I awoke with the alarm. I fired up the
router and my computer. I was skimming through e-mail when I came
across an article decrying the Ice Bucket challenge and how it
doesn't do what it is supposed to do in raising awareness of ALS. In
reading the article, I followed a link to a 60 Minutes broadcast
about companies patenting human genes such that other companies
cannot do research on them without their permission. That was
followed by another program on an English stockbroker who saved 600
Jewish children by getting them out of Germany. He is now 105 and
there are 15000 people alive now that wouldn't have been if those 600
hadn't gotten out. I had to stop the video before it brought on yet
another story. I suddenly remembered that it was recycle day, so I
put them in bags and ran the tub out to the curb. On the way back, I
watered things close to the patio. I put on an audio about patient
involvement while I exercised, juiced, and made breakfast. I tried
to finish a video called “Watch Four Corners: Patently a Problem”.
It was about company that patented 'junk' DNA and now is charging
outrageous prices for permits to do research.
When it was over, I went to
Stitch-its. It was a small group today and they had just finished
watching a demonstration of how to make prairie point Christmas
ornaments. Charmaine showed me how and gave me a kit. She had a
bunch of kits made up. Then she left and Pat sat with me as I tried
to make one. She made sure I did not deviate from the instructions.
Charmaine had left some pins, which was good since the project is
very pin-tensive. Ha, ha. I got about halfway done when the pins
ran out. The group was breaking up anyway, so I put the project in
my box and went to the bank. I got cash to give to church to save on
checks. When I got home, it was raining. I quickly grabbed the
recycle bin and held it over my head while I got the mail. Then I
went in to get an umbrella. I put my sewing stuff back in the house
and got out my collection tubs. But by then the rain had backed off
and soon petered out. I read e-mail, and opened the mail. One
letter was from my dad, looking for advice which he thinks is easily
found on the internet. Ha, ha. I looked it up here and there,
called him to tell him what I found, and then reminded him that the
advice was worth every cent he paid for it. He accepted that. We
talked on for awhile, and then we each had other things to do. I
made an eye doctor appointment for Chris. I opened and consumed the
contents of a coconut. I watched several short videos on EMF, and RF
from routers, laptops and cell phones. I pulled the plug on my
laptop and let it run on the battery. I pulled weeds and grass at
the edges of the driveway. I meditated and then considered what
needed doing the most. I opened up my laptop and there was a skype
message from Kurt. Then I sat back and watched an X-files episode on
my laptop. When it was over, I sat in the dark and listened to an
audio on keeping memory and avoiding alzheimers in old age. Dad
called to ask me to look up some forms and e-mail them to him. Chris
skyped while I was still talking to him. Skype crashed. Chris
called back. We talked for less than half an hour. Then he went to
bed and I got to finish my audio – in the dark.
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