Middle America's Worldview

I better update the remaining of the week.

Thursday: To be honest I can't recall. So it must had been really exciting.

Friday: Hey it's Friday. What else can be said about it? I recall it seemed like it took forever to be 5 o'clock. I was so ready to get outta the office, it wasn't even funny. Quite a contrast since the weekend is already almost over. (long sigh)

Yesterday, I was stuck working on our home P.C. Seem it grabbed something nasty to cause a software corruption. I was on the phone with Dell nearly all day. They had a office in India containging 1700 support personel that was flooded. So that left approximately 158 support personel in U.S. to help everyone. I kid you not. This is what I was informed and the cause of the 35 minute minimum wait for support. This was better as the morning was 85 minutes. So if you own Dell and wonder why you always get the guy who can speak with a broken language...there you go.

I heard a fascinating thing on Attack of the Show (please don't hold it against me) the other night. Evidently, there are hired spies to monitor movie theaters as you go into them. Kevin P. reported they were wanded and no camera's, camcorders ect was accepted as you entered the theater to watch your movie. Then on top of that, there were 2 guys in the lower corner of the theater watching everyone to ensure no-one was taking snapshots or video of it.

My thought on it? Why don't the Entertainment Industry clean up their own backyard first. It has already been shown most movie leaks, ect come from inside the Industry as opposed to some lame video hound from the street.

I hadn't actually had a chance to blog about the week. First of TGIF. I am glad its Friday tomorrow. I will try to pull in my week without too much detail (also what I actually remember of it).

Monday: I was on support for work. It was busy as usual, hence my interest in getting it done and out of the way. I recall Monday night I found out my brother had called in for his work. This really pissed me off. I normally do not speak of such language on this blog, but I was actually beyond aggravated on this one. He had actually called me Sunday and was mentioning his nutso wife pulled another hospital visit (she does them for sympathy and attention). Kel and I asked why don't we watch the kids so you don't have to call in (he has been calling in way too much for work). He got pissed and defensive mentioning a babysitter. Low and behold he ended up calling in to pansy his wife.

Tuesday: Work day wasn't nearly as bad. Had a conference call with a facility and vendor to schedule a live date on a project that took way too long. I was excited. I started to look for Christmas stuff online for the wife. I get paid once a month only and with that type of situation Christmas is only a few paychecks away.
I also caught the end of Criss Angel on A and E. Has anyone seen this guy? He is a illusionist slash magician and seem to have his own show. We also took the kids to our old church. They are having their vacation bible school between 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. I had mixed feelings seeing the old members. It was nice to see everyone again. Plus Kel and I actually had nearly 1.5 hours alone time. Sigh, good times.

Wednesday: Did some heavy research on a Christmas gift for Kelli. I think I now know what I will get her. I came close to ordering it, but they didn't have it. Work was work. I also did some research on this Criss Angel guy. Seems he was awarded Magician of the Year twice, which is unheard of. I was impressed with the short videos I seen. We took the kids to vacation bible school again. However, as I took the kids out, our friends were driving toward our house. I returned and they were still there. The girls were in the kitchen shooting the breeze and I was remarking Erich and I needed to choose a movie to watch. The girls are going to a PTA conference in Oklahoma City, leaving next Thursday till Sunday. I will have the kids Thursday and Saturday night alone. I am excited! Friday Kel's parents are actually watching ours and our friends kids. This allows Erich and I to take off and do some guy stuff. He wants to watch The Dukes of Hazard movie. I had mixed feelings on it. I grew up watching it as a kid. But, how will the movie be? It looks totally cheesy. He had'nt seen the "boots were made for walking" video by Jessica Simpson. So I had to ablige him by promptly taking him to the office and we both watched it online. Hmm, after seeing Jessica Simpson kick butt and washing the General Lee, I might have to watch it now. : )

I had to add this article in the blog. I read about this in the local newspaper yesterday. I could only shake my head with a grin.

Basically it boils down to this statement from her.

