Frank Yang, oily

Yesterday I stumbled across a bizarre video on YouTube from some guy named Frank Yang.  If you take a look at some of the other videos he has up there, he has a bunch you will find yourself both laughing at his borderline insanity and amazed at his feats of strength/power.  Watch the video linked above and then check out some of his other stuff, it is just nuts.  I am a big fan of the 20 banana / gallon of milk / running suicides clip.

I am still in denial that oil is still pouring out into the gulf, a month and a half after the rig blew up.  I don’t think words can describe just how monumental of cluster f this is.  It seems incredible to me that the same technology that enables companies to drill wells 5000 feet deep is unable to cap wells at that same depth. 

Even though the spill is in the headlines almost everyday, the outrage and anger hasn’t reached it’s full potential yet because the oil has only had a limited interaction with the shoreline at this point.  Once the oil starts spreading like cancer, blackening/killing beaches all around the gulf and potentially the eastern seaboard people will be insane with rage. 

I have heard conspiracy theories where BP was not aggressive in “killing” the well because doing so would make that plot of ocean floor unavailable to them for future drilling.  Basically meaning BP dawdled around, trying to come up with a way to control the flow without killing the well so they could still use it in the future.  Who knows if this is true or not but I doubt that anything is too sleazy for big oil.

I heard that the Russians have solved similar leaks in the past by nuking the site under water. Supposedly they did this 5 or 6 times.  Of course in Russia, they don’t worry about political ramifications or the environment all that much, they just do it without telling anyone ahead of time.  At this point, you have to wonder if detonating a nuke 5000 feet deep would be any more damaging than millions of gallons of oil churning about in the gulf? 

The outcry for the government to DO SOMETHING ring loudly day after day.  I just don’t know what they can do about it.  They are at the mercy of the oil/drilling contractors that do this stuff for a living.  I am sure the repercussions from this mess will go on for months if not years.

The check engine light on my Tacoma has remained out.  I am officially annoucing the problem as fixed.

I am 6 or 7 episodes deep into Season 2 of Lost.  The last few episodes haven’t been stellar.