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6月24日

surgery again!

jul 10 07 here i go again . life takes me back to the operating room. full spinal fusion. more screws and pins.i'll update as i go.
11月25日

Whats YOUR TAROT CARD???

You are the Hanged Man

Self-sacrifice, Sacrifice, Devotion, Bound.

With the Hanged man there is often a sense of fatalism, waiting for something to happen. Or a fear of loss from a situation, rather than gain.

The Hanged Man is perhaps the most fascinating card in the deck. It reflects the story of Odin who offered himself as a sacrifice in order to gain knowledge. Hanging from the world tree, wounded by a spear, given no bread or mead, he hung for nine days. On the last day, he saw on the ground runes that had fallen from the tree, understood their meaning, and, coming down, scooped them up for his own. All knowledge is to be found in these runes.

The Hanged Man, in similar fashion, is a card about suspension, not life or death. It signifies selflessness, sacrifice and prophecy. You make yourself vulnerable and in doing so, gain illumination. You see the world differently, with almost mystical insights.

What Tarot Card are You?
Take the Test to Find Out.

10月21日

Fun website

TRy this website for some funny stuff.
 
 
<a href="http://www.liquidgeneration.com/games" target="_blank"><img border="0" src="http://www.liquidgeneration.com/content/091006/gamemaster.jpg"><br>Are you a Game Master?<br>Find out at LiquidGeneration.com!</a>
 
 
 
7月21日

I HATE SPAM!! TRY THIS SOFTWARE

I really hate spam. I was so happy when I first found out about Blue Frog. The company that sent emails BACK to spammers from 5 million users at once. It really upset me greatly when some asswipe spammer went gunning for them and destroyed them. I was a faithful user to the very end.  I am waiting for the next best thing to get organized, which will be something called BLACK FROG, (check it out at   http://www.okopipi.org/ ) the OKOPIPI PROJECT.
While I wait I have found a new product called SPAM IT BACK. This works very easily, you download the software at http://www.spamitback.com/ref.php?name=acurban
 
Spam just ticks me off to no end. I pay for my INTERNET service, I pay for my email programs, why should I have to deal with a bunch of garbage selling stock, medicine, drugs, sex and every kind of crap under the sun. This isn't what we should have to waste our time doing people!! I am all for using EVERY tactic at our disposal, even if it means DDOS-denial of service to the sites that host these scumbags!
I dont care what it takes.  For a little help see the info below.   
 
I recommend that everyone use it. the more it is used the more effective it will be at stopping spammers at the gate. It works like this:
 
 Tired of receiving spam? Wouldn't it be nice if spammers didn't send spam any more?

Get spammers back, and send your own message once, a thousand times, or as many times as you want back to them. And get a hi-score at the same time. Click here to access the online forums
, or, read this faq if you came from an online forum, and want more details about how the software works/to understand it much better.

This software is totally free to use. We did however recently make a new version with extra bonus features for a nominal charge, to help support this project! Please support it by clicking here Feel free to give your friends a copy of this program, put a link on your website, let friends know about it through discussion forums, or copy it to your server. The more people using this software, the more effective it is in stopping spam. It should be used on a daily basis for an hour until you stop receiving spam, which may take several months. (Even if spammers use fake return addresses, for more info, please read this FAQ). If you like this software and would like to make a donation, please
click here, to help pay for the development and maintenance of this program. Click here to see a list of spammers that are no longer spamming with these addresses.

<a href=http://www.spamitback.com/><img src=spamitback.jpg></a>

 

                                      

How does it work?

You choose whatever message you want delivered to the spammers. This software then allows you to target the spammers websites, online ordering forms, or any personal spam e-mail addresses that have been discovered, with your message, and makes sure it gets delivered. If a spammer is not in the spammer database, let us know so we can add it. You can deliver this message once, a thousand times, or as many times as you want. You can also make the message as large as you want, 1KB, 10KB, 100KB. (If you have a question about how it e-mails/ISPs, please see this
FAQ.)

