My good friend Judy knows how much I love animals. She emailed me a link to a fantastic video about a herd of white deer. I found it so interesting, I’d like to share it with you. I hope you find it as interesting as I do!
I was at work the other day when a man came in and said that there had been a terrorist attack in Texas. An small plane had crashed into an IRS building somewhere in Texas! My immediate thought was that was no terrorist attack; it was a disgruntled taxpayer! Later on I heard on the news that it was, in fact, a disgruntled man who had been at war with the IRS for thirty years! The man had set his house on fire first! I heard that his wife & son escaped (good grief, he wanted to kill his own family?) before setting off to crash his plane. I have to say that I’m glad it wasn’t a terrorist attack, but I’m sorry that the guy went so crazy that he went to such drastic actions of violence!
A few months ago my brother bought a wireless light switch for me to use on my bedside table lamp. I didn’t really feel I needed one, but it was a gift from someone who loved me, so I gratefully and dutifully plugged it in. Today I was reading the Consumer Reports Shopsmart magazine for January 2010 and saw it featured in their recall article as being a fire hazard! So I have just unplugged the switch and plan to call the toll free number and hope that they will issue a refund of some sort! I never would have know about this recall if I hadn’t read that magazine! I think maybe I should subscribe to it!
When I hear about all of the different natural disasters that occur around the world, I have to wonder if there is anyplace on earth that is really and truly safe? It seems that everywhere has SOMETHING catastrophic just waiting around the corner!
My prayers and best wishes go out to the people of Haiti, the victims, their friends and family, and the many rescuers that have arrived or who are on their way to help. It truly is amazing how many countries and people are putting aside their difference and rising to the occassion and trying to help!
I was watching the news and was interested in the story about the strange lights in the night sky last night over Norway. The lights were spiral in shape – it reminded me of an old necklace I was given by an aunt many years ago. That was inexpensive costume jewelry that she said she wore back in the 60’s and 70’s – the Hippie days. Anyway, apparently the Russians are saying that the light show was caused by a missile misfire. I wonder if the missile was supposed to have been fired for some kind of secret test and if it fired wrong, or exactly what happened. Scary thoughts cross my mind when I hear about missile tests!