"Let’s start by uniting against the hard-right ideology in Washington,” Clinton said. “All too often we have allowed ourselves to be split between left, right and center. "

Yeah, they need to do something in the Democrat Party. Anyone with one eye can see the Democrat Party is split between the far left liberals (such as Hillary) and the moderate Democrats (such as Lieberman). I liked Mongos take on it. It's hillarous to see Hillary trying to ride on her husbands Presidential term and putting on the angel suit for take-off. Perhaps we will see her fall in a heaping defeat.

Sadly, if you can believe in polls, some people actually are buying it.

On another note, I really don't see anyone, Republican, Independent or Democrat, standing head and shoulders above for the next Presidential Election.


Some online articles on it.

Union Leader ran it

Cleveland article

I received another email regarding more screaming from the left on John Roberts. Just think of what one can better do with Soro's money. I can personally think of removing poverty in my county, first off, alone.
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JUDGE JOHN G. ROBERTS

MoveOn.org, the far left-wing nut group operated by billionaire George Soros raised $1.3 million to fight Judge John Roberts' confirmation to the Supreme Court BEFORE he was even nominated, and within minutes of his nomination called him "another right-wing croney."


Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL), who's most recent controversial remarks came when he compared American troops to Nazis, called Judge Roberts a "controversial nominee" who guarantees a "controversial nomination process."


Senator Chuck Schumer (D-NY), said, "I voted against Judge Roberts for the D.C. Court of Appeals because he didn't answer questions [about his views] fully and openly when he appeared before the committee." REALITY CHECK: He was one of only three Senators who voted against Roberts in the Judiciary Committee. Roberts was confirmed by the full Senate by unanimous consent!


Senator Reid (D-NV), the current Minority Leader, stated that confirmation could take "months" indicating he intended to try to stall the nomination indefinitely.


The far left Los Angeles Times could not really find any way to attack Judge Roberts, so the second day after his nomination by Bush they ran almost a full page story attacking his wife Jane. YES, YOU READ THAT RIGHT - the Times ran a lengthy story attacking Jane Roberts because she at one time served as an officer of the pro-life organization Feminists For Life.


On one TV talk show I actually heard a panelist demand to know "what kind of people" Judge Roberts attended church with and there was some concern because he attended a Catholic Church in the DC area that was thought to be "conservative."


Judge John G. Roberts will be confirmed. The fight will be short, but it will be intense and costly. In the end President George W. Bush will prevail and Judge Roberts will be confirmed because the Senate now has 55 Republicans! Had this seat opened last year when the Republicans had only 51 seats the results could have been different. Of those 51 there were two North East liberals who had voted more with Democrats than with Republicans. But in the 2004 election more of our kind of Republicans were elected. GING-PAC was intimately involved in two of those Senate elections --- John Thune (R-SD) and Tom Coburn (R-OK) --- we also supported Sam Brownback (R-KS) when he first ran for the House and then when he ran for the Senate. Brownback is on the Judiciary Committee and will help with the John Roberts confirmation!

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Even with all this chatter, mostly by the left wing groups, it appears the Senate has yet to pull a filibuster. You have to feel sorry for the liberals in one way. They live with a dying ideology and it's giving more and more people a bad taste in their mouths when they speak or hear of it. Let's face it people, the world is changing and we need to change with it.

Supreme Court Nomineeâe's Record, Philosophy Debated

(CNSNews.com) "No Democratic senators have threatened to block the confirmation of Supreme Court nominee John Roberts, but that has not stopped liberal groups from trying to stir up opposition to President Bush's selection. Many conservatives, meanwhile, stand ready to defend Roberts" from his liberal critics....

The weekend is already almost over. Saturday morning before 8 a.m. I was out and sweating my butt off. It is absolutely unreal how hot it is in Oklahoma. Friday showed to be around 113 with the heat index and I think it was the same Saturday. Around noon Saturday the Bank temp showed 105. That's without the heat index. This Sunday morning, I cleaned out the garage and straightened out the back storage, again around 8 a.m. and looked like a whore in a church house or pig in heat, take your pick. After my second shower this Sunday, I just put on my pajamas and we planned to just stay inside.

