The land of opportunity...

This made me laugh...
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/f-a-former-snl-star-slams-obama-over-taxes/

Sucky Odds

Went to the local 2012 Home Show, which the local contractors association (known as CAK) advertised "Win $25,000 Cash, The first 1,000 adults over the age of 21 receive the opportunity"....

How misleading. The game, a scratch off ticket with 6x6 squares. The objective scratch only 6 square and reveal 6 stars, and you win. So I get up there, scratch mine, first one is wrong, game over. Guy mentions that someone got 3 stars, then the 4th one was off.

Little advertisement to the odds of winning.  Lets go through the probability
P = P(6|36) * P(5|35) * P(4|34) * P(3|33) * P(2|32) * P(1:31)
P = 0.16 * 0.14 * 0.12 * 0.09 * 0.06 * 0.03
P = 4.3 * 10^-7
1:2.3Million
Yeah.. nice odds. thanks
Pretty much means they weren't planning on giving any money away. They might as well have offered $1Million.

Healthy Community Design

A speaker was visiting our community (I did not attend) who talked about healthy communities. The topic was why don't we stop separating housing and commercial areas. If housing and commercial areas were more mixed, it would promote healthier lifestyles since people wouldn't have to drive everywhere. This got me thinking about the last 5 homes I lived in, none of them were walking distance to anything. If you think about the San Jose area, there are several newer town home communities built around or near shopping areas. While these are ideal they are way too crowded. This got me thinking that we have been going all wrong with community development. The communities should be centered around shopping areas and parks, with smaller homes, apartments, then lead outward into larger lots, almost like mini-cities (with urban and suburban environments)...

Planet of the Apes: Rise of the Apes

Weather outside is frightening

Getting slammed by lightning and rain. I think we are somewhere around 30 inches of rain in 2 weeks. The lightning shows have been cool to watch at night.

Here is a slideshow from the news channel
http://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/slideshow?widgetid=47580

Funny Commedian

This guy was pretty good on Conan last night.



Its been a while since I have seen a new funny commedian....

Boost

I was listening to this today, and this is what my brain feels like after drinking a monster energy drink... doot...dooot.....di....doot.... BLA!BLA! BAM...BLA! BAM..BAM!



How long before energy drinks get restrictions like cigarettes, and a special government tax like cigarettes?

Food vs. reality

This was a pretty good website writeup.

http://www.alphaila.com/articles/failure/fast-food-false-advertising-vs-reality/

Robot chicken clip

This was pretty good.



If I was the emperor, I would definitely order that....

Passing the time

I need cheaper hobbies. Might get into this....

http://morebeer.com