PETA Demands Fish Be Re-Named

PETA (People for The Ethical Treatment of Animals) wants fish to be renamed to “Sea Kittens”:

It wants to change the image of fish as slimy and slithery creatures by claiming they are similar to cuter, more popular animals. “Would people think twice about ordering fish sticks if they were called sea kitten sticks?” PETA [...]

2009 – The Year When Civility Returns?

There is no doubt that the long Presidential election of 2008 rattled everyone’s cages a bit. And as November’s election day grew nearer the nastiness also grew proportionally. Racial epitaphs were thrown about, neighbors were attacking neighbors over yard signs and others faked attacks to further fuel the hate. Now the election is over, a [...]

Thornton Township High School

One night out of sheer curiosity I hooked myself up with a log-in to Classmate.com. I know, it’s a complete bunch of rubbish. Not to mention it’s an e-mail spam nightmare. A word of caution, should you ever want to create a log-in to this site get a separate G-mail account first. That way you [...]

Snow Shoeing the Yard

Last year I took some pictures of the yard after I had gone out and done some snow shoeing. I had meant to stitch them together and make one panoramic photo, but I forgot. I was on the Stephen King Forum and there had been a discussion started on walking and snow shoeing came up. [...]

What’s Your MPG?

Ever wonder how many miles per gallon your body gets? Well, now you can find out with this handy web tool: The Car Connection Fill out the short quiz and it will calculate your MPG. Here is the result of mine:

33.5 miles per gallon

Not too bad.

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