Fish Tale May 22, 2007

In Indonesia, in the sea off North Sulawesi Province, a fisherman caught a rare ancient fish, the coelacanth, once thought to be extinct during the time of the dinosaurs.

First seen in 1938 and again in 1998, their habitat is about 60 metres  or 200 ft below the sea.

Coelacanths are the only living animal to have a fully functioning intercranial joint. Which means their ear and brain are separate from the nasal and eyes.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070521/od_uk_nm/oukoe_uk_indonesia_fish

                                                      

If you want to learn more about the fish this has a lot of good infomation on it.

http://sacoast.uwc.ac.za/education/resources/fishyfacts/coelacanth.htm

Hill of Tara May 21, 2007

The Hill of Tara is a historical and culturally important site found in Ireland. It is being threatened by M3, a four lane motorway that will completely destroy it.

http://tarawatch.org             

http://www.protect-tara.org

Tara is a part of Irish and English heritage. This motorway is already in progress. Please sign the petition to divert this motorway  and stop it from destroying Ireland’s oldest and most revered national monument.

http://www.petitiononline.com/hilltara/

It’s the little things May 19, 2007

Too often in this busy world, we fail to appreciate the little things, and to stop and take notice. Fireflies on a warm night, little flowers blooming in the grass, butterflies in search of food, birds gathering bit of grass and string for their nests, a smile from a stranger as you pass by. 

                                                                                                  

Take a minute to look around you. There is on much more to life than computers and cell phones. Look for the positive in everything. Take time to enjoy life’s little treasures.

Aluminum as fuel May 18, 2007

A researcher is working on a new fuel alternative. Aluminum. While the idea has potential it’s not a renewable source. Aluminum pellets mixed with gallium pellets when exposed to water gives off pure hydrogen. While it sounds like a good thing it’s not renewable. Once its gone…. its gone. Which means things that where once made with aluminum like cans, will have to be made with something else. We are already depleting the earth enough as it is. I think another alternative needs to be found that is a renewable source.

     http://www.cnn.com/2007/AUTOS/05/18/bc.fuel.hydrogen.reut/index.html                               

From death comes life May 17, 2007

Stacy Rajas was a 34 year old teacher who was expecting her first child. Six months into her pregnancy she suffered a brain aneurysm, and went into a coma. She was declared brain dead the next day. The doctors kept her alive to carry the baby she wanted. On May 11, 2007, 3pound 3 ounce Zoe Sofia was born by ceacarean. Her mom was taken off life support 48 hours later, and her vital organs donated.

http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/Story?id=3179755&page=1

more on Stacy

http://www.stacyfosterrojas.com/

My sympathies to her husband Marcus as well as my blessings on the birth of his new baby daughter.

Are multi-vitamins safe? May 15, 2007

We always want our love ones to stay as healthy as possible, but how much is too much of a good thing? Studies have shown that large doses of multi-vitamins may be harmful to the prostate. Trying to keep the men in your life healthy just keeps getting harder.

http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1621240,00.html 

The Eagles fly high May 14, 2007

In June it will be decided if the US bald eagle  will be removed from the threatened

species list. There are now 9,789 breeding pairs through out the lower 48 states. If only other breeds of endangered species where doing so well.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070514/sc_nm/usa_endangered_baldeagles_dc;_ylt=AhBEn96Nv7OfABLa_6C0YQt4hMgF

                                                                          

A true hero May 13, 2007

George was a 9 year old Jack Russell Terrier. He gave his life to protect 5 children from 2 pitbulls. A selfless act for man’s best friend. I’m sure his owner is very proud of him.

                                                                       

                              http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/nzealandanimalsoffbeat      Well done George……..well done.                                                        

Laundry Daze May 12, 2007

I have never been accused of being “Suzie Homemaker”. My mile high piles of laundry will attest to this. It’s amazing how much laundry a family of five can make. Sometimes a person has to give in, so with laundry soap in one hand and baskets in the other, I set out on my perilous journey of doing laundry. As I sorted out my clothing I began to wonder why I insisted on keeping some of these clothes.  A pack rat doesn’t keep as much stuff as I do. Some of these clothes just didn’t fit  any one. So I finally decided with much effort to bag up what didn’t fit. You wouldn’t believe how hard it was for me to let go of some of these clothes. I started this quest two days ago and my washing machine and dryer have hardly stopped.  I see an end to it probably about 5 more loads………now if I can get the 3 year old to not dump out the clean loads while I fold…………

Is that all? May 10, 2007

With the price of gas going up to around $4.00 a gallon this summer. You got to see some humor in it. So here’s my attempt at it………

A guy walks into a gas station and asks the attendant for 5 bucks in gas.

the attendant looks at him and farts…….

then hands him the receipt.

I know sad attempt but I bet you chuckled.