http://www.choiceisfreedom.com ALBERT R. HARTLEY - Life and some more stuff Tue, 03 Feb 2009 13:41:24 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en At my girl's basketball game on Saturday my wife pointed toward the middle of the court. She said, "Albert look at the last girl on the right." I turned and viewed the back of a dark haired girl about 12 years of age approximately 4 feet tall wearing green basketball ... http://www.choiceisfreedom.com/www.choiceisfreedom.com/moments My dad recently had knee replacement surgery. For most people this is a typical surgery for someone who is 59 years of age and battling arthritis. My dad is not a typical person. He has an infectious restlessness which I have always admired. A zealousness for freedom - freedom to ... http://www.choiceisfreedom.com/www.choiceisfreedom.com/recovery Two weeks ago I was driving down Cedar Road in Chesapeake taking my typical route to my office. If I remember correctly it was a cool morning perfect for my height weight ratio. With the window down and my voice belting out "Gloria" by Van Morrison, I looked to my ... http://www.choiceisfreedom.com/www.choiceisfreedom.com/context Good morning everyone. Time has passed and many of you probably thought that I had been kidnapped by aliens and removed from this pulsating orb. I will recount for you my adventures over the past thirty days. First, I was contacted by Sarah Palin's candidacy to consult on whether 2 ... http://www.choiceisfreedom.com/www.choiceisfreedom.com/time Wall Street is a mess. Bear Stearns, Lehman Brothers, Merrill Lynch are just a few of the disasters. However, the Walmart of the financial industry is rising like the armies of Alexander the Great to gobble up the failing players. Bank of America's purchase of Countrywide mortgages months ago was ... http://www.choiceisfreedom.com/www.choiceisfreedom.com/bank-america Let us continue from yesterday. Feel free to leave your comments. Taking the last of the sheets of toilet paper and not replacing it. If you don't check before you are sitting down you have some choices to make. Some of these choices are as follows:a. can I reach under the ... http://www.choiceisfreedom.com/www.choiceisfreedom.com/annoyances-2 Every person gets annoyed by things. Human beings have expectations about the way things should be and the things ought to be. Most of these things are opinion but some are universal. I observed a couple of these this week and I wanted to share them. 1. Check writing in the check out ... http://www.choiceisfreedom.com/www.choiceisfreedom.com/annoyances Thursday morning at 8:37am, I was sitting in the parking lot with my daughters. We were waiting for the time to go into school listening to This American Life. Their school is located in a retail shopping area. A strip mall yet the retail development has a large walkway in ... http://www.choiceisfreedom.com/www.choiceisfreedom.com/clothes-choice Political campaigns are shining examples of self-delusion. The phrase keeping "it real" does not apply to political conventions. Most of the time it is spin and advertising, the cultural marketing of an idea of the candidate. Realistically, if the American people were grown ups we would acknowledge that most candidates ... http://www.choiceisfreedom.com/www.choiceisfreedom.com/blindness I love being at home. My wife is a free spirit. She would love to have adventures everyday go here fly there drink up the experiences around her. I attribute that to her artistic side which repels the harsh reality of finances and pragmatism. She attracts me because I would ... http://www.choiceisfreedom.com/www.choiceisfreedom.com/laughter