Jeremy Herndon

One of my sisters has an eight year old grandson is always losing his eyeglasses. Seems like he wears them to school and morning and when he comes home they have disappeared. If I had a child that was always losing his glasses I would buy one of those the elastic bands that hook on to the ear pieces of the glasses and is then wrapped around the head so they would not fall off in the first place! From what I understand the child has attention deficit disorder which means that the child will struggle with short term memory forever. No wonder the poor kid is always losing his glasses!

What really surprises me is how much money my sister spends on replacement glasses for him – she is always complaining that the the new glasses always cost over $100.00 each time! I know I’ve told her in the past about the zenni optical web site where she can get replacement glasses for under $20.00 each pair! The last time she posted on face book that he had lost his glasses again and she had to buy a new pair I reminded her about that web site and suggested that she just go ahead and buy a couple of spare pars from that web site to keep at the house  for future use.at the

I have never been into the smoking of any tobacco product but I certainly know enough people that have held on to this nasty habit for many years. My grandfather always smoked a pipe and I have always enjoyed the smell of a good pipe in the air, but as far as cigarettes goes I have never enjoyed the smell of them indoors or outdoors. My best friend has been a smoker since Junior High and has tried to kick the habit so many times that I have lost count at this point.

I am happy to say that he has now found a new product called the Electronic Cigarette that he is trying out lately. He says that by him using this Electronic Cigarette that he has cut back on the regular cigarettes and hopes to soon cut them out totally by using this Electronic Cigarette that many people are turning to with huge success.

It would be nice see him really put down those coffin nails once and for all. I worry about his health, big time. We have all lost loved ones from lung cancer and I couldn’t bare losing him from this horrible disease.

Tonight a group of my friends got together to eat dinner at our local Applebee’s restaurant.  That’s one of our favorite places to eat, the food is always good and it is always reasonably priced.  The only thing that we don’t like about it is that it has a “smoking” section.  We always ask for a seat in the “non-smoking” section but we still smell the cigarette smoke, which is just plain and simple nauseating to smell.  Never mind the health consequences of smoking and second-hand smoke, it just plain and simply smells nasty!  We were surprised that last night they allowed smoking; there are times when I’ve gone there and it was all non-smoking.  Maybe that’s only on Sundays.  Next time we think we want to go there, I’m going to call them and ask them when they have smoke-free dining.

I think that one of the hardest addictions to kick is the caffeine addiction! I love my morning cup of joe! I just can’t seem to get started without it! My doctor says I really should cut down on caffeine, that too much is unhealthy for me. So I have been slowly cutting back. I’m down to only one cup of joe a day. I’m pretty proud of that accomplishment! I’ve tried to switch to decaf for that one cup, but I get a terrible caffeine withdrawal headache that just does not go away – even when I take headache medicine! My wife tells me that every time she has tried to quit drinking tea that the withdrawal headache lasted for two weeks! I don’t think I can deal with that for two weeks and still go to work! Wish there was an easier way!

The shark experts claim that the chances of being bitten by a shark (and killed) are slim.  They claim that you are more likely to be struck by lightening than attacked by a shark.  Yet, every year I hear news stories of shark attacks happening! 

I know lots of people are fascinated by sharks; I think I’ll just stay out of the water thank you very much!