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		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Jan 2011 17:46:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I know this is long but read it out. It&#8217;s pretty fascinating. I received an email from a friend this morning. Usually I would dismiss this kind of email as urban myth nonsense but read the article and then read my comments at the end. Microwaved Water &#8211; See What It Does To Plants Below is [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=texguy.net&amp;blog=6054195&amp;post=609&amp;subd=texguy&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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<p><strong>I know this is long but read it out. It&#8217;s pretty fascinating.</strong></p>
<p><strong>I received an email from a friend this morning. Usually I would dismiss this kind of email as urban myth nonsense but read the article and then read my comments at the end.</strong></p>
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<p style="text-align:center;"><em>Microwaved Water &#8211; See What It Does To Plants</em></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><em> Below is a           science fair project. In it she took filtered water</em></p>
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<p><em>and         divided it into two parts. The first part she heated to</em></p>
<p><em>boiling         in a pan on the stove, and the second part she heated</em></p>
<p><em>to         boiling in a microwave. Then after cooling she used the</em></p>
<p><em>water          to water two identical plants to see if there would be</em></p>
<p><em>any         difference in the growth between the normal boiled water</em></p>
<p><em>and the         water boiled in a microwave. She was thinking that</em></p>
<p><em>the         structure or energy of the water may be compromised by</em></p>
<p><em>microwave.         As it turned out, even she was amazed at the</em></p>
<p><em>difference.</em></p>
<p><a href="http://texguy.files.wordpress.com/2011/01/plant-1.jpg"></a><a href="http://texguy.files.wordpress.com/2011/01/plant-11.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-614" title="Plant 1" src="http://texguy.files.wordpress.com/2011/01/plant-11.jpg?w=205&#038;h=300" alt="" width="205" height="300" /></a><a href="http://texguy.files.wordpress.com/2011/01/plant-2.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-615" title="Plant 2" src="http://texguy.files.wordpress.com/2011/01/plant-2.jpg?w=300&#038;h=199" alt="" width="300" height="199" /></a><br />
<a href="http://texguy.files.wordpress.com/2011/01/plant-3.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-616" title="Plant 3" src="http://texguy.files.wordpress.com/2011/01/plant-3.jpg?w=300&#038;h=199" alt="" width="300" height="199" /></a><a href="http://texguy.files.wordpress.com/2011/01/plant-4.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-617" title="Plant 4" src="http://texguy.files.wordpress.com/2011/01/plant-4.jpg?w=300&#038;h=198" alt="" width="300" height="198" /></a><a href="http://texguy.files.wordpress.com/2011/01/plant-5.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-618" title="Plant 5" src="http://texguy.files.wordpress.com/2011/01/plant-5.jpg?w=300&#038;h=197" alt="" width="300" height="197" /></a><a href="http://texguy.files.wordpress.com/2011/01/plant-6.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-619" title="Plant 6" src="http://texguy.files.wordpress.com/2011/01/plant-6.jpg?w=300&#038;h=195" alt="" width="300" height="195" /></a></p>
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<p><em> I have  known for years that the problem         with microwaved</em></p>
<p><em>anything         is not the radiation people used to worry about, It&#8217;s</em></p>
<p><em>how it         corrupts the DNA in the food so the body can not</em></p>
<p><em>recognize         it. So the body wraps it in fat cells to protect itself</em></p>
<p><em>from the         dead food or it eliminates it fast. Think of all the</em></p>
<p><em>Mothers         heating up milk in these &#8220;Safe&#8221; appliances. What</em></p>
<p><em>about         the nurse in Canada that warmed up blood for a</em></p>
<p><em>transfusion         patient and accidentally killed them when the</em></p>
<p><em>blood         went in dead. But the makers say it&#8217;s safe. Never mind</em></p>
<p><em>then,         keep using them. Ask your Doctor I am sure they will</em></p>
<p><em>say it&#8217;s         safe too. Proof is in the pictures of living plants dying.</em></p>
<p><em>Remember         You are also Living. Take Care. </em></p>
<p><em> FORENSIC RESEARCH DOCUMENT </em></p>
<p><em> Prepared By: William P. Kopp<br />
A. R. E. C.. Research Operations<br />
TO61-7R10/10- 77F05<br />
RELEASE PRIORITY: CLASS I ROO1a<br />