Some of the Features:

  • Ability to select which spammers to send a message to, and deliver in round-robin fashion
  • Ability to send multiple (yet unique) messages to the same spammer through simultaneous connections
  • Ensure your message is delivered by choosing what browser you wish to emulate.
  • Activate counter-detection measures to bypass any filters spammers may have deployed on their website. (Similar tactics spammers use to bypass your e-mail filters).
  • Send e-mail directly to spammers mailboxes when discovered. (Software uses a built-in SMTP server, which means you don't actually need an e-mail account to send mail to the spammer. It does not send e-mail through your account, but rather connects directly with the spammers mail server. Similar tactics they use to send out spam).
  • See the amount of data being transferred, number of packages sent, and more.
  • Ability to get automatic updates from within the software, plus submitting your score online. 

Why is this free?

Because we became tired of receiving literally 500 spam messages a day, and decided something had to be done about it, especially something that works. If you like this software and would like to make a donation, please click here to help stop spamming, by helping to pay for the development and maintenance of this program.

Other notes:

To be most effective, you should run the software an hour a day every day, and generally check for updates once a week. If you want to run the software more than an hour a day, great! :)

(C) 2004-2006 www.spamitback.com, Patent Pending, All Rights Reserved.


7月11日

HELP ME FIND OUT LOCATION AND TIMES OF OSCAR MAYER WEINER MOBILE IN BHAM,AL

MY 6yo daughter wants to see the WeinerMobile so bad!
I am desperately trying to locate the times and places in and around Birmingham Alabama this summer. Please if you see it or know where its scheduled to be in the area. post me a message her!!
or send me an email to: ACURBAN@GMAIL.COM
 
Thanks in advance for all the help I know Birmingham will pull through for me.
 
WE HAVE TO SEE THE OSCAR MAYER WEINER MOBILE THIS SUMMER FOR SURE!
6月24日

Our Atlanta journey WOW!!

ATLANTA MIN VACATION WAS FANTASTIC
WOW! We just got home from our mini vacation to Atlanta. We had a BLAST!!  I have to say, we had the perfect vacation in Atlanta.
 
THE WINGATE INNS HOTEL!!
The hotel, Wingate Inns, was perfect. It was a three room suite, all separated by ACTUAL doors!! What a shock. Usually when we go to a "suites" hotel. we get stuck with a room that may or may not have a 3 foot tall wall separating the bed from the couch.  The Wingate Inn and Suites hotel is a brand new chain that we found to be absolutely perfect! I recommend them completely.  
 
THE AQUARIUM!!!  
Well. on with the journey.... We left home on Tuesday morning , jun 20th and started our day at the Georgia Aquarium in Atlanta. This is the world largest aquarium. We had a blast there! The place was done in a really great way. no skimping. There were several different displays that included Beluga Whales, huge Whale Sharks and a walkway under the aquarium! It was like diving in the ocean.
 
Unfortunately, we forgot to bring the camera in with us so we didn't get any pictures! SORRY ALL!!!
 
Helena loved it there, she got to be very interactive with different types of marine animals. she touched starfish, shrimp, sting rays and more. We Had a wonderful time there. It was right in downtown Atlanta and was right next to Centennial Park where they had the 94 Olympics. Unfortunately, its also where the bombs went of during the Olympics as well. 
After the Aquarium, we hopped on I75 and had a quick 15 minute ride to the Wingate Inns hotel in Buckhead section where the rich people are! What a great day that was! (its also very cose to where MSC Has distribution center in Mableton,Ga.
 
THE ZOO THE PANDAS!!
 
We got up bright and early the next day and headed to the Atlanta Zoo where they have the Pandas, Yun Yun and Ling Ling. They were absolutely beautiful!! I have never been so close to a real Panda, it was very cool. Helena got to talk to the trainer that works with them and she told us a lot of great info that we didnt know. The animals were really well kept and the zoo has obviously done a lot to make the habitats realistic. The animal were all in great shape. We loved it. I have always loved zoos and this was definitely in my top 3 zoos to visit!
We did remember the cameras this time so see the great pics we got.
 
