"I fear all we have done is to awaken a sleeping giant..."

And now, this means war... Anyone who has ever lived in a large city (eg. NYC) knows exactly what I am talking about. Although in any house or apartment, whether or not you have ever seen them, there are tenants. Cockroaches, termites etc. All year we have been doing preventative maintenance spraying solution paying attention to open food and water but now that it is starting to get a little colder we are seeing more and more roaches.... So now we go on the all out offensive.. They don't know who they are messing with. We are planning D-Day. However I ran across a site that gave some very useful tips about pest control in general.

• Reduce access to food and water.
  
• Place garbage in sealed containers. (or outside)
• Seal cracks and crevices where roaches are likely to hide.
• Screen vents and windows to prevent roaches from traveling from one apartment to the other.
• Use of pest control without sanitation and physical means will not solve the pest problem.

Finally...!

I have recently added some new photos. Check out the link on the right to see them. I hope to be adding some soon. Enjoy!

For All You CIA Agents Out There.

I recently stumbled upon this website. It is called the "CIA - World Factbook". It provides detailed information on all countries in the world. Short description of their economy, their government etc. I found it interesting because in our territory we have people from all the Ex Soviet Union countries... like the Ukraine, Moldova, and Kyrgyzstan, just to name a few. It gave me a little insight into the condition from which these people come from. If you are in a foreign language field this is a little aid that can teach you a lot about the people you preach to.

The Oldest Living Human ... is Russian!

Yeah boy the russians did it again. Apparently the oldest living human surfaced recently breaking the currrent guiness world record by 9 years! Personally, I think it's all that garlic they eat. Check out the story, here

Breathing Earth

LifeLife is a delicate balance, I can't believe that people still believe that this all came about by chance.

Joke of the Day...

How To Prepare Chicken...

A waiter asks a man, “May I take your order, sir?”

“Yes,” the man replies. “I’m just wondering, exactly how do you prepare your chickens?”

“Nothing special, sir. We just tell them straight out that they’re going to die.”

Ready... Ok Go!

I don't know if you have heard or seen any of the songs by the band "OK GO", but their tunes are pretty catchy. I can't recommend their other stuff because I haven't heard it but I really like the following two.

Reccomended Reading

I personally think that Alexander Dumas is the best classical author that I have ever read. My personal favorite "The Count of Monte Cristo" is absolutely fantastic from beginning to end.
I am currently reading The Three Musketeers.

This book also is keeping my attention very well. It is a very interesting story that I think emerges you very well in 16th century France and England. A time when a swordsman who was in love would do absolutely anything for the woman he loved. The following is an excerpt from the book where D'Artagnan (the main character) is talking with the Duke of Buckingham about the Dukes undying love for the Queen of France, Anne of Austria.
"D'Artagnan looked with stupefaction at a man who thus employed the unlimited power with which he was clothed by the confidence of a king in the prosecution of his intrigues. Buckingham saw by the expression of the young man's face what was passing in his mind, and he smiled.

"Yes," said he, "yes, Anne of Austria is my true queen. Upon a word from her, I would betray my country, I would betray my king, I would betray my God. She asked me not to send the Protestants of La Rochelle the assistance I promised them; I have not done so. I broke my word, it is true; but what signifies that? I obeyed my love; and have I not been richly paid for that obedience? It was to that obedience I owe her portrait."

D'Artagnan was amazed to note by what fragile and unknown threads the destinies of nations and the lives of men are suspended."

Good stuff, if you haven't read anything by Alexander Dumas. I highly reccommend that you should.

1 Year Anniversary Vacation

Well for those of you who may not know Gabry and I have been married for 1 year on July 25th. However due to life we weren't able to go on vacation that day. However From August 6 - 10 we went on the vacation that we had wanted to go on for our Honeymoon and weren't able to. We went to Provence in France. The specific name of the area is called le Gorges du Verdon. It was a more amazing place than we had imaged. Apparently it is called the Grand Canyon of Europe, and the are also supposedly boasts some of the oldest archeological sites and caverns on the planet. We hiked, swam, ate, relaxed with the smell of Laveder in the air. Unfortunately, my digital camera doesn't work well and we didn't get very many good pictures. However we HIGHLY reccomend it for a vacation spot. Later I will try to include some snippets of things that we did with discriptions and pictures..

Genius...

Bill Watterson + one stuffed tiger + one sarcastic kid = very funny stuff.