It's no big secret that I have over 20+ years self-taught experience with computers. Oh yeah, it was recently suggested to me, to pursue a degree in the following;  Homeland Security, computer forensics, liberal studies, and EMS. Shall I mention I am a former English major, and a minor in Arts? Need I say more?

My first of many classes at the college started Wednesday. This one is an Intro to pc security, second course starts in June, that one will be another computer science class on intro to information technology. I am also taking an intro to music that starts in July. The computer forensics class will start at a later date in time. All of the above are Summer mini-courses.
My Fall class schedule will contain American Literature II and an Algebra class. I have studied math courses all the way up to Algebra 1, & 2, Trigonometry and Calculus in High School. So a little ole basic refresher  algebra class will not hurt! I was also into the sciences so I'm looking forward to continuing my science journey through college.

This blog MY OPINION: 

 It seems this @4everrob aka Rob aka Bob Thomas guy is a fraud do not give into his phishing scam claiming to offer “authentic” autographed books by Valerie Harper He uses Valerie Harper’s name on Facebook and a website. It looks like an official website, but in fact it could be a fake. I have heard fans can even create a .com domain and make it sound legit, and claim it is an official website, when it is NOT.
Anyone can also create a fake celebrity twitter account and confirm it has been verified, when we know it is NOT real! On the valerieharper.com domain he uses the name Rob on one page, then states as if he is Valerie Harper and says his name is Bob. Which name is it? hmm
http://www.valerieharper.com
http://www.valerieharper.com/irhoda
https://www.facebook.com/#!/valerieharperfans?fref=ts
https://www.facebook.com/valerieharperactress?ref=ts&fref=ts
http://www.twitter.com/4everrob
I could buy Valerie Harper’s book for only $15 on Amazon,
B&N,BAM,whereas this scam @ 4everrob is wanting $48 really what a scam!?!
I think someone should stop this con @ 4everrob guy everyone knows Val Harper does not have time to sign that many books if she is dying.

He set up an @ yahoo.com  email and is telling people Valerie Harper will personally autograph all these I Rhoda books for $48.

These people who fall prey will receive an autoreply asking for credit card info, name, address, and phone number. Sounds phishy to me. He is claiming that Valerie will sign so many books and he already has
1000+ emails.

I ask you, how does Valerie have time to sit down and sign or personalize all these books for people? I doubt knowing she has cancer, she will be spending her days doing this.  Everything he says is, “Val
& I”. Don’t you think this is too good to be true?

On 3/16/2013 I was just about to give into his scheme, until I asked questions about how secure his email is, and how legit the autographs are. He used to update order info every single day via the .com domain,
until I then began questioning the security and authenticity of the autographed books. Appraisers will tell you that anyone can forge an autograph to make it seem legit, when it fact it could be someone else
signing, stamped, or auto-penned.

He then used me as an example via Twitter, saying terrible remarks about me that I was an “alermist” and got others to take part in talking bad about me.

He then called my home number threatening to have an attorney of Val’s to silence me if I didn’t shut up – this is why I am warning everyone-this guy is a fake.

To begin with if this were a real PR guy, he would not have gotten so bent out of shape when I dared to question the legitimacy of this offer.
Yes I have contacted the IC3, Attorney Generals of both states involved (Alabama and California)
I also have saved screen shots, emails, tweets for future references.

I need help spreading the word about my bad experience so that no one else will fall for his scheme.

Please I ask that someone help me in this matter. It also seems he may have hacked into her website, Facebook or twitter. These people falling prey to this scam are unaware of what is happening. He has them
all suckered. As the old saying goes, “There’s a sucker born every minute” – author uknown

I will not allow anyone to silence me on this matter, when I know as a consumer I was in the right to ask questions. For him to threaten me with so-called legal tactics, I believe he is a cyber-bully. I do not think Valerie Harper would allow this to happen, if she was aware. She may not be aware of this taking place. Even if he actually knows her, it seems he’s just some crazed fan that attended all of her book signings
and snapped pictures. The pictures on his twitter page shows.

Also the fact is, you can buy the I Rhoda book on Amazon, B&N, Walmart, or anywhere for $15, so why is he charging so much. It has been suggested to me that he may be hiring people to help with autographs. One would think Valerie Harper does not have time anymore to sit down and autograph all these books he claims people have ordered. If she has cancer, along with filming engagements, how can she have the time to do all this? It has also come to my attention by others that Valerie may not even be aware of the fact he is capitalizing on her illness, and the fact she may be dying soon, and he knows people will be willing to dish out money for this. The television show Pawn Stars and other similar shows tell you that appraisers turn down autographs of any kind because you cannot prove the fact that it is legitimate unless you were there and

Please do not be so quick to judge me, unless you’ve actually heard what I have to say.

