April 29th ~ Goings On....

Woofstock ~

12:00pm until 3:00pm

Woofstock will be a day of fun for people and dogs! We will have lots of booths set up in the parking lot with activities and goodies for you and your best friend!

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Boondoggle's

4106 Nasa Pkwy, El Lago, TX 77586-6245

 

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Grand Opening Party for L'es-Car-Go ~

4:00pm until 6:30pm

Come and join us to celebrate Houston's first all french food truck. Seating and drinks will be available at Bistro Provence.

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Bistro Provence

13616 Memorial Drive, Houston, TX 77079

 

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 vs Bayou Outlaws ~

6:00pm until 9:00pm

Come get your Derby on w/ the RocketCity Rollergirls as they host the Bayou Outlaws!!

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401 West Pasadena Blvd, Deer Park, TX

 

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The Texas Buzz featuring THE HECTIC, 20/20, and Avid Fixation ~

8:00pm until 2:00am

Live remote with 94.5 the Buzz, hosted by A.D. $5 pitchers, $2.50 Jager, 21 Plus FREE, $10-18 and up, doors@8pm, show@10pm.

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Scout Bar

18307 Egret Bay Blvd, Houston, TX 77058-3253

 

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CAUSE FOR THE PAWS

Saturday, May 12, 2012

 

12:00pm

 

Faternal Order of Eagles 3199 Bacliff

 

Benefiting 'ANIMAL ALLIANCE OF GALVESTON COUNTY'
Silent Auction, Cake Wheel, and 50/50
Dart & Poker Tournament
Music with DJ Diana!!!!!
Dinner Plates $5.00 Beef Tips and Noodles

 

Please Help Donate the following:
Newspapers Bleach
Large Towels Blankets
Pillowcases Trashbags
Cleaning Supplies Liquid Laundry Detergent
Distilled Water

 

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A Teen’s Brave Response to “I’m Christian, Unless You’re Gay”

By Dan Pearce On Monday, April 2, 2012 · 3802 Comments · In I'm Christian unless you're gay, Motivational

I received the following email today in response to my post I’m Christian, Unless You’re Gay. I had decided a couple months ago that it was time to let the whole thing rest, but this response was so powerful, I couldn’t not share it with you all. It was from a woman who simply called herself, “One proud mom.”

          Hello Mr. Pearce,

I am the Christian mother of a 15 year old teenage boy and about a month ago he came home from school with a copy of your article “I’m Christian, unless you’re gay”. The teacher gave his class a homework assignment to read it and write a 500 word essay about “what it meant to them”.
He came home and showed me your article and asked me what I thought about it. I read just the title and became furious at his teacher and at you (even though I know you had nothing to do with her handing out the assignment). Anyway, I confiscated it from him and told him he wasn’t to do anything with it till I had a chance to read it first.
And then I got madder and madder as I read it as I felt like it was a direct attack against our beliefs and our Christian religion and that it was promoting homosexuality, a practice that around here is a huge “sin”.
I gave my son an earful about homosexuality and God and told him that he could tell his teacher that he would not be participating and if she had a problem, she could come talk to me and then I threw the article in the trash. My son didn’t say anything just walked into his room and shut the door.
Long story short, a couple hours later it was supper time and I still hadn’t seen him come out of his room. I didn’t expect it to be that big of a deal to him but I went and knocked and told him to come out, he didn’t answer so I opened his door and he wasn’t there, he had left the house and gone somewhere. Of course I got more mad and tried to call him but he sent it to voicemail. I sent him a text and told him he better get home and he was grounded.
This is the text he sent me in return: “I don’t care. I’m at my friends house writing that essay and I’m not coming home till you read it.”
I think you would have seen steam coming out of my ears if you saw me. I started preparing to go talk to the school the next day. I sent a few angry texts to my son that he didn’t answer. I got the article out of the trash so I could take it into the school and get this teacher fired. My anger got a little out of control and while I was sitting there fuming and planning what to do, I got another text from my son that said “Just emailed it. Love, Jacob.”
My son’s name is not Jacob, and it took me a minute to realize that he was talking about your friend Jacob in your article. And when I realized that I suddenly started shaking in fear and anger at what he might be telling me. I started out of control crying because I couldn’t handle having a gay son and what if that’s what he was trying to tell me? After a long time I finally got the courage to go look at my email and see what he had sent. And this is what he wrote.

