Archives for January 2007
The Jesus Diet
You’ll forgive me for laughing at these people.
PLANT CITY – Roger Swanson wants to walk again. Daina Roughgarden hopes to rid her body of nodules that could prove cancerous. Rocio Mazzetti desires to keep symptoms of multiple sclerosis at bay.
They each sought help this month inside a rust-colored house on Thonotosassa Road, home to the Central Florida outpost of the Hallelujah Acres Lifestyle Center. For about $1,200 a week, leaders at the center teach would-be adherents the basics of the Hallelujah Diet, a vegan eating plan that centers on the consumption of raw foods and Christianity.”
Crying Child Forces Family From Plane
Jan. 23, 2007 — Every parent has dealt with a child having a tantrum and causing embarrassment at the worst times — in a grocery store, in a restaurant, and at weddings.
For a Massachusetts mom and dad, however, their toddler’s tantrum cost them their flight home.
On Jan. 14, 3-year-old Elly Kulesza and her parents, Julie and Gerald, were kicked off an AirTran Airways flight from Florida to their Worcester, Mass., home because Elly would not stop crying.
Elly, who had been a model passenger on the flight to Florida four days earlier, began to cry uncontrollably once she got on the plane, throwing a temper tantrum on the floor.
AirTran employees demanded that the Kuleszas calm down their child. When Elly didn’t stop crying, the crew banned the Kuleszas from flying for 24 hours. Later, AirTran offered an apology to the family along with a refund on their tickets.
“As we have an obligation to the 112 other passengers onboard the flight to operate the flight on time,” AirTran said in a statement, “we had to make an operational decision to ask the Kulesza party to deplane so the flight could depart.”
I wouldn’t ever fly them again.
How To Boil Water
Another useful tip from the Shack.
- Choose a pot that is large enough to hold the water you wish to boil.
- Fill pot with water and place on stove.
- Turn the stove on.
- Do no watch- watched pots never boil.
Ok, that last line is a myth. Watched pots do boil, but they are kind of dull to watch. 😉
This last post is for people who are still having trouble making hard boiled eggs.
What Is Your Favorite Topic To Blog About?
Nu, what is your favorite topic to blog about?
Cemetery Blogging
I am sitting with my grandparents, or should I say next to their stones.
The last week has been a little rough. In the past I would have picked up grandpa and had lunch.
He would ask about the family and laugh at stories about the kids. Sooner or later we’d talk about the challenge of supporting a family and this and that.
I miss those moments. Our relationship had matured. We were friends who could relate to each other.
When he died I lost a confidant. It is really hard not being able to see him.
So I drove out to Eden and here we are together. I am still telling him stories and I imagine that he is still laughing even though I can’t really hear his voice.
It makes me feel better to be here close to him. Sometimes I get upset with life because I feel like I have been robbed of people I love.
But then again I think about what I had and what I have.
Surely things could be worse.
That is all I have to say right now.