The Fringe Benefits of Failure, and the Importance of Imagination

Sunday, March 27, 2005


Even though it rained all day. My Easter Sunday was great. I spent it by myself. That is ok. After studying so hard during this last quarter, I did not mind it at all. I enjoyed the rest. I did not do that much today. I simply did things online and that was about it. I did eat, use the restroom, etc. LOL!!

Crazy me. I created another blog. This one is a place to store my Bible Doctrinal Notes. For some crazy reason, I cannot get added to My Yahoo Page. I am not sure why. I will keep trying it just the same. It might be the heavy traffic on the weekends. There is no telling.

I am guessing that mom, dad, and Ben are going to get here tonight, but I am not sure when. It is 7:35 PM EST. I am sure that they took their time in leaving. I am sure that some special event was done with Ben and Emily. I will call them again after this posting.

I have not written any query letter today. I was too mentally tired to do that much. Like I said earlier, I did not that much today. I will write and send a few of them this week. I do want to get my story published. I cannot do it if no one knows about it.


One Raindrop Raises the Sea
Survival of All or None
Sing Everyday
Give More, Take Less

Brandon Bowers

Today is rainy. After the rain, I hope it will be nice like it was before. I like to read in the hammock. It is better when the leaves are full on the trees. During the summer time, it is a lot cooler in the shade. Unless it is awfully humid, I do not feel the heat as bad as in the sunlight.

I did not do that much as far as applying for jobs last night. I am still too mentally tired to do that much last night. I will see what I can do today. Since I cannot go outside, I can spend time on it. The only thing I did was go on www.monster.com . It did not have any jobs for entry level. I am not surprised. I do not think that employers would pay all that money to ask for entry level position. I do not think that there are any entry level jobs online. I hope that I am wrong, but for the years that I have been looking at online job postings I have never seen one.


One Raindrops Raises the Sea
Survival of All or None
Sing Everyday
Give More, Take less
May You Walk Into the Light

Brandon Bowers

Friday, March 25, 2005


It has been a great day. The weather is NICE!! It would be great if it stayed this way all during my vacation. I could stay in the hammock all during the two weeks. It will be great to rest.

Nothing happen that much yesterday. Nothing is happening today. If only it would be that way during the next two weeks. That would be a vacation. I think the best vacation is not going somewhere, but to set back and relax. If you read the right book, you can go places that you cannot even afford. Reading novels can take you places that you could not normally see or visit. The price is the book itself or it could cost you nothing. You can get the book at the library.

After I am finished with this posting, I am going back to the hammock and simply relax and read some kind of novel and start my vacation. Would it be wonderful if I can be a part of my story, “Dreams Do Come True.”


One Raindrop Raises the Sea
Survival of All or None
Sing Everyday
Give more, take less
May You Walk Into the Light

Brandon Bowers

Thursday, March 24, 2005


Today is starting to be a great day. The forecast states it will be 65 as the high. That is very good. It is sunny right now. Maybe that is why the temperature will be like it will. For the most part I am going to take it easy. Tomorrow I am thinking about taking a trip to the library. I might do it today. I am simply not making any serious planning today. I am about to make coffee and listen to a Bible Message. After that I will take a shower and take my grandmother to the dentist.


One Raindrop Raises the Sea
Survival of All or None
Sing Everyday
Give More, Take Less
May You Walk Into the Light

Brandon Bowers


Wednesday, March 23, 2005


I need to start writing my messages first on Open Office and then copy and past the message. That way I can have paragraphs in each posting. As I was saying, I love the classes that I was in, but I am very happy to have a break. My pea brain is dead. Again I will be applying for jobs this weekend. I hope that I can get a job soon . I want to start oa life. I have to have an income in order to even think about dating a female. If I find the right one and end up marrying her, then I need the income before hand to show her that I will support her in every way I can.

One step at a time. That is the problem. I need to take the first step. Getting an education was the first step. I need to take the second and most important step. That is getting a career job.


