Ping Pong is Life.

Life is a Ping Pong game.

Sometimes when you play the ball seems to bounce just where you want it ,and other times it misses the mark.

Life is the same . Every day is different . Thats the wonder of it all.

If we all lived in Stepford we would know what to expect and the boredom would be numbing.

Some days we are on and some days we are off.

The wind and elements can effect the game just as the emotional and other issues can change the game of life.

I suppose it's like anything else we are never completely on our game every day.

Well think about that ,Dr's have to be on their game they have no other choice.

Baby's then and now?

Whats the difference between having a baby 30 years ago and having a baby now?

Woman still go through trying to have the baby naturally and then often have to have a C Section.

It still happens.

The baby is often hungry at weird times during the first months and really doesn't get on a schedule until it wants to.

It still happens.

New parents worry about breast feeding vs not breast feeding and what is the right amount of time to do it for.

It also becomes a matter of sanity ,as the thought of getting up ever 3 hours to feed a baby is crazy.

It still happens.

The specialists in breast feeding and sleep management and special care are all available and they have great information ,but until you really live it and experience the baby and what a tremendous task and miracle it is you have no idea what and how to raise a baby.

It is certainly a young persons game.

Exhausted ,sleep deprived, and delirious nervous system breakdown are a few adjectives which define the job.

It still happens.

Somehow all these babies get born and most in our society survive and thrive long enough to become part of what I call the 3 stages of exhaustion for parents.

Stage 1: Physically exhausted as in stage one while the baby learns to survive and walk and talk.

Stage 2: Emotionally exhausted as the children become teenagers and learn to drive cars and party until God knows what hour.

Stage 3: Financially Exhausted which lasts for the rest of your lives including college ,Internships, marriage, children and the rest of the growing up process.

So there you have it parents you have the map of happiness which we all get to follow.

It still happens.

I spent a few hours with my first grandchild last night and despite all the trials tribulations and all the sleep loss and emotional concern it is worth every bit of it as the blessing of new life never fails to bring love and happiness into the world.

It still happens!

The use of thermostats and the insanity of it all.

The thermostat is one of the greatest inventions of all time.

You see the temperature, so let's say its summer and its hot and the outside temp is 89 degrees.

So you set the thermostat for 70 now that is a lot of work to get the house down to 70 but the system keeps pushing until the house is 70.

Ah it feels so nice.

Then the system shuts off once the temp in the house is the same as the thermostat says.

Then the temp in the house starts to build and once it goes above 70 on the thermostat the system goes on keeping the house at 70.

The cold air only blows while the system is on maintaining 70 degrees.

Now if you ask certain people they say why is the fan not blowing all the time ,and if we keep turning the temp down in the house that will constantly be blowing cold air right?

If you continue to lower the temperature in the house or leave the fan blowing the whole time this might solve the problem, but it will not stop the energy company from shutting off your power when you can't pay the bill.

Carbon footprint excluded.

Who knows, it all depends on what the thermostat says and what the temperature is outside, and what the attitude is inside?

The Circle of Life!

I know there are plenty of parents and grandparents who understand the meaning of "The Circle of Life." I suppose it doesn't really hit you until you experience it first hand.

The miracle of birth is the most amazing gift that we are given. To renew and or cleanse the soul like a swim in the ocean!

It never fails to amaze you, and it is bigger than anything else can be.

It is the succession of our race ,and the hope that there is a better day, and a better society in our future. I suppose that there is a grand plan although sometimes I think its all left to chance.

The miracle is that through doubt , sadness , glory, tragedy, triumph, having and not having.

It all comes down to being with the people we care about, and have feelings for.

It's that simple.

I am not sure what the purpose of life is, but i do know that the time spent here is best spent with our friend and families because when it comes down to it that's all we have.

And I mean All!

The Ocean is the beginning and the end!

Global Warming is warm!

Today there was a research report stating that global warming is actually going to help the health of the people on earth.

I will post the article here because I can't say it as well as the study.

The great philosopher Lewis Black said first "Eggs are good for you ,then they are bad , Make up your mind I have to Eat"

Here is the reverse opinion on global warming.

Should we worry about a sudden rise in sea level of 1/4 of one inch over the next 100 years or not?

"Make up your mind I want to go surfing"

The study by Heartland Institute, Center for the Study of Carbon Dioxide and Global Change, and Science and Environmental Policy Project (SEPP) says “mankind will be much better off in the year 2100 than it is today and therefore able to adapt to whatever challenges climate change presents.”

However, this "finding" completely contradicts the observations and predictions of most researchers in the world. It directly challenges the findings of the United Nations' Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change(IPCC) report.

The “Climate Change Reconsidered: 2011 Interim Report” was co-authored by a team of scientists recruited and led by Craig D. Idso, Robert Carter and S. Fred Singer.

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It asserts that manmade greenhouse gases do not play a “substantial role” in climate change and that previous reports about the effects of global warming overestimated the situation and “failed to incorporate chemical and biological processes, which are as important as the physical ones."

However, the conclusions of the study contradict the findings of the widely cited reports of the IPCC and many climate research organizations. The IPCC says that human activities (manmade greenhouse gases) are actually responsible for climate change. According to it, CO₂ contributes to the melting of polar ice caps, rising sea levels, reduced Arctic ice cover and alarming changes in the environment.

The authors of the new report say “the net effect of continued warming and rising carbon dioxide concentrations in the atmosphere is most likely to be beneficial to humans, plants, and wildlife.”

The report says that “global warming is more likely to improve rather than harm human health because rising temperatures lead to a greater reduction in winter deaths than the increase they cause in summer deaths.”

The researchers found that global warming “benefits” not only mammals but amphibians, birds, butterflies and insects also benefit from its myriad ecological effects.

The reports also states that the Medieval Warm Period of approximately 1,000 years ago was both “global and warmer than today’s world.”

Jingle Freekin Bells!

If you are from a foreign country and you have never experienced the Holidays in America you have to come do it because it is insane.

I have never really watched the holidays from a distance before but as I get older and things are no longer as nutsy I have a different perspective, I get it.

The holiday becomes about seeing my kids, friends and family.

That's all it really should be.

Everyone hopes to slow it all down and make it a small, quiet time to reflect on blessings and how wonderful life is, and how we can be charitable to others.

If we don't have a greater meaning than buying each other things what good is it.

America, as I have mentioned is the marketing capital of the world and always will be .

The feeling is I don't have enough, people on t.v. ,radio and the Internet are telling me to buy stuff. Hurry don't wait we even run our financial models off of the consumer.

What if the financial model was that if we are charitable and don't spend as much we are being frugal an smart about what we are doing.

How about we take half of what we spend on each other at Christmas each year and give it to the charity of our choice.

Wouldn't that be wonderful.

Then our hearts would swell with the true joy and spirit they were meant to.

Oh boy I am getting carried away now I have to stop at the bakery ,and go to the mall and the booze store and run and get the tree today and put it up, take the dog to the vet , deliver gifts and run some other errands.

Hurry!!!!!!

I love the love of Christmas not sure how I feel about the craziness?

May the season be full of family,friends and love.

BTC