rithmetic

Yes, I really do like math! I'm doing Saxon Algebra 1 this year, and really enjoying it! Here's a few of my favorite problems:

Problems:

1.  x-2y (x2y + 2x3y0)

2.  -x0 - x2 - a(x - a) - |x2|

3. 0.000007 * 10^-3

Answers:

1. x2 + 2xy

2. -1

3. 7.0 * 10^-9

Enjoy!

In Christ,

pcboy

Sorry I haven't posted in so long guys! I've been really busy working on a Redwall board of mine, I'll post a link when I done with it. Schools been really bogging me down, I have like a million lab write-ups I need to do!

Ok, we got a pet! My bro saw a stray cat just wander up to our house, so now we've decided to adopt it!

Opps! It's breakfast time! Sorry this so short. Cya!

In Christ,

pcboy

I'm back! For those of you that didn't know, I went on a three day Thanksgiving vacation to St. Petersburg, FL. Despite the fact that we live in Florida, it still took us 12 hours! The thirty minute potty stops probably didn't help.

We really had a great time! This may seem wierd, but we had Thanksgiving at the beach! All of my Dad's side of the family were there, it was really fun. We only stayed 3 days though, and left late Saturday morning.

So...we got home late Saturday night, and started school early this morning! Anyways, I got some pretty cool pix of our trip. Here's some of my favorite.

 Just some of the kids down by the water.

ME! I'll probably use this as my new avvie.

A raccoon in a palm tree?

An end to our wonderful day.

That's it! Hope you enjoyed em'! And thanks for stopping by...CYBER BABBLE!

You Host,

pcboy

Well, I do  have other things to blog about, but I will deal with these infernal tags first,.

Gabbiemaster's Tag:

1. What is your occupation? Creating business web sites
2. What color are your socks? white
3. What are you listening to right now?  The music on my blog. 
4. What was the last thing that you ate? a handful of hot n' spicy BBQ chips 

5. Can you drive a stick shift? um...I'm 12
6. If you were a crayon, what color would you be? probably...tan

7. Last person you spoke to on the phone? Nitro1394, my FRL.
8. Do you like the person who sent this to you? meaning as a friend?...yes
9. How old are you today? 12
10. Favorite drink? cranberry juice!
11. What is your favorite sport to watch? FOOTBALL!

12. Have you ever dyed your hair? no
13. Pets? Not currently. Do brothers count? I have 4!
14. Favorite food? big, juicy, mouth-watering, luscious Sirlion Steak! 
15. What was the last movie you watched? Iron Will, last night.
16. What was the last book you read? Bellmaker, Redwall series.
17. What do you do to vent anger? eat a few BBQ chips!
18. What was your favorite toy as a child? my toy xylophone.
19. What is your favorite fall or spring? spring, don't know why though.
20. Hugs or kisses? kisses? Blech! hugs for me!
21. Cherries or blueberries or Strawberries? Cherries! Ummmm...
22. Do you want your friends to email you back? usually
23. Who is most likely to respond? Nitro1394...every time!
24. Who is least likely to respond? I don't know...
25. Living arrangements? I sleep in room with my 3 younger brothers.

26. When was the last time you cried? probably the last time I was sad!
27. What is on the floor of your closet? shoes and hangers
28. Who is the friend you have had the longest that you are sending this to? Nitro1394!
29. What did you do last night? Watched a movie and ate leftover pizza!
30. Favorite smells? steak or cherry crumble cooking. *mouth waters*
31. What inspires you? hmmmm...my web work, my blog and my latest writings!
32. What are you afraid of? being in the dark by myself.
33. Plain, cheese or spicy hamburgers? Spicy!
34. Favorite dog breed? Golden Retriever
35. Number of keys on your key ring ? I don't have my own key ring, but there's 7 on my dad's...I think.
36. How many years at your current job? Well, I've been making web sites for a year!
37. Favorite day of the week? Saturday

38. How many states have you lived in? Three...South Carolina, North Carolina and Florida.
39. Favorite holidays? Thanksgiving and Christmas
40. Ever driven a Motorcycle? Never by myself, but with someone else once or twice.

