Green Is All Good!

As a farmer I can appreciate all the hype about going “Green” in any way, shape or form that we can manage. If everyone just pitched in we all good enjoy our Mother Earth for a long time to come. I come from a family that has always been aware of many ways to recycle and have done our best in keeping new trees growing and replanting what we can, when we can, amongst other things.

So I was happy to find a list of the best 10 green web site hosting companies that are going the extra mile in an effort to be as Eco-friendly as possible. I’m going to check them all out and see about switching to the one that I decide on. Green Geeks states that they are 300% Green Hosting and are a free domain name, host unlimited domains, along with a free site builder. Out of 5 stars they rate a 4 1/2 so that is a plus.

I found an interesting blog that speaks of green web hosting and thought that I might pass it on here for my readers entitled The Emergence of Green Web Hosting. You only need to click on the title to bring it up. As in the words of Kermit The Frog, “It isn’t easy being green” but well worth the effort!

Pass It On

Please pass this on!!

On Tuesday, the Senate health committee voted 12-11 in favor of a two-page amendment courtesy of Republican Tom Coburn that would require all Members and their staffs to enroll in any new government-run health plan. It took me less than a minute to sign up to require our congressmen and senators to drink at the same trough! Three cheers for Congressman John Fleming of Louisiana !

Congressman John Fleming ( Louisiana physician) has proposed an amendment that would require congressmen and senators to take the same health care plan they force on us (under proposed legislation they are curiously exempt).

Congressman Fleming is encouraging people to go on his Website and sign his petition (very simple – just first, last and email). I have immediately done just that at: http://fleming.house.gov/index.html . Please urge as many people as you can to do the same!

If Congress forces this on the American people, the Congressmen should have to accept the same level of health care for themselves and their families.

Yesterday was Mother’s Day

Yesterday was a rough day for me.  I took flowers to the cemetery – a bouquet of white daisies and red roses, my mother’s favorites.  I stayed, sitting on a bench near her grave for about an hour, thinking about her life, and how different my life is now that she is gone.  I watched other people come and go to their own family grave sites and leave flowers and said hello to a few of them as they walked by.

I tried to get my sister to go with me, but she wouldn’t go.  She said she gets too emotional at the cemetery.  I really would have appreciated the company, but I told her I understood.  I’m glad the weather was nice, and the cemetery was pretty, so at least it wasn’t all wet and gloom, but still it was a rough day.

Pet Peeves

One of my biggest pet peeves is the spamming issue, this is something that is continuing to get worse and not better and I just have to get it off of my chest.

I am so sick and tired of getting all of these spammed messages every single day, that state “I didn’t agree with you first, but last paragraph makes sense for me…” especially when the post is absolutely not about anything that could be agreed or disagreed upon! These folks need to at least put some type of thought into their comments! At least take the time to actually read the postings and than make your comment relevant to it, it really is not that difficult to do.

Computers and the Internet have made things so much easier for us and it is has become for us all a huge time saver, it really bites to get bogged down with such trivial nonsense.

Navy Snipers

The United States Navy came to the rescue yesterday. Their highly trained snipers took care of business. Capt Phillips can now go home to his family. These modern high tech pirates have paid the price, but I’m sure this all isn’t over by any means, a lot more blood will be shed, I’m sure of that.