My EYES!!! Holy cow. Found this CAPTCHA on a forum as I was searching for the question to "the answer". So i wonder, if anyone ever posts on the forum? That captcha just kinda punches you in the face a bit doesn't it?

I'm sure you have all been reading about the recent trend of bee colonies collapsing suddenly for no apparent reason. The phenomenon called Colony Collapse Disorder is currently on the rise. Although the disorder has been reported as early as 1896, it recently is happening at an accelerated rate. There have been many theories about why it is happening. Parasites, GMO crops, pollution, etc. The current theory that is making the rounds is that cellphones are responsible for causing the collapse. Although i suppose this is possible, it doesn't seem probable. The reason why i doubt it is because the collapses should be happening near cell towers, yet there have been some in the middle of nowhere from what I understand. And yet others thrive with cell towers smack in the middle of the bee farm. The thing I have been wondering is why the global warming or environmentalists haven't thrown any thoughts on the table. Considering bees disappearing would cause a tremendous trickle down effect that could possible destabilize the entire food chain of the planet, you would think there would be more "I told you so"ing and blamestorming. So here we go. I am going to put a few thoughts on the table. The main thing that seems to be consistent across all the collapses is the fact that the colony has a tremendous amount of pathogens. Obviously something is causing the increase, directly or indirectly. Ozone Layer - Bees see in Ultraviolet Light(UV). This is because most flowers and plants that rely on bees for pollination have UV reactive coloring that makes them obvious targets to the bees. However, i was thinking about this. The ozone layer is reduced, so as a result more UV can penetrate the atmosphere, reaching the surface. My thought is this could be producing a tremendous amount of background light that is starting to drown out the targets of flowers. Think of it like a white background with an object in front of it. Shine a really really bright spotlight on it, and the object eventually becomes almost impossible to see because the background is so bright, it overloads your eyes (simplification, but you get the idea i think). I actually have been thinking about this one alot, wondering why this has never been mentioned from what I can tell. As a result of this "white out" effect, the bees maybe have a more restricted diet of flowers, maybe the ones with the brightest UV markers. This narrow diet could be building up certain pathogens faster than they normally would with a wider diet. Global Warming - Sure why not. Lets blame this on it also. But it could make sense on actually a few levels. First is the temperature issue inside the hive. Slightly higher average global temperatures could be causing the internal hive temperatures to average slightly higher as well. This may be pushing the hive to a temperature that allows pathogens to thrive more readily. The other could be outside temperature. The bees are abandoning hives because something is wrong, the hive is stressed, and it can't support the bees. If the temperature has changed enough to lower pollen production, or water availability, who knows. But the one thought I had was air density. as it gets warmer, air gets thinner, less dense. Less dense air would mean more effort to fly. More effort means more calories, more calories means more food needed, which means less for the baby bees. They grow less healthy, and start getting sick. Obviously I am not a bee expert, or even a student, or even a person that cares all that much. But I am someone who doesn't want Einstein's prediction to come true, cause that would suck. Even though he never said it the sentiment is still sound.

Can I get a LOL. In my prior post i had the words "call sanjaya" so this book came up, since i am playing around with the amazon contextual link ads. Great job amazon! A book about Switching Power Supplies. Though it at least is written by someone named Sanjaya. I guess you get a couple points for that one... But nothing on my site even has anything at all to do with power supplies. Now i gotta see if i can find anything really good. this one is kinda lame, but still made me chuckle.