Yesterday (Saturday) we took the kids to the Circus! A actual Barnum and Bailey Circus came into Fort Smith. It was within the Convention Center so we were inside and cool for the whole show. It contained one hour of preshow and 2 hours of actual circus time. So 3 hours of watching feats the human body can actually do. Quite amazing if you asked me. I think the kids enjoyed it and like them, it was the only acutal circus I personally have ever attended. The girls were hot and the animals were very well trained. : )

After the circus we hit a resturant with our friends (that came with us to the circus) and pigged out. We then hit the house and actually took a nap. It is very rare we get to take a nap, so I deeply enjoyed it.

Today, I plan on watching the movie National Treasurer with the kids. I finally was able to talk them into it. This is a great movie for the family.

Another attempted attack on London's system the day after a botched job was done early this morning.

I woke up this morning with my wife informing me a attempted terrorist was shot down by London police. My first thought was, already another attempted attack?

The nut-job was shot down 5 times in Scotland Yard under the shoot-to-kill demand from the up and up.


From Fox News website this morning we read the following.

The man, desribed by passengers as South Asian, was shot was wearing a thick coat when he ran into the Stockwell subway station in south London Friday. Witnesses said armed police in street clothes chased him, he tripped, and police then shot him. The man died after being shot by officers at, police said.


"They pushed him onto the floor and unloaded five shots into him. He's dead," witness Mark Whitby told the British Broadcasting Corp. "He looked like a cornered fox. He looked petrified."


Whitby said the man didn't appear to have been carrying anything but said he was wearing a thick coat that looked padded.

At first glance it would seem the police there had itchy trigger fingers. The reality is not every police persons even carry guns. Now at 8:30 a.m est we hear the suspect wasn't carrying anything but ran from the police when asked to stop. Plus it appears this same individual was a suspect from yesterday's bombing. More than likely he was running from being apprehended and questioned.

I have two main concerns from this.

1) This action will most likely be a backlash on the police from doing their duty in apprehending a suspected terrorist.

2)The second thing is (in my opinion) these jobs done in London stations is a bigger job than what the surface appears.

Let me explain. It appears the first individuals might had been told one thing (drop the bags and leave) but was duped to be part of the operations. Then the botch job exactly two weeks after the first bombing. This must be significant and planned out. My fear is someone or a group is placeing emphasis on the stations and then will hit their primary target, something large, whatever that may be.

It took exactly twelve minutes for left-wing groups and liberal Senators to go on the attack against President Bush's conservative nominee to the Supreme Court, Judge John Roberts:

People for the American Way is "extremely disappointed" in the President's selection, saying it's "a constitutional catastrophe."

Alliance for Justice "cannot support Judge Roberts' elevation to the Supreme Court" because President Bush has a "track record of selecting ideologically-driven, divisive candidates for the bench".

The National Abortion Federation "calls upon the Senate to stand up to President Bush's attempt to destroy the fragile balance on the Supreme Court".

Planned Parenthood stated, "The nomination of John G. Roberts raises serious questions and grave concerns for women's health and safety."

Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL), whose most recent controversial remarks came when he compared American troops to Nazis, called Judge Roberts a "controversial nominee" who guarantees a "controversial nomination process."

Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY), immediately announced that "I voted against Judge Roberts for the D.C. Court of Appeals because he didn't answer questions [about his views] fully and openly when he appeared before the committee."

Hinting at a possible judicial filibuster of the President's nominee, Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-CA) announced on Fox News, "The fact that Sandra Day O'Connor stepped down creates an extraordinary circumstance."

MoveOn.org raised $1.3 million to fight Judge Roberts... BEFORE he was even nominated, and reacted to the nomination by calling Roberts "another right-wing crony."

NOW (the National Organization for Women) said of Judge Roberts that "our hard-won rights will be in jeopardy if he is confirmed," and that President Bush chose "to pick a fight. We intend to give him one."

NARAL stated that "President Bush has consciously chosen the path of confrontation, and he should know that we... are ready for the battle ahead."

Below is a snippet of the email sent out by NOW

"Once again, George Bush has chosen partisan politics and paybacks over uniting the country," said National Organization for Women (NOW) President Kim Gandy. "Roberts' background shows a political ideology that is inconsistent with the independence we have a right to expect from the Supreme Court. He does not have a commitment to the basic values of fairness and equality, and our hard-won rights will be in jeopardy if he is confirmed."

