The bubonic plague or the pneumonic plague... no I don't have either one, but I've been sick, just a little cold.
The black death killed one third of the human population on China, Asia, India, Europe and Northern Africa in sixteen years from 1334 to 1350.
The Black Death was both of those plagues hitting at the same time. The bubonic plague causes swollen black lymph nodes and kills its victims in about 5 days, it was carried by rats and fleas. The pneumonic plague was also spread by rats and fleas with humans being able to transmit it as well, in the same way as the common cold, it killed its victims even faster within 3 days or as little as 24 hours.
Anyway, I'm better now, thanks for asking...
Wednesday, July 16, 2008
Friday, July 11, 2008
THIS WEEK
It was a grand and glorious weekend – Well I’m talking about the 4th of July so I had to slip the grand and glorious in.
Now for some trivia – The Declaration of Independence was actually voted on and approved on the 2nd of July, The document was then rewritten and the final draft approved on July 4th and sent to the printer.
The document that we think of as the Declaration of Independence, was hand written and signed on July 19th The bulk of the signatures came later, on August 2nd, 1776
The first public reading of the Document happened on July 8th at Independence Hall.
Congress was going to celebrate the 2nd as “Independence Day”, but did not remember until July 3rd 1777, and so celebrated the first celebration of Independence Day on July 4th, 1777.
So what did I do over the 4th of July Weekend? Well first it was clean the garage, which I never get enough time in there to do it the way I want to do it, because it would just take too long, to reorganize everything the way I want to, but I did get all the cobwebs swept out.
We then went shopping, I for some plaid shorts at the Gap, size 31 waist, which are still too big. I guess the diet has been working. Bought some other nic-nacs, paddy wac, give a dog a bone.
Saturday, we went to barbecue in the East Bay, saw my relatives, HI FOLKS! Had a good time, and then came home again, it was nice not to have to drive all the way to the South Bay.
Sunday, we worked in the yard some, and then looked at houses again. We found one that we really liked and are looking at financing right now, getting reports, cleaning up around the house, throwing old stuff away just in case we will be moving soon.
Now for some trivia – The Declaration of Independence was actually voted on and approved on the 2nd of July, The document was then rewritten and the final draft approved on July 4th and sent to the printer.
The document that we think of as the Declaration of Independence, was hand written and signed on July 19th The bulk of the signatures came later, on August 2nd, 1776
The first public reading of the Document happened on July 8th at Independence Hall.
Congress was going to celebrate the 2nd as “Independence Day”, but did not remember until July 3rd 1777, and so celebrated the first celebration of Independence Day on July 4th, 1777.
So what did I do over the 4th of July Weekend? Well first it was clean the garage, which I never get enough time in there to do it the way I want to do it, because it would just take too long, to reorganize everything the way I want to, but I did get all the cobwebs swept out.
We then went shopping, I for some plaid shorts at the Gap, size 31 waist, which are still too big. I guess the diet has been working. Bought some other nic-nacs, paddy wac, give a dog a bone.
Saturday, we went to barbecue in the East Bay, saw my relatives, HI FOLKS! Had a good time, and then came home again, it was nice not to have to drive all the way to the South Bay.
Sunday, we worked in the yard some, and then looked at houses again. We found one that we really liked and are looking at financing right now, getting reports, cleaning up around the house, throwing old stuff away just in case we will be moving soon.
The Upside of Anger?
I was watching a movie last night on TV while I was reading a book. I do that sometimes, and it drives Cowboy and my sister nuts, but I like to do that if I’m not that interested in the movie or that interested in the book.
The book if you want to know, well the chapter I was reading was about how the Electoral College works, so though it is fascinating, I was not that interested in it.
The movie though, was about this woman, who is anger and bitter, mainly because she thinks her husband left her without warning or notice. Her anger and bitterness colors all of her relationships with any new men in her family, as well as her relationships with her daughters, and their relationships with men as well.
At the very end of the movie she discovers during the process of selling off some unused property that in fact, her husband did not leave her, but rather died when he fell down an old water shaft on that unused property.
