I was a bit curious about the effect of bicycling on our carbon footprint. Now according to a few studies the average carbon footprint for Americans is around 19 tonnes of CO2/year. I did a bit of calculations to see the impact of bicycling instead of driving. They assume an average gas mileage and only 4 miles biked per day.

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I was always more comfortable with the idea of getting another tattoo but not getting pierced. Well I got pierced tonight. My ears are 8g and will be stretched over the next year.

stainless steel eyelets at the moment.

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Bold the ones that are true. From moveonup

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So it's all in and it's not fair. It's not fair in my favor. I took a grad class this fall and failed miserably. I really had little grasp of the info and realized about half way through October that there was no way it would end up being my research area and kind of lost interest. It was simply above me and/or didn't match with my brain waves ( Read more... )

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I think stephanie and I just saw a midget hooker.

99.9% of the time I use the PC term "little people" but there isn't much PC about a hooker so you might as well go all the way.

But anyway, yah, cruise down 12th street and get yourself a BBBJ - steph's fav

Walt's day vet just called. She said he's 100% turn around. He's eating decently on his own and wants to play. He pooped and part of it was solid then it went soft again. We want to take him home but they are maybe suggesting we take him to the emergency vet again. It's such a far drive and will be about $200-300 more and we've already spent ( Read more... )

Saturday morning, before coming home from vacationing in San Francisco, Stephanie and I were woken up by a phone call from her dad ( Read more... )

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at what point is coffee consumption excessively unhealthy?