Everybody pretty much thinks that we have no winter in Southern California. That’s not exactly true. This time of the year the mercury ranges from high 40s F to low 60s F. Before you people back east start laughing out loud, remember that “cold” is a relative term. I lived in the New York City [...]
Entries from January 2008
January 24, 2008
Red Tape
Yesterday I took the time to write emails to both California senators and my local representatives, as well as the Metropolitan Water District regarding my concerns about water fluoridation. This was what I wrote:
Is the flouridation of our drinking water a permanent situation? I protest the addition of fluoride to our water [...]
January 22, 2008
Read this before your next sip of tap water…
Scientific American Has Second Thoughts About Fluoride
“Editors for Scientific American believe recent studies suggest that fluoride raises the risks of disorders affecting teeth, bones, the brain and the thyroid gland, and in general “scientific attitudes” about fluoridation may be shifting.
“Fluoride, the most consumed drug in the USA, is deliberately added to 2/3 of public [...]
January 18, 2008
World Clock
This is rather thought-provoking. A statistical picture of the planet’s events in real time…
http://www.peterrussell.dreamhosters.com/Odds/WorldClock.php
January 12, 2008
Short Circuit
Every night at 9 pm my mom calls me to let me know that she’s OK. I asked her to do this because I was worried about her being alone all the time. So the phone rings at 9 and knowing it’s her, I usually listen to the answering machine message, determine she’s OK, and [...]
January 10, 2008
Hey! Don’t throw that away!
This is not my own original work or research. I thought it so important however, that I present it from the website coopamerica.org . I hope this will help spread the word about recycling objects you may not have thought could be recycled. Cut and paste any [...]
January 8, 2008
It’s a bird, it’s a plane…
it’s Kipper, a grey-cheeked parakeet owned by Angie Rebujio, bathing while doing his airplane impersonation…
January 7, 2008
December 2007 Reading List
Here are the books I have read for the month of December. There’s a legend that explains the rating system below the reviews. Looks like I hit 86% of my reading goal for the year.
1. Inherited Murder by Lee Martin ©1994 –This is one of my favorite mystery authors. She is known for [...]
January 6, 2008
Unburden Yourself
Read this when you are feeling down…borrowed from The Daily Om:
Many of us do not take the time to notice and acknowledge how beautiful we are as humans. We may be great lovers of beauty, seeing it in the people, places, and things around us, while completely missing it [...]
