Stuff We Need: Affordable Electric Vehicles, Revisited
Back in July 2010, I wrote about electric vehicles (EV), making the claim that EVs will have to be much more affordable and charging stations more numerous and convenient in order for the desperately...
View ArticleBellingham, Just Say No to Whole Foods
I was very saddened to see news in the Bellingham Herald this morning that a Whole Foods Market will be opening here in the summer of 2016. I’ve written numerous times, most recently this past...
View ArticleTweet of the Day: @pattonoswalt
Even though some reply tweeters rush to point out that Time Warner likely does not make money from the sale of ALL Guy Fawkes masks, I think a valid point is made about the need to thoroughly think...
View ArticleSushi Tuna’s Disgusting Secret
Boy, tuna really can’t get a break! First we learned, years ago, that because dolphins and tuna often swim together, and tuna are harvested with humongous nets, dolphin are often caught in these nets....
View ArticleSushi Tuna’s Disgusting Secret: UPDATE
Just a quick update to my post from this morning about how most tuna sold in the U.S. is not actually tuna, and that 84% of fish samples labeled “white tuna” were actually escolar, a fish that can...
View ArticleCognitive Dissonance: Trader Joe’s Edition
Yesterday, while browsing the sizable cheese selection at Trader Joe’s, scanning for any organic choices available to me, the product you see in the photo here caught my eye. (click on the photo to...
View ArticleVideo Fridays: Rock&Roll Is In A Coma, And Rhett Miller Should Be HUGE!
Two weeks ago tonight, while I was in Los Angeles for my mini-vacation, I had the great pleasure to see a music performance that both totally satisfied and baffled at the same time. Rhett Miller is the...
View ArticleTweet of the Day: @TheOnion
The best satire makes you laugh at a serious issue and then you quickly realize that it’s absolutely no laughing matter. This tweet from The Onion, ostensibly about the gender wage gap, is a great...
View ArticleFat Bikes Go Electric
When I first heard someone refer to a ‘fat bike’ a couple of years ago, the first thing that popped into my mind, as I’m sure it did for many beer drinkers, was Fat Tire Amber Ale from New Belgium...
View ArticleBusiness As Usual
As a devout peacenik, I’ve always cringed at the “Russia is a hostile enemy” talk, despite the election tampering. T. Barrack nearly sounds reasonable here, until you consider the likelihood that he’s...
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