Not from China

Fortunately (so far) this isn't a product that has made it to US markets. Pretty sad.

Poisonous Puffer Fish Sold as Salmon Kills 15 in Thailand

Spongebob Leadpants

Maybe one day they'll be mining for lead and discover toys mixed with the ore.

More recalls of chinese made products.
Sponge Bob SquarePants™ address book and journals recalled

Fake Sunroof

Definitely one of the lamest things ever. From autoblog.com:

DECANO self-adhesive sunroof doesn't let the sun shine in

Lull in the weather

Since last Friday it has been downright fall like. Quite a bit of rain yesterday, but consistently cool and comfortable. Supposed to get hot again later this week, but it has been a nice break in the summer.

Now that's more like it...

Now if only every summer day was as cool as today. Many will disagree but I find it downright comfortable.

I'll have what she's having...

Great article in the NY Times about women no longer having qualms ordering a steak during a date:

"Be Yourselves, Girls, Order the Rib-Eye"


It is about as hot as when Julia Stiles during an interview on Conan O'Brien said she was no longer a vegan. Here is a rough transcript of the interview. Done in 2003? Didn't seem that long ago.

Delays...

Was watching the news this morning and only saw reports of weather related delays on the trains that service NYC and the surrounding areas. Then I get a call from my mom saying she's been waiting for a bus with some space available as they were packed since subway service had been suspended.

So, packed an extra set of clothes, put on the good sneakers and prepared to walk. All in all not too bad. Ended up being slightly late to work. Heat and humidity made me soaking wet but again, had the spare set of clothes.

Here is the NY Times story on the delays this morning.

Kid left behind...

After all those stories about parents leaving their kids in a van (and dying from the heat), talk about "forgetting about your kid". Nice there was a happy ending to all of this.

Boy rescued after 6-hour Dead Sea ordeal - Yahoo! News
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070805/ap_on_re_mi_ea/israel_dead_sea