Monday, February 28, 2005

Good Vs. Evil

There is an ongoing battle of good vs. evil at work, and it looks as though evil won this battle... but the war continues. I'm going to miss you Jess.


“For God did not give us a spirit of timidity, but a spirit of power, of love and of self-discipline.” (2 Timothy 1:7)

Sunday, February 27, 2005

Seminary School Test Today!

I took my monthly test at Seminary school today. It wasn't as hard as I thought it would be; not to say it was all that easy either. I also turned in my paper on "Believing Jesus Christ." I'll let you know what I get.

Laila has a black history program tomorrow. Her part is Althea Gibson. We have been practicing with her for two weeks, and she has done EXCELLENT! Good luck baby girl!


“Dear children, let us not love with words or tongue but with actions and in truth.” (1 John 3:18)

Friday, February 25, 2005

Hurray for F R I D A Y!

I met up with Tony & Clay today for what as supposed to be a brainstorming session at the new church for things that we thought would be good to shoot on video. Well, it turned out to be, "We're not going to shoot this to show in the church, we're just going to use it for ourselves." That turned into, "We may use just the good stuff, the rest we'll leave out." That turned into, "We may use this to show in the church." That turned into, "I may have to put some of this stuff on air." I felt like I stumbled over many parts, but hopefully they'll work it out to where you can't tell. I told them to give me a few consecutive weeks and we'll have it down like clockwork. After shooting some video, we went to the production room and voiced a couple of commercials. Now see... this is what I'm supposed to be doing.

Here we are taking a picture of ourselves. I have labeled us the "Tech Geeks" because we all have a love and passion for the technical side of television.



The Worth Of Our Lives

Always remember. Regardless of the shape you are in, your worth in the eyes of those who love you will never diminish.

A well-known speaker started his seminar by holding up a $20 bill. In the room of 200, he asked, "Who would like this $20 bill?" Hands started going up. He said, "I am going to give this $20 to one of you but first, let me do this."

He proceeded to crumple the dollar bill up. He then asked, "Who still wants it?" Still the hands were up in the air.

Well, he replied what if I do this? And he dropped it on the ground and started to grind it with his shoe. He picked up the now crumpled bill and dirty. "Now who still wants it?"

Still the hands went up into the air. "My friends, you have all learned a valuable lesson. No matter what I did to the money, it did not decrease its value. It was still worth $20."

But no matter what happened or what will happen, you will never lose your value. Dirty or clean, crumpled or finely crushed, you are still priceless to those who love you.

The worth of our lives comes not in what we do or whom we know, but by WHO WE ARE. You are special - Don't ever forget it. Count your blessings, not your problems.

~Author Unknown~




“Jesus replied: “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’ This is the first and greatest commandment. And the second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’” (Matthew 22:37-39)

Thursday, February 24, 2005

Feel Good Thursday

How can I start this off... hummm.
It was only two months ago that our house just randomly got ran into and now someone tries to break into our house. Well they actually succeeded, but the alarm scared them away. I distinctly remember praying this morning, asking God to protect our house and our vehicles today, while keeping the entire family protected as we went our separate ways. I asked that His angels be dispatched on every corner of our house while we were home and away.

Well I was called home by our alarm company about 2:45 p.m. and when I walked up to my door, guess what? The sheriff opens the door for me! Not good! That obviously means that there was a way made into our house. He said that they broke in the back door, but they never made it inside because of the alarm (thank God).

My whole take on this? I believe that this is a spiritual war! My husband and I are closer to God than we have ever been, and we are headed for a HUGE success in the Lord and I KNOW... I know the enemy is going to try to do whatever he can to shake our faith. Well devil... that was weak.

This is what else I believe... I believe that the closer your walk is with Christ, the more you will be challenged in things and the more the enemy is going to try you. I think of it like this...it's like playing football, and the guy with the ball (the quarterback) goes against all these odds, and all the devil's attackers... well along the way to get to the things of Christ, the enemy will try to tackle you by certain situations, and perhaps even certain people to get you down and to keep you from God; but you just keep running and holding on to the Word of God (the football) and you don't look back, because He has His angels working with Him and they are on your team taking the hits and blocking the enemy.

I originally named this entry "Feel Good Thursday" because I woke up at 5:10 a.m., prayed for about 22 minutes and FELT GOOD. So when I got on my computer at about 6 this morning, I created that entry title. Then as the day progressed after the incident, I was thinking... maybe I should change the title. But why? I still feel good :) because the feeling was never created from the physical, so why should I allow the physical to determine what I should rename today's title? Whatever. Good night, I'm exhausted.


“For I know the plans I have for you," declares the LORD , "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future. Then you will call upon me and come and pray to me, and I will listen to you. You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart.” (Jeremiah 29:11-13)

Wednesday, February 23, 2005

Celebrating Black Inventors (Part W & Y)

I'm working on my paper for seminary school, and I'm calling it, "Believing In Jesus Christ." Pray for me!

Black Inventor Name: Francis J. Wood
Patent #: 537,953
Date Patented: 4/23/1895
Item Patented: Potato digger

Black Inventor Name: Dudley G. Woodard
Patent #: 3,574,175
Date Patented: 4/6/1971
Item Patented: Preparation of water soluble acrylic copolymers for use in water treatment

Black Inventor Name: Granville T. Woods
Patent #: various
Date Patented: various
Item Patented: various

Black Inventor Name: Kevin Woolfolk 
Patent #: 5,649,503
Date Patented: 7/22/1997 
Item Patented: Squirrel cage having a cyclometer and method for monitoring the activity of an animal 

Black Inventor Name: James Wormley
Patent #: 242,091
Date Patented: 5/24/1881
Item Patented: Lifesaving apparatus

Black Inventor Name: James E. Young
Patent #: 4,564,798
Date Patented: 1/14/1986 
Item Patented: Battery performance control 


“Do not those who plot evil go astray? But those who plan what is good find love and faithfulness.” (Proverbs 14:22)

Tuesday, February 22, 2005

Celebrating Black Inventors (Part W)

Black Inventor Name: Madame C. J. Walker
Patent #: NA
Date Patented: 1905
Item Patented: Method of softening hair

Black Inventor Name: Lucius M. Walker Jr.
Patent #: 3,478,764
Date Patented: 11/18/1969
Item Patented: Laminar fluid NOR element

Black Inventor Name: Peter Walker
Patent #: 577,153
Date Patented: 2/16/1897
Item Patented: Machine for cleaning seed cotton
Patent #: 600,241
Date Patented: 3/8/1898
Item Patented: Bait holder

Black Inventor Name: Joseph W. Waller
Patent #: 224,253
Date Patented: 2/3/1880
Item Patented: Shoemaker-s cabinet or bench

Black Inventor Name: Ulysses S. Walton
Patent #: 2,314,674
Date Patented: 3/23/1943
Item Patented: Denture

Black Inventor Name: Richard Warren
Patent #: 1,619,900
Date Patented: 3/8/1927
Item Patented: Display rack

Black Inventor Name: Wade Washington
Patent #: 283,173
Date Patented: 8/4/1883
Item Patented: Corn husking machine

Black Inventor Name: Rufus J. Weaver
Patent #: 3,411,598
Date Patented: 11/19/1968
Item Patented: Stairclimbing wheelchair

Black Inventor Name: Henry C. Webb
Patent #: 483,971
Date Patented: 10/4/1892
Item Patented: Saw Attachment

