Archive for November, 2007

I’ve noticed myself blogging more and more lately about “green” products. The technology is available to create things that are better for our planet, and I feel that it should be utilized to its full potential. One thing that I keep trying to push for is that everyone should be using compact fluorescent light bulbs in every room of their house. Each individual bulb may be more expensive than an incandescent bulb, but the current average lifespan of them is 7 years! That, together with the fact that over that 7 year period, each bulb can save you $35 over your current electric bill should be enough to get most people to switch. Unfortunately, it isn’t. I see very few people using CF bulbs in their homes.

I’ve been looking over several environmental products at greenandmore.com. This company is about as green as it gets. Their offices and sites even follow green practices. They use 100% recycled cardboard and don’t use any plastic-y items. They practice what they preach.

I have been enjoying their blog (greenmusings) quite a bit today. They have some informative posts, and some neat information about going green, and what it’s like to get there.

One more thing, if you order anything from them, there is a 10% off coupon below. Just be sure and use the code when you order something. And remember, it’s not just your planet…it’s mine too.

Money talks and at the moment it’s saying “In Hillary We Trust”.

(Tradition has it that wagers were placed on George Washington’s first election, and recorded wagering dates as far back as the 1860 election of Abraham Lincoln.) As it turns out, wagering on the elections has turned out to be a significantly more accurate indicator of who will win than scientific opinion polls.

http://www.helium.com/tm/384478/pssthey-buddy-thing-upcoming

The money has been correct in Every Australian election since betting started, but it’s still a little bit early for a dead certainty with the US Presidentials elections - afterall the CIA still has a year to “disappear” Hillary laugh.gif But assuming she stays among the living till election time, it will have to take some massive event to change the outcome IMO. Another war won’t cut it this time for a Republican & the only way another major terrorist attack would atrract a Republican vote is if it happened the day before the elections - so that Homeland Security & FEMA didn’t have time to screw things up!

William Hill in Britain has Hillary @ 2/1 ON or 1/2, next closest is Rudy Giuliani @ 9/2, followed by Obama at 7/1. Both the 2 men are gross unders IMO, if I was a bookie looking to recoup some money from Hillary, I’d stick a 1 in front of their odds. 19/2 for Rudy & 17/1 for Obama
http://www.willhill.com/iibs/EN/buildcoupon.asp?couponchoice=PO407741

Sportingbet in Australia has Hillary @ 5/4 ON, Rudy Giuliani @ 6/1 and Al Gore (who hasn’t even nominated & probably won’t) @ 11/2
http://www.sportingbet.com.au/uipub/sport.aspx?l1id=34&l2id=351445&l3id=589112

I wonder if Vegas is going to be getting in on this action? All those guys relaxing in their leather home theater seating have to come up with some good odds…no?

The best indicator is the weight of money on a bookies board - and at the moment the money is shouting “HILLARY”.

This blog used to sit as a PR5 blog, and I was quite happy with myself for accomplishing that in only a short period of time. My blog was only about 4 months old when it got its first PageRank update and it jumped straight to 5. Nice!

The fist PR sweep that rolled through about a month ago knocked me down to PR3. I wasn’t too pleased with that, but I could deal with it. I figured that I could have lost a few links during that HUGE gap between pagerank updates. Unfortunately, as you can see, this blog currently has a PR0. Yup, a big fat goose egg for me…and thousands of other bloggers that blog for PayPerPost.

Google is going after PPP posties and punishing them with no pagerank. Google has always said that PR should not be used as a determination of a blogs value, and if that wasn’t apparent, it is now. I’ve always thought that this whole PR thing was a bunch of BS anyway, and now I know that it is.

Any other PPP posties get the ol’ goose egg over the past few days?

The guys and gals over fighting have it rough, that is for sure. They also seem to have quite a bit of fun. I found this video especially funny, and there is a nice blast at the end.

I have great appreciation for these guys, even if they shouldn’t be over there. They have to do what they have to do, and I understand that even if I don’t agree with it. I’m sure they would all rather be taking cruises or something. I hope you all get to come home soon guys.

Medical researchers contend that no disease ever identified has been completely eradicated.

The attachment of the human skin to muscles is what causes dimples.

No one seems to know why people blush.

In 1972, a group of scientists reported that you could cure the common cold by freezing the big toe.

The number one cause of blindness in the United States is diabetes.

The adult human heart weighs about ten ounces.

People who laugh a lot are much healthier than those who don’t. Dr. Lee Berk at the Loma Linda School of Public Health in California found that laughing lowers levels of stress hormones, and strengthens the immune system. Six-year-olds have it best - they laugh an average of 300 times a day. Adults only laugh 15 to 100 times a day.

People who have a tough time handling the stress of money woes are twice as likely to develop severe gum disease, a new study finds.

Between 25% to 33% of the population sneeze when they are exposed to light.

Of the 206 bones in the average human adult’s body, 106 are in the hands and feet. (54 in the hands and 52 in the feet)

In 1815 French chemist Michael Eugene Chevreul realized the first link between diabetes and sugar metabolism when he discovered that the urine of a diabetic was identical to grape sugar.

Approximately 16 Canadians have their appendices removed, when not required, every day.

Sumerians (from 5000 BC) thought that the liver made blood and the heart was the center of thought.

Men have more blood than women. Men have 1.5 gallons for men versus 0.875 gallons for women.

The first Band-Aid Brand Adhesive Bandages were three inches wide and eighteen inches long. You made your own bandage by cutting off as much as you needed.

The human brain stops growing at the age of 18.

In 1977, a 13 year old child found a tooth growing out of his left foot.

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), 18 million courses of antibiotics are prescribed for the common cold in the United States per year. Research shows that colds are caused by viruses. 50 million unnecessary antibiotics are prescribed for viral respiratory infections.

It takes an interaction of 72 different muscles to produce human speech.

The first known heart medicine was discovered in an English garden. In 1799, physician John Ferriar noted the effect of dried leaves of the common plant, digitalis purpurea, on heart action. Still used in heart medications, digitalis slows the pulse and increases the force of heart contractions and the amount of blood pumped per heartbeat.

Blood is red only in the arteries after it has left the heart and is full of oxygen. Blood is a purplish, blue color in the veins as it returns to the heart, thanks to having picked up carbon dioxide and other wastes from the body’s cells. In fact, your blood is red throughout only half your body. When cut, of course, the blood always appears red because it is instantly exposed to oxygen outside the body.

Contrary to popular belief, hemophiliacs do NOT bleed to death from minor cuts. This rare disease, which affects only males (it is carried by females, but they don’t exhibit symptoms), involves an impairment in blood clotting—not an absolute inability to clot. Hemophiliacs today may take clotting serums and often lead fairly normal lives.

During his or her lifetime, the average human will grow 590 miles of hair.

The average Human bladder can hold 13 ounces of liquid.

You lose enough dead skin cells in your lifetime to fill eight five-pound flour bags. You can use Hinkley Lighting to view the particles floating in the air.

Your thumb is the same length as your nose.

The storage capacity of human brain exceeds 4 Terrabytes.

The Mad Hatter in Alice in Wonderland was a symbolic character for the hat makers in towns of the late 1800’s. The large felt hats of the day had supports made out of lead. The lead caused an organic form of psychosis (brain damage) to develop in the hat makers causing them to be declared crazy.

Although your system cannot digest gum like other foods, it won’t be stuck inside of you forever. It comes out with other waste your body can’t use.

The substance that human blood resembles most closely in terms of chemical composition is sea water.