Ten Rules to Live By According to Julie & AskIndyTed

1) If you drink, do not drive. Take a cab.
2) Do not jump on trampolines unless you are employed by Ringling Brothers Circus.
3) Do not ride on motorcycles even if you are sober.
4) If you are married, be faithful. If you're Eliot Spitzer, you're history.
5) Pay your bills on time. Credit is a wonderful thing when it is used properly.
6) If you treat the ladies nice, they'll treat you nice.
7) If no one likes you, get a dog. They will love you unconditionally.
8) If you don't care if anyone likes you, get a cat.
9) When you are having a lousy day, donate blood. It sounds gross, but you'll feel better having helped someone else.
10)Winter in Indiana sucks!

The Crossroads of Air Pollution

I have just been informed by my lovely daughter-in-law that Indy is the sixth most toxic city in the nation. For the most part she is correct. However, if the city planners 150+ years ago had known about the creation of the EPA, they would have laid out the city a little differently.

There is no dispute that if you tape a plain piece of paper to the hood of your car on a typical day in Indianapolis, there will be a layer of black grit on it by the end of the day. Hey, we're breathing this crap. No wonder I can't run a marathon in spite of the fact I have never trained for one. Nevertheless, the air is full of crud. Where's it coming from? Well, very innocently most of the industry, power plants, airports, and major distribution warehouses with the affiliated trucking companies are all located on the west side of town. With the prevailing wind out of the west all of the crud gets blown right over the main part of town where the EPA very sensibly measures air pollution.

Cities with the industrial bases on the east, north, or south sides of town just get grazed by the nasty little boogers. So, until Cummins Engine finds a way to catch all of the particulates from diesel engines, IPL builds a nuclear plant somewhere downwind so all of the radioactive fallout lands on Ohio, and the airlines start using biofuels we are going to be on the list. It is kind of like building a campfire and then standing in the smoke while you roast your weenies.

A Chat and New "Old" Technology

I was out of town today making sales calls, so I had not checked my e-mail until I arrived home at 5:30PM. Well, suddenly my oldest son Kyle, who lives in New York, sends me an instant message from North Carolina. He is there on a shoot for CBS Sports Television (formerly CSTV). Amazing, eh? When all of the sudden my second oldest son, Joel, sends me an instant message from Ireland! You know, the land of the potato blight and green scenic views? So, I message back that I am chatting with Kyle online. Next thing I know we are chatting between the three of us from my living room in NapTown.

Dorothy, we're not in Kansas anymore.

Next thing you know, Reynolds Aluminum will be bringing out a new foil for my rabbit ears so I won't get a shadow on Channel 4.