Sky car of the future and almond butter

O.k., you are asking what one thing has to do with the other ? And a right question to ask.
Paul S. Moller, a respected scientist and inventor has been building the Skycar M-400 among other skycars. Moller.com . He is close to getting certified by the government to sell these machines. I think you can buy one for a million dollars, or so. He is a man in his seventies, and a few years back he said 'if I am going to live long enough to complete my life's work I'd better take care of myself', he knew that almonds are a life prolonging food. So he bought an almond farm. Quail Oaks Ranch. They make, in my opinion, the tastiest and freshest almond butter around. You click to order, and receive pretty rapidly. Try it, you'll like it ! It's organic, too.

Shrinking Dove Soap

Dove soap.

A staple in millions of homes. A nice product. But have you noticed the bar shrinking sooner than before ? Well, it's not your imagination. The standard bar was for many years 4.75 oz. , lately the Dove company has decreased the size and is offering a 4.25 oz. bar, and it's the same price we paid for the larger bar !!
Dove.com

If you complain to them, like I did, you can get coupons for free Dove bars ! Click on the 'questions' tab and fill it in.

Repeating Shapes

CAN ANYONE MAKE SENSE OF WHY THESE SHAPES ARE THE SAME AND MOVE THE SAME WAY ?

Emerging Filmmaker : Isaac Shrem

Isaac Shrem, a New Jersey native now transplanted to Brooklyn has always had a desire to make films. He is now living his dream. At 16 he produced the film Have A Heart. This is a trailer for it. The Tribeca Film Festival accepted it and showed it and it won an award. The description :In 1996 Donald Arthur was given six weeks to live. That same year, Margaret Grady lost a son. Depicting the miraculous convergence of two strangers’ lives through the gift of organ donation, Have a Heart tells the story of how one man was literally given a new life as a result of a heart transplant and how a woman found true comfort following a tragedy.
His other films are also interesting: The Guitar.
And The Other Side of The Picture. It won the Audience Award for "Listen Up" in 2007.
And Electricabeat, which won third prize from Con-Ed "Power of Power" video contest.

Good Luck Isaac.....

Cereal Bar

Cereality.
This is a super idea. A place that only serves cereal. According to Florence, people exist only to eat cereal.

Her essay: A well-balanced diet is usually recommended as proportionate amounts of carbs, proteins, fats, vitamins and minerals. One should eat 5 servings of fruits and vegetables a day, and drink 8 glasses of water. Some sort of protein, approximately half the size of your fist, should be consumed daily. According to most nutritionists, this is how I should eat. Forget it—I’m getting a bowl of cereal. And so begins my essay.

As I sit here with my delicious gourmet bowl of puffed corn or lightly sweetened loveliness, I realize my one true love—cereal & milk. I could live on it. And I think the world can too. In fact, the commonly accepted idea of a well balanced diet can be found within the confines of those ever-so-friendly cardboard boxes we know and love.

To provide some brief historical context, the word cereal derives from the Ceres who is the Greek Goddess of Agriculture. Breakfast cereals were created as a means to simplify breakfast into one easy delicious meal! And if Breakfast is supposedly the most important meal of the day, how much more so can cereal be seen as the most important food in the world.

Cereal is fun and exciting. It comes in over 1000 varieties. From Froot Loops, to Cinnamon Toast Crunch, Grape Nuts to Cheerios and Kashi GoLean Crunch. There is something for everyone. There are healthy cereals, there are sugary ones. There are ones with fruits and ones with vitamins and minerals. There are some that contain whole grains and many that can help reduce the risk of heart disease. Many contain a heart-healthy supply of protein in soy-form. Cereals can provide necessary fiber and can even lower your cholesterol. There are cereals to help your iron intake, and many that can just let you sit back and say Mm…Coooookie Crisp. Add some milk and BAM, you’ve got your daily calcium intake as well, warding off osteoporosis by building strong bones. So there you have it. Carbs, Proteins, Vitamins and Minerals—all in one package! In this day and age, living entirely on cereal alone seems extremely plausible.

Another reason as to why cereal can be seen as an essential food product is its convenience. A bowl of cereal is the easiest thing to prepare--even a caveman can do it.

Plus, with its high production rate, in times of desperation cereal may be needed to feed the starving masses. The crafty cardboard casing and preservatives will result in an endless supply of puffed rice and corn delights. Thus supporting my point that cereal can be a life supporting food –and probably will be in times of trouble.

In addition, the significance of breakfast cereal is being greatly recognized throughout the country. The future leaders of our nation, currently on college campuses, have been shown to survive mainly on a diet of cereal and milk. Why? It reminds them of home, helps them concentrate on their schoolwork (due to the subconsciously-embedded motion used to prepare the dish), and provides the students with a substantial and satisfying meal. Recently at the University of Pennsylvania, a Cereal Bar and Café was open. Cereality dishes out bowls of any cereal you can imagine with any topping you can want (even Pop Rocks). Clerks in pajamas serve up bowls of cereal and milk to hundreds of college students looking to savor the meal day and night.

