I heard thunder and saw lightening last night! How amazing!!!
People tend to miss the strangest of things when not exposed to it. I mean, who would have thought that thunder and lightning were things to miss?
Sri Lanka had some of the best thunder and lightning out there. New York had some occasional breakouts that might have caused a tiny tot to crawl under the bed, but since moving out west I have not heard a single rumble since last night. YAY! I finally feel at home.
It’s one of those things that just make everything else seem weird when it’s not there. I really don’t quite know how else to explain it.
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Valentine’s Day; The single most controversial day of the year. You either love it or hate it with a passion. It’s not like there is anything wrong with the day itself, but the overwhelming sense of “ I have to have a date” or “There is no one to share this day with” really bums out a lot of people.
I personally don’t really celebrate it. How can an over commercialized day be romantic? For those who have someone special to share the day with should not everyday be Valentine’s Day? Why do you need a day that’s engineered and powered by marketing strategy to show how much you love someone? The same goes for mother’s day, and father’s day and all the other days out there.
Today’s society is so fueled by these events it’s scary. The social pressure put on teens and tweens during these occasions are so great that we create problems where there is none. Depression, sulking, etc… all the product of these commercialized events that make children and adults feel outcasts and or left out if they are not a part of everyone else.
Utter rubbish I say. As a matter of principal I don’t celebrate the day. If you have someone special show that person how much you love him or her whenever you fell like it. If you need a day set by someone else to tell you to do something special something is wrong. I feel that many times the main problem in relationships that are not doing well is that people feel that once they have don’t their part on valentines they are good for the rest of the year. Yeah … you keep on believing that!
Just my two cents anyway, what do you think about commercialized holidays?
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Anyone following the US presidential run up would have noticed this. Former president of 2 terms Mr. Clinton is taking a more forward role in his wife’s election run, playing the bad cop for wifey by attacking her opponents so that she does not have to. So what’s going to happen if she becomes president? Will he be happy to play the back role? Would he yearn for the glory days? The days when he was the man, so to speak? Who are we really voting for if we vote Clinton?
Barack Obama mentioned that Hillary will say anything to get herself elected president. I am inclined to agree with him. She seems a little wishy washy to me. But then again that’s just my opinion.
I don’t think Bill will be happy playing the role of second place. Could having Hillary as president cause a power struggle between the two? Does Bill see his wife running as president as an opportunity to be the puppet master silently controlling the show?
I wonder…
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Where would you expect the craziest of things to happen? Los Angeles of course! In an effort to outdo its self, Los Angeles has now become the home of the world first Weed Vending Machine!
No no no.. it was not a mistype. These units are being called “AVM’s: Anytime-Vending-Machines. “, and will be up and running this coming Monday. You will need a prescription to get your quota of up to 1 ounce a week, but then of course you knew they would not let you have it just scot free.
The AVM will be “fully secured in its own room,”, have “two dispensaries, and full-time security for your protection. “ The best part being that it’s open 24/7.
Link for address and phone number
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Just when you think you have got everything under control and you know how the human body works (well more or less) it goes and does something completely unexpected and stumps you. In this case a 15 year old girl switched her blood type.
This Australian girl was seriously ill and suffering from a failed liver when she underwent a liver transplant at a top Sydney children’s hospital. Nine months later they found out that her immune system had switched over to that of the donor. This happened when stem cells from her new liver migrated to her bone marrow, and thus changed her blood type.
Apparently this is the only known case so far and the hepatologist treating her, Michael Stormon is quoted as saying “It is extremely unusual — in fact we don’t know of any other instance in which this happened,”
This just goes to show that we really have no idea what’s going on inside us do we?
Link to news article
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It never ceases to amaze me how small this world is. When I decided to move to California, there was 4 people out here that I knew. Ohh well that’s not too bad is it? In the month I’ve been here I’ve found at least another 5 people out of the shadows of my past that I never knew was here in California, or for that matter even knew I knew. Bizzare!
The other day I was reading an amazing story that really does make you wonder how small this world is. A Vietnamese woman travelled to Taiwan to find her father she had never met before. While she was there she ended up working for a guy to care for his ailing wife. After guy’s wife died, woman left and went to work for someone else, leaving behind a locket and picture of her father (from his youth) at the guy’s house. When she realized that she had left the items there she contacted the police to request that they help her find them. They contact the guy and ask him to look in his house. He finds them, recognizes the guy in the picture as HIMSELF and the locket the same that he had given his lover 40 years ago! It turns out the woman had been working for her father for several months while she was looking for him and didn’t even know it. Needless to say they had a very joyful reunion. You can read the whole story here
Crazy? You deicde.
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Those who have to have their cup of coffee in the morning know too well the havoc the lack of caffeine can cause to their day. This is the effect this drug has on the grown adult body. You doubt what it can do it a baby in the formative stages? Now there is proof!
he headlines in yesterdays New York Times states that Pregnancy problems are indeed linked to caffeine. According to a new study due to be published in The American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology women who consume over 200 milligrams of caffeine a day doubles their risk of miscarriage! 200 milligrams of caffeine is not that much. The article puts it at 10 ounces of coffee or if you drink tea 25 ounces.
The American Pregnancy Association had this to say about caffeine
“Caffeine is a stimulant and a diuretic. Because caffeine is a stimulant, it increases your blood pressure and heart rate, both of which are not recommended during pregnancy. Caffeine also increases the frequency of urination. This causes reduction in your body fluid levels and can lead to dehydration.
Caffeine crosses the placenta to your baby. Although you may be able to handle the amounts of caffeine you feed your body, your baby cannot.”
So why take a risk with your baby’s life?
Dr. De-Kun Li’s study which is referred in the New York Times article advices pregnant women to try to give up coffee during the first 3-4 months of pregnancy when most miscarriages happen and if you absolutely cannot give it up, to try as much to reduce your intake.
To all; To be mothers, Have a safe and wonderful child birth!
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