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112 mph winds hit upon us in the Seattle area 9 days ago. Still 96,000 w/o power in King County. 12 dead, many injured or hospitalized from carbon monoxide poisonings. Many live wires down yet. One man and his dog went for a walk to check on his neighbors. Thought the wire on street was dead after power repair crews had been through his neighborhood a few days earlier. He and his dog both stepped on wire and died instantly. I live in a rural urban area and all of our wires are underground as are most newer developments, but our grids are still linked to older power stations and above ground wirings. We are surrounded by beautiful 150 to 200 ft tall fir trees most of which were rooted into soggy ground from last months heavy rain falls.read more

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With Christmas right around the corner, we’re thinking about theChristmas presents we plan to give, and we have one of the all-time best: our annual 2007 crop circle calendar. This comes all the way from England and our store is the only place you can buy it in the US! One customer wrote, “I bought the 2006 and 2007 calendar for my sister as a Christmas present. When my husband saw them he had to have the 2006 for his desk at work. The crop circle pictures are truly amazing. I did not realize crop circles are so intrinsic and so beautiful. A must have.” And if you?re tired of conventional Christmas cards, send crop circle postcards instead! If you know someone whose heart is broken, we have the perfect present to give them.
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Can’t we ever learn to be happy? Some of us feel sad during the Christmas holidays, because we’re along, while others dread having to travel home for Christmas, where we participate the same old family fights.

Loneliness and family conflicts can be particularly painful at the holidays. Researcher Dan Russell says we should forget the ghosts of Christmas past, and focus on the present and future. He has been studying loneliness for 25 years, and has found no direct correlation between the number of relationships a person has and his or her level of loneliness.
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Some of us are skeptical about whether traditional Christmas symbols such angels really exist. Kids are find it hard to believe that Santa Claus could deliver presents to millions of homes and children in just one night. But there’s a scientific explanation for this.

Engineer Larry Silverberg says is plausible science that could allow Santa to pull off this magical feat year after year. You just have to realize that Santa and his elves are quantum physicists, who have advanced knowledge of electromagnetic waves, the space/time continuum, nanotechnology, genetic engineering and computer science.
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