Light Lane

For areas without a bike lane, you project your own laser lit lane.

A New Day

Obamicon.me

Finally got this to work. Go to Obamicon to make your own.

Born Again American

From Bill Moyers tonight a great challenge to become a Born Again American.

Live it up on the downside

with faux caviar.

Waitrose supermarket chain in Britain is selling something it calls Arenkha MSC with a similar texture and taste to the much-prized sturgeon roe but at a fraction of the price. It says it combines "smoked herring with squid ink, lemon juice and spices."

Yum?

Amsterdam and Ice

I was thinking about the cold that has settled on Europe and the children in Amsterdam when this icy picture came up on the rolling pictures on my Google sidebar. Think of these icy fingers running down your spine. (from Ice Fantasy in Bruges 07)

Prophetic Re Worlds

Well I hate to say I told you so. But my prediction of the addition of Brian Matter to the USA Worlds Cyclocross team was prophetic. But the switch to Blue Competition Cycles is harsh.

Out of Work?

Apply for the best job in the world as a caretaker at Hamilton Island at the Great Barrier Reef. The job is basically as a promoter of tourism at the various islands of the reef by blogging about your adventures and the great time you have on the island, but you get your own island home free of rent and ~$100,000 salary (paid as 70,000 pounds). The house is a

$5m villa perched 80 meters up a ravine, overlooking the narrow azure channel where humpback whales migrate in September.

A Bond villain-esque golf buggy sits idle in the drive, awaiting the arrival of its new owner, who must also become accustomed to travel by powerboat, jet-ski and yacht. Just around the corner, Whitehaven Beach is regularly voted among the top 10 in the world for its 98 per cent pure silica sand.

Candidates have until 22 February to apply at islandreefjob.com, submitting a 60-second (or less) video clip explaining why they should get the job. They must speak English and have "excellent communication skills", a "desire for adventure" and "passion for the outdoors". There is talk of a cut-off point at 30,000 applications...

So get busy on that video.

This reminds me of when dad and I applied for the job of teacher and island administrator of Pitcairn island in 1976. Except that would have been a lot of work and living conditions would not have been plush.

Herding Cats

Looks like despite his popular mandate with the people, Obama will not have an easy time with the Congress, as objections come up about his choice of appointees and his desired legislation. And not just from Republicans. The Repubs make the expected noises as they are now deficit hawks and are ready to hold appointees feet to the fire. Just like they did with Bush's legislation and appointees---Right. But Democrats are making all kinds of noise also. Didn't we work for a Democratic Senate and House so they could work with a Democratic President? I don't get it.

Grand Canyon for Anyone

Just watched a great film on PBS (we had recorded it) Right to Risk. It's about a group of disabled people who took a 15 day float trip down the Grand Canyon.

If they can do it, I can.

Cat Man Do

Naomi Klein Calls for Boycott

Yes, Boycott goods from Israel. Items can be identified with a bar code that begins with 729.

The Largest Moon

Tonight is the night that the moon is the largest of the year. It looks pretty small through the branches.

Let the bankruptcies begin

States will be going bankrupt soon. AZ apparently has 6 weeks of funds left. Then CA is headed down a bad road. Apparently NV is close and probably many others. Whoop Te Doo.

The Stump-Grinder Man

The stump-grinder man is here. Working on some of the stumps that need to be removed, leftovers from the logging operation.

Too Funny

See something wrong here? One of the stores in a fake brands shopping mall soon to open in China.

Faux Mincemeat

I felt like making a mincemeat pie, but I did not want to buy the canned kind. So I made some meatless mincemeat. I had just one pie crust. The curls on top are edge trimmings. It turned out pretty good.

GP de Ster Sint Niklaas Belgium

According to CXmagazine,

The U.S. had an impressive thirteen starters, with Ryan Trebon and Jonathan Baker finishing 12th and 13th, respectively.

That was one two for the USA. I have found no race pictures yet. Except the obvious ones of Bart Wellens.

Happy Cat New Year's Video

Predictions for 2009

Economy:
Stock Market flat over all with volatility day by day.
Another real estate foreclosure spike in 09 will further depress housing prices and construction.
Unemployment will continue to rise.
Overall some deflation, but gas prices will rise again gradually causing commodity prices to rise again.
No real recovery until 2010.