I really did try to get this issue out on time! I am glad I only missed if by a few days. I just was not going to rush getting it up and screw something up. I thought for a couple of days I had a hidden virus. It was a false alarm everything was fine. The glitches must have been from something one of my kids did or just Windows itself.

Talking about viruses is careful. I just got a call tonight, someone in this area who know somone who activated the Love Bug virus on their computer which in turn sent the virus out to others in this area. So, please don't let your guard down. Some people still have it sitting dormant on their computers. They saw it but never deleted it and forgetting they did not delete it they activate it by accident. If you delete a virus file.... empty your trash bin ! As long as it is there it can still be activated!

I open a lot of mail from a lot of people I do not know or have never heard of before. I am careful and if I am not sure about a piece of e-mail I will delete it and not open it. I figure if it is important enough some one will ask why I never replied. If you send something in and don't hear back in longer then two weeks....let me know. It might have been something I deleted, or I could just be too busy and have not had time. Either way, contact me. When I do get real busy and cannot answer right way it is so easy for something to get lost or I could honestly think I answered it. I do try to go back and verify every e-mail but sometimes it can be along time in between the times I get a chance to do it. So, don't be shy! Bug me! If I don't reply, its not on purpose!

On a lighter side of life, the other day at work a girl in the office received a book about how to get a man. I had to laugh for several reasons. One she is currently dating two guys.

I did pick up the book and look at it and laughed again. It makes looking for a guy a game, a business plan. You actually set out your game plan to trap they guy, more of less. I am no expert! I am single and no one is exactly beating down the door to get in but then I am the type that more of less figures it will happen when it happens.

As I looked thru the book I kept wondering about love, about friendship, and wondering about why it never mentioned sex! I am sorry, but I guess since I am single I think more about the sex better be good!

It also had a section on what men did not like as far as....the bitch, the know it all, the mother type....on and on. Well, I know some very good marriages where the wife is a bitch and the man loves it! Actually, sometimes I think that is my problem; I am too nice too much of the time!

Personally, I think the game playing is stupid. If you cannot be who you are and have to pretend to be someone other then yourself to trap a man/woman then it is just not worth it! I use trap because it seemed to me by glancing thru the book that is what it was trying to explain how to do. I think both the man and the woman should be who they are. Sure there will be times that clashes but that is when talking and compromising works it out. I don't think anyone should change whom the basis of who they are for another person. If they do then some time down the line they end up resenting the other person for it.

I don't know about anyone else but I do know I've never been good at faking it anyhow. If I was on a date and the guy was boring me to death, I really don't think I could hide it! Actually, I would probably at some point ask..."Is it time to go home yet?" I also think life is way to short to pretend to be something you are not just to get a partner.

I did fit into part of the book though, I am one of those who state...."I don't have time for relationships!" I also know that if the right person came along I would make the time! I think most people would.

I really am not putting down the book. I probably does help a lot of people in as it points out personality traits that people in general tend to dislike, for example, the Know it all or the Did it all. If the book makes the person see themselves in as traits like these then it helps them in all their relationships. I don't know about you but it does drive me nuts to be in a group of people and one person is excitedly explaining about something they did. The 'Did it all' can't let the person enjoy the moment. They have to pop up and tell about when they did it and of course .....the story is better then the one first told. I know its because the "Did it all" person is too insecure to let anyone but themselves have the spotlight. Some of them I know, I really doubt they did it at all. Lets get real, no one has done everything and so far, they have done everything everyone else has done they hear about.

I do wish the girl luck in her quest for a mate.

I hope all of you find what you are looking for in life. If you have not as of yet, don't give up!

Take Care!

Lynn Beck

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