Black Inventor Name: James Edward West
Patent #: 3,945,112
Date Patented: 3/26/1976
Item Patented: Technique for fabrication of foil electret
Patent #: 4,248,808
Date Patented: 2/3/1981
Item Patented: Technique for removing surface and volume charges from thin high polymer films
Patent #: 4,802,227
Date Patented: 1/31/1989
Item Patented: Noise reduction processing arrangement for microphone arrays

Black Inventor Name: Daniel L. White
Patent #: 574,969
Date Patented: 1/12/1897
Item Patented: Extension step for cars

Black Inventor Name: John Thomas White
Patent #: 572,849
Date Patented: 12/8/1896
Item Patented: Lemon squeezer

Black Inventor Name: Jerome L. Wicks
Patent #: 4,325,203
Date Patented: 4/20/1982
Item Patented: Patio door and window guard system invention

Black Inventor Name: Joseph S. Wiles
Patent #: 3,538,916
Date Patented: 11/10/1970
Item Patented: Injection pistol

Black Inventor Name: Daniel Hale Williams
Patent #: NA
Date Patented: 7/9/1893
Item Patented: Internal surgery

Black Inventor Name: James P. Williams
Patent #: 634,784
Date Patented: 10/10/1899
Item Patented: Pillow sham holder

Black Inventor Name: Paul E. Williams
Patent #: 3,065,933
Date Patented: 11/27/1962
Item Patented: Helicopter design

Black Inventor Name: Robert M. Williams
Patent #: 5,171,523
Date Patented: 12/15/1992
Item Patented: Method and apparatus for disinfecting objects

Black Inventor Name: Frank Winn
Patent #: 394,047
Date Patented: 12/4/1888
Item Patented: Direct acting steam engine

Black Inventor Name: Joseph R. Winters
Patent #: 203,517
Date Patented: 5/7/1878
Item Patented: Fire escape ladder
Patent #: 214,224
Date Patented: 4/8/1879
Item Patented: Improvement in fire escape ladders



“There is no fear in love. But perfect love drives out fear, because fear has to do with punishment. The one who fears is not made perfect in love.” (1 John 4:18)

Monday, February 21, 2005

Celebrating Black Inventors (Part T & V)

After listening to my pastor in seminary school last night, I prayed this morning that I continue to walk in the Holy Spirit today, if I am approached in a way that is ungodly, my flesh shuts down and I allow the Holy Spirit to take over. I also prayed that I am more aware of demonic spirits and that they STAY AWAY! It's interesting how movies portray people being possessed by demonic spirits, and we believe that things like that can happen; but it's hard to believe in the Holy Spirit. Are there any movies that portray the Holy Spirit taking over people and doing good on the earth? Just a thought.

Black Inventor Name: Sacramenta G. Tankins
Patent #: 1,339,632
Date Patented: 5/11/1920
Item Patented: Comb
Patent #: 1,845,208
Date Patented: 2/16/1932
Item Patented: Method and means for treating human hair

Black Inventor Name: Charles W. Tate
Patent #: 3,423,959
Date Patented: 1/28/1969
Item Patented: Flexible and transparent lubricant housing for universal joint

Black Inventor Name: Christopher L. Taylor
Patent #: 2,807,818
Date Patented: 10/1/1957
Item Patented: Combination toothbrush and dentifrice dispenser

Black Inventor Name: Richard Taylor
Patent #: D 105,037
Date Patented: 6/22/1937
Item Patented: Leaf holder

Black Inventor Name: Lewis Temple
Patent #: NA
Date Patented: 1848
Item Patented: Improved harpoon

Black Inventor Name: Edward H. C. Thomas
Patent #: 1,693,006
Date Patented: 11/27/1928
Item Patented: Automobile key and license holder

Black Inventor Name: Valerie L. Thomas
Patent #: 4,229,761
Date Patented: 10/21/1980
Item Patented: Illusion transmitter

Black Inventor Name: John P. Thompson
Patent #: 2,086,142
Date Patented: 7/6/1937
Item Patented: Motor vehicle elevating and parking device

Black Inventor Name: Joseph Ausbon Thompson
Patent #: 2,442,026
Date Patented: 5/25/1948
Item Patented: Foot warmer
Patent #: 3,921,802
Date Patented: 11/25/1978
Item Patented: Moist/dry lavatory and toilet tissue

Black Inventor Name: Oliver L. Thompson
Patent #: 1,541,670
Date Patented: 6/9/1925
Item Patented: Vehicle parking attachment

Black Inventor Name: Benjamin Thornton
Patent #: 1,831,331
Date Patented: 11/10/1931
Item Patented: Apparatus for automatically recording telephonic messages
Patent #: 1,843,849
Date Patented: 2/2/1932
Item Patented: Apparatus for automatically transmitting messages over a telephone line

Black Inventor Name: Madeline M. Turner
Patent #: 1,180,959
Date Patented: 4/25/1916
Item Patented: Fruit press

Black Inventor Name: Simon Vincent
Patent #: 1,361,295
Date Patented: 12/7/1920
Item Patented: Woodworking machine



"The commandments, "Do not commit adultery," "Do not murder," "Do not steal," "Do not covet," and whatever other commandment there may be, are summed up in this one rule: "Love your neighbor as yourself." Love does no harm to its neighbor. Therefore love is the fulfillment of the law." (Romans 13:9,10)

Sunday, February 20, 2005

Celebrating Black Inventors (Part S)

I had another dream: this one was that I was in church hearing one testimony after another, and there was one particular testimony that I heard and really started praising God about, then before I knew it, I was on the pulpit and the congregation was collecting an offering for me. In the collection bowls were nothing but coins (dimes, nickles & quarters). One person was helping me count, Mrs. PJ. I can't figure it out.

Black Inventor Name: Walter H. Sammons
Patent #: 1,362,823
Date Patented: 12/21/1920
Item Patented: Hot Comb

Black Inventor Name: Adolphus Samms
Patent #: 3,000,179
Date Patented: 9/19/1961
Item Patented: Rocket engine pump feed system
Patent #: 3,199,455
Date Patented: 8/10/1965
Item Patented: Multiple stage rocket
Patent #: 3,257,089
Date Patented: 6/21/1966
Item Patented: Emergency release for extraction chute
Patent #: 3,310,938
Date Patented: 3/28/1967
Item Patented: Rocket motor fuel feed

Black Inventor Name: George T. Sampson
Patent #: 312,388
Date Patented: 2/17/1885
Item Patented: Sled propeller
Patent #: 476,416
Date Patented: 6/7/1892
Item Patented: Clothes drier

Black Inventor Name: Henry Thomas Sampson
Patent #: 3,140,210
Date Patented: 7/7/1964
Item Patented: Binder system for propellants and explosives
Patent #: 3,212,256
Date Patented: 10/19/1965
Item Patented: Case bonding system for cast composite propellants
Patent #: 3,591,860 (co-inventor George H Miley)
Date Patented: 7/6/1971
Item Patented: Gamma-Electrical Cell
(this patent is not for cell phone tecnology)

Black Inventor Name: Dewey S. C. Sanderson
Patent #: 3,522,011
Date Patented: 7/28/1970
Item Patented: Urinalysis machine

Black Inventor Name: Ralph W. Sanderson
Patent #: 3,362,742
Date Patented: 1/9/1968
Item Patented: Hydraulic shock absorber

Black Inventor Name: Richard L. Saxton
Patent #: 4,392,028
Date Patented: 7/5/1983 
Item Patented: Pay telephone with sanitized tissue dispenser

Black Inventor Name: Henry Scott
Patent #: 4,881,528 
Date Patented: 11/21/1989 
Item Patented: Spinal traction and support unit used while seated

