http://www.bakersfieldvoice.com/home/Blog/tomatoe en-us http://www.bakersfieldvoice.com/home/Blog/tomatoe/46781 <p>&nbsp;3 months later &amp; I wish I was back there already :) ... perhaps I never left :)</p> <p>I'm packed &amp;&nbsp;ready 2 go again kitten :) ... hahahaha</p> <p>- Aloha &amp; Agape Michael</p> Thu, 02 Jul 2009 10:45:22 PDT http://www.bakersfieldvoice.com/home/Blog/tomatoe/37871 <p>I've found some other Modern Day Bible Stories here ...</p> <p><a href="http://www.comfortingscriptures.com/stories/Table_of_Contents.html">http://www.comfortingscriptures.com/stories/Table_of_Contents.html</a></p> <p><br /> Lord willing they would be a good fit with your readers...</p> <p style="text-align: center">Table of Contents</p> <p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a class="no_underline" title="If You So Choose poses the question, &ldquo;Would you rather live your life believing there was a god, and when you died find out there wasn&rsquo;t, or would you rather live your life believing there wasn&rsquo;t a god and when you died find out there was?&rdquo; Describes the one unpardonable sin and the five steps to heaven." href="http://www.comfortingscriptures.com/stories/Alan_-_If_You_So_Choose.html">Alan - If You So Choose</a><br /> <br /> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a class="no_underline" title="Just because I&rsquo;m Blind Do You think I Cannot See? reminds us to guard what we say to others, and the physical harm we can do to ourselves if we do not have forgiveness in our hearts. Once sincerely expressed, forgiveness can have life changing consequences for others and ourselves" href="http://www.comfortingscriptures.com/stories/Belinda_-_Just_Because_I'm_Blind_Do_You_Think_I_Cannot_See.html">Belinda - Just Because I'm Blind Do You Think I Cannot See</a><br /> <br /> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a class="no_underline" title="Against a background of client-lawyer privilege in an action for fraud, The Envelope speaks of the dangers of failing to tell the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth. It also reminds us of how difficult it is for a rich person to enter the gates of heaven." href="http://www.comfortingscriptures.com/stories/Charles_-_The_Envelope.html">Charles - The Envelope</a><br /> <br /> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a class="no_underline" title="A young mother&rsquo;s search for The Second Job teaches her the power of prayer and how we can receive God&rsquo;s mercy and grace to help in time of need. Also, that God will give generously of His wisdom if we but ask for it in faith." href="http://www.comfortingscriptures.com/stories/Dawn_-_The_Second_Job.html">Dawn - The Second Job</a><br /> <br /> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a class="no_underline" title="Eric&rsquo;s Last Wish, which was duly granted, was that he be remembered, not at a funeral or memorial service, but at a joyful, musical evening. At one time homeless, Eric rebounded back, marrying a young lady whose devotion reminds us of the biblical story of Ruth." href="http://www.comfortingscriptures.com/stories/Eric's_Last_Wish.html">Eric's Last Wish</a><br /> <br /> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a class="no_underline" title="A hard-hearted agency worker contemplates Other Arrangements for a young widow and her three small children. Following the example of Queen Esther in the Bible, the mother is not afraid to take a risk and make a sacrifice in seeking a better life for herself and her loved ones." href="http://www.comfortingscriptures.com/stories/Faith_-_Other_Arrangements.html">Faith - Other Arrangements</a><br /> <br /> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a class="no_underline" title="The story of a small boy, badly beaten by his mother, Incident at Falcon Way, records the outcome of her trial and subsequent search for forgiveness." href="http://www.comfortingscriptures.com/stories/George_-_Incident_At_Falcon_Way.html">George - Incident At Falcon Way</a><br /> <br /> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a class="no_underline" title="God knows the plans He has for us, plans to prosper and not to harm us, plans to give us hope and a future. Plain Jane learns these plans include being swept off her feet on the dance floor where she shines in the light of God&rsquo;s Amazing Grace." href="http://www.comfortingscriptures.com/stories/Helen_-_God's_Amazing_Grace.html">Helen - God's Amazing Grace</a><br /> <br /> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a class="no_underline" title="You can never know The Extent of Your Resources until you are thrust upon them is the maxim that took Ian from postboy to the highest paid corporate executive in the country. Along the way, he teaches us that it pleases God if we take injustice patiently." href="http://www.comfortingscriptures.com/stories/Ian_-_The_Extent_Of_Your_Resources.html">Ian - The Extent Of Your Resources<br /> </a><br /> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a class="no_underline" title="Old No. 9 pays tribute to the number on the shirt of the central attacking position in English football known as center forward. Here the retired sportsman mentors a twelve-year-old orphan in a hospice, knowing this to be religion that is pure and undefiled before