Tuesday, January 08, 2008

So during lunch times I have been walking both Fry and Tom. People think it's weird that the cat walks with us but he does and has always walked with me. Now finally Fry and Tom are friends. The weather has been very, very mild but is expected to change. I remember it having been this warm before but I can't deny the mean temp for Ohio is going up in winters. I think. Will have to check the records. Seems like in my short life span there have been a few warm and cold spells. Looks like the global warming thing is happening but I don't know that the results will be as catastrophic as some predict, nor as inconsequential as others do. People will look back on it and say, "Wow, well we knew it was coming, but x didn't happen, y didn't happen, but z DID happen." Just my brain dropping. Anyway, the sun does weird things and at some point we could go back to freezing again. I remember for a while the scientists thought (and had all kinds of charts and evidence for) the new Ice Age (Nathanael bought that one hook, line, and sinker about 4 years ago and even made t-shirts and researched the main proponent of it) was on its way and FAST. Everyone got off that boat in the late 70's except one main author- don't remember his name. Said by now NY would be covered in a vast ice field. Well the fact is that we technically (if the global timeline is right) ARE in sort of an ice age right now, in that we have ice at the poles. At some times, earth has not had that. See how many fossils you can dig out of Antarctica (and this is assuming Antarctica was then where it is now). Antarctica used to be tropical. Well, anyway, no matter what part humans have played in it (we have always played at least a minor role just by breathing), and how much we can stop it, and what the consequences are for not stopping it, life will continue here. That isn't to say it couldn't be snuffed out in a microsecond. The next meteor could come along and bam! we're gone. Then what's it all for? Life, meaning, love, etc? Is the answer "42" like the science fiction movie says. No, God tells us to store up in Heaven our treasure. Our treasure here is gone in a poof! What does it mean to store up treasure in Heaven? I offer as an example Mother Theresa. So much of what she did was a command of Jesus. "Feed my sheep." She was genuine in love. Her reward for each deed did genuinely in love, for Jesus, is stored in Heaven.

3 Comments:

At 10:56 AM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

I watched a thing on the History channel a while ago. It was called Little Ice Age, Big Changes or something like that. Anyway it highlighted the mini ice age or cooling that we just pulled out of in the 1800's. We had been in it for 500 years or so. I may be off on my dates and years since it has been a while. It highlighted how it affected historical events like Washington crossing an ice packed Deleware and all that.

Now for today, with the ice caps melting as rapidly as they are I think the oblivious people should all watch the water rise and the beachfront property go under. Perhaps that will be eyeopening enough. Poor Polar Bears.

 
At 5:16 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

Let's hope that after all that begging and begging for a dog Micah is taking good care of Fry, giving him a bath if need be and cleaning up #1 and #2 wherever needed. And walking and cuddling him. Hope he doesn't decide to take him to his loft clubhouse. Give Fry a hug for me. Mom

 
At 7:36 PM, Blogger Chuck said...

Robert Felix. Ah, the old days, when I would check www.iceagenow.com all the time. I wonder if that place is still up, even. I'd much prefer to have an ice age over global warming, but, well, it just isn't happening.

 

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