Ten Reasons to  Throw out your Microwave Oven<br />
From the conclusions of the Swiss, Russian and         German scientific clinical studies, we can no longer ignore the         microwave oven sitting in our kitchens. Based on this research, we will         conclude this article with the following: </em></p>
<p><em> 1). Continually eating food processed from a         microwave oven</em></p>
<p><em>causes         long term &#8211; permanent &#8211; brain damage by &#8220;shorting</em></p>
<p><em>out&#8221;         electrical impulses in the brain [de-polarizing or</em></p>
<p><em>de-magnetizing         the brain tissue].</em></p>
<p><em> 2). The human body cannot metabolize [break down] the</em></p>
<p><em>unknown         by-products created in microwaved food..</em></p>
<p><em> 3). Male and female hormone production is shut down</em></p>
<p><em>and/or         altered by continually eating microwaved foods.</em></p>
<p><em> 4). The effects of microwaved food by-products are residual</em></p>
<p><em>[long         term, permanent] within the human body.</em></p>
<p><em> 5). Minerals, vitamins, and nutrients of all microwaved food</em></p>
<p><em>is         reduced or altered so that the human body gets little or no</em></p>
<p><em>benefit,         or the human body absorbs altered compounds that</em></p>
<p><em>cannot         be broken down.</em></p>
<p><em> 6). The minerals in vegetables are altered into cancerous free</em></p>
<p><em>radicals         when cooked in microwave ovens.</em></p>
<p><em> 7). Microwaved foods cause stomach and intestinal cancerous</em></p>
<p><em>growths         [tumors]. This may explain the rapidly increased</em></p>
<p><em>rate of         colon cancer in America ..</em></p>
<p><em> 8). The prolonged eating of microwaved foods causes</em></p>
<p><em>cancerous         cells to increase in human blood.</em></p>
<p><em>9).         Continual ingestion of microwaved food causes immune</em></p>
<p><em>system         deficiencies through lymph gland and blood serum</em></p>
<p><em>alterations.</em></p>
<p><em> 10). Eating microwaved food causes loss of memory,</em></p>
<p><em>concentration,         emotional instability, and a decrease of</em></p>
<p><em>intelligence.</em></p>
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<p><em>Have you         tossed out your microwave oven yet?</em></p>
<p><em>After         you throw out your microwave you can use a toaster oven as a         replacement. It works well for most and is nearly as quick.</em></td>
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<p><em>A convection oven is even better, as it cooks faster and more evenly and browns beautifully, too.  (Convection ovens are inexpensive, and have a fan that distributes the heat more evenly.  Almost as fast as a microwave, and lots safer!)</em></p>
<p><strong>OK this is me again.</strong></p>
<p><strong>Normally I don’t give much credence to these kind of “scientific” findings but coincidentally I read an article a few weeks ago about American obesity that addressed microwave ovens.</strong></p>
<p><strong>The subject of the article was how drastically American obesity has increased since the late 70’s and early 80’s which was also about the time that microwaves were becoming really popular.</strong></p>
<p><strong>The conclusion of the article was that since microwaving had made cooking so much faster and easier we were overeating.</strong></p>
<p><strong>The interesting thing in the email below is this:</strong></p>
<p><strong><em><span style="color:#3366ff;">&#8220;I have  known for years that the problem with microwaved</span></em></strong></p>
<p><strong><em><span style="color:#3366ff;">anything is not the radiation people used to worry about, It&#8217;s</span></em></strong></p>
<p><strong><em><span style="color:#3366ff;">how it corrupts the DNA in the food so the body can not</span></em></strong></p>
<p><strong><em><span style="color:#3366ff;">recognize it. So the body wraps it in fat cells to protect itself</span></em></strong></p>
<p><strong><em><span style="color:#3366ff;">from the dead food or it eliminates it fast.&#8221;</span></em></strong></p>
<p><strong> </strong></p>
<p><strong>Pretty scary stuff.</strong></p>
<p><strong>Also, during this same period of time cancer rates have gone through the roof, Autism is at historic highs as are many other conditions and diseases. </strong></p>
<p><strong>Now many of these may just be a coincidence or attributable to other factors but it makes you think.</strong></p>