God." href="http://www.comfortingscriptures.com/stories/Jamie_-_Old_No_9.html">Jamie - Old No 9</a><br /> <br /> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a class="no_underline" title="The Sins of the Father recounts how absolutely vital it is to take what the Bible has to tell us in proper context. Kay learnt to do so and found it to be a liberating experience in more ways than one." href="http://www.comfortingscriptures.com/stories/Kay_-_The_Sins_of_the_Father.html">Kay - The Sins of the Father</a><br /> <br /> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a class="no_underline" title="The reading of The Will shows Leonard and other beneficiaries the value of making God the center of our world, the spirit of forgiveness and the opportunity of redemption. There follows a most realistic foretaste of Judgment Day and a reminder of how empty life is without Jesus Christ as our Lord and Savior. " href="http://www.comfortingscriptures.com/stories/Leonard_-_The_will.html">Leonard - The will</a><br /> <br /> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a class="no_underline" title="We Always Do refers to the promises our heavenly Father and His beloved Son Jesus Christ unfailingly keep. Mildred feels unworthy to enter the Kingdom of Heaven but Jesus gently explains to her how He kept His promise to come and receive her unto Himself." href="http://www.comfortingscriptures.com/stories/Mildred_-_We_Always_Do.html">Mildred - We Always Do</a><br /> <br /> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a class="no_underline" title="A Mysterious Letter of Appreciation, written anonymously by a student to their Sunday school teacher, tells through the eyes of a beautifully dressed, supremely polite little girl, how each of us receives the Word of God as it is sown in our lives." href="http://www.comfortingscriptures.com/stories/Neville_-_A_Little_Seedling.html">Neville - A Little Seedling</a><br /> <br /> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a class="no_underline" title="Faced with having to decide between two competing alternatives, each with the opportunity to do a towering amount of good for a great many people, what would you do? This is the dilemma faced by a job applicant in The Decision." href="http://www.comfortingscriptures.com/stories/Ophelia_-_The_Decision.html">Ophelia - The Decision</a><br /> <br /> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a class="no_underline" title="Is your life one of quiet desperation or do you live an abundant life? Do you have freedom from fear, constant good news, Joy That Knows No Bounds, and a Savior who is Christ the Lord? Read how Paul was encouraged to receive these four blessings and how they can be yours as well." href="http://www.comfortingscriptures.com/stories/Paul_-_Joy_That_Knows_No_Bounds.html">Paul - Joy That Knows No Bounds</a><br /> <br /> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a class="no_underline" title="The Shoe Shine Boy wants to give us a foretaste of heaven but there&rsquo;s an estimated waiting time of five years, reservations can only be made in person and guests can only stay one night. However, there&rsquo;s no charge because everything&rsquo;s been paid for already." href="http://www.comfortingscriptures.com/stories/Querida_-_The_Shoe_Shine_Boy.html">Querida - The Shoe Shine Boy</a><br /> <br /> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a class="no_underline" title="A Child Gives Thanks in words of simple elegance after receiving the Student of the Year award. Suffering from an illness that requires much medication, which in turn causes him to misbehave, we read how his life is turned round in a surprising way." href="http://www.comfortingscriptures.com/stories/Roger_-_A_Child_Gives_Thanks.html">Roger - A Child Gives Thanks</a><br /> <br /> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a class="no_underline" title="Is your faith in God so strong that you can say unto this mountain, away with you and be you cast into the sea, knowing it shall be done? Shirley, activities director at a home for the elderly, had such faith rewarded on St. Patrick&rsquo;s Day when an unknown tenor arrived to sing that much loved Irish ballad, Danny Boy." href="http://www.comfortingscriptures.com/stories/Shirley_-_Danny_Boy.html">Shirley - Danny Boy</a><br /> <br /> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a class="no_underline" title="Travis is a visionary. Resident of a small and beautiful island, he determines to tackle the issue of rising unemployment in a way that is the envy of The Man with the Crucifix from the mainland. Together they set out to make the vision a reality." href="http://www.comfortingscriptures.com/stories/Travis_-_The_Man_With_The_Crufix.html">Travis - The Man With The Crufix</a><br /> <br /> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a class="no_underline" title="During his twenty year&rsquo;s of service, a security officer&rsquo;s birthday had never once been acknowledged. On the day of his retirement, Ursula, the newest member of staff, assisted by an immaculately attired international flight crew, ensures the officer will have A Birthday Remembered." href="http://www.comfortingscriptures.com/stories/Ursula_-_A_Birthday_Remembered.html">Ursula - A Birthday Remembered</a><br /> <br /> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a class="no_underline" title="God