One Raindrop Raises the Sea
Survival of All or None
Sing Everyday
Give more, take less
May You Walk Into the Light

Brandon Bowers

I am finished with this quarter. I am so happy. I do not know exactaly my GPA, but I know that I have at least a B average, which is a 3.0. I will start back on April 6. That give me 2 weeks for break. On the weekend I will clear up all errors on my resume and start applying for jobs under the training that I have received. I have this photo to state that I am happy to be an American.

Tuesday, March 22, 2005


If was not for September 11, 2001, I would not think that much of the Twin Towers. I ahd this old photo of them long before September 11, 2001. In the rsolve of what happen that day. I do not think that no one will think of these towers as they did before. We need to think and pray for the ones that are protecting our freedom now. It the military that give and protects or freedom.

One Raindrop Raises the S
My instructor has gotten me set and ready to go with my resume and getting a job. She told me to focus on a few job backs on the Internet. This weekend I will fix a few errors that she pointed out and I will then post my resume and start applying for jobs under the training I have received. She said I would be spending at least 4 to 6 hours on each of these job banks. That means I have a lot of work to do. You might say, “The easy part is out of the way.”

Since I am mostly online at home during the school break, I do not think that I will be online that many hours at once. I do not think that my eyes could look at the computer screen that long. I am thinking that I will spend a few hours in the morning and a few hours at night. That way I will not be online during the fat of the day. I am sure I will be using the Internet as the day goes by, but not that long of a period.

During the break, I will take the time to write query letters to some agents to get my novel, “SGC and the Force” written. It would be great to have a career in writing. Maybe something might come up that I can get paid on my writing skills. Other than writing novels, I do not know what that job could be. There is journalism, but I do not know about that. It seems to be a job that is too fast to handle. Talking about a dog eat dog type job. I might get a job in technical writing. I can tell you now that technical writing stinks or at least it could be a lot better then it is now.


One Raindrop Raises the Sea
Survival of All or NoneSing Everyday
May You Walk Into the Light

Brandon Bowers

MSNBC - Cyber attacks on corporations are rising

MSNBC - Cyber attacks on corporations are rising

I have a big comment to say about the media constantly talking about cyber attacks. It is true that it is happening, but it is not happening as much as it sounds. If more than the majority of businesses are getting attacked by hackers or crackers, then the business world would cume to a hault or close to it. Another reason why the media is making a big deal over this is why tell the public at large? How is this cyber attack effects us as an individual? Even if it does effect us in some messure, what can we do about it. It is up to the individual business that is dealing with it. They know what to do about their own security. We do not need to know what is going on. Give it a rest.


One Raindrop Raises the Sea
Survival of All or None
Sing Everyday
May You Walk Into the Light

Brandon Bowers

Rainy but Sunny


Even though Today is rainy, to me it is a very nice day. I have done great this quarter. This will stay on my record and my future employers will see it. All I have to do is deal with two final exams and that will be it for this quarter. With my instructor helping me with my resume and the lot, I should be able to get a job sooner than later. I hope that I can at least have one more quarter. That way I can have some more computer classes under my belt. If I get a job before hand I will take gladly. I need the money.

Monday, March 21, 2005

Good Night Sweet Dreams


This is my first blog posting that I have done with a picture with it. I was a photo that I have taken I think in 1993. I used two filters to make this photo look as it is. I used a pastel filter and a warm defuse filter. It looks like a dream of some sort. So I can rightfully say this in this blog posting, "I am going to bed and I will have sweet dreams. After I finish with my finals I know that I can say with all honesty, 'I have done my very best. I have had the time of my life this quarter. I will be very happy to get some rest before next quarter. I am also excited to see what is in store for me next quarter.' "

If I can get a job under the training that I have received since January 1998, then I will see if I can take night classes under the same program if needed. If not, I will then say my good-byes to all. I will then do my very best in what ever IT field I will be working under. After I settle with a income and money in the bank, then I will look forward to find bonnie lass, and maybe start a family of my own. Time will tell, it always does. :-D


One Raindrop Raises the Sea
Survival of All or None
Sing Everyday
May You Walk Into the Light

Brandon Bowers

End of the Day



I was able to finish all of my practice test at least once. Last week I was able to take one test twice. Since both test are due Wednesday before 12AM, I can practice on the chapter tests that I need ot work on more. Right now I am brain dead tired. I have been at it all day long. I did take a break from time to time, but this is all that I can do for today. I think that I will do good on these two exams. I just need to work on my weaknesses. Once I get a hold of those things, then I can say that I wll pass the exams with a 'B' on both of them. I maed an 'A' on the HTML mid term final.

