Standing up 2 Cancer

Okay, so i am all for curing diseases, i am. I think that if we can cure a disease then lets go for it. So this new campaign between NBC, CBS, and ABC to make cancer on the for front of thought is cool. I like the idea of creating an awareness and raising money for it. Check out www.standup2cancer.org for more details and info about it.

BUT......In true Balddave Ramblings there is always a BUT....

Instead of looking at how to cure cancer, why are we not ALSO looking at how we get Cancer. How about looking at the source and solving that problem. One of the partners in this new campaign is Stonyfield Farm Organic. Here is a quote from their blurb on the standup website:

"Some years ago, the U.S. EPA found the drinking water of more than fourteen million Americans contaminated with five different agricultural chemicals known to cause nine different types of cancer. Another study found, in the urine of children on conventional diets, mean pesticide concentrations six times higher than concentrations found in the urine of children on organic diets. Findings like these are the reasons Stonyfield Farm believes all foods should be organic."

I totally agree. If our society stopped with all the preservatives and chemicals that make our strawberries so red, and keep out lettuce from expiring till next month, and enhance the flavors of our ice cream, and juice up our meat so they grow faster; we would all be in better shape with less health problems and less cancer.
The wife and i have switched to a mostly organic diet a few years ago, and i feel great. And No; it does not mean that i eat only tofu and broccoli. Almost everything you eat or drink, has an organic alternative; steak, chicken, root beer, rice, vegetables, fruit, spices, wine, beer, bread, milk (which actually lasts longer then conventional milk),chips, salsa, pasta, sauce, and pretty much everything else you have in your fridge and pantry.

Take a look at the amount of pesticides and chemicals you are putting into you body, or more importantly into you children's bodies.
I am not trying to be holier than you but i am just saying, take a look.

Agree? Disagree? i would love to hear your thoughts.

ET Climbing Team cool video

Hey readers, check this out. It is a kid from my old climbing team made this video for a nike contest using our climbing team from Earth Treks.
It is pretty sweet.
I cannot seem to embed it in this blog so check the link below.

SHOW US YOUR BETTER Video Contest Sponsored by Nike

http://www.brickfish.com/Pages/VideosSeries/VideoView.aspx?vid=6031_83590627&=PPIMEMAIL&isep=1&pbapi=689478&pbvi=19796750

Did anybody see this story??

Greatest Goal this season

this is the greatest goal you will see all this season from any league.  Nakamura from Celtic FC in the Scottish Premeire League hits this ball and the action it is ridiculous.  It litterally goes from one of the goal to the other in the 30 yards that it traveled.  Check out the camera angle from behind the shot to see the movement.  Curve balls in Baseball suck.
Enjoy this b/c goals like this are brillient.

Hey USA Soccer

this baby...

is getting so big, my arms hurt.
is eating way more then last week, i am constantly feeding him.
is the cuter today then yesterday.
is full of smiles and joy.
cries sometimes.
get boogers in his nose and does not like it.
loves to lay on the floor with colorful shiny things hanging above him.
likes to pee when his diaper is off (i now he plans it just to get me).
sleeps a lot.
loves his Jameson...(the dog, not the whiskey, his daddy likes the whiskey)
like to travel in the car seat.
enjoys hanging out with his grandparents.
loves to be held and walked around, my arms still hurt.
loves to smile and mommy and daddy and make them happy.

Stay-at-home-dad--End of Week 1

Well, i have made it through the first week of being a stay at home dad. what a week.
i love this kid even more than before. We have gone places and run errands and enjoyed the day with bottles of breast milk, beer, clean (and dirty) diapers, irish coffee, and a great mommy that rocks and feeds the baby over the night time (i am not sure when she sleeps).
This kid is awesome and i am learning so much about me and him and our patiences levels. he is starting to reach out and grab things like my chest hair and shirt and i am not suppose to drink coffee around him (for fear he is going to knock it out of my hands). Crazy, I tell you...Crazy.
I am not sure if i could love this little being any more; but i am willing to try.