Beer contains female hormones! Yes, that’s right, FEMALE hormones!

Last month, Sydney University and scientists released the results of a recent analysis that revealed the presence of female hormones in beer..

Men should take a concerned look at their beer consumption.

The theory is that beer contains female hormones(hops contain Phytoestrogens) and
that by drinking enough beer, men turn into women.

To test the theory, 100 men each drank 8 schooners of beer within a one (1) hour period..

It was then observed that 100% of the test subjects, yes, 100% of all these men:-

1) Argued over nothing.

2) Refused to apologize when obviously wrong.

3) Gained weight.

4) Talked excessively without making sense.

5) Became overly emotional

6) Couldn’t drive.

7) Failed to think rationally, and

Had to sit down while urinating.

No further testing was considered necessary!!

My wife and I started watching the latest season of Amazing Race a little late, with yesterdays second episode of the season.

One thing that I picked up rather quickly is the frequency of the cowboys and the use of the phrase “Oh My Gravy”. I think this would make for a great drinking game.

From now on whenever you hear the cowboys says “Oh My Gravy” Take a shot of whiskey. I dare you…. If you do, though, be warned, you may have to call in sick (or hungover) to work for Monday morning.

I like my fish cooked. Not only cooked, but long since dead, with the head and all the other junk removed. I could barely stomach watching this video of a fish that was still alive after being partially cooked – and then eaten… while the poor think continues to gasp for air.

I realize that in the wild, animals eat other animals while they are still alive, so the fact that they are eating a live fish does not disturb me – the fact that it has been deep-fried and is still alive – well, that’s just in-humane.

I have never seen a bear deep fry and then eat a still live salmon…

It seems odd to me. The Canadian government spends countless funds on so called “free” health care. The truth is, no, it is not free. Cheap yes, but free – no. I pay $108 a month for my wife, daughter and I, in MSP (Medical Service Plan) premiums. This is mandatory. In exchange I can walk into any hospital in Canada and be treated without having to ever EVER pull out my credit card.

I admit, that $108/month is a good deal when it all boils down to it.. I am not trying to knock the system, but it certainly is not free.

But I think that that MSP premiums could be eliminated if the medical system could cut costs. Probably the biggest way to cut costs would be to reduce the number of patients. You can reduce the number of patients by having a healthier society. If you want a healthier society, why not offer tax breaks for things that can improve overall health: recreational programs, gym memberships, etc, and tax the crap out of things that are bad for you; Candy, fast food, alcohol, smokes (I know booze and cig’s are taxed like crazy as it is, but tax them more, and make it harder and harder to smoke – I hate that stuff soooo much)

If the government allowed you to write off anything that would improve your health, the money they lose in taxes would be far outweighed by the money they save in health care costs.

If it started in Canada why do they call it the 100 mile challenge? Should it not be the 100km challenge? Or if you want to keep the distance the same, why not call it the 160.93 km challenge?

My wife was flipping the channels the other day and came across the 100 mile challenge on the food network. For those of you who don’t know what this is, participants are challenged to go 100 days eating ONLY food originating from within 100 miles of where they live. This includes everything right down to raw goods such as flour, sugar, and salt. If the food you eat has preservatives, all those preservatives must have come from within that 100 mile radius.

My wife has decided that she wants to try this for the month of July. I am not sure what I will do without bread – no wheat is grown around there parts – or sugar, or salt! Yikes! They say you can extract salt from sea water, but I dunno…

I get the concept from an environmental standpoint – the less distance food has to travel, the less the carbon foot print, it all makes good ecological sense – I just don’t know if I can go without all those great foods I have learned to love. At least it’s only for a month.

I started to also think about this challenge from a different perspective, the financial one. With all this economic turmoil and crashing economy, it kind of makes sense to keep as much as, if not all, food purchases local. Not only does it help the environment, but it helps the local economy, which is always a good thing.

Up here in Canada we are certainly feeling the economic crunch – perhaps not as badly as our neighbors to the south, but its still impacting things around here. I don’t want to further damage the US economy, but it seems to me that if more Canadians started buying 100% local, or at least 100% Canadian, it would help all of us Canadians out in the end.

So start small, try eating locally. I think after July is over, I will go back to my ways and start consuming imported products again, but I do plan on purchasing more stuff locally where I can.

So you have decided that its time to have lunch. You head over to the local McDonalds and order up some McNuggets. You give the cashier your money, she gives you your change, then she notifies you that they are sold out of nuggets.

Now in most cases, you would do one of two things: Either change your order, pay the difference, and carry on, OR get a full refund, and get something to eat elsewhere.

Well, for a Florida woman, Latresesa Goodman, when she asked for her money back, the manager at the McDonalds refused, and it resulted in not one, not two, but three 911 calls.

Goodman was furious that the McDonalds would not return her money (and rightfully so) but withholding McNuggets is a far cry from an emergency, and definitely not worthy of a 911 call.

