Lary Holland: Official Blog, Links, and Resources

Folks, when you get a chance, post comments to great stories on the following blogs and support important issues publicly about Equal Parenting Laws and Societal Issues:

Equal Parenting Bike Trek (Dan Collins)

Dr. Helen: Dad is More Than A Paycheck

Bike Trek: Main Page At DaddyBlogger.Com

Larry Herren's Blog About Dads In the Detroit News / Detroit Free Press: Comment on Disturbing Trends!

Lansing State Journal: 2008 Equal Parenting Bike Trek Departs Aug. 7 From the Capitol in Lansing

and organizations like ACFC, Crispe.Org, and that is hardly even touching the tip of the iceberg.You can find a ton of support for Equal Parenting Initiatives Nationwide like the upcoming National: Washington D.C. Family Preservation Festival

UPDATE!!! The Equal Parenting Bike Trek will be received by the National DC FESTIVAL 2008 at Upper Senate Park in Washington DC on August 15 and 16 (2008)

The 2008 Equal Parenting Bike Trek is already shaping up to be bigger and better than our 2007 event.

"A grueling 758 mile cycling trek to raise awareness of a child's fundamental right to be loved, guided, educated and nurtured equally by both fit and willing parents."

Five Michigan fathers will pedal their bicycles 758 miles from Lansing, MI to Washington, D.C.

Robb MacKenzie - Upper Penninsula of Michigan - US EPBT Founder - 2007 cyclist

Robert Pedersen - West Michigan - 2007 Runner-Up Winner in Best Life Magazine's National Hero Dad Contest, Co-Founder of A Child's Right - 2007 cyclist

Brian Downs, Esq. - Grand Rapids MI - Running for Judge in Kent County MI in 2008

Derek Bailey, MSW - Traverse City MI - American Indian. Founder of Dance4Equality

Mike Saxton - Lansing MI - Dads of Michigan

Michigan Advocates continue to progressively advance equal parenting into the mainstream political and media channels. Many of the Michigan family organizations have taken a stance that equal parenting should be the status quo for fit, willing, and caring parents without government interference.

Robert Pedersen, Author of DaddyBlogger and Co-Founder of A Child's Right, at the Barry County Equal Parenting Symposium also caught discussing Equal Parenting with Pat McElligot, another loving father who also attended the event.

In the past couple of weeks The Original Daddy Blogger, Robert Pedersen (www.daddyblogger.com), has been heard on both "The Big Show" in Lansing on 1240 AM WJIM and on the News at 930 AM WBCK! Robert Pedersen has frequently been highlighted at this website many times and is Co-Founder of A Child's Right (www.achildsright.net). He is participating in the upcoming Bike Trek for Equal Parenting which can be found at the www.daddyblogger.com website.

Both Robert Pedersen and Pat McElligot are loving fathers of their children and avid advocates of shared equal parenting between fit, loving, caring parents where school schedules can be maintained. In summary, that is also our House Bill 4564 that can be viewed http://www.squidoo.com/hb4564 along with How Federal Funding Stands partially in the way at http://www.squidoo.com/laryholland.

The Grim Reaper came to collect a little bit early again and he granted me an adjournment "sine die" while I complete my work here.

I met a gentleman the other day named Mr. Reaper, he was an old friend. He came to collect a bit early and granted me another adjournment, this one "sine die."

Some of you may have heard that either the Friend of the Court attempted a mail bomb hit on me or I was in a freak accident. The reality of it was, I was in an explosion. This explosion was at point blank range and it happened on Thursday in the middle of the day. I was standing next to a truck with a large gasoline tank, the kind that holds over 30 gallons or more. As I approached the tank on the driver's side I heard the sound of a canon and a blaze of metal and fire exploded into me.

I was able to block the main fireball (the majority of it) from my face with my left forearm. Unfortunately, bare skin does not hold up very well against Gasoline Liquid, Gasoline Vapor, and the Explosive Force necessary to escape a solid rusty metal tank.

http://www.burnsurgery.com/Documents/gasoline_safety.doc

Now some things that I happened to learn about was:

"In spite of the routine use of gasoline, many people are unaware of or unappreciative of the dangers of gasoline. Gasoline is dangerous because it is highly volatile – the fumes are capable of ignition up to 12 feet away from a pooled source.  This inherent danger is further multiplied by its explosive potential. Flammables burn at close to room temperature (100 degrees F), when they are near a spark, flame, or even static electricity. It can float on water and may spread long distances, making ignition and flash back possible. Gasoline vapor is highly explosive and may ignite as a “fireball” with a temperature of 15,000 degrees F."

Now again, my forearm was able to stop the majority of the fireball as I was escaping on the tail end of the concussive force of the tank exploding into me. As I was hit with the entire force of the metal and rust fragmentation I was also splashed with gasoline and remained on fire. As the doctors have already asked, are you sure that you didn't black out from the force? I keep replying, I wanted to, but I didn't really have time to fall asleep while I was on fire. I immediately had to focused on putting fires out that were still on my body, tearing off clothing and extinguishing open flames that were still on me. This was successful after a considerable amount of damage to my arms and abdominal region both through bruising, shrapnel, and burns.

I obtained a ride from a family member to the nearest walk-in clinic and asked if they were equipped to handle the damage that has occurred to me as it was becoming pretty critical at this point. I needed immediate x-rays to see if my left ribs pierced my lungs, because I was having problems breathing and the amount of visible trauma that had occurred to that general area was pretty visible. They were unable to handle any of the care except to wrap me up. They contacted an ambulance to get me to the nearest hospital. Their surgeon was not equipped to address the damage to my left arm. I received a tetanus shot and a vallium shot and eventually an iv which I refused for sometime. I had to get over it, to get treated.

I was taken by ambulance and arrived at one of Michigan's Burn Centers for them to begin working on me. Each day has been a new set of issues associated with the blast, but it looks like I am finally on my last full day at the Hospital. I will be checking out tomorrow after I am cleared by a neurologist and an ear nose and throat specialist regarding some equilibrium and migraine issues. The bottom line is, I have alot of work to do, and I don't have time to lay down and die. We all have alot of work to do, so let's get it done!

• Support: the Bike Trek for Equal Parenting Trip (August 11 - 18, 2007)
• Support: the DC Rally for Equal Parenting (August 18, 2007)
• Support: Budget Cuts for Title IV-D Services
• Support: House Bill 4564