Surviving the Circus

America needs a miracle, but all we have is band-aids, so USE the band-aid! Yesterday I just couldn't believe what I was hearing from Republicans... they were claiming to be cooperating when it was perfectly obvious to the majority of Americans that they were simply playing bipartisan politics as usual. The stimulus package - money for Education would not create new jobs? Hmmm, maybe not. What about saving jobs, isn't that equally important? In our school district, up to 100 positions will be cut for the next school year. I already know of one teacher who will be losing her position without further funding. She is not losing her position based on merit either, these layoffs are being based on seniority. State aid - cannot be overseen properly? wouldn't create new jobs? This statement I find particularly funny in light of the lack of oversight on the stimulus package passed during President Bush's last days in office. I don't know about where you live, but in this t...

Plumbing woes... what makes the toilet NOT fill up with water in the back, so that it can flush? Since last night, we have been having this problem and I cannot for the life of me figure it out. The water just barely drips into the back part where the water is stored. It takes hours for it to fill, and even then it will not deliver a full forced flush. Everything looks fine - no kinks in the chain, etc., but then again, I do not truly know how things should look. Everything else is draining fine, well, the tub is a little slower than usual, but that's all. If the problem were a clogged line, then the toilet would run over, correct? Any possible solutions would be welcomed as I do not have the money for a plumber.

Could this be another life lesson from the ants? The queen ant is the only ant allowed to reproduce. The others are forced to remain celibate and work for the good of all. All ants that are caught in the act, or even thinking about the act, are attacked by the other ants. It's true! Apparently, an ant that is feeling romantic emits an odor that is easily detectable by the other ants. The scientists that conducted this experiment actually dabbed a bit of the aroma on some unsuspecting ants and then placed them back inside the colony, and they were attacked. The only time the ant colony experiences "free love" is when the queen ant dies. "The idea that social harmony is dependent on strict systems to prevent and punish cheating seems to apply to most successful societies," Liebig explained in a comment released with his paper. Regardless of the genome, in matters of sex, nature still appears to prefer us not to stray. Read the full story at Time.com.

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Have you ever dreamed of the country life? You know, a farm, lots of land, chickens, goats, etc. It's a nice life. I lived it for about five years. Sometimes I miss the farm. One of the cool and sometimes not so cool, things about living miles away from town, was that we always had a new supply of pets. People just love to dump their unwanted pets on country roads. We usually found homes for most of the dogs, but we kept almost all of the cats. We already had three dogs, so keeping more just wasn't practical. I had about two dozen cats and kittens at one point, all of whom came running to walk with me down the lane to the mailbox every day. It was such fun. We built a large deck out back and they all ate happily... their own private picnic... as if the deck was built just for them. I am rambling on about this because I read a post over at "Life On a Southern Farm" which brought back all the memories. It's a wonderful post, complete with photos of the hatching chi...

As I was reading more material concerning the law of attraction, ho'oponopono and other inspirational modalities of healing and prospering, I couldn't help but think of the words of Leonard Nimoy's character, Mr. Spock, on Star Trek... "Live long and prosper." Then suddenly I had my own little rhyme. I rather like it, and I can remember it easily. It helps put perspective not only on how we should handle prosperity, but also on how we should handle those not-so-great, stressful periods of life. Flow through prosperity and it will flow through you. Flow through severity and it will be subdued. The most important thing is to love, because love binds everything in perfect harmony. (Paraphrase of Colossians 3.14, New Testament) I plan to shine in '09, how 'bout you?

No, I'm not joking - at least not about the prediction. A respected (in Russia anyway) Russian professor has made this dire prediction for the US. This is not a new prediction by this Russian professor, but it certainly is his craziest. Still, the Russians are broadcasting this potential demise of the US twice a day. I guess they conveniently overlooked that even the good psychic professor only gives this demise a 45-55% chance. My laughter came to an abrupt halt and was replaced by a terribly unsettled feeling when I saw this statement... "...dean of the Russian Foreign Ministry's academy for future diplomats." Yikes! This bozo is manipulating the minds of future foreign diplomats? For a decade, Russian academic Igor Panarin has been predicting the U.S. will fall apart in 2010. For most of that time, he admits, few took his argument -- that an economic and moral collapse will trigger a civil war and the eventual breakup of the U.S. -- very seriously. Now he's f...