New personal aircraft

The A5 can land on just about any airstrip no matter how small.

Stop Whining

Phil Gramm accused us all of being a bunch of whiners. After all when you're living in Capitol Hill style life is great! Well I'm sick and tired of listening to John McCain whining about Obama. Lately he seems obsessed with what Obama is doing. Obama this, Obama that. Will you shut up about Obama and focus on your own campaign?

Casualties

Listing of coalition soldiers killed in Iraq.

Listing of coalition soldiers killed in Afghanistan.

UK company working on hydrogen refueling station which fits in your garage so you don't have to go to a gas station. Therefore no infrastructure is needed.

ANWR

I think all the hype about drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge as the answer to our oil crisis is outrageous. Oh sure, I think we can safely drill there without wrecking the environment or harming wildlife and I agree that we probably should. But from what I read the oil wouldn't hit the market for at least ten years after legislation is passed to allow it - if there are no lawsuits to interfere with the process. And if you read the material produced by the Department of Energy this oil will make a difference of between fifty cents to a dollar a barrel of oil which translates to something like six to eight cents per gallon at the pump. It's estimated that with the addition of this oil on the market our dependence on foreign oil will be reduced by about three percent. Here is a report (pdf) issued from the Energy Information Administration which is a branch of the Department of Energy. And another here.

Seems to me all this effort is mis-directed and we should be focused on bringing back the value of the dollar.

I want one!

"The LED Shower Light is a brilliant idea. It installs to a standard shower pipe in mere minutes. When you turn the shower on, the water powers a turbine and the LED Shower Light...well, lights up! Blue let's you know the water is chilly. When the water warms up to 89° F (32° C), the light changes to red."


Although it does make me wonder how long the inner workings will hold up

Salt Water replaces Oil?

Zapped with radio waves, the heat generated is impressive

Spring screech owls

The owlets are getting restless this time of year. They should be getting out into the real world any night now. Dad (the master of camouflage) is always close by during daylight hours.

A classic

Jimmy Carter's visit to Israel

Former president Carter shunned by Israel's security

Tandem Bike

This must have been thought up by a psychotherapist for marriage counseling? Teamwork exercise? I think most couples would last about 20 seconds.

Old Fart Quiz part 2

If you've been around long enough to remember these, then you're definitely an old fart.

1. In the 1940s, where were automobile headlight dimmer switches located?
a. On the floor shift knob.
b. On the floor board, to the left of the clutch.
c. Next to the horn.

2. The bottle top of a Royal Crown Cola bottle had holes in it. For what was it used?
a. Capture lightning bugs.
b. To sprinkle clothes before ironing.
c. Large salt shaker.

3. Why was having milk delivered a problem in northern winters?
a. Cows got cold and wouldn't produce milk.
b. Ice on highways forced delivery by dog sled.
c. Milkmen left deliveries outside of front doors and milk would freeze, expanding and pushing up the cardboard bottle top.

4. What was the popular chewing gum named for a game of chance?
a. Blackjack
b. Gin
c. Craps

5. What method did women use to look as if they were wearing stockings when none were available due to rationing during WW II.
a. Suntan
b. Leg painting
c. Wearing slacks

6. What postwar car turned automotive design on its ear when you couldn't tell whether it was coming or going?
a. Studebaker
b. Nash Metro
c. Tucker

7. Which was a popular candy when you were a kid?
a. Strips of dried peanut butter.
b. Chocolate licorice bars.
c. Wax coke-shaped bottles with colored sugar water inside.

8. How was Butch wax used?
a. To stiffen a flat-top haircut so it stood up.
b. To make floors shiny and prevent scuffing.
c. On the wheels of roller skates to prevent rust.

9. Before inline skates, how did you keep your roller skates attached to your shoes?
a. With clamps, tightened by a skate key.
b. Woven straps that crossed the foot.
c. Long pieces of twine.

10. As a kid, what was considered the best way to reach a decision?
a. Consider all the facts.
b. Ask Mom.
c. Eeny-meeny-miney-mo.

11. What was the most dreaded disease in the 1940s and 1950s?
a. Smallpox
b. AIDS
c. Polio

12. "I'll be down to get you in a ________, Honey"
a. SUV
b. Taxi
c. Streetcar

13. What was the name of Caroline Kennedy's pony?
a. Old Blue
b. Paint
c. Macaroni

14. What was a Duck-and-Cover Drill?
a. Part of the game of hide and seek.
b. What you did when your Mom called you in to do chores.
c. Hiding under your desk, and covering your head with your arms in an A-bomb drill.

15. What was the name of the Indian Princess on the Howdy Doody show?
a. Princess Summerfallwinterspring
b. Princess Sacajawea
c. Princess Moonshadow

16. What did all the really savvy students do when mimeographed tests were handed out in school?
a. Immediately sniffed the purple ink, as this was believed to get you high.
b. Made paper airplanes to see who could sail theirs out the window.
c. Wrote another pupil's name on the top, to avoid their failure.

17. Why did your Mom shop in stores that gave Green Stamps with purchases?
a. To keep you out of mischief by licking the backs, which tasted like bubble gum.
b. They could be put in special books and redeemed for various household items.
c. They were given to the kids to be used as stick-on tattoos.

18. Praise the Lord, & pass the _________?
a. Meatballs
b. Dames
c. Ammunition

19. What was the name of the singing group that made the song "Ca bdriver" a hit?
a. The Ink Spots
b. The Supremes
c. The Esquires

20. Who left his heart in San Francisco ?
a. Tony Bennett
b. Xavier Cugat
c. George Gershwin

D.B. Cooper won't quite disappear

Some kids in south west Washington have found what the FBI thinks might actually be the parachute used by D.B. Cooper. Perhaps ol' Dan was lucky after all.

Health Front

New research shows that fighting with your spouse is a healthy exercise - literally.

CBS and Hillary differ on Bosnia trip

No surprise there, just another politician doing what they do