I admit this posting is a bit out of the ordinary. If you know me well, you already know I am ALWAYS cold (even in the heat of summer I rarely get warm)! During the winter months my hands are frigid, my feet are freezing, and the tip of my nose is cold to the touch. Fortunately each night I am enveloped in warmth as I snuggle under the covers in my bed. Who ever invented electric mattress pads should be honored with the Nobel Prize.
I am thankful for inventors who persist, actually "making" something useful from creative thoughts within those wonderful ingenious minds!
OK, so the Nobel Peace Prize is usually given for much more worthy reasons. For you history buffs the 2006 prize was given to Muhammad Yunus and Grameen Bank for their efforts to create economic and social develpment. In 2005 the prize was awarded jointly to the International Atomic Energy Agency and Mohamed ElBaradei for their efforts to prevent nuclear energy from being used for military purposes and to ensure that nuclear energy for peaceful purposes is used in the safest possible way.
