The Inner Thoughts of Toddimus

Hitler's angry reaction to the iPad

2010-01-31T14:49:00.001-05:00

33 Years Later...

2010-01-29T16:33:00.003-05:00

I am now officially a college graduate and it only took me 33 years.

I am just awaiting my actual degree in Network Administration to be mailed to me, so I can encase it in ice and lock it away, as its worth about 20,0000 dollars that I will be paying back until I am deceased.

I got A's on my last three finals, despite suffering from pneumonia combined with a sinus infection and fevers.

Onward to the next step in life, finishing my belly button lint collection.

Dream: Burying Skeletons

2009-12-10T15:23:00.002-05:00

If anyone out there has any interpretations, feel welcome to comment:

Had a dream I went out to a desert in search for something that was missing or buried.

A guide that was with me directed me to a spot outside the ruins of a building where I could see at one point someone had attempted to cover up a spot with rocks and shrubs.

I began digging and eventually uncovered an old bright orange Ford Mustang car.

I could smell something, and opened the trunk to reveal two very old corpses, one male, one female, nothing but clothing and skeletal remains. Skulls were shaped kinda of odd, more round than normal.

I took these skeletons and reburied them at another spot in the desert together.

Took the car, which still ran, and drove it off into the sunset.

No more McDoubles

2009-11-13T22:54:00.001-05:00

I recently read McDonald's is popping up with 1,000 more stores! Good lord.

I used to think their food tasted good, until you realize something in their food gets your body addicted to it. Since I began eating healthy, salads, live foods and less and less fast food, I decided to try a McDouble, and what I used to be able to eat 2 or 3 of now tasted literally like a disgusting mouthful of tasteless mush. I threw the rest in the trash.

A week later I said well maybe the new angus burger will be ok.. wrong, taste like cardboard and wasted my money.

I have not stopped eating meat, but defintely have stopped eating their crap. They become rich off making people's bodies miserable.

My Dream Come True : Hot Mormon Muffins

2009-10-27T22:12:00.002-04:00

All I have to say is "wow..." I did not write this article just reposting it to my blog.

Hot Mormon Muffins (Reposted from AOL.com)

SALT LAKE CITY (Oct. 27) -- The latest installment of a calendar series that pokes fun at Mormon stereotypes is putting a twist on motherhood.

The "Hot Mormon Muffins: A Taste of Motherhood" calendar features 12 mothers who claim membership in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in vintage pinup picture poses. Each month also has a muffin recipe.

A new calendar pokes fun at what its creator calls a stereotype of Mormon mothers as homemakers from another era. "Hot Mormon Muffins: A Taste of Motherhood" features 12 mothers who claim membership in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and each month has a muffin recipe.

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It's a companion piece to "Men on a Mission," the three-year series of calendars that featured 12 male church missionaries who doffed their signature white shirts.
Last year, a dustup over the calendar ultimately cost its creator, Las Vegas entrepreneur Chad Hardy, his membership in the church and his diploma from the church-owned Brigham Young University.

Hardy said the projects are designed to shake up stereotypes that paint Mormons in general as stuffy or hyper-conservative and mothers in particular as homemakers from another era.

"For Mormons, the most holy calling next to missionary work is motherhood," Hardy said. "But they're not all the subservient housewives that people think they are."
Church spokeswoman Kim Farah declined to comment on the calendar Monday.
On paper, Miss May and cover model Tami Roberts seems like she might fit the stereotype.

A lifetime Mormon, the 35-year-old woman from Idaho Falls, Idaho, has been married 17 years to a Mormon man and has three daughters, ages 11, 9 and 4. The family attends church, and Roberts said she's raising her kids with Mormon values.

"I also want them to be open, accepting of other people, know that everybody is not the same and that it's OK to make your own choices," said Roberts, who works as a restaurant server and confessed to having a few tattoos, generally considered taboo among Mormons.

Roberts said her turn as a calendar model was an accident. Last year, she read news reports about Hardy and his disciplinary problems with the church and BYU.
"That made me mad; I did not agree with that," said Roberts, who applied for the job on a whim after she heard a women's version of the calendar was in the works.
She said the $15.95 calendar's pinup poses and slightly revealing outfits aren't in keeping with the message of modesty promoted by the church, but she's not ashamed of the pictures.

"The pictures are tasteful, and it's fun. I don't see why people can't have a sense of humor," she said. "I just don't think it's a big deal."

The women featured in the calendar range in age from 26 to 53. Some have as many as four children. Several are stay-at-home moms, while others are students, real estate agents, cosmetologists and dance instructors. One is a former Miss Utah, and another is a breast cancer survivor, according to biographies on the calendar Web site.
Hardy and a business partner created the first "Men on a Mission" calendar for 2008. The 2009 version drew the attention of the church, and Hardy was excommunicated in July 2008 after a church court.

