Category: Misc Stuff

Happy Birthday to the Slurpee today!

The Observer (a UK paper) is reporting on a potential problem with a certain strain of bananas.

…to judge by supermarket figures, this love of the banana is shared by millions. Sales of the fruit have recently reached all-time highs. More than 95 per cent of UK households buy bananas every week. Only lottery tickets and petrol sales outstrip them. Bananas are us, it seems.

The trouble is that this popularity is under threat. According to reports by biologists, the banana could be heading down the road to extinction. Or, to be more precise, the Cavendish – the variety sold in shops throughout Britain – may be en route to oblivion.

Why is this? Well, it turns out that the Cavendish is sterile. The trees must be grown from cuttings of other trees. This leads to the plants being very similar.

I didn't take a lot of time, but I did try to find out what kind of bananas are eaten in the US. I was unable to find out; however, I came across this article about bananas and plantains that was very interesting.

Today at work, someone had left a bunch of bottles of AquaCal out for whoever wanted them.  I took two to try…strawberry and grape.

Both were ok.  They would have been better for me had they been fizzy like pop, but the taste was way better than some other products like Fruit2O or the Aquafina Flavor Splash.

One odd thing about the grape flavor…imagine drinking 16.9 oz of that grape tasting kids medicine (I forget what it is) and you have a good idea of what the grape tastes like.

A guy at work was selling an X-box. He had a whole list of games and accessories as part of a bundle. I couldn't afford the whole thing (I want another xbox so I can run xbox linux and use it as a pvr.), but I did buy one of the games.

I bought Burnout 3 for $12.00. Not a bad deal if you ask me. I already have burnout 2 and love it. Burnout 3 is supposed to have even better crash scenes, etc…. Here in the next few days, I'll write a review and let you know what I think.

I read about this company several years ago, and did some research.  At the time, I thought it would be neat to do…now, with the proce of fuel, I wish I would have!  Check them out…they offer bolt-on kits to make your diesel engine run on vegetable oil.

Won’t work, you say?  Well, do some research.  You’ll find out that the diesel engine was originally invented to run on peanut oil.  It was only after oil and refining discovered was it converted to run on diesel fuel.

http://www.greasecar.com/

[Update 12-06-2008 14:30:01] See this post where I have a link to some dangers about using waste oil in your diesel.

First off, let me say that I'm a huge Petra fan. Ever since I went to a puppet convention in probably 89 or 90 and purchased their On Fire album, I have been hooked. Not only do they sound great, but their songs have a good message too. All their albums have lyrics, and all the lyrics are tied to scripture. And, to top it off, these guys have been around forever (they started in the 70s as a Jesus Band). I'm bummed since they decided to move on, but that is all up to God, isn't it? Continue reading “Seen and Not Heard”

I was going through some old files yesterday and found this. This was something that was going around NiSource when they were looking at outsourcing. I thought it was great then, and I think it is still great. I hop you guys enjoy it as much as we did then. If you want a larger version, simply click on the graphic. BTW, based on my reading of the copyright laws of the United States, I believe this is fair use as a parody.

[Update 09-12-2008 12:54:13] Updated the post to move the image to our flickr account.

I just thought I would let everyone know that we (Dave, Judy, Matt, and Cyndi) have tickets to the NASCAR Race (both the Busch race and the cup race) at Richmond International Speedway on 8 and 9 Sept. If you want to see where our seats are, click on the seat map below (our seats are marked with a red arrow and *).

Cyndi and I took a short walk up to Willow Lawn Shopping Center on Monday (we walked last night too…I just don't have a map of it yet). It was a nice walk…we went up there to go to the Sprint store (I broke my belt clip while we were at Busch Gardens last weekend).

Which is better for fuel economy?

CHEVROLET CORVETTE
JEEP COMMANDER
VOLKSWAGEN JETTA TDI
HONDA ACCORD V6 HYBRID
TOYOTA PRIUS

Well, take a guess and read on… Continue reading “Best cars for fuel economy”