She realizes that she has allowed her anger and bitterness of being abandoned, to color her entire life and that she was not abandoned at all, she was wrong. ((The movies does not address the guilt she might felt about her husband dying all alone))
One time I had a boyfriend, that I was warned that when he decided to breakup with someone, he just stopped calling, didn’t return phone calls, etc ((well two times that happened)). Because I was warned, I was able to just let go. Sure I was curious, but I knew that I was not going to get any answers from him.
I think sometimes, we as people can make assumptions about why something is, we can really work ourselves up wanting closure. Sometimes we want to force an answer out of whomever, does that serves us? I don’t know.
How many times have you been told it not you it’s me? And do you go away feeling like you were told the truth? Or someone was just being polite?
Do we make assumptions based on what we think is the truth? Do we allow our anger or bitterness to color our whole relationship with the people around us?
The book if you want to know, well the chapter I was reading was about how the Electoral College works, so though it is fascinating, I was not that interested in it.
The movie though, was about this woman, who is anger and bitter, mainly because she thinks her husband left her without warning or notice. Her anger and bitterness colors all of her relationships with any new men in her family, as well as her relationships with her daughters, and their relationships with men as well.
At the very end of the movie she discovers during the process of selling off some unused property that in fact, her husband did not leave her, but rather died when he fell down an old water shaft on that unused property.
She realizes that she has allowed her anger and bitterness of being abandoned, to color her entire life and that she was not abandoned at all, she was wrong. ((The movies does not address the guilt she might felt about her husband dying all alone))
One time I had a boyfriend, that I was warned that when he decided to breakup with someone, he just stopped calling, didn’t return phone calls, etc ((well two times that happened)). Because I was warned, I was able to just let go. Sure I was curious, but I knew that I was not going to get any answers from him.
I think sometimes, we as people can make assumptions about why something is, we can really work ourselves up wanting closure. Sometimes we want to force an answer out of whomever, does that serves us? I don’t know.
How many times have you been told it not you it’s me? And do you go away feeling like you were told the truth? Or someone was just being polite?
Do we make assumptions based on what we think is the truth? Do we allow our anger or bitterness to color our whole relationship with the people around us?
Wednesday, July 2, 2008
STROKE IT!
Caress it, take it in your hands and handle it gently.
I’m talking about pet peeves of course. ((of course, I would be calmer if I didn’t let these things bother me))
My favorite pet peeves are:
1. When someone walks all the way to the door and can’t decide to go in or out, blocking it for others folks while they try to decide.
2. When someone walks up to the fax machine, looks at it, sees that nothing is on it and then asks, “Did a fax for me come?
3. When someone is looking for paperwork, makes all sorts of noise while looking for the paper-work, so you finally say “Write me a note about what your looking for and I’ll find it for you” and they reply, “I don’t want to bother you” then they proceed to ask all sorts of questions about where the paperwork might be filed.
4. When someone (who can drive in the commute lane, fast lane or the slow lane) drives slowly in the fast car lane, instead of moving over to the slow lane.
5. When you get an email from an old friend, asking if this email address is correct, you reply " yes" and ask them how they are doing etc, and you never hear from them again.
I’m talking about pet peeves of course. ((of course, I would be calmer if I didn’t let these things bother me))
My favorite pet peeves are:
1. When someone walks all the way to the door and can’t decide to go in or out, blocking it for others folks while they try to decide.
2. When someone walks up to the fax machine, looks at it, sees that nothing is on it and then asks, “Did a fax for me come?
3. When someone is looking for paperwork, makes all sorts of noise while looking for the paper-work, so you finally say “Write me a note about what your looking for and I’ll find it for you” and they reply, “I don’t want to bother you” then they proceed to ask all sorts of questions about where the paperwork might be filed.
4. When someone (who can drive in the commute lane, fast lane or the slow lane) drives slowly in the fast car lane, instead of moving over to the slow lane.
5. When you get an email from an old friend, asking if this email address is correct, you reply " yes" and ask them how they are doing etc, and you never hear from them again.
Tuesday, July 1, 2008
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