Speaking of Boobies

I wonder what this pair are discussing...

I'll Drive

The Kestrel electric car will have room for a driver and three passengers and have a top speed of 90 kilometres an hour. (Motive Industries Inc.)

Blog friend Gordon at the alternate brain pointed this one out: Cannabis electric car being made in Alberta:

An electric car made of hemp is being developed by a group of Canadian companies in collaboration with an Alberta Crown corporation.

The Kestrel will be prototyped and tested later in August by Calgary-based Motive Industries Inc., a vehicle development firm focused on advanced materials and technologies, the company announced.

The compact car, which will hold a driver and up to three passengers, will have a top speed of 90 kilometres per hour and a range of 40 to 160 kilometres before needing to be recharged, depending on the type of battery, the company said in an email to CBC News Monday.

Now, not to go all curmudgeon on you, but I think us old time veterans of the cannabis culture should get first dibs on these.

And I do agree with Gordon:

Sounds very innovative and cutting-edge, but the jokes are flooding through my brain so fast they can't stop long enough for me to grab one...

I'd love to have one. Dear George Soros; I here you pay for all the liberal blogs.

Primary Blahs

(Tarantula for no particular reason)

Yeah, I voted in yesterday's primary. But it was with a total lack of enthusiasm. This has been a rare election cycle for me, one where I found absolutely zero candidates who motivated me to volunteer on their campaigns.

St. Sleazy McCain easily defeated J. D. "the eggplant" Hayworth in a classic case of 'the lesser of two evils' still being evil. But the democratic nominee, Rodney Glassman, is no prize, and has a snowball's chance in Phoenix of defeating McCain.

My congresswoman, Ann Kirkpatrick, is a milquetoast blue dog, who's first term has been sedate at best. But her opponent, Paul Gosar, is a total right-wing whacko. So I'll probably end up doing some volunteer work for Ann for the general election. Just not with much enthusiasm.

And I'll support Terry Goddard over Jan Brewer for Governor, although I'm not a fan of Goddard. Another 'lesser of two evils' choice.

It's tough to be a political junkie when the drug of choice has gotten so weak that there is no 'high' to be had.

San Juan Pics

Another fine San Juan river trip in the books. A wonderful time, although the weather did try to put up a challenge at first. We got hit with possibly the heaviest monsoon hail storm I've ever seen with a mile left to row to our first camp. After persevering through it, we had wonderful weather the rest of the trip. The boats performed marvelously, the people were delightful (the ladies in the mud fight above were a blast), and the food was delicious.

I'm ready to go back.

Boobies on Schedule

This is a scheduled post of the Friday Boobies, as I'm away on the river. Let me know if it doesn't show up.

River Time

The river is calling, and I must answer.

There are boats that need to be rowed, and rapids needing running.

Inspiration

Busy organizing gear for the upcoming river trip, so here's a pic to inspire me.

A Little Baseball

For baseball fans only:

On this day 100 years ago, the Pittsburgh Pirates and Brooklyn Superbas (today the Dodgers) played what the Baseball Reference Bullpen describes as "the most evenly
matched game ever." Both teams used two pitchers, scored eight runs, and recorded 13 hits, two errors, 38 at-bats, five strikeouts, three walks, 13 assists, 27 putouts, one hit batter and one passed ball. The game wasperhaps fittingly called on account of darkness, thus preserving the total deadlock.

Nice!

Friday Boobies

Friday the 13th? It's bad luck to be superstitious.

Know Your Newts

This is a slimy newt. It lies, cheats on its wives, and steals from anyone it can.

This is a good newt. It eats bugs.

It's important to know the difference, but neither one should be in government.

River Trip in One Week

One week from today, I'll be launching my raft on the San Juan river. This makes me very happy, but now I have to get all my gear organized. Where did I put that patch kit?

A Taxing Cartoon

Sometimes it's much easier to just post a cartoon than to write a post explaining a situation. Ending the shrub tax cuts explained.

Ted Stevens

(I debated about posting this)
Ted Stevens plane crash survival rate drops to 50%.
Too harsh?

8/9/10

Today at six minutes and seven seconds after five o'clock it will officially be 05:06:07 8/9/10, which won't happen again until 3010 2110 (edit: corrected, thanks to a commenter. Doubt I'll be around for it, anyway). I believe that is a perfectly good reason for a toast.

A Sunday Funny

For some unclear (sunspots?) reason, my wireless connection is really inconsistent today. It's rather annoying.

Boobies Hanging Out

Boobies hanging out on Friday.

That Kagan Kid

Elena Kagan's confirmation is fine, but it makes me feel old. For the first time in my life, a Supreme Court Justice is younger than I am. Jeez, first we elect that kid to be President, and now he appoints another kid. I know my level of maturity/immaturity, so forgive me if I'm a little nervous about handing that much power to youngsters.

Happy International Beer Day

Cheers!

International Beer Day, Aug 5th - A Celebration of Beer's Greatness

Equal Rights

I'm a very simple minded old hippie. "Equality" and "Equal Rights" are such basic concepts that I'm amazed there's even a debate about them. I'll take the Bible thumpers a little more seriously when I see them campaigning to ban football (Leviticus: Pigskin is an abomination); otherwise, their hypocrisy has no place in a legal debate.
Someday, people will look back and wonder what all the fuss was about.

More Extreme Beer News

The High Alcohol Content Beer War Continues With 60% ABV Brew, called "Start the Future." The battle for the title of "most extreme beer" is getting crazy:

Hot on the heels of last week's news about the 55% alcohol content beer (which also happened to come packed in roadkill), a Dutch brewer has upped the ante with a brew purported to contain 60% alcohol by volume.

While the 55% beer had been dubbed the "End of History," this 60% ABV boozer has a more uplifting name in "Start the Future." It also does not come stuffed in a rodent carcass, which is a plus.

Additionally, Start the Future's price tag -- $45 for .333 liter -- is a huge savings over End of History, which sold out in spite of its $760/bottle price tag.

The battle over these high ABV beverages has seen a lot of good-natured ribbing between competitors. For example, when German brewery Schorschbrau unveiled a beer with 40% ABV, BrewDog, the Scottish company responsible for End of History, introduced a 41% ABV beer they called Sink the Bismarck!.

"It has become a little competition," said the Start the Future brewer. "You should see it as a joke."

http://consumerist.com/2010/07/high-alcohol-content-beer-war-continues-with-60-abv-brew.html

I love a good, strong beer, but I'm starting to wonder if at these alcohol levels, can it still be considered beer?