Jeremy Herndon

I think that the exploration of Mars is so cool, it would really be something if the scientists discovered that there is/was/could be life on Mars. I love science fiction books/movies/television shows, and anything that has to do with exploring other planets, looking for signs of some kind of life really excite me! I read that the space explorer Phoenix has landed on ice; the scientists concluded that photos taken of the “white stuff” show that the “white stuff” is shrinking, which means that it is ice. That is supporting evidence that there really COULD be some kind of “life on Mars.” Very cool!

Over the course of my life, I have had to take several student loans to get through college. I was not a good enough student in high school to get many scholarships or grants, and my folks were not in an economical position to pay for my schooling. If I wanted to go to college, then I needed to get as many college loans as I could get. Unfortunately, the college expenses exceeded the amount of money that I could borrow through the subsidized programs and I even had to get a couple of private student loans to finish up.

I’m really glad that I was able to get these loans to get my college degree, but I have to admit that I am finding it difficult to make the payments on the loans.  I’m worried that with this economy going the way it seems to be going (prices keep going up) that I’m going to be having to ask for a hardship deferral on the loans, which is something that I really don’t want to have to do.  I want to get them paid off!

My cat thinks that the world revolves around him. He thinks strange people are out to kill him and he has to hide. He thinks that the vacuum cleaner is the work of the devil. He thinks a closed door is a bad door, and needs to be open at all times. He thinks that there is no such thing as too much food in his feed dish. He thinks that houseplants are appetizers and mice are dessert. He thinks that I should not wear jewelry, or belts. He thinks that being brushed is a preview of being in heaven.

One of the things I like the most about the Internet is how it has opened up the world of shopping. It seems that it is so much easier to find products to buy that just a short time ago I did not even know existed! I think it is great that there are so many shopping engines available to use to find the product that you want.

One of my favorite shopping engines is called exspecto.com. I like it a lot because it has features on it that I have not seen on other shopping engines before. It has Set PriceAlert, advanced sorting, view price history, strong locale searches and more. I also like the feature that you can use called Rate product so you can advise others what you like or don’t like about the product once you buy it.

I really like shiny things. I like a lot of chrome on my truck, and I like stainless steel appliances in the kitchen. My wife tells me that she’d prefer different colors in the kitchen, but since I let her pick out the bells and whistles on the appliances to make her happy, she let me pick out the colors to make ME happy. Seemed like a good compromise to me!

Now I’m trying to sneak in some stainless steel accents in other places around the house, like the bathrooms and the living room. I’ve found a good website that specialized in stainless steel accessories. Not surprisingly it is called The Stainless Steel Store!

I’ve found a great Blomus Stainless Steel tape measure that I’m going to put on my “gift wish list.” Also a great Blomus Stainless Steel Magnetic Bulletin Board that I want to put in the kitchen beside the door.   I could spend a lot of time and money at that website!