Hardy participated in graduation ceremonies at BYU in Provo a month later, but his diploma was withheld. He lost an appeal of the decision in March.
Leaders in Las Vegas and a dean of students at BYU said the calendar was not in keeping with the values espoused by the Mormon church.

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2009-10-26 18:58:48

My Itunes Purchases Test

2009-10-24T21:57:00.000-04:00

Swift's Proposal Compared to Modern Day Soceity

2009-10-19T23:42:00.001-04:00

We were discussing "Swift's Proposal" in Culture class this evening, in my response to Swift's satirical suggestions to the Irish people and government during that time period.

Unnervingly, how anyone could think of such a thing, but Swift's proposal was to fatten up undernourished children, and then feed them to the rich land owners. Hopefully this was in jest.

As he claims children could be sold on the markets as soon as they were of the age of one. This was his solution to the overpopulation, lack of food supply, and the unemployment rates. His satire went as far as to devise out an entire plan, with prices on the children heads going by their weight, even as far as providing recipes.

Overall he claimed this would resolve Ireland's social and economical problems.

All of this satire came forth from Swift's disgust with the rich Irish people, and government who were very passive and rather than resolving the problem, overlooked it. Swift had made some good suggestions with tax proposals to help better the situation.

The same problems definitely exist today, in regards to over population, especially in cities with so many minorities being pushed through the school systems, with no jobs once they are out. The country is out of balance with those who are exceedingly rich, or one person doing the same thing as another yet getting paid double. So much money is being spent on fighting over seas, dumped into government spending while the poor and the needy and our own sick are not being taken care of.

I will go as far as to use a modern day example from today's music, which can be considered satire, but just as well talks of things that are wrong in our society, albeit an alternative rock song, from System of a Down.

I've been walking through your streets,
Where all you moneys earning,
Where all your buildings crying,
And clueless neckties working,
Revolving fake lawn houses,
Housing all your fears,
Desensitized by TV,
Overbearing advertising,
God of consumerism,
And all your crooked pictures,
Looking good, mirror-ism,
Filtering information,
For the public eye,
Designed for profiteering,
Your neighbor, what a guy.

Boom, boom, boom, boom,
Every time you drop the bomb,
You kill the God your child has born.
Boom, boom, boom, boom.

Modern globalization,
Coupled with condemnations,
Unnecessary death,
Matador corporations,
Puppeting your frustrations,
With the blinded flag,
Manufacturing consent
Is the name of the game,
The bottom line is money,
Nobody gives a fuck.
4000 hungry children die per hour,
From starvation,
While billions spent on bombs,
Create death showers.

Boom, boom, boom, boom,
Every time you drop the bomb,
You kill the God your child has born.
Boom, boom, boom, boom
Boom/boom/boom/boom/boom/boom/boom

Why, why, why, why must we kill, kill, kill, kill, our own, own, own, own kind...

Boom, boom, boom, boom,
Every time you drop the bomb,
You kill the God your child has born.
Boom, boom, boom, boom
Boom/boom/boom/boom/boom/boom/boom/boom
Every time you drop the bomb.

We are in an Age of Enlightenment

2009-10-18T14:43:00.002-04:00

This is a response I posted to a question in my Cultures class

What beliefs and institutions did Voltaire criticize in "Candide"? How are his criticisms related to the projects and ideals of the Enlightenment? In what ways might you suspect that Voltaire's criticisms might have influenced social philosophy in subsequent centuries, including our own?

Voltaire, like several other philosophers during the time period referred to as the "Enlightenment", criticized, above all, beliefs and practices of the Catholic church. This institution broken into three part, the church as a whole, the monarchy and the minorities, being the believers.

Throughout his writings he spoke of the church as a corrupted institution. He criticized clergy or the Pope for having children, as they took a vow of chastity. One of the other criticisms he points out is clergy breaking the 10 commandments by stealing, in the case of the Friar who take Cunegonde's jewels.

Voltaire spoke against ritualistic religion, and blind faith practices, for example when innocent people were killed in order to prevent an earthquake.

Voltaire also spoke out against the unfair treatment of women as well as slavery. When a slave would attempt to escape, legs or arms were removed, this was a common early practice, even with Columbus among the native Americans. Women were seen as lower than men and treated as property of men, solely for housekeeping and bearing children or sexual gratification to their husband.

