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Miles sitting next to his best friend. At my grandson's 2nd birthday party Laurissa announced she was pregnant and due in April!  It was such a happy surprise.  She doesn't know if it will be a girl or boy.

Is this the future?  I hope not.

Click here to listen Does anyone know the title and composer? On the web no one seems to know.  It's not Golden Dragon.  A few people called the corporate office but they had no idea.  It's a mystery. I've heard it was created specifically for large corporations with no name and no credit given to the composer. CVS, the drugstore chain, uses it as their on-hold music. Here's someone on the piano playing it:

These are my photos of the Jimsonweed growing in a pot that had Marigolds. It planted itself again this year.  They call it a weed because it has a strange odor. I think the plant is beautiful. Here you can see one of the Marigolds underneath the plant. Some Common Names

This is scary even though it could be useful.  They'er so small they could go anywhere.  They could invade your privacy, bring diseases and who know what else. The problem with this robot bee is the wire, not very practical. The next video shows what might happen someday. Published on Apr 28, 2014 NewBees -- The future is already here: www.robobees.info "If we carry on with chemically intensive agriculture model, it is quite possible that we may affect our pollinating insects to such a degree that we reach a global "pollination crisis". This is the imaginary future we do not want. This future where bees and the biodiversity they help maintain, have finally fallen victim to chemically intensive industrial agriculture."

I was hoping to make a little money by joining Google AdSense. That was when I noticed I had an unbelievable number of views from Russia. As soon as I stopped putting AdSense ads on my blog the Russian views gradually declined until they stopped altogether. From Russia Date on left. # of views on right Now the statistics look more realistic even though I can't understand why France is so high. Something strange is going on.   The statistics are not real.   I'm finished with Adsense.  Besides, the blog looks better without ads. Maybe I'll also just stop looking at the statistics; but I'm curious. Do you have any thoughts?