Why No Posts Lately Dude?

Well, that's a real good question. No, I didn't have a sex change, just thought I'd open my first article in a long time with some humor, or horror. I guess it depends on how you look at it.. Well back to the long absence.  First, and probably the most true, I have been busy tweeting my life away.  Since the last time I blogged, I grew from about 2 or 300 followers to 3000, a fact I'm very proud of. I use to think people were really lacking a life when I heard them brag about their Twitter following, now I are one of them. Well, it just goes to show you, there's only one that can judge, and it's not me. I have had quite the experience on twitter. In an earlier post, I mentioned about how I adored Michelle Belanger. Since then, I've ghost hunted with Katrina Weidman (of PRS Paranormal State, A&E Network) and I am proud to call her friend. I also received a comment from one of my ghost hunting heroes, Chad Calek (also of PRS Paranormal State, A&E Network and more recently Co-Producer and Lead Investigator of American Ghost Hunters which is the team that is featured in Ghost Prophecies, the series of which the pilot is available for viewing below in this blog). I can only say that all three of these folks are young enough to be my children, but I respect all three of them as peers. Age has nothing to do with it, and I'm proud for each of the above stated reasons to have been in contact with each of them.  They are all downright good people. Anyway, back to why I haven't blogged in so long. Second, I have been putting my thoughts together for writing a sci-fi novel, and boy do I have an awesome plot in mind. All I can say is, keep your eyes out for my upcoming first novel entitled, Portal. It's a story about God, ghosts, aliens, and humans, and how we're all related. Wondering? Good, that's exactly what I want you to do. Trust me, (says the ex-automotive sales manager) you're gonna love it cover-to-cover. And finally, I have had an open festering wound on my right foot since January 3, 2011 until today September 7, 2011. Today I get my cast removed and I'm out of this wheelchair that I've been in for the last two months.  So look for more to come from the blog. I'll also try to keep you updated on the book, so keep your eyes out for timely updates and maybe some samples of the book, to come soon. Until I blog again, see ya.

Ghost Prophecies

As those of you who know me realize, I'm a huge paranormal fan.  I am posting this hard to find documentary by Chad Calek and Ryan Buell of Paranormal State fame.  This aired on A&E in November of 2010.  Enjoy!

My First Critic

@sethanikeem (Michelle Belanger)

 @mmsalib "Inspirational. Childhood diabetes is no joke."

Michelle Belanger 1/4/2011

So, my very first critic.  As far as I can tell, Michelle Belanger of  A&E's "Paranormal State" the Penn State Research Society, was the very first person who saw my blog.  I asked her if she would be kind enough to give me her honest opinion of the flavor of it.  Many people don't know this, but she is quite an accomplished author. 

Just to name a few.
So when I recived this response from Twitter, you can imagine how elated I was.  By the way, she has several other titles all available for purchase at Amazon.com.  Please push her publisher to make them available on Kindle since that seems to be the next big craze we're gonna have to deal with.  The beginning of this article shows our correspondence over Twitter as  was cut and pasted from that service.  I had already had a great deal of conversation with her which, if you think about it, sets her apart from most celebs, as they won't give their fans the time of day.  I am quite the opposite of Michelle and her beliefs, but she is near and dear to my heart, with the amount of love and caring that comes out of her mouth.  She never seems to have a bad thing to say.  She's always jumping on a story about someone in need.  She also is a "dead on balls accurate" psychic medium.  She no sooner than walks into a room, and you wish you were dressed the last time you were in there; as you're sure she can see the whole thing.  Five stars go out to this star in my opinion.  If you Tweet, send her a tweet and give her my regards.  She can be contacted as @sethanikeem.  Follow her and I  on twitter

Ok, so what now?

You may wonder why a 49 year old guy might, all of a sudden like, start a blog.  I have a lot to say and no one to say it to,  so there!  Don't you ever lie awake at night feeling like the bills are piling up; having job troubles; feeling boxed in?  Well in my case, there's all of those put together, and I don't want to burden my wife with my worries.  I'd rather see her happy.  So, I'm basically drowning in worries.

I know; I'll start a blog! Then I can process my thoughts on paper. Maybe, just maybe, have someone else read it and not feel so alone with their own problems. The only thing is; I don't usually publish my problems for the world to see. Hmmm, pretty cocky thinking the world would even want to read my blog. How arragant of me. That's ok, I'm tired of being humble. So let's get down to the bare essence of Michael Salib.

There, I feel better now, how about you?
Sometimes I'm so confused by life. I'm not sure how to handle things. I feel like a house cat in a technological jungle of horrors. Here I am trying to fix the darn printer, AGAIN!

I ended up calling tech support.
So all seriousness aside, I think it's important we share our thoughts and lessons with our peers and provide mentorship for our juniors. So c'mon start a blog, but please share mine with others. Thank You.

Just a Little Humor. Relax, breath and laugh your arse off.

Donated to the blog by my son Derek Michael Salib

God’s amazing ways

by Michael Salib

In life, when we're involved in a situation, we only see a small piece of that situation; not the whole picture. Sometimes it's not meant for us to see the whole picture, it's just meant for us to handle our piece of the process. Liken this to a jigsaw puzzle. God knows exactly what the puzzle is going to look like when it's completed. We may only hold one piece of the entire puzzle, but it's the piece that completes it and makes it recognizable. In other words, when the whole puzzle is complete, the true believer can see that the puzzle was being put together the whole time the situation was going on, and they always held the final piece.  It's just, all the other pieces had to be put in place before their piece meant anything at all.