Punishments by the church in general towards sinners, was often quite barbaric or extreme. The church attempted to keep people under control, under its influence and to not have a mind of their own. This seemingly goes directly against God's will that humans have free will, rather the church force's their will upon the people, which in a sense of and in itself it not God's will.

This contradicts with the move of the Enlightenment, where the core belief is that human's have developed far enough along to think and act for themselves, to reason and to receive their own inspiration so to speak. This is a direct threat to a church's power or even a government's control over people.

As well the Enlightenment taught that human's are equal by nature, one is not above another.

In my own opinion I observe in our own time period another type of Enlightenment taking place, where people question their leaders, of not only religion but government. A time when humans fight for equal rights. People stand up and question official stories in the media and learn to think for themselves, outside the box so to speak, often accused of being conspiracy theorists or apostates. I for one have been in and out of the same scenario with questioning church leaders and then being outcast, starting my own ministry to help open the eyes of others, to allow people to think for themselves, receive their own inspiration and show that each one of us can have a personal relationship with God, rather than through other men who ask for your money and keep you under their control.

McMuffin

2009-09-25T12:12:00.000-04:00

McMuffin

I went to buy some breakfast,
and had my items all laid out.
I went to grab my wallet,
and I then began to pout.

For when I searched my pockets,
Amiss was my debit card,
And as I looked upon my food with hunger,
I felt like a retard.

So as I walked toward the door,
a grumble in my belly and eyes toward the floor,
A random man overheard my disgust
and placed his hand on my shoulder and said if you must,
share my food sir, I am glad to assist!
and offered me an egg McMuffin, and said "I insist!"

My luck had changed and as he walked away smiling,
And I bit into the sandwich, to find a crunch so compelling.
I said WTF! as I quickly bit in.
What kind of freak, covers a McMuffin in onion!

Damnit!

By Todd Jumper

Dad Smells All Day

2009-09-24T23:48:00.003-04:00

Ok I use this everyday... and just now noticed this.. Omg my kids have a sense of humor.
If you can't read this, someone crossed out "smells great all day" with "Dad Smells All Day"

Those little heathens..

lol

Hamster Attack!!

2009-09-14T00:38:00.002-04:00

Time to separate the little rodents as they have death matches far too often.

As I was moving them about their cages they attacked, and one suddenly
latched into my finger, not just a little bite but deep down to the
bone man.

Blood was squirting out of my hand all over the cage and the demon
spawn from hamster hell.

Hamster bite of devastation inflicts 888 damage to Toddimus.
Toddimus is infected with hamster rage.
Toddimus inflicts choke hold to hamster causing 455 damage.
Hamster dies. (355 overkill)

nah its still alive, my daugters would be devastated if I killed one lol

Pic included!

Verizon Fios Blocking America Online Client?

2009-04-05T23:53:00.002-04:00

Lately I have been running into problems with users of Verizon Fios having connections problems through America Online's client software.

Normally I would think this is a fluke or a router side error, but it has happened with at least 4 Verizon users I know, including myself before switching over to Comcast.

Today I had to help someone figure out why AOL stopped working on all four of their computers. This started last Friday, March 27 and did not resolve. Their verizon fios internet connection worked fine on Internet Explorer, Firefox, Safari, as well as Windows XP and Vista had no problem connecting to Windows Updates, detecting their IP address etc.

Each computer was allowing AOL through the firewall. The physical router's firewall settings were clean. So I reinstalled AOL on all the computers, but when you attempted to connect to AOL, it would hang at the TCP/IP detection, and then crash AOL all together.

It was more than obvious something was blocking the software from accessing the internet.

To double check it just was not their computers, I went and got my own laptop, wi-fi'd into their network, only to replicate the same problem with AOL being totally blocked.

I then tested AOL on my Comcast connection 2 minutes later, and it went right through with no connection issues.

I then attempted to get on AOL using another neighbors verizon wireless within the next hour and AOL would not go through.

I contacted Verizon via phone, only to be confronted with a rude employee who at first acted like I had no idea what I was talking about only for him to admit he never used AOL so he had no knowledge of what he was talking about, and his recommendation was to delete AOL and not use it anymore, and to only use the web browser provided by Verizon. (there you go, proof of their marketing ploy)

He denied they were blocking any software, which would be illegal, and only claims AOL's software must be broken or buggy.

After I proved to him I had no problem connecting via Comcast or other broadband companies other than Verizon, he said he was clueless.

This is worth investigating, has anyone else out there noticed recent blocks by Verizon?

I have read some articles that offshoots of Verizon have as recently as February started blocking free web based email providers that reroutes to Verizon's site, perhaps this is what is causing the sudden block?