The only thing that I am concerned about other then the finals are two chapters in my HTML class. One is part of a web page project, while the other one is a online hand in project. In fact chapter 9 has a web page project as well. Since I cannot do the Clinic 9 project, I cannot due the web page project of the same chapter. I will have to talk with the instructor on what to do with them in class tomorrow. What ever happens with this dilima I know that I will get a least a 'B' average over all. If I do not get graded on this dilima, I should have a 'A' average in the class.


One Raindrop Raises the Sea
Survival of All or None
Sing Everyday
May You Walk Into the Light

Brandon Bowers

Yahoo! News - Supreme Court Rejects Moussaoui Appeal in Sept. 11 Case

Yahoo! News - Supreme Court Rejects Moussaoui Appeal in Sept. 11 Case

I totally agree with the decission of the Supreme Court of this one. It is the USA citizens that have right under the Constitution of the United States of America. Even if this individual is a citizen, he lost all rights to it by being a part of the attack on September 11, 2001. This is not wrong to say this. In war, a trail case is run differently then in the norm. We should not be soft against people that does us harm.


One Raindrop Raises the Sea
Survival of All or None
Sing Everyday
May You Walk Into the Light

Brandon Bowers

Yahoo! News - Details Emerge on Fla. Girl's Abduction

Yahoo! News - Details Emerge on Fla. Girl's Abduction

I do not understand why anyone wants to hurt a child. What did a child do to have someone rape or what ever done to it. Jessica Lunsford was taken from her home sexually assaulted and murdered. The person that did this to her needs to have a metal rod shoved up he ass and have a live electrical wire wrapped around it. Have the electrical juice turned on full and watch him light up until he does not even exist. There should be nothing left of the creature. If he pleads insanity then the electical juice should be turned up higher. He is not sick. He is evil.

I am not talking about this through emotions. I am talking about this through many, many years of leaning and applying the Word of God. Execution of criminals is a God institution. It is also a national institution. This type of crime needs to be controled. The only way to control this type of crime is by execution.


One Raindrop Raises the Sea
Survival of All or None
Sing Everyday
May You Walk Into the Light

MSNBC -

MSNBC -


This is a very strong issue about human life. Here is what I think about it. I think that no one has the right to take a life even if he or she is sufffering. In the military, there is law that states that when someone is on fire and burning alive, one cannot shoot him dead. It would be concidered murder. Since life is given by God, I think that this same concept applies here. The husband of this lady states that this is what she wants. If that is the case then it is concidered suicide. That is against the law as well. I always state, "Where there is life, there is hope." As long as she is alive and functioning normally, then she has a chance that she will come out of this state that she is in and live a normal life. Time will tell. It always does.


One Raindrop Raises the Sea
Survival of All or None
Sing Everyday
May You Walk Into the Light

Brandon Bowers
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Sunday, March 20, 2005

Near End of Quarter

These past few weeks have been heavy for me. I have been studying and keeping up with my class work. Now I have to take a few practice test and take the final exams. During the break between quarters, I will be writing query letters to some agents for my novel, “SGC and the Force.” I have been working very hard on it. I hope that I can get in published. I will also be working on my other novel, “My Life in Dinotopia.”

My instructor has been helping me with my resume and she will also help me with how to look for a job under the training I have received on the Internet. It would be great to get a job from all my hard work in school. I know one day that I will get one of my novels published, but I am not going to stop and wait for it. It would be great to get my first novel that I have ever written to get published, but I have never read that any writer has ever done that.

Right now I am mentally exhausted. I have been studying all day. I told my father that I would like to take two more practice test, but I do not think I will do them today. Over doing it can be more harmful then helpful. I will end my studying today. I should be able to take these test before my Tuesday and Wednesday exams.

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