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Bad news for Florida, worse news for two other states.

Florida #3 In The Country For Home Foreclosures New information released about home foreclosures shows Florida is near the top of the list. More than 30,000 homeowners faced…

RobPatton September 18, 2007

Life Stuff

Jim and Sandy move on up (north)

This weekend we said goodbye to our neighbors to the East. Many of you may remember Jim and Sandy from various dinners at the house. Jim was a supervisor/tech at…

RobPatton September 17, 2007

Treehugger Stuff

More Sexy Electric Cars

The Lightning GT Electric from the Lightning Car Company is about to take the automotive industry by storm (pun intended). Aside from looking like something that came out of the…

RobPatton September 11, 2007

Food! Life Stuff

Happy Labor (work my ass off) day!

Well, unlike the rest of the world, which seemed to be glued to the tvset, or the pool, or something else, I was hard at work all day at my…

RobPatton September 3, 2007

Solar Power Tech

The future of solar power

"USA Today is running a pretty good article on solar power that gives an overview of the current state of the industry. Highlight include production costs of $1.19/Watt for First…

RobPatton August 27, 2007

Humor Life Stuff Tech

I finally got one!

From time to time, I just fall prey to something stupid, that I just have GOT to have. With the release of the Simpsons movie, Fox had made 100 Special…

RobPatton August 25, 2007

Life Stuff Money

The IRS, a great explanation of whats wrong with the USA

The United States - The most powerful country on the planet. We have satellites that can watch a man scratch his ass from space. Then, with pinpoint accuracy, we can…

RobPatton August 21, 2007

Food! Life Stuff

Tony Soprano never had it this good.

So, here at the Patton household, we're known for some pretty crazy involved cooking projects. Friday/Saturday was yet another of those. 4 Jars of starter tomato sauce, 5 pounds of…

RobPatton July 22, 2007

Treehugger Stuff

Lets try the tri-fuel

So, I've always hated the idea of a Gasoline powered generator. First, its VERY hard, not to mention dangerous to store gasoline, and it gets borrowed, stolen, or evaporates. In…

RobPatton July 19, 2007

Solar Power Tech

Solar Power Update

So, I've been working on this project for quite a while, years in fact. About a week ago, I picked up a new toy for this project, an Apollo T80…

RobPatton July 18, 2007