Sometimes an invention comes along that will revolutionize the way things are done. I make no claims to know the future, but this one seems like a very good candidate for just such an invention. This article on biodiesel basically states this. Biodiesel in it’s current production state takes a bit long to make, and it creates a bi-product, which can be turned into other things, but it’s still a bi-product. A university has invented a device that converts material to biodiesel on a molecular level, which means it’s instantaneous, and has no bi-product.
The machine, which is the size of a credit card, can be stacked so it can be used in a commecial application. Which means, every farm/farmer from here to timbuktwo could have this system located on the farm. Suddenly there is no more need for the oil companies. You have a cheap, renewable, environmentally friendly fuel. Diesel cars need nothing changed to be able to run biodiesel. Not only that, but the growing of more crops to make the fuel will take carbon out of the system and that will clean up the air.
This is a no-brainer win/win situation here folks. My next car WILL be a diesel.
So I’ve been doing alot of motivational reading lately. Yeah yeah I can hear the comments now. Problem is, it works. The more I read up on this stuff, the more the ideas I have had for years become justified and reinforced by people who have “made it” already. The basic idea is simple, and one we’ve all heard for years. Know you can! It’s an unwavering belief that you will succeed, and life puts in your path that which you need most. The power of focused and directed thought is beyond what we allow ourselves to believe. So I have a story, and a theory to pose. First the story.
In 1954 one Roger Bannister did the impossible. For years, everyone said no human could ever run this fast. But he KNEW it was possible. And with an absolute belief it could be done, he ran the mile in 3 minutes and 59.4 seconds. Now here is the important part in this story. In this same year, 14 more people beat the 4 minute mile! All over the world people saw it was possible and their belief changed!
When I was a kid (I don’t know if anyone else did this too) but my parents would buy me a knew pair of shoes, and I would try them on inside the house, and then I would run around the house as fast as I could like a maniac! And my parents without fail would tell me how much faster I was with these shoes, and I believed it! Until one day at school some kid told me I was an idiot, and shoes don’t make you faster.
So here is my theory. What if you had a kid, and every time he got a new pair of shoes it was reinforced that he was faster with this new pair of shoes than his last. And somehow, he managed to get through gradeschool, highschool and college without anyone ever telling him different, and he makes it onto the track team. Would he be faster? Would getting a new pair of shoes make him faster still? Would telling him otherwise slow him down?
Welcome to my new addiction. Kittenwar. It’s quite simple really. You look at two images of kittens, and you click on the one you think is the cutest. But just as you think you’ve won the war, two more kittens show up. It is a near infinite supply of cuteness on a level that would stun Lucifer himself and possibly make him recount his ways.
In a new and startling discovery, french archeologists have uncovered what may be the most unsettling evidence that the Crawbear was no accident. Long believed to have been a random mutation from chemical and biological wastes, this image brings new evidence that the Crawbear is linked to the planet in as yet unknown ways. A force of nature’s wrath? Mother nature herself? No one knows for sure, not even the french archeologists who discovered the cave paintings and who have reportedly gone into hiding since the find. No one could be reached for further comment on the grim discovery, but as can be ascertained from the ancient image, doom is coming, and it’s name is the Crawbear!
“I have clearer memories of roleplaying than I do of my sexual experiences.” – Doug.
Seldom is there a show of such quality and depth as this. Firefly lived for a brief and shining moment, only to be snuffed out by executive morons. For those that don’t know, here is a brief story. Joss Whedon after finishing his shows Buffy and Angel created a new epic that can only be described and a combination space opera and western. 20th Century Fox aired the show wrong. They did not play the show in the order it was filmed, which if any of you know Joss Whedon story telling style means anyone attempting to watch the show was completely lost as pieces of the story were completely lost on viewers who were watching episode 9 one week, and episode 5 the next. Thus it didn’t have nearly the push it should have.
In come the fans. Hardcore Joss fans who managed to catch the show DEMANDED a DVD set be released, and soon DVD sales skyrocketed from a show that barely reached the air. The signal would not be stopped. Enough sales happened that Joss was able to convince the bean counters a movie would be a wise and profitable idea, and while the movie in theatres did not quite make all it’s money back, again DVD sales of the movie brought in high numbers.
Now the fans speak again. An independant group is starting an online petition to bring season 2 to fruition. Maybe it’s an excercise in futility. Maybe this David will get squished by his Goliath. But if you love good TV, with thought provoking stories and well thought out characters I beg you to rent the DVDs, hell even download them, but for christ’s sake watch it and I guarantee you will fall in love with this show from the first episode. And click on this link to sign up to the petition. Save yourself from having to watch another show like Friends or The OC and lets bring back some good TV!
Cambarusidae Majoris. Hailing from the wilds unknown rises the ferocious spirit of Mother Earth made corporeal. CRAWBEAR! Beware mankind for the Crawbear stalks the land seeking to restore the balance through bloodshed and mindless slaughter. Nothing can stop it. Only when it’s lust for manflesh has been sated shall the earth know peace once again.
