behold the power of poop!

San Francisco is starting a program to convert dog poop into energy. That’s a much better use of it than leaving it lying around for people to step in.

Here’s a link, although you can find it on many news sites.

One person quoted in the article said : “As much as we love them, our pets leave a lot of manure behind them.” 🙂

men should eat more chocolate

In the news, from Dutch researchers this past Monday :

Men who consumed the most cocoa had a 50 percent lower risk of dying from disease compared to those who did not eat cocoa.

So I should eat more chocolate… I don’t have a problem with that!

Here’s an official news article.

Eating 26 grilled cheese sandwiches in 10 minutes

A 100-pound woman ate 26 grilled cheese sandwiches in 10 minutes to set the World Record; for this she won $8,000. She also holds numerous other world eating records, including 46 dozen oysters in 10 minutes, 11 pounds of cheesecake in 9 minutes, 48 chicken tacos in 11 minutes, 37 hot dogs and buns in 12 minutes and 56 hamburgers in 8 minutes.

Click here for the news article.

That’s amazing! Plus the fact that there actually is a World Grilled Cheese Eating Championship. 🙂

I’d like to be involved in a nachos cook-off and eating contest… 🙂