WAY TOO HOT!!!!
After that it was just too hot to go anywhere so we had an early dinner and then swam in the pool. We have not had any rain here in a very long time!! Alabama and Georgia both are on water restrictions. Its been close to 100 every day. Georgia is on severe water restriction as is Alabama now. We havent even watered our grass in months. I havent cut my lawn in about 8 weeks so its nice and long and is staying greener then my neighbors is.
I only hope we get some rain, NOT a hurricane though!
 
We also went to Coca Cola World and did the CNN tour. We hada great time at all the places we went. Atlanta really is a beautiful city.   
Here are some pics to get you throught til the next time.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
   
 
 
     
6月1日

The pictures

Heres the pics to go with my other post today

Hello to all!

Hello to everyone, I hope all are well! Sorry its been a while since my last update.
We are all doing OK here in Birmingham. I am still homesick and am looking for a position in PA. It must be a great company I work for that no one wants to leave their job! MSC has been very good to us. 
Summers here at last! Helena has finished kindergarten and received all EXCELLENTS on her report card. Shes off to a great start in her academic career! Honor Roll all the way!
We are planning on a trip to Atlanta to go see the Pandas in the zoo and to see the new aquarium they just built. Its so nice being this close to stuff like that but it still doesn't beat being close to family!
Helena also is going for her next belt in Karate! Purple, i think. I will be sure to update the site with new pics and video so be ready.
Other than that, not much else is going on. Donna's bank she works for just announced a merger with another big bank in Alabama. We are praying that she will not lose her job!
Well. thats it for now. hers a few odd pics for all.
Love everyone!!    
PS: Please remember the fallen in Iraq and Afghanistan! I lost a friend of mine in Iraq in Sept 2005 and I hate that we are throwing away so may lives!!  His name was Lonnie Parsons and we hung together in the 80's when we were in the military. He was a great friend that I was fortunate enough to hook up with again here in Alabama. He will be missed.   
3月17日

Helena gets her yellow belt in Karate and Happy 6th Birthday!!

Heres some pics of Helena earning her  yellow belt in Karate with her Sensai, Sensai Roy. He is so good with her. She did an outstanding job and looked really good. We are so proud of her for the fine job she did and she was absolutely beaming!!
 
We also celebrated her 6th birthday on Friday, St Patrick's day. We bought her a new princess canopy bed that sh picked out herself. Donna and I picked it up this morning and hurried to get it set up before she got home from school today.
after that we went to dinner at a Mexican restaurant, Frontera in Truss ville with her Friend, Abby Grace.
We all had a great time and even got to wear the traditional Birthday Sombrero!!!
We still have the party to go to tomorrow at "Painted By You". with a few of her friends where they will paint their own ceramics. I'll update asap.
Enjoy the pictures in the two new albums i made for her karate and birthday 
In the meantime. thank you to everyone for the cards  and gifts. We LOVE YOU ALL VERY MUCH   
 
12月25日

Merry Christmas Everyone!! NEW VIDEO TOO!!!

Merry Christmas Everyone, I hope you all had a great holiday and got everything you "deserve". We had a wonderful Christmas here even though it started at 2AM. I was able to get Helena back to sleep for a while. Thank you all for the wonderful gifts and presents. We enjoyed them all immensely . Helena got a huge amount of presents from Santa and family. She recieved an Easy Bake oven, Hide and Seek Haley and many many more.
I am loading in a bunch of Xmas pics to enjoy. We'll catch up later!!
 
Dont forget to check out my home videos on google. you may need to check a few times in the next day or so, Google has to approve them first. one is a quickie of my village. the other is sharing the Christmas presnts opening on Xmas morn. only about 30 minutes to it so ENJOY!!
copy and paste this address, search by charly urban christmas or village
these should help get you there
 
 http://video.google.com/videosearch
 
 
LOVE YOU ALL
 
 
   
12月10日

Its Christmas time again!!

