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Within the Trenches Ep 125
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Episode 125 features an interview with Kyle, a 9-1-1 dispatcher with Montgomery County Central Communications Center out of Indiana. He shares his 9-1-1 story and a recent call that follows a tragedy involving a mother who murdered her own children, stabbed herself in the neck but lived. She has been charged with two counts of murder and so far, has pleaded not guilty. This is an episode you don’t want to miss. This is also part of the season finale of the Sword & Scale podcast.As always if you have any questions or you want to be a guest on the show send an email to wttpodcast@gmail.com.
Brandi Worley Case – FOX59
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Episode topics –
- Kyle’s 9-1-1 story
- Brandi Worley news story
- Shout out to the Sword and Scale podcast
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What made school so cool back then.
I remember grade school being pretty fun. There was a different learning tool every year. Some seemed stupid back then but looking back at it now, I see where it helped. Some learning tools came with incentives and if it had not been for that I might not have read as much. I mean, I enjoyed reading back then but I would rather write than read. Now years later I have a 7 year old and yesterday he revealed a program that I used to participate in and it shot me back to grade school.“I’m going to have pizza tonight”, yelled Logan.
“What”, I asked.
“Well…maybe, if that’s what we have.”
“What are you talking about?”
“I get a free pizza because of Book It.”
I chuckled at him and flashed back to my pin with gold stars and a hologram on the front of it that would switch between a book and the Book It logo. I asked him to give it to me so that I could see what it looks like now and when I saw it I was a little disappointed. Sure you still get the pizza for reading books but now it’s simply a slip of paper. That’s right, a slip of paper! Why!? What happened to the Book It pin? The pins were what made the program awesome! Well…at least it made it awesome to me. Logan was very happy about it but my wife and I lit up at the thought of our pins back in the day. We both grinned from ear to ear and you would’ve thought we were the ones getting the personal pan pizza. We ended up having pizza for dinner and I am very proud of my boy.
After dinner I started thinking about other things in school that were cool. The first thing I thought about was these inflatable figures that were used as a tool for learning your ABC’s. I thought these figures were so cool that my parents went looking for them but could not find a store that sold them. The figures had names like Mister M – Munching Mouth, Mr. B. – Beautiful Buttons, and others. If you don’t remember The Letter People then you should Google it but if you were a kid in elementary school during the early to mid 80’s then you know what I’m talking about.
Man those figure were awesome and if I remember correctly I think there were some records or tapes that included songs or skits where a specific letter person told a story or something. Next up is D.A.R.E. Do you remember this program? If so then you remember the weeks of education followed by a t-shirt, pencils, erasers, and bumper stickers at the end of the program where there was an actual graduation. Sounds like a lot but it happened. Now…how many of you graduated the program and smoked weed either way? Raise your hand if you did this. Are you actually raising your hand right now? If you are then that’s pretty funny!
I’m sure there are many more things that made school cool but I can’t think of anything else at this time. I’ll tell you one thing, I remember walking down the hallway in grade school and the fresh odor of saw dust. I remember walking to my locker and approaching a huge puddle in the middle of the hallway. As I got closer the odor was stronger and every time it was the same thing. Some kid showed up to school sick and chucked it all over the floor so the janitor would have to put this sawdust like substance over it to take away the smell. It didn’t always help but it was better than nothing. Along the same lines of gross was the fluoride that was provided in grade school. Do you remember this? When it first started we were given a small, clear, plastic cup with a light green fluoride rinse. It tasted nasty and not minty at all. It tasted more like hotdog water but there was a way to get out of it. Each cup was accompanied by a napkin. What my friends and I did was wrap the napkin around the cup so that our teacher couldn’t see it and fake the rest. It worked every time! Later on they began using a bubblegum flavor but by then I was older and the school didn’t care anymore. Either way it was all nasty and years later we find out that fluoride isn’t the best thing for us after all. Hmm….Well all of this, minus the sawdust and fluoride, made school cool. If you can remember anything from school like this then make sure to comment. If there are any school officials who are reading this then I request that you bring back the Book It pin and the Letter People! They were awesome and I think kids would dig it. Have a good one folks and happy reading!
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Fatherhood – My First Daddy Daughter Dinner
Check out the picture in this post. She’s a cutie isn’t she? This is my 7 month old daughter Lola. She’s growing fast and at times it makes me think about what it will be like when she gets older?Well, as they say, be careful what you wish for. Two days ago I had the pleasure of taking my goddaughter Estrella to a Daddy Daughter Dinner at her church. We were both dressed in our Sunday’s best and I was immediately nervous. It was weird because I kept thinking,“What if I embarrass her?”
“What if I’m one of those dorky dads?”
I laughed to myself at this thought and when we got there we stayed in the car for a few moments until more people showed up. I didn’t want to be the first one in there. Not sure why but this is how I’ve always been. So once a few more cars pulled in we headed inside. I met up with a few of the other dads and talked for a bit. Estrella called me into the gym where everything was set up and all I could think of was that sooner or later it would be my 7 month old daughter Lola and I doing this. We sat down and began with a salad. The main course was Lasagna and dessert was a choice between strawberry cheesecake and chocolate musse. I had a little bit of the Lasagna and no dessert but it wasn’t because it wasn’t good. I couldn’t eat it because I’m lactose intolerant. It was good either way, I was there for my goddaughter.
After dinner we were all brought onto the gym floor to learn the Waltz. It was pretty funny because all of us dads were rather tall compared to our daughters. We were separated on either side of the gym so that we could practice our Waltz moves alone and then we tried together with music. I believe Estrella and I tied each other in points for stepping on toes and confusing steps. We laughed it off and we got pretty good. We had a good time but every now and then Estrella would ask if she could step out in the hallway with the other girls to talk. I said it was fine but I was left with the other dads. Now, the other dads were not a problem at all but I began to think a lot about Lola. I thought,
“Man…this is a taste of things to come. I need to enjoy the time I have because when she gets older it’s going to be just like this.”
It was odd. I mean, Estrella is not my daughter but I’ve been around her since she was little and I’m like a father to her…I guess that’s why I began to feel the way I was. I suppose all father’s feel like this when it comes to their kids and especially their daughters but I wasn’t expecting it. After the talk with her friends she returned and asked me to dance and I happily obliged. It was a good time overall but it really made me think about my kids. I have always joked with my parents that when I moved out they didn’t care and they respond with,
“You have no idea how I felt.”
Well…I now know what they meant. Thank you Estrella for inviting me. I had an excellent time. Lola…we are going to have an excellent time too but as you get older and even though you may not think so, you will always be my little girl.