I have been receiving what SEEMS to be threatening comments, emails, and tweets because I dared to ask 4everrob via Twitter if the autographs (personalized or signed) copies of I Rhoda books were hand signed or auto-penned via what SEEMS to be Valerie Harper’s official website. If this guy actually knew Valerie Harper, he would have no reason to become “flippant” with me. Because I dared to question him, he is posting (IN MY OPINION) using defaming tweets on twitter mentioning my user name bloggerbecky. 

This so called “Rob” guy is getting his followers (possibly aliases of him) send hateful emails, and comments directed towards me, including mentioning my Twitter user name, blogs, and on my personal social media.
Not once have I used foul language towards him, or used any form of abusive remarks directed towards him or anyone else in this matter. This shows you what type of person we’re dealing with. 


You can bully me all you want to on this matter, but you cannot silence me. Bring it on!

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This is another forwarded message I received via email, that I wish I could take credit for but cannot. This is a wonderful story, that everyone should read and share.
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One day a teacher asked her students to list the names of the other students in the room on two sheets of paper, leaving a space between each name. Then she told them to think of the nicest thing they could say about each of
their classmates and write it down. It took the remainder of the class period to finish their assignment, and as the students left the room, each one handed in the papers.

That Saturday, the teacher wrote down the name of each student on a separate
sheet of paper, and listed what everyone else had said about that
individual.

On Monday she gave each student his or her list. Before long, the entire class
was smiling. 'Really?' she heard whispered. 'I never knew that I meant
anything to anyone!' and, 'I didn't know others liked me so much,' were most
of the comments. No one ever mentioned those papers in class again. She never knew if they discussed them after class or with their parents, but it didn't matter. The
exercise had accomplished its purpose. The students were happy with
themselves and one another. That group of students moved on.

Several years later, one of the students was killed in Viet
Nam and his teacher attended the funeral of that special student. She had never seen a serviceman in a military coffin before. He looked so handsome, so mature.. The church was packed with his friends. One by one those who loved him took a last walk by the coffin. The teacher was the last one to bless the coffin. As she stood there, one of the soldiers who acted as pallbearer came up to her. 'Were you Mark's math teacher?' he asked. She nodded: 'yes.' Then he said: 'Mark talked about you a lot.'After the funeral, most of Mark's former classmates went together to a luncheon. Mark's mother and father were there, obviously waiting to speak with his teacher. 'We want to show you something,' his father said, taking a wallet out of his pocket 'They found this on Mark when he was killed. We thought you might recognize it.' Opening the billfold, he carefully removed two worn pieces of notebook paper that had obviously been taped, folded and refolded many times. The teacher knew without looking that the papers were the ones on which she had listed all the good things each of Mark's classmates had said about him. 'Thank you so much for doing that,' Mark's mother said. 'As you can see, Mark treasured it.' All of Mark's former classmates started to gather around. Charlie smiled rather sheepishly and said, 'I still have my list. It's in the top drawer of my desk at home.' Chuck's wife said, 'Chuck asked me to put his in our wedding album.' 'I have mine too,' Marilyn said. 'It's in my diary' Then Vicki, another classmate, reached into her pocketbook, took out her wallet and showed her worn and frazzled list to the group. 'I carry this with me at all times,' Vicki said and without batting an eyelash, she continued: 'I think we all saved our lists' That's when the teacher finally sat down and cried. She cried for Mark and for all his friends who would never see him again.

The density of people in society is so thick that we forget that life will end
one day. And we don't know when that one day will
be. So please, tell the people you love and care for, that they are special and
important. Tell them, before it is too late.

When I was in elementary school, I always thought people who were in their 40s on up were like ancient. HA! Now that I'm 37, I am becoming ancient myself!

Another year, birthday gone!

Another birthday up and gone, I'm now 37. It's been a while since my last blog post. You see, thanks to Facebook and Zynga, I have no life. LOL I play Mafia Wars, Vampire Wars, Cafe World, Bakery Life, and many others. Maybe when something big comes along again, I'll post here. In all seriousness, I do have a life. I am still helping Steel Magnolias breast cancer support group in Anniston, Alabama, as a historian.. I am also helping them with certain parts of their website, as needed. I have fully recovered from my surgery I had a year ago. My health is still the same, and I still remain at stage 3 kidney failure.