Attack @ MindSay 
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Called Blondie, who very considerately had left a message on her phone that she wasn’t home, she was at the mall but would be home by noon. Um..ok…so just tell every thief that your home is empty and to help themselves. Ok, call at noon – no Blondie and why am I surprised since . Blondie runs on Blondie time. I'm convinced that her watch has a 13 o’clock on it.
So I finally reach her at 2:30 (she'd just got home) and tell her about the ceiling fan attacking us. She responds with…oh you can go buy yourselves a new one. Um….no, not happening because last time we paid for a repair it took us 3 months to get reimbursed.
So then I mention AGAIN that it hit The Man, as in injured and that I’ve taken pictures. Does she ask how he is? Of course not.
Pursuing my advantage I mention that The Man *could* try to re-hang the old fan, but that I don’t think it’s a good idea because it is quite obvious that all the parts aren’t there and it was installed incorrectly to begin with and have I mentioned that I’ve taken pictures? Perhaps it was the mention of the incorrect wire nuts being a fire hazard and the naked wires and have I mentioned that I’ve taken pictures? Some how pictures must have finally percolated and transferred into lawsuit in that dim blonde mind because suddenly she has a new one that she will drop by this evening free of charge (to us) tho I know she has every intention of charging the owner for the fan as well as for The Man's labor (because I plan to deduct his labor from our next month's rent).
So Blondie is due to bring by the new fan and The Man will hang it, now if she can just manage to drive it to our place..*Sigh…...
Saturday night (well morning about 3:36 according to The Man who looked) we were blissfully sleeping (he was snoring and I was just about finally asleep) when we were viciously attacked from above. The attack happened with no warning and without any provocation and sent both The Man and I scrambling in different directions. He up against the bedroom wall on his side of the bed with fists doubled up looking to kill whoever had dared hit him while he slept…with a major flashback to his days as a Marine in wartime. I was up against the other wall…terrified not only because I couldn’t see (contacts were out) but also suffering from my own flashbacks to a time when I was in an abusive relationship (his ‘what the f**cking hell at the top of his lungs doing nothing to help my situation).
When we both realized that the attacker was an IT rather than a WHO, and that the attack had been accompanied by the sound of a crash and breaking glass, I asked him if he was alright and at his answer….”F**CK NO!” I managed to turn the light on my nightstand on.
We both gazed in astonishment at the face of our attacker. The ceiling fan above our bed had fallen. Fallen right on The Man’s ankle. We cleaned up the glass and he managed to get 2 more hours of sleep before having to go to work. Did I sleep? Not one damned wink until about 7 am and then only fitfully…..part of me still back in a time and place that still gives me nightmares.
In the cold light of day the most-mortem on the battered remains of the attacker was conducted. Now I will readily admit that I am not the most ‘handy with tools’ girl in the entire world but neither am I stupid where mechanical items are concerned. I looked at the mount on the ceiling. Looked at the part on the floor which SHOULD go into the mount. They don’t match. The angles don’t match up to fit the screws or the holes. Simple science cannot defy logic, even when it comes to ceiling fans. Two parts match up and the screw goes thru even I know that….these do NOT match, not in your wildest dreams.
Upon coming home The Man confirms my findings (he’s installed many a ceiling fan). Not only do the parts NOT match up, The Man upon further investigation states that the bracket in the ceiling is not the correct one to support the fan, nor are the caps they used on the wires the correct ones. We’ve no idea what has supported it for so long…it had to be more than 3 little wires but at this point I really don’t care because the frightening reality is that we’ve been sleeping under this ceiling fan for OVER 2 AND A HALF YEARS! We were talking about re-arranging the bedroom furniture (turning the bed) and had we done so…well the fan would have hit him in the gut, not the ankle.
Today (Monday) I get to call the woman who collects our rent checks for the owner, to discuss this issue with her. I’ve taken pictures of both the ceiling mount and the remains of the fan as well as The Man’s swollen and bruised ankle…(thank the Gods it isn’t broken or worse). I am not looking forward to speaking with her because (although she is a brunette) her nickname between The Man and I is ‘Blondie’. The woman is every cliché about every blonde ever made. With my luck her husband will have been the one which installed the damn fan. *Sigh.
A Response to Threat
"He shall cover thee with his feathers, and under his wings shalt thou trust: his truth shall be thy shield and buckler. Thou shalt not be afraid for the terror by night; nor the arrow that flieth by day." (Psalm 91:4-5)
On this day we remember the unprovoked attack on America by Muslim terrorists. Despite attempts to make the country more secure, the threat remains scarcely abated today. What should the Christian's response be? In our text above, we see that we have no cause for fear. The physical danger may be real, but our Lord promises protection in tender words likened to a mother bird's care for her young. Our ultimate deliverance is guaranteed by His sure promises. Trust in His power and truth sustains us as surely as would a shield and buckler.
Our hope cannot ultimately rest in mere military might. God does not promise temporal safety to all, for there have been millions who have succumbed to undeserved violence. Our last hope is of a different order, firmly grounded in "the LORD, which is my refuge" (v. 9). He responds to our trust and worship with the promise "With long |better translated as 'eternal'| life will I satisfy him, and shew him my salvation" (v. 16). Much more interested in our response to troubles than in our deliverance, He desires us to believe and serve Him, all the while trusting Him, even in perilous times.
A New Testament application of this principal can be found in 1 Peter 3:14: "if ye suffer for righteousness' sake, happy are ye: and be not afraid of their terror, neither be troubled." The remedy? "But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts: and be ready always to give an answer to every man that asketh you a reason of the hope that is in you with meekness and fear" (1 Peter 3:15).
The Lord Jesus Christ is Himself our example and inspiration. "For consider him that endured such contradiction of sinners against himself, lest ye be wearied and faint in your minds" (Hebrews 12:3). Fixing our eyes upon Him, we have no cause for fear. JDM
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September 11, 2008 
By MALIA WOLLAN, Associated Press Writer
Mon Jul 21, 9:28 PM ET
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080722/ap_on_re_us/wiesel_accosted&printer=1;_ylt=Am0Wp8k9aLcN12fuFQVO12dH2ocA
A New Jersey man who once claimed insanity was convicted Monday of a hate crime for accosting Nazi death camp survivor and scholar Elie Wiesel in a hotel elevator.
Eric Hunt, 24, was convicted in San Francisco Superior Court of one felony charge of false imprisonment with a hate crime allegation. Hunt was also convicted of two misdemeanor counts — one for battery and one for elder abuse.
The jury dismissed charges of attempted kidnapping, stalking and a second false imprisonment charge.
He had withdrawn his original not guilty by reason of insanity plea, eliminating the need for a second trial to determine his sanity at the time of the crime.
Hunt shook in his seat after the verdict was read. He could face as long as three years in prison.
"We are pleased with the verdict," said his attorney, John Runfola. "I'm just saddened it took this long to get justice for this young guy who is mentally ill."
During the nine-day trial, Wiesel, 79, testified that he thought Hunt was trying to kidnap him when he was forcefully pulled off an elevator at San Francisco's Argent Hotel on Feb. 1, 2007.
On the witness stand, Wiesel read comments allegedly written on a Web site by Hunt calling Wiesel's accounts of the Holocaust "fictitious."
Wiesel's parents and younger sister died in Nazi death camps during World War II. He received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1986 and has written more than 40 books, many of them about the Holocaust and Judaism.
Hunt's lawyers contend that his online statements were the result of a mental illness and not anti-Semitism and that Hunt is being treated.
"He is not a Holocaust denier," Runfola said.
Sentencing is set for August.
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