What's up with the iceland vacationer's face? foreshadowing? dried up cream cheese sun tan lotion?

Michael Richards best role

Good thing that's Rampo and not Sambo.

Census Director Robert Groves claims every 1% of taxpayers who respond to the census survey saves $85 million in government spending. But is it really necessary to send advance letters and follow-up reminders? Not to mention the barrage of ads. And why, pray tell, is there not an online census survey? Seems like an obvious way to save money and trees!

Supermarket Nudity in the Land O Lakes

We'll just blame knowledge of this on my dad's side of the family.....good thing she has some supple knees.

If you work in any industry that deals with the marine environment, you will eventually run across a product now call Aquashield.  This aqua colored grease is an industry standard for keeping metal parts from seizing due to salt water exposure. 

Yep, stuck with that on my hands all day.

But, it wasn't always called Aquashield.  Pulling out some old tubes from our lab shows that it was originally named Aqualube.

Unfortunately it does not stop the rust from discoloring the tube!

According to Aquashield's website; "Aqua Lube and AquaShield were both trade names for our waterproof grease. The two names were used to indicate use in different industries. We consolidated to one name in 2001."  Hmmm, so what other industry?  Why drop the name?  Let's do a quick Google Shopping Search to figure out what other product this could be.

    

Ahhhh, so THAT's what the 'many other uses' are......

This weekend my friend and I attended Frozen Dead Guy Days , Nederland's annual event celebrating Grandpa Bredo, a cryogenically frozen man stored in a shed near the town. With activities like the Coffin Race, Polar Plunge, and Parade of Hearses, it’s a weird, but wonderful way to end the short days of winter and head into the melting snows of spring.

In case you’re considering having a chance at life in the future…

The company Alcor will chill recently deceased individuals to temperatures below 180 degrees Fahrenheit. They charge $150,000 to cryopreserve a whole body and $80,000 for just the head (on the assumption that future science can regenerate bodies with stem cells, etc.) What a deal!

So, here we are.  The last day in Kauai and we had to work, well ok, so maybe we spend a few hours in the morning finishing things up.  That didn't stop Amy and me from finally making it up to the North Shore of Kauai for one last hurrah!  The drive from our place in Poipu to the start of Kalalau trail was around 1.5 hours, but well worth it.  The views from the trail were spectacular and we only hiked a little over 1 mile into it!  Amy and I parked our car near Kee beach with the intent on hiking a bit of the trail, then cooling off with a little swim before having to head out.  The signs at the beach were a bit disturbing, you think maybe the state is covering their asses or something?

Yep, your screwed

The Kalalau trail is also refered to as the Na'Pali coast trail.  It runs 11 miles from Kee beach to the Kalalau Valley.  This area is not accessible to automobiles and the trail is basically the only way to get to some of these areas due to the thick jungle terrain.

 

 The start of the Kalalau Trail

More views of the Na'Pali coast after the jump!