Archive for June, 2008
Will They Give Us Gas—or Just Hot Air ??….
The big July 4th weekend is coming up—and that means two things: holiday get togethers—and a recess for Congress— a Congress that has yet to do anything significant to help us with the increasing heavy burden brought about by high gas prices…
Last week, Senator Joe Lieberman’s Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee held [...]
Bits & Pieces, Odds & Ends Version16.0
They say a cluttered desk is the sign of a cluttered mind—and both my desk and my mind are filled with little nuggets of things that are bothering me…
That’s why it’’s time for more:
NAME GAME #1
What’s in a name? Depending on your perspective—a lot.
Shawn Replogle— one of my partners [...]
Swimming In Oil….
As the price of oil continues its relentless climb upward—some fear there is no end in sight.
And with some experts claiming we’ve past peak oil production on this planet—they say we have no option but to continue paying more and more for less and less raw product.
But—that view’s being challenged in a new [...]
Dog Tales….
A shaggy dog story is a joke that takes forever to set up—-and pays off with a punch line that’s a real groaner….
Although, we have unlimited space on this blog—-I’m too darn lazy to write 47 pages of text to get to the punch lines of these stories— so you’ll have to settle [...]
Between A Rock And An Odd Place…
Last week, we told you about the great rock fight between Ohio and Kentucky—regarding a submerged boulder that’s set off a border war…
Today—we’ve got a double update…
Not only can you SEE HOW the the fight began—but you can learn WHY the fight over what’s called Indian Head Rock came to a head…
First—a [...]
Bustin’ Rocks….
An Ohio man could end up busting rocks in a Kentucky prison because he took a rock from Kentucky.
But not just ANY rock.
It was THIS rock…
This rock has lived in the Ohio River near Ironton, Ohio for many decades.
And that part of the river forms the border between Kentucky and Ohio.
Officials say [...]
Taming A Mighty Wind…
As the price of crude hit $136 dollars a barrel today, word came about a development that might result in rapidly lowering oil prices.
It seems that four major Western oil companies are on the verge of returning to Iraq nearly three decades after they were shown the door by Saddam Hussein when he nationalized [...]
Pickens On The Oil Companies…
He made his fortune in oil—and now he’s trying to make another fortune on the wind…
He—is T. Boone Pickens—the self-made billionaire Texas oilman.
Pickens wants to construct the largest windfarm on the planet across thousands of acres in Texas to provide enough power for 1.3 Million homes.
The site would generate 4,000 Megawatts and [...]
More Points To Ponder…
Last December, I wrote a post recalling the classic Warner Brothers animated cartoon series Pinky and the Brain that always featured the same catch-line.
The Genius mouse named Brain would always ask his dim-witted partner Pinky if he “was pondering what I’m pondering?” before launching off on another silly attempt to take over the world.
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We Were Corned…
In Shakesspear’s Merchant of Venice, Launcelot utters the phrase, “the truth will out” meaning the truth will become known eventually…
And so it is with the cellphone corn popping video..
Last week, we used a clip of cellphones popping corn in this post that discussed the larger question of confusion over RF radiation and cellphones.
As part [...]
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