It's a Small World

2009-03-03T05:49:00.003-05:00

I have found a new addiction in an online community based free game called SmallWorlds. A lot of it is based on the art community, where in game you can express yourself by designing your own apartment, listening to music, painting your own wall paintings and then having friends over to check it out.

That's not all you do though. Lot of people to meet and talk with, and plenty of missions to keep you busy. Have a conversation over a virtual game of pool or checkers or sit around in a virtual hottub and ask who peed in there.

I am Toddimus Jumper, if you happen to make an account look me up and I'll friend you.

http://www.smallworlds.com

Fraud Alert : IKEOK.COM

2009-02-26T16:43:00.001-05:00

Regarding Ikeok.com

This company uses illegal methods to hijack web based e-mail accounts, this has happened to my mother and several friends. Somehow they gain access to yahoo, hot mail and others online address books ILLEGALLY, then they impersonate the person and send their spam to everyone in your address book.

I would NOT buy any product from them as the items are probably stolen goods out of Europe, and more than likely your credit card is getting stolen when you make a purchase. These guys are frauds and currently being investigated.

We need to shut their site down for good.

Example of an email from them.

reply-to lindajump@yahoo.com
to recipients <undisclosed>
date Thu, Feb 26, 2009 at 3:45 PM
subject hi
mailed-by yahoo.com
signed-by yahoo.com

hide details 3:45 PM (54 minutes ago)

Reply

hi
I found a good site www.ikeok.com sell all kinds of electronic products, the quality and credibility are very good. I bought a TV has received the goods yesterday.

Hidden Spy Camera & Mic Found Inside Digital TV Box

2009-02-21T23:18:00.002-05:00

This is just crazy, not that the story sounds crazy, but that Cable companies and the government continue to get away with invasion of privacy in the claims they are seeing what their customers enjoy watching, can't they just take a survey instead of peeping into our homes?

Original story at this following link.

A popular video circulating on You Tube shows the discovery of a spy camera and a microphone hidden inside a digital TV converter box. Such devices are part of a government and industry surveillance program that is undoubtedly connected to the forced digital TV switchover being rolled out in the UK and US.

“I could not believe my eyes,” states the blurb accompanying the video clip, “I have a friend who is kind of a conspiracy theorist. He was trying to convince me that many of the digital TV convert boxes that are coming out have microphones and cameras built into them. Knowing a bit about electronics I bought one of these devices opened it up fully intending on proving him wrong. To my surprise he was right. This device has both a miniature camera lens and what looks like a microphone. I was so shocked I took pictures and video. Please send this out to everyone you know who is using one of these devices.”

Double Cheeseburger Dilema

2008-11-29T00:52:00.002-05:00

WTF McDonalds just changed the name of their double cheeseburger without telling me.

This only causes confusion with money. I have been buying the double cheeseburger for months for a dollar, then go into today with my kids, and order three, only to get charged another 60 cents for three of them.

Normally this would not be such a big deal, but I was down to my last 4 dollars in my bank account.

So I start arguing with the guy saying I'm looking right at your dollar menu and it still says a dollar, he was new and couldn't figure it out himself why the menu had it listed for 1 dollar and 1.19.

This went on for 10 minutes, as the people beside me also were overcharged expecting the double cheeseburger to be one dollar. So what normally would have taken me 3-5 minutes, took us 10-15 to argue over prices.

So he removed the 1.19 ones he entered, and gave me the dollar menu ones. I looked at the sandwich and did not even notice the difference.

20 cents for a piece of soy bean oil based fake cheese eh.

This was a dumb move by McDonalds, just charge extra if they want extra cheese to avoid confusion at the check out line when people are in a hurry.

Make people aware that the menu has changed or just keep things simple- you should have just removed the one slice of cheese, and put a notice on the menu that extra cheese cost extra, not two prices for basically the same sandwich. Very inconvenient.

The Dangers of Aspartame Research Paper

2008-10-06T14:57:00.004-04:00

I just finished up my final paper for school in my Comp II class. We were to write an argumentive topic. I could have done better but had some laptop issues over the past weeks. The entire paper is below. I feel this is a very important topic if you are concerned about health issues.

Final Project: The Negative Effects of Aspartame
Todd Jumper
Kaplan University

CM220-07
Professor Sandra Maenz
October 5, 2008

The Negative Effects of Aspartame

These days a lot of people are becoming more health conscious. Consumers are becoming more careful with their diets, from eating organic foods, to watching sugars, hormones and other chemicals. They may drink a diet soda from time to time, believing it’s better for their health, and assisting in weight loss. But there are times when they may have turned around that can of pop and seen a warning about Phenylalanine, but not knowing what it is.

