U2 featuring Mary J. Blige

U2 is one of my all time favorite bands. I first remember falling in love with them at the age of 15 when my then boyfriend listened to them non stop in remembrance of his dearly departed mom. When you just sit and listen to them sing to the lyrics to the way the music moves over you, you feel them. Or at least I did. So as I was looking for the lyrics to 'One' I discovered a Mary J. Blige version that I was determined to hate when I first saw it. Then I listened to it. I'm a convert. The song transcends Mary's vocals and is just as beautiful as before only slightly different. Here is the link. Check it out for your shelves:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ipoZbsc_3eU

enjoy

Changing of the Seasons

To help ward off the bitterness of the cool air rustling in the tree leaves:



Is it getting better

Or do you feel the same

Will it make it easier on you

Now you got someone to blame



You say

One love

One life

When its one need

In the night

Its one love

We get to share it

It leaves you baby

If you dont care for it



Did I disappoint you?

Or leave a bad taste in your mouth?

You act like you never had love

And you want me to go without



Well its too late

Tonight

To drag tha past out

Into the light

Were one

But were not the same

We get to carry each other

Carry each other

One



Have you come here for forgiveness

Have you come tor raise the dead

Have you come here to play Jesus

To the lepers in your head

Did I ask too much

More than a lot

You gave me nothing

Now its all I got

Were one

But were not the same

We hurt each other

Then we do it again



You say

Love is a temple

Love a higher law

Love is a temple

Love the higher law

You ask me to enter

But then you make me crawl

And I cant be holding on

To what you got

When all you got is hurt



One love

One blood

One life

You got to do what you should

One life

With each other

Sisters

Brothers

One life

But were not the same

We get to carry each other

Carry each other

One

One.

Sex and the City DVD's

is there anything better than re-living SATC moments on DVD? No says I ;-) Loving season 3 while working/blogging/answering e-mail. I'm one happy camper.

Geology

Chapter Quiz for "Chapter 2 - Minerals: Building Blocks of Rocks"
1. Which of the minerals illustrated in the following photograph exhibits cubic cleavage?+ Correct: center
2. A cubic centimeter of quartz and gold weighs 2.7 and about 20 grams respectively. This indicates that __________.+ Correct: gold has a much higher specific gravity than quartz
3. The two major groups of silicate minerals are the ferromagnesian silicates and the nonferromagnesian silicates.- Incorrect: false
4. The most common group of rock-forming minerals is the __________.+ Correct: silicates
5. Granite is a common mineral.+ Correct: false
6. All minerals have a crystal form.+ Correct: true
7. All silicate minerals contain which of the following two elements?+ Correct: silicon, oxygen
8. The ratio of silicon atoms to oxygen atoms is the same in each of the various silicate structures.+ Correct: false
9. Which of these mineral properties may be of minimal value in identifying the mineral quartz?+ Correct: color
10. This mineral exhibits cleavage.+ Correct: false
11. Which one of the following is NOT included in the definition of a mineral?+ Correct: unordered internal structure
12. When minerals break evenly in more than one direction, cleavage is described by the number of planes exhibited and the angles at which they meet.+ Correct: true
13. Most rocks are aggregates of minerals.+ Correct: true
14. Which one of the following sets of two terms describes how a mineral responds to mechanical impact?+ Correct: cleavage, fracture
15. The silicon-oxygen tetrahedron is a complex ion.+ Correct: true

Older than Lucy?

With all the famous Lucy's out there you might be wondering which one I'm referring to... It's not Lucille Ball, or Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds but none other than Lucy our 3 million year old ancestor. I tried to share this article from it's page but apparently it doesn't "talk" with blogger so you'll have to follow the link:

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091001/ap_on_sc/us_sci_before_lucy

Let me know what you think

Premarital Sex

With more & more Americans par-taking in premarital sex we have to ask ourselves if this is really how we would like our children to be raised? In a world where Sex and the City is celebrated (yes I'm VERY Guilty on this one) is it possible to lessen the effect of premarital sex on minors? How can we take sex off the TV when it sales so well? How can we convince producers that really there can be more to a plot line than a steamy sex scene. As a responsible parent we've got a lot of help from TV stations on the quality of the programing based off of the reviews and ratings posted in the beginning of the shows but how about keeping some of these programs off TV all together?

I'm all for Sex and the City. I loved it when it was on HBO and hunted for people that would let me come crash their couch to watch (always with a little gift of bubbly of course) but now that it is on TBS, I wonder at the effect it has. Yes it's edited for content but the message is still there and at 7PM my kids are still up. That is at least one show that should NOT be on during waking hours for my children to happen upon, but yet it is. I'm not suggesting that the world edit it's content for children but shouldn't it be a bit more red light? Lets get our children to an age that they can understand the plot lines and the show biz aspect before we shove them in front of shows on the CW. Children have the right to be Children and our shows shouldn't target them into thinking it is the norm for all this sex.

Iced Tea

So for years I've watched my mother drink Iced Tea and thought why?? I grew up drinking it (and swear it's why I'm so short... you know all that caffeine) as did everyone in my family. I watched as my grandparents drank pitcher after pitcher. I can now tell the difference in day old tea versus freshly brewed tea and I owe it all to my mother. But I never got it. I didn't see the big deal in Iced Tea until today. Now I get it! It's an alternative to all the sugar drinks that only add to the hips. So now I'm off to brew my own tea.

For those of you that need a little kick for your tea here's one of my fav's:

Long Island Iced Tea

1/2 oz. Vodka
1/2 oz. Gin
1/2 oz. Rum
1/2 oz. Triple Sec
1/2 oz. Tequila
1 oz. Sour Mix
Cola

- Fill mixing glass with ice
- Add Vodka, Gin, Rum, Triple Sex, Tequila, Sour Mix
- Shake
- Pour into glass
- Top w/ Cola
- Garnish w/ lemon slice