http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/food4thought5210/Opinions, thoughts and ramblings from the sceptic tank.hourly12000-01-01T12:00+00:00http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/food4thought5210/618108Publish or wallow in obscurity. As regular readers (well, maybe reader, thanks Mom) might realize, I have been conspicuous in my absence. I’ll admit I would rather have been consuming Absinthe, but I wasn’t. It is just that real life has commandeered my spare time and change. Speaking of changes,...http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/food4thought5210/615315Finally I can sit down at the computer and type a few lines. Summer is like a dream, only it’s that dream where you are in the middle of the railroad tracks wearing cement shoes and the train (summer) is bearing relentlessly down on you. The pressure is on at work, the new IRS ruling about the...http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/food4thought5210/614318Gas prices are rising faster than the summer temperatures it seems. But what if you raced 1/10th scale radio control cars for a hobby? Would the cost of racing also then be scaled down? Well, yes, these cars are not cheap, but far cheaper than thier full sized counterparts. One thing that might...http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/food4thought5210/614020Summer is bearing down on us, that inevitable run away freight train full of lawn chores, long weekends and projects best suited for sunny weather. Memorial Day weekend found us at one of the biggest RC car races in the northwest with nearly 300 entries. That’s a lot of racing. I was entered in...http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/food4thought5210/611011It’s hard to realize how much time one spends blogging until one spends time doing other things. We are approaching a re-model project of major proportions and getting ready for it has consumed much of my spare time. It is also the start of lawn season, RC racing season and all manner of things...http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/food4thought5210/609358Well Daimler-Chrysler is no longer, so will the Italian maker of diminutive cars be able to pull the American giant’s fat from the fire? Ok, I haven’t owned a Chrysler but I did own a Fiat. It is commonly known that Fiat stands for Fix It Again Tomorrow, or Fix It Again Tony. Things Italian are...http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/food4thought5210/608654Recorded music assails us at every turn. In elevators. On car radios. Cell phones. Yet, experiencing the music live is the way music is meant to be experienced. Another thing the live experience brings to the fore is that one might just learn to appreciate music that one might otherwise ignore....http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/food4thought5210/607895More than a song by Savoy Brown, I am paying for my weekend. Extended weekend really. My son and I went to a RC car race. The race went well and we were smiling as we left early Sunday evening for a four hour drive home. We stopped and ate, then hit the road again. We were zipping along when I...http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/food4thought5210/606752Avast, thar’ll be no yo ho-hoing in the real pirate world. Somali Pirates are getting bolder and threatening more violence. Ok, why not send ships through in a group with a military escort? Can that be so hard to do? Or else make sure all ships are armed and in constant communications with Navy...http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/food4thought5210/606440Two things we have been led to believe are certain, but I am not so certain. For instance, take care of your health and you can outrun death. Drive carefully and you should be able to stave off the grim reaper. Get regular medical checkups and stay ahead of death’s curve. Finally, to be sure, one...