So Amazon recently unveiled their 100 Books To Read In A Lifetime list, and out of curiosity, I decided to list the ones I have read already. Granted, since 2010, I have not done much pleasure/leisure reading due to time constraints. However, I do want to get back into reading and thought this might motivate me.

The Ones I Have Read (full list)

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A few evenings ago, the local news Channel 7 WJLA out of Washington, D.C., featured an interesting yet very odd story. Medical researchers have determined that a Lone Star Tick is causing meat allergies in central Virginia. It has taken years to track down the source of these sudden allergic reactions to meat, because unlike many other food ( Read more... )

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Delhaize America, the Belgian owners of the Food Lion, Bloom and Bottom Dollar Food grocery chains, are closing 126 under-preforming stores around the country. Click here for a list of closing stores. They are also “retiring” the Bloom banner and converting 64 Bloom and Bottom Dollar stores into Food Lions. Click here for a list of converting ( Read more... )

Society, especially here in California, has allowed itself to be warped into a ridiculous mockery of the basic principles of common sense, morality, and justice... and watching the "local" news out of L.A. is severely depressing. A four-year-old little boy was shot and killed in a drive-by shooting while playing with a friend just a little ways ( Read more... )

Journey of a Thousand Thanks

One woman, Keela Carr, will be walking 2,700 miles from Fort Irwin, California, to Arlington Cemetery, Arlington, Virgina, to say Thank You to the men and women in the US Armed Forces.

Her Journey:

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• Full TranscriptI watched President Bush's eighth and final State of the Union Address this evening, and it was an interesting one. It made me wonder how different next year's Address may be, depending upon who is elected President and from which party ( Read more... )

It is alarming and quite disgusting what people are capable of doing to other people. I just heard about West Virginia Torture Case, as it is being called in the news, this morning.

I really cannot find the words to express how horrible this is. The only thing that comes to my mind right now is 1 Thessalonians 5:21-22. "Prove all things; hold ( Read more... )

It took about a week, but we finally have our Cable and Internet. I openly admit that I was beginning to suffer from Internet withdraw. Not with LJ, or Real Time Believers, or DA or anything of that nature, but email. I could not check my email - that is what had me wandering the house with wringling hands. I usually check my email once or ( Read more... )

This gave me a good laugh, and I thought it was worthwhile to share with you guys. Poor Little froggie!