 I am gay and only my one friend knows so far. My mom doesn’t know yet. My dad doesn’t know yet. You didn’t know it when you gave us this homework. I am only 15 years old and I have never felt so alone. My mom and dad always are being angry about gay people and talking about how they are bad and going to hell and they also always talk about how all the gays should be shipped off to their own private island or something so that the rest of us could live God’s commandments in peace.
I have been so scared of them finding out that I’m gay because I know that they would hate me and would want me out of their life and at the same time I can’t keep this secret anymore because it is not something I asked for, never in a million years would I ask to be gay in a town like this where everybody would hate me. And anyways I can’t keep this secret anymore because I’m about to do something crazy like run away or hurt myself or something. I just want to be dead sometimes.
And then you gave us the assignment to write this essay for our homework and I read it like ten times I even skipped lunch and just kept reading it in the bathroom and by the time I went home I decided that maybe I am only 15 years old but maybe this town will change if I can be honest about who I am and maybe my family will change if I can be honest about who I am with them too. I don’t see why I don’t deserve love just like everyone else. I see some crazy stuff that so many people do and people still love them but for some reason everybody around here thinks its ok to hate gays and stuff. And I don’t know really I think I just realize that I don’t want to be Jacob in ten years and still live my life in secret and scared of being hated.
So I go home and I tell my mom to read this handout you gave us and she got so mad at me and started going crazy about how evil gays are and how all of this was just the devil spreading his work and everything else she said. But this time I just got mad myself and I got so mad because I suddenly realize that this is the woman that my whole life made me go to church where they talk about love just like the writer said but she and every other person I pretty much know just hate so many people especially gay people. So I got madder and madder and madder and then I snuck out and came to my friends house to write this essay because its time to stop letting people’s hate stop me from being happy. I mean should I really have to hate my life and want to die because other people are so hating?
And I don’t know what will happen but I am done playing like I’m something I’m not and if my parents don’t love me anymore because of this then I realize that’s not my problem and it will hurt but not as much as the way I hurt right now. I feel like if my mom and dad would just think about things they’d realize that what they always say and how they always hate gays is not what Jesus would do and maybe there is a chance that they will some day love me like Jesus would. I am their kid afterall.
Tonight I am going to send this to my mom and see what she says I guess. I don’t know what will happen but I know that I deserve to be loved just like everybody else does I just hope she thinks so too.

Obviously you can imagine the emotions and thoughts that were going through my head when I read that…
I started crying and couldn’t stop for the longest time. I don’t know why I was crying exactly, just so many emotions came over me. I didn’t know what to do or how to respond. I finally stopped and went and read your article once more only this time I tried to read it through my son’s eyes and the whole thing was so different than it was a couple hours before. By the time I finished I felt as big as an ant and I realized just how much hatred I have in my heart toward others.
You see, Mr. Pearce, you are right. It’s not about what other people do. It’s about whether or not we are loving them. Nothing else matters at all. And it took all of this for that to finally sink in.
I texted my son back that I loved him and left it at that. He came home that night and didn’t try to talk to me about it, I just told him I loved him at least ten times that night and made sure not to talk about anything else. My love for him was the only thing I wanted him to feel and I knew he’d talk to me about it when he was ready.
That was a month ago and in the last month my son and I (his dad lives three states away and still doesn’t know) have grown much closer than we ever were before. We have both stood up against hate several times when we hear it coming from the people around us. You see, where we live people really do have problems “being Christian unless…” But no longer in this home.
I’ve shared your article now with countless people. I have made my sisters read it. I talked about its message to my parents. I sent it to my friends and neighbors. And I’ve had some people get really upset by it, but a change is starting to happen around here and it’s because one teenage boy finally had the courage to stand against what he felt was wrong. He believed he could make a change. And I’ll tell you right now, it makes me happy to see him so happy. I never knew how unhappy he was until I could finally see how happy he could be.
So thank you. I know this is long, but I thought you’d like to know what your article has done in this little town we live in. And it’s just the beginning.
Sincerely yours, one proud mom.


Whew.
If you think you can’t make a difference, you are wrong. If you think you are too old or too young to make change happen, you are wrong. If you think that somebody else will do it first, you are wrong. I think this letter is proof enough of that.
Dan Pearce, Single Dad Laughing

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Quick note: The image used in this post is stock photography and is not intended to be presented as an actual photo of the boy in this letter.

Pet Abuse and Family Violence

Abuse affects us all, even those most loved and loyal family member, our pets. In a family that lives with abuse, our pets. like our children are most vulnerable to being beaten and abused. Women’s refuge centres across the city compiled examples of the correlation between animal cruelty and family violence after a study released last month that investigated the issue in New Zealand for the first time.

