New theme park coming

When you think of summer, the first thing that comes to mind is fun. Nothing is as fun as going to an amusement park or theme park. I remember when I was growing up theme parks were very few and we would go to the carnivals that came to town for a week every summer.

Now there's a new theme park that will be coming in 2009 to Orlando Florida "The Wizarding World of Harry Potter", Yes they are making a theme park based on Harry Potter, It should prove to be an exciting attraction. It is set to open at Universal's Islands of Adventure theme park late in 2009.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070531/ap_on_en_mo/harry_potter_park

US health authorities searching for people possibly exposed to rare TB

US Federal Health Authorities are looking for people who may have been exposed aboard a plane to someone infected with a drug resistant form of tuberculosis known as XDR-TB.

The infected patient traveled Europe via Air France Flight 385 departing Atlanta, Georgia on May 12 and arriving in Paris May 13.

Anyone on this flight should immediately contact their doctor to be tested.


http://www.cnn.com/2007/HEALTH/conditions/05/29/tb.flight/index.html

Hungry?

A recent survey showed what the best fast food picks were. The best hamburger was from Wendy's. Yum...I'll agree with that. Best fries were from McDonald's, good fries but I think Dairy Queen's is better. Best shakes were from Dairy Queen, mmmmmmmmm.
Best chicken from Chick-Fil-A. So if you want a great fast food meal you got to make several stops..... I've made myself hungry....

For a full service meal, Outback Steakhouse was first. My overall favorite, Taco Bell didn't even make the list aaawwww......

http://food.yahoo.com/blog/edlevineeats/5452/the-best-fast-food-in-the-u-s

Turkey Talk

In June a $200 million dollar power plant will come online full scale in the US. It's source of power.....turkey waste. The 55 megawatt Fibrominn LLC plant is the first poultry litter electric plant in the US. It will produce enough renewable energy to service power for 50,000 homes.

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,275042,00.html

Panty Raid

A man faces felony charges for steeling 1,300 pairs of under garments worth $6000 between Sept 2006 and May 2007. The funny part is who in their right mind would go and reclaim them.

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,274876,00.html

Plastic Corpses?

When it comes to death, It's more than just being buried in the ground. You have options on how you want to dispose of your body. Besides being buried, you have the option of cremation, and for the rich you can freeze your body and hope that someday they might find a cure for what killed you and bring you back. Now there's Plastinated.

Okay so I'm a little sarcastic. Over 7,000 people have agreed to donated their body after death to get plastinated, which is the process of draining body fluids and replacing it with liquid plastic.
This is just weird in my book.

http://abcnews.go.com/Health/WireStory?id=3194629&page=1

For our troops

In support of our troops, this is a video that was made by a 15 year old girl. It brought tears to my eyes. I have a son in the Army. At this time he is still in training. I thought I would share this with everyone.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ervaMPt4Ha0

Beadforlife

Beading is one of my favorite hobbies, I'm always in the market for new beads. I just purchased a bag of loose beads from here.

Beadforlife is a non-profit organization that sells beads made by African women in Uganda to help them rise from poverty. The beads are made from strips of brightly colored paper that are rolled then lightly varnished.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10397946/

The beads and jewelry can be purchased here:

http://www.beadforlife.org/

Sunken treasure recovered

For all of you who are coin collectors, sometime in the future you may be able to purchase coins found in a sunken ship in the English channel by a company called Odyssey Marine Exploration. They recovered 500,000+ coins, about 17 tons of gold and silver coins of the colonial-era with an estimated $500 million value.

They aren't saying where they found it or what country or countries the coins are from. Most likely a 17th century merchant vessel possibly England. it was found beyond any Territorial claims or jurisdiction of any country. Nice haul.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070518/ap_on_re_us/treasure_ship

http://www.shipwreck.net/

Please don't smell the popcorn

Every day there's something in the news about this being toxic and that being toxic. Now they are picking on my favorite snack food.....popcorn. Microwave popcorn to be precise. In the factory the workers are being exposed to a chemical called diacetyl, it's what makes the buttery smell, so when you open a bag of microwave popcorn don't smell it. Think i'll go back to my air popped popcorn........course the air is not good for you either............................

http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/story?id=3179470

Glub Glub

I've always wanted to go on a cruise. I grew up watching "The Love Boat" and thought it would be great to go on a cruise vacation to some exotic port, but with the most recent cruise ship that has run into the rocks in Alaska, thoughts of the Titanic come to mind.

Maybe I'll just go get a rubber duck and a daiquiri and go soak in my bathtub at least I won't run into the ground.........

http://www.usatoday.com/travel/news/2007-05-14-alaska-cruise-ship-evacuation_N.htm

Please help find Madeleine

This little girl 4 year old Madeleine McCann was abducted from Praia da Luz Holiday Village in Algarve Portugal on 03 May 2007. There is a campaign on Myspace to get her picture circulating in the hope that someone might have seen her. She could be any where in Europe.

more info, photos and videos can be found at:

http://www.myspace.com/findmadeline

http://www.bringmadeleinehome.com

Help bring home this little girl

Mother's Day

Today is Mother's Day. Remember your mom. Carnations have always been a symbol for Mother's Day. Red or Pink if your mother is still living. White if your mother has died.

