Been busy I guess

I suppose you're supposed to update a blog frequently. I also suppose that matters more if you actually have readers. Anyway, came across something recently that I just had to post here.

NHTSA Study: Speed a Critical Factor in 5% of Crashes
http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/nhtsa-study-speed-a-critical-factor-in-5-of-crashes/#more-177451

Yeah, so all this speed kills, yada yada bullshit, is just that bullshit. Or the "contributing factor" line, BS as well. Speed will contribute to the severity of the crash but typically isn't the cause.

Can we get off this moral high horse now and actually start policing dangerous driving? We've got dash cams in the crusiers, let's use those to shoot video of people who can't keep their cars between the lines. Let's update existing laws to make it easier to enforce reckless driving. We don't need another state banning cell phones while driving. We need to properly enforce the laws we already have that would include idiots who are too distracted to drive when on the phone.

GARRRGHH I'm sick of this.

Just sharing a brilliant and romantic love song

I'm a Volvo wagon?

What Type of Car Would You Be?
	You are a Volvo Station Wagon. You may never be the snazziest, but who cares what others think about you? You power-steer your way to soccer practice with assuredness and confidence.
Find Your Character @ BrainFall.com

The best thing ever to come from global warming research

Okay, so not everythign about global warming sucks. This article talks about how cows fart methane constantly and how horrible a global warming gas it is. So they are trapping cow farts and burps to learn more about them.

Bla bla bla. What I want to know, is there some way we can weaponize this? I'm not sure if it should be used for fire bombing or just stinking people out. But dammit, there has to be some way we can benefit from cows running around with giant pink bags of farts on their backs!

The great ice cream conspiracy

I can't do it anymore. I can't be silent. Ice Cream cartel be damned, it's time I spoke out.

What size ice cream cartons do they have where you shop. Half-gallon? Guess again. A few years ago, all of the major ice cream manufacturers quietly reduced the container size from a half gallon to 1.75 quarts. Of course, they did not lower their prices.

They are doing it again. Dreyer's "half-gallons" are down to 1.5 quarts. That's two-cups less ice cream than just a few years ago. For the same price!

Now, I'm all for free enterprise and all that jazz. My issue is that this behavior seems to be just short of lying to their customers. They make the carton size change with no notification, no signage and nothing mentioning it on the packaging. It just sneaks in until boom, you can't find the original size anymore. I personally would rather them cover the (assumed) rising costs by raising their prices. The problem there is that people would notice, so they switch to this underhanded maneuver. Despicable (did I spell that right?).

Yummy

Garden 6-12-7
Originally uploaded by punkd0rk

I ate this fine fellow last night. He was quite tasty.

There's something goofy about eating a giant flower, a thistle at that. Once you start dipping it in the butter all reservations go out the window.

In regards to the recent Supreme Court ruling...

That is all.