"NOW will fight Roberts' confirmation through a nationwide grassroots lobbying campaign. Sandra Day O'Connor, the first woman on the Supreme Court, leaves us a legacy as a centrist and independent jurist who upheld the rights of women. We don't need someone with an extremist political agenda, tied to special interests, who will tarnish that legacy," said Gandy.
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Other than a liberal choice, we expected the Left not liking any choice made whatsover. Personally, I think most of the verbage will be behind the scenes on this one.

Just a little on-call hell yesterday eve and last night. I was called yesterday evenign regarding a server outage that took out 8 facilites. Everything had to be recycled. It took 4 hours and then about 4 facilities never replying to my endless text pages for them. Sigh. Then around 12:30 a.m to 1 a.m. some facility I.S. that was on-call called me up griping about not getting called for a specific interace issue. This came from a facility not even part of the 8. Unreal.

So, I am up to 3 nights of little sleep. Last nights bit of hell and the two prior nights of nightmares. I am off call starting tomorrow morning and looking forward to it.

Today we were able to go to church. It was nice to see everyone again. I have to admit I do get aggravated at some of the things going on, but all in all it's a good church, with a good pastor.

When we came back home, we cleaned the house and outside yard. I didn't mow the yard, but we did get other stuff done. Inside the house, I had the cd blaring Def Lepard while cleaning the kitchen.

My great wife reminded me of Dead Zone being on. Talk about a rocking series. I absolutely love the show.

My night out with my wife for our 10th anniversary was great! Her dad picked up the kids a bit earlier than expected. I was hoping to get out early as well, but that didn't work out. My scheduled conference call lasted 1.5 hours. I was thinking more of a 20 minute call would occur. Someone took my on-call for the night, so no worries there.

We went out to a resturant we had not been since we were engaged. Being young and new, we had gone to it as a celebration of our marriage engagement, so only fitting to return to it for our 10th anniversary.

After dinner we went to Books-a-million and walked around. I love looking at books and it was a pleasure to view my interest (computer, ect.) without a bother. It was also interesting to see the people already showing up for the Harry Potter book release. They had setup a table in the back and the employee's was dressed as characters. I never read any of the books, but there was much chatter about it.

Saturday
I was awaken with work issues, so the one night relief was good to have. I took the kids out to watch Fantastic Four. I know Aggressive Voice flamed it pretty hard, but I personally liked it. I had a friend inform me, it was worth just seeing Jessica Alba. After seeing it, I have to agree. Man, I need to start watching Dark Angel. I admit the movie was nothing more than a intro to the characters. I also know the main actors/actress signed up for a 2 movie contract. Thus in my opinion, it's a clear attempt to gain more money by having this and another movie draw out the audience, toys, ect, ect. There was a couple of moments, I was concerned for my kids viewing, but they seem to roll with it.

I was on support today for work and it was a busy day. We kept having a server go down all day (still down) affecting 4 facilties. The gurus were on the phone with HP trying to see what the heck is going on. I guess they are still on the phone. I will probably get the call when I am almost asleep tonight, whenever that will be.

Today I received the call from the jewelers regarding Kelli's ring. They already had it resized. Man, that was quick. So I took off down there after work before 9 p.m. and picked it up. Brought it home and asked Kel if she would stay with me for another 10 years. Yeah, she picked it out, but you gotta admit 10 years is something to be proud of these days. And we are actually happy together as opposed to many. I was glad it came in before Friday and able for us to actually get it.

I also asked Kel if she wanted to go out Friday night. She said she "didn't care we could even bring some food home and stay inside". I replied, "I wanted to do something special". In that sweet voice she stated, "any thing with you would be special". how sweet for her to say Then she finished it with, "I put up with you for 10 years, haven't I"? Classy babe. : ) Well Kel, put on something nice, we have reservations for 5 p.m. Friday. (wink, wink)

The Vice President of PTA came over tonight and the 3 (Kel, she and I) went through all the 'stuff' from the PTA. There were papers back in 97 and 98. Unreal. They, more than me, really cleaned through it all. She just now left nearly 10 pm. local time.

