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My brother and his cars!

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Speaking of cars … well sort of … my brother just got a new car. Now I don’t know what kind of relatives you have, but my brother is one of those people that has to have the best of everything and likes to show it off.

Every time he gets something new – a new patio set, his hot tub or a new car he has to take twenty pictures of it and send them all in one or two mass emails.

That’s exactly what I got tonight. An email full of photos of his new car from all angles. LOL He even showed off all his various auto accessories that he’d bought for the car.

So now what? Am I supposed to write back awed over the photos?





Big Fire in Toronto

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There was a huge fire here in Toronto yesterday. I believe it might even still be burning!

An auto wrecking yard, not all that far from here, ended up having a huge fire. Police are investigating as to whether it was arson or not as kids were seen in the area before the fire broke out.

It’s a huge auto wrecking yard full of cars and tires. When it caught on fire there was a huge explosion and then the city filled with black smoke. Toronto’s huge, but this fire was big enough to contaminate the air and skies above the city.

I hope the fires out by sometime later today, but since tires are likely on fire I expect it will take longer. Luckily the auto wrecking yard isn’t near any water ways.

Oh Chris works in the OR recovery area and they put the whole staff on standby – something we call code orange – just in case toxic fumes from the fire started to affect people or something worse happened.

The round underground house

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Have you heard of underground houses? My sisters ex-boyfriend actually grew up in an underground house. Different eh?

The other day Chris was watching television and he had on some documentary. I don’t know if the whole show was about this house or just part of it, but they showed this really cool underground home.

Everything was curved and round. I didn’t see the bedroom but I wouldn’t be surprised in the bed was rounded too!

The kitchen was fabulous! It had a long curved central workspace. It was like one of those very ornate reception desks. Within the curved kitchen counterspace there was a fridge.

It was specially created for this round house. It was round. It came up out of the counter and you could turn it like a lazy susan! The coolest thing was that the fridge was super energy efficient. You know when you open a fridge door and all the cold air starts to come out? Well cold air drops to the ground right? Well since this fridge came up out of the counter the cold air would drop back down into the hole that the fridge came out of, so that when the fridge was closed again it wouldn’t have lost very much cold air at all.

I love seeing great inventions like that.

Our neighbor passed away

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Yesterday evening our elderly neighbor, my stalker, sofie, came to our door. Well our window – remember she always knocks our windows for some reason. She gave us the sad news that our neighbor across the street, Jack, had died.

He too was elderly and had suffered from both depression and Parkinson’s disease and hadn’t been doing very well over the last two or three years.

About three weeks ago I saw an ambulance come to his house. It was early in the morning and the paramedics brought him out on an ambulance chair and transfered him onto a stretcher on the side walk. I was sad to see him going to the hospital, but I wasn’t overly concerned as he didn’t look too bad and was talking etc. He was also in and out of the hospital quite a bit so I never expected that that would be the last time I’d see him.

Chris went over to see his wife and give our condolences. We’d attend the funeral if there was going to be one, but she said that they were going to cremate him and then just have a very small service sometime next week.

So sad.

Spirulina sounds like a worthy nutritional supplement

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As some of my regular readers know, I have Crohn’s disease.

This is a disease that affects the bowels. I won’t go into all the details, but lets just say that inflammation and scaring can develop as a result of the disease as well as many other symptoms. Needless to say this affects how a person with Crohn’s can digest their food. People with Crohn’s often have trouble eating certain types of foods and in some cases, usually during a flare up of the disease, the inability to eat or digest some foods can cause nutritional deficiencies.

As a result of this disease and all the trouble it gives me as far as getting proper nutrients into my system I’m always looking for supplements that might help my condition.

One dietary supplement that I’ve thought about trying is Spirulina. Spirulina is actually a microalgae and it contains a very high amount of protein as well as several important minerals such as calcium, iron and magnesium. If that weren’t enough it’s also full of vitamins.

Taking Spirulina regularly would probably be a good supplement for anyone to take, but certainly for someone like me who needs to boost the amount of nutrients they take in Spirulina seems like it would be a beneficial supplement to take regularly.

If you’re interested in learning more about this wonderful microalgae you should visit the Spirulina For Nutrition page. The page explains in detail exactly what Spirulina is, it’s history of use, how it can be used as a supplement for birds and fish, and it’s health benefits.

The health benefits page lists a number of research studies that have been done with Spriulina in recent years and their findings. Some studies have shown that it might be helpful with inflammatory conditions, diabetes, high cholesterol, and oral cancers, but it’s clear that more studies are warranted before scientists will fully back these results.

I think it’s worth trying. Spirulina can be purchased in capsule, tablet and even powdered form. I’ll probably try the capsules. If I do give it a try I’ll report back a month after starting the Spirulina supplements and let you know if I’ve had any improvements.

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