Apple among The 100 Best Products of 2007

Six products made by Apple are on PC World's list of The 100 Best Products of 2007:

Apple Mac OS X 10.4 "Tiger"
Apple TV
Apple iPod (80 Gb)
Apple iPod Nano (8 Gb)
Apple iTunes
Apple MacBook Pro

Birds

I was spraying my shrubs with fungicide. Suddenly, a bird flew out of one of them. I looked and discovered a bird's nest in the shrub in front of my living room window. I was worried that I might have sprayed fungicide on it. I looked to see if the nest was empty. It had three little tiny chicks in it, which had just hatched moments before. One of them was still struggling to get out of its shell. I could tell they were alive because I could see their hearts beating through their delicate skin. They were pink and purple, with little bits of fluff attached, and their heads tucked underneath each other. I hope their Mama comes back to feed them. I hope the fungicide didn't hurt them.

Give a dog a bone

I gave my big brown dog a little chicken thigh bone. He ate it. So I gave him another one. He buried the second one under the couch cushions.

Humans should take a lesson from that. You should always have something put aside for a rainy day.

National Day of Prayer

It's good to promote prayer, but prayer is no good, just a waste of time, unless the Person you're praying to is real. The only effective prayer is to the One True God, the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, the Father in Heaven who sent His only begotten Son Jesus to earth to reconcile us to Himself.

Psalm 115 (New International Version)
1 Not to us, O LORD, not to us
but to your name be the glory,
because of your love and faithfulness.

2 Why do the nations say,
"Where is their God?"

3 Our God is in heaven;
he does whatever pleases him.

4 But their idols are silver and gold,
made by the hands of men.

5 They have mouths, but cannot speak,
eyes, but they cannot see;

6 they have ears, but cannot hear,
noses, but they cannot smell;

7 they have hands, but cannot feel,
feet, but they cannot walk;
nor can they utter a sound with their throats.

8 Those who make them will be like them,
and so will all who trust in them.

9 O house of Israel, trust in the LORD—
he is their help and shield.

10 O house of Aaron, trust in the LORD—
he is their help and shield.

11 You who fear him, trust in the LORD—
he is their help and shield.

12 The LORD remembers us and will bless us:
He will bless the house of Israel,
he will bless the house of Aaron,

13 he will bless those who fear the LORD—
small and great alike.

14 May the LORD make you increase,
both you and your children.

15 May you be blessed by the LORD,
the Maker of heaven and earth.

16 The highest heavens belong to the LORD,
but the earth he has given to man.

17 It is not the dead who praise the LORD,
those who go down to silence;

18 it is we who extol the LORD,
both now and forevermore.
Praise the LORD.

New International Version (NIV)
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