Floridasnowflakes tag:

Nine Wierd Things About Me

(Things that would not come up in a conversation)

1.  I drool while I sleep...a lot!
2.  I stay in the bathroom about two hours a day reading my current book.
3.  I freak out way too easily!
4.  I can't really cut pancakes.
5.  I'm forever forgetting to put on my deodorant!
6.  I'll wear the same underclothes for up to three days! Ewww...
7.  I pretend I'm not, but I'm really scared of spiders and roaches.
8.  When I'm feeling goofy I'll jump around, talk in wierd voices and...just act  dumb.
9. I drink dill pickle juice!

Well, now that I'm utterly humiliated...let me say a few things. First...I'll be leaving on Wednesday for Orlando, Florida, so don't expect me on for about 3 days. Secondly...the quiz is still going! Here's the link the quiz choices!

Please vote! And meanwhile have a wonderful day!

In Christ,

pcboy

The winners Cyber Babble's first annual LOTR/Narnia contest are...

1. JocelynDixon

2. arwengirl

3. OneBlog

Let's give these talented individuals a round of applause!

As most of you know...there are prizes!

1. Site makeover OR fully free adventure puzzle game.

2. Cusomized cbox

3. A bunch of smilies!

In addition, each person will recieve a ribbon which they can put on their blog. Even those of you who did not win a prize, will still recieve a ribbon of participation. I will be by each of your blogs later today to give you the code for your ribbon!

Thanks all of you for your participation! And thanks to learnmylingo for being the judge for this contest!And don't worry, more contests are yet to come!

In Christ,

pcboy

At the moment I can think of nothing else to blog about...so...I guess I'll do a poll.

Who is your favorite superhero? 

•    Superman
•    Batman
•    Mr. Incredible
•    Supergirl
•    Spider-man
•    Wonder Woman
•    The Flash
•    Hulk
•    Green Lantern
•    Catwoman
•    Robin

What is you favorite Narnia book?

•    The Magician's Nephew
•    The Lion the Witch and the Wordrobe
•    The Horse and His Boy
•    Prince Caspian
•    The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
•    The Silver Chair
•    The Last Battle

Hope you have fun! Write-ins are allowed, but they will put under an "Other" catergory! Deadline is December 3.

Our vacation is really going great! Our first day, we headed downtown, and checked out the museums and tours we hadn't seen. They were pretty neat! Here's some pix.

That's just a few. Beside wandering the city, we've been busy throwing the softball, playing computer and just laying around. All in all, it's been a very satifying, relaxing few days.

NOTE: I'm sorry for the change in plans, but I'm changing the deadline for the contest. It will now be November 12. We will be going out of town very soon, so I need to bump it down. If any of you all would like to join, or know someone who would, please post!

For those of you who would still like to enter the contest, here is the info.

Well, today marks the beginning of our vacation! This a sort of kind of different vacation though, because we're staying right here! We're just gonna' lay around, blog , watch TV, you know, all that good stuff.   I had one question for my millions of fans out there. Should I change my current template, to a Narnia template? I have an awesome banner ready if I decide to change the template. Please give me your opinion.   Like the music? It's fine if you don't, just wondering. It's actually sung by Mary Fahl, and is the opening scene in the Civil War movie "Gods and Generals". Comment please!     NOTE: I am sorry for the short notice, but the deadline for the contest is being changed to November 14. I am leaving town very soon, so I need to bump it down. If any of you all would like to join, or no of someone who would, please post.   I am hosting a Narnia/LOTR blog contest. All bloggers with a Narnia or LOTR blog may enter. Narnia and LOTR blogs will be judged seperately, so please specify which yours is in your post! I will stop accepting applications on November 30.   The winning blog will be based on: 1. The orderliness, cleanliness and how appealing it is. 2. How well it displays either a Narnia or LOTR theme. 3. The quality of the posts.   Here are the prizes! 1. Site makeover. 2. Customized cbox. 3. A bunch of smilies!   Participants: 1. OneBlogToRuleThemAll 2. Narniagirl 3. JocelynDixon 4. arwengirl 5. SirEdmund   Judges: 1. pcboy 2.learnmylingo   Have fun!

Well, today marks the beginning of our vacation! This a sort of kind of different vacation though, because we're staying right here! We're just gonna' lay around, blog , watch TV, you know, all that good stuff.