We often think if we don’t know what is in our food, maybe we should not eat it, and we are probably right. Aspartame, containing Phenylalanine, and products for human consumption that contain Aspartame should carry a warning label. The consumer should be able to make the decision for themselves to cause possible damage to their bodies from ingesting this nuero-toxin, rather than unknowingly partake of it.

Aspartame, an artificial sweetener, which is found in most diet beverages and sugarless gums, breaks down into methanol or wood alcohol, which despite some medical doctor’s claiming its safety, in mass quantity, is actually toxic.

The most common side effect of ingesting Aspartame is frequent headaches. A consumer may also begin to notice mild depression kicking in after a few days of consuming large amounts of diet soda. According to Dr. Jacob Stechschulte, this sweetener has caused migraines in youth and young adults. He also states that upon consuming aspartame, it is broken down and converted into formaldehyde through our body tissues. (2006, Jacob SE, Stechschulte S.)

Over all, the average consumer is unaware that too much of this neurotoxin will cause cellular death in the brain from neurons being too excited. (1998, Dr. Janet Hull) Further research has shown neurotoxins in our food are partly the cause of hyperactivity, ADD/ADHD in children and adults. While these neurotoxins have not proven deadly in laboratory animals, such toxins have been proven fatal in pre-natal studies. It is a possibly that pregnant women who ingest large amounts of diet beverages could potentially harm their unborn child or miscarry. (National Toxicology Program. ; Oct, 2005)

More over one of the biggest problems our children face today is the overdose of sugar in soft-drinks, so parents have instead moved onto sugarless drinks, with artificial sweeteners and colorings hoping to keep their children from becoming hyper. Instead due to their lack of knowledge regarding aspartame, they may have instead intoxicated their children as a result given them ADD/ADHD.
“…studies of the relationship of sugar to ADHD have typically used far smaller quantities of sugar than a child ingests in a can of soda … have used aspartame, a known neurotoxin as a placebo control for sugar in beverages: and have failed to consider the possible effects of artificial colorings and flavorings in sugared beverages.” (2008 Dr. Carolyn F.A. Dean, M.D., N.D)

Aspartame, one of the sweetest food ingredients, but also one of the most toxic, was denied by the F.D.A. to be allowed for human consumption for over 11 years. Finally after giving into pressures by government and a huge monetary profits, the Reagan administration approved Aspartame after letting go the Surgeon General who opposed it.

Thus Aspartame has been the subject of debate and great controversy, with the primary argument going against the Food and Drug Administration who approve of aspartame being a safe dietary supplement despite all the evidence to the contrary. If aspartame was proven to be toxic and a cause of cancers, ADD, depression and so forth, major companies such as PepsiCo and Coca Cola would be the subject of class action lawsuits for poisoning it’s consumers for years.

Such Web sites as WebMD.com claim it is completely safe, while not listing any studies of research showing otherwise or ignoring known facts about the chemical sweetener. But incongruently, as sites such as WebMD deny Aspartame causing harm to the body, within their own Web site they readily admit that Aspartame may cause or worsen the effects of illnesses such as Fibromyalgia. “…Aspartame (NutraSweet). All the experts WebMD talked to agree that for a large majority of people with fibromyalgia, foods sweetened with aspartame could exacerbate fibromyalgia symptoms.” (2008. WebMd.com)

Despite most medical doctors who will go along with the Food and Drug Administration in claiming the use of Aspartame is not dangerous, many doctors are coming forward with opposing evidence to the contrary. Many people consume diet foods and soft drinks believing or told by medical doctors, that these products are beneficial for health, when in actuality the FDA denied approval of aspartame for 16 years. The FDA succumbed to pressure from political advocates of the product and economic pressure and huge payouts finally allowed aspartame to be added to our foods. . (Mercola, Dr. Joseph; Sweet Deception, 2006, p. 53).

Another major controversy regarding Aspartame or NutraSweet is that it may cause cancer. This has been a subject of debate for several years. Results with laboratory mice have been inconclusive for the most part, while most experiments have not shown cancer in mice, tumors have been shown to form, as well cancer has been found within pre-natal mice. According to Regist, in a 1981 study, where aspartame was fed to rats, most of the two year cancer studies proved inconclusive or were considered to be negative in rodents, but neoplasms did form in the brain. (Fed. Regist., 1981a, b)

The average consumer would benefit from understanding the chemical makeup of Aspartame. When ingested and exposed to heat of the body, (or 83 degree farenheight,) it breaks down into methanol. This is toxic to the human body and is not meant for consumption.

