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School cafeterias are dumping trays

jeremy — Tue, 27 Dec 2011 01:40:57 +0000

I was reading an article on a news website that I found called livescience.com that states that many schools have decided to stop supplying trays to their students. They think that this will save energy, by not having to wash the trays. The article indicated that they students are not very happy with the decision, as it makes carrying their food to their tables a lot more difficult.

Parthenogenesis

jeremy — Tue, 20 Dec 2011 21:11:18 +0000

Do you know what parthenogenesis means? I didn’t until I read it in an article that was talking about how a second case of asexual reproduction in sharks was documented in Virginia Beach in October of 2008. It seems that a female blacktip shark, having been the only kind of her species in an aquarium, gave birth without benefit of having a mate. The article also mentions that last year a hammerhead shark in a zoo in Omaha also gave birth without benefit of mating.

I found this to be quite fascinating! I knew that there were some animals that could do that, but not sharks! Considering how many people are afraid of sharks, this could be very scary news to some people. I would not be surprised to see this story on the Colbert Report’s threat down!

Counting Our Blessings and Moving On

jeremy — Wed, 31 Aug 2011 19:51:06 +0000

So far there hasn’t been any phone calls or emails from any family members or friends with horror stories from the massive hurricane that threatened to cause such havoc to the east coast. A few folks lost power, most had generators that kept them being totally in the dark. A few trees are down here and there, but no serious damage or injuries have been reported and I’m am so grateful for that. We can all now stop and count our blessings and hopefully get things back to normal and enjoy what is left of the summer season.

5.8

jeremy — Wed, 24 Aug 2011 23:12:58 +0000

I’m so glad that the recent 5.8 earthquake didn’t do more damage than it did yesterday. I am amazed that the injuries that have been reported aren’t as high as they certainly could have been with a 5.8 on the Richter Scale. Now we have to sit back and wait for the after shocks as well as the hurricane that is expected in a few days. Good grief, what has gotten Mother Nature so upset lately?

Misquotes have grave consequences

jeremy — Sun, 17 Jul 2011 01:38:23 +0000

I was reading on a few Internet sites that the Royal Society’s education director Professor Michael Reiss resigned from his post due to a controversy that occurred when he was misquoted regarding creationism being taught in the classroom. He claims that he said that if a student brings up creationism that the class should be encouraged to understand evolution. He was misquoted as saying that creationism should be taught in the classroom.

This is a classic case of people being misquoted and the havoc it can wreak in their lives. I can think of a few times that I’ve said something and I was misquoted and I ended up in unfortunate circumstances, such as losing a valued friend.

A lie that is believed can have the same consequence as if it were true. It really is too bad.

A hoax is uncoverd – May 3 2008

jeremy — Wed, 29 Jun 2011 03:05:00 +0000

I was going through some old drafts that never got published and came across this one – I don’t know why I never published it! So I’ll publish it now, three years after the writing!

On April 24, 2008 a news story was released that an Adolf Hitler was going to be sold in the Ukraine, aimed at children. The news story said that the dolls were Barbie-like in nature, that kids could dress and undress him and pin on medals. There was supposedly even an interchangeable head, where the facial expression was, I think the term was either “kinder” or “gentler” – something like that. Then the story went on to say that if the sales of the doll went well that the manufacturer would expand the line and start selling dolls of his German Shepard dog “Blondie” and model crematoriums.

I think it is interesting that this “Hitler doll” story first came out right around the anniversary of Hitler’s birthday! So it has been discovered that the entire story was a hoax, although I don’t know HOW it was discovered to be a hoax, and several news agencies have had to retract their stories on the doll. I find that very interesting!

Shark attack

jeremy — Thu, 09 Jun 2011 23:46:10 +0000

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!

New TV Show

jeremy — Wed, 29 Dec 2010 00:30:24 +0000

I have been seeing several commercials for some new TV shows that are due to start in January. It is hard to keep up with all of the changes with all of the channels that we get now a days. Hopefully I’ll be able to catch a few of the new ones and find a couple that are decent enough to continue watching until the summer reruns come around once again.

Show Me The Money

jeremy — Sun, 19 Dec 2010 04:14:54 +0000

It’s interesting to listen to the numbers that are being spewed out at us from various sources that are busy calculating all the holiday crunching of numbers for the retailers to live and die by. Fact is that the majority of us are cutting back. With so many of us taking advantage of some type of Debt Settlement offer or possibly a Debt Negotiation due to our credit card overload from our spending craze days that are well behind us now.

There are numerous options for Debt Relief out there and having Internet access just makes the whole easy process even easier. When Christmas is all over and done with we will all have to sit back and see what adjustments are needed in order to pay for it all. That’s when it really hurts. I did hear on one news story that more people are using cash this holiday shopping season instead of using their credit cards. I know I haven’t used a single charge card this year and I don’t plan on starting either.

Gridlock

jeremy — Tue, 23 Nov 2010 15:01:23 +0000

I was reading an article on yahoo.com about how the mid-term elections have only made the political gridlock worse. Instead of getting bi-partisan cooperation to try to make any kind of meaningful improvements in the problems this country is facing, the political parties are now just digging in their heels and getting petty with each other. I think we should toss ALL of them out on their ears and get people in there that will accomplish something and agree to work with each other instead of being obstinate brats that refuse to cooperate with each other. This is disgusting.