Thursday, March 29, 2007
Tuesday, March 27, 2007
Eco Freak Out
1. "The Organic Foods Production Act of 1990 requires the Secretary of Agriculture to establish a National List of Allowed and Prohibited Substances which identifies synthetic substances that may be used, and the nonsynthetic substances that cannot be used, in organic production and handling operations."
The List:
http://www.ams.usda.gov/nop/NOP/standards/ListReg.html
2. Phosphoric Acid
Rust removal
Phosphoric acid may be used by direct application to rusted iron or steel tools or surfaces to convert iron(III) oxide (rust) to a water soluble phosphate compound. It is usually available as a greenish liquid, suitable for dipping (acid bath), but is more generally used as a component in a gel, commonly called Naval jelly. As a thick gel, it may be applied to sloping, vertical, or even overhead surfaces. Care must be taken to avoid acid burns of the skin and especially the eyes, but the residue is easily diluted with water. When sufficiently diluted it can even be nutritious to plant life, containing the essential nutrients phosphorus and iron. It is sometimes sold under other names, such as "rust remover" or "rust killer".
2a. The phosphoric acid content of Coca-Cola has been determined to be about 106.0 mg/L.
The List:
http://www.ams.usda.gov/nop/NOP/standards/ListReg.html
2. Phosphoric Acid
Rust removal
Phosphoric acid may be used by direct application to rusted iron or steel tools or surfaces to convert iron(III) oxide (rust) to a water soluble phosphate compound. It is usually available as a greenish liquid, suitable for dipping (acid bath), but is more generally used as a component in a gel, commonly called Naval jelly. As a thick gel, it may be applied to sloping, vertical, or even overhead surfaces. Care must be taken to avoid acid burns of the skin and especially the eyes, but the residue is easily diluted with water. When sufficiently diluted it can even be nutritious to plant life, containing the essential nutrients phosphorus and iron. It is sometimes sold under other names, such as "rust remover" or "rust killer".
2a. The phosphoric acid content of Coca-Cola has been determined to be about 106.0 mg/L.
Saturday, March 24, 2007
Friday, March 23, 2007
Tuesday, March 20, 2007
Monday, March 19, 2007
Sunday, March 18, 2007
Dude, Are You Serious?
Jesse - " You mean to tell me that during spring break, while I was just riding my bike and walking around town, I missed Explosions in the Sky in Atlanta, and Maserati in Athens?"
Jesse - " Yep, that's what I'm telling you. "
Jesse - "Damn."
Jesse - " Yep, that's what I'm telling you. "
Jesse - "Damn."
Friday, March 16, 2007
Conversation
Diddlywaylon: so if i were to be your side-kick, what kind of tatoo would i need?
robot parker: hmmmm a unicorn riding a skateboard?
Diddlywaylon: can Taz be involved somehow?
robot parker: how about a spinnin' taz on top of an american flag?
Diddlywaylon: i was thinking something like Taz riding a Harley, and the smoke from the tail pipes spells out "Osama is a bitch."
robot parker: haha
robot parker: what about wil e coyote with a pair of binoculars and the words, "WHERE ARE YA SADDAM?"
Diddlywaylon: yes!
Diddlywaylon: how bout michael jordan dunking "Fascism, Terrorism, Environmentalism, and Misunderestimationism" into a global warming trashcan?
robot parker: bwahahha
robot parker: can the trash can be high-fivin' a bald eagle?
Diddlywaylon: Hell yes!
robot parker: hmmmm a unicorn riding a skateboard?
Diddlywaylon: can Taz be involved somehow?
robot parker: how about a spinnin' taz on top of an american flag?
Diddlywaylon: i was thinking something like Taz riding a Harley, and the smoke from the tail pipes spells out "Osama is a bitch."
robot parker: haha
robot parker: what about wil e coyote with a pair of binoculars and the words, "WHERE ARE YA SADDAM?"
Diddlywaylon: yes!
Diddlywaylon: how bout michael jordan dunking "Fascism, Terrorism, Environmentalism, and Misunderestimationism" into a global warming trashcan?
robot parker: bwahahha
robot parker: can the trash can be high-fivin' a bald eagle?
Diddlywaylon: Hell yes!
The Microphones
I went to the website of the guy from The Microphones. He posted some poems he's reading, now I post them here.
8. CURRENT READING (as if you give a rip)
“Saving Daylight” by Jim Harrison (poems)like this one:“To understand the news is to drag a dead dogbehind you with a paper leash.Once you loved the dog.”
or this one:
“Once a year all world leaders should be putin an Olympic swimming pool full of rottenhuman blood to let them dog-paddle in their creation.The lifeguard is a blind child playing a video war game.”
8. CURRENT READING (as if you give a rip)
“Saving Daylight” by Jim Harrison (poems)like this one:“To understand the news is to drag a dead dogbehind you with a paper leash.Once you loved the dog.”
or this one:
“Once a year all world leaders should be putin an Olympic swimming pool full of rottenhuman blood to let them dog-paddle in their creation.The lifeguard is a blind child playing a video war game.”
Journal Entry
Every now and then I read through my journal to see what changes have taken place over time. As I was reading this particular entry it made me laugh. I had been working a file stuffing job for about a month at a big insurance company in downtown Chattanooga.
Thursday March 23
Pierre was fired.
The design flaw in Apple's Ear Buds is that when you are grinning from ear to ear they pop right out. They weren't designed for joy and laughter. They are the earpieces of the sad. They can't contend with talks about quality hot teas and thoughts of friends and plans for the future.
They are the earpieces of the soulful song of the sad. Right out, as if in haughty rebellion!
Thursday March 23
Pierre was fired.
The design flaw in Apple's Ear Buds is that when you are grinning from ear to ear they pop right out. They weren't designed for joy and laughter. They are the earpieces of the sad. They can't contend with talks about quality hot teas and thoughts of friends and plans for the future.
They are the earpieces of the soulful song of the sad. Right out, as if in haughty rebellion!
Saturday, March 10, 2007
Thursday, March 08, 2007
Bogs and Marshes
Thoreau and Leopold had a lot to say about wetlands. I feel myself being pulled to them, being dragged by something inside of me that can't say no. I've never read a more poetic and beautiful view of nature than Aldo Leopold's A Sand County Almanac. It's worth it. I bought a copy at McKay's for $1.50
Sunday, March 04, 2007
Holy Mother of all Flute Mouth Beat-ness
I wonder if Leah Hunter has ever seen this. I wonder if you have?