This leads to another controversy regarding this is the possible poisoning of our American troops during the Gulf War due to high consumptions of diet sodas in the desert heat, mixed along with other chemical components and body stress. This may have caused what is known as Gulf War Syndrome.

The symptoms of Gulf War Syndrome when comparable to aspartame poisoning are almost identical. Migraines, depression, fibromyalgia, to chronic fatigue and memory loss are just a few of the similarities. Carol Guilford, a medical doctor, claimed in 2007 that aspartame poisoning and GWS are one in the same. According to her research around 45,000 to 100,000 of our troops from the Gulf War are now suffering from aspartame poisoning. (2007, Carol Guilford, M.D.)

Despite the claims that Aspartame is not cancer causing, coincidentally breast cancer has been greatly on the rise since the year Aspartame was introduced into food. The American Cancer society claims breast cancer cases have doubled since 1981, the same year NutraSweet was introduced.

Since NutraSweet’s introduction, years later many people are suffering from different types of cancers, depressions and mental disorders that are on the rise. Take for example, the experience of the Jumper family, from results of years of ingesting aspartame laden products. Deciding to avoid sugary products and caffeine for better health, they turned to drinking diet, caffeine free products on a daily basis. Ten years later, the mother of the family now suffers from depression, extreme fatigue and muscle and joint pain due to fibromyalgia. The father also now suffers from severe depression, diabetes and OCD, all of which are claimed to be side effects of aspartame poisoning.

Some medical doctors claim the side effects of ingesting aspartame go well over 100 symptoms, mostly based on patient complaints and independent studies. Side effects range from; burning urination, brain fog, chest pain, cough, fatigue, mucus buildup, depression, fibromyalgia, headaches, hives, insomnia, joint pain, rashes, tachycardia, thyroid problem, and even weight gain. Due to the body’s digestive system not properly digesting the artificial sweeteners, instead of losing weight from the non-caloric beverages, the body is confused into gaining weight.
In 1999, Sandra Cabot, another medical doctor, claimed that aspartame actually causes weight gain by other mechanisms in confusing the body. Diabetics are still at risk as well as the artificial sweetener can cause unstable blood sugar levels. As a result there is fluid retention and cellulite increases. (Sandra Cabot, M.D, 1999)

In conclusion, to this day Aspartame is very controversial among scientists and medical doctors, with manufacturers backed up by big funding and misleading information. Some feel the product should be banned from foods, while others claim it’s completely a safe additive. As long as the government backs up those who believe it is safe, the F.D.A. will continue to allow this toxin in our foods and drinks. Advertisers of their diet products continually find new misleading ways to get consumers to buy their aspartame laden drinks, even to the point to promote adding vitamins to soda to make them appear healthy.

Take Diet Coke Plus for example, a soft drink advertised as soda with beneficial vitamins to encourage people to drink it. Little do most people know that these are not only manufactured vitamins, but that the carbonation and liquid quickly destroys the vitamins on the shelf before they are ever consumed.

More consumers need to be aware, with at least warning labels on these products so that the consumer can make their own choice to partake in something that may have long term negative side effects and illnesses. Changes need to be made and doctors need to stand together and challenge the claims of the F.D.A., as more consumers become health conscious, with many turning toward organic foods, it may not be long until the dangers of aspartame are finally exposed.

References
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May be Hazardous to Your Health. Published by Thomas Nelson Inc,. (2006), Nashville, TN.
Russel A Blaylock, Excitotoxins: The Taste That Kills (1996) Health Press, New Mexico
Stechschulte, Jacob SE
May-Jun, 2008 ; Formaldehyde, aspartame, and migraines: a possible connection.
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Hull, Dr. Janet, Sweet Poison, How the World's Most Popular Artificial
Sweetener Is Killing Us New Horizon Press (September 1, 1998)

National Toxicology Program. ; National Toxicology Program. ; Oct, 2005 ; NTP report
on the toxicology studies of aspartame (CAS No. 22839-47-0)

Carolyn Dean, MD, ND; A Complementary Approach to ADHD
http://www.drcarolyndean.com/articles_adhd.html [ Web site ]

Aspartame (NutraSweet™): Is It Safe? (Book). ; Mott, Evelyn L. ; Library Journal ; 02-1-1990 ; 03630277 ; Reviews the book "Aspartame (NutraSweet™): Is It Safe?" by H. J. Roberts. ; P ; 115

Bowen, James D. M.D.; Billions of People are Now Aspartame Victims
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My HP Pavilion 9720 Laptop Sucks

2008-10-01T04:30:00.003-04:00

Ok so I am at the end of my finals for my 4th term in school with two papers left to write, in the middle of all this my fairly brand new HP Pavilion 9720 lovely looking 17 inch screen laptop started crashing in August.

