Merrill Hartman, Jr.

Boomerang

2011-06-10T10:45:00.003-04:00

A friend of mine gave me a boomerang for my birthday. He told me it was a symbol and to figure out the meaning. I said to him,"Whatever I send out it comes back to me." WRONG!

He explained that the Aborigines in Australia used it as a hunting tool. They used it with precision. They would throw it up in the air to knock out the birds, kill them, and eat them. Now, even if they missed, the boomerang would come back to them, but if they didn't miss then they would get the food they needed PLUS the boomerang even if it didn't come back to them.

So, no matter if I keep missing my target, I can still keep trying and eventually the precision will come into play. There are going to be times in life we miss, but as long as we are still alive, we will succeed.

Cool. yeah?

Merrill P. Hartman, Jr.

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Me eating Balut

2010-11-11T05:11:00.002-05:00

TVI Express

2010-09-04T06:51:00.001-04:00

Emily's 16th Birthday

2010-08-09T09:19:00.002-04:00

Today is Emily's 16th Birthday. Gosh! I miss the kids so much! I know I will be with them soon. Things are going to look up. I have Faith.

My Son Jamming

2010-08-09T08:32:00.002-04:00

I hope this works. I am trying to embed this so othrs who do not have me as a friend on Facebook can still see this.

Dubai

2009-10-04T13:52:00.002-04:00

I'm getting excited, scared and frustrated about the move to Dubai. The frustration is setling in due to things not working out right. I was supposed to sell my car to someone tomorrow but he hasn't called me back. The funds from the car were supposed to toward the flight there...Its not working out as planned.

Ugghhh. I need help and prayer!

2009-09-25T22:47:00.001-04:00

Create your own FACEinHOLE

2009-09-25T22:34:00.001-04:00

Create your own FACEinHOLE

Moving Video (Must See)

2009-02-14T15:36:00.001-05:00

Shoutlife Tattoo

2009-01-24T12:59:00.001-05:00

Joe FM

2009-01-24T11:09:00.001-05:00

This station is pretty cool. Very much a variety of music

Arh Pete

2008-12-04T11:03:00.001-05:00

This video was made by a great dear friend of mine who lives in the Land Down Under. He too volunteers for Shoutlife.com

CSI Miami

2008-11-15T21:12:00.003-05:00

If you can't stand David Caruso from CBS's hit TV show "CSI Miami" as much as me then you are going to love this

David Caruso CSI Miami One Liners - Watch more Entertainment

2008-10-04T22:43:00.002-04:00

Year Book Yourself!

2008-09-25T10:03:00.002-04:00

A friend of mine suggested that I go this site. I love it and I hope you do too.

Enjoy.

Facebook Poke

2008-09-21T13:52:00.003-04:00

I thought this was hilarious so I had to embed this. WARNING: There is some cussing on this so it may not be suitable for young viewers.

I'm not going to embed this, so here is the URL:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nrlSkU0TFLs

"Yo-Yo Girl Cop"

2008-07-27T11:35:00.002-04:00

I'm sitting here watching "Yo-Yo Girl Cop". It is an OK movie. This is my 3rd time watching it. The acting is deplorable, but the set-up and fight scenes are very good. The special effects at the beginning of the movie were also very good. If you are into Japanese movies I would recommend it. If you are not used to seeing them you might not get into it so much.

It is starring Aya Matsuura who is a very popular singer in Japan.

At the risk of sounding like a movie critic I would only give it three stars. As always I should be studying.

Snippet of my Dad

2008-07-03T10:07:00.002-04:00

Video 4 My Kidz

2008-06-29T17:02:00.001-04:00

My kids and I used to sing this song in the car. It brings back fond memories:

Studying

2008-06-27T12:25:00.001-04:00

I should be studying for my P&C license, but I don't feel too motivated right now. Yippy!!

GodTube Vacation

2008-06-17T15:52:00.003-04:00

Here is the website video of the vacation developed by David Ruffer of Ruffer Design.

Click right here to see it.

I'm back

2008-06-17T15:40:00.003-04:00

Ok, Peeps. I need to start blogging again. As some of you know I went to Virginia and Pennsylvania. The pics are on Facebook now. We had such a wonderful time. It was fun as well as some things were Spiritual as well. I highly recommend going to Virginia beach without swimming. There is a different perspective to it.

I think I'm going to upload a video I made last winter before Ed went out for the New Year's ride he was supposed to go on.

Google Translator

2008-06-14T07:10:00.000-04:00

Scary!

2008-01-07T13:04:00.000-05:00

This video makes you think. "AZT" is form of medication used by those who are HIV positive.

The Morning After - Watch more free videos

Vacation=Unmotivated

2008-01-07T12:10:00.000-05:00

Well, it is the 1st day of my vacation. I took this vacation to study for my licenses and better my life; However, I feel so unmotivated to do anything. Why? No stinkin' clue. lol

Get Fuzzy

2008-01-05T23:16:00.000-05:00

Godtube

2008-01-05T16:22:00.000-05:00

A woman from Church by the name of Deborah Nelson sent a video to me via E-mail linked to www.godtube.com. It is a wonderful site which was developed about six months ago and the CEO of this site was recently on Fox News. I highly recommend checking it out. They also have a prayer wall as well as video chat.

So, if you're feeling like you need a "Spiritual face-lift" it could help out drastically. (._.) :-D

This is a pic of me taken last year. This is atypical of me so I just had to put it on here for the fun of it.

Tarantula vs. Frog

2008-01-05T00:23:00.000-05:00

I saw this amazing video on youtube.com. I'm not going to post the video itself on the blog because there some out there who are EXTREMELY arachnophobic. So, please just click the blue letters above and enjoy.

