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Latest
I have been busy posting on Google+, for those who care. I have written a LOT of articles about alt-transportation, including scooters, bicycles, motorcycles, after I moved away from the Bay Area, due to poverty and unemployment. Local violence was terrible too. Some poor woman was shot to death, slowly, by her drugged up angry boyfriend the last ( Read more... ) -
Madass Scooter/Underbone
I've been spending a few spare hours here and there investigating scooter vs motorcycle for my eventual commute vehicle when the weather is nice... like today. Its 70'F outside and there's a warm breeze blowing so I've got the house open and the air is flowing through. We're going to have rain tomorrow, maybe snow on Monday or Tuesday, keep in mind ( Read more... ) -
Another Good Quote
"I drink to our ruined house, to the dolor of my life, to our loneliness together; and to you I raise my glass, to lying lips that have betrayed us, to dead-cold pitiless eyes, and to the hard realities; that the world is brutal and coarse, that God, in fact, has not saved us." Anna Akhmatov -
Quote
I like this quote:
"For the great Gaels of Ireland
Are the men that God made mad,
For all their wars are merry
And all their songs are sad."
- Eamon de Valera -
Chili 3rd Place Winner
My chili won third place at the competition, though apparently it was (unofficially) First for flavor by the popular vote. Why did it get third? Because our welding club isn't a member of the Rotary Club, and only a rotary club member can win First. Their chili was decent, but not as spicy as mine. On the bright side, the chili I made yesterday is ( Read more... ) -
Chili
On Thursday I made 14 gallons of chili. That is a lot. I was expecting help from 6 people who promised to be there. Two showed up, and one only because he lived there. I got unexpected help from the neighbor across the street. The club president made himself scarce after offering to help and only cutting onions, badly. I cooked from 1 until nearly ( Read more... ) -
Beltaine
Isn't today Beltaine? Opposite of Samhaine on the Celtic calendar. I think it is. I'll have to check up on how this is supposed to be celebrated when I get home from school tonight. Happy Beltaine, ya'll! -
Dieting Cars
Hypermiling aside, the easiest way to improve your gas mileage OTHER THAN going lighter on the pedal is to remove excess weight from your car. I'm sure you're carrying stuff you don't need in there. When I recently cleaned out J's car, I found 40 lbs of books she hasn't needed in a year, and some rocks and various clumps of paper, partially filled ( Read more... ) -
Fuel Irony
I have spoken to many of the people at my school and in my welding class and at various social events. People refuse to accept oil is coming to an end. They refuse to change their driving habits or give up their cars for efficient ones. They like the luxury or the "security" feeling of the sports car or SUV or Monster Truck. The moron section of my ( Read more... ) -
Chicory
I am really digging New Orleans Coffee with Chickory. It has got this deeper bitter taste which is very satisfying, though I admit to adding some cream (1 tsp), some brown sugar (1 T.) some milk (1/4 cup) to get the right flavor balance for a large cup of coffee. Its also a coffee which should be drunk right away, not left to sit. The other thing ( Read more... )