I sent it back at the end of August under warranty to repair 3 problems. It was overheating really bad, so bad that as soon as you plugged it in, it burned your hand. At the same time a dang black spot appeared on the screen. Dreaded dead pixels! Nothing I did would get rid of them. And my final problem, watching videos, DVDs, YouTube, Movies, would constantly crash the computer to a dead halt, screen savers would crash it in the middle of the night.

So I am over a month behind on three pieces of art work for clients who have already paid me in advance...

I get the laptop back and nothing, I mean absolutely nothing was fixed by HP, it looked like it had not even been touched.

So I send it back a second time at the end of September here. I am excited today to get it back, in what looked like brand new condition. The monitor replaced, its not overheating. I start trying to catch up on my homework. Load up a video my grandma just emailed me on YouTube, and guess what. Not a blue screen, not a black screen. But this bullshit.

This will be my third time I would have to send it back, under warranty sure it is, but I have finals due tomorrow! Damnit!

I am going to attempt to take it back to Circuit City before work tomorrow as they told me 3 attempts at fixing it by HP and they will replace it. They better do something...

Grrr... Frustrated.

My recommendations, HP repair service sucks. The laptop is nice when it is working properly, but I highly recommend going with someone else if looking to buy a new laptop.

Unecessary Force

2008-09-04T00:22:00.001-04:00

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New Soul Portrait - The Big Top

2008-08-17T23:54:00.002-04:00

I just finished up this latest soul portrait which is probably one of the most complicated ones I have done yet.

Most of the ones I do are nature scenes, but this one caught me off guard, a lot of it I had to paint by hand, except the circus clowns and bleachers I had to purchase models for - crap. Hope I get reimbursed!

I easily spent about 10-12 hours there about on this one. Enjoy- click the link below to comment at my webshots.

http://outdoors.webshots.com/photo/2039148510095511721dGBRRb?vhost=outdoors

More on T-Mobile- Finally they are getting sued!

2008-07-25T22:45:00.001-04:00

I was able to get out of my contract, while others cannot, very incongruous and dishonest company. I received my last bill for one month of service, and it was for $139.00, when one bill is $29.00 a month plus taxes. This included almsot 40 dollars in texting fees to phone numbers who I do not know. I simply refuse to pay them, after all my contract was terminated, and they did not provide me service at my home for 2 months.

Now they are finally getting sued and I hope big time.

http://redtape.msnbc.com/2008/07/when-marco-zald.html

Finally free of T-mobiles money pit

2008-07-03T03:48:00.001-04:00

T-Mobile now allowing early cancellation of service without fee depending on coverage area

I just got out of my T-mobile contract WITHOUT the 200 dollar insane service fee. Which they told me before was impossible. But now they are saying if you are only getting 1 bar where you live, you can legally get out of the contract and cancel immediately. I lived in Harrisburg, PA where my signal was constantly dropped inside my own house. In May I moved to Hummelstown, PA which is pretty populated only 3 miles from Hershey Park, cell phone towers are within walking distance of my new house.

Yet I could not get calls, and my signal would jump from 1 bar to 4 bars, to no signal at all depending on the wind.

On top of that I was only on the 29.99 basic plan, 3 months out of this year I got my bill to see it anywhere from 79-100 dollars for one month! Phone calls were on my bill I never made, did not even know the people yet my cell phone was always in my pocket at those times.

This month I had over 30 text messages starting at the same exact time each day at 8am when I am still sleeping, over 15 dollars in messages I did not make, and the best thing yet, the phone number the messages went to was a land line, that just so happened to be the first person in my contact list on my phone (this also happened to two other family members)

So I finally got out of the contract from Hell, but they are demanding I pay this months past due bill of 101 dollars when I only owe them 29 plus taxes. They also claimed I was over my minutes when I have my bill and usage right in front of me showing only 200 out 300 used.

I said you believe me that I cant receive or make calls and have no signal but yet at same time claiming I have made over 400 minutes in calls lol People in my house who know me know I do not even talk on the phone much at all, at the most 10 minutes a week.

T-Mobile not only has terrible coverage, they are theives, period.

I have paid almost 500 dollars this year in overcharges that were not done by me. Faulty phone and sim cards, a terrible company to deal with, when they know the prices of gas are already hurting our pockets. Cmon now.

T-mobile needs a mass lawsuit. I want my money back.

Spooky: Stealth Plane Landing in Harrisburg, PA?

