Comic: Cold Pizza

The Medical Staff

If one takes a careful look at a first aid kit, ambulance, or any medical equipment, they'll see a snake wrapped around a staff.  Why is this? Well, let's go back to the Bible.  There's a lot of different theories, but the Bible is the only original written version.  The Israelites sinned, and so God sent snakes among them.  Then, God told Moses to hold up a snake on a pole, so that whoever looked at the pole would survive.  Pretty awesome eh?

See Numbers 21:9 (this link is to the whole Numbers 21.(NIV)

9 So Moses made a bronze snake and put it up on a pole. Then when anyone was bitten by a snake and looked at the bronze snake, they lived. 

Knock Knock

-- Jro

Rice Field Art

I got this in a email from my mom.  No source. Really awesome.

Field Kit

I cleaned my room!! :-D

Amaranthine gave me the box A while ago.  

I used my knife to cut the top for a handle.

Right now it's actually empty cause I'm not camping. XD

A light, a highlighter, sunglasses, my knife, magnifying glass,

Fan, batteries mist spray thingy

Red LED flash thingy

Ussually I'd put more in it. :-)

 

I'll take pics later when I take it camping.
--Jro

Rant: BE SERIOUS!

A few weeks ago, most of you know, I fell and smashed up my toe. :-( And IT HURT!!! :'( :,'(  Fortunately there was no permanent damage and no major... hurts.  Anyways, this was in the middle of a dinner party, and the kids were goofing around upstairs.  So. I tried to bandage it, but if you look at your toe, you can see that the skin meets the nail at a concave angle, so a bandage really didn't do much.   I got some tissue, but I needed a rubber band to hold it in place.  My room is directly adjacent to my sister's, and so I called to her and asked to go downstairs and grab me a rubberband. 
"What's it for?"
"My toe. I need something to hold some tissue in place."
"OWWWW that looks like it hurts"
"Can you get me a rubber band?"
"I'm not going to let you rubberband up your toe!"

Then, she went on a parade around the house.  Then, she went to the garage, opened the car door, and pulled out our "12 by 7" emergency first aid kit.  HAY EVEWYONE!! JRO HAS A HOWT TOE!!!!!!!!  She stomped upstairs with her friend, and then busted into my room about after I finished applying oil.  At the time, however, my room was equipped with two first aid kits, tape, a knife, Ten Essentials, the Outdoor Essentials, and My Awesome Field Kit.  So, naturally, I needed a rubberband. (Morphy's other law)  And, the thing I needed least was lots of attention, noise, and a 2 pound bag of crud.

OK! (unzipps massive red mesh suitcase) Let's see! Do you need an eye patch!? Do you want a tourniquet?
me: WHERE IS THE RUBBER BAND?
her: You dont need one. :DDD
me: Yes I do. DD:<
her: Here. use this.  (Pulls out XXL bandage)
me: I already used one. It didn't work! DD:
her: Here a small band aid! :DD
me: FINE JUST GET ME SOME TAPE.
her. O-K!!! :DD
her: Let's see!!! Where is the end on this roll??? :DDDD
her friend: HeHEHEHEHEHEH (All along)
her:HERE YOU GO :DDDD
me: THANKS. :-|
me: I need a Popsicle stick.  
her: WY???
me: I'm gonna splint the toe to keep it from moving while I sleep.
her: NO. :-((
her: Goodbye.
her friend: Knock Knock.

The mood was that light. :-( I mean, hello? I might have a broken bone???? I'm bleeding from a possible fracture? I asked for a 3 second task and I got 5 minutes of incompetence.  She made such a big fuss that the downstairs conversation almost stopped, and my dad came up to see what was going on.  Any why didn't she let me use a popsicle stick?  I used a Marble Thing rail and some loose rope for a splint.  So.  All turned out fine, but it was almost an insult to injury. 

Scouts: Start a fire!

At summer camp, we were showed how to start a fire with steel wool. Awesome.

From here.

Batteries and Steel Wool  Fire from steel wool and a battery  Like the chocolate and soda can method, it’s hard to imagine a situation where you won’t have matches, but you will have some batteries and some steel wool. But hey, you never know. And it’s quite easy and fun to try at home.  Stretch out the Steel Wool. You want it to be about 6 inches long and a ½ inch wide.  Rub the battery on the steel wool. Hold the steel wool in one hand and the battery in the other. Any battery will do, but 9 volt batteries work best. Rub the side of the battery with the “contacts” on the wool. The wool will begin to glow and burn. Gently blow on it.  Transfer the burning wool to your tinder nest. The wool’s flame will extinguish quickly, so don’t waste any time.

Yea.  

--Jro

Rant: Fear not! For God is with you!

 

Fear not.  Easier said then done. But when you're afraid, then think.  Is your fear logical?  Is a watermelon really a timebomb?  :-P Nevermind.   But nonetheless,  Think.  Accidents rarely kill.  So what if your canoe sinks?  In fact,  on Friday, a 10 man WAR CANOE sank offshore.  The unhappy crew towed it back to land.  After they got it back, they started rolling with laughter.  But.  Humans are incredibly tough to kill.  So what if you fall into the water? Sure.  It's dark.  It's wet.  Of course. But the worst you can get is usually a broken leg.  It's funny.   You can break your arm by falling off the monkey bars, or on a mountain climbing exercise.  Accidents will happen no matter what.  So you may as well take em on!

Think:  I WILL BE FINE.  That can get you through being lost, extreme pain, ETC.  Romans 8:28 says:  "And we know that in all things, God works for the good of those who love him."

Joshua 1:9 "Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be terrified; do not be discouraged, for the LORD your God will be with you wherever you go."

I mean, how could you die from a capsized canoe?  You're wearing a life vest.
So be brave. Be strong.

--Jro