This is Thomas R. Welch reporting to you once again direct from the homestead on the south side of Atlanta, Ga.
I found this site on Reddit: http://www.freerice.com/index.php.
It contains a word meaning game that you can learn word meanings and
donate free rice to the worlds hungry at the same time. Open it up and
read what it is about. I don't think you will regret it. Every time
you select a word meaning the founders of this site provides 10 grains
of rice to the UN for distribution. Caution, it does consume a lot of
time you may want to use doing something else. Also, I have no idea
idea how many grains of rice it takes to add up to one pound. So, when I read that this program started on 7 October 2007 and, as of 17 November 2007, 2,457,120,420 grains
of rice had been donated, it didn't mean anything, and still doesn't.
I am thinking that I can figure it out by extrapolating how many grains
are in an ounce, and then a pound. Or, I would if I had a scale that
weighs grams and ounces. Maybe there is another way of doing it. I
don't know.
Michelle asked Yun and I to bowl on the Wii the other day when we were at her and Steven's place.
That Wii is something else. Yun and I are addicted to bowling on it.
It's a lot of fun, plus, if you use it as it was intended, that is do
the same motions you would if you were actually bowling, or playing
baseball, or boxing, etc., it is a really good workout.
We are trying very hard to make things as easy for Sassy as we can. I carry her outside, and then back inside, because her back thighs and legs hurt her so much. There are times she makes an attempt to run like she used to, but only for a brief few seconds. We are so sorry for her, but there's nothing we can do but continue to love her as we always have. I want to mention that,in reality, Sassy is Michelle's baby. When Michelle got married and moved out, she saw how attached we are to Sassy, and Sassy to us, that she let Sassy stay with us. It is a wonderful kindness that Michelle gave Yun and I. We can never repay her for that.
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This is Thomas R. Welch reporting to you again direct from the homestead on the south side of Atlanta, Ga.
Everything is great at the homestead, not perfect, but all it would take to be perfect would be for Yun’s skin condition to clear up.
New televisions are working well, and so is the Wii. I’m still Wii bowling a little above professional level. I know that Wii bowling is not the same as being on an actual bowling lane; but still a good score.
I watched a news story yesterday about a competitive eating contest, wherein one Joey Chestnut stuffed in 103 Krystals Hamburgers, in eight minutes, to gain the title of World Krystal Eating Champion, and a $10,000 prize. I have no idea how many Krystal burgers it takes to equal one McDonald Quarter Pounder, but being a fairly generous person, lets assume it takes eight. This means then that Mr. Chestnut consumed the equivalent of at least 12.87 Quarter Pounders.
I don’t care if Mr. Chestnut eats 12.87 Quarter Pounders if he is hungry, and I don’t care if he eats that much to win $10,000 in a competitive eating contest, but when we do this type of thing are we sending the subliminal message to the starving masses around the world that we don’t really care about them? I’m afraid so. And that’s all I have to say about that.
Emailed the below suggestion to Senators Chambliss and Isakson.
“Sir,
It strikes me that now would be a good time to recommend a study be
conducted to determine the feasibility of constructing a canal connecting our waterways on the east coast from the Mississippi to the countries major metropolitan and agricultural areas. This would provide us (1) water from a source that is now draining into the Gulf of Mexico, and (2) possibly reversing a dead zone wherein aquatic life can not live which, by some accounts, is the size of New
Jersey. All the data regarding river paths and land elevations are already in the possession of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Then, if it is feasible, you should introduce a Bill to make it happen. I did not mention cost because (1) some things need to be done regardless of cost, and (2) if we can afford a trillion dollars (and I actually think it's going to cost us a lot more that that), for Iraq and Afghanistan, we can afford a canal system.
Thank you for your time,
Sincerely,
Thomas Ray Welch”
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