The Bethel Rebel: Life according to Johnny Ginsberg

At Fort Snelling National Cemetery, it was jam packed with people wanting to honor those who have passed on and those who are still serving, and those who have served. Traffic was jammed. The ceremony was good. Pawlenty and Dayton spoke. The Keynote address was a woman who was a Colonel in the Air Force. [...]

Man, I never really realized that being separated from my friends by certain boundaries really sucks. I’ve been lonely and just plain looking for some information to feed my brain pretty much most of the day. I have all the friends I could want and all, but I feel so isolated by days like these. [...]

I’d like to wish everyone a peaceful Memorial Day weekend. Let’s hope and pray the day will be sunny, disaster free, and relaxing to all. I also want to lift up the troops around the world, who are fighting so that freedom might endure. And I’d also like to lift up the veterans, both who [...]

Secretary of Veterans Affairs is mad as hell that he was not informed of a theft of data on 26 million veterans that have been discharged since 1976. I am mad as hell that the bonehead who took the data home with him was stupid enough to do so. My data may be among those [...]

I just read from the KARE 11 TV News Site that a student from a local Bible college is charged with identity theft and another charge. This individual stole his/her roommates debit card and used the card to pay for sex sites. I am posting this since this individual could be anyone–even me–in this sitch [...]

Hello, All. What I want to do this weekend is to go to the ceremony honoring veterans at Fort Snelling National Cemetery. I have wanted to go and honor my brothers and sisters in the Armed Forces for years. And now I get the chance to. Before this year it was pretty much always celebrating [...]

Johnny is getting used to the idea that he will not have total control over finances or pretty much anything else. The prospect in some ways is relieving, but then I don’t like to be forced to trust somebody other than God or myself to handle stuff. I don’t like being dependant on anybody, not [...]

As I’ve said in my MySpace, the US Department of Veterans Affairs has proposed to rate me as “incompetent” in handling my finances. Unfortunately for me, there is clear and convincing evidence that I do have trouble handling financial stuff. Therefore, I went ahead and waived the 60 day due process procedures for challenging that [...]

Unfortunately one of the nasty side effects of Clozapine is that I am gaining weight faster. I’m getting some exercise by wheeling patients in their wheelchairs and litters at VAMC, but it’s gonna take a lot more than that to reduce the weight I am gaining. I think I’ve put on ten freaking pounds since [...]