I was reading an article on the Internet about how a two-thousand year old seed has been sprouted and is now growing quite steadily.  So far it has been growing for twenty six months and is now an amazing four feet tall.  It is the seed of a Judean date tree which is now extinct. 

It seems that according to this article, several seeds of this type were discovered some forty years ago and have been stored until just recently, when a group of scientists decided to try to germinate it.  I’m still not quite sure why they only tried one!  Anyway, what is good and important about this is that they think (and hope) that the tree will have some medicinal uses.  I’m all for that!

Our neighborhood has been going downhill ever since we moved into our new home, and after all the work that it took in to moving here, I’ll be damned if we are going to move again any time soon, so we learn to adapt. The kids know not to leave their bikes or scooters and any thing of value just lying around for any length of time, we have lost many of bicycles through out the years, so things like that now go straight into the garage.

We have installed security cameras all around the house and yard, the backyard is totally fenced in, and we really need to get on the ball and get the front yard fenced in also, We have been talking about doing that  for several years now and it still it remains unfenced, as it was on the first day of us moving in.

Our teenage daughter has approached me about her concerns of her safety during the night time hours and is interested in looking into carrying a gun of some sort. I’m all about be allowed to carry a firearm, but considering her young age and the lack of good judgement, I have convinced her into looking into some type of spray that she could use on someone, if the need be. So we both sat down on the PC last night and took a look around to see what was being offered out there on-line in the line of mace sprays, amazing how many different brands and varieties that are out there to be purchased, so it took a good bit of time to find one that we both agreed upon.

We have decided to buy baton pepper lace for $39.95, it sprays up to 5 feet and their four gram unit contains 3 one second bursts. You can purchase additional refills for just $7.95, all this is going to be done at planetmace.com, The total amount of our purchase didn’t quite add up to the amount of $50, which is what it takes to get their Free Shipping offer. So we looked around and found their selection of animal repellents and decided that for $13.95 it would be good to get their key chain canine repellent spray, which would place us well over the $50 mark.  We have had a lot of pit bulls now residing in our neighborhood and we have always wanted to get something that would help in case one day one of these free roaming pit bulls decides to act up with anyone from this household, so it really is a good idea to go ahead and get it also.

I hope that she never has to use either one of these products, but at least she will have something to help defend herself in this screwed up world that we now live in. She is a feisty one, this daughter is, I know she can kick some butt and doesn’t think twice about getting up in your face, and she can back it up too. But sometimes a girl needs an extra advantage and I hope that these will do the job.

I wonder how can the most popular coffee shops in the world be having money problems? I mean, they are charging primo bucks for a cup of coffee and there are always lines of cars waiting to go through the drive through and buy their high dollar caffeine fix. The crew in San Fran call it “Five Bucks Coffee” instead of “Star Bucks.” I know several people who drink 4-5 cups of Starbucks every day. So how can they be having money trouble?

On the cover of the Yahoo news is an article about how Starbucks is going to close up to 600 stores this year and lay off a lot of people - over 12,000 jobs will be lost. What are all those highly trained baristas going to do for work now? I mean, what is up with that?

I seem to remember seeing a news story on the Fox Channel on the TV just recently, about a company that has cut the cost of buying prescription glasses of all types and varieties, by manufacturing the glasses directly. The have a huge selection of their quite stylish eye wear, that can be viewed at their web-site of ZenniOptical.com, that have a starting price of only $8, can’t beat that.

I have placed the video of that particular showing for your viewing information and pleasure:

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