I now have indisputable proof that Sanjaya Malakar is being voted for, en-masse, by the entire country of India. Tonights vote, which has kept Sanjaya Malakar in the running, was the final blow to release this earth shattering expose! Every week Sanjaya sings a mediocre, singing in the shower rendition of some song that it sounds like he doesn't even like. Yet he still passes with flying colors. Sound suspicious to you? It does to me too. So I watched last night and tonight (normally i don't but my wife dragged me into this catastrophe of a show) because of the great Sanjaya. Oh the honey sweet voice... that i didn't hear. Oh the solid tones and on pitch vocals... that never left his lips. So i did a little research. Does it seem odd that someone can say these two things at the same time: Q:Most embarrassing moments? A:I don’t get embarrassed. Q:What’s been your toughest obstacle in life? A:Overcoming shyness. WTF?!? My head hurts from that. Shyness is basically a fear of being embarrassed. I don't get it. What exactly are you shy about then? If you don't get embarrassed but you won't do things because your shy. OK, fine, i'll let that one slide. Apparently he is retarded as well, since after all, the first thing I would think when i get asked the question, "Do you have any lucky charms?", is the cereal... not... His response was... wait for it... "I don't eat sugar cereals" Good for you! dimwit. I realize he is 17, and not too worldly. But seriously, im guessing not so high a score on the ACT/SAT huh. I think this guy was crafted at the Jessica Simpson School of Playing Dumb. I doubt very much that he is an idiot. Actually, probably quite smart. Hopefully very smart, so my tax dollars don't end up paying his welfare checks while he tries to discover that hey actually can't sing. So, you ask where the proof is? Well, its in the pudding. There is no way that America is thinking that he is not one of the worst on the show. Do i think he will win? No, of course not. That would be just ludicrous. And if American Idol producers were smart, they would "put in the fix" to make sure he doesn't. Because if he was to win, that show is over, and no one will ever watch it again. But here is the catch. All these reality shows spike votes, drive the content, and create drama, purely for the purpose of ratings. Of course they do, why wouldn't they. You as a viewer don't know any different, and only a few very highly paid, very fearful of lawsuit, employees need to be involved. No one thinks Sanjaya should still be there. Even though all the guys on Idol, SUCK, he sucks the most. And he has for quite a few vote cycles now. So, why is he still there? Ratings. It's a freaking train wreck. There is no way anyone is watching and not thinking "nails on a chalkboard". That little girl that was crying the whole time he was singing, and even when he was talking, was planted. Paid actress for sure. She probably was 40 years old and 1 step away from doing fake-child-porn until this came along. I know girls can be crazy, hell, I'm married to crazy pregnant woman right now, but this is ridiculous. What's worse about this, is how successful this little ploy has been. She got a shitload of airtime, and Sanjaya is still on the show. Why was she there? To justify him still being there? I can imagine the meeting:

Shit, people are starting to get suspicious about Sanjaya still being on the show. We need to come up with a deflection strategy. Who can we kill? Pudwiller raises his hand... "what if we do something that could convince people that maybe he is just not 'their' style, but that lost of people love him. We could pay a girl to act lovey dovey and start crying for him. people will just eat it up!" Great idea Pudwiller! You get a raise! Call Sanjaya, let him know we are going to get some teeny bopper to cry for him tomorrow.

Ok, so I don't have any hands-on-proof, but the pieces just don't fit. This really smells like manufactured reality, and why should it be any different than any other reality show. The Apprentice does it. Survivor does it. Every one of those love/date/dork/hotty/dumbass shows does it. They all manipulate the show from the outside. Why not American Idol. ps. now i gotta go wash the ick off.

If you are not a cop and you think you need this, you are an asshole. You people can't handle tuning the radio while driving. Even worse is when you are driving your Suburban at 70mph while yammering away on your cellphone as your switching across 3 lanes of traffic. But seriously, if you death dealers start "laptopping" while driving, I am going to start carrying tire jacks so I can force you off the road before you kill me. Mind you this came from Yanko Design, so its probably not real, but still. But probably even the concept should be outlawed. The only group that this little catastrophe-waiting-to-happen could possibly work for would be cops. They at least could be forced to be trained to not use it while driving, though they currently do it with their existing laptops. bah, now i'm all road-ragey while thumbing this post from my MDA at 70mph sitting at my desk safely writing this post. via Gizmodo

Big truck means small penis. What does a big lamp mean? It actually took me a second to even realize the lamp was huge, but look at the chair in case your just not getting it. LOL. Now thats funny/cool though ridiculously expensive at ~$3,256. If it is as easy to move as the original, that would be pretty useful in a workshop type setting. But it wouldnt be funny there. It would be funny in an inappropriate setting, like a little kid's room, or an office, or actually anywhere but a workshop or loft style industrial apartment. BornRich