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		<title>uo Plate in Texas? God Forbid?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Aug 2010 01:34:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[There has been a proposal by the mercenary outfit known as MyPlates (another egregious example of the State of Texas reneging on its duty) to have an uo plate for Texas drivers. I could make lots of inappropriate comparisons to mosques in New York and  Swastikas in  Washington but I don&#8217;t want to go completely over the top. The fact is that [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=texguy.net&amp;blog=6054195&amp;post=547&amp;subd=texguy&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://texguy.files.wordpress.com/2010/08/blasphemy.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-548" title="blasphemy" src="http://texguy.files.wordpress.com/2010/08/blasphemy.jpg?w=600" alt=""   /></a>There has been a proposal by the mercenary outfit known as MyPlates (another egregious example of the State of Texas reneging on its duty) to have an uo plate for Texas drivers.</p>
<p>I could make lots of inappropriate comparisons to mosques in New York and  Swastikas in  Washington but I don&#8217;t want to go completely over the top.</p>
<p>The fact is that this so called university kidnaps and hypnotizes with the promise of riches dozens of Texas&#8217;s best football, basketball, baseball etc. etc. players every year and fields these unfortunates in the ugliest uniform on the face of the earth. Crimson and cream. Even the picture that that brings to mind is disgusting to the point that I cannot point out what it reminds one of.</p>
<p>I realize that there are some Texas children who in the throes of immaturity attend this alleged university because they cannot make the grades at Dallas County Community Colleges or some other institution  of true higher learning.</p>
<p>The athletes are of course stupid beyond all comprehension and could not be expected to understand  what they are really doing. Either that or the much hoped for scholarship to Trinity Valley JC fell through and this was the backup plan.</p>
<p>All of that aside.</p>
<p>uo plates in  Texas?</p>
<p>Does ok offer Texas Longhorn or Texas Aggie plates in their little piece of desert?</p>
<p>No.</p>
<p>Because they only have about 27 licensed drivers and they all have farm plates for the corn and marijuana crops. Crack does not count as a farm product.</p>
<p>Ask yourself a logical question.</p>
<p>Why would any boy or girl athlete want to leave the verdant plains, mountains and coasts of Texas to go live in a wasteland of grass and sand?</p>
<p>No one would who is not either stupid or rebellious beyond belief. And not rebellious in a good way but a stupid way.</p>
<p>Oklahoma was one of the last states to join the union and that would have never happened if the accidental discovery of oil had not been made ( Jed Clampett reference needed here).</p>
<p>As a matter of fact, any person who goes to uo without &#8220;academic&#8221; reasons should automatically have their citizenship of the Republic of Texas revoked and banned from ever stepping foot inside of Texas again except to get their a**es beat by true institions of higher learning and morality.</p>
<p>It is a well known fact that Bob Stoopids is the spawn of the devil. He is the lowest form of life known to mankind.</p>
<p>Why ask for trouble?</p>
<p>Leave oklahomo to themselves and their inbreeding and let Texas cars and trucks alone.</p>
<p>Please. Oh, the humanity!</p>
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		<title>What Matters</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have been thinking about what matters. We all spend a lot of time and effort worrying about what matters. We may call it different things. We may call it being relevant. We may call it being right. We may call it &#8220;finding ourselves&#8221;. We may call it a thousand different things but it all boils down to what are we [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=texguy.net&amp;blog=6054195&amp;post=491&amp;subd=texguy&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://texguy.files.wordpress.com/2010/07/girl-crying1.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-493" title="girl-crying" src="http://texguy.files.wordpress.com/2010/07/girl-crying1.jpg?w=150&#038;h=120" alt="" width="150" height="120" /></a>I have been thinking about what matters.</p>
<p>We all spend a lot of time and effort worrying about what matters.</p>
<p>We may call it different things.</p>
<p>We may call it being relevant.</p>
<p>We may call it being right.<a href="http://texguy.files.wordpress.com/2010/07/favre-crying-218x300.jpg"><img class="alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-494" title="favre-crying-218x300" src="http://texguy.files.wordpress.com/2010/07/favre-crying-218x300.jpg?w=109&#038;h=150" alt="" width="109" height="150" /></a></p>
<p>We may call it &#8220;finding ourselves&#8221;.</p>
