Odd Asian Competition Shows

So I was watching one of the Vietnamese channels I pick up on my antenna and came across this singing competition show. But this show is unlike any show I've seen from the west. This show has the contestants sing under random stressful situations.

So in this picture, a couple guys are singing while strapped to these spinning wheels. The wheels spinning isn't the big deal, it's the guy throwing knives at the balloons on the spinning wheels which makes it interesting.

This girl meanwhile is singing while being dangled over a water tank full of snakes.

Lemon makes many things better

Green tea by itself can be a little bland. Add in a little lemon kick though? Much better in my opinion.

First Week of August.... Vacation?

Traffic in LA has been relatively light this week....

Psychology of Radar Speed Limit Signs

So the first signs that I recall popping up use to just measure your speed. This had the unintentional result of people speeding more just to see how high of a speed they could get the sign to register. Typical male mentality. So, the next generation of signs would only flash the speed limit and/or 'slow down'. This newest generation of sign has a LED light bar on the top replicating the ones on top of police cars. We've been conditioned to react to the flashing red and blue of police lights with the instinct to slow down (aside from the criminal element at least...). So, when this sign detects a car speeding excessively, it flashes the red and blue light bar causing the instant "oh crap, there's police, I need to slow down" conditioned reaction. That's my theory at least.

Careful what fish you catch

You can't eat all of them. Though... not quite sure what I'd do if I caught a barracuda.

Busy Thursday Night at Phoenix Sky Harbor

So I had a connecting flight going through Sky Harbor airport in Phoenix. I was there around 10pm on a Thursday. Aside from it being 100 degrees F at 10pm, the airport was PACKED. I don't think I've been in any airport that crowded at 10pm. Maybe it just handles a ton of connecting flights to west coast cities?

Wood Floor Steam Cleaner

It's awesome. Brings up stuff that a general cleaning won't. That is all.