Black Inventor Name: Jerry Shelby
Patent #: 5,328,132
Date Patented: 7/12/1994
Item Patented: Engine protection system for recoverable rocket booster

Black Inventor Name: Dennis W. Shorter
Patent #: 363,089
Date Patented: 5/17/1887
Item Patented: Feed rack

Black Inventor Name: Wanda A. Sigur
Patent #: 5,084,219 
Date Patented: 1/28/1992 
Item Patented: Method of fabricating composite structures 

Black Inventor Name: Jonathan S. Smith
Patent #: 3,432,314
Date Patented: 3/11/1969
Item Patented: Transparent zirconia composition and process for making same

Black Inventor Name: Joseph H. Smith
Patent #: 581,785
Date Patented: 5/4/1897
Item Patented: Lawn sprinkler
Patent #: 601,065
Date Patented: 3/22/1898
Item Patented: Lawn sprinkler

Black Inventor Name: Peter D. Smith
Patent #: 445,206
Date Patented: 1/27/1891
Item Patented: Potato digger
Patent #: 469,279
Date Patented: 2/23/1892
Item Patented: Grain binder

Black Inventor Name: Robert T. Smith
Patent #: 1,970,984
Date Patented: 8/21/1934
Item Patented: Spraying machine

Black Inventor Name: Harde Spears
Patent #: 110,599
Date Patented: 12/27/1870
Item Patented: Improvement in portable shields for infantry and artillery

Black Inventor Name: Richard Bowie Spikes
Patent #: various
Date Patented: various
Item Patented: various

Black Inventor Name: John Standard
Patent #: 413,689
Date Patented: 10/29/1889
Item Patented: Oil stove
Patent #: 455,891
Date Patented: 7/14/1891
Item Patented: Refrigerator

Black Inventor Name: Thomas Stewart
Patent #: 375,512
Date Patented: 12/27/1887
Item Patented: Metal bending machine
Patent #: 499,402
Date Patented: 6/13/1893
Item Patented: Mop
Patent #: 499,895
Date Patented: 6/20/1893
Item Patented: Station indicator

Black Inventor Name: Rufus Stokes
Patent #: 3,378,241
Date Patented: 4/16/1968
Item Patented: Exhaust purifier
Patent #: 3,520,113
Date Patented: 7/14/1970
Item Patented: Air pollution control device


“He who covers over an offense promotes love, but whoever repeats the matter separates close friends.” (Proverbs 17:9)

Saturday, February 19, 2005

Celebrating Black Inventors (Part R)

I had a dream that someone showed me two cards. One with a five on it and one with a six. There's that 56 again. Now I'm confused. Is it 5 and 6 or 56? And what does it mean? Well I'm still counting down 56 days from the first time I heard it here.

Black Inventor Name: Victor Llewellyn Ransom
Patent #: 3,231,866
Date Patented: 1/25/1966
Item Patented: Traffic data processing system
Patent #: 3,866,185
Date Patented: 2/11/1975
Item Patented: Method and apparatus for gathering peak load traffic data

Black Inventor Name: Debrilla M. Ratchford
Patent #: 4,094,391 
Date Patented: 6/13/1978 
Item Patented: Suitcase with wheels and transporting hook 

Black Inventor Name: Ernest P. Ray
Patent #: 620,078
Date Patented: 2/21/1899
Item Patented: Chair supporting device

Black Inventor Name: Lloyd P. Ray
Patent #: 587,607
Date Patented: 8/3/1897
Item Patented: Dust pan

Black Inventor Name: Andre Reboucas
Patent #: NA
Date Patented: 1895 approx
Item Patented: Torpedo

Black Inventor Name: Craig C. Redmond, Sr.
Patent #: 6,085,356 
Date Patented: 7/11/2000 
Item Patented: Waist Band Expander 


“Dear friends, since God so loved us, we also ought to love one another. No one has ever seen God; but if we love one another, God lives in us and his love is made complete in us.” (1 John 4:11,12)

Friday, February 18, 2005

Celebrating Black Inventors (Part P&Q)

My advice: Keep seeking the Lord.

Black Inventor Name: William D. Polite
Patent #: 1,218,458
Date Patented: 3/6/1917
Item Patented: Gun

Black Inventor Name: Austin J. Polk
Patent #: 558,103
Date Patented: 4/14/1896
Item Patented: Bicycle support

Black Inventor Name: Jessie T. Pope
Patent #: 2,409,791
Date Patented: 10/22/1946
Item Patented: Croquignole iron

Black Inventor Name: Alfred G. B. Prather
Patent #: 3,715,011
Date Patented: 2/6/1973
Item Patented: Gravity escape means

Black Inventor Name: Frank Rodger Prince
Patent #: 3,637,743
Date Patented: 1/25/1972
Item Patented: Production of 2-pyrrolidones

Black Inventor Name: Abraham Pugsley
Patent #: 433,306
Date Patented: 7/29/1890
Item Patented: Blind stop
Patent #: 433,819
Date Patented: 8/5/1890
Item Patented: Shutter worker

Black Inventor Name: Samuel Pugsley
Patent #: 357,787
Date Patented: 2/15/1887
Item Patented: Gate latch

Black Inventor Name: John E. Purdy (co-inventor Daniel A. Sadgwar)
Patent #: 405,117
Date Patented: 6/11/1889
Item Patented: Folding chair

Black Inventor Name: Walter Purdy
Patent #: 570,337
Date Patented: 10/27/1896
Item Patented: Device for sharpening edged tools
Patent #: 609,367
Date Patented: 8/16/1898
Item Patented: Device for sharpening edged tools
Patent #: 630,106
Date Patented: 8/1/1899
Item Patented: Device for sharpening edged tools

Black Inventor Name: William H. Purdy(co-inventor Leonard C. Peters)
Patent #: D 24,228
Date Patented: 4/23/1895
Item Patented: Spoon design

Black Inventor Name: Willam B. Purvis
Patent #: 256,856
Date Patented: 4/25/1882
Item Patented: Fastener for bag
Patent #: 273,149
Date Patented: 2/27/1883
Item Patented: Hand stamp
Patent #: 293,353
Date Patented: 2/12/1884
Item Patented: Paper bag machine
Patent #: 419,065
Date Patented: 1/7/1890
Item Patented: Fountain pen
Patent #: 420,099
Date Patented: 1/28/1890
Item Patented: Paper bag machine
Patent #: 519,291
Date Patented: 5/1/1894
Item Patented: Electric railway
Patent #: 539,542
Date Patented: 5/21/1895
Item Patented: Magnetic car balancing device
Patent #: 588,176
Date Patented: 8/17/1897
Item Patented: Electrical railway system

Black Inventor Name: William Queen
Patent #: 458,131
Date Patented: 8/18/1891
Guard for companion ways or hatches



“For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.” (Romans 8:38,39)

Thursday, February 17, 2005

Celebrating Black Inventors (Part O&P)

I had a wonderful experience this morning during prayer... pretty hard to explain, but I'll try. As I was praying, I got quiet and still. I heard God in my spirit tell me that He will use a light to show me who He wants me to pray for. Nothing like this have I experienced in a long while, and that was in 1992 during Hurricane Andrew. That same light that saved our house was the light that I saw this morning (13 years later). Anyway, Pastor had a meeting with about 60 of us and said that he wants us to take leadership roles in the church and we are going to be prayer ministers. We will be the ones that pray for people in the church during praise and worship. And I think what God was showing me was a bunch of people standing at the alter for prayer and He was showing me people who He was going to heal through me.

