The strongest muscle in the body is the TONGUE. You can make what you want of that fact, but I think it has more to do with the power of words, good and bad.

Center Point is a small town in the overall scheme of things. But with the internet, it’s the center of the universe, just the way places like Birmingham, Bessemer, Midfield, Cardiff, Sylvan Springs and Graysville are too. You go online and say what you want and that’s it — someone in New Guinea might be reading it two hours later.

But all this ability to communicate can come up and bite you in the ass.  Turns out I got nailed with a defamation lawsuit for something I said about someone on the web. I didn’t know it could happen, and in fact the case was thrown out of court. But that wasn’t before I spent $3800 on a lawyer to help me fight it.

And that was NOT money I had to spare. So I did what my father taught me: use your resources for the problems at hand. That was the first time I considered a car title pawn store. Except this one is online — I used Car Title Loans in Center Point to get me that cash.  It was fast and convenient, a great way to find money when you need it.

I’m a history major at Jacksonville State, and I just learned that the shortest war in history was between Zanzibar and England in 1896. Zanzibar surrendered after 38 minutes.

Maybe there’s something we can all learn from this. Perhaps without a dumb war that costs us a trillion dollars we wouldn’t have this banking and economic meltdown going on. Which impacts me directly.  Before, I had student aid and a decent tuition loan.  Now, not as much. I had to come up with $1800 to cover the current semester and I only had two weeks to find the money when I found that out.

I found some money in my car. I went to Car Title Loans in Hueytown, which is kinda like a car pawn shop.  The best part is it’s all online. It’s done in 15 minutes and the money comes in the next day.  Perfect.  Because I have to make history, I can’t let money problems slow me down.