This is Chris; I’m adding Deana to the system so she can fill in some of these long, boring gaps with fun things.
PNAC Primer
It looks like the Bush administration (specifically Paul Wolfowitz) is shifting its justification for occupation of Iraq to a more September 11th-related story. I really do hope the American people are smarter than the administration assumes.
It’s probably time to read the PNAC primer written by Bernard Weiner. I’ve mentioned the Project for a New American Century before, but Weiner brings it all together in a thought-provoking piece.
My car has arrived… again
Just in time to fill in for Corbin Motors, a new car company in Spokane has started producing the Tango, a half-lane 2-seater electric vehicle that gets 80 miles per charge and has a top speed of 130 mph. The Seattle Times has a great story about the car’s development. It looks like the price will be about $80,000 unfortunately, but hopefully that’ll make it’s way down to something reasonable in time for me to pick one up…
On Further Recall Elections
It looks like California will hold a special election regarding whether or not to recall our Governor. The Sacramento Bee (incidentally, a great name for a newspaper) has a good overview of the rules and procedures of a recall.
83 Calories an hour
Here’s something random: a person who categorized everything he ate by calorie content, then compiled a sorted list with pictures. It’s worth reading for the bizarre meal choices (like hot dog water) and humorous notes on each meal, like:
Coke (without ice) contains 1,493 kilocalories per gallon, Gasoline (without ice) contains 31,000 kilocalories per gallon, so the energy density of gasoline is 20 times greater than Coca-cola.
Um, yeah. Just like that.