During this my son kept asking me, "Dad can you help me with this game?" I being the game master said sure. So I tried to get Shaggy across this scenario (scooby doo game) without freaking dying. After the 5 attempt and my son informing me the ice stage is next I gave up. Crap, where was my gaming abilities? I went back to the pile of PTA mess and when I looked up he was already passed my point of defeat. I said, "Your already there? Your better at this game than me." His reply? "Yeah, I know." Man, I feel old.

Monday wasn't nearly as bad as I had feared it would be.

This week is Kelli and I 10th anniversary. It sure went quick for me. I am oncall this week, but managed to trade this Friday with another peer so I didn't have to worry about it. Kel's parents will take the kids Friday night to allow us some quality time. I looked into a night at Beland Manor. It is located in Fort Smith, not far away. It is also the outside location where we married. Due to finances and all our running this summer, I was still willing to bite the bullet. I also wanted to get her something nice but realistically I couldnt. Now comes the cool part. Kel spotted the exact anniversary ring she wanted in Kmart Monday. Kmart was having a 70 percent discount on their jewelry. So I grabbed the kids up and headed that way during my lunch to meet her there. The cost of the ring and having it resized is less than one night cost at Beland Manor. I think she was very excited about it. I personally was relieved to be able to get her something I wanted her to have.

I had a school board meeting Monday night as well. For the amount on our agenda, it went pretty quick. We were in there from 6:30 p.m. to around 8:20 p.m. I actually hanged a little afterward to catch an opportunity to speak with a couple of the other board members. I feel like I still need to get my language correct and more knowledge down before my next meeting. Fortunately, I wasn't called or buzzed from work during the time I was up there.

The weekend was nice in two ways. The first, we actually deep cleaned the house and organized. Well, Kel did most of the organizing. Second, we actually stayed home all day Saturday without having to go anywhere. Sounds crazy, but after running all week and having Kel work the full 8 hours everday it was nice to just stay home and clean.

We didn't even go to church today. I mowed mine and my neighbor's yard. It was hot as hell, figuratively, out there. Crazy thing was, when I finished we started to get a cool breeze. I guess the sweat did me good though.

We also went to our friends house today around 4 p.m. local time. They had invited us over for supper. It was nice to go to someone else's house to have them cook for us. Normally we have them over for these type of occasions. The food and company was good. Both our kids are around the same age so had a blast playing together.

Kel and I now are about to organize for the week to come. She doesn't have to work the full 8 hours each day, but again has a lot of running to do. It just crazy with all the running she does. Everything from doing the average errands, Doctor visit's, taking our son to the therapies ect.

Speaking of our son, I have to say he is doing great! We had our neighbor's girl come over last week and she could tell a dramatic difference in his speech. When I took him to the chiropractic and was informed he wasn't out of alignment. He also made 100 percent on his 4 syllable words. The speech therapist said he will now start on the 5 and 6 syllable words. Crud, I told him in the car, I would have to look those up. Those are too big of words for me. : )

Last night we started to watch The Greatest American Hero dvd I received for my birthday/Fathers day. My daughter loved it, but my son started to ask, "when is this movie going to be over?". Oh well, I was surprised they started to watch it with me anyway.

You can't but help feel sorry for some of these left wing organizations. Below is an email sent out by NOW rallying their supporters for a shout out to Bush. They are urging all to stop Bush from threatening women's lives. Little did I now women's lives were at stake.

I put the email in italics, my comments in bold.
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Women's lives are at stake. Tell your Senators to oppose any Supreme Court nominee who would threaten women's rights and civil liberties.

Lives are at stake our liberties could be removed from women. Wow all from one vote in a pool of others.

Please contact your Senators immediately and urge them to oppose any nominee who would overturn Roe v. Wade or limit the civil and human rights of any group of people.

So here is the crutch of their worry. An overturn of Roe v. Wade. Regardless of the fact Roe herself tried to overturn it 2 years ago.

With the resignation of Associate Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, George W. Bush will have the opportunity to replace a justice who has often made the difference in the preservation of essential rights. With a fragile 5-to-4 split in the Court on issues like abortion and affirmative action, we must fight for the appointment of a justice who will uphold and protect our hard-won Constitutional rights. Justice O'Connor played that role in many key decisions for women. Urge your Senator to oppose any Supreme Court nominee who would overturn Roe v. Wade and limit the economic and reproductive rights of girls and women in the U.S.

