Clean your house in 19 minutes!

Yeah, right. Whoever wrote this, obviously doesn't have kids because they can make a mess of it in less than 5 minutes. Also, trying to find 19 uninterrupted minutes when any of the kids are awake is next-to impossible. Good luck trying.

Apparently the article assumes you don't cook too because some dishes just can't be cleaned in the dishwasher. Alternatively, if you only get take-out, I suppose it would be easy to clean the kitchen since all those disposable containers can go in the trash can and so cleaning the kitchen would be easy, but really expensive buying food all the time.

Global cooling according to Farmer's Almanac

Here's another article about a prediction by the Old Farmer's Almanac saying we could be entering a long-term global cooling trend.

Cold winter coming?

I never have been one to put a lot of stock into long term forecasting of weather so I was a bit skeptical when I read recently that the 2008 Farmers Almanac is predicting a cooler than normal winter this year. After all, the article says it is written at least a year in advance and that whoever wrote it has already finished the prediction for 2009.

Anyway, today I came across another interesting bit about a volcano in Alaska. Normally, I wouldn't pay much attention to that, particularly since it is only discussing the increased color in sunsets. However, not long ago, I read about the year without summer. If you read it, you will notice that it was likely caused by a volcano, albeit a much larger one. Now, obviously a single volcanic eruption that was relatively small shouldn't make a big difference. However, that's not the only factor.

Yesterday, I came across this article that says the sun did something it hasn't done in over 90 years, and that is go an entire month without a single sunspot. Reading that article, you find that one previous instance like that correlated closely to what is referred to as the Little Ice Age.

Ultimately, no one really knows for sure. However, all these little pieces put together appear to be pointing to a cooler than average winter, global warming notwithstanding.

First Bigfoot, now the Loch Ness Monster

A few weeks ago, I posted about someone who claimed to have found a Bigfoot carcass that turned out to be a big rubber gorilla suit. Well, now I've come across a claim that someone has actual surveillance footage of the Loch Ness Monster. You can read what I found here and it includes a link to a Swedish website that has the actual video. Fortunately, you don't have to be able to read/speak Swedish to watch the video.

Check this out!

Someone recently sent me a link to this website. It's really cool, no pun intended.

The rest of the story on The Surge

This is a fascinating article that describes the behind-the-scenes push for the surge in Iraq by John McCain. The article is quite long but it is worth reading if you plan on voting in November.

It never pays to lie

Ouch. According to this article, "Bigfoot" was just a big, hairy, rubber gorilla suit. Also, if you remember correctly, one of the perpetrators of this hoax was a police officer who was on administrative leave. Well, at the end of the article, the sheriff says he has already filled out paperwork to fire this policeman for this stunt. You'd think he would know better than to try to pull off a stunt like that.