1. I am still alive.

2. HAPPY INDEPENDANCE DAY! (except for the non-Americans. Just have a good 4th of July then.)

Earlier this week ( Read more... )

Ok, I know my dad can't see this but I'm saying it anyway.

HAPPY 70th BIRTHDAY DAD!

Going to give him a call at lunch.

Every so often I read something that makes way too much sense. This is from an email I got today:

Because we use the shorthand phrase ‘war on terrorism’ to describe the U.S. response to the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, it is easy to believe that this war-like all previous wars-can be won simply by killing the enemy, wearing them down ( Read more... )

Strange how history repeats itself.

An Andrew Jackson quote from No to the Bailout: We Can’t Let Bankers Try to Blackmail America“Gentlemen, I have had men watching you for a long time, and I am convinced that you have used the funds of the bank to speculate in the breadstuffs of the country. When you won, you divided the profits amongst you, and ( Read more... )

BLUE MOUND, Texas (AP) -- When two gunmen smashed through the glass front door of her suburban Fort Worth home, Kellie Hoehn didn't think twice ( Read more... )

We've been looking at things all wrong. This is a long article but it points out that it can be done with current technology and be economically feasable. The man inverted the paradigm - you don't sell electric cars with batteries. You sell a recharging/battery swap service that discounts/gives away the cars so you can use them. This is like giving ( Read more... )

A mother's love

Beer bottle solar heater
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I just got this email yesterday (plaintext only - links removed, names masked ( Read more... )