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13/03/2007

I’m trying to figure out…

…why Sam's Club has such a big deal about putting a "different" size tire on your vehicle. Last time we had to get tires, we went to Sam's and purchased 225/75/R15s. No sweat. We went back again, picked tires out that were the same size. This time the guy looked at his computer and said they were the wrong size. ARG!

Why would it be ok one time but not another? What's the big deal? I think they are just trying to prevent lawsuits, but why would I sue them anyway? I mean…come on…I made the choice on the size tires, not them.

ARG!

13/03/200718/01/2019

Turns out Germans don’t like it either

In an update to this post , it turns out that Germans don't like the idea of speed limits on the Autobhan either .

13/03/2007

Is “our” wall like the Berlin Wall?

In this article on FoxNews.com, we discover that the President of Mexico–Pres. Calderon–likens the proposed 700 mile wall on a portion of the US/Mexico border to the Berlin Wall. But is that really true?

Why was the Berlin Wall built? The East German government built the Berlin Wall to keep its citizens from leaving. Are we trying to keep our citizens from leaving? Nope. The point of the wall is to try and prevent illegal ENTRY into our country.

The Berlin Wall was a symbol of an oppressive government. While our government has issues–severa issues–it isn't oppressive like the East German govement.

In conclusion, I think it is inaccurate to liken our wall to the Berlin Wall. Pres. Bush should, at his meeting with Pres. Calderon, say as much. He should also point out that we welcome immigrants. We just expect them to follow the rules.

13/03/2007

FitDay Journal — 13 March 2006

Link to my FitDay ournal for 13 March 2007 .

13/03/2007

FitDay Journal — 12 March 2006

Here's a link to my FitDay journal for the 12 March 2006 .

12/03/2007

Track My Fitness

I signed up for a free account at FitDaily today so I could track what I eat, calories burned, etc…. If you want to keep track of my progress, you can view my profile.

12/03/2007

New Diet

I just wanted to let everyone know that I've started a new diet. I'm doing that Special K thing where you eat the cereal for 2 meals per day and eat a normal 3rd meal. I know it isn't the best (think grapefruit diet or cabbage soup diet ); however, I needed a kickstart and this seemed to be it.

Here are a few links I found about the diet:

http://www.diet-blog.com/archives/2006/03/09/special_k_diet_cereal_for_weight_loss.php
http://www.weightlossresources.co.uk/diet/cereal.htm

12/03/2007

Cyndi and Lydia are Sick

Pray for them. They both have colds.

11/03/2007

Coffee

When I was searching to try and figure out how to make turkish coffee, I came across a neat site called INeedCoffee. The two articles below were interesting:

Cold Brewed Coffee (basically you make a coffee concentrate that you add to hot water)
How to make your own coffee pods for those new fancy one cup coffee maker things

11/03/200718/01/2019

Turkish Coffee

When Cyndi and I came home from Serbia, we brought my dad Serbian Coffee. We finally gave it to him, and this really got me thinking about turkish coffee. So, I decided to try some on my own. I found some instructions on the web and got the smallest pan we had.

Well, it didn’t work. For two reasons: 1) I didn’t have an ibrik and 2) I didn’t use enough coffee.

[Update 2012-03-27 15:19:52] I wrote a howto once we moved to Serbia and I actually learned how to make Serbian Coffee. You can find my HOWTO on Making Serbian Coffee here. I also added a picture.