Black Inventor Name: John W. Outlaw
Patent #: 614,273
Date Patented: 11/15/1898
Item Patented: Horseshoe

Black Inventor Name: Lionel F. Page
Patent #: 2,170,032
Date Patented: 8/22/1939
Item Patented: Auxiliary circulating device for automobile heaters

Black Inventor Name: Alice H. Parker
Patent #: 1,325,905
Date Patented: 12/23/1919
Item Patented: Heating furnace

Black Inventor Name: John Percial Parker
Patent #: 304,552
Date Patented: 9/2/1884
Item Patented: Follower-screw for tobacco presses
Patent #: 318,285
Date Patented: 5/19/1885
Item Patented: Portable screw-press

Black Inventor Name: Moses Payne
Patent #: 394,388
Date Patented: 12/11/1888
Item Patented: Horseshoe

Black Inventor Name: Robert A. Pelham
Patent #: 807,685
Date Patented: 12/19/1905
Item Patented: Pasting device
Patent #: NA
Date Patented: 1913
Item Patented: Tallying machine

Black Inventor Name: John Perry Jr.
Patent #: 3,284,239 (co-inventor Herbert F. Hunger)
Date Patented: 11/8/1966
Item Patented: Biochemical fuel cell

Black Inventor Name: Frank R. Perryman
Patent #: 468,038
Date Patented: 2/2/1892
Item Patented: Caterers- tray table

Black Inventor Name: Charles A. Peterson
Patent #: 3,391,903
Date Patented: 7/9/1968
Item Patented: Power generating apparatus

Black Inventor Name: Henry Peterson
Patent #: 402,189
Date Patented: 2/30/1889
Item Patented: Attachment for lawn mowers

Black Inventor Name: William Henry Phelps
Patent #: 579,242
Date Patented: 3/23/1897
Item Patented: Apparatus for washing vehicles

Black Inventor Name: John F. Pickering
Patent #: 643,975
Date Patented: 2/20/1900
Item Patented: Air ship

Black Inventor Name: Henry Pickett
Patent #: 152,511
Date Patented: 7/30/1874
Item Patented: Improvement in scaffolds

Black Inventor Name: Traverse B. Pinn
Patent #: 231,355
Date Patented: 8/17/1880
Item Patented: File holder


“Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall trouble or hardship or persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or sword? No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us.” (Romans 8:35,37)

Wednesday, February 16, 2005

Celebrating Black Inventors (Part N)

Feeling pretty good today. Just a feeling of 'my just over brokeness (JOB) ain't gonna last always.' I won't necessarily say that "I'm broke." I'll just say that living the daily hustle and bustle will come to a screeching halt one day. The Lord is going to take me from level 2 to level 8! He's gonna skip me right over levels 3-7! Whew... can't wait! It's going to be blissful. Keep up the faith folks, 'cause if it can happen to me, it can happen to you! This is the last year of the season we're in... and then our breakthrough comes!

Peace, Love & Hair grease.

Black Inventor Name: Lee Nance
Patent #: 464,035
Date Patented: 12/1/1891
Item Patented: Game apparatus

Black Inventor Name: Henry H. Nash
Patent #: 168,519
Date Patented: 10/5/1875
Item Patented: Improvement in life-preserving stools

Black Inventor Name: Theophilus Ealey Neal
Patent #: 1,885,466
Date Patented: 11/1/1932 
Item Patented: Automatic blow-off 
Patent #: 1,893,435
Date Patented: 1/3/1933
Item Patented: Shower bath spray

Black Inventor Name: Lyda D. Newman
Patent #: 614,335
Date Patented: 11/15/1898
Item Patented: Brush

Black Inventor Name: Simeon Newson
Patent #: 520,188
Date Patented: 5/22/1894
Item Patented: Oil heater or cooker

Black Inventor Name: William J. Nickerson
Patent #: 627,739
Date Patented: 6/27/1899
Item Patented: Piano attachment

Black Inventor Name: Clarence Nokes
Patent #: 2,836,882
Date Patented: 2/12/1963
Item Patented: Lawn mower
Patent #: 3,077,066
Date Patented: 6/3/1958
Item Patented: Venetian blind restringer


“This is the message you heard from the beginning: We should love one another.” (1 John 3:11)

Tuesday, February 15, 2005

Celebrating Black Inventors (Part M)

Had lunch with Pastor. He is surely a great man with a greater vision (by the goodness of God, of course). I feel blessed to have him as a pastor. He was sharing some things with me and the hubby on stuff he is going to do with the church and all that exciting and inspiring stuff. Too much to even type! I can say that he still would like to use me to do the news next month and perhaps be the marketing person (not till September on that though). Just know, that when I'm called, I will answer!

Went out to dinner with N & J. We exchanged conversations and situations and left pretty darn happy! A good set of friends can help to extend your life!

Black Inventor Name: Arthur L. MacBeth
Patent #: 1,419,281
Date Patented: 6/13/1922
Item Patented: Picture projection theater

Black Inventor Name: Hugh D. MacDonald Jr.
Patent #: 3,447,767
Date Patented: 6/3/1969
Item Patented: Rocket catapult

Black Inventor Name: John L. Mack
Patent #: 4,596,041
Date Patented: 6/17/1986
Item Patented: Participant-identification recording and playback system

Black Inventor Name: Walter G. Madison
Patent #: 1,047,098
Date Patented: 12/10/1912
Item Patented: Flying machine

Black Inventor Name: Calvin R. Mapp
Patent #: 4,033,347
Date Patented: 7/5/1977
Item Patented: Disposable syringe

Black Inventor Name: Thomas J. Martin
Patent #: 125, 063
Date Patented: 3/26/1872
Item Patented: Improvement in fire extinguishers

Black Inventor Name: Washington A. Martin
Patent #: 407,738
Date Patented: 7/23/1889
Item Patented: Lock
Patent #: 443,945
Date Patented: 12/30/1890
Item Patented: Lock

Black Inventor Name: Nathaniel Mathis
Patent #: D 237,022
Date Patented: 10/07/1975
Item Patented: Barber-s apron

Black Inventor Name: Jan Ernst Matzeliger
Patent #: various
Date Patented: various
Item Patented: various

Black Inventor Name: Walter N. McClennan
Patent #: 1,333,430
Date Patented: 3/9/1920
Item Patented: Automatic railway car door
Patent #: RE 15,338
Date Patented: 4/18/1922
Item Patented: Car door actuating mechanism
Patent #: 1,518,208
Date Patented: 12/9/1924
Item Patented: Coin mechanism

Black Inventor Name: Elijah McCoy
Patent #: various
Date Patented: various
Item Patented: various

Black Inventor Name: Daniel McCree
Patent #: 440,322
Date Patented: 11/11/1890
Item Patented: Portable fire escape

Black Inventor Name: Hansel L. McGee
Patent #: 3,214,282
Date Patented: 10/26/1965
Item Patented: Method of preparation of carbon transfer inks

Black Inventor Name: Alexander Miles
Patent #: 371,207
Date Patented: 10/11/1887
Item Patented: Elevator

Black Inventor Name: Ruth J. Miro
Patent #: 6,113,298
Date Patented: 9/5/2000
Item Patented: Paper ring
Patent #: 6,764,100
Date Patented: 7/20/2004
Item Patented: Stationery organizer

Black Inventor Name: James M. Mitchell
Patent #: 641,462
Date Patented: 1/16/1900
Item Patented: Check row corn planter

