How It's Made

Okay, I have a new TV show of love. How It's Made on Discovery. It has a pleasant narrator who keeps the cute comments to a minimum, innocuous music, and a great premise: show how things are made.

Did you know that the average North American child will go through 730 crayons by the time they're 10? The best-selling packages of crayons are those of 16 and 24.

Did you know that the modern trumpet is made with five feet of tubing? Before they bend the bell, they fill it with soapy water, which they freeze. The ice keeps the bell tubing from buckling when they bend it, and the soap keeps the ice from shattering. So cool.

The factory machines are often ingenious, but I think it's even more fascinating what they don't do, and what the factory needs people for. You can see the jobs that will eventually be automated, and what will probably always (or at least until we have super-robots) need people.

Okay, this one isn't zen at all...or is it?

BREMERTON The 27-year-old Poulsbo woman told police officers she promised sexual favors to a man if he bought her alcohol early Wednesday morning.

But after getting two bottles of inexpensive fortified wine, she used one to hit him in the forehead.

Quote for the Day - Not Zen, but Close!

The fabric features a brocade pattern that is a no-no. My couch would rather stand and not have lunch at all than eat with this fabric. That's how not cool this fabric is.
Jeff