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Push button starters
I keep seeing these commercials for push button ignitions on cars and wondering how you prevent kids from starting the car. Anyone know if there are protections on these things? They seem cool otherwise (Not that keys are hard to use, but whatever). -
A. sediba published...and quickly!
There is a lot of hype right now about the exciting new report of a species of Australopithicine from South Africa, which was just published in Science (the article is free to download, there's also a podcast). And just in time for the Paleoanthropology meetings which begin on Monday in St. Louis - this should bring a lot of the press to the ( Read more... ) -
Cooking with frozen okra
I really need to get back on the blogging treadmill. Might as well start with my lunch ( Read more... ) -
new band name
John Cusack and the Two Dollars. -
Parents, see this as an opportunity
Okay, I want to share my 2 cents on the whole stupid Obama talking in schools thing. Never mind Nancy Reagan telling us not to do drugs, or all the presidents who have sat-in-the-same-room-as-your-children! and read stories to them (sometimes upside down ( Read more... ) -
handy tips
I just found some tips in an old notebook that appear to be from a cookbook. They're neat, so I thought I'd share:
- When mailing a cake or cookies, they will stay fresh longer if packed in marshmallows, which act as humidors to retain the moisture.
- Bacon will not curl while frying if the strips are dipped in cold water for a few seconds before ( Read more... )
- When mailing a cake or cookies, they will stay fresh longer if packed in marshmallows, which act as humidors to retain the moisture.
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hack! phtwop! phooey!
Just the smell of rye is enough to make me want to barf. -
my theory on Palin (everybody's got one)
Sarah Palin resigned. The people of Alaska may be pissed/pleased depending on their perspectives. Personally, I find it pretty damn rude of someone to take an oath to work for the people of a state, and then change their mind because it's hard ( Read more... ) -
I'm sorry, Ice Age WHAT?
Okay I don't have a TV, so I don't keep up on movie previews, etc... all too well. So imagine my chagrin today when I got an e-mail from the Michigan Theatre about Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs.
I'm sorry, what? Did we NOT just see a bunch of paleontologists ranting about the creation museum? Now, instead, we're just going to give them ( Read more... )
