I have seen folding bikes before but this thing is amazing. It folds up to the height of the wheels and is very compact. You can take it to work with you and not even worry about locking it up, you can just hide it under your desk or if you don't have a desk, lock it up in the break room. You could probably even lock it up outside in the parking lot to one of the handicapped signs. 3 companies are already looking to crank out thousands of copies of this bicycle and charge maybe less than $700 each.
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Wednesday, August 05, 2009
Tuesday, August 04, 2009
Cracka Please
Why is it ok now for African American people to call white people cracker all the time? I want to know why this is accepted! That is not a compliment. They are calling white people cracker just like white people called them another word that begins with a N.
I've never called a "black" person a name in my entire life. Nor have I ever called a Mexican person or a Jewish person or a Indian (not native American but they count too) or an Irish person any race a derogatory name. In my ENTIRE life.
The reason I'm blogging on this subject is because I went to the grocery store this evening to buy some dinner. I was standing at the express lane check stand and these 2 women got in line behind me. One mentioned that she forgot the cracka's and the other said oh I hate cracka's. They said the word cracka (not cracker) about 15 or 20 times and they didn't just say the word cracker, they said the word cracka with attitude, they accentuated the word as if they weren't really talking about food. It just sounded very racial to me.
I'm not a paranoid person either but it just sounded funny that they said it that many times you know?
I understand that a lot of black people are angry. I get that. I really do understand because what their ancestors went through is enough to make anybody angry but come on, it was hundreds of years ago. Lincoln freed the slaves get over it. Yes black people were treated very poorly even in the 1950's and 60's. They weren't even allowed to marry white people in the 70's and I'm sorry for their loss of freedoms. But what they don't understand is that, I wasn't around during the time of their oppression.
My family wasn't even in this country during slavery times so I have nothing to do with what their ancestors went through. My mothers side was in Ireland and Scotland and my fathers side was in Germany. I have nothing to apologize for because my blood didn't spill their blood. My blood line wasn't racist against them either so back off.
If anything, I'm the one being oppressed now, not just by the African Americans but by all of America especially California because the government in California is telling me that I cannot get married so take that. Black people weren't allowed to marry white people until the 70's well guess what, I can't get married either in 2009.
It's the year 2009, we are halfway to 2010. Don't you think it's time for racism and sexual discrimination to end? How about all discrimination? Hows about we make a deal kay? I won't call you any names (as I haven't my entire life) and you don't call me a cracka anymore kay? Thanks.
I've never called a "black" person a name in my entire life. Nor have I ever called a Mexican person or a Jewish person or a Indian (not native American but they count too) or an Irish person any race a derogatory name. In my ENTIRE life.
The reason I'm blogging on this subject is because I went to the grocery store this evening to buy some dinner. I was standing at the express lane check stand and these 2 women got in line behind me. One mentioned that she forgot the cracka's and the other said oh I hate cracka's. They said the word cracka (not cracker) about 15 or 20 times and they didn't just say the word cracker, they said the word cracka with attitude, they accentuated the word as if they weren't really talking about food. It just sounded very racial to me.
I'm not a paranoid person either but it just sounded funny that they said it that many times you know?
I understand that a lot of black people are angry. I get that. I really do understand because what their ancestors went through is enough to make anybody angry but come on, it was hundreds of years ago. Lincoln freed the slaves get over it. Yes black people were treated very poorly even in the 1950's and 60's. They weren't even allowed to marry white people in the 70's and I'm sorry for their loss of freedoms. But what they don't understand is that, I wasn't around during the time of their oppression.
My family wasn't even in this country during slavery times so I have nothing to do with what their ancestors went through. My mothers side was in Ireland and Scotland and my fathers side was in Germany. I have nothing to apologize for because my blood didn't spill their blood. My blood line wasn't racist against them either so back off.
If anything, I'm the one being oppressed now, not just by the African Americans but by all of America especially California because the government in California is telling me that I cannot get married so take that. Black people weren't allowed to marry white people until the 70's well guess what, I can't get married either in 2009.
