I would love it

If I could one day (soon) manage to stop screwing up in bunches.

cWj

I just heard

"Times a Wastin'" for the first time on the train.

One would think it wouldn't have taken listening to it for 12 years for that to happen.

A Plea for Help

Please, make me stop watching The Office (US) on my mother's netflix so I can get something done.

half

I have, for the first time in my life so far as I know, seen a picture of my brother's biological father.

la pluma

I just scratched out a section on a script and noticed the smell of ball-point ink for the first time.

Ever.

Fox News Claims Solar Won't Work In US Because It's Not Sunny Like Germany

Will Oremus, SLATE

Thanks to Fox News and its expert commentators, millions of Americans now understand the real, hidden reason why Germany's solar-energy industry is so much further along than ours. Turns out it has nothing to do with the fact that Germany's government has long supported the industry far more generously, with policies like feed-in tariffs that stimulate investment in green technologies. No, the real reason is much simpler, explained a trio of journalists on Fox & Friends: It's always sunny in Germany!

"The industry's future looks dim," intoned host Gretchen Carlson at the beginning of the segment, which was preserved for posterity by the liberal blog Media Matters for America. She and her co-host went on to ridicule Obama's "failed" solar subsidies, adding, "The United States simply hasn't figured out how to do solar cheaply and effectively. You look at the country of Germany, it's working out great for them." Near the end of the segment, it occurred to Carlson to ask her expert guest, Fox Business reporter Shibani Joshi, why it might be that Germany's solar-power sector is doing so much better. "What was Germany doing correct? Are they just a smaller country, and that made it more feasible?" Carlson asked.

Joshi's jaw-dropping response: "They're a smaller country, and they've got lots of sun. Right? They've got a lot more sun than we do." In case that wasn't clear enough for some viewers, Joshi went on: "The problem is it's a cloudy day and it's raining, you're not gonna have it." Sure, California might get sun now and then, Joshi conceded, "but here on the East Coast, it's just not going to work."

Gosh, why hasn't anyone thought of that before? Wouldn't you think that some scientist, somewhere, would have noticed that the East Coast is far less sunny than Central Europe and therefore incapable of producing solar power on the same scale?

You would—if it were true. As Media Matters' Max Greenberg notes, it isn't. Not even remotely. According to maps put out by the U.S. Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory, virtually the entirety of the continental United States gets more sun than even the sunniest part of Germany. In fact, NREL senior scientist Sarah Kurtz said via email, "Germany's solar resource is akin to Alaska's," the U.S. state with by far the lowest annual average of direct solar energy.

I look forward to Fox News' correction. Meanwhile, enjoy toggling between the video above and the map below and shaking your head.

wood

I can hear someone snoring in the building.

I need to move somewhere apartments don't exist.

U gotsa to chill..!

I still don't understand tights as outerwear, particularly when it's cold.

There is a reason ski suits are puffy.

Yeah. Pretty much. Life.

(all enjoyable; referring to 11:06 specifically)

I'm just slightly embarrassed that my common though not constant attitude toward sex has been so succinctly summarized without my input.

Amy Farah Fowler

Dream that

I got some kind of mange that was swiftly turning my face/head hair white.

Causing me to like like a b/w Wookie/wolfman.

The beast doth make the world tremble and yawn.

cWj

More from Arjun

"where there is truth, there is victory"

From "Arjun"

"Focus on your task and fear will take care of itself."


cWj

I dreamed last night

That I had a job driving a van that involved parking on a college campus....and I parked my car (the Galant) in a parking garage and had to ask co-worker to come help me find it.

One wonders if this had anything to do with someone last night asking about my car getting towed.

Night before last I had a very short dream that consisted of me going outside and my car not being where I left it.

This place is making me old and crazy.

An Abbreviated Converstation with HP Support

(me): I have an out of warranty device that's bricked. I've tried all the un-bricking methods you offer. How much would it cost to repair the unit?

(they): We're sorry that you are having an issue, please try {all the same stuff he already said he tried}. As your device is outside of the one-year warranty period, the charge for replacing it will be of $385. If you wish to go ahead and process the repair, please contact us again by replying to this email.

(me): Let me get this straight....your were {badgrammar spawned of incredulity} selling this EXACT SAME device for $149.99 BRAND NEW. And it will cost *$385* to replace??

(they): Unfortunately yes, HP has determined that the repair cost of this unit is of $385 dollars. I'm sorry we cannot provide an {badgrammar caused by employment at an ineffectively run corporation} specific reason why HP closed the repair cost at this value. We understand that it is high based in the final price that you have payed. Sadly, there are no discounts or exceptions that we can apply. At the same time, HP is no longer selling extended warranties for webOS devices

(me):  :-|

Mcgullets

I am currently fighting the urge to go get a 20 piece. I blame Burger King.

It may have actually been a decade since I've eaten an McNugget.

Trying to keep it that way.

re: "time"

"Time, you can't see it, you can't weigh it, you can't measure in a laboratory... It's a subjective sense of becoming what we are/will become..."

"Clocks measure time -"

"No, they measure themselves. The objective measure of a clock is another clock."

from The Man from Earth

FAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

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AAAAAAAAAAAT.

and wheezy.

and easily cramped.

Fresh Moods - Rhythmbreeze

Air - You Can Tell IT to Everybody

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t2JocxBaGpE