I saw on the today show (I think it was yesterday) a story about how the price of gasoline continuing to rise is going to be causing the price of milk to jump to $6.00 a gallon in very short order! I hope that they are mistaken, milk is already more expensive than soda! It is hard enough to get kids to drink milk INSTEAD of soda because kids prefer the sweetened drinks. But if the price of milk continues to increase, I’m concerned that for economical reasons the parents will be encouraging the kids to be drinking sweetened drinks in place of milk, which could lead to health problems down the road such as obesity and diabetes.

As part of the news story they were showing some new milk cartons that they say will start to show up on the store shelves soon. I’ve already seen them at Costco; they are squarish and a little bit awkward to handle. The newscasters reported that the reason for the switch to the different jugs is because they can stack them tighter in the truck, which reduces the transportation costs. Well, I’m all about reducing costs!

Posted: July 2nd, 2008 under Business, Finances/Money, Food and Beverage, Health, Issues, Life, News, Parenting, Shopping.
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Well, today’s news seems to be largely focused (at least at the moment) on the Supreme Court’s decision to interpret the 2nd amendment to read that individuals DO have the right to own guns.  Apparently there are quite a few cities in the US that have put into place strict laws making it illegal for people to own guns.

I have mixed emotions about this.  I agree that it should be legal for people to own handguns and some rifles for hunting deer/bear/elk/whatever.  But I do think that the larger automatic type of gun that shoots hundreds of bullets a minute has no legitimate place in today’s society.  I understand that there are some city majors out there right now that are unhappy with the Supreme Court’s decision; they are afraid that their crime rate will go up and they will need to hire more police.  That really is a shame, and it is a scary thought.

It certainly is a “loaded” issue!

Posted: June 26th, 2008 under Business, Internet, Issues, Life, News, Online, Sports, Technology.
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I was reading the BBC website about a story about the Supreme Court and a Guantanamo Bay inmate that has challenged why he has been held in Guantanamo Bay without a trial for so long, being classified as an “enemy combatant.”  Apparently this man has proven to the Supreme Court that he is NO an “enemy combatant” and the US is going to have to release him.  Of course, many people are upset about this; I happen to feel that these people should be given some kind of trial, not just thrown into what is essentially a prison of war camp.  I think it is shameful what the US has done during this war.  We CLAIM that we don’t use torture, but we all know torture is used.  Sometimes it is easy to understand how many people can hate the American country.

Posted: June 23rd, 2008 under Blogs, Internet, Issues, Life, News, Online, Politics, Technology.
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I was just opening yesterdays mail and saw that I had a new replacement Discover card. No big deal, right? Well, they decided to change my account number, so to me that IS a big deal, because my credit card number is “on file” in so many places that just automatically charge their monthly bill to my card! So tomorrow I am going to have to spend quite a bit of time calling the different companies and asking them to change their records to reflect my new account number. And I have to go online to several sites and notify those companies of the account number change, too! GRRRRRR…..

I always say, “if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it!” I wish they’d just left it alone! I had the number memorized, and now it is just going to be a huge pain in the neck all around!

Posted: June 22nd, 2008 under Blogs, Business, Finances/Money, Internet, Issues, Life, Online, Shopping, Technology.
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The Israel and Hamas truce began earlier today, and I sure hope that truce turns into a long-lasting peace.  I understand there is a lot of misgivings about how long it will last, and I can understand why, but I really wish that the different sides would make a huge effort to stop the fighting and killing.  The world has been at war long enough.

Although, if I recall correctly, Nostradamas, the famous psychic predicted that the end of the world would come 25 years after there was peace in the Middle East, so maybe peace in the Middle East is not such a good thing! 

Posted: June 19th, 2008 under Issues, Life, News, Technology.
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