I had one question for my millions of fans out there. Should I change my current template, to a Narnia template? I have an awesome banner ready if I decide to change the template. Please give me your opinion.

Like the music? It's fine if you don't, just wondering. It's actually sung by Mary Fahl, and is the opening scene in the Civil War movie "Gods and Generals". Comment please!

For those still wishing to enter the contest, here's the info!

I am hosting a Narnia/LOTR blog contest. All bloggers with a Narnia or LOTR blog may enter. Narnia and LOTR blogs will be judged seperately, so please specify which yours is in your post! I will stop accepting applications on November 30.   The winning blog will be based on: 1. The orderliness, cleanliness and how appealing it is. 2. How well it displays either a Narnia or LOTR theme. 3. The quality of the posts.   Here are the prizes! 1. Site makeover. 2. Customized cbox. 3. A bunch of smilies!   Participants: 1. OneBlogToRuleThemAll 2. Narniagirl 3. JocelynDixon 4. arwengirl 5. SirEdmund   Judges: 1. pcboy 2.learnmylingo   Have fun!

I am hosting a Narnia/LOTR blog contest. All bloggers with a Narnia or LOTR blog may enter. Narnia and LOTR blogs will be judged seperately, so please specify which yours is in your post! I will stop accepting applications on November 30.

The winning blog will be based on:

1. The orderliness, cleanliness and how appealing it is.

2. How well it displays either a Narnia or LOTR theme.

3. The quality of the posts.

Here are the prizes!

1. Site makeover.

2. Customized cbox.

3. A bunch of smilies!

Participants:

1. OneBlogToRuleThemAll

2. Narniagirl

3. JocelynDixon

4. arwengirl

5.SirEdmund

Judges:
1. pcboy

2.learnmylingo

Have fun!

Today is halloween. Kids all over America look forward to tonight's trick-or-treating. As parents drive their kids out, and pass yards full of goulish decorations, and eriee, black ornaments, do they think about all of this started? Do they understand where the costumes, treats and devilish trinkets came from?

"2000 years ago the Ancient Celts lived in what is now Ireland. They believed in, and worshipped many gods including the sun, moon and stars.

These Celts observed their New Year on Novemeber 1, and also the end of harvest and summer.

From October 31 through November 2, the celts held a 48-hour festival, the Vigil of Samhain (pronounced "sow-in"). They believed that Samhain, the pagan lord of the dead, gathered the souls of those that died the previous year and decided what from they would take the next year. The good souls would pass on to be people, but the evil souls would passon to the form of animals (the worst form being a cat.) The Celts would endeavor to bribe Samhain into giving their ancestors lighter sentences with presents or treats.

On the night of October, 31 dancing around a fire, dressing up into evil costumes, often like demons and sacrificing treats to Samhain were the main events. The Druids, or priests, would go up to the Ancient, sacred oaks and give up prayers to Samahin to keep away the demons; the costumes worn by the Celts also helped keep them away. This night usually ended with sleeping around the dwindling bonfire to be safe from spirits"

That was a revised version of "Halloween's Pre-History" from a Pagan site! This is real! Not just some story made up by a bunch of "party-poopers"! Pagans theselves admit the demonic roots of this demonic holiday.

Please noted that this my opinion only, and I'm not forcing it on you! Please no hate posts or fighting.

I recently entered a spelling bee that my Homeschool Support Gruop provides. Although my group had only three contestants, the words were purty' tough! Near the beginning, one girl was eliminated, so just me and the other girl were fighting for first. I got out on percillator (I think that's right?) but got back in becuase the other girl misspelled too! Then I got out again on boutique, but got back again because the girl misspelled again!  And we went on and on and on, and finally I won on rhapsody! City spelling bee, here I come!

Oh yeah, I got tagged! Here goes:

5 things in my freezer:

ice cubes

ice cream

spinach (blech!)

goat's milk

bagel bites

5 things in my closet:

tie

belt

pants

shoes

shirts

5 things in my wallet:

dollar bill

dollar bill

dollar bill

dollar bill

dollar bill

5 people i'll tag:

macaroni

floridasnowflakes

SonOfAdam

Crazyboy

Munkeepop