Wednesday, December 13, 2006
Monday, December 11, 2006
Saturday, December 02, 2006
Ground rules
Parts per billion ("ppb") denotes one particle of a given substance for every 999,999,999 other particles. This is roughly equivalent to one drop of ink in a lane of a public swimming pool, or one second per 32 years. One part in 109.
"The percentage of truck tankers found positive in 1994 (National Milk
Drug Residue Third Party Data Base) was 0.063 percent." (scroll down to view tolerable levels of antibiotics)
Is the medicine worse than the cure?, ie is 0.063% positive milk worse than using no drugs at all?
"The percentage of truck tankers found positive in 1994 (National Milk
Drug Residue Third Party Data Base) was 0.063 percent." (scroll down to view tolerable levels of antibiotics)
Is the medicine worse than the cure?, ie is 0.063% positive milk worse than using no drugs at all?
Tuesday, November 21, 2006
Post
I'm not sure why I haven't taken the time to post in so long. I've had many good things to write, just never taken the time.
I've been busy with trying to maintain a semblence of balance between work and home, with little avail. Work leads to more work, which leads to more work which leads to 2am emergency phone calls about calvings, equipment failure, etc
Long story short, I've changed jobs. In December I'll be working on another farm. Less hours, same pay, less to manage... All around a good deal. I even get most weekends off (and I mean Saturday and Sunday).
Someday I won't be so naive. All of us make choices in life. Some people just make poor choices in less noticeble, or more acceptable ways.
We are nevertheless thankful for the Lord's provision and goodness.
I've been busy with trying to maintain a semblence of balance between work and home, with little avail. Work leads to more work, which leads to more work which leads to 2am emergency phone calls about calvings, equipment failure, etc
Long story short, I've changed jobs. In December I'll be working on another farm. Less hours, same pay, less to manage... All around a good deal. I even get most weekends off (and I mean Saturday and Sunday).
Someday I won't be so naive. All of us make choices in life. Some people just make poor choices in less noticeble, or more acceptable ways.
We are nevertheless thankful for the Lord's provision and goodness.
Monday, July 24, 2006
Saturday, July 01, 2006
Equipped
Read this article first.
This is the kind of stuff all farmers in America should be a part of. btw, these farms respectively milk 1200, 2000. 2000, 600, and 800 cows.
Of all the proportially bad media large farms get, most people think them to be nothing more than a (large) den of vipers. As fractured as agriculture is, the last thing we need is misinformation to a public who is ignorant to begin with.
This large farm/small farm dichotomy is a farce. A mere nostalgic figment. For small farms to view large farms as the enemy is ridiculous and couterproductive. Regardless of farm size hormones, bST, mastitis, cull cows, manure spills, debt, and greed are ubiquitous. The economic system in which we live, fostered small farms in the 1940s to get bigger (from 20 cows to 60 cows, which is a 300% expansion). So why is it such a stretch to imagine it would allow large farms to get larger? To find fault with the system in which large farms operate, undermines the the system in which all farms survive.
Just like great grand-daddy bought his first tractor, grandpa bought his first bucket milker, and dad bought his first straw of semen, and so I will buy my first RFID tag for cows. There's a progression here that undeniable. Our ancestors adopted technology, and so should we. Sure, at the time a tractor was just as contraversial as artificial insemination, but we've accepted both as no-brainer tools in the dairy business.
This is the kind of stuff all farmers in America should be a part of. btw, these farms respectively milk 1200, 2000. 2000, 600, and 800 cows.
Of all the proportially bad media large farms get, most people think them to be nothing more than a (large) den of vipers. As fractured as agriculture is, the last thing we need is misinformation to a public who is ignorant to begin with.
