This is a house that uses absolutely no active heating systems to heat the house, but provides an even and comfortable temperature all year round even when the weather outside is cold. I’m not familiar with the idea, until I read a couple of articles on the topic: No furnaces but heat aplenty in the…
I tried to find the new CD “I Dreamed A Dream” by Susan Boyle in the local stores. I know that Christine would have liked it as a present. It is available here now, but I couldn’t find it. This wonderful lady is a fellow-Scot! So, of course, I support her! Let’s see if I…
Having watched intermittently through my first (and likely last) season of American Idol, I was shocked and surprised by the choices this popularity contest has made. For one, I thought Jason Castro should’ve been voted off a long time ago, not because he didn’t have talent. No, because he was in way over his head!…
Job markets are tightening with increasing demand as workers are laid off in Europe, the UK, and the US. In periods of economic contraction, workers are always the first to be hit with job losses, salary reductions, increased costs, and uncertainty. I’d be brushing up my resume, if I were likely to be in the…
Image via Wikipedia Given my detestation of cigarettes (cancer-sticks) that every smoker seems to pull out of their pocket, I’m always shocked that people can be so cavalier about such things. Somehow, though when it comes to cigars, I’m prepared to make an exception because somehow they do smell better than cigarettes, they certainly have…
Well, most people seem to prefer to stand on the escalator. On a busy train, let’s say 100 people get off, 50 of whom head up escalator 1 while the rest take the stairs or the other elevator/escalator combo. Now out of that 50, how many prefer to walk or stand? Well, if everyone stands,…