Drudge had this graphic up today to illustrate 32 straight days of higher gas prices:
But I still like this one best:
Drudge had this graphic up today to illustrate 32 straight days of higher gas prices:
But I still like this one best:
These mind-bending two paragraphs really stopped my when I was crusin' through the news online Saturday evening:
Interesting -- "Why almost everyone in Russia has a dash cam":
How is it possible that a dozen different motorists around the Russian city of Chelyabinsk were able to capture video of a massive meteor flying through the sky? Because almost everyone in Russia has a dash-mounted video camera in their car.
Today's "research proving the obvious" entry:
We always thought men and women saw things differently. Now it's been proved. For it seems that while women want their perfect man to be eight inches taller than them, men are most satisfied when they are closer to their ideal partner, and look for someone who is only three inches shorter.
God, I love this squabble. The White House is getting a new petition urging Persident Obama to stoy using the "wives, mothers and daughters" rhetorical frame:
Allen County is getting one of the hottest trials in years:
A judge moved the trial of an Indianapolis police officer accused of causing a fatal 2010 crash by driving drunk to Fort Wayne on Thursday.
When one party is so completely in the minority, its members can feel free to speak freely about what's really in their hearts and minds. So we have Missouri Democrats, outnumbered 24-10 in the Senate and 109-52 in the House, proposing this:
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) said Thursday that she opposes a cut in congressional pay because it would diminish the dignity of lawmakers' jobs.
"I don't think we should do it; I think we should respect the work we do," Pelosi told reporters in the Capitol. "I think it's necessary for us to have the dignity of the job that we have rewarded."
This story just astonishes me: "Ex-San Diego mayor who gambled away $1 billion remorseful"
Maureen O'Connor was the first female mayor of San Diego. But when she left public life, she spent countless hours seated in front of video-poker machines, authorities said.
I never thought about it before, but I guess if something hasn't happened in more than 600 years, it might take some studying to figure out how to deal with it.
Guess the temptation to be a wine snob is strong even here in beer-and-brat country. Here's a story that seems to be so much a bigger deal than it really is:
INDIANAPOLIS - After more than 10 years of trying, Indiana's stature as a major player in the wine industry has taken a giant leap forward.
State Sen. Dennis Kruse has intoduced a lot of oddball and meddlesome education bills in this session of the General Assembly. Finally he hits on one that's not a bad idea:
Doctors and fitness experts agree that the more you move, the healthier you are.
State Sen.Dennis Kruse (R-District 14) said that’s the principle behind his proposed legislation.
Huh. I thought only people did this:
An article published Wednesday by Britain's Royal Society says that male guppies prefer to associate with their drab-colored counterparts when females are around.
"Males actively choose the social context that maximizes their relative attractiveness," the article said. Or, as lead author Clelia Gasparini put it, "If you are surrounded by ugly friends, you look better."
Wow, what a turnaround time for the Urban Dictionary:
Wow, what a turnaround time for the Urban Dictionary:
Boy, the General Assembly seems to be suffering from a severe case of -- what shall we call it? -- vegephobia. First, there was the bill to make the "right to hunt, fish and farm" a constitutional right. Now there's this:
Are there really so many people not paying attention?
Ah, so it was climate change, eh?
New insights about the asteroid thought to have killed off the dinosaurs suggest it may have just been the final blow, and that the reptiles were already suffering from a finicky climate prompted by volcanic eruptions long before the meteorite struck.
