People Doing Good Things

Lori and Anders and Enablers Asia doing works to help people make their lives better in truly fundamental ways. Creating hydroelectric power for churches and buildings, recycling steel, making bridges stronger. Read all about they work being done here:

Enablers Asia

And follow them on Twitter: @andersandlori

Follow their blog HERE for updates.

Human Lifespans Explained --

On the first day, God created the dog and said, "Sit all day by the door of your house and bark at anyone who comes in or walks past. For this, I will give you a life span of twenty years."

The dog said, "That's a long time to be barking. How about only ten years and I'll give you back the other ten?"

So God agreed......

On the second day, God created the monkey and said, "Entertain people, do tricks, and make them laugh. For this, I'll give you a twenty-year life span.."
The monkey said, "Monkey tricks for twenty years? That's a pretty long time to perform. How about I give you back ten like the dog did?"

And God agreed......

On the third day, God created the cow and said, "You must go into the field with the farmer all day long and suffer under the sun, have calves and give milk to support the farmer's family. For this, I will give you a life span of sixty years."

The cow said, "That's kind of a tough life you want me to live for sixty years. How about twenty and I'll give back the other forty?"

And God agreed again......

On the fourth day, God created humans and said, "Eat, sleep, play, marry and enjoy your life. For this, I'll give you twenty years."

But the human said, "Only twenty years? Could you possibly give me my twenty, the forty the cow gave back, the ten the monkey gave back, and the ten the dog gave back; that makes eighty, okay?"

"Okay," said God. "You asked for it.."

So that is why for our first twenty years, we eat, sleep, play and enjoy ourselves. For the next forty years, we slave in the sun to support our family. For the next ten years, we do monkey tricks to entertain the grandchildren. And for the last ten years, we sit on the front porch and bark at everyone.

Life has now been explained to you.

There is no need to thank me for this valuable information. I'm doing it as a public service.

WHY WOMEN SHOULDN'T TAKE MEN SHOPPING

After I retired, my wife insisted that I accompany her on her trips to Target. Unfortunately, like most men, I found shopping boring and preferred to get in and get out. Equally unfortunate, my wife is like most women - she loves to browse.

Yesterday my dear wife received the following letter from the local Target.

Dear Mrs. Samuel,

Over the past six months, your husband has caused quite a commotion in our store. We cannot tolerate this behavior and have been forced to ban both of you from the store. Our complaints against your husband, Mr. Samuel, are listed below and are documented by our video surveillance cameras.

1. June 15: Took 24 boxes of condoms and randomly put them in other people's carts when they weren't looking.

2. July 2: Set all the alarm clocks in Housewares to go off at 5-minute intervals.

3. July 7: He made a trail of tomato juice on the floor leading to the women's restroom.

4. July 19: Walked up to an employee and told her in an official voice, 'Code 3 in Housewares. Get on it right away'. This caused the employee to leave her assigned station and receive a reprimand from her Supervisor that in turn resulted with a union grievance, causing management to lose time and
costing the company money.

5. August 4: Went to the Service Desk and tried to put a bag of M&Ms on layaway.

6. August 14: Moved a 'CAUTION - WET FLOOR' sign to a carpeted area.

7. August 15: Set up a tent in the camping department and told the children shoppers he'd invite them in if they would bring pillows and blankets from the bedding department to which twenty children obliged.

8. August 23: When a clerk asked if they could help him he began crying and screamed, 'Why can't you people just leave me alone?' EMTs were called.

9. September 4: Looked right into the security camera and used it as a mirror while he picked his nose.

10. September 10: While handling guns in the hunting department, he asked the clerk where the antidepressants were.

11. October 3: Darted around the store suspiciously while loudly humming the ' Mission Impossible' theme.

12. October 6: In the auto department, he practiced his 'Madonna look' by using different sizes of funnels.

13. October 18: Hid in a clothing rack and when people browsed through, yelled 'PICK ME! PICK ME!'

14. October 21: When an announcement came over the loud speaker, he assumed a fetal position and screamed 'OH NO! IT'S THOSE VOICES AGAIN!'

And last, but not least:

15. October 23: Went into a fitting room, shut the door, waited awhile, then yelled very loudly, 'Hey! There's no toilet paper in here.' One of the clerks passed out.

*TRAFFIC CAMERA

I was driving when I saw the flash of a traffic camera. I
figured that my picture had been taken for exceeding the limit
even though I knew that I was not speeding.

Just to be sure, I went around the block and passed the same
spot, driving even more slowly, but again the camera flashed.

Now I began to think that this was quite funny, so I drove
even slower as I passed the area once more, but the traffic
camera again flashed.

I tried a fourth and fifth time with the same results and
was now laughing as the camera flashed while I rolled past at a
snail's pace.

Two weeks later, I got five tickets in the mail for driving
without a seat belt.

You can't fix stupid.....*

Sounds on the Wind

I have this and my Tumblr account attached to Twitter. But I like good news and can't repeating this.

I just heard from a good friend who’s having a rough time lately. She got some Good News finally today from a major TV network about a new show that’s going to help people in their own rough spots. When I have more news, you will too. So watch this spot often for updates and info on what to find and where.

Science Made Easy

Here's what the universe, from the perspective of being inside the Milky Way, looks like in various wavelengths from gamma rays to radio waves. Interesting to see the objects that appear and vanish from type to type.

Chromascope

via @tavigrenier

Summer Is Coming

Make sure your home is in a defensible space by following CalFire's steps:

http://www.readyforwildfire.org/

Clearing plant growth, keeping roofing in order and other things _YOU_ can do to protect your home and family and make it easier for fire fighters to do their jobs.