Enormous Things

The Book of All Enormous Things is an odd on-line novel. I started reading it, and I do mean ... it's really odd. But it's interesting too, so I am going to keep reading it until it gets just too odd.

Be sure to read the About page to see what's going on with this. There's a little backstory and information on the how and why of it all.

60,000 a Year

The Sun kills 60,000 a people a year, and I think we should do something about it!

It's time for the Global War on Sunlight!

Seriously though, sunlight is a killer in several ways. No one ever really thinks about it, but they should.

Hey, Buy Lightning Rods!

"A seven-year-old girl narrowly escaped death when a powerful lightning bolt struck her bedroom, burning her pyjamas as she lay in bed.

Little Emily Holland was asleep when a shaft of lightning blew a hole in her bedroom ceiling, sending part of her nightclothes up in smoke."

Do the British not use lightning rods or grounding of any sort on their buildings? Just curious about that after reading this family's story of lightening mayhem.

Alton is Awesome

Alton Brown is my current favorite chef. I'm even considering buying one or two of his cookbooks, which I've never done before.

I've bought cookbooks, but not those by famous people. Just thought I should clarify that. :D

Alton is Awesome

Alton Brown is my current favorite chef. I'm even considering buying one or two of his cookbooks, which I've never done before.

I've bought cookbooks, but not those by famous people. Just thought I should clarify that. :D

Secrets Not So Secret

"A United Nations human rights body told Washington on Friday that any 'secret detention' centers for terrorism suspects it operated abroad violated international law and should be shut immediately.

Saying it had 'credible and uncontested' reports of such jails, the U.N. Human Rights Committee said the United States appeared to have been detaining people 'secretly and in secret places for months and years'.

'The state party should immediately abolish all secret detention,' it said, echoing a similar demand in May by the U.N. Committee Against Torture."

They won't close them. They'll just move them and make them even more secret. We gotta have our secret prisons, don't we?

The Electromagnetic Bomb

The Electromagnetic Bomb - a Weapon of Electrical Mass Destruction

Everything you ever wanted to know about electromagnetic bombs and their effects.

Daily Tunes

Daily Tunes: Discover New Music - iTunes Song Recommendations

Buy the Right Bike

"Before you buy the bike of your dreams, ask yourself some important questions" ... PM: How To Buy A Motorcycle.

Bacon Wrapped Pineapple Shrimp : Food Network

Here's a recipe I am eager to try: Bacon Wrapped Pineapple Shrimp.

Sanity in Florida?

"High school civics teacher Gordon Johnson sued the Tampa Sports Authority, which operates the stadium, to stop officials from conducting the 'suspicionless' searches. A state judge agreed with Johnston that the searches are likely unconstitutional and halted them."

About damn time someone somewhere started griping about being patted down like a criminal while trying to attend sporting events or concerts. I can only hope this sanity eventually reaches Austin. Having strange, leering men grope me before I can go into a club, concert or event is actually one of the reasons I hate going out. The guys doing the "patting" are always freakish pervs, and they get too close to things they shouldn't. I hate that.

Perfect Seams

How to do a three needle bind-off for perfect seams on your knitted garments. This technique totally rocks. :)

Funny Images

Generate your own funny images. My favorite is Newscaster.

No Kidding, Really?

The size of a food's packaging has an effect on how much of it someone eats. Well, no kidding. That's one of the multitude of reasons that super-sized anything is a stupid idea. Americans have NO clue what an actual serving size of anything is anymore.

Who's This "We"?

50 years of "In God We Trust", and of course, the President has to make a proclamation. Here's my "favorite" bit:

"As we commemorate the 50th anniversary of our national motto and remember with thanksgiving God's mercies throughout our history, we recognize a divine plan that stands above all human plans and continue to seek His will."

No, actually not all of the people included in that "we" ... Americans, in other words ... recognize a divine plan, and even those who do don't all agree. I guess he had a religious mouse in his pocket when he said that, because I know a lot of people, both religious and not, who would really like to see our governmental leaders stop trying to discern and do God's will.

Here Chicky, Chicky, Chicky!

Raising Chickens: Keeping a Backyard Flock

Mel Goes Nuts

Mel isn't hasn't fallen quite as far from the family tree headed by his insane father as he would like the world to believe.

I always knew he was crazy, but I used to think he was mostly a harmless nut, though I did lose interest in his films after hearing how his wife is going to hell for not being in the same church as he is and then came the gore-fest known as The Passion. Now you couldn't pay me to watch any of his crap ever again.

Oops ... Bombs

"US president George W. Bush apologised to British Prime Minister Tony Blair overnight for the use by the United States of a Scottish airport to transport bombs to Israel, Blair's spokesman said."

The planes had been classified as civilian flights, and oops ... no one bothered to tell the British authorities they were actually carrying bombs. Bush's "apology" ...

"Sorry there was a problem."

Yeah, that's real heartfelt.