If they can do it, why can't we?

Was listening to NPR this morning and they were asking people from other countries how the economy has hit them. A guy from Brazil called and said they are doing rather well for now. There the cars run on sugarcane ethanol and the trucks on natural gas -they pay $1 for the ethanol and $.50 for the natural gas. If they can do it, why can't we? I guess we could if it weren't for all the oil companies and big-business types running Washington. If they really wanted to we could do it.

too true

"Toto, I've a feeling we're not in Alaska any more"

I think they should have added Bush as the Wizard (seeing how he was really a humbug)

Little Known Facts

Did you know this is Woman's -History Month? I did not. I just read it. But I thought it would be a good opportunity to put out some facts related to women.

The number one killer of women in America is heart disease.

The windshield wiper was invented by Mary Anderson in 1903.

80% of the 50 million people around the world who are affected by violent conflicts, civil wars, disasters, and displacement are women and children.

The dishwasher was invented by Josephine Cochrane in 1886.

The two highest IQ’s ever recorded (on a standard test) both belong to women.

Australia, New Zealand and the US are among a handful of governments that do not require women to be paid some form of maternity leave. In countries as diverse as Russia, Colombia, Laos and Morocco, the government foots the entire bill for three to six months of maternity leave.

Scotchgaurd was invented by Patsy Sherman in 1955.

In 2007 the world’s richest self-made woman was Ms Zhang Yin, a Chinese paper recycling entrepreneur.

The modern curling iron was invented by Jessie T. Pope in 1946. (Bet Meg wished it had been earlier)

Seventy percent of women would rather have chocolate than sex.

Liquid paper was invented by Bette Nesmith Graham in 1956.

By age 55, 95% of all U.S. women have married.

the jobhunt

Hunching over, eyes peer through the binoculars of cyberspace hunting for that rare and elusive job. It hides well, camouflaged in the foliage which is the business world. Darting here and there, never staying in place for too long. You may see it and think, 'aha, that is for me' but once you get your application together with a great cover letter, alas it has vanished from the forest of job postings. You sit poised listening for the call of the job -a ring of the telephone, the chime of a new e-message. But they trick you! The job has quickly flown to another branch leaving you with only a response of 'thanks for applying'

buffy-a-thons

I finally finished watching all 7 seasons of Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Yeah me! I own the first three seasons, a friend of mine owns the fourth season and I painstakingly found the fifth, sixth and seventh seasons online. Took forever with a lot of buffy-a-thons but I finally did it. In the middle of the series I went off to college and believe it or not, had no tv access so I was unable to watch my favorite tv show. So I was able to figure out what happened to my beloved characters in Sunny Dale. I especially liked the musical episode and can't get the songs out of my head. have to find the soundtrack.