may be omniscient and omnipotent but there are five things He cannot do. Risking expulsion from his professor&rsquo;s class, Vincent explains what they are and reminds us in a poem that You Are a Child of God." href="http://www.comfortingscriptures.com/stories/Vincent_-_You_Are_A_Child_Of_God.html">Vincent - You Are A Child Of God</a><br /> <br /> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a class="no_underline" title="A throwaway remark from an old high school friend becomes a turning point in Wendy&rsquo;s life that leads on to fortune. But it also produces a crisis of faith that could result in her undoing, But for the Love of Christ." href="http://www.comfortingscriptures.com/stories/Wendy_-_But_For_The_Love_Of_Christ.html">Wendy - But For The Love Of Christ</a><br /> <br /> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a class="no_underline" title="In the course of his itinerant ministry, Pastor Xavier shows an impoverished village how it can set itself on the path to prosperity. Firmly believing it is more blessed to give than to receive, Pastor Xavier asked nothing in return &ndash; which is why, following his tragic death, he lies in An Unmarked Grave. " href="http://www.comfortingscriptures.com/stories/Xavier_-_An_Unmarked_Grave.html">Xavier - An Unmarked Grave</a><br /> <br /> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a class="no_underline" title="An egotistical patient in a major Christian research hospital haughtily asks Yolanda, a nurse, Do You Know Who I Am? She does, and bidding him be still while she carries out some tests, tells him about some people whose experiences should give him cause for hope for his recovery." href="http://www.comfortingscriptures.com/stories/Yolanda_-_Do_You_Know_who_I_Am.html">Yolanda - Do You Know who I Am</a><br /> <br /> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a class="no_underline" title="A writer of biblically based stories finds a publisher and decides how to give back to God all that he has received. The needs of children who are impoverished are close to his heart because Of Such Is the Kingdom of God." href="http://www.comfortingscriptures.com/stories/Zachary_-_Of_Such_Is_The_Kingdom_Of_Heaven.html">Zachary - Of Such Is The Kingdom Of Heaven</a><br /> &nbsp;</p> <p>- &nbsp;Agape Michael</p> Fri, 28 Nov 2008 15:25:04 PST http://www.bakersfieldvoice.com/home/Blog/tomatoe/1553 <p>... @ the tomatoe&rsquo;s SOHO &hellip; Betta CAM staring Tangering Clementine !!!</p> <p><img height="471" alt="At the tomatoe’s SOHO … Betta CAM staring Tangering Clementine !!!" width="400" src="http://65.108.190.245//friends/MySpace/images/cap737-8.gif" /></p> <p><a href="http://www.michaeldetomaso.com/webcam/index_WCFONW.html">http://www.michaeldetomaso.com/webcam/index_WCFONW.html</a></p> <p>- Enjoy Michael</p> Wed, 17 Jan 2007 08:55:23 PST http://www.bakersfieldvoice.com/home/Blog/tomatoe/1535 <p>Now would be a good time to join the The Presidential Prayer Team.</p> <p><img height="350" alt="The Presidential Prayer Team" width="350" align="absMiddle" border="0" src="http://65.108.190.245//friends/MySpace/images//ppt_tshirt_350x350_72_c256.gif" /></p> <p><a href="http://www.presidentialprayerteam.org">http://www.presidentialprayerteam.org</a></p> <p>That's my theory :) ... - Agape Michael</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> Sun, 14 Jan 2007 22:28:37 PST http://www.bakersfieldvoice.com/home/Blog/tomatoe/1457 <p>... if ya can get past the Silly String, it's not a half bad cake :)</p> <p><a target="_blank" href="http://cougartown.com/realaudio/pac.ram"><img height="361" alt="Happy Birthday 2 me ... click PIC 4 tune :)" width="473" align="absMiddle" border="0" src="http://www.e-commerce-consortium.com/friends/MySpace/images/happy-birthdayoncake.gif" /></a></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>- Agape Michael</p> Mon, 08 Jan 2007 14:04:35 PST http://www.bakersfieldvoice.com/home/Blog/tomatoe/1403 <p>Well folks, after much agonizing, I've come up with prices that will hopefully be acceptable to the community at large for photo editing.&nbsp; Our son Jeff helped me figure out what was a fair rate in light of what was available and the overall processes involved.</p> <p>I work with Realtors, Brokers, Attorneys, and other professionals and of all sorts of projects. What I do is simple; I edit all kinds of digital media for these groups and individuals who just don't have the time to fuss with correcting or enhancing their existing material in a timely and cost effective manner.</p> <p>Just get it to me electronically and tell me what you want done with it, and I'll generally have it back within the hour, 24 hours max if there are time zone considerations, delivery problems.</p> <p><img height="370" alt="PIC-e.net - Photo Editing - Removing Life's Little Imperfections" width="640" src="http://www.pic-e.net/BusCard.(s)/PIC-e_net_c002a-MDT-2f_640x370-300RGB.jpg" /></p> <p><img height="370" alt="Pricing Structure" width="640" src="http://www.pic-e.net/BusCard.(s)/PIC-e_net_c002b-MDT_640x370-72RGB.jpg" /></p> <p>- Thanks &amp; take care M.D.</p> <p>Michael De Tomaso<br /> The DATA MD</p> <p>3421 Starside Dr.<br /> Bakersfield, CA 93312-4456</p> <p>(714) 751-2349 ... VOIP-n-FAX<br /> (661) 215-2525 ... MESSAGE<br /> (661) 431-4192 ... 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