http://stephaniegrace.com kaboom! Thu, 01 May 2008 18:28:26 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Well, not really, but with gas prices at ridiculous levels - I'll try anything at this point. Hypermiling is an attempt to stretch your gas milage by doing simple, everyday things like pumping up tires to the maximum rating on their sidewalls, which may be higher than levels recommended in car ... http://stephaniegrace.com/2008/05/01/hypermiling-could-save-us-all/ I read in Time today that if there isn't a clear democratic candidate decided upon by the time of the convention, that the DNC might choose to declare a third candidate. This was all speculatory of course. The name on everybody's lips is gonna be...MANBEARPIG. This is my favorite part: "At this point, Clinton ... http://stephaniegrace.com/2008/04/15/excelsior/ It's tough to take a good picture of it all, I'll get better ones. TimVictim. http://stephaniegrace.com/2008/03/15/i-think-its-done/ From Digg... "He just chirps and when realizing that he is not understood, he starts to wave hands in the way birds winnow wings..." Link http://stephaniegrace.com/2008/02/27/bird-boy-found-in-russia/ Ralph Nader is, wait for it...running for president. Yawn. http://stephaniegrace.com/2008/02/24/ralph-nader-oh-my/ Apparently, college douchebags in Iran have no idea what they're talking about either. Sooo…he’s a Zionist AND he’s a Nazi? Go read a book, Amir. This photo was taken at a rally in Tehran marking the 29th anniversary of the Islamic revolution. http://stephaniegrace.com/2008/02/11/iranian-idealists/ I finally processed the pictures Kelly and I took when we were in Scotland last year. I'm heading back to Glasgow on January 14th, so I hope to get some of the great places I missed last time around (the Necropolis, art school, etc.) Check out my Flickr Set. http://stephaniegrace.com/2007/12/09/pictures-from-scotland/ Socialism really knows no bounds in South America. In Argentina, the fugs want to tax the good looking! How insane is this... "The beautiful people get all the breaks. Beauty is a natural advantage and (he wants) the good-lookers to be taxed to finance compensation for the ugly people." "And ... http://stephaniegrace.com/2007/12/04/tax-the-good-looking/ Banksy has dropped some interesting pieces on the West Bank barrier, which runs beside Bethlehem. In a world full of hot-air activists, THIS is how you do something effective. (To be fair, Banksy is already an art star so he's going to garner visibility regardless.) BBC http://stephaniegrace.com/2007/12/03/banksy-in-the-west-bank-again/ Aiden and I on Thanksgiving. He's such a little poop! (Blur is due to lack of light, i had the flash off as to not blind the kid.) http://stephaniegrace.com/2007/11/28/aiden/