Friday, March 30, 2007

Read the warnings on labels!

What is S.P.A.M?
Spam is a canned precooked meat product made by the Hormel Foods Corporation. The labeled ingredients in the Classic variety of Spam are: chopped pork shoulder meat with ham meat added, salt, water, sugar, and sodium nitrite. According to Hormel: ''The ingredients are ground to a medium-coarse texture. Spices are then added to enhance the product's natural flavor. After the blending process is completed, the meat is mechanically filled into cans, sealed, and cooked in a ret ort oven. Upon leaving the retort, the cans are dried and transferred to the packaging area. A caser then automatically unscrambles and distributes the cans into the feed section, forms the corrugated tray, and loads the cans into each tray. The packed cases are conveyed through an automatic code dater and a shrink film tunnel. The sealed cases are then transferred to the storage and warehouse area to await shipment.''
Nutrition Information for SPAM (original style):
Calories per Serving: 170
Calories per Serving from Fat: 140
Serving Size: 2 oz.
Servings Per Container: 6 (large) or 3.5 (small)
Total Fat: 16g
Saturated Fat: 6g
Cholesterol: 40mg
Sodium: 750mg
Total Carbohydrates: 0g
Fiber: 0g
Sugars: 0g
Proteins: 7g
Vitamin A: 0%
Vitamin C: 0%
Calcium: 0%
Iron: 2%

Sounds good for the Atkins Diet but really after reading what was just read, one can assume that it’s probably not that healthy of a food choice. It’s amazing how you can read the label and figure out that if you were to eat an entire can of spam, it just wouldn’t be healthy for your system. It’s a no-brainer. Isn’t funny, though, we still read the labels and see that something is unhealthy for us but we still pollute our system anyway? Certain movies or magazines or certain conversations or certain internet sites or certain activities or certain choices that all have labels that say, “I will pollute your heart and mind or this activity may even cause death and destruction if you choose me.” Then we feel guilty or maybe we don’t really care until we get “caught” so to speak. It’s amazing, God gives us warnings but at times we still walk right into Satan’s trap and pollute our hearts and minds that God asks us to keep pure. You might say that’s easier said than done…but God promises us a way out...we just need to heed the warning. Is God trying to warn you of any dangers…listen to Him.
-gravyjmm

Friday, March 23, 2007

The Unforgettable Blog

I was just thinking how innocent and in a sense I am. Sometimes I am guilty of the crime that's now in hand. But if you give yourself to this the longest day and you give yourself, you give it all away, I thinking everything will alright. But, I'd like to be around in a spiral staircase to the higher ground. Well maybe not really, it just sounds good. I can't seem to let go of my fondness for U2 because if I could, you know I would... if I could, I would let it go…You making fun of my fascination well ah, don't talk to me…. Walk on by, walk on through. Walk till you run and don't look back for here I am…I'm sorry I can be sensitive, but I am doing it in the name of love…What more in the name of love? Except maybe a slideshow of a seaside town. Or how about some Coca-cola, football Radio, radio, radio, radio, radio, radio
-gravyjmm

Wednesday, March 14, 2007

Overrated Capt. Kirk Doritos

Ah…I have one thing to say about sleep…OVERRATED. Actually I don’t really believe that but I’m trying to psyche myself into believing it as my daughter thinks that sleep is not relevant at 1 and 3 and 5 in the morning. But what a joy she is especially after 47.5 hours of labor, I will say this…my wife is a trooper as I would have tapped out at an hour into labor because I don’t akin to pain even though Captain Kirk would disagree with me. Speaking of Captain Kirk, I’m not a “Trekkie” like my older brother but something that bugs me is for a character of Capt. Kirk’s stature, why did he have such a wussy kind-of –death instead of cool gotcha “Kahn” kind of death? His death by bridge didn’t seem fitting for his character but that’s an opinion from a non “Trekkie” person. Yes try Fiery Habanero Doritos and drink milk...as helps the soothing and I’ve gone cross-eyed.
-gravyjmm