Black Inventor Name: William U. Moody
Patent #: D 27,046
Date Patented: 5/11/1897
Item Patented: Design for a game board

Black Inventor Name: Samuel Moore
Patent #: 1,608,903
Date Patented: 11/30/1926
Item Patented: Self-directing headlight
Patent #: 1,658,534
Date Patented: 2/7/1928
Item Patented: Vehicle-headlight mechanism
Patent #: 1,659,328
Date Patented: 2/14/1928
Item Patented: Locomotive headlight
Patent #: 1,705,991
Date Patented: 3/19/1929
Item Patented: Hobby horse
Patent #: 2,006,027
Date Patented: 6/25/1935
Item Patented: Fuel-valve lock for motor vehicles

Black Inventor Name: Garrett A. Morgan
Patent #: 1,113,675
Date Patented: 10/13/1914
Item Patented: gas mask
Patent #: 1,475,024
Date Patented: 11/20/1923
Item Patented: automatic traffic signal

Black Inventor Name: George W. Murray
Patent #: various
Date Patented: various
Item Patented: various

Black Inventor Name: William Murray
Patent #: 99,463
Date Patented: 2/1/1870
Item Patented: Corn harvester
Patent #: 445,452
Date Patented: 1/27/1891
Item Patented: Attachment for bicycles


“This is love: not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins.” (1 John 4:10)

Monday, February 14, 2005

Celebrating Black Inventors (Part L)

Black Inventor Name: Lewis Howard Latimer
Patent #: various
Date Patented: various
Item Patented: various

Black Inventor Name: William A. Lavalette
Patent #: 208,184
Date Patented: 9/17/1878 
Item Patented: Improvement in printing presses 
Patent #: 208,208
Date Patented: 9/17/1878
Item Patented: Variation of printing press

Black Inventor Name: Arthur Lee
Patent #: 2,065,337
Date Patented: 12/22/1936
Item Patented: Self propelled toy fish

Black Inventor Name: Joseph Lee
Patent #: 524,042 
Date Patented: 8/7/1894 
Item Patented: Kneading machine
Patent #: 540,553
Date Patented: 6/4/1895
Item Patented: Bread crumbing machine

Black Inventor Name: Maurice William Lee
Patent #: 2,906,191
Date Patented: 9/29/1959
Item Patented: Aromatic pressure cooker and smoker

Black Inventor Name: Robert Lee
Patent #: 2,132,304
Date Patented: 10/4/1938 
Item Patented: Safety attachment for automotive vehicles

Black Inventor Name: Frank W. Leslie
Patent #: 590,325
Date Patented: 9/21/1897
Item Patented: Envelope seal

Black Inventor Name: Anthony L. Lewis
Patent #: 483,359
Date Patented: 9/27/1892
Item Patented: Window cleaner

Black Inventor Name: Edward R. Lewis
Patent #: 362,096
Date Patented: 5/3/1887
Item Patented: Spring gun

Black Inventor Name: Amos E. Long (co-inventor Albert A. Jones)
Patent #: 610,715
Date Patented: 9/13/1898
Item Patented: Cap for bottle and jars

Black Inventor Name: John Lee Love
Patent #: 542,419 
Date Patented: 7/9/1895 
Item Patented: Plasterers-hawk 
Patent #: 594,114
Date Patented: 11/23/1897
Item Patented: Pencil sharpener

Black Inventor Name: James E. Lu Valle
Patent #: 3,219,445 
Date Patented: 11/23/1965 
Item Patented: Photographic processes 
Patent #: 3,219,448 
Date Patented: 11/23/1965
Item Patented: Photographic medium and methods of preparing same 
Patent #: 3,219,451
Date Patented: 11/23/1965
Item Patented: Sensitizing photographic media

Funny! Pastor kept calling Hubby's name during the service. And even said, "I don't know why I keep picking on you." The service Sunday was about finding all of our answers in the Word, and that we must learn to SPEAK the Word in all things in our life.

H A P P Y     V A L E N T I N E ' S     D A Y !


“A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another. By this all men will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another.” (John 13:34,35)

Saturday, February 12, 2005

Celebrating Black Inventors (Part K)

Black Inventor Name: Harry Sanderlin Keelan
Patent #: 1,783,334
Date Patented: 12/2/1930
Item Patented: Colloidal silver iodide compound and method of preparing same

Black Inventor Name: George W. Kelley
Patent #: 592,591
Date Patented: 10/26/1897
Item Patented: Steam table

Black Inventor Name: Kenneth C. Kelly
Patent #: 3,063,049
Date Patented: 11/6/1962
Item Patented: Linearly polarized monopulse lobing antenna having cancellation of cross-polarization components in the principal lobe

Black Inventor Name: Lawrence Randolph Kelly
Patent #: 3,505,483
Date Patented: 4/7/1970
Item Patented: Programmable external dial operating device

Black Inventor Name: Beatrice Kenner
Patent #: 2,745,406
Date Patented: 5/15/1956
Item Patented: Sanitary belt

Black Inventor Name: Mary Beatrice Kenner
Patent #: 3,957,071
Date Patented: 5/18/1976
Item Patented: Carrier attachment for invalid walkers
Patent #: 4,354,643
Date Patented: 10/19/1982
Item Patented: Bathroom tissue holder
Patent #: 4,696,068
Date Patented: 9/29/1987
Item Patented: Shower wall and bathtub mounted back washer

Black Inventor Name: James King
Patent #: 1,661,122
Date Patented: 2/28/1928
Item Patented: Combination cotton thinning and cultivating machine

Black Inventor Name: John G. King
Patent #: 3,289,194
Date Patented: 11/29/1966 
Item Patented: Power line sensing appliance theft alarm 

Black Inventor Name: Lawrence Howland Knox 
Patent #: 2,506,458
Date Patented: 5/2/1950
Item Patented: Production of arecoline
Patent #: 2,647,081
Date Patented: 7/28/1953
Item Patented: Photochemical preparation of tropilidenes

Black Inventor Name: William J. Knox Jr.
Patent #: 3,038,804
Date Patented: 6/12/1962
Item Patented: Coating aids for gelatin compositions
Patent #: 3,306,749
Date Patented: 2/18/1967
Item Patented: Gelatin coating compositions
Patent #: 3,539,352
Date Patented: 11/10/1970
Item Patented: Coating aids for hydrophilic colloid layers of photographic elements



“Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.” (1 Corinthians 13: 6,7)

Thursday, February 10, 2005

Celebrating Black Inventors (Part I & J)

Black Inventor Name: Clifton M. Ingram
Patent #: 1,526,215
Date Patented: 2/10/1925
Item Patented: Railroad crossing flag signal
Patent #: 1,542,776
Date Patented: 6/16/1925
Item Patented: Well drilling tool

Black Inventor Name: Benjamin F. Jackson
Patent #: 599,985
Date Patented: 3/1/1898
Item Patented: Heating apparatus
Patent #: 603,879
Date Patented: 5/10/1898
Item Patented: Matrix drying apparatus
Patent #: 622,482
Date Patented: 4/4/1899
Item Patented: Gas burner
Patent #: 690,730
Date Patented: 1/7/1902
Item Patented: Steam boiler

Black Inventor Name: Harry Jackson
Patent #: 1,865,374
Date Patented: 6/28/1932
Item Patented: Advertising apparatus

Black Inventor Name: Henry A. Jackson
Patent #: 569,135
Date Patented: 10/6/1896
Item Patented: Kitchen table

Black Inventor Name: Norman Jackson
Patent #: 1,384,134
Date Patented: 7/12/1921
Item Patented: Pneumatic tire