How can it be considered 'reproductive rights' when your destroying life? How about bringing it to a state by state decision or better yet a vote from all people? I admit this is a sensitive subject but realistically why should a lifetime appointment pend on his/her view of one issue?

Action Needed:

Please contact your Senators immediately and urge them to oppose any nominee to fill Justice O'Connor's vacancy who would overturn Roe v. Wade or limit the civil and human rights of any group of people.

Again the plea of roe v wade issue. It's obvious their primary concern.

After emailing your Senators, please call their local office (it's more effective than calling the DC office) to request a meeting with them or their chief of staff back home to discuss the importance of appointing a Justice who will uphold and protect all of our hard-won rights. You may not actually get a meeting, or it may be with a staff member, but a lot of requests for meetings will demonstrate the depth of our commitment.

Yeah, that's what our Senate needs, another meeting. Personally I am bogged down in them with my work. Why would you want to hold a 'meeting' when a simple request via phone, email or letter would suffice. There are only so many ways to convey your message. I guess they can later use this as a tactic to state "my Senator wouldnt see me or hear my comments".

Background:

As Texas governor, George W. Bush demonstrated that he doesn't require legal skills for a judicial nominees. His only requirement was that judges share his anti-abortion, pro-corporation ideology. Many of his nominations to the federal bench seem to have followed the same pattern.

The man's been in a Presidential office going on 2 terms and they still can't accept it. Unreal. It has already been shown the majority of the people reside on the moderate to conservative side. NOW just happens to be on the far left in ideology.

The character and record of anyone nominated to our nation's highest court must be thoroughly reviewed and considered by the Senate in their important "advice and consent" role. The Senate must be certain the nominee can discern between personal conviction and interpretation of the law as they balance the interpretation of our Constitution and our democracy's promise to protect and expand the civil liberties of all people, not just the privileged few.

Yeah right. I think we already seen the mockery of how the Senate abuses the filibuster and we already heard from some Senators they will go to an all out war for any form of conservative nominee.

Again, take action NOW!

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Again, it appears they are very worried on this change in the most liberal circuit. I recently heard possibly 2 of the circuit may step down and retire. It would be interesting to see the most liberal circuit become a moderate or conservative one. I wonder how long it would take for an outcry to break them up? Guess we will see.

This 4 day work week sure feels like a 5 day work week. Man, the last two nights I haven't slept worth a flip. I am taking drugs tonight. Whether it's tylenol pm or Melatonin, I don't care. The night before last I had nightmares all night and last night I just couldn't get rested.

My honey had to work all week at her job. So I am home with the kids all week. That's ok, we pretty much have a routine down now. The brats sleep till after 9 a.m. and play games all day. : )
Just kidding honey. heh heh

Looks like terrorist struck again. This time in London. Unreal. I was surprised to hear this, but not surprised to hear the the left making unreal statements. When will people wakeup and realize we are in a war? We fight a ideology in terror and on the supreme court bench. The question is who is more persistant?

Other than that, I personally continue to pray for safety and health to all.

Man, has the time flown. We had a great 4th of July weekend! We arrived home safe Friday night and finally unpacked the last bag tonight. heh heh

Basically we hit Dallas, Texas Friday night and then drove on home. It took nearly 1.5 hours just to get out of Dallas due to construction. At least we didn't get lost on the way back. : )

Saturday we spent the day doing our necessary errands to catch up and put some food in our fridge.

Sunday we went to Kel's parents to help out with the yard and get things ready for the 4th. Actually worked that day on the yard and cleaning up the garage, ect. That night Kel cooked 80 cookies and 24 cupcakes. I ate about 10 of the 80 cookies. Some were broken (had to eat those) and some were not (had to do a sample taste).

Monday we spent the day with Kel's parents. We had some of our friends over and enjoyed their company. Her dad had two grills going and cooked enough for an army. We had many variety of meat with some special delicacy ect. Man it was good. Some were smoked and others grilled. Toward the end, we were comfortable enough to actually get out and play some volley ball. There were 3 (counting us) families with 4 in each plus her parents and aunt. Then her brother showed up with some friends and about 3 kids. They didn't stay though. Even with all those eating, all took food home.