It's the year 2009, we are halfway to 2010. Don't you think it's time for racism and sexual discrimination to end? How about all discrimination? Hows about we make a deal kay? I won't call you any names (as I haven't my entire life) and you don't call me a cracka anymore kay? Thanks.
Chia Pet Status
This morning I went to look at the Scooby Doo Chia Pet and noticed that it's still just seeds. My laptop with the time lapse software with my webcam has been taking a picture every minute over the last 24 hours and nothing has happened. The seeds aren't sprouting yet. I figured that if they aren't even going to start sprouting yet then maybe now is a good time to reset everything.
Yesterday I messed up the camera angle and I think I fixed it so it was at the right angle again but I wasn't 100% sure. So turning it off and deleting all the pictures was ok. I turned it back on but instead of 1 picture every minute I figured 1 picture every hour would be fine. Maybe I might change that to every 10 minutes though which means I might have to shut it down and start over again lol. That's ok, it's all still just seeds anyway.
Ok I went and stopped it and changed it to 5 minutes (300 seconds) instead of every 60 minutes. I figured maybe 10 minutes was still too long that 5 minutes would be good because a lot can happen in 10 minutes. I mean as far as movement, the growth might move toward the sun in 10 minutes and it might look funny.
So it's back on starting now lol. The video is going to be too long anyway if it's every minute and I don't want it to be a 20 minute video in time lapse. I did a video of me sleeping with time lapse and it ended up being 17 minutes and that was just from 6 hours of sleep too but then again it was taking a picture every second so there you go. But this video is going to be going on for 1 week. I'm pretty sure every 1 minute is going to make it a very long and boring video.
Well whatever it is I will make it about 5 minutes so it will go really fast lol. I'm going to work on the other video today that I made yesterday while I was spreading the seeds. I will get that on YouTube (and here) A.S.A.P.
So anyway, see you in a week with the progress.
Yesterday I messed up the camera angle and I think I fixed it so it was at the right angle again but I wasn't 100% sure. So turning it off and deleting all the pictures was ok. I turned it back on but instead of 1 picture every minute I figured 1 picture every hour would be fine. Maybe I might change that to every 10 minutes though which means I might have to shut it down and start over again lol. That's ok, it's all still just seeds anyway.
Ok I went and stopped it and changed it to 5 minutes (300 seconds) instead of every 60 minutes. I figured maybe 10 minutes was still too long that 5 minutes would be good because a lot can happen in 10 minutes. I mean as far as movement, the growth might move toward the sun in 10 minutes and it might look funny.
So it's back on starting now lol. The video is going to be too long anyway if it's every minute and I don't want it to be a 20 minute video in time lapse. I did a video of me sleeping with time lapse and it ended up being 17 minutes and that was just from 6 hours of sleep too but then again it was taking a picture every second so there you go. But this video is going to be going on for 1 week. I'm pretty sure every 1 minute is going to make it a very long and boring video.
Well whatever it is I will make it about 5 minutes so it will go really fast lol. I'm going to work on the other video today that I made yesterday while I was spreading the seeds. I will get that on YouTube (and here) A.S.A.P.
So anyway, see you in a week with the progress.
Monday, August 03, 2009
Scooby Doo Chia Pet
Well I set up the Scooby Doo Chia Pet this morning after soaking it and the seeds for a full 24 hours. I video taped the process but I think I'm going to wait until the time lapse is finished and then just add that. But maybe not. I think that my video today was about 8 minutes. We will see how long it is after I finish with the editing heh.
It's kind of strange seeing my laptop sitting on the dining room table. I have a light blue sheet sitting on the table so that I could do a blue screen. I was thinking of adding a cartoon with blue screen but I'm not sure if it will even work because the light blue is washed out on the screen so it looks white.
The picture is a bit fuzzy, it's not crystal clear so it's not going to look wonderful, just ok. I wish my camcorder had time lapse photography with the SD card so I don't have to use my laptop. Oh well.
