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Do you realize just how small and insignificant we are compared to the rest of the universe? The following video may help to put it in perspective.



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Click to help

April 22nd 2010 05:59
Here's a great way to help animals, the environment, kids and lots of other good causes with a simple click of your mouse.

At this site there are six tabs at the top ,which you can click to help six different groups.

Click to Give

This next site has a few more you can also help by clicking. Their list of tabs runs along the left side of the page.

Click to Donate


You can do this everyday and every little bit helps. Just think, taking five minutes to click a few times and your helping to donate food, books, rain forest land, and so many other things.
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What's a little pus going to hurt?

March 31st 2010 07:14
cow milking machine


By now everyone has heard that milk contains pus. If you haven't, well now you have. If your like me, when I hear things like this I always wonder just how that happens. I looked into it and here's how it gets in there.

First a short, simple biology lesson to set the stage. Just like humans, a cow must get pregnant to produce milk (You would be surprised how many people believe cows normally produce milk and must be milked for their health). The calf is taken away after birth and the cow is constantly hooked up to a milking machine and milked until she starts to dry up. Then the cycle is repeated: pregnancy, birth, milking, repeat.

Being hooked up to a machine so often causes infections and can lead to a painful inflammation called mastitis. Just as when we get an infection (picture a cut finger infected and oozing pus), the white blood cells in cows try to fight off the infection, leading to pus. But don't worry, no more than 750,000 cells per milliliter is allowed, and it's white, so you'll never notice it floating around in your glass of milk.

Oh, if your wondering what happens to all those calves that are taken away, most of them become veal. But that's a story for another day.
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March 20th is Meatout Day

March 16th 2010 23:53
meatout.org


It's that time of the year again. March 20th is Meatout Day. This year will be the 25th anniversary of this grassroots campaign. You can go to Meatout.org for tons of information as well as a listing of events going on around the world


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The 411 on Goog-411

December 12th 2009 07:30
phone goog-411


Google has a free 411 service. Just dial 1-800-goog(4664)-411, give the city & state and name or type of business. You will be connected for free to the business as well. You can also get the number for future reference, as well as a text or map link sent to your cell phone with the information


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I'm back

December 7th 2009 04:37
i'm back


Well it looks like I will be taking over this blog......again. Originally it was written by someone else and it was all about different types of treasure hunting. Then I took it over and the treasure hunt adventure became all about what hidden treasure could be found on the internet. Then my life became too busy to keep up the blog so someone else took over. Now I finally have some time and having found this blog abandoned decided to once again take it over


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Windfall

May 4th 2009 14:31

The term windfall is used to denote some special turn of events or luck. The word itself tells what “windfall” means – something blown down by wind, such as trees, or fruit blown from trees. But the word has taken on a special meaning. This meaning – getting something unearned – was first used in medieval England.
At that time, much of the land was in the hands of a few barons. The rest of the people, commoners, lived and worked on their vast estates. They planted the seed , cared for the farm animals and harvested the crops. Not all the land, however, was used for farming. Every land baron kept a large private forest for hunting deer and wild boar


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Online personal assistant

October 11th 2008 06:56
pageonce internet


Pageonce calls itself the First Personal Internet Assistant. It's looks like a great idea. You can view all your personal accounts and websites in one place - bank, credit, utility, even your netflix and social networking sites. It will show balances, bills that are due, cell phone usage, new messages and emails, frequent flyer miles. It sounds great but I'm a little paranoid about giving out so much information - bank accts, credit card numbers, passwords, etc


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Whats your ecological footprint?

October 3rd 2008 05:07
earth


At ecofoot.org you can take a short quiz to see what your ecological footprint is. Its available for the US and Australia


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I'm your tour guide

September 11th 2008 04:52
cartoon alien
Welcome, I'm your tour guide.


Sit back and buckle your seat belt as we cruise the internet for the coolest, strangest, funnest, craziest, and greatest stuff people wasted their valuable time putting on the internet. So secure any loose items and enjoy the ride


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