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Pet abuse in violent homes probed

Olivia Carville

WARNING SIGNS: A dog showing evidence of slash wounds. A study has linked similar wounds to domestic-violence situations.

A dog decapitated in front of children, a litter of kittens hurled against a wall and a cat held in the air while its legs were broken one by one are Christchurch examples of the link between pet abuse and family violence.

Women’s refuge centres across the city compiled examples of the correlation between animal cruelty and family violence after a study released last month that investigated the issue in New Zealand for the first time.

The Pets as Pawns study was a Women’s Refuge-SPCA project that showed violence towards animals was often used as a way for abusive men to maintain control over their families.

Dr Michael Roguski surveyed more than 200 Women’s Refuge clients and found 54 per cent said a family member or partner had threatened to kill their pets.

One-third of respondents had a pet injured or killed during a relationship, and much of the abuse was witnessed by children.

Christchurch was not included in the survey because Roguski did not want to overburden the city’s swamped refuge centres after the earthquakes.

He had no doubt the same violence occurred in Christchurch, and the city’s refuge centres have confirmed his belief.

Christchurch Women’s Refuge spokeswoman Julie McCloy said 70 per cent of clients in rural Canterbury feared for their pets, and 30 per cent held the same concerns in the city.

All of the case workers had clients reluctant to leave violent relationships because they feared their pets would be killed if left to the mercy of their partner.

“Abusing animals is another form of power and control that is used to manipulate women and torture them,” McCloy said.

“We are aware of women and children staying in unsafe situations because they wanted to look after their animals.”

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http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/crime/6821217/Pet-abuse-in-violent-homes-probed

Looming Mental Health Crisis for Returning Veterans

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Justin van Sant Band @ Sam’s Boat Clear Lake – 7-11pm TONIGHT (4/27/2012)

Public Event · By Justin van Sant Band

 

 

• • Today
  • 7:00pm until 11:00pm

• ATTENTION CLEAR LAKE/SEABROOK/KEMAH/LEAGUE CITY FANS!!!!! Tonight from 7-11 the Justin van Sant Band will be playing outside on the patio at Sam’s Boat in Seabrook ~ 3101 NASA Road 1 Building B Seabrook, TX 77586 (281) 326-7267 Go home, throw on something comfortable & get out here. There’s nothing like a Texas sunset overlooking Clear Lake w/ some shrimp tacos, a cold Lone Star & the JvS Band to get your weekend started off right. In the words of Jon van Sant, if you can’t make it out tonight, “Gonna Miss Ya” “Hootie Hoo” http://www.jvsband.com/

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Team Tassies Benefit

• Saturday, May 19, 2012
• 12:00pm until 9:00pm

Tassie Slay Campbell is in a coma from an aneurism....this benefit is to help her parents with any expenses they may have with parking,gas and whatever Tassie may need while in rehab.....we are doing a BBq fundaiser to raise money....there will be lots of food,Live entertainment,activites for the kids,a bake sale a silent auction,drawings every hour....Please come out and support this beautiful family and lets show Tassie we love and support her....Thank you and looking forward seeing yall there,,,,Team Tassie is on a mission

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Mother's Day is right around the corner.... Here are some FANTASTIC gift ideas....

Space Station Trio Lands Safely In Kazakhstan

 

 

HOUSTON -- Three members of the Expedition 30 crew undocked from the International Space Station and safely returned to Earth on Friday, wrapping up a five-and-a-half-month mission in space.

Commander Dan Burbank of NASA and Russian Flight Engineers Anatoly Ivanishin and Anton Shkaplerov landed their Soyuz TMA-22 spacecraft in Kazakhstan at 6:45 a.m. CDT after undocking from the space station's Poisk module at 3:18 a.m. The trio, which arrived at the station on Nov. 16, 2011, spent a total of 165 days in space, 163 of them conducting research on the station.

Before leaving the station, Burbank handed over command of Expedition 31 to the Russian Federal Space Agency's Oleg Kononenko, who remains aboard the station with NASA astronaut Don Pettit and European Space Agency astronaut Andre Kuipers. They will be joined by NASA astronaut Joseph Acaba and Russian cosmonauts Gennady Padalka and Sergei Revin. Acaba, Padalka and Revin are scheduled to launch May 14 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan and dock with the station on May 16.

