Filed under: Announcements, Canada, Saskatchewan, Shameless Self Promotion, USA, United States, World | Tags: daylight savings time, Fuelmyblog, standard time, time change, vote for fracas
For those of you who might have thought you’d get some extra sleep this weekend, think again.
- “The move back from daylight savings time to standard time takes effect at 2 a.m. on the first Sunday in November, rather than the last Sunday in October.
- In 2005, U.S. legislators extended DST to 34 weeks in an effort to lower household energy consumption. Daylight savings time also started three weeks earlier this year. Advocates claim the changes will save up to 100,000 barrels of oil in the U.S. for every day of extra daylight.
- Most Canadian provinces fell in line with the U.S. this year in an effort to harmonize, but the shift may have extended some some unforeseen consequences.”
Read the rest of the CTV News article here… quitcher bellyachin’ and just get up. You can sleep in next week.
What can you do since you’re up anyway today?
Why don’t you head over to Fuelmyblog, and vote for me?
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Filed under: Amusement, Diseases, Entertainment, Health, News, Notables, Random Thoughts, Stupid, Stupidity, YouTube | Tags: , bronchiolitis obliterans, Crazy Frog, diacetyl, FDA, Food and Drug Administration, Health, inhaling popcorn fumes, microwave popcorn, popcorn, popcorn lung, respiratory disease, YouTube
In a report from The Seattle Times, we learn about Wayne Watson, a man suffering from a rare, life-threatening lung disease called bronchiolitis obliterans, also known as popcorn lung. He developed the disease from deliberately inhaling the steamy odor from microwave popcorn bags and fracas wonders… why?
I’m not wondering why would he develop the lung disease, no, that part is pretty clear.
- “The popcorn flavoring contains diacetyl, which has been linked to lung damage in workers inhaling its fumes in food-manufacturing plants. The chemical is a naturally occurring compound that gives butter its flavor and is found in cheese and wine, according to the National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH).
- It’s been approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) as a flavor ingredient, but hundreds of workers have sued flavoring makers in recent years for lung damage.
- Dr. David Weissman, head of NIOSH’s division of respiratory diseases, said the key difference between homes and the factories is in the level of exposure to diacetyl.”
No… I’m wondering why on earth he would huff the steam from the bag. Honestly, anyone who has ever made microwave popcorn knows that the aroma can be enjoyed from most any room in your home, it is that strong. Watson’s comment to lung specialist Dr. Cecile Rose might offer up the best answer.
- “Popcorn is my exclusive snack-food preference. I am popcorn.’ “
Fracas would like to warn, and suggest to the rest of you popcorn afficionados out there, that if you too, know you are the popcorn, please… use another method to live it out. Perhaps you could check out this golden oldie, (made popular again by none other than Crazy Frog) and reinforce your popcorn love that way?
The rest of you might want to finish reading that news article here: Seattle Times
