Friday, October 21, 2005

Gerber...

High Tea


Sadly Lulu and I are moving out of our place in Dana Point. We had friends over on Saturday and this is a photo Dad took of us from upstairs.

Wednesday, October 19, 2005

Davenport says...

"I like people who can do things. Craftsmen. Good carpenters. Good bricklayers. Good reporters. Good cops. It's all sort of the same." p333 of Easy Prey by John Sandford

Thursday, October 06, 2005

Military spending

Last year Japan spent $42 billion. Italy spent $28 billion, Russia spent only $19 billion. The United States spent $455 billion. (Link)

When the weatherman says it is 98% humidity

Stir some salt into water. It dissolves right? But there's a point where you can't add any more salt and it forms a sediment on the bottom.

Well, in air, you can add water. And you can keep additing it...until droplets start to form (at which point the local air is holding 100% of the water it can - 100% humidity.) -> Rain

People and maths

There are three kinds of people in the world. Ones who can do math, and ones who can't.

Dark chocolate does do the job.

A recent Study Confirms the Ancient Myth when they discovered that a chemical in cocoa beans can limit the development of fluids that cause diarrhea. (Link)