Well its coming up fast again on us. We went to Helenas Santa Breakfast today. Had a lot of fun. She got to sit in Santas lap and tell him what she wants this year. EVERYTHING Of Course!!
We are all doing ok, We just wish we could be home this year, though I'm glad we are missing the big snowstorms again. Not much else going on in ALA this month. We have put up the tree and the village this month. Actually Momma made us put up the tree the weekend BEFORE Thanksgiving.
Just two weeks to go to Xmas morning. Helena will be very happy with Santa Clause this year. I hope everyone else is happy too. 
I am posting some new pictures of Helena doing Karate and Santa breakfast. We bought a new digital camera this year and I am still playing with it.
We look forward to being there next Xmas with everyone.
I am currently running between here and Huntsville several times a week. The Teamleader in Huntsville branch went on medical leave so I am running both branches at the moment.
At least I get the travel $$!!
 
Talk to you soon.     
10月15日

Hope everyone is staying DRY!!

Hello, I hope everyone is safe and dry up in NJ. We are all doing well here. Helena is doing great in kindergarten. She  is taking Karate this year and seems to like it.  Donna Maries back is out of whack again, we are talking SURGERY again. Her back has gotten a lot worse since our vacation. Poor thing, I feel so bad for her!! 
My back is surviving as always, I am ready for another surgery too but my Dr told me to wait until he has done a few of the new artificial discs. He thinks they are too new and is afraid they may have problems. I'll wait!!
Other than that, theres not much else, we are getting ready for Halloween!
Helena wants to be a fairy princess this year. I told Donna that I'm taking her out in the neighborhood this year!
Hope everyone has had a chance to watch the videos Online. I know we had a blast on vacation at Disneyland!!
I just installed a new DVD burner in my PC. I can now make DVD copies and send out. I hope it works OK>
LOVE EVERYONE!!
 
Keep checking for updates
10月6日

Are you ready to view the tape?

I have uploaded our video to Googles new video site. go to http://video.google.com/videosearch
and search by urban family vacation and Helena Urban recital. These should bring up our vacation videos and Helenas recital. Please let me know how you made out.
We love you all and miss you terribly. I hope sharing this will help keep your hearts up until we get home again, If it works, I'll start posting a LOT of video onlime for you to see at your leisure!
LOVE U
9月27日

Disney Vacation

Well, What can I say, We hada fantastic vacation in Orlando Florida, Home of the Mouse House! Disney World. We stayed at the new Nickolodean Hotel. Donna and I had kept it a secret from our daughter, Helena. When we pulled up to the hotel after a grueling 10 hr car ride, the look on her face was priceless!
We had a rea time, my brother Marc came to visit us, he is doing a job in Tampa and stayed with us on Sat and Sunday. We started out at Seaworld and had a ball. The fish were beuatiful and the Whales were fasxinating.   
2月20日

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2月13日

Valentines day craft with Helena

I've been up since 3am this morning, cant sleep. I cant wait! I took Helena to the craft store on Sat to get craft supplies to make mommy a valentines day gift and card. She was so excited, we got to actually make a little heart valentines day picture frame there and Helena did a great job of painting it. She walks around like a big girl now. "Daddy", she says."I think I would like some stickers for mommy's card". "what kind?" I ask her,"I think unicorns and hearts and flowers" she says. So i let her go pick out the stickers while I get a package of paper . I cant tell you nice it is to do these things with Helena, she is about the coolest little girl I've ever known. I do get sad when I see how fast she is growing on me though

She has been excited to do this due to a Clifford thre Big Red Dog book, where the gitl in the story makes a mothers day stuff. But Clifford keeps messing it up.

I hope I can keep sunshine and Ginger Snap from messing ours up.

Its going to be a better day today. 

Bad medical procedure this week.

           I am going to try this blogging thing out, Its been a bad week for me, I had a new type of block done on my back. its a balloon they insert under the acar tissue and use it to lift the tissue way from the site where the medicine has to go. He must have inflated that thing too big because now I have a bad weakness in my arms and neck. I woke up from a nap on tuesday and was scared shitless!! I could not move my arms up past my chest and could not make a fist or even close my hands/fingers. I was scared!! I've had a recurring nightmare now for about 10 years where that is almost exactly what happens in the dream.

Here it is Saturday and I stll have weakness though I can use my hands again, I cant do it very well. Its taking me much longer to type this. I'll be trying to keep this updated but please understand that it is hard to do.