To follow Twitter updates from NASA's Expedition 30 and 31 astronauts, visit:

http://twitter.com/AstroCoastie

 

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https://twitter.com/AstroAcaba

For more information about Expedition 31 and the space station, visit:

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Online "Silent" Auction for the American Cancer Assoc.- Making Strides

Public Event · By Nicole Braddick

 

• • April 23 at 10:00am until April 30 at 8:00am

• Auction is 100% online only!!

• Im hosting a silent auction to help me raise money for The American Cancer Association- Making Strides. The items up for auction are: Arts, crafts, jewelry, household items, gift certificates, and much more. Here is the link to the page: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Silent-Auction/386407228065630 100% of the money raised from the auction will go directly to The American Cancer Association- Making Strides. Almost all items can be shipped. Any auction items that have to be local will be noted as *Local only*. I want to help others as much as anyone but mostly because I want to help others live out their long lives cancer free! The link to the auction album will be available until midnight April 29th! Auction page is open to the public!

BaytownLinks.com & Trattoria Italia Social

Join us for a night of great food, vendors, networking and fun! This is a family restaurant so bring your family & friends!

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10 Things to Know for Friday

Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today (times EDT):

1. Seeking trademark protection for the term "GI Bill"

At 12:35 p.m., Obama aims for wider protections for veterans and military families swindled or misled by schools seeking their federal education benefits.

2. Student-loan relief facing a pass-fail vote

At noon, Republican leaders are ready to try pushing legislation through the House holding down interest rates on federal loans to millions of college students.

3. U.S. economy forecast to have grown

At 8:30 a.m., the consensus is that GDP — the output of all goods and services, from cars to electricity to manicures — grew at a 2.5 percent annual rate in the first quarter.

4. Look up in the sky ...

Sometime between 9:30 a.m. and 11:30 a.m., New Yorkers will see the space shuttle Enterprise riding on top of a modified jumbo jet over city landmarks.

5. "And Then They Came Home"

An ex-Marine filmmaker whose unit carried pocket digital cameras into some of the worst fighting in Iraq is using that footage, and post-war interviews, to open viewers' eyes about combat.

6. Packing heat at the conventions

The thousands of protesters expected at the Democratic and Republican national conventions can come armed with more than signs and slogans: Florida and North Carolina allow concealed weapons, including guns.

7. Study of Southern tornadoes finds shelters didn't protect
Nearly half of the 250 people who died had been advised to take shelter, and most of them did. But many of the tornadoes were so fierce that few structures were able to withstand them.

8. Israeli officials now believe Assad should step down
The surprising shift risks backfiring and potentially strengthens the embattled Syrian leader.

9. George Zimmerman's defense fund raised $200,000

The attorney for the defendant in the murder of Trayvon Martin will disclose the website at 9 a.m., but says it has since been shut down.

10. Luck, RG3 go 1-2 as expected, deal-a-thon follows

The Stanford quarterback goes No. 1 in NFL draft to Indianapolis, followed by Baylor QB Robert Griffin III to the Redskins; after that, eight trades involving 12 of the league's 32 teams.

(By The Associated Press | Associated Press – 36 mins ago)

Woofstock

Woofstock will be a day of fun for people and dogs! We will have lots of booths set up in the parking lot with activities and goodies for you and your best friend!

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Crews working to complete Galveston's Pleasure Pier by early summer | Video | abc13.com

Crews working to complete Galveston's Pleasure Pier by early summer | Video | abc13.com

League City Chamber of Commerce’s annual Business EXPO is changing its format in 2012 to a Home and Garden Show. On Saturday, Apr. 28 from 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m., the Johnny Arolfo Civic Center in League City will be filled with the newest ideas for building or remodeling homes and designing yards. Soto Financial & Insurance, an Allstate agency, is the presenting sponsor for this inaugural event. Read More....

My kids found this baby turtle on the golf course behind our home... He is so adorable.... Angela mentioned that Danny loves turtles; thus, Turtwig AKA Squirt received a new home where he is adored and very well taken care of.... Visit Turtwig HERE.... Not only will you LIKE him, you will LOVE him....

Pedestrians killed in seawall accident identified

Pedestrians killed in seawall accident identified

Ring The Butler has New Telephone Numbers & April's Special Deal !!!!

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Hyundai Weekend Outdoor Report - Kemah Triathlon

Hyundai Weekend Outdoor Report - Kemah Triathlon

Predator Stalking League City Children

Predator Stalking League City Children

Video: Gunman Opens Fire on School Bus

Video: Gunman Opens Fire on School Bus