Eh what the hell, I might as well edit the video I did today and put it on YouTube tomorrow then I'll post it here.
It's kind of strange seeing my laptop sitting on the dining room table. I have a light blue sheet sitting on the table so that I could do a blue screen. I was thinking of adding a cartoon with blue screen but I'm not sure if it will even work because the light blue is washed out on the screen so it looks white.
The picture is a bit fuzzy, it's not crystal clear so it's not going to look wonderful, just ok. I wish my camcorder had time lapse photography with the SD card so I don't have to use my laptop. Oh well.
Eh what the hell, I might as well edit the video I did today and put it on YouTube tomorrow then I'll post it here.
Sunday, August 02, 2009
Blame McDonald's
I was browsing YouTube and came across this video of Morgan Sperlock from Super Size Me that someone had put the bonus feature from there on their YouTube page. You know the one where he puts several burgers and fries into jars and watches how they all mold except for the McDonald's fries.
Then I saw another video of this woman over at diethealth channel who used to be fat but hello, she's not skinny yet... talking about how bad McDonald's is and she carries around a 4 year old happy meal.
I am not siding with the fast food industry. And I'm especially not siding with health experts because I'm constantly seeing all these obese people telling me how to lose weight when they are fat themselves. I had a friend who passed away who was a vegetarian and she was constantly putting me down for eating fast food yet I was 150lbs and she was more in the neighborhood of 400lbs.
All I'm saying is, fast food has been around for decades. Actually the first McDonald's opened up in 1940 so there has been fast food for 69 years. So if eating McDonald's causes such obesity then why is it that it's taken until the 1970's or 1980's until people started having issues with their weight?
Yes there has been fatness throughout history. In the last thousand years the only way you could tell the rich was by how fat they were. All the skinny people were skinny because they were so poor and all the kings and queens were fat. Obesity was a sign of wealth. That's not the case anymore.
But I digress. You cannot blame the fast food industry for your own obesity because it wasn't the fast food industry that made people fat, people made themselves fat me included. I became obese when I quit smoking and started eating more junk than normal because I wasn't exercising anymore and I was eating more food because I was exchanging one habit for another. I don't blame anybody but myself.
When I quit smoking I could've done it differently but I didn't. I was rewarding myself with ice cream, something that I loved but hardly ever ate because I could never afford it because I was spending all of my money on cigarettes. Then I started spending what was my cigarette money on fast food. I could've just either saved it and bought groceries maybe or some other treat, maybe video games? But instead, I ate fast food. I had a choice. It was a bad choice but it was mine to make. They weren't begging me to eat their food.
And yes their "supersize me" offers were just too good to pass up but I didn't have to. In fact, they have such good price now that I don't even need a large french fry, I can get a small fry for $1 on their dollar menu. It's even cheaper now to eat there but you know what? I don't eat there and I'm still fat. I eat fast food sometimes but it's not daily. I could probably afford McDonald's or Taco Bell's value menu more than I can afford groceries but I choose to buy groceries instead.
I have also chosen to exercise and ride my bike so I am dealing with my obesity by doing something about it and not bitching about how McDonald's made me fat. Don't blame others for your own mistakes. After all, they are just trying to make a quick buck but you can hold onto that buck and make a better choice instead. They do have salads after all. Actually when I worked at McDonald's as a teenager they had salads and they sold a lot of them too.
Then I saw another video of this woman over at diethealth channel who used to be fat but hello, she's not skinny yet... talking about how bad McDonald's is and she carries around a 4 year old happy meal.
I am not siding with the fast food industry. And I'm especially not siding with health experts because I'm constantly seeing all these obese people telling me how to lose weight when they are fat themselves. I had a friend who passed away who was a vegetarian and she was constantly putting me down for eating fast food yet I was 150lbs and she was more in the neighborhood of 400lbs.
