Drought – or not??? May 31, 2007

So is this a drought? Well technically no…but it certainly is dry out there. There is an index used by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration(NOAA) called the Palmer Index. It takes into account temperature and rainfall information over an area, and the latest numbers can be seen here:http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/climate/research/prelim/drought/palmer.htmlNote that this information [...]

The dangers of everyday life… May 30, 2007

I can understand how someone could think it’s no longer safe to go outside. Smog alerts are the new thing this year – is this a new problem? No, however I’d say it’s an increased awareness deal and the Hamilton County air quality folks are doing a great job of getting the word [...]

Al Gore with a good idea?!? May 29, 2007

I managed to catch a TIME magazine article on Al Gore yesterday and read what I could tolerate…and I encountered what I thought was interesting. Al was talking about replacing the personal income tax with a carbon tax – I take that to mean that instead of being taxed on your income, you are [...]

mono y mono May 28, 2007

So I’ve got mono, or had it anyway…I was sick for a couple weeks and fighting through it until I finally went and got a blood test a week ago. Of course it takes a couple days to get the results back, but last Wednesday it became official – yup mono. The thing [...]

Rant switch on… May 23, 2007

I got lucky Tuesday…not that kind of lucky…clean up your mind:) But I happened to go to the gas station right after work and gas was still a measly $3.15 per gallon!!! Premium was only $3.35!!! It’s a crazy world we live in now when those prices are considered cheap, I [...]

The quest for the best lawn around May 22, 2007

I gave Lisa a hard time this morning about over-watering her lawn and please know that we throw the jabs back and forth all morning long and it’s totally good-natured. We like to have a good time and razz each other…but that led me to think that what I consider common knowledge may not [...]

weekend recap May 21, 2007

Somehow the weekend came and went, they seem to go by so fast! I did hit the car show and some pics can be seen here:http://www.chargerforums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=41158I’d say the new musclecar craze is alive and well! The rest of the weekend went to playing with the rapidly growing Sophia. She just amazes us [...]

Weekend fun May 18, 2007

I inherited a love of the automobile from my dad at an early age, as far back as I can remember he was always out in the garage cleaning up the family truckster and making sure it was running perfectly. We went to so many car shows when I was a kid, and I [...]

Rant back on: global warming May 17, 2007

I went back and reread some of my global warming rants and realized I left out something important(I’m sure there’s more, but this came to mind). Sunspots are little spots on the sun that show up as little black dots, you cannot see them with the naked eye and I would not recommend looking [...]

Last night’s storms May 16, 2007

It was a fun night at home yesterday. I usually go to bed around 7pm, so by the time the storms were rolling in around 10:30pm I was sawing logs big time. I did wake up as I heard the strong winds and thunder in the area – so naturally I turned on [...]