What I’ve Been Reading Today:
Oregon Legalizes Hemp Cultivation: “Recently, Oregon joined the ranks of states pushing for legitimizing the farming of industrial hemp, passing the Hemp Bill by a 46-11 vote in the Oregon House. The bill recently passed the Oregon Senate on June 19 by a majority of 27 to 2. The bill officially clears the way for licensing industrial hemp farming in the state.”
Cheech & Chong’s New Animated Movie
Seasonsapp.com Releases New App for iPhone: “Seasons is a new app for the iPhone and iPod touch that lets users quickly gain information about what’s local and in season. The database contains information for 170 fruits, vegetables, herbs, mushrooms, and nuts, including their seasonal availability, a picture, and some helpful background. Users can search by month or by category; a weekly overview explains what’s currently in season.”
Apparently, More Sex = Better Sperm: “LONDON (June 30) — For men with fertility problems, some doctors are prescribing a very conventional way to have a baby: more sex. In a study of 118 Australian men with damaged sperm, doctors found that having sex every day for a week significantly reduced the amount of DNA damage in their patients’ sperm. Previous studies have linked better sperm quality to higher pregnancy rates.”
Dow and Algenol: “NAPLES, Fla. — The Dow Chemical Co. will partner with a Florida-based company to turn carbon dioxide — the most prevalent greenhouse gas — into ethanol.”
Daily 5 Green Articles: “Turning Carbon Dioxide Into Fuel; Anheuser-Busch Taps Landfill Gas for Houston Brewery; LED clock munches bugs and converts carcasses into energy; Storing Hydrogen Using Chicken Feathers; Toyota Prius vs. VW Clean Diesel”
House Subcommittee OKs Pot on D.C. Ballott: “A House appropriations subcommittee has lifted a long-standing budget rider banning the District government from spending any money to decriminalize marijuana.The Financial Services panel, which has oversight of D.C., has removed from the 2010 budget 11-year-old language outlawing the District’s use of federal or local funds to legalize marijuana or reduce penalties for its possession or distribution.”
For Parents Who Lack Parenting, GameDr. Turns Off Video Games: My parents would just take the damn game system away, but nowadays parents can set the $30 GameDr timer to limit game play to a specified number of minutes or hours a day. At the appointed time, the password-protected timer shuts off electricity to the game console, ending all arguments about playing for just five more minutes.
Worms 2 Armageddon Comes To Xbox LIVE: AWESOME!
Daimler’s First Electric Car: “No, they aren’t joking. Daimler’s new hybrid limo has two motors, one electric and one gasoline, and it puts out 186 – 189 grams of CO2 per kilometer compared to the 234 grams from a comparable model with a normal engine. Of course, the average car on the European street only emits 160 grams per kilometer. Daimler’s reasoning appears to be that some people will always want limos, and as such something is better than nothing.”
6 New Personality Disorders Caused by The Internet: “The Internet makes people crazy. We all know this. The guy on the message board who just called you a clown for owning a different video game console than him probably would have been perfectly polite had you met in real life. In fact, we’re thinking it’s time they updated the psychological diagnostic manuals with this list of new disorders that only seem to kick in once the person opens a web browser.”
Man-Made Substances that Laugh in the Face of Physics: “The universe is full of weird substances like liquid metal and whatever preservative keeps Larry King alive. But mankind isn’t happy to accept the weirdness of nature when we can create our own abominations of science that, due to the miracle of technology, spit in nature’s face and call it retarded. That’s why we came up with…”
Virginia Wine Events: VirginiaWine.org lists wineries and wine events in the Virginia Area
Had this Watermelon beer at the NOVA Brewfest, favorite beer of the whole event; please help finding it here on the east coast
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