Monday, February 28, 2011

...get a notebook!

not just any old notebook. a writers notebook! and nope its not a journal or a some girly diary. ack! those just say whats happening all day in your life and for sure it could be pretty boring unless you got a real exciting life. a writers notebook is something real special and every word in it is exciting and could end up in a neat story.

miss shannon odonnell sent me a set of three cool writers books and heres what mr ralph fletcher wrote in on of those books called a writers notebook …

“Writers are like other people, except for at least one important difference. Other people have daily thought and feelings, notice this say or that smell, but they don’t do much about it. All those thoughts, feelings, sensations, and opinions pass through them like the air they breathe. Not writers. Writers react. And writers need a place to record those reactions. That’s what a writer’s notebook is for. It gives you a place to write down what makes you angry or sad or amazed, to write down what you noticed and don’t want to forget.”

wow! how cool is that!

whats neat bout having a notebook is you got it with you all the time so you dont need to get panicked out and run round looking for a pencil and some paper when theres something cool that jumps into your head and you wanna jot it down.

whats the best kinda notebook? any kind you could want cause it just only for you and its gotta be a fit for you. some writers got all fancy flowery ones or got stuff they like on the front. some got just plain old paper with lines or not with lines. some are small and some are big and some are computer notebooks. you gotta find what could works best for you. for me i got lined paper cause I write crooked if I don’t got lines. ha ha.

keeping a writers note book is a big help for ideas and characters and lots of other stuff. whats neat is its not a time thing and you could use a idea today or next week or in ten years and its still fresh like you just wrote it.

i love my writers notebook!

do you use a writers notebook and if you do what kind is it and how do you use it?

hugs from... lenny

Sunday, February 20, 2011

...in the navy!

WOW! did you know dolphins and sea lions are in the navy! yep! theyre helping fight terror all over the world and watching the coasts and helping do lots of other neat stuff. they been at it from way back in the 1960s in the U.S. Navy Marine Mammal Program.

how do they get trained
it takes 4 years to get dolphins and sea lions trained and 5 weeks to get a navy handler trained. mostly the training gets done in san diego california. first they learn how to “breach” and thats jump back in the boat or on the dock on a signal. they get started in the shallow water and when they know what theyre sposed to do they keep going deeper and deeper. after that they get trained on lots of other stuff. they get rewarded with food and lots of attention and a good home. they wear harnesses with cameras and pingers but not tethers and could swim away any time they want but they know a good thing when they got it and not one ever swam away. theyre real smart, got great underwater senses and learn real easy. theyre good divers and could go down more times in a row than a navy diver and could go faster and more deep than a navy diver and find and mark or bring back stuff lots faster.

what do they learn how to do
mostly theyre trained for finding and marking or bringing back stuff like mines and equipment. theyre part of the navys ORT and that’s Object Recovery Team. other stuff they do is carry parts and tools back and forth for building stuff and find lost divers and lead them back to safety. they get used as sentries for harbors and ships to find enemy swimmers and when theyre on patrol they carry locators in their mouth. when they spot a enemy diver a dolphin bumps his tank with his mouth and that puts a thing on his air tank thats got a float that floats up to the surface. a sea lion zaps a handcuff on the divers arm or leg and its got a float that goes up to the surface. cause sea lions could see lots better than dolphins in cloudy water they get used lots for patrolling round piers and pilings looking for bombs or enemy swimmers or stuff thats not sposed to be there.

how do they get transported
the navys got special designed carriers that could go on ships, boats on the road, in airplanes and in helicopters. theyre made so the dolphins and sea lions stay safe and wet for just as far as they gotta travel. they could get to any place that needs them in just only 72 hours. they been used for mine clearing in the vietnam war and in the persian gulf in the iraq war.

who takes care of them
the u.s. army vets take really good care of the dolphins and sea lions and they got some of the most best equipment and high tech medical stuff. they go along with the navy on all the training and the for real missions so they could be there if a dolphin or sea lion needs some vet stuff. they make sure they get good food and the best care.

cool video
if you wanna see a really neat video about dolphins and sea lions being in the navy and see them getting trained and working go here.

question
how do you like knowing you got dolphins and sea lions helping protect you? for me i say WOW! how cool is that!

hooray for dolphins! hooray for sea lions!

…hugs from lenny

Wednesday, February 16, 2011

...miss nicoles blogfest

What is your favorite word?  remission!!
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What is your least favorite word? asparagus! ick! just look how ugly a word it is and how ugly it sounds. ack! and it looks like a fat green weed and tastes like a yucky fat green weed. ick! ick! ack!
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What turns you on creatively, spiritually or emotionally? creatively – mostly everything specially nature and people and animals and music. spiritually – mother earth and for sure swimming with wild dolphins. emotionally – love and lots of times its watching moms and dads being real loving with their kids. sometimes its sad stuff specially when some ones hurting and i cant do nothing about it.
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What turns you off? cruelty to kids and people and animals. mean people and selfish people.
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What is your favorite curse word? shizz!!! (thanks candyland!) ha ha
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What sound or noise do you love? theres lots of sounds i could love but if i gotta pick just only one its the sound of sea and its sometimes when the big white capped waves are crashing over the rocks and spraying misty salt water on your face and sometimes when the more gentle waves are just lapping real easy on the beach and you got a warm breeze on your face
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What sound or noise do you hate? yikes! for sure i hate hearing that loud whaling tornado warning siren specially in the middle of the night. i get sooooo scared.
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What profession other than your own would you like to attempt? i dont got one right now lest you say school is one. but for sure when i grow up besides being a writer i could wanna be its a race car driver cause i love going really fast. zoooooooom!!!
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What profession would you not like to do? i couldnt wanna be a vet cause i couldnt never put a animal down even though i know its the most best thing.
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If Heaven exists, what would you like to hear God say when you arrive at the Pearly Gates? i could want god to say welcome lenny. come on in. your moms been waiting for you. look! shes right over there!
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thats all my answers. you could go here to see more bloggers thats in miss nicoles blogfest.
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…hugs from lenny

Monday, February 14, 2011

...happy valentines day!


im wishing for all my special blogger friends a BIG happy valentines day. for sure this is a day when were sposed to say i love you. but i gotta tell you that not just on today only but on every day i love you!

…lots of love and big hugs from lenny


HAPPY VALENTINES DAY!!!