It's Time!

According to Family Radio evangelist Harold Camping (an engineer by training), "The rapture will come upon us on May 21, 2011". This is the same man who had predicted that the World was coming to an end in September 1994. According to some 'experts' the rapture is a five month long process which I have still not been able to fully understand. Perhaps that is how long it will take for all the sorting.

On Judgment Day, May 21, 2011, this five-month period of horrible torment will begin for all the inhabitants of the earth (does include all living creatures since they too are life and inhabit the earth?). God will raise up all the dead that have ever died from their graves. Earthquakes will ravage the whole world as the earth will no longer conceal its dead. People who died as saved individuals will experience the resurrection of their bodies and immediately leave this world to forever be with the Lord. Those who died unsaved will be raised up as well, but only to have their lifeless bodies scattered about the face of all the earth. Death will be everywhere. Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord.

Now all of this terrible news for some, wonderful news for others is quite confusing and leaves many more questions than options without even bringing into consideration ones own religion or beliefs. So I will leave you to your own thoughts and look forward to the morning of May 22, 2011 being a normal day with the possibility of sunshine and warm temperatures so I can get some yard work taken care of without a bunch of dead bodies to clean up first.

A Sad Day

In 1916 Nathan Handwerker opened his original Coney Island hot-dog stand. Murray, his son after returning from fighting in WWII helped his parents open locations in Times Square and Long Island. Murray passed this past Saturday in Florida; he was 89 years old. This only proves that a healthy diet of Nathan's Famous leads to a long and happy life.

Murray took over as Chairman in the early 1970's and rapidly grew the company into franchise deals across the country. Soon after the brand started showing up in supermarkets. His passion was still always the original stand at Surf and Stillwell Avenues. His favorite hot-dog? A plain frank on a roll.

Exploding Melons

You just can't make this stuff up!

With so many folks in the Good Ol' USA complaining about things made in China, guess what? A lot of our produce also comes from China.

According to the BBC, farmers in the Jiansu province have reported the destruction of a substantial watermelon asset. Over 20 farming families in the province have planted melons. The melons are literally exploding after being given an overdose of growth accelerator forchlorfenuron creating fields filled with land mines.

With melons being a new crop which gave big profits to farmers in China last year, many first time growers jumped on the hay wagon, planting their overdosed melon seeds looking to rake in big profits. No so, with over 45 hecters of melons having been planted in the province, families have been running for cover as the fruits began exploding in the fields.