Black Inventor Name: Donald E. Jefferson
Patent #: 3,288,068
Date Patented: 11/29/1966
Item Patented: Triggered exploding wire device

Black Inventor Name: Thomas L. Jennings (The first African American patent holder)
Patent #: 3306x
Date Patented: 3/3/1821
Item Patented: Dry scouring

Black Inventor Name: Andrew R. Johnson
Patent #: 3,376,436
Date Patented: 4/2/1968
Item Patented: Precision digital delay circuit

Black Inventor Name: Jack Johnson (The world's first African-American heavyweight champion)
Patent #: 1,413,121
Date Patented: 4/18/1922
Item Patented: Wrench
Patent #: 1,438,709
Date Patented: 12/12/1922
Item Patented: Theft-preventing device for vehicles

Black Inventor Name: Lonnie G. Johnson (inventor of the Super Soaker)
Patent #: various
Date Patented: various
Item Patented: various

Black Inventor Name: Payton Johnson
Patent #: 249,530
Date Patented: 11/15/1881
Item Patented: Swinging chair

Black Inventor Name: Wesley Johnson
Patent #: 627,335
Date Patented: 6/20/1899
Item Patented: Velocipede

Black Inventor Name: Willis Johnson
Patent #: 292,821
Date Patented: 2/5/1884
Item Patented: Egg Beater

Black Inventor Name: Albert A. Jones & Amos E. Long
Patent #: 610,715
Date Patented: 9/13/1898
Item Patented: Caps for bottles, jars, etc.

Black Inventor Name: Felix B. Jones
Patent #: 1,685,673
Date Patented: 9/25/1928
Item Patented: Firearm

Black Inventor Name: Frederick McKinley
Jones

Patent #: various
Date Patented: various
Item Patented: various

Black Inventor Name: Sylvester S. Jones
Patent #: 1,742,862
Date Patented: 1/7/1930
Item Patented: Manicuring device

Black Inventor Name: William B. Jones
Patent #: 2,096,375
Date Patented: 10/19/1937
Item Patented: Dentist apparatus

Black Inventor Name: Marjorie Stewart Joyner (First African American woman patent holder)
Patent #: 1,693,515
Date Patented: 11/27/1928
Item Patented: Permanent waving machine

Black Inventor Name: Percy Lavon Julian
Patent #: various
Date Patented: vaious
Item Patented: various (including synthesized the medicines physostigmine for glaucoma and cortisone for rheumatoid arthritis, invented fire-extinguishing, etc.)

Black Inventor Name: Ernest Just
Patent #: NA
Date Patented: NA
Item Patented: parthenogenesis



“If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal. If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have a faith that can move mountains, but have not love, I am nothing. If I give all I possess to the poor and surrender my body to the flames, but have not love, I gain nothing.” (1 Corinthians 13:1-3)

Wednesday, February 09, 2005

Celebrating Black Inventors (Part H)

Black Inventor Name: William Hale
Patent #: 1,563,278
Date Patented: 11/24/1925
Item Patented: Aeroplane
Patent #: 1,672,212
Date Patented: 6/5/1928
Item Patented: Motor vehicle

Black Inventor Name: Lloyd Augustus Hall
Patent #: various
Date Patented: various
Item Patented: various

Black Inventor Name: Virginia E. Hall
Patent #: 4,016,314
Date Patented: 4/5/1977
Item Patented: Embroided fruit bowl wall hanging

Black Inventor Name: Felix Harding
Patent #: 614,468
Date Patented: 11/22/1898
Item Patented: Extension banquet table

Black Inventor Name: Michael C. Harney
Patent #: 303,844
Date Patented: 8/19/1884
Item Patented: Lantern or lamp

Black Inventor Name: Solomon Harper
Patent #: 1,772,002
Date Patented: 8/5/1930
Item Patented: Electrical hair treating implement
Patent #: 2,648,757
Date Patented: 8/11/1953
Item Patented: Thermostatic controlled hair curlers, combs, & irons
Patent #: 2,711,095
Date Patented: 6/21/1955
Item Patented: Thermostatic controlled fur and material dressing equipment

Black Inventor Name: Jesse Harrison
Patent #: 1,844,036
Date Patented: 2/9/1932
Item Patented: Combination tooth brush and paste holder

Black Inventor Name: Joseph Hawkins
Patent #: 3,973
Date Patented: 3/26/1845
Item Patented: Gridiron

Black Inventor Name: Henry Fairfax Henderson, Jr
Patent #: 4,111,336
Date Patented: 9/5/1978
Item Patented: Weight loss control system

Black Inventor Name: Samuel J. Hines
Patent #: 1,137,971
Date Patented: 5/4/1915
Item Patented: Life preserver
Patent #: 1,911,278
Date Patented: 5/30/1933
Item Patented: Lawn mower attachment

Black Inventor Name: Darnley E. Howard
Patent #: 2,145,116
Date Patented: 1/24/1939
Item Patented: Optical apparatus for indicating the position of a tool

Black Inventor Name: Wilson E. Hull
Patent #: 3,286,064
Date Patented: 11/15/1966
Item Patented: Mass release mechanism for satellites
Patent #: 3,424,403
Date Patented: 1/28/1969
Item Patented: Sublimination timing switch

Black Inventor Name: John W. Hunter
Patent #: 570,553
Date Patented: 11/03/1896
Item Patented: Portable weighing scale

Robert N. Hyde
Patent #: 392,205
Date Patented: 11/6/1888
Item Patented: Composition for cleaning and preserving carpets

Black Inventor Name: Clifton M. Ingram
Patent #: 1,526,215
Date Patented: 2/10/1925
Item Patented: Railroad crossing flag signal
Patent #: 1,542,776
Date Patented: 6/16/1925
Item Patented: Well drilling tool


Why do I keep thinking today is Thursday?



“We ought always to thank God for you, brothers, and rightly so, because your faith is growing more and more, and the love every one of you has for each other is increasing.” (2 Thessalonians 1:3)

Tuesday, February 08, 2005

Celebrating Black Inventors (Part G)

Black Inventor Name: Virgil Arnett Gant
Patent #: 2,643,375
Date Patented: 6/23/1953
Item Patented: Method for treating hair
Patent #: 2,750,947 Date Patented: 6/19/1956
Item Patented: Hair treating composition & method of use for setting
Patent #: 2,787,274
Date Patented: 4/2/1957
Item Patented: Ammonium polysiloxanolate hair treating composition and method for using same

Black Inventor Name: Albert Y. Garner
Patent #: 3,127,357
Date Patented: 3/31/1964
Item Patented: Novel phosphonyl polymers
Patent #: 3,989,702
Date Patented: 11/2/1976
Item Patented: Flame retardant

Black Inventor Name: Vincent A. Gill
Patent #: 2,948,553
Date Patented: 8/9/1960
Item Patented: Quick disconnect valved coupling

Black Inventor Name: Sarah E. Goode (First African-Am Woman to receive a patent)
Patent #: 322,177
Date Patented: 7/14/1885
Item Patented: Cabinet bed

Black Inventor Name: Meredith C. Gourdine (successfully converted natural gas to electricity for everyday use)
Patent #: various in electrogasdynamics
Date Patented: various from 1969-1996
Item Patented: various

Black Inventor Name: George F. Grant
Patent #: 638,920
Date Patented: 12/12/1899
Item Patented: Tapered golf tee (tee raised the golf ball to be slightly off of the ground)

Black Inventor Name: William S. Grant
Patent #: 565,075
Date Patented: 8/4/1896
Item Patented: Curtain rod support

Black Inventor Name: Ervin G. Greene
Patent #: 1,930,354
Date Patented: 10/10/1933
Item Patented: Guard for downspouts

Black Inventor Name: Clarence Gregg
Patent #: 1,277,307
Date Patented: 8/27/1918
Item Patented: Machine gun

Black Inventor Name: James Gregory
Patent #: 361,937
Date Patented: 4/26/1887
Item Patented: Motor

Black Inventor Name: Selim W. Gunn
Patent #: 641,642
Date Patented: 1/16/1900
Item Patented: Shoe

Feel-Good Day

I'm having another one of those "Feel-Good Days." I Love it! God is good!


