Memorial Day Tribute

A meaningful photo for today's holiday.

Wind Mill Farms

Over lunch with friends today,  they mentioned they had seen a very impressive wind farm while driving south of Kentland Indiana.  So of course I had to come home and do a search to find out more.   The following can be found in its entirety HERE

"The Wind Farm's Earth friendly power is being sold to local Utility companies in an attempt to lower energy costs and reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Commercial operation began in April 2008. " I suppose they make some environmental noise.  I suppose a bird could get caught in them.  But overall it sure looks better than the pictures I see from the gulf coast lately. 

BP Fails Booming School 101 Gulf Oil Spill *MIRROR*

— BP Fails Booming School 101, creates environmental disaster and is failing to take lead in cleanup. But our federal government is also failing. Please Mirror this video to show support and help spread truth.

original video here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vx8kMX...
http://www.youtube.com/user/MrHereist...

Angry Expert On Gulf Oil Spill Clean Up - Or Lack There Of

This video has really strong language. If easily offended do not view. If you are a child do not view. And . . . thanks Bob, great find!

BP Fails Booming School 101 Gulf Oil Spill *MIRROR*

— BP Fails Booming School 101, creates environmental disaster and is failing to take lead in cleanup. But our federal government is also failing. Please Mirror this video to show support and help spread truth.

original video here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vx8kMX...
http://www.youtube.com/user/MrHereist...

Book For This Week - 5/13/2010

The Last Camel Died At

Noon

by


Elizabeth Peters

From Publishers Weekly

If Indiana Jones were female, a wife and mother who lived in Victorian times, he would be Amelia Peabody Emerson, an archeologist whose extraordinary adventures are guaranteed entertainment. This time Amelia, her handsome, fearless husband, Radcliffe, and their precocious 11-year-old son, Ramses, are in the Sudan, searching for archeologist Willoughby Forth, who disappeared 14 years earlier with his new wife. Rescued in the desert after every camel in their caravan dies, the Emersons are taken to a lost city where ancient Egyptian customs have been carried into modern times. There, entangled in two half-brothers' battle for the throne, Amelia and family fight for the freedom of the slave class while ferreting out the fate of Forth and his bride, and arranging to escape with their lives. Peters ( The Deeds of the Disturber ), who also writes as Barbara Michaels, laces her usual intricate plotting with Amelia's commonsense approach to hygiene and manners, and coyly delicate references to vigorously enjoyed connubial pleasures. Combining a fierce affection for her family with indefatigable independence, stalwart Amelia proves once again an immensely likable heroine.

(I finished listening to this on audio last night on my way home from work.  I was introduced to the Amelia Peabody series by a MP friend and this audio book was a gift from another MP friend.   I am grateful to both for so many hours of enjoyment.   I have listened to a few of the Amelia Peabody books - The Serpent on the Crown,  The Mummy Case,  and Crocodile on the Sandbank- and while I enjoyed them all I have to say that The Last Camel Died at Noon is,  so far my favorite.  Click on the author's name to learn more.)

Mother's Day Dinner and A Movie Double Feature Matinee

After crab quesadillas  Nicole and I watched two movies this afternoon.  For the first one (Pay It Forward)  I needed the kleenex box and for the second one (Fast Food Nation) I was left a little disturbed as it has a lot more to say about our immigration issue than it did about our fast food industry.   I had wanted to watch both movies for quite some time and am glad to have seen them.   I recommend either of them for when you are in a thoughtful mood.   I also recommend you order  your steaks medium well rather than medium rare.

  

Had a nice evening with Mark. We had dinner in - I have missed my turn to cook several times the past few months and we've ate out instead. We also enjoyed the classic movie "Gettysburg".