Selectively Ignoring Bible Verses

I had to laugh.  Pretty hard, actually.  Some religious nutter who takes to heart God's (sic) Word (sic) that homosexuals are evil in some way decided to get Leviticus 18:22 tattooed on his arm ("You shall not be with a male as one does with a woman.  It is an abomination") - yes, poor grammar and all.  Of course, being your average religious nutter who doesn't actually understand nor properly read the book claimed to be the Word of God, he failed to notice Leviticus 19:28 ("Ye shall not make any cuttings in your flesh for the dead, nor print any marks upon you: I [am] the LORD." KJV).

I did manage to spray coffee over my laptop, but I think it was worth it! :)


Regards,

The Outspoken Wookie

What to drink in this heat?

Aside from plain old water (which is quite acceptable as a drink), here's some comparisons for some drinks you may be looking at on a hot day.

(NOTE: Not all drinks are available in the same sized package, so to be fair I've used the standard "Average Quantity per 100mL" figures on the Nutritional Information Panel of each product for this comparison.  Please also note that a number of these drinks also contain other nutritional information that I haven't included here purely for table width constraints.  Finally, the RDI figures I use are probably as accurate (see also here) as those used on various products and are for an "average adult" which many people are not, so your personal RDI may well vary from this figure.)

The reason I did this is because I was amazed at the amount of sugar in Gatorade and Staminade (and likely Powerade) which I usually drink one of and then a water.  I'd likely be better off drinking a Coke Zero and having a handful of apricots and prunes now that bananas are off the store shelves (or there at CRAZY prices)!  :)

	Energy kJ	Protein g	Tot Fat g	Sat Fat g	Carbs g	Sugar g	Fibre g	Sodium mg	Potassium mg
Recommended Daily Intake (Avg Adult)	8700	50	70	24	310	90	30	2300	3800
Water (Mount Franklin, Still)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
Water (Schweppes Soda)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
Mizone (Passionfruit)	49	0	0	0	2.8	2.8	0	< 5	0
Gatorade (Orange Ice)	103	0	0	0	6	6	0	51	22.5
Staminade (Lemon Lime)	106	0	0	0	6.1	6.1	0	37.7	18.4
Nutrient Water Endurance - Ribose & Ginseng	85	0	0	0	5	5	-	0	-
Coca Cola	180	0	0	0	10.6	10.6	0	10	0
Coke Zero	1.4	.05	0	0	0.1	0	0	11	0
Diet Coke	2	.05	0	0	0.1	0	0	15	0
Pepsi	175	0	0	0	55	55	0	60	0
Pepsi Max	2.5	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	14	0
Lemonade (Schweppes)	196	0	0	0	11.3	11.3	0	15	-
Fanta	194	0.1	0.1	0	11.3	11.3	0	5	-
Bundaberg Pink Grapefruit	192	< 1	< 1	< 1	11.3	11.3	-	9	-
Mother (Lemon Bite)	197	0	0	0	10.5	10.5	0	52	-
Red Bull	96	0	0	0	5.7	5.4	0	40	-
Red Bull (Sugar Free)	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	40	-
V (Green)	195	< 1	0	0	10.6	10.6	0	110	-
V (Sugarfeee)	6.4	0	0	0	< 0.1	< 0.1	0	50.6	-
Berri Apricot Nectar 25% Fruit Drink	231	< 1	< 1	0	13.8	13.4	0	8	-
Berri Apple Mango Banana Juice	189	< 1	< 1	0	10.5	10.2	0.2	8	-
Coles Lite Milk (UHT)	199	3.1	1.5	1.0	5.0	5.0	0	49	-
Fat Yak (4.7% alc)	169	0	0	0	3.4	0	0	0	-
Pure Blonde Naked (3.5% alc)	109	0	0.1	0	1.1	0	0	-	-
Pure Blonde Platinum (4.6% alc)	138	0	0	0	1.4	0	0	-	-
Pure Blonde Premium (4.6% alc)	125	0	0	0	0.9	0	0	-	-
Toohey's Extra Dry (5% alc)	161	0	0	0	2.5	0	0	-	-
Toohey's Old (4.4% alc)	156	0	0	0	3	0	0	-	-
XXXX Bitter (4.6% alc)	152	0	0	0	2.7	0	0	-	-
XXXX Bitter Light 2.3% alc)	99	0	0	0	2.6	0	0	-	-
XXXX Gold (3.5% alc)	120	0	0	0	1.9	0	0	-	-
Jim Beam White & Cola (5% alc)	209	0	0	0	6	6	0	-	-
Wild Turkey & Dry (8% alc)	332	0	0	0	7.9	0	0	-	-

Regards,

The Outspoken Wookie

Malawi - The Real Issues

While the world is being torn apart at the seams - political upheavals in Tunisia and Egypt, floods in South East Queensland, Norhtern Victoria, South Africa, Pakistan and elsewhere, storms in northern Qld (Tropical Cyclone Yasi), UK and USA - it is good to know that some governments are concentrating on the really important issues: http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2011/02/04/3130120.htm?section=justin


Regards,

The Outspoken Wookie

Cletus - The Final Entry

At 1415 on Friday 28 Jan, 2011, Cletus, my Bredli was euthanised. He had a growth on his intestine that had a tumor and infection which would have needed the excision of about 10-15cm of intestine and as you can imagine in a snake, that's a significant issue.


Deborah Monks and the girls at BBEV (Mt Gravatt) have been excellent and are to be thanked for their efforts to try and save Cletus, but there was nothing that could have been done that would have resulted in a good life for him.

So long, buddy. You will be missed. :(



Regards,

The Outspoken Wookie