The Most Awesome Post Ever – List of Lists

Most “how to write good blogs” articles recommend posting lists, so I figure a list of lists would be the most awesome post ever. So here are the top ten lists I found by typing “list of [random word]” into Google.

25 Heroic Dogs From the blue heeler that beat up an alligator to the bulldog that dove into a pond to save a bag of drowning kittens, this list shows some dogs are more than man’s best friend.

10 Drinks Only American Could Have Invented Bacontinis, jello shots, and bottled tap water are just a few American contributions to the world of imbibing.

6 Insane Laws We’ll Need in the Future Mostly inspired by science fiction and the latest advances in real science. The plot of Gattaga almost came true already!

10 Incredibly Expensive Hamburgers For people with beer tastes on a champagne budget. Anyone want to get together to tackle the Absolutely Ridiculous Burger? Only $16.63 per person!

5 of the World’s Most Expensive Toilets You need one of these after you eat the Incredibly Expensive Hamburgers. This list also answers the question “Where do astronauts poop?”

The World’s Smallest Countries This list only includes “real” countries that are recognised by other countries, so Sealand and Hutt River Province, and Strongbadia aren’t listed.

10 Bizzare Uses for Duct Tape Clearly the duct tape calculator is missing since the list actually contains 13 items. Although making a wallet from duct tape isn’t so bizzare.

Top 10 Bizzare Tourist Attractions Noodle Bath and the Cockroach Hall of Fame… that’s my next holiday planned!

The Six Creepiest Abandoned Places I think the first one was where much of Battle Royale was filmed. But let’s face it, any place designed for humans is creepy after the humans leave.

Top Ten Hoaxes of All Time Number 11: my claim that this post is entertaining.

So there we go. Awesome post, or complete waste of time? Answer in the comments.

Beat the heat, not your meat.

So much for my plan to blog at least twice a week! This week I’ve been house, cat and garden sitting while my brother is in Sydney. Also we’ve had unprecedented high November temperatures this week. We have weