1. Den stora smörklumpen på kniven jag precis ska sätta till ciabattan bestämmer sig för att hoppa hela vägen ner till skräbrädan.

2. Jag plockar upp nästan hela klumpen med kniven för att kasta den i slasken, men ack och ve, den hamnar på diskbänken helt splashad istället.

3. Jag ska lägga kniven på bänken för att hämta papper, men den ville landa på den första smörade mackan istället.

4. Jag hämtar papper för att torka bort smöret på diskbänken, men av någon anledning ville Gud hellre att jag skulle lägga handen i smöret.

5. Jag blir ännu mer förbannad och försöker mig på att torka bort det som fortfarande finns kvar på skärbrädet, men ack igen, där ville Gud exakt samma sak.

6. Nu hämtar jag en kökshandduk eftersom att jag vet att den garanterar mig kladdfrihet. Men när jag ska plocka upp kniven från mackan så får jag smör på hela fingret.

7. Nu slänger jag handduken i tvättstugan, slänger kniven i disken och plockar fram en ny kniv. Jag försöker smöra klart bördet, men även denna kniv hade i avsikt att smöra ner min hand, IGEN.

8. Jag smörar klart ändå, och jag smörar ner den hela osmörade delen av min hand.

9. Jag ska stänga smörlocket men glider med handen för att den är så smörig och får lite mer smör på handen, från smörpaketet.

*Ställer in smörpaketet i kylskåpet och ingår i en pakt med mig själv: “Ingen jävla mer Lätta-helvete….*

Werbung oder etwas was sich dafür hält begegnet uns in den unterschiedlichsten Situationen und manchmal auch auf sinnlosen Wegen. Ein Beispiel hierfür zeigt sich an der Speisekarte vom Wolpertinger - einem waschechten Baden-Badener muss ich nicht erklären, was das Wolpertinger ist, da aber vermutlich nix Badendes diesen Blog liest – eine kurze Erläuterung: Es handelt sich dabei um ein Restaurant, was für seine überaus üppigen Portionen und dem herzhaft, bodenständigem Angebot bekannt ist – den Kaviar und die Muscheln verputzen schon die Russen weiter unten in der Stadt. Aber egal …

Diese Gaststätte geht innovative Wege und setzte auf gesponserte Speisekarten. So kommt es auch unter anderem zu der seltsamen Schöpfung auf der “Schweineseite” das diese Gerichte vom “Akkordeon-Service” und dem “Hundesalon Berry” unterstützt wird. Meiner Ansicht nach – hat so eine Art von Schwachsinn nix auf einer Speisekarte zutun, aber gut … geschmeckt hat es ja trotzdem.

Guten Appetit wünscht der Hundesalon Berry

Aber auch die alten Hasen der Informationskultur geben einem manchmal Rätsel auf bzw. zwingen einen (in diesen Fall ‘mich’) zu fragen: wtf?!

Wieso sollte ich mir morgens einen Wal fangen und mit diesem 4.000 Meter-Säugetier einen heißen Isar-Ritt durchführen nur um an meine Lätta zu kommen bzw. diese wiederum einfach nur auf meine dumme Semmel zu klatschen? Wieso??

Und … falls ich mir wirklich mal so ein handliches Haustier anschaffe – mache ich mich damit auf Grund des Tierschutz-du-darfst-nicht-auf-Walen-im-Fluß-reiten-Gesetztes nicht strafbar?

Schnapp dir einen Wahl

Da bleibe ich doch lieber bei meinem Radl.

Voll Fahrt voraus!

As you may have noticed, I’ve been twittering quite a bit about the Waxman Markey (Cap and Trade) bill.

Please contact your representative and tell them to vote no on this massive taxing/spending bill.

Rep. Robert Latta had a great video on this bill and it’s impact:

The Heritage Foundation has analysis.  Among the ramifications:

1.    Reduce aggregate gross domestic product (GDP) by $9.6 trillion
2.    Destroy an average of 1-3 million jobs, every year
3.    Raise electricity rates 90 percent after adjusting for inflation
4.    Raise inflation-adjusted gasoline prices by 74 percent
5.    Raise residential natural gas prices by 55 percent
6.    Raise an average family’s annual energy bill by $1,500 annually
7.    Increase the federal debt by 26 percent, which is $29,150 per person

Newt Gingrich provides a forum for finding your representative, their contact information and recording how many of us call, here. Or call the main switchboard at (202)224-3121.  Vote expected today as you are finishing up a weeks’ work and looking forward to the weekend.  Don’t let them slip this through when you aren’t looking.

Call and tell your representative they work for YOU, tell them YOU want them to vote NO and YOU will actively organize to ensure they do not get re-elected if they do not represent YOUR wishes.  This is YOUR country, take it back, take back YOUR government.

Now go, get busy.

Last summer, 11 members of American Energy Solutions group traveled to the National Renewable Energy Laboratory in Colorado and flew up to ANWR to come up with what they termed an “all of the above” strategy to meet our nation’s energy demands. Their ideas have come to fruition and have just been unveiled as the House Republicans’ alternative energy bill.

• House Republicans recognize that as gas prices and home utility bills rise, American families are dealt an even greater economic hardship.
• The Democrats’ answer to the worst recession in decades is a national energy tax that will lead to higher energy prices and further job losses.
• Thousands of dollars in extra energy costs and millions of jobs lost is a high price to pay for an energy policy that will do very little to clean up our environment.
• The American people deserve better. The American Energy Act is an all of the above plan that will provide energy independence, more jobs here at home, and a cleaner environment.
• The American Energy Act increases our domestic supply of energy by lifting restrictions on ANWR, the Outer Continental Shelf, and oil shale in the Mountain West.
• The House Republican plan renews America’s commitment to clean and emissions-free nuclear energy.  The Department of Energy has stated the best way for utility companies to reduce carbon emissions is to increase their supply of nuclear energy.
• Despite the enormous success of nuclear energy, no new nuclear reactor has been ordered since the presidency of Jimmy Carter.  The House Republican plan builds on the success of nuclear energy by laying down a national goal of ordering 100 new nuclear reactors over the next twenty years.
• Revenue generated by the sale of leases will be invested in renewable and alternative sources of energy.  The House Republican plan also encourages conservation through proven tax incentives.
• The American people don’t want a national energy tax; they want energy independence.  The House Republican plan is the comprehensive energy solution this country desperately needs.

   

Wednesday, June 10th, Representatives Robert Latta (R-OH) and Cynthia Lummis (R-WY) were gracious enough to host a conference call for bloggers and energy reporters.

Rep. Robert "Bob" Latta (R-OH)

Rep. Cynthia Lummis (R-WY)

Rep. Latta informed bloggers that right now in North Western and North Central Ohio, they are approximately 25 cents above the national gas price average due to the fact that over 80% of all of the gas being brought into the state is currently being trucked in. His constituents are concerned, as is he. Rep. Latta says that this is but one of the reasons why we have such a need for the “all of the above” approach: nuclear energy, clean coal energy, oil, natural gas, hydro, geothermal, wind, sun, biothermal, etc. The last nuclear power plant started in the U.S. was in 1977. Rep. Latta is concerned with the fact that we have so many renewable resources that we essentially are not allowing to be accessed. He states that if we can keep our money at home we will be less dependant on foreign countries and generally be more safe.

Representative Lummis is dissatisfied with the national energy tax, which is the Democratic Energy Policy. She states that we need to rely on solar, wind, and especially nuclear energy, as well as bio-fuels, in addition to oil, natural gas and coal. Wyoming is the #1 producing state of hydrocarbons, a leader in wind energy, and acording to Rep. Lummis it is the #1 producer of uranium. Rep. Lummis attended a meeting in California to learn more about solar energy projects.

Both Representatives stress the importance of relying on new technologies to power our country and lessen our dependence on foreign nations. Representative Latta’s plan will be sensitive to the environment, create jobs, and provide security to our country. President Obama says that Iran can move forward with nuclear power, but here at home he wants us to focus on wind and solar only. The Republican solution strongly supports an “all of the above” approach, which is a stark contrast to that which the Democrats are proposing.

No nuclear reactor has been ordered since the Presidency of Jimmy Carter, according to Rep. Lummis. The Republican plan has a goal of ordering 100 new nuclear reactors over the next 20 years, in addition to accessing an array of other types of alternative energy.

During the question and answer portion of the call, Representative Lummis was asked whether she would be interested in having a nuclear plant built in her home state of Wyoming. Rep. Lummis stated that it was probably impractical to have a nuclear plant built in Wyoming because of the demands for water and the importance of having the electrical generating capabilities near the user, however because Wyoming is the #1 uranium producing state, there are processes that lead up to nuclear reactors that may be completed in Wyoming. Her follow up question was whether or not Wyoming would have any interest in storing waste from a reactor. Representative Lummis stated that she was interested in recycling spent fuel in the manner which France recycles its spent fuel–a topic she says is covered in the bill presented by Rep. Latta. She says that there are abilities to recycle spent fuel rods that are in use in France, which we do not use simply because of policies that were enacted during the Carter administration. She has a desire to revisit those strategies in an effort to get as much energy out of the rods as possible, and with an end result of rendering the rods much more benign as a finished product.

The next question asked what provisions in the bill would enable the 100 nuclear facilities over the next 20 years. Rep. Latta stated that when writing the bill, those involved had to look at what the future would bring. In doing so, they looked to China, Russia, and others, and noted that the United States is way behind those countries on this front. The bill includes oversight by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. The 100 nuclear facilities proposed would include sites that are already licensed, being submitted by an operator in good standing, and have demonstrated the financial commitment for the long term. Lots of the components will have to come from overseas until we can catch back up with the rest of the world. Canada can get nuclear reactors built in a much shorter time period than we can, currently. These Representatives aim to change that. Offshore drilling sites would be leased, dollars would flow back from the money the bill would produce. The Democratic option picks winners and losers. The Republican version looks to stop that process because the Representatives feel that it will take everything we’ve got. The Democrats propose the cap and taxes. These taxes affect everyone from the manufacturers right down to the end users who turn on the switch every morning. Americans are taxed enough already and according to Rep. Latta, “just can’t take that hit…The Heritage Foundation has projected that to be about $4800 per family.” Everyone is a winner under this bill, the Republicans are not picking winners and losers, unlike the Democratic plan.

Representative Lummis states that the bill takes a very comprehensive approach, in particular with the trust fund which would cover recovery all the way down to research. She also stated that the 100 nuclear reactors is a proposal, which could include their megawatt equivalent. There is no short-circuiting of the process, applicants would have to comply with all safety precautions in place.

Another questioner wanted to find out the way the Republicans define their policy. Rep. Latta went back to when Speaker Pelosi turned the lights out on the floor and the representatives discussed energy. The Republicans are considering what is a base load capacity, which Latta says the Democrats are not concerned with. The “all of the above” approach, including traditional and alternative energy sources, is what the Republicans are going for. The Democrats are all into everyone having electric cars and are mutually against coal. Representative Latta asked the question, “If you’re going to have all of these electric cars, where are you going to plug them into?” What the Republicans are looking at is a broad-based, across the board, “all of the above” policy.

“There are no caps in this bill, and in their heart of hearts most of the Democrats will tell you that the caps in their bill cannot be met by 2012,” stated Rep. Lummis. The Republicans do not choose to place artificial caps in the bill. With regard to oil shale, this bill requires that the secretary will release shale within 120 days of the bill taking effect, according to Lummis. The bill is very specific and provides the final oil shale management rules.

Representative Latta concluded by providing details about specific types of diagonal drilling which would assist us in recovering the resources from places such as ANWR, while at the same time leaving the areas as pristine as possible. Once again, as the Representatives stated in their presentation, everyone wins with the House Republican Alternative Energy bill.

For more information, including the full text of the bill, please visit www.gop.gov/energy.

For your convenience, I have provided links to the literature that can be found on the GOP’s website regarding this bill. Please educate yourself on the alternative that is being presented and how it contrasts from the Democrat option that is before your Representatives. The media would have you believe that the GOP is “the party of no,” simply because they want to distract you from the alternatives that the GOP provides. Pass this information on to your friends and family members and by all means, contact your elected officials and give them your opinions on the matter.

Full Text of the American Energy Act bill

2 page Summary of the AEA bill

Full Summary of the AEA bill

Talking Points (also listed previously in the bulleted section of this article)

Energy Related Videos

Energy Related Documents

Energy Summits

Nu är jag här igen och skriver lite. Titt som tätt så tittar jag faktiskt in här och har något att skriva om. Och så var det idag!

Här kommer iaf tips nummer sex. VÄLDIGT VIKTIGT! På plats nummer ett, men spelar ingen roll om du inte länkar, för du får inte fler läsare ändå…

• Bilder! Att läsa en blogg med bara text är jättetråkigt. Tänk på att ha bilder som kopplar till texten. Bilder drar även till sig blicken och gör läsaren intresserad av att läsa texten, istället för att skumma förbi…

Så här gör jag hela tiden, fast jag tänjer ju såklart på gränserna en hel del. Ska jag vara ärlig så kommer till 95 % alla mina bilder från Google Images… Väldigt smidigt om man har en icke-fungerande kamera som jag!

Its April today, fool’s day. Don’t take otherwise, just joking (just talking to myself, i know no one reads this ). (i started this post yesterday and finishing today.):) i didn’t went yesterday to the college. I’m now in prostho, and i can’t tolerate it a minute, and i’m ready to face any consequences (?). I just wanna get rid of it.
There days i’m facing so much of tension, so don’t wanna increase them. I don’t know why she isn’t coming to college nowadays. Everyday i go with hope that today i’ll get to get her a view, but everyday i’m disappointed. Its really frustrating. But i can’t even complain to anyone. This is the most serious problem. Its killin me from the inside., day by day..
I’m sure it will lead me to severe depression, but i can’t help. I have only two ways now, her or ↑.
I’m honest by heart, good to others (i dunno what others think), then why its happening to me only. If its the way then i request the administrator over there to call me back. Or better tell me my faults. Last time i survived but miracles don’t occur very often !

The other day some of my fellow students at KM08 and I were discussing an advertisment for Lavazzas coffee on the back cover of a food magazine. We all agreed on this was a great example of how the product is cannibalised by the sexy woman in the advertisement. However it was a beautiful picture by the great photographer Annie Leibovitz. It turned out that most of Lavazzas commercials are based on a strange connection between sex and coffee, which isn’t obvious to me and probably never will be. But the pictures in their advertising campaigns are often fantastic, if you like art! Especially the calender made by Finlay MacKay for 2008. In 2006 the Swedish Trade Ethical Council aganist Sexism in Advertising (ERK) banned a Lavazza commercial because the woman in the advertisement were not relevant to the espresso coffee. ERK says  that  one of the main factors for considering a commercial offensive is the lack of relevance between the featured sexiness and the product. This makes me wonder about a TV-commercial for the light spread Lätta , where a beautiful woman wearing light clothing sitting on a bridge eating a crisproll with Lätta light spread. Suddenly she dives into the water and when she appears again she’s riding a killer whale. In which way is the killer whale relevant to the light spread? Where can I get this commercial banned ?

Igredienti:

200 gr di farina

180 gr di zucchero

1 uovo

2 tuorli

70 gr di gocce di cioccolato

1 bustina di vanillina o la scorza grattuggiata di mezza arancia non trattata

mezza bustina di lievito in polvere

1 pizzico di sale

Preparazione:

Setacciate la farina con il pizzico di sale sulla spianatoia e, apritela a fontana.

Mettete al centro l’uovo, i tuorli, lo zucchero, la vanillina e il lievito, mescolate con una forchetta raccogliendo man mano tutta la farina e, impastate bene il tutto con le mani.

Unite le gocce di cioccolato, e lavorate l’impasto amalgamando bene tutti gli ingedienti, se occorre aggiungete un altro pò di farina.

Formate due filoncini di circa 2 cm di larghezza e metteteli su una teglia grande, foderata con carta da forno ben distanziati tra loro.

E cuoceteli in forno preriscaldato a 200° per circa 13-15 minuti, sfornate e tagliate i filoncini diagonalmente formando i cantucci.

Rimetteteli sulla teglia e cuocete ancora in fo

Conservate i cantucci in una scatola di latta.

rno a 170° per altri 10-12 minuti, fino a quando diventeranno croccanti.

Sfornate i cantucci e metteteli su una gratella a raffreddare.

Det finns… jag ska inte säga bra reklam, för reklamen får mig aldrig att vilja köpa produkterna, men, i sällsynta fall, reklam som jag tycker om. Geab the Phone Houses lilla telefon, till exempel, eller Coops reklam med blöjbarnen: ”Nu ramlar vi lite!”. Sen finns det så klart mängder av dålig reklam och en del reklam som är så kriminellt usel att jag blir arg på riktigt: Lättas j-a skitreklam till exempel. (”Nej! Vi går hiiiiitåt!” Ja, skitbra idé, då ska jag bara ta en tugga av den här smörgåsen med lättmargarin så att jag kan skutta ner för ett tjugofem meter högt vattenfall…)

Viss reklam är lite mystisk. Hur tänkte man till exempel när man fyllde Always dambindor med tolv turkosblå radiobilar? Eller mötesplatsen.se? Jag kan nästan tänka mig hur det lät på reklambyrån när den grejen skulle lanseras: ”Ja men vi samlar ihop allt som folk kan irritera sig på hos en partner (glömma namnsdagar, strunta i att ta ut soporna, klämma mitt på tandkrämstuben…) och så kör vi det som slogans och så kryddar vi det med nån käck kärleksballad… Jag vet! Vi tar den här gamla Sinatra-klassikern… öööh…. ”then I go and spoil it all by saying something stupid like ’I love you…’” Hur tänkte de? Egentligen? Att mötesplatsen.se skulle vara den enda datingsiten där man kan träffa en bunt smådåliga exemplar av det motsatta könet, för en relation som aldrig kommer att utvecklas? Jo, det vore ju ett unikt koncept om inte annat.

Och så finns det reklam som utvecklas. Reklam som till exempel går från lite smårolig till fruktansvärt störande (Telia!). Eller reklam som går från skitdålig till fascinerande mysteriös. Vanish har lyckats med det. Först var den bara kass, men nu senast har det faktiskt lyckats att… jag vet inte. Har ni sett den? En snubbe har övertalat sin mamma att stryka hans skjorta men fläcken är fortfarande kvar (vad nu det egentligen har med saken att göra, hon har tydligen inte lovat att tvätta den). Så vips dyker en Vanish-tant upp och visar hur effektivt fläcken försvinner och så zoomar de in på skjortan och sen zoomar de ut… och då har sonen plötsligt ersatts av en mörk kvinna i samma ålder som mamman (som fortfarande står där med Vanish-tanten)… Sen zoomar de in och ut igen, och heureka! Sonen är tillbaks!
Vad i hela friden är det för nåt?

Förklaringar mottages tacksamt.