This large farm/small farm dichotomy is a farce. A mere nostalgic figment. For small farms to view large farms as the enemy is ridiculous and couterproductive. Regardless of farm size hormones, bST, mastitis, cull cows, manure spills, debt, and greed are ubiquitous. The economic system in which we live, fostered small farms in the 1940s to get bigger (from 20 cows to 60 cows, which is a 300% expansion). So why is it such a stretch to imagine it would allow large farms to get larger? To find fault with the system in which large farms operate, undermines the the system in which all farms survive.
Just like great grand-daddy bought his first tractor, grandpa bought his first bucket milker, and dad bought his first straw of semen, and so I will buy my first RFID tag for cows. There's a progression here that undeniable. Our ancestors adopted technology, and so should we. Sure, at the time a tractor was just as contraversial as artificial insemination, but we've accepted both as no-brainer tools in the dairy business.
Saturday, June 24, 2006
Of amphibians
As Christians we confess that God created with order and purpose. But our purpose as Christians is not to mimic that order but, since the fall, to rearrange it. Dominion I believe is the buzzword.
In my mind a most obvious way to determine a pagan culture is to see how closely they relate to the animal world. For instance, if dressing up in dead animal skins, smearing mud paste on your body, and having lice is part of your everyday living, you might be a pagan. Pagans also dress like animals, ie in their birthday suit (mostly).
They also form their belief system from animals.
There once was a frog named T.H. Logian
On lily pads he was a croakin'
Life was good for this intelligent guy,
From his pond he all could spy.
He had a system for everything known
Other frogs gave him a Crown.
But this king he lacked a family
That alone would make him happy.
A wife he took with due haste,
and a moments notice it was a race.
They wanted children which could replace
their righteous ways all over the place.
Oh, their plan was swell and grand,
to conquer the ponds and the land.
Just one problem you will see,
The treated their children differently.
You see frogs are tadpoles at the first,
That is why they are born immersed.
"They are not frogs dear wife of mine,
simply blank slates who mimic and mime."
To treat them now as frogs, Absurd!
They should be seen and not heard.
But they will grow and soon become frogs,
right now they're dead as wooden logs.
In my mind a most obvious way to determine a pagan culture is to see how closely they relate to the animal world. For instance, if dressing up in dead animal skins, smearing mud paste on your body, and having lice is part of your everyday living, you might be a pagan. Pagans also dress like animals, ie in their birthday suit (mostly).
They also form their belief system from animals.
There once was a frog named T.H. Logian
On lily pads he was a croakin'
Life was good for this intelligent guy,
From his pond he all could spy.
He had a system for everything known
Other frogs gave him a Crown.
But this king he lacked a family
That alone would make him happy.
A wife he took with due haste,
and a moments notice it was a race.
They wanted children which could replace
their righteous ways all over the place.
Oh, their plan was swell and grand,
to conquer the ponds and the land.
Just one problem you will see,
The treated their children differently.
You see frogs are tadpoles at the first,
That is why they are born immersed.
"They are not frogs dear wife of mine,
simply blank slates who mimic and mime."
To treat them now as frogs, Absurd!
They should be seen and not heard.
But they will grow and soon become frogs,
right now they're dead as wooden logs.
Sunday, June 11, 2006
Annie has a gun
I really don't know who Anne Coulter is, but I think she'd be a good aunt.
"Thus, it's very important for the liberal clergy to force small school children to believe in a discredited mystery religion from the 19th century -- evolution -- in order to prepare them to believe in the nonexistence of God, one of the main goals of the American public education system."
And much more...
(Al Gore should be feeling some heat)
"Thus, it's very important for the liberal clergy to force small school children to believe in a discredited mystery religion from the 19th century -- evolution -- in order to prepare them to believe in the nonexistence of God, one of the main goals of the American public education system."
And much more...
(Al Gore should be feeling some heat)
Tuesday, May 23, 2006
New Westminster Version
I'm sure Pete won't mind if I link to his page.
Q: What is thy story? What is thy song?
Click here for the answer!
Q: What is thy story? What is thy song?
Click here for the answer!
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