Hooligans!

Posted on December 30, 2006 in That Pisses Me Off | 2 Comments

Kristi’s boyfriend Brad got his car window smashed in front of my place last night, for no reason other than someone is just a jerk. Nothing was left in the car, and they didn’t even try to open the door afterwards. Half a block further, my neighbor’s motorcycle was tipped over onto it’s side, presumably by the same people.

These guys (or gals) are idiots. I can’t stand when someone so recklessly screws with other people for absolutely no reason - not even to steal something.

Save the Earth - Adjust Traffic Lights

Posted on December 29, 2006 in Save the World | 1 Comment

How many times are you driving along, just minding your own business on an empty road, just to have the stop light turn red in front of you, with no one else anywhere remotely in sight?

Being the law abiding citizen that I am, I stop for the light. Most of the time I even sit all the way through it, but I think this is about the dumbest thing in the world of traffic management, and changes here could help to contribute to less vehicle emissions.

In this time of technological advances, each stop light could be easily retro-fitted with a radar sensor that detected traffic levels in each direction at an intersection. The default would be to have the more major (if any) street be always green unless there are approaching vehicles from the other street. Then, after x period of time of these vehicles waiting (or no waiting if there isn’t cross-traffic) the lights change.

Why would this help? If you took 1 minute at each stop light away, that could add up somewhere in the 5-10 minute range of idling time eliminated per vehicle on a fairly typical short commute. This vehicle would consume less gas (an object in motion… et al.) due to less idling, and less accelerating.

Also think of the road rage reduction benefits, and lower gas consumptions over an annual period. If you’re less frustrated by the stupid stop lights and from spending so much money on fuel, you’re going to be in a better mood and less likely to start a brawl because you just got passed by a silver truck.

Turn Off Unused Lights

Posted on December 25, 2006 in Save the World | Leave a Comment

Just think of all those pennies you’ll save every year if you turn off the lights you’re not using. It’s got to add up to at least 40-50 cents.every year. Maybe even more.

But it will save a boat load of fossil fuel or dam power if lots of people did it.

Hey, even my ex-father-in-law does it, although he is monetarily driven as opposed to ecologically. He unscrews the bulbs too so other people in the family can’t turn them back on. I wonder why they’re even in the lights in the first place…

Help Save the World

Posted on December 24, 2006 in Save the World | Leave a Comment

I’ve been thinking about this stuff a ton lately, and now I’m even more focused on it, thanks to watching An Inconvenient Truth.

Please, go rent (rent so you’re not contributing to more packaging in the landfills) An Inconvenient Truth - I recommend Netflix so you don’t even have to use up gas in your car to go pick it up.

Wow - I’m sounding like one of those tree huggers. That’s something I thought would never happen, for sure.

But the thing is, it really isn’t about tree hugging. You don’t have to go off the deep end to do just a little bit which will also help save you money on a daily basis.

Once you’ve watched this movie, come back and check out some of the simple little tips that I’m going to be posting on how people can do this together, by only changing our lifestyles a tiny little bit at a time.

Who’s with me?

Merry Christmas!

Posted on December 24, 2006 in Stuff | Leave a Comment

Today’s the first day I’m writing anything on my new blog. I’ve really been inactive on stuff lately, and have figured that I’d go ahead and start over, with a bit more of a “real” approach to it. None of this myspace crap.

I’ve got a ton of stuff buried in this head of mine, just waiting to get out and I’m going to leak it all over these pages as I get time.

Until then, Merry Christmas!

PS: If you’re the type of person who gets offended at “Merry Christmas vs. Happy Holidays” then you’re definitely in the wrong place.

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