Charles Manson is now 77 years old and is coming up for parole once again. This is one person who deserves to never walk among the general population again and I do believe that if he was released that a riot would break out like we have never seen the likes of before anywhere. But no one ever knows what a parole board will decide on these days, we can only pray.
Don’t you love extended warranties?
I was cooking dinner last night in the microwave oven. The timer told me that the meal was half cooked and it was time to stir it. As I opened the microwave I discovered that the dish was still very cold! I checked all of my settings on the microwave to make sure it was set on “high” (it was) but the food was not getting hot. I reset the microwave again, started it up again and let it run for another ten minutes. The light was on, and I could hear the microwave humming, and I went back to doing something else, hoping that all was well.
When the timer beeped I went to the microwave, opened it up, took out the meal, and was quite disappointed to find that it was still cold! Not a happy camper, I can tell you that! I immediately put the uncooked microwave meal in the refrigerator, pulled a saucepan off of the pot rack, put a couple of inches of water in it and put it on the stove top. Then I dropped in a couple of hot dogs and while they were cooking pulled out the extended warranty information from the filing cabinet. After eating dinner I called the telephone number from the extended warranty information and made arrangements for a technician to come out and take a look at the microwave.
I was just thinking about the next time I go on vacation, I’d like to go to DisneyWorld. I enjoy the fact that so many of their attractions are NOT wild roller-coaster rides! They have a lot of live entertainment shows on the streets that entertain people who are not actively going in an attraction. They take great strides to keep the park clean, and the employees there are always so pleasant and professional. Yeah, DisneyWorld is one of my favorite vacation spots! I wouldn’t mind moving there and working there when I finally move out of the house. I don’t know what job I would want, but it is just such a happy feeling place, I wouldn’t mind being there all the time!
I was reading an article on the Time.com website about how overpopulation is one of the largest issues that the world needs to address if we want to curb some of the environmental problems. The supply and demand imbalance is largely contributing to the skyrocketing food and energy prices.
One of the things that I found interesting about this article was the proposition that the most successful way to control overpopulation is to put women in control of their own procreation. In countries where women have access to birth control, the birth rate drops. I imagine that’s very true, common sense would dictate that most women would not want to have a lot of children – children are a lot of work, and are expensive to care for!
Contribution by Saul Martin
I wanted to get my parents something really special for Christmas this year, and had no idea what that would be. They spend most of their time together now that they are retired, so I thought it would be nice to get one big gift that they could share and use around the house. They pretty much have everything that they need, but have never been extravagant, and hardly ever spend on the extras. I was really stumped, and was starting to get desperate. I was lucky to come across http://www.giveadish.com/ the other day, because I found the perfect gift. I am going to connect Directv for them and pay for a year of their service. They have never had access to all of these channels and sports before and I think that they are really going to like it. I know that my dad will definitely like the fact that he can watch all NFL games, and my mom will enjoy the movie channels. It would be great if they actually like it because I always have the hardest time finding them something that is practical and enjoyable.