Cereal is the best. Coming from a person who just ordered 4 boxes of Berry Berry Kix on Amazon, I can honestly say that cereal is keeping me alive. It’s the reason I wake up in the morning. Its my midnight snack, and its my I-don’t-wanna-write-an-essay-so-I’ll-go-eat-some-cereal treat. A well-balanced diet can consist of cereal and milk- as shown with the great new benefits sprinkled on top lately. Cereal is convenient and serves as a great comfort food to the nation. It is being shown world wide as the sustenance of our college campuses. With these statistics, how can anyone go back to eating regular food? Now if you excuse me, my rice krispies are getting soggy.

Automotive Design : The Avanti

The Avanti. Well, there was a car. Invented by Raymond Loewy, who is called the father of Industrial Design. Raymond Loewy.com. , and Raymond Loewy.org . From the Lucky Strike cigarette logo, to the Post Office eagle. From the Greyhound bus to the Shell Oil logo. His automotive achievement was the Avanti for Studebaker. See his drawing above. The production vehicle 1961(left) was made into the seventies. It was later resurrected in Canada (right). You can still buy a new one. The design is literally timeless, it looked good in 1958 and still looks great in 2008, and will look even better in 2068. Wait and see. There is no car today that retained its identity like this , save for the Porsche 911.

Retro automobile design is now the future

The Ford Mustang is an icon of American automotive steel. From the sixties it captured the eye of every adolescent boy. Well the muscle was not forgotten, those boys are grown up, and Ford lately has re released the original Mustang and it is more muscular. See the images here as proof. But just wait for the Chevy Camaro and Dodge Challenger.

Andy Warhol

Andy Warhol, who died in 1987 at 57 years old has left a mark on the collecting world never seen before. I remember selling the Mick Jagger portraits, which are signed by both Warhol and Jagger, for $800. Ten years ago 20K was a bargain, today 80k is cheap. They will see 150K very soon. The Marilyn Monroe's were also $8-900 in the seventies, by the nineties they were achieving 20-30K , believe it or not today are realizing $200K . Where does it end ? I don't know.

Part of the equation is that the merchandise is dwindling due to abuse and aging. The other part is that there are more houses in America today, and more people earning the money to pay for this caliber of art. Never mind inflation, thats a small part.

If you have a few dollars somewhere, pass it from the watch or the diamond account to the Warhol. for information on available Warhol pieces email to artbargainer@aol.com .

Peter Max

Peter Max, an iconic legendary artist will be 70 years old this year. His career spans 40 years. From the Central Park "Be-In" posters to the refurbishing of the Statue of Liberty, Max moves on into the 21st century. Andy Warhols works are out of sight for many collectors so the Max's seem palatable. From $800. for a small lithograph to $80,000. for a large canvas, Max's are beautiful and brighten up the decor. for information on available Max pieces email to artbargainer@aol.com .

Designer Cell Phones

The latest trend today are designer bling cellphones, this one has Swarovski crystals and sells for aprox $300.00.
This now goes with your eveningbag for occasions. I lke it.
article in CNN.

The Smart Car

The Smart Car is coming. A venture by Mercedes Benz, starting around $13,900. A strictly two seater for around the town strolling. Excellent on gas, and a head turner. Their website Smartusa.com.
I had the opportunity to sit inside one in August his year. Comfort all around. Big seats for a real person, plenty of head and legroom. Easy controls.

Chinese pay record prices for Chinese art

It seems that the Chinese, lately many of which are amassing great wealth are investing in their own art and culture. They are buying up Chinese artifacts, such as sculptures and paintings from the Dynasties back from museums and governments. A recent Sothebys auction sold this rare piece for 69.1 million HK dollars or 9 million U.S. The auction netted $200 million. Article about auction at Sothebys.

The purchases are as much about patriotism as a love of art,'' said Cai Mingchao, general manager of Xiamen Harmony Art International Auction Co., who last year paid a record HK$116.6 million for a Ming Dynasty Buddhist bronze statue. ``Many of us just want these Chinese treasures to come home.'' source of article Bloomberg.com

Bob Dylan's Art

As there is more and more celebrity art these days, add Bob Dylan to the mix. Red Skelton, Jerry Garcia, Frank Sinatra ,John Lennon and Anthony Quinn art works have been going for high prices lately. Tony Bennett, Ron Wood , Grace Slick, Paul Stanley also are doing very well. Its not that bad, really ! Article about exhibit in Germany.