Facts

1. Life span: A butterfly lives for about 6 months

2. Amazing fact: 20% of the people in human history who lived beyond age 65 are still alive today.

3. Military spending: Among other things, the U.S. military operates 234 golf courses

4. The heaviest dog on record was a St. Bernard that weighed 310 pounds.

5. Where does the word condom come from? Dr. Charles Condom (1630-1685)

6. There are an average of 178 sesame sees on a McDonald's Big Mac bun.

7. 90% of Hallmark cards are purchases by women.

8. At this moment, nearly 2,000 thunderstorms are taking place around the world.

9. Dr. Seuss coined the word "nerd" in his 1950 book, If I Ran the Zoo.

10. The largest toy distributor in the world is not Toys R Us or Wal-Mart - it's McDonald's.

Things that make me happy

1. A fancy teapot, mine gets used every day.

2. Sea Salt, I love adding a dash to the things I am cooking… it always makes me feel more like the wonderful chefs on television.

3. Mr. Clean magic eraser. Ever used one?

4. Vitamins/supplements. I would love to eat healthy, raw, natural, and organic foods because I know how essential they are. But honestly, I hardly ever do.

5. My glasses. I just got this pair and I already love them. They fit. They are comfy, and I like wearing them.

6. Bottled water. The convenience of it makes my life easier. I love water. It is honestly my favorite beverage. And the amount I drink… at home, in my car, wherever we go… makes drinking it out of bottles so much easier. (I do NOT recycle)

7. I love sanitizing wipes. I use them to clean everything!!!

8. Reece’s Peanut Butter Cups.

9. My Computer

10. Anything monogrammed.

Deep Thoughts

Last night I was listening to talk radio. The host was speaking about about ethics and morals and "situational ethics" which got me wondering a few things. First of all, what's the difference between ethics and morals?

Ethic - a set of moral principles : a theory or system of moral values

Moral - a) of or relating to principles of right and wrong in behavior b) sanctioned by or operative on one's conscience or ethical judgment.

Morals rely on one's own perception of what is right and wrong and ethics are a system of moral values generally dictated by society (business ethics, medical ethics, political ethics, etc).
So, my questions are: Do ethics change from situation to situation? Or do your ethics stay the same no matter what?
Morally you're against killing people but you support the death penalty. Is that situational ethics?
Can you be for the death penalty but against abortion? Aren't both acts of taking another life? Or how about the death penalty and euthanasia? Can you be for one and against another?
Can you morally think that homosexuality is wrong but ethically be opposed to the legal discrimination of homosexuals?
Can you morally be opposed to birth control but ethically think that certain people be sterilized?
Is lying by omission to gain favor morally or ethically wrong? Can you lie in certain situations and justify it while morally being opposed to lying?
What do you think? Can ethics be situational? What about morals?

Saturday Rant

I'm not sure why people drive with their headlights on full beam even in town? Surely this cannot be because they don't realize what a pain this is to oncoming traffic. They have oncoming traffic that is coming right at them! And the first thing they ought to notice is that they cannot see anything because of the headlights of others! And that ought to be their cue to dim their own lights.
But this just does not happen.
So I can only conclude that people have NO idea that there even are two levels for their headlights.
So in public interest, let me inform all of you who drive cars that your lovely automobile comes with the option of selecting between not just one, but TWO levels, for your headlights when driving. There's "High" and then there's "Low". And when you are driving in areas where there are street lights and other sources of surrounding illumination, you do NOT need the "High". Yes, this may come as a complete shock to you, but it is possible to see quite well without it!
When you drive on "High", you are not only signaling to the rest of the world that you are an A$$hole but are also likely to be the cause of trouble to someone else who cannot even see the freaking road because you have blinded them and drives straight into some idiot who just happens to be cycling right in the middle of the street. (For the record, this did NOT happen to me.)
Of course, it is quite possible that people actually know that they have the option of the dimmer, but don't give a rat's a$$ either way about anyone else. (Maybe live on the Southside?) These people definitely exist, and they're the same kinds that push in line ahead of you or yell on their cell phones in public places. But I would like to believe that ignorance is the reason behind this particular failure of humanity rather than sheer apathy. The first can possibly be cured, the second, unlikely.

Friday Ramblings

1. I like to eat raw oysters.

2. For the life of me I can’t fold fitted sheets.

3. I totally love this time of year.

4. Storms scare me to death.

5. I was in a tornado years ago, people in the building were killed, it was like we were bombed.

6. I love the taste of my morning coffee. There is nothing better.

7. People that mumble annoy me.

8. People who love to point out how wrong everyone else is while they are a walking train wreck also annoy me.

9 People who don’t stay home when they are sick, but soldier on to work and infect every one around them really annoy me.

10 Aging isn’t scary to me. But growing old is.

My name is Msnkrey and I am a Mollyaholic

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