The police finally arrived at the McDonalds and Goodman certainly didn’t get what she wanted – instead she was arrested for misuse of 911.

According to TMZ, McDonalds ultimately sent her a full refund and an apology as well as a certificate for free meal. They noted that the customer should have received a refund, and regret what has happened.

Now I agree that McDonalds was in the wrong, but Goodman certainly should not have called 911. It got me thinking, what would I do? Well, if management refused to refund my money, I am not entirely sure what I would do. Perhaps a letter to the paper and a phone call to McDonalds head office to launch a formal complaint – I doubt I would call 911. Maybe I’d even take them on Judge Judy, although that would be more humiliating, and not worth the $5 return.

A recording of all three 911 calls can be heard here.

Okay, here is a list of some of my predictions for 91 years from now. Keep in mind I have no education relating to any of this stuff, I am just making it up off the seat of my pants.

Electricity
Forget Solar, Wind Power, and all those. We are going to be powered by the reaction caused by collision of atoms in the air and cosmic rays from space. All our appliances etc, will not need to be plugged in, they will just feed off the energy present around them. We wont be “off the grid” because there simply will be no grid. The grid will be a thing of the past.

Computers
Computers as we know them will cease to exist. Everything will be controlled with a simple and microscopic implant that will allow the unused portion of our brains to be our permanent computers. Our brains will do everything that modern computers today do – that and a 1000x more.

Exercise
Life will get a little boring, as everyone with the money to buy there computer implant, will have a health program installed. When you think that you are putting on a little too much weight, you will just run your “body-defrag” and the computer in your brain will remove the excess weight, tone your muscles, and keep you trim and healthy. There will be no more obesity.

This program is a welcome change too, considering the lack of exercise we will face with the advancements in transportation.

Transportation
Star Trekkies rejoice. Teleportation will be here, and there will be no more need for mass transit, cars, planes, or any of that junk. Heck, even now, we have built the technology to teleport information between two separate atoms. Just imagine where this will take us in 100 years from now. The impossible just may not be impossible.

Food
You’re going to miss that steak dinner. Global warming will cause mass chaos in the food chain and we will survive off of proteins grown in the lab, fake meat laced with all kinds of chemicals mimicking vitamins and other essential nutrients.

Sun Burns
You know those bad sunburns you get in the summer these days? They will be a thing of the past. We humans will evolve to make us immune to sunburns by causing our body’s to emit their own version of sun block.

That’s it for my predictions today. I will write a part 2 later when I am feeling creative again. I would LOVE to hear your thoughts on these crazy ideas, and would also love to hear your far-out predictions. Leave them in a comment to this post, or contact me!

A few days ago I posted about a “how to cook with sperm” cookbook. I must say I dont know where these people come from – I just dont understand. I thought, there cant possibly be much of a market for that.

Today I saw that failblog had uncovered a great price on the number one needed ingredient:

Yuck!

For years my family has been making Strawberry Verenika. I love it. Its like dessert for dinner. Whenever I have told people about it, they’re comments are usually “strawberry what?”.

In a nutshell it’s like a strawberry perogy. Strawberries and sugar wrapped in dough, boiled, then topped with a butter gravy. This is usually served with farmer sausage. Its super delicious, and probably far from healthy, but that’s okay.

If you want to give it a try, here is what you do:

Roll the dough thin and cut into 4 inch squares. Place a frozen strawberry or two in the center, add some sugar, and fold together. Boil for 3-5 minutes and serve. Top with butter gravy.

Here are the recipes:

Dough
- 3 eggs
- 9 table spoons of milk
- 3-4 cups of flour

Mix about 2 cups of flour with the eggs and milk. Slowly add more flour until you get a doughy mixture that isn’t too sticky or wet. Roll on a well floured counter and cut into squares

Butter Gravy

- 2 cups whipping cream
- 1 table spoon of butter
- Salt and pepper to taste
- Flour

In a sauce pan mix the whipping cream and butter with a dash of salt and pepper. Bring to simmering stirring constantly. Add flour slowly to thicken.

My grandmother would probably not approve, but I recently tried an easier method. Cut the dough into noodles, and cook. Cook your strawberries with sugar on the stove until warm, and serve like pasta, topped with the butter gravy. Tastes about the same, but way less work!

So I see a lot of weird stuff – and some of it is super disgusting. Case in point: today I had an instant message sent over to me from a good friend. I will leave his name out of this post as I am sure he does not want anyone knowing he was shopping around for this stuff.

He sent me a link to a cook book. The title of the book: “Natural Harvest – A Collection of Semen-Based Recipes“. Say what??

At first I was positive this must be some kind of a joke. I checked out the site, scanned through some of the sample pages, and while I am pretty convinced this is not a joke, I really really really wish it was.

So even though this book does appear to exist, I am willing to guess that the vast majority of purchases were likely made by people looking for that perfect gag gift.

I am half tempted to buy it, just for the laughs it would bring me to put it on the table after having company over for dinner. “Oh, that pasta you liked so much, I got the recipe from this book”.