Is the green stem from the strawberry...

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  • Ah, the L was there earlier, but I ate it. - Misha
  • Neat...that's just what I got from my guy for V Day....love them..! - nm
  • LOL .. Thanks now im CRAVING choc covered strawberries UGH!! - KC
  • Is the green stem from the strawberry... - supposed to be the L?
    • I would say yes, and it looks very tasty! LOL..nm - wanderer

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So, I'm writing this as Obama crows about reversing the ban on embryonic stem cell research.  A lot of people in the crowd who know nothing about the science are screaming and applauding.

Whoa.  Hold on for some facts.

 First, embryonic stem cell (ESC) research has been going on full-tilt-boogie in other countries throughout the whole period of the US ban against using (new) lines of ESCs.  So, ummm...where are the miracles, please?  Adult stem cell therapies are already being used to treat over 70 diseases. Adult stem cells are much better for therapeutic purposes because they are already differentiated into the different tissue types (liver, nerve, etc.) and as such are much more immediately applicable.  As one scientist said, "When you have a liver problem, you need a liver stem cell, not an embryonic stem cell".  If you start with an embryonic stem cell, you have to first coax it into becoming a liver stem cell (if you're treating a liver disease, for instance) anyway...so what's the point?  The logic is difficult to escape, no?.

Second, embryonic stem cells show a marked propensity to develop into all kinds of tissues - including malignant tumors - and don't know the difference.  At least one patient injected with ESCs in Great Britain has died of cancer as a result.  No doubt, this scientific fact will be labeled "un-scientific".

Third, most embryonic stem cell collections are contaminated and unusable.

This does not mean that ESCs have no scientific value.  Blood, for instance, has been produced from ESCs.  However, there must be protections against the potential risk of sacrificing embryos in order to harvest ESCs, and there are ways to provide such protections.   Given the aggressive pro-abortion actions of the man who has already become known as "the Bloodiest President", we can have no confidence that this administration, which is indifferent to human life,  will protect these nascent human beings.

Why then, you might ask, are all the pharma companies screaming for joy?  Because, like the rotten science behind global warming, ESC research is an industry, and more precisely it is an industry that commands huge amounts of federal dollars.  That's what Obama was announcing today.  And, you don't have to produce any results to receive these dollars, either.  All you have to do is propose a research project, however improbable it might be, and here come millions of dollars.  It's the same reason state governors and bankers and auto company executives dance attendance upon Obama, kissing his ring - it's worth $millions and sometimes even $billions per pucker. 

In my opinion there's not much that can't be made better by the addition of green or red chili.  I cook pinto beans with lots of green chili and bacon bits with a bunch of spices and they are sooooo good.  And the combination of potatoes and red chili to me is just one of the best things ever.

I posted a while back about a woman who was divorced sat down at a football game with dh.  I was at home working.  Anyway, dh told me about it and he said he did not ask her she just sat there and they enjoyed the game together.  I said okay.  Anyway, 6 months later dh asked her if she was willing to lease out that 10 acres of land that she has so he can plant hay.  She said he could.  He did ask me if I was okay with it.  I said I was.  Well dh went to pay her first months rent and boy did she ever give him the old sob story about how her ex was.  She also tells him that several men, married men, have been out there coming to call.  She turned them all down because all she wants to do is raise her kids and ride horses.  

The only man I ever really chased was dh and I was pretty cut and dry with that.  Most the time I admired men at a distance.  I have ran around with some pretty wild girls and they would give their potentials a sob story about how awful life is just to play on sympathy then they would brag about how every man in the world “wanted” them.  Is this what this girl is doing?  Trying to play on DH sympathy and then telling him she is a catch of the town. 

I do know my dh.  He is more likely to run off with a tractor then he is with another woman.  I can almost 100% guarantee it.  There is always a slight possibility I could be wrong but who knows.

Another thing that worries me, is if this gal really is flirting and dh doesn’t want to “join her circus of men coming to call”  is she going to run him off the property after he put all that work and money into it. 

I don’t know why I worry so much.  She probably is just one that likes to talk, it could be innocent. 

My husband was an attorney who would come home at night and tell me about how his secretary would flirt and carryon with him.  He had little derogatory names for her.  She had sad stories for him as well, about raising three young daughters on her own, etc.  When I was in the hospital for emergency major surgery she even offered to take care of our home and make him dinner, etc.  I wasn't jealous at all, but I did warn my husband to be careful of her and the situation.  Long story short ... they had an affair, our marriage was over, and I lost everything. (He's since married and divorced from the secretary.) 

Just because your husband shares with you about his time spent with this woman does not mean he is or is not having/or will have a relationship with her.  The man I am with now would never dream of spending any amount of time for any reason with a single woman without me along with him ... not because I have asked, but because he believes this is the right way to show respect and love for me. 

Jealousy isn't that great, but being smart is.  Some men with really good hearts can be kind of naive.  Just something to think about.  Your DH sounds like a good person. 

a pack of 8 regular sized crayons is 2 for $1.  I can get a pack of TWENTY FOUR crayons for 17 cents.  But a pack of 8 large sized is $1.50 a pack at the cheapest.  I found them at winn dixie for 2.99 a pack.  I need 2 packs. Six dollars for 16 crayons??  That's highway robbery...geez

Along with very painful sinus pressure and throbbing. Guess it is sinuses after all.

I rested all day today and I was going to go out to dinner but just taking a shower tired me out so much I couldn't do anything else. Of course, I hadn't eaten anything all day, but still....tired of this!!

Thanks for listening, y'all. I'll quit whining now. 

and make sure to have a happy, happy Thanksgiving!!  Yummmmm my favorite veggie dish you're making....yummm yummmm *laughs*

ENJOY!! 

I made it once and it went in the garbage. It was horrible. Every year I tell hubby I'm going to try it again (jokingly of course)  and he always says "The h--- you will!!!"

So much for that.