2008-02-21T22:48:00.004-05:00

There is some strange stuff going on right now. I've been hearing reports from friends across the country of some meteorite activity, some rather large ones coming into the atmosphere and exploding in the sky. Actually one was recently caught on a security camera by the National Guard.

http://www.spokesmanreview.com/media/video/?ID=1559

There is DEFINTELY something secret going on, or I just happen to bein the right place at the right time.

I live near Harrisburg / New Cumberland, PA with a view of the famousThree Mile Island.
Well on the way home tonite, I came out of Giant Food grocery, whichis at the very end of the airport landing strip that is part ofHarrisburg International.

I was outside with two teenage boys who were pushing carts and theywere watching some military helicopters circling the area really fast,and very loud.

They were commenting on how loud they were and said "they must betrying to guide someone in for a landing."

Suddenly the helicopters left the area, and I looked up to see alarge black triangle coming in for a landing.

It looked like a stealth plane.

It had absolutely no sound, dead silence. There was only onenoticeable white light on the tail and it almost looked as if thelight was separate from the air craft following behind it.
As well it was coming in very slow, so slow you wonder how somethingthat big would not fall out of the sky.

Just glided on in there and I watched it land.
It was actually quite spooky / UFO like.

Here is a picture that very closely resembles what I saw tonite in NewCumberland, PA around 8:30 PM EST

This is almost exactly what it looked like, strange that this is the UK version.http://i.n.com.com/i/ne/p/2006-2/1212taranisbig_550x389.jpg

Now I was not aware we had technology for something so big to make a silent landing like that, and to go that slow. And I doubt if I called the airport if they would admit something, but to land in such a busy commercial area over a heavily populated town is strange.

Todd Jumper

New Artwork / Book Covers

2008-01-23T02:04:00.000-05:00

Been busy the past week working on artwork for clients. One is a soul portrait based on readings done by MicheleLivingston.com the other is for a book cover. I call it the Gateway. Where does it go? ;) The book does not have a title yet.

The third is a redo of a piece of art I did 5 years ago, called A New Beginning. A new heaven and a new earth. This is for a book called La Sixéme Clef, published in French Canadian.

Do not use my artwork for commercial purposes, permission must be obtained for any printing, or I'll sue ya , hahaha ;) I work hard on this stuff.

Enjoy
Todd

To move on or not?

2008-01-02T01:20:00.000-05:00

When I said "moving on" I actually meant I was moving on, waking upmore spiritually, and then when I did so it seemed she regressed.Instead of moving on with me, chose to make choices that were againstthe teachings in the scriptures and LWE. Yea I know I get "thou shallnot judge" but that does not mean the things she did were "ok."

Her choices may have been "free will" but they altered everyones lifepaths not just her life path, and while she tried to make a "positive"choice, her choice has brought everyone involved more depression andpain including our children. She herself is in more depression thanwhen we were married. As I say "whatsover choice is good, cometh ofGod and brings Joy, whatsoever is wrong and brings despair is not ofGod. By this is simple way to judge"

I have been asked numerous times, why I have not "let her go." Ithink because everytime I try to, something happens that stops me,including intervention from the spirit realm which is often confusing. When she at first felt her heart was not in the marriage anymoreabout 2 years ago, her spirit kept visiting me during sleep and toldme to wait for her heart to come back to her and to be patient and notgive up, that her energy would balance out and the marriage would behealed in time.

2 mediums told me part of her Love / heart left and taught me some meditations to bring it back to her body.

My oldest daughter came to me crying one night claming she "had adream while awake" that her real mother was being held in a jail inthe spirit world and these bad spirits would not let her home, and shewanted to come home to me.

I had a dream one night a UFO was hovering over the house, and thesemen in black came and took my wife, then replaced her with a personwho looked just like her. Strange thing is Carrie said she had thesame dream, that these men took her and replaced her.

So for a year or so I believed something happened to my wife but havecome to terms with her heart just changed somehow. But her habitschanged, the music she listened to change, people she hung out withchanged, all of this within 1 year, and it was overwhelming to me atall the changes that took place in such a short time that I becameangry and dramatic.
So each time I try to let her go and move on something spiritual happens.

For instance just today I walked into the bedroom at my mothers housewhere I sleep. I keep photos of my children on a nightstand where Ilook at them before I go to bed. I also keep a picture of Carrie andI sitting on a porch swing with big smiles on our faces, the first daywe started seeing each other 10 years ago.

Well I was on my way out of the room today and came downstairs to siton the couch when I heard something crunch in my left pocket.

I opened the flap to my coat pocket and reached inside and there wasthe picture that I just saw on my nightstand in my pocket!

How it got into my pocket I do not know, there was no one else in theroom with me.

So if I truly am supposed to let her go, why does Spirit keep playingthese games with me?

Todd