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Archive for July, 2008
Dutch Solutions to US Problems?
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It seems like every day some European “expert” proposes that the US adopt his or her country’s policies as the solution to transportation or energy or other problems that the US faces. More and more as I travel around the net, I see such advice coming from the Dutch. Seems like they have an awful […]
Posted by neonjohn on July 20th, 2008 under Current Events, Philosophy | 1 Comment »
Jeremy Clarkson: Don’t Stop Behaving Badly
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So I was prowling news of the Empire (as in British) this morning when I came across this jewel from our old buddy, Jeremy Clarkson, famous in this country for his car show Top Gear. I found myself pumping the air repeatedly with my fist, yelling “Right on!”. I mean. look how this article starts […]
Posted by neonjohn on July 16th, 2008 under Cars, Funny, Misc, Philosophy | Comment now »
Eye Fluorescence
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Recently on the neon mailing list the topic of eye fluorescence came up. That is, the glow one can see in the eye that’s being illuminated with UVA, AKA Black Light. There was some question as to whether the effect even happened or not. Having had a typical Boomer teenager’s bedroom, that is, one flooded […]
Posted by neonjohn on July 14th, 2008 under Cool Stuff, Science | 2 Comments »