April 20, 2007

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  Okay…it’s been one of those days here at home…wonderful!  I’m keeping a positive attitude!  I’ve been having computer problems, and I wanted to post to let you all know that I’ll be back if I get closed down!  Our DSL is acting very strange…and I’ve noticed a new box at the bottom of the comments for giving reviews of our comments!  What’s up with that?  Weren’t the eProps good enough?!  Oh, well, they are constantly updating, and upgrading, and I wonder what we’ll get on here next! 
  
  Hope everyone is having a blessed week!  Spring might make an appearance here this week…are we ready for that!!!  Ian is doing fine, and having some fun, to boot!  They are filming a project at the church tonight, so I’m sure it will be a late night for him.  I’ll be posting this great picture he sent me, tomorrow, when I make some new changes on my site, as long as I don’t get closed down!  
  
  

  

  I’m also catching up on a lot around here…cleaning, etc., and chasing those dust bunnies…well, that’s a never ending chore…have you ever noticed how those things multiply?!!  Wish there was some way to eliminate them for good!  But if there was an attempt to do that, we just might get arrested for crimes against an endangered species!!  Not as far fetched as you would think…read what I actually found on the Internet!!

  
  

  

  
  25% OF HOMES DECLARED CRITICAL HABITAT

  DUST BUNNIES DESIGNATED ENDANGERED SPECIES

  WASHINGTON: The common American household Dust Bunny has been designated as a endangered species, the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USF&WS) announced last week.

  “The widespread use of household cleaning products and devices has drastically reduced the habitat of the Dust Bunny,” said Noah Present, Acting Director of the Endangered Species Program. “American homes are cleaned too frequently, and much better than in the past.”

  “We are not to blame for the improper use of our products,” responded a spokesperson for the Household Products Association. “Correctly used, many of the Dust Bunnies should survive.”

  In addition to designating Dust Bunnies as an endangered species, USF&WS also established critical habitat for the critters.

  “Twenty-five percent of every dwelling unit in the country must be left uncleaned,” announced Present.

  The Dust Bunny preserves in each home are required to permit the Dust Bunnies the opportunity to breed. The required preserve must include space beneath beds, sofas, and under refrigerators.

  “However, if a person feels it would be an undue hardship to leave a quarter of their home uncleaned, we have a Dust Bunny Habitat Protection Program available,” noted Present.

  A person seeking to clean their entire home can pay another person to leave more than 25% of their home uncleaned, advised Present.

  “This is wonderful,” said Angela Ashes, who promptly signed up to never clean her home in exchange for Dust Bunny Habitat Protection payments. “Now, instead of paying someone to clean my house, I get paid to leave it dirty.”

  New home construction would not be affected by the Dust Bunny protection program, so long as each new homebuyer signed a covenant at the time of purchase of their homes to always leave 25% of the home uncleaned. The deed restriction requiring the dirty area could be enforced by the FBI.

  USF&WS also plans to reduce the number of cleaning people in the country, to assure the survival of the Dust Bunnies. “We will pay for re-education to less environmentally dangerous jobs such as participant in a Survivor show,” said Present.
  
  

  
  Now, in honor of the “Dust Bunnie”,
  they have appropriately named the following galaxy!

  
  

  

  
  Interstellar Dust-Bunnies of NGC 891
  Credit: C. Howk & B. Savage (Wisconsin); N. Sharp (NOAO)
  Copyright: WIYN, Inc., 3.5-m WIYN Telescope

  Explanation: What is going on in NGC 891? This galaxy appeared previously to be very similar to our own Milky Way Galaxy: a spiral galaxy seen nearly edge-on. However, recent high-resolution images of NGC 891‘s dust show unusual filamentary patterns extending well away from its Galactic disk. This interstellar dust was probably thrown out of the galactic disk toward the halo by stellar supernovae explosions. Because dust is so fragile, its appearance after surviving disk expulsion can be very telling. Newly discovered phenomena, however, sometimes appear so complex that more questions are raised than are answered.
  
  
  Thought you would all enjoy a smile!
  Have a blessed Friday!
  Hugs,
  ~ Deborah <><
  
  
  “Happiness is the result of being too busy to be miserable.”

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