“You have heard that it was said, ‘Love your neighbor and hate your enemy.’ But I tell you: Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, that you may be sons of your Father in heaven. He causes his sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the righteous and the unrighteous.” (Matthew 5:43-45)


Monday, February 07, 2005

Celebrating Black Inventors (Part F)

Black Inventor Name: Henry Faulkner
Patent #: 426,495
Date Patented: 4/29/1890
Item Patented: Ventilated shoe

Black Inventor Name: David A. Fisher
Patent #: 162,281
Date Patented: 4/20/1875
Item Patented: Joiners-clamp
Patent #: 174,794
Date Patented: 3/13/1876
Item Patented: Furniture casters

Black Inventor Name: Robert F. Flemmings Jr.
Patent #: 338,727
Date Patented: 3/30/1886
Item Patented: Guitar

Black Inventor Name: Louis W. Freeman
Patent #: 1,805,577
Date Patented: 5/19/1931
Item Patented: Cuff for trousers

Black Inventor Name: Clara C. Frye
Patent #: 847,758
Date Patented: 3/19/1907
Item Patented: Surgical appliance

Black Inventor Name: Irvin S. Frye
Patent #: 3,468,123
Date Patented: 9/23/1969
Item Patented: Adjustable shackle

Save Me!

I need to vent:

I don't like working for commission and then when I make decent money, the people want to throw monkey wrenches in the middle. It's unfair and unprofessional, I work better with people who stick to their word! What is really going on, we're BOTH making money! I can't believe this!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!I'm appalled that adults act this way, wait... no I'm not, this is MONEY we're talking about. They've just added GREED in the mix, and THAT'S what threw me off!!!!! I don't like worrying about dealing with greedy people!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Lord, can you bless me with a job that doesn't mind me making a large amount of money, because they know that they are also making a large amount of money? In Jesus' name, thank you.

46 Days Left!

Good News!
I came home today and Toy Story 2 was in the mailbox waiting for me. I didn't even get out of my car, I drove it straight to my neighbor's house and put it in his hands. If you don't know the situation, you can start reading about it here.


"Let those who love the LORD hate evil, for he guards the lives of his faithful ones and delivers them from the hand of the wicked." (Psalm 97:10)

Sunday, February 06, 2005

Celebrating Black Inventors (Part E)

Black Inventor Name: Clarence L. Elder
Patent #: 3,165,188
Date Patented: 1/12/1965
Item Patented: Timing device
Patent #: 3,367,525
Date Patented: 2/6/1968
Item Patented: Non-capsizable container
Patent #: 3,556,531
Date Patented: 1/19/1971
Item Patented: Sweepstake programmer
Patent #: 3,594,003
Date Patented: 7/20/1971
Item Patented: Programmed association game
Patent #: 3,770,269
Date Patented: 11/6/1973
Item Patented: Random unit generator amusement device
Patent #: 4,000,400
Date Patented: 12/28/1976
Item Patented: Bidirectional monitoring and control system

Black Inventor Name: Thomas Elkins
Patent #: 100,020
Date Patented: 2/22/1870
Item Patented: Combined dining, ironing table, and quilting frame
Patent #: 122,518
Date Patented: 1/9/1872
Item Patented: Chamber commode
Patent #: 221,222
Date Patented: 11/4/1879
Item Patented: Refrigerating apparatus

Black Inventor Name: Philip Emeagwali
Patent #: NA
Date Patented: multi
Item Patented: Hyperball computer networks

Black Inventor Name: Philip E. Emile
Patent #: 2,982,868
Date Patented: 5/2/1961
Item Patented: Transistorized gating circuit
Patent #: 3,005,963
Date Patented: 10/24/1961
Item Patented: Transistorized multivibrator circuit adapted to oscillate for only a predetermined time

Black Inventor Name: Robert L. Engram
Patent #: 3,806,938
Date Patented: 4/23/1974
Item Patented: Shock falsing inhibitor circuit for a plural tone receiver

Black Inventor Name: John H. Evans
Patent #: 591,095
Date Patented: 10/5/1897
Item Patented: Convertible settee and bed


Making That Move!

Wow! Hubby and I were in church (sitting on the first pew) and at the end of service Pastor had an alter call and I'll be darn, he called us down to pray for anyone who needed prayer. He also called about 10 other couples too, but I'm not talking about them, I'm talking about us! What? We've never done that before, I sure hope God told him that we were ready, because I couldn't even answer if we were ready or not. I also know that we're not going to gain any experience if we don't step out on faith. So of course, I was standing up there praying that God uses me to help His people in need. We had prayer requests for bill-paying, a new job, parents being open to interracial relationships, and even parents being open to dating of a different religion. I definitely sealed my thoughts on whether I feel sentiment for other people. One person came up to us crying, and without either of us saying a word, I hugged her and had just as many crocodile tears coming out of my eyes as she did hers. I can recall doing that same thing about four years ago, and actually feeling this person was going to kill herself. Whew... that's for another day. Anyway, this is surely something we've never done before, but we did a great job. We're going to meet with Pastor on Friday, hopefully he'll tell us more about his plans in using us. I spoke with Hubby about it, and he's definitely into going where God wants him to go.


“He who pursues righteousness and love finds life, prosperity and honor.” (Proverbs 21:21)

Friday, February 04, 2005

Celebrating Black Inventors (Part D)

Black Inventor Name: Mark E. Dean
Patent #: 4,528,626
Date Patented: 8/9/1985
Item Patented: Improvements in computer architecture

Black Inventor Name: William A. Deitz
Patent #: 64,205
Date Patented: 4/30/1867
Item Patented: Shoe

Black Inventor Name: Ronald S. Demon
Inventor's Website:VectraSense Technologies
Patent #: 5,813,142
Date Patented: 9/29/1998
Item Patented: Shoe sole with an adjustable support pattern

Black Inventor Name: Lewis B. Dorcas
Patent #: 868,417
Date Patented: 10/15/1907
Item Patented: Stove

Black Inventor Name: Clatonia Joaquin Dorticus
Patent #: 535,820
Date Patented: 3/19/1895
Item Patented: Device for applying coloring liquids to sides of soles or heels of shoes
Patent #: 537,442
Date Patented: 4/16/1895
Item Patented: Machine for embossing photographs
Patent #: 537,968
Date Patented: 4/23/1895
Item Patented: Photographic print washer
Patent #: 629,315
Date Patented: 7/18/1899
Item Patented: Hose leak stop

Black Inventor Name: William Douglass
Date Patented: 5/2/1905
Patent #: 789,010
Item Patented: Self-binding harvester
Patent #: 789,120
Item Patented: Band-twister
Patent #: 789,122
Item Patented: Carrier chain