All I'm saying is, fast food has been around for decades. Actually the first McDonald's opened up in 1940 so there has been fast food for 69 years. So if eating McDonald's causes such obesity then why is it that it's taken until the 1970's or 1980's until people started having issues with their weight?
Yes there has been fatness throughout history. In the last thousand years the only way you could tell the rich was by how fat they were. All the skinny people were skinny because they were so poor and all the kings and queens were fat. Obesity was a sign of wealth. That's not the case anymore.
But I digress. You cannot blame the fast food industry for your own obesity because it wasn't the fast food industry that made people fat, people made themselves fat me included. I became obese when I quit smoking and started eating more junk than normal because I wasn't exercising anymore and I was eating more food because I was exchanging one habit for another. I don't blame anybody but myself.
When I quit smoking I could've done it differently but I didn't. I was rewarding myself with ice cream, something that I loved but hardly ever ate because I could never afford it because I was spending all of my money on cigarettes. Then I started spending what was my cigarette money on fast food. I could've just either saved it and bought groceries maybe or some other treat, maybe video games? But instead, I ate fast food. I had a choice. It was a bad choice but it was mine to make. They weren't begging me to eat their food.
And yes their "supersize me" offers were just too good to pass up but I didn't have to. In fact, they have such good price now that I don't even need a large french fry, I can get a small fry for $1 on their dollar menu. It's even cheaper now to eat there but you know what? I don't eat there and I'm still fat. I eat fast food sometimes but it's not daily. I could probably afford McDonald's or Taco Bell's value menu more than I can afford groceries but I choose to buy groceries instead.
I have also chosen to exercise and ride my bike so I am dealing with my obesity by doing something about it and not bitching about how McDonald's made me fat. Don't blame others for your own mistakes. After all, they are just trying to make a quick buck but you can hold onto that buck and make a better choice instead. They do have salads after all. Actually when I worked at McDonald's as a teenager they had salads and they sold a lot of them too.
From one thing to the next
Well good news is I can start to sense that my shoulder is getting better. I've been using the BenGay patches and the Icy Hot stick and it feels good. Most of the time I have pain but not constantly like before.
New problem lol. I have a toothache now. I just ate a bowl of Malt-O-Meal and the roof of my mouth on the right side hurt like hell. I think it's abscessed lol. Great, just great.
If it's not one thing it's another. So tomorrow I have to make an appointment with Western Dental and get it looked at.
Oh and I got my handlebars today and put it on and over tightened the screw and it snapped in half rofl. What the hell? So we had to go to Home Depot and thank goodness they had it. It was a big longer than the original but that's fine, it sticks out the bottom and nobody cares lol. And it's a black screw same as the stem so it blends in. The handlebar is silver though and I was going to spray paint it but I figured that it would probably not end too good so I left it. I may remove everything at some point and spray it, maybe.
I also got a new gel seat to put over the ergo seat but I figured that I'm having such a crappy day that I would wait to cut it up and sew it into the shape I need it until when I'm not having a bad day. I don't want to screw it up too much. Sure it was only $10 but money is money.
New problem lol. I have a toothache now. I just ate a bowl of Malt-O-Meal and the roof of my mouth on the right side hurt like hell. I think it's abscessed lol. Great, just great.
If it's not one thing it's another. So tomorrow I have to make an appointment with Western Dental and get it looked at.
Oh and I got my handlebars today and put it on and over tightened the screw and it snapped in half rofl. What the hell? So we had to go to Home Depot and thank goodness they had it. It was a big longer than the original but that's fine, it sticks out the bottom and nobody cares lol. And it's a black screw same as the stem so it blends in. The handlebar is silver though and I was going to spray paint it but I figured that it would probably not end too good so I left it. I may remove everything at some point and spray it, maybe.
I also got a new gel seat to put over the ergo seat but I figured that I'm having such a crappy day that I would wait to cut it up and sew it into the shape I need it until when I'm not having a bad day. I don't want to screw it up too much. Sure it was only $10 but money is money.
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