Tainted milk in China

I was so surprised to read in the Time.com website that China’s milk problem has expanded to beyond baby formula to the general milk supply! The chemical melamine, which causes kidney stones and kidney failure has been found in the milk of the three largest milk companies in China! I sure hope that the investigations [...]

Cancelled appointment

Friday, 19 September 2008, 8:24 | Category : Business, General living, Health and/or Beauty
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I don’t know what it is with this new doctor I’ve been trying to go see.  I’ve made three different appointments to go see her, and every time the day of the appointment I get a call from her office telling me that I have to reschedule because of one kind of emergency or another.  [...]

What is WRONG with those people?

Sunday, 14 September 2008, 10:17 | Category : Business, Computers and/or Internet, Food, General living, Health and/or Beauty, News, Shopping
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I was reading an article on the BBC.co.uk website that there is a big scandal regarding a company called the Sanlu Group selling tainted milk powder. The milk powder was tainted with a chemical called melamine, and has made many Chinese babies ill. This melamine is the same chemical that was found in pet food [...]

Porsche ambulances?

Friday, 12 September 2008, 21:48 | Category : General living, Health and/or Beauty, News
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I heard on the radio this morning that the city of Stuttgart in Germany will be using Porsche SUVs for ambulances!?  I can’t imagine that any emergency rescue service would have that kind of wealth to be buying Porsches!  If I lived in Germany and got a phone call asking to help raise money for [...]

Funeral service tomorrow

Thursday, 11 September 2008, 22:03 | Category : Family and Friends, General living, Health and/or Beauty
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My father’s boss’s brother died a couple of days ago, and the funeral service is tomorrow evening.  My father feels that we should all go to the service to show our respect to the family.  I understand what he is saying, but I never met the guy and am barely on speaking terms to my [...]