Pictures!

An Arctic-hare. This bunny lives in the Arctic. It has thick white fur and short ears. It looks like an adorable snow ball. It is now the background on my desktop!



Bill Gates. In a recent poll done by College Grad Real World I selected to be Bill Gates, if I had to chose which celebrity I would be out of Bill Gates, Oprah, Tom Brady, and Brad Pitt.


A book I just finished that frustrated me to no end, and at the end it just made me angry! The characters we're either "users," people who use everyone around them with out caring about others or the repercussions, or "doormats," people who are use and do nothing about it but complain to their grandma.



Rodents of unusual size are real! Scientist found remains of an ancient rodent that was 1 ton, the size of a car! Imagine having one of those in your basement.


A girl holds a red flower between soldiers in Stavropol during a ceremony commemorating the 65th anniversary of the liberation of Stavropol from German forces.

Go Bloomberg!

At a recent committee of Mayors Michael Bloomberg proposed a $15 taxes per ton of emissions produced by companies. To this I say GO Mayor Bloomberg. He isn't exactly being revolutionary here, since his plan is very similar to Se. Chris Dodd of Connecticut, but I always cheer on support for the environment.

Bloomberg's response to Pres. Bush's voluntary emissions targets was that they are like "voluntary speed limits--doomed to fail."

CNN covered Bloomberg's statement and the committee meeting.

Back To School!!

I am highly excited. Extremely Excited! UNNATURALLY EXCITED! for school.

That's right I am not only going back to school, as a non-degree student at GMU, but am overwhelmingly excited. I normally get excited by a new semester, but this is beyond anything I've experienced before. I have already read one article, and plan on starting my book, The Board Member's Book by Brian O'Connell, tonight!

My first class is on Monday. I hope it all lives up to my excitement.

What politician are you most like?

I recently took an on-line quiz to see which politician I have the most in common with (at least as far as political views are concerned). The quiz starts by having you rate the importance of various issues, then they ask you questions about the issues you think are the most important. I had an 88% similarity with Mike Gravel, 86% similarity with Dennis Kucinich and 85% similarity with Bill Richardson (who recently dropped out).

If you interested in taking the test follow this link.

Pictures

A New study has found that a drink a day can add years to your life. Drink up!


After 21 years of marriage SpiderMan and Mary Jane are getting divorced!

Cocoa in a glass

Yoo Hoo. Hot Chocolate. Chocolate Milk. Liquid chocolate is something that man has enjoyed since they learned how to harness cocoa. Recently scientist have discovered evidence that suggests Mesoamericans used cocoa pods to create chocolate drinks 500 years earlier than had been previously thought. This means that ancient Americans, pre-Olmec, were drinking these mixtures as early as 1100BC.

How cool is that! I remember going to my dad’s factory when I was a kid and always buying a Yoo Hoo out of the vending machine. They actually kept the Yoo Hoo in the machine just for me, that’s how much I drank, and spent. I went back to the shop a couple years ago, and they didn’t sell Yoo Hoo anymore. I was severely disappointed. That is a drink that is rooted deeply in my childhood.


Today I don’t drink Yoo Hoo, it just doesn’t taste the same to me, but that doesn’t keep me from enjoying other chocolate drinks. Chocolate milk could be the most fun to make out of all the chocolate drinks. Personally I squeeze the Hershey’s bottle until it covers the bottom of the glass three times over. Then poor in the milk. Then, and this is my favorite part, MIX! I personally like to circle the spoon around the glass as fast as I can creating a vortex within the glass. Yummy.

And of course there is Hot Chocolate. In the winter there is nothing better, except maybe hot apple cider. A good cup of hot chocolate can brighten up your day. Down the street from where I work is a coffee shop. I’m not a fan of coffee, but they have a $10 hot chocolate. $10 you say? Yes, $10, and it’s worth every cent. I’ve never had a hot chocolate that was thicker or darker. It was so chocolaty and delicious I can’t compare it to anything else, because nothing else is like it. For $10 you can’t have one everyday, but every now and then I just have to treat myself.

For more information about the discovery in Mesoamerica read the article.

2008

Happy New Year!!

Well it's 2008. Let's all hope this is a year of peace. My prayers for the 2008 are:

That the leaders of our world start doing more then just talk about the hazards facing the environment.

That Iraq grows into it's new position as a country and with-in the global world.

That we find the space to store all the wonderful artifacts we have found through the years, and will continue to find this year so that history can be preserved.

Those are my hopes for the year (oh and the more personal one of..please let me get into grad school). Now here is a look at how the world ended 2007 and began 2008.


Los Vegas!

London!

Moscow!

Cleveland!

New York!