<p>We may call it a thousand different things but it all boils down to what are we doing with our lives and what difference does it make?<a href="http://texguy.files.wordpress.com/2010/07/crying.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-495" title="crying" src="http://texguy.files.wordpress.com/2010/07/crying.jpg?w=300&#038;h=254" alt="" width="300" height="254" /></a></p>
<p>Life is hard.</p>
<p>Anyone who tells you differently is either lying, insane or trying to get something from you.</p>
<p>Things don&#8217;t often go the way we think they should. Or maybe we just pay more attention to the bad things.</p>
<p>we were never promised by anyone that is trustworthy that we would have perfect, pain free, tragedy free guiltless lives.</p>
<p>Those preachers who say that this is not true are either the worst liars or they have never read the gospels. Probably some of both.</p>
<p>So, what does matter?</p>
<p>Money. It comes and goes. When we die what good is it?</p>
<p>Security? Right.</p>
<p>Prestige. See Money above.<a href="http://texguy.files.wordpress.com/2010/07/bush_crying_medal_of_honor1.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-497" title="bush_crying_medal_of_honor" src="http://texguy.files.wordpress.com/2010/07/bush_crying_medal_of_honor1.jpg?w=119&#038;h=150" alt="" width="119" height="150" /></a></p>
<p>Family. You may not have a family as we think of it  but there is a family.</p>
<p>Love. Hopefully we all have had someone who has loved us. We certainly have One who loves us radically and unconditionally.<a href="http://texguy.files.wordpress.com/2010/07/jesus_cryingsourcejewishworldreview.jpg"><img class="alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-498" title="jesus_cryingsource=jewishworldreview" src="http://texguy.files.wordpress.com/2010/07/jesus_cryingsourcejewishworldreview.jpg?w=112&#038;h=150" alt="" width="112" height="150" /></a></p>
<p>Last night I read the Beatitudes in Matthew.</p>
<p>Start at the beginning but if you are impatient start at chapter 5.</p>
<p>Don&#8217;t read it as though it is abstract or for some future date but as what Jesus was teaching us then and right now.</p>
<p><a href="http://texguy.files.wordpress.com/2010/07/laughing_baby.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-499" title="laughing_baby" src="http://texguy.files.wordpress.com/2010/07/laughing_baby.jpg?w=150&#038;h=112" alt="" width="150" height="112" /></a>What matters?</p>
<p>Our babies.</p>
<p>Our freinds.</p>
<p>Our family.</p>
<p>All those we love.</p>
<p>All those we hate.</p>
<p>I hear a lot of vitriolic talk today about the president and the government. I don&#8217;t agree with a lot or even most of what is going on. But, we are told to love our enemies and pray for them.</p>
<p><a href="http://texguy.files.wordpress.com/2010/07/children_laughing.jpg"><img class="alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-500" title="children_laughing" src="http://texguy.files.wordpress.com/2010/07/children_laughing.jpg?w=150&#038;h=115" alt="" width="150" height="115" /></a>What matters is today.</p>
<p>Right now.</p>
<p>Those who are close to you.</p>
<p>Those who are not.</p>
<p>Those who have passed on.</p>
<p>Those who are estranged.</p>
<p>Those who hate you.</p>
<p>Right now.</p>
<p>Tomorrow has enough problems of its own. Let&#8217;s deal with what is right in front of us and know what is truly important.</p>
<p>We cannot control what other people think or do. We can control what we think and do (sometimes).</p>
<p>Love like there is no tomorrow.</p>
<p>Laugh like you mean it.</p>
<p>Cry and be cleansed not defeated.</p>
<p>Be good.</p>
<p>Be bad.</p>
<p>Be happy in spite of all the things and people that say not to be. Not stupidly as the prosperity preachers tell it but just because you can.</p>
<p>Do something sacrificial today. Or don&#8217;t and don&#8217;t feel guilty about it.</p>
<p>Tell someone that you love them and mean it. Or don&#8217;t and don&#8217;t feel guilty about it.</p>
<p>So? What matters?</p>
<p>I may be bankrupt in a few weeks.</p>
<p>I may be sick.<a href="http://texguy.files.wordpress.com/2010/07/pd_elderly_laughing_070711_ms.jpg"><img class="alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-503" title="pd_elderly_laughing_070711_ms" src="http://texguy.files.wordpress.com/2010/07/pd_elderly_laughing_070711_ms.jpg?w=150&#038;h=112" alt="" width="150" height="112" /></a></p>
<p>My loved ones may be sick or hurt or hurting.</p>
<p>Love. Love. Love.</p>
<p>What matters?</p>
<p>You.</p>
<p><a href="http://texguy.files.wordpress.com/2010/07/the-faith-tones-make-me-want-to-dry.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-502" title="The Faith Tones make me want to dry" src="http://texguy.files.wordpress.com/2010/07/the-faith-tones-make-me-want-to-dry.jpg?w=150&#038;h=150" alt="" width="150" height="150" /></a> (I just liked this picture.)</p>
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