I was reading the Internet version of the April 7 2008 issue of Time Magazine, the article titled “The Clean Energy Myth” about how the big rush to grow corn to use for biofuel is actually worsening the global warming problem and raising the cost of food. Apparently the demand for corn for producing biofuel is so high that the farmers are selling their corn to the companies that will be turning it into fuel instead of selling it to [...]
I was reading on the Internet the article from Time’s April 24th issue titled “How to end the Global Food Shortage.” The article was explaining that the US Government subsidizes the US farmer fifty one cents per gallon to divert their corn to biofuels. The article was also explaining that a lot of the third world countries could grow a lot more of their own food if they could get a little bit of help with getting good seed, fertilizer, [...]
Yesterday my cousin Chrissy dropped in, her kids Amanda and Heather in tow. She stopped in to invite me to her place for Christmas dinner, and noticed that the tree was still sitting there, naked as a jay bird. So she and her kids took off their coats, placed a request for some hot chocolate and Christmas music, and we rolled up our sleeves and decorated the tree together. That was really nice of them to do that with me. [...]
The local fire & rescue department held a fund-raising pancake breakfast with Santa Claus this morning down at the community center. They asked me to help out, so I went down there and helped serve the pancakes and sausage. It was a nice time, seeing a lot of neighbors that I haven’t seen since my parent’s funeral. I got a lot of invitations to come drop by and see them during the holidays. Of course I said I’d try to [...]
Well I did find the perfect little tree to cut down last weekend. I decided on a three foot tree to put on a small table in front of the parlor window so that people can see it when they drive up the driveway at night. I don’t want a larger one because I don’t think I’ll have a lot of time to decorate it. After cutting the tree I brought it up to the house and let it rest for [...]