Archive for June, 2010
Microwave magic
I remember, as some of you also probably do, when microwave ovens arrived on the scene. Magically cooking things without heat, they were all the rage among the early-adopters, but they freaked me out. I looked into the glass, through the protective screen to try to catch a glimpse of the microwaves being released from [...]
It’s all Relative
Handily posted on the back of my M&M’s package, in lovely I’m-a-friend-of-the-earth-green, are the nutrition details for this little bag of magic. Only 240 calories! 12g of fat! Dude, this is HEALTH FOOD! Must be the peanut. Makes it sort of like a vegetable, sort of like having a bag of green beans. Wait. 240 [...]
BP by the Numbers
Although reports differ, one estimate I read today said that 181 litres of oil had spilled since the BP spill (gush?) happened on April 20. Litre-to-gallon conversion is 0.264172051:1 About 40% of crude oil is converted to gasoline So we’ve wasted about 19,126,056 gallons of gasoline* It’s 5000 miles from Fairbanks, AK to Miami, FL [...]
Reasons to be forgetful
The graphic description of why I mixed up the name of my friend Judy’s husband with my friend Cheri’s husband. Until this particular error I didn’t even realize that they were filed in the same category.