Jeremy Herndon

I have an uncle who lives in England, and he sent me an email telling me that horrible storms have hit the UK, killing five people.  The country is under flood alert.  I don’t remember hearing about this on the news anywhere, and it makes me wonder why.  I don’t know if I just wasn’t paying attention, or if it just didn’t get very much coverage here in the US.  It seems to me that sometimes “we” are a little bit too self-centered and egotistical and don’t pay enough attention to what is going on in the rest of the world unless it has a direct impact on “American Interests” - which means corporate profits!

I have been so excited to be able to watch the Olympics from time to time.  I think it is incredible that Michael Phelps has managed to win so many gold medals!  Absolutely an amazing record-setting feat!  I can imagine he’s going to be set for life financially now with all of the endorsement offers he’ll be getting!  I wonder if Hollywood will produce a movie about his life and training and his Olympic performance!

A friend of mine sent me a link to a video that shows how to extend the life of “dead” batteries!  I couldn’t believe it was possible - dead means dead, right?  So I went to the video and watched it - it looks like it really could work, although if used improperly could make the batteries leak, which could damage the flashlight (or whatever) they are being used to power.  I think I’ll give it a try myself on a cheap flashlight next time some batteries die!  If you want to see it for yourself, click here.

I decided that I need a new video camera; my old one is worn out.  So it just so happens that a new flyer came in the mail from the local electronics store with several cameras featured on sale this week.  One deal I saw was that if you buy a new video camera, they throw in a new 8 pixel digital camera.  I thought it was probably too good to be true, but I decided to go check it out anyway.  I shopped around the store for a while, looking at the different models and prices.  Each time it brought me back to the same one where the video camera was a good camera, and they throw in the digital camera.  And it was the best deal of the day!  So I bought it and brought it home.  The video camera is easy to use - I tried it out immediately and it works great!  I assume the digital camera will work just as well too!

Last night Paula, my girlfriend, came and sat down beside me on the couch. I was watching my 46″ Samsung TV that I recently bought. I was watching CSI Miami. My girlfriend put her head on my shoulder and she said, “Boy has it been a long day and I’m tired. And I just don’t have anything to wear to work tomorrow.” I casually said “That’s too bad and got to thinking immediately “she doesn’t even like this show and here she is putting her head on my shoulder and I think she mentioned something about money - oh no, maybe it was about clothes. She needs money for clothes.”

Just as I was thinking that she asked me if she could borrow enough money to buy a couple of sets of clothes. Well, I don’t have a lot of money, and I’m thinking that the money I’m going to be giving her for clothes I could be putting in the bank for my new car. But I love so, so I gave her enough money to buy two new sets of clothes. She seems to appreciate everything I do for her, so I feel it was money well spent.