Finally! Sync my BBY and Google Calendars

Hooray for the gmail-bby sync!  And with a Google product, even better.  Sure, it syncs with my Outlook, too, but considering I try to avoid Outlook as much as possible, that part has little value for me.

http://www.google.com/mobile/blackberry/sync/index.html

16 Secrets The Restaurant Industry Doesn't Want You to Know

No wonder America has an obesity epidemic!

http://health.msn.com/nutrition/articlepage.aspx?cp-documentid=100187534&GT1=31036

The OC is Bank Owned

Looks like the number of foreclosures/short sales in Orange County is around 40% overall, some areas and price levels a bit higher.

http://mortgage.freedomblogging.com/2008/06/15/1st-drop-in-08-for-oc-distressed-homes-for-sale/

Exercise: It's an hour a day, people. Seriously.

So says the LA Times:

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/booster_shots/2008/07/exercise-its-an.html

We sure like to eat out!

About 49% of our money is spent on food away from home.  133 million people are food-service patrons on any given day.  Good business to be in?  I sure hope so!

Grist: Voluntary programs not so effective, says gov't watchdog

[ Normally I'm a hands-off government guy, but environmental protection is one thing that I think actually needs regulation - which this article seems to imply. ]

Shocker: Voluntary measures to reduce greenhouse gases don't work so well, the U.S. EPA Inspector General's Office said Thursday. Despite the Bush administration's adoration of the word "voluntary," such programs have "limited potential" to actually address pollution and climate-change concerns, said the report. Too often, industries decline to spend money to participate in such programs; when they do, the data they offer can be unreliable. The U.S. has 11 voluntary pollution-reduction programs, 10 of which were launched during the Clinton administration, aimed at reducing emissions from aluminum smelters, landfills, coal mines, and agriculture operations. Those programs will reduce pollutants by no more than 19 percent by 2010, says the report, adding, "If EPA wishes to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions beyond this point, it needs to consider additional policy options." source: Associated Press

China Building Rate

Stats I saw said China is building the equivalent of two New York Cities every year.  Think that'll suck up some industrial commodities?

Couple other stats:
- Putting 25,000 cars on the road every day
- Their middle class is 300 million people (although middle class is a pretty low standard compared to US, $6k-$30k per year)