Black Inventor Name: Philip B. Downing
Patent #: 430,118
Date Patented: 6/17/1890
Item Patented: Street railway switch
Patent #: 462,092
Date Patented: 10/27/1891
Patent #: 462,093
Date Patented: 10/27/1891
Item Patented: Letter Box

Black Inventor Name: Dr. Charles Richard Drew
Item Patented: Blood bank

Black Inventor Name: Charles A. Dyer
Patent #: 3,732,632
Date Patented: 5/15/1973
Item Patented: Teaching aid

Here's my oldest on her Leap Pad

and my youngest on the children's (old Mac) laptop



“I love you, O LORD, my strength. The LORD is my rock, my fortress and my deliverer; my God is my rock, in whom I take refuge. He is my shield and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold. ” (Psalm 18:1,2)

Thursday, February 03, 2005

Celebrating Black Inventors (Part C)

Black Inventor Name: George R. Carruthers
Patent #: 3,478,216
Date Patented: 11/11/1969
Item Patented: Far-ultraviolet Camera and Spectrograph

Black Inventor Name: William C. Carter
Patent #: 323,397
Date Patented: 8/4/1885
Item Patented: Umbrella Stand

Black Inventor Name: George Washington Carver
Patent #: 1,522,176
Date Patented: 1/6/1925
Item Patented: Cosmetics & Plant Products
Patent #: 1,541,478
Date Patented: 6/9/1925
Item Patented: Paints & Stains
Patent #: 1,632,365
Date Patented: 6/14/1927
Item Patented: Paints & Stains

Black Inventor Name: Jerry M. Certain
Patent #: 639,708
Date Patented: 12/26/1899
Item Patented: Parcel Carrier for Bicycles

Black Inventor Name: Coit Timothy Chapman
Patent #: 423,311
Date Patented: 3/11/1890
Item Patented: Cotton planter and fertilizer distributer

Black Inventor Name: Emmett W. Chappelle
Patent #: 3,520,660
Date Patented: 8/14/1970
Item Patented: Light Detection Instrument
Patent #: 3,971,703
Date Patented: 8/27/1976
Item Patented: Method of Detecting & Counting Bacteria
Patent #: 4,385,113
Date Patented: 5/24/1983
Item Patented: Rapid, Quantitative Determination of Bacteria in Water

Black Inventor Name: Matthew A. Cherry
Patent #: 382,351
Date Patented: 5/8/1888
Item Patented: Velocipede
Patent #: 531,908
Date Patented: 1/1/1895
Item Patented: Street Car Fender

Black Inventor Name: Charles T. Christmas
Patent #: 226,492
Date Patented: 4/13/1880
Item Patented: Hand-power attachment for sewing machines
Patent #: 228,036
Date Patented: 5/25/1880
Item Patented: Baling press
Patent #: 231,273
Date Patented: 8/17/1880
Item Patented: Bale band tightener

Black Inventor Name: James Cooper
Patent #: 536,605
Date Patented: 4/2/1895
Patent #: 590,257
Date Patented: 9/21/1897
Item Patented: Elevator safety device

Black Inventor Name: Jonas Cooper
Patent #: 276,563
Date Patented: 5/1/1883
Item Patented: Shutter and fastening

Black Inventor Name: Donald J. Cotton
Patent #: 4,040,932
Date Patented: 8/9/1977
Item Patented: Vertical liquid electrode employed in electrolytic
cells
Patent #: 4,327,443
Date Patented: 4/27/1982
Item Patented: Capillary liquid fuel nuclear reactor

Black Inventor Name: William Childs Curtis
Patent #: 4,034,373
Date Patented: 7/5/1977
Item Patented: Airborne moving-target indicating radar system

That's A Blessing

Remember the Toy Story 1 & Little Mermaid 2 that was sent to me instead of Toy Story 2 from this situation? Well I wrote the company an email and asked if we can keep the two dvd's instead of returning them along with him sending the correct one and he agreed! Wow, that was so wonderful of him. So we should be getting Toy Story 2 in the mail soon.


“But I will sing of your strength, in the morning I will sing of your love; for you are my fortress, my refuge in times of trouble.” (Psalm 59:16)


Wednesday, February 02, 2005

Celebrating Black Inventors (Part B)

Black Inventor Name: David Baker
Patent #: 1,054,267
Date Patented: 2/25/1913
Item Patented: Railway Signal Apparatus
Patent #: 1,154,162
Date Patented: 9/21/1915
Item Patented: Signal Apparatus High Water Indicator for Bridges
Patent #: 1,620,054
Date Patented: 3/8/1827
Item Patented: Interliners to Prevent Tire Punctures

Black Inventor Name: Benjamin Banneker
Patent #: NA
Date Patented: 1791
Item Patented: Farmers' Almanac

Black Inventor Name: Charles M. Banks
Patent #: 1,758,640
Date Patented: 5/13/1930
Item Patented: Hydraulic Jack
Patent #: 1,774,693
Date Patented: 9/2/1930
Item Patented: Jack
Patent #: 1,893,757
Date Patented: 1/10/1933
Item Patented: Release Valve

Black Inventor Name: James A. Bauer
Patent #: 3,490,571
Date Patented: 1/20/1970
Item Patented: Coin Changer Mechanism

Black Inventor Name: George E. Becket
Patent #: 483,525
Date Patented: 10/4/1892
Item Patented: Letter Box

Black Inventor Name: Edmond Berger
Patent #: NA
Date Patented: 2/2/1839
Item Patented: Spark plug

Black Inventor Name: Bertha Berman
Patent #: 2,907,055
Date Patented: 10/6/1959
Item Patented: Fitted Bed Sheets

Black Inventor Name: Bessie Blount
Patent #: 2,550,554
Date Patented: 1951
Item Patented: Device to help the disabled eat

Black Inventor Name: David M. Bondu
Patent #: 3,907,289
Date Patented: 9/23/1975
Item Patented: Golf tee

Black Inventor Name: Sarah Boone
Patent #: 473,653
Date Patented: 4/26/1892
Item Patented: Ironing Board

Black Inventor Name: Phil Brooks
Patent #: 3,802,434
Date Patented: 4/9/1974
Item Patented: Disposable Syringe

Black Inventor Name: Marie Van Brittan Brown
Patent #: 3,482,037
Date Patented: 12/2/1969
Item Patented: Home security system utilizing television surveillance

Black Inventor Name: Oscar. E. Brown
Patent #: 481,271
Date Patented: 8/23/1892
Item Patented: Horse Shoe

Black Inventor Name: John Albert Burr
Patent #: 624,749
Date Patented: 5/9/1899
Item Patented: Lawn Mower

Black Inventor Name: Richard A. Butler
Patent #: 584,540
Date Patented: 6/15/1897
Item Patented: Train Alarm


“However, as it is written: “No eye has seen, no ear has heard, no mind has conceived what God has prepared for those who love him”– ” (1 Corinthians 2:9)

Tuesday, February 01, 2005

Celebrating Black Inventors (Part A)

Black Inventor Name: Nathaniel Alexander
Patent #: 997,108
Date Patented: 7/4/1911
Item Patented: Folding Chair

Black Inventor Name: James B. Allen
Patent #: 551,105
Date Patented: 12/10/1895
Item Patented: Clothes Line Support

Black Inventor Name: James Metthew Allen
Patent #: 2,085,624
Date Patented: 6/29/1937
Item Patented: Remote control apparatus

Black Inventor Name: Robert T. Allen
Patent #: 3,071,243
Date Patented: 1/1/1963
Item Patented: Vertical coin counting tube


“Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God, the LORD is one. Love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength.” (Deuteronomy 6:4 and 5)