It was amazing. If you notice after one day the frog was flat because it literally sucked the life out of the frog.

Odd, but COOL!

2008-01-04T20:19:00.000-05:00

I just read on www.imdb.com that Ted Knight, the lead actor on the hit television show from the 1980's "Too Close for Comfort" played a character by the name of Merrill Hartman on a television series in 1959 called "Highway Patrol".

Speaking of Merrill Hartman's... A good "E" friend of mine E-mailed me. His name is Merrill Hartman as well. He lives in Udani, Thailand and teaches there. He has a really interesting website: www.digitalnomad.org. It is worth checking it out.

Incidentally, the afore mentioned Merrill Hartman is not my dad, but is also a brilliant man. (Most Merrill Hartman's are). lol.

A Tribute

2008-01-03T16:02:00.000-05:00

This a tribute to my father.

Fear

2008-01-02T18:23:00.000-05:00

Franklin D. Roosevelt said, "The only thing we have to fear is fear itself." But, I believe Henry David Thoreau wrote that first.

To those of you who are reading this Blog; Could you please do me a favor and pray for me? I am feeling a lot of fear at this point in my life.

Thank you.

Chess?

2008-01-01T17:07:00.000-05:00

Do you know how many times I had heard this song and not realized it was about chess? I just used to listen to it and not listen to the lyrics. Hmmm makes me wonder what else I used to hear things without listening to them.

AAARRGGHH!!!

2007-12-29T13:48:00.000-05:00

That new venture that I was blogging about turned out to be a scam. As it turns out Google wasn't affiliated with this business I was interested in at all. Man!! When am I going to get my big break in life financially?

I am extremely excited about Church tomorrow. Its the only thing that brings me hope. :-D

Life is still good.

New Venture

2007-12-28T18:10:00.000-05:00

I'm trying a new venture with Google. Hopefully, this will work.

Testimony

2007-12-26T20:56:00.000-05:00

I went to Church tonight and I worked Security at Youth Group and the Youth Pastor asked me to make a testimony of how I got to be there. I hopefully made some sort of impact on their lives.

I picked the Kids up for Church and they opened up their gifts from Family and they loved them. I was surprised that my liked the sweatshirt my sister got her because it had a butterfly on it. Usually she doesn't like those things.

Christmas

2007-12-25T19:12:00.000-05:00

Christmas was good. I met with my mom out on the toll road in Angola to go to Ohio. We saw my sister and her family. It was all good.

The Gifts

2007-12-24T22:13:00.000-05:00

I gave the Kids their gifts and they loved them. We went to the mall, then to Putt-Putt Arcade. I think they had a good time all-in-all. I don't know if they'll ever know how much I love them until they become parents themselves.

I have to get up 4:30 in the morning to get ready to go to Ohio. I'm kind of dreading the trip I have to make to Angola in my car. But, I'm excited to see my mom's side of the family.

Christmas Eve

2007-12-24T13:17:00.000-05:00

I get to pick up the Kids today for Christmas Eve. I'm excited. I bought the Kids pre-paid Visa cards so they could also get stuff online if they needed to. I can't wait to see their looks on theirs eyes.

The Youth Pastor I was talking about yesterday called today wish us a Merry Christmas. It's so nice that "family" cares. The Church family is so uplifting and encouraging. (If you click onto the blue letters I promoted my favorite radio station.)

Icy Road Trip

2007-12-23T19:32:00.000-05:00

At Church today Ed, Jake, and I were talking to the Youth Pastor today that we make road trips.

-Well, a friend of ours needed to borrow one of Ed's cars to go to Indy to visit this friend's Dad. He called Ed on his cell phone and said that he was running out of gas and that he was near Muncie and needed our help. ROAD TRIP!

We were on our way close to Muncie and it was so snowy we couldn't see the road. The wind was blowing the snow everywhere. Within ten minutes it stopped snowing and we got a call from the friend of ours saying he made it to Indy.

On our way back the roads were complete ice. There saw four wrecks within a three mile stretch. We saw an SUV go on I-69 from the North bound lanes through the grassy median into the South bound lane and slam into another car. We also saw another SUV roll over. I just hope that no one was seriously injured. There were so many Police cars Ambulances. I hadn't seen anything like it.

(The picture inserted has nothing to do with the accidents. I just thought it was funny and hope you might enjoy it.)

Unforgettable Adventure

2007-12-22T12:21:00.000-05:00

I forgot to mention this...

So, last Saturday night I had a splitting headache and I took a couple of night time pain relievers so I could get rid of the pain and hopefully sleep it off. My roommate Ed comes in with a friend of ours by the name of Jake and asked, "Hey wanna see this new car and what it can do?"

I told him that I would sleep in the back because of the freakish meds I had ingested only an hour before hand. I fell asleep in the back of the car and woke up to my friends tapping on my leg telling me to wake up.

To my surprise I found out that this "little spin" around the block had turned out to be a FOUR HOUR trip to The Blue Chip Casino in Michigan City. I had the time of my life! I'm not sure if it was partially due to the little groggy happy pills or just the fact it was a nice, cool, surprising adventure. Did I mention that the State of Indiana was under a Winter Storm Advisory? We had 6"of snow accumulated on the ground at the time.

It was indeed one of the greatest moments of my life. By the way, I only spent $20.

Bad Rash

2007-12-22T10:59:00.000-05:00

I woke up from sleeping all night on my leather couch, went to the bathroom and looked in the mirror and noticed I have a REALLY bad rash. I think I'm gonna tell people I was in a bar fight even though I haven't been in a bar in quite some time. By the way, my hair is nasty. That is why I'm wearing the hat. :-D