Thirteen's World

Have you ever heard of Nanoquadrotors?

Thirteen — Mon, 16 Jul 2012 19:03:09 +0000

Facebook can be an annoying time sync as well as a portal to discovery. I often do not go on Facebook just because I know that I can spend hours at no end clicking on what 300+ accuantances have linked. But today I ran across a link that had a video about these Nanoquadrotors. The developers just finished a show in June 2012 where they programmed these things to do an amazing light show. I did not link that show here but you can find it on their website http://www.kmelrobotics.com/

Check out this video where they show briefly what they can do.

If I wanted America to fail

Thirteen — Tue, 08 May 2012 06:00:32 +0000

If you have not seen this yet, watch and then think about what you have seen happen in the past x number of years.

I only support what this video is trying to make you think about. I know nothing further from the author or supporters of this video. I share it with you for you to think about what is going on around you.

Are you ready for austerity? Do you think what is happening in Greece can’t happen to us?

Just think about this: in 1964 a Us Quarter Dollar was made of 90% real Silver, that silver was worth about $0.25 which could buy a gallon of gas. Today that same quarter if melted down for it’s silver content is worth around $4 to $5. Same price as a gallon of gas. How much could gas could you by with that quarter as US currency? The value of the gas has not changed. But the value of our money has. since 1918 when the Federal Reserve was created our money has been loosing value. It is what Ron Paul was able to get the Federal Reserve Chairman to admit was a “hidden” tax.

Wake up, Take the “Red” pill to coin a phrase from “The Matrix” movie. See how deep the rabbit hole goes.

Here is a cute video on a child’s first sighting of a train

Thirteen — Fri, 27 Apr 2012 01:52:01 +0000

My good friend Jasen gave me permisison to share this with you all. Please take a look at this cute short video of Jacob’s first train sighting! I see a railroad buff in the future.

More Americans suffering from Hunger than in China. Did I read that right?

Thirteen — Mon, 17 Oct 2011 17:45:39 +0000

I came across this article in yahoo news and found it quite sobering.
http://yhoo.it/nLVF2I

This article is talking about statistics that show that more and more Americans are falling in to poverty and can’t afford to put food on the table. They also can not afford to go get basic medical care. If you watch the mainstream news everything seems to be stable or getting better. It’s almost as if the mainstream media are saying “Move along, there’s nothing to see here.” trying to shuffle us back to our lives hoping that most of us won’t see the alarming treads that are showing that our country is in a serious world of hurt.

Tomato from my garden

We have to begin working on feeding ourselves. Back in my Great grandfathers day, everyone had a little garden of food. Up until the day he died he had a little patch of land that he grew various veggies in. My favorite was Rhubarb because from that Rhubarb came my favorite pie Rhubarb pie. (Now I know that there was a ton of sugar that went into that pie to give it the lovely sweet and sour taste.) But there was something about the fact that out of my Great Grandpa’s garden came something that was processed into a food I loved as a kid.

He is long gone, and the land he grew that food on belongs to another family (lost due to economic issues in my Grandpa’s life) but the memory still remains.

What would happen if 1 in 6 families started growing a little garden and producing there own food? Wouldn’t it be nice to create your own garden that was EASY to maintain yet only took a few hours to manage and cultivate and gleen food from? What if you had an entire meal that you took the time to grow, harvest and prepare? I personally think that being able to feed myself with out the need of a grocery store is an awesome accomplishment.

No I am not boycotting any stores or saying we need to go back to the 1800′s. I am saying how many people know how to grow their own food anymore? What happens if we have a financial crisis personal, local, statewide, or national that messes up the food supply chain? We may have many families that are having trouble eating now, but what is going to happen when our food supply chain is broken. Looking at the signs of the times due to financial problems in the world, weather related, and natural disasters all around, our food supply chain is severly threatened. Inflation on many food items is already occurring. Just ask the person in your family who does all the buying of food? Ask them about the price of X and has it gone up. You will find a startling response.

These are just some of the things I am thinking about these days. This article stumped me enough I thought I would share and see if I can more people to start thinking about their personal situation.

Some parting thoughts:

How long could you survive if your access to the grocery store was cut off? (This could be caused by many things. Major Earthquake, Strikes, Riots, Disruption in the electric, gas or any other energy supply, or even things overseas that disrupt the food chain.)
What would you do if you couldn’t get food from the grocery store for 1 week, 2 weeks, 3 weeks?
Do you have a pantry full of supplies that can hold you over for a day, 3 days, a week, 2 weeks?

Some things to think about.

Until the next time,

Thirteen

The Empire Avenue game

Thirteen — Mon, 15 Aug 2011 16:47:16 +0000

http://empireavenue.com is where you will find it or you can find it off facebook. If your serious about games though there is much more content at the direct site. It’s a fun game and I recommend you try it.

Really bad experience at Tim Hortons

Thirteen — Sat, 23 Jul 2011 17:00:57 +0000

I am not much to want to waste my time in submitting a complaint about a restaurant that I have visited. But the experience was so bad at the Tim Hortons I went to today that I had to send the following complaint about customer service to their website.

“Having Never been to a Tim Hortons before I thought let’s try this place they seem to have a lot of them. The experience was horrible to say the least. I felt like I was haggling with a local used car sales man just to place my order. Then after we get our order started I am told that what I ordered isn’t available. To top it off what I changed my order to to suffice the “supervisor’s” inventory, they still didn’t make it correctly. I will most likely never visit a Tim Hortons again, and will make sure I tell people in my sphere of influence about this horrible place. I am not sure what your specialty is but customer service is not even on the list.”

What experiences have you had with Tim Hortons? Are they similar or did I just have a really bad experience?

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Just added some photo’s of our 2011 trip

Thirteen — Mon, 11 Jul 2011 21:07:26 +0000

Just added some photo’s of our trip take a look at them here.

About 20 years it snows in Santa Clarita

Thirteen — Sun, 02 Jan 2011 23:43:12 +0000

Matt Seaver
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Kimberly is all ready for her Big day!

Thirteen — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 18:20:08 +0000

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Sometimes we need the Refiner’s Fire

Thirteen — Sat, 03 Jul 2010 04:23:57 +0000

This song just popped into my head. It speaks to me, and causes me to refocus on the things that the Lord would have me focus on.

Take a listen, consider the lyrics and what they mean to you. More importantly think about what Jesus means to you.