My friend, Robby, pointed me to this article about a possible mass extinction brewing in our Gulf of Mexico. I don’t want to belittle the seriousness of the oil spew occurring in the Gulf and I don’t want to let BP off the hook in taking full responsibility for all the damage they have done, but it is a little difficult for me to believe that drilling a six inch hole through the sea bottom is going to result in a blow out of the ocean floor that will release the methane gas bubble this article talks about.

But what do you think about this? Am I wrong in dismissing the theory as I am? Could this really be serious or is it just the thing that Hollywood disaster movies are made from?

“You know what it is they say about High Fructose Corn Syrup.”

“No, what is it they say? That it is just like sugar?”

“Well, no, that’s what the corn lobby would have you believe. What THEY say is:”

In soda, it has been found that by using HFCS instead of pure sugar it can make the soda 10 times richer in harmful carbonyl compounds. According to one study, carbonyl compounds are elevated in people with diabetes and are blamed for causing diabetic complications such as foot ulcers and eye and nerve damage. Another study concluded that foods with increased fructose “produced significantly higher fasting plasma triacylglycerol values than did the glucose diet in men” and “if plasma triacylglycerols are a risk factor for cardiovascular disease, then diets high in fructose may be undesirable”. Sounds good, right?

via High Fructose Corn Syrup Vs. Pure Sugar – Is One Worse Than The Other? | The Good Human.

You can eat or drink what you want. That’s up to you. I just think people ought to know as much as possible about what they put in their bodies so you can make an informed choice.

I’ve been reading a little from the Book of Enoch. While I’ve been familiar with some of its content from various sermons and Bible studies I have never actually read any of it until this weekend. I wish I had done this years ago. I understand and agree with why it isn’t a part of the Bible but I think reading it is necessary to a full contextual understanding of a lot of the Bible.

WordPress 3.0 is out along with a new default theme that seems to have some nice customizations. I was getting bored with the old one so let’s try this one.

Let me know if it’s too ugly.

Okay, there isn’t enough detail for me to say a lot about this but the article makes it sound an awful lot like the sheriff was miffed over not being able to show off his departments rescue gear.

Raft guide arrested after helping stranded rafter on Clear Creek – The Denver Post.