Ok, so I already get around mostly by bicycle and on foot, so my next attempt at reducing my fuel consumption is directed at reducing my electricity usage. Living in the desert the largest part of this usage is cooling, namely air conditioning and refrigeration. After reading about someone who has lived without a refrigerator for 30 years I ( Read more... )

I've decided to put off procrastinating until later...

The piece I was looking for is the Tocatta from Widor's Organ Symphony No.5 Op.42. Anybody else like music like this?

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So I've got this piece of music I'm trying to locate the name and composer for. Unfortunately it seems like I'll just have to sift through listening to lots of different pieces until I (hopefully) hear what I'm looking for ( Read more... )

Suppose you have two companies, A and B. Each company is formed at the same time by selling one million shares of common stock for $1/share. The money is then used to buy capital and resources to begin running a company. At the end of the start up period let us suppose that each company then has a value of $1,000,000 in terms of what money could ( Read more... )

Why doesn't someone start a fund that only invests in one thing - the highest returning risk free investment? This would be CDs, savings accounts, and anything else that is FDIC insured and cannot lose value. What I don't understand is why anyone would want to invest in such a risk-free investment if it doesn't pay a rate at least close to the ( Read more... )

Had a really hard time spotting it visually, due in part to a thin cloud layer that has been floating over the valley this evening. I also find it difficult to correlate stars I see to stars on a star chart, due to the fact that star charts typically display magnitude by size instead of actual brightness. So I decided the best approach would be ( Read more... )

soak two cups of raw spanish peanuts for a couple hours ( Read more... )

I had two items, so I went to the "9 items or less" line in the grocery store.

The person in front of me had 11 items.

The person behind me had 10.

Hmm.

I didn't say anything...

It's a Green Star GS-3000 juicer, and it arrived yesterday evening. It's the most awesome juicer I've ever seen. In addition to already trying it out on carrots, lettuce, and celery with great results, I also made some raw peanut/sunflower seed butter with it as well! It takes a bit longer to clean then my old piece of junk juicer, but it's ( Read more... )