December 28th, 2011
Not So Rosy Rose Bowl For Vets
Free trip to the Rose Bowl for Wisconsin Vets? Pretty generous!
“The Wisconsin Department of Veteran Affairs was told Tuesday 50 veterans would get the free trip. “Badger Trips” was providing flight, hotels & the tickets.”
Easy come, easy go…
Business rescinds free Rose Bowl trip for vets
December 11th, 2011
No 100-Watt Light Bulbs? How Two-Faced
With January 2012 just around the corner and the phase-out of the so-called “inefficient” light bulbs, I’m wondering if swooping in and out of different lighting will have a “beauty” impact…
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from Consumer Reports -
The phase-out of inefficient bulbs starts in January 2012 with 100-watt bulbs that use too much energy. Fans of 100-watt incandescent bulbs like the added brightness they provide, but when it comes to their energy-saving replacements, you can’t have it all. Based on Consumer Reports tests of seven compact fluorescent light bulbs and two halogen bulbs, to save energy you may have to sacrifice some brightness.
November 26th, 2011
Pondering The Life Of A Battery
With this “Black Friday” weekend thing front and center, and the mad rush to thrust the Christmas season of “buying,” upon us, visions of batteries have begun dancing in my head.
There are certain times of the year when one needs to stock up on batteries. That anniversary date that you check your smoke alarms, summer (if you are a camper or outdoorsy-type) and tornado and hurricane seasons, and Christmastime, especially if you have children or grandchildren. But you may want to refresh those batteries periodically during the year if you just plain love gadgets and technology, because it seems almost everything takes some type of battery.
Will batteries ever become obsolete? It doesn’t appear so.
Not if advanced “gadgets” like these are created to include them.
So stock up – and check out the stocks.
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November 21st, 2011
Sadly, It’s Now A 52 Car Pick-Up
A tragic 52 car accident, leaving three dead and 35 injured on the A31 autobahn in Germany is an awesome sight in these photos. The caption states the reason for the pile-up was still “unclear,” even though it states the weather was foggy.
The lone commenter on the MSNBC photoblog adds, “Could it have been speed???”
You have to assume speed figured somewhere into the equation…
November 13th, 2011
Showing My Age
And my conservatism…
I thought those funky jeans they wear were because they were just lazy slobs.
Besides filing this one under Life, I’ll also add Environment. My nose and eyes are burning.
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H/T: AJR
November 11th, 2011
In Honor
In honor of our men and women who served.
In honor of those who were held captive.
Here is the story of one of those brave veterans. This is a story which I’m sure you’ve heard before, but deserves repeating…
John McCain, Prisoner of War: A First-Person Account
by John S. McCain
Of the many personal accounts coming to light about the almost unbelievably cruel treatment accorded American prisoners of war in Vietnam, none is more dramatic than that of Lieut. Commander John S. McCain III—Navy flier, son of the admiral who commanded the war in the Pacific, and a prisoner who came in “for special attention” during 5½ years of captivity in North Vietnam.
Now that all acknowledged prisoners are back and a self-imposed seal of silence is off, Commander McCain is free to answer the questions many Americans have asked:
What was it really like? How prolonged were the tortures and brutality? How did the captured U.S. airmen bear up under the mistreatment—and years spent in solitary? How did they preserve their sanity? Did visiting “peace groups” really add to their troubles? How can this country’s military men be conditioned to face such treatment in the future without crumbling?
Here, in his own words, based on almost total recall, is Commander McCain’s narrative of 5½ years in the hands of the North Vietnamese.
November 6th, 2011
DAX? Well, Duh
Empathy to AllezDax . For those of us who receive spam on a regular basis, or who have been attacked by a vicious virus, we can only imagine how you feel. But the consolation is your hacker, while still having caused havoc, didn’t score his Goal.
Rugby Site Mistaken For German Stock Market
October 23rd, 2011
The Skinny On Texas, Georgia and Indiana
Need to lower the BMI of part of that growing prison population?
The two-square weekend plan may do the trick. Brunch anyone?
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