To all mothers,

HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY

To jail or not to jail

It just astounds me that celebrities think they are above the law, Paris Hilton being the most recent one. After getting caught not once but two times on a suspended driver's license, she's circulating a petition not to go to jail because she thinks she's too beautiful. Now 45 days may be a bit excessive for the offense, but she should serve her punishment like everyone else.

http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20070509/hilton_petition_070509/20070509?hub=Entertainment

Pizza for the homeless

On Tuesday an inmate on death row in Tennessee was asked what he wanted for his last meal. He asked for a vegetarian pizza to be delivered to someone homeless. A simple request, but he was denied. The prison officials didn't give to charities.

On Wednesday night after the Execution of Phillip Workman, 150 pizzas were delivered to the homeless and dozens more to various shelters.

Yes something good came out of something tragic

http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/05/09/execution.pizza/index.html

Makers of Oxycontin plead guilty

Oxycontin makers have pleaded guilty to deceiving the public on the addictiveness of their drug.
Surprise, surprise this pain killer has destroyed more families in my county because the doctors wrote prescriptions like it was just strong aspirin. Sit in a doctors office sometime and see how many pharmacy sales people will come in with their briefcases to give doctors free samples to push on their patients. The doctors believe what the pharmaceutical companies tell them about their products. It's a big problem.
http://yahoo.usatoday.com/news/nation/2007-05-10-oxycontin-plea_N.htm?csp=1

"Cocaine" energy drink

Why would an energy drink need a name like this? Couldn't they have come up with something better? Advertising this as a legal alternative. Does anyone really need this much caffeine. We don't need to glorify drugs. While one site says there is 280 milligrams of caffeine in a 250 ml can, the FDA says there is 1,100 milligrams of caffeine in each can. Do we need our kids drinking this stuff? It's a heart attack in the making. For once the FDA is doing it's job.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070508/ts_afp/lifestyleusdrink_070508185149

charts of drinks with caffeine

http://www.energyfiend.com/caffeine-content/cocaine-energy-drink

Itsy Bitsy Spiders

This just made me go and clean my ears. A 9 year old boy had two spiders in his ear. This could happen to anyone. Kinda gives me the chills. Where's my can of Raid...............

http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/05/07/spiderboy.ap/index.html

Spider-man 3

I got a chance to see the new Spider-man 3 movie this weekend. My son took me. Actually I drove since he is only 14, and he payed for it. It was his birthday gift to me.

I have to say of all three Spider-man movies, this one in my opinion is the best of the three. The special effects were fantastic. It tied up a lot of loose ends from the first two movies.

I can hardly wait for the DVD to come out. It will definitely be added to my collection of movies. I would recommend seeing it in the theater to get the full experience of the movie.

Have you checked lately?

When was the last time you checked your smoke detector? Do you even have one? You and your family should always know what to do in case of an emergency. You just never know.

We had an unfortunate mishap that could have turned disastrous if it hadn't been for the fact that we had a plan. Maybe not the best plan but it work. Our stove works off gas, the tubing that supplies the gas to the stove broke causing a leakage that the pilot light ignited and it exploded. My family was able to get out of the house and the gas was shut off to prevent further fuel added to the fire. The wall was doused with water so it wouldn't burn and a soaked towel was thrown over the pipe to smother the oxygen to the fuel.

My wall is scorched, but everyone followed instructions and got out. So have you got a plan?

Info on fire safety can be found at http://www.firesafety.gov/directory/public

65 Million Dollar Pants

I'm all for justice but is a pair of lost pants worth a 65 million dollar law suit. A pair of pants that were found the next day? I think a Washington DC administrative law judge went a little over board when he sued a dry cleaners owned by South Korean immigrants. The couple originally offer a thousand dollars to replace the pants and found them the next day. The judge still being upset refused even after two other offers. I believe lawsuits are getting out of hand. If he wins this case over something so stupid as a pair of pants, what does that say about our legal system.


http://www.cnn.com/2007/LAW/05/03/missing.pants.ap/index.html

Tainted Feed Minor Threat to Humans?

Why is the FDA so laxed when it comes to food for humans?

Pet food was recalled when it was found to contain a chemical called melamine that they found in wheat glutton that came from China. (Why are we buying wheat products from China, when they get the wheat from us to start with?)

On Monday the FDA announced that byproducts from tainted pet food was being used in chicken and hog feed.

http://www.forbes.com/feeds/ap/2007/05/01/ap3674415.html

Their argument was that only a small portion of poultry is used in the human diet. (How would they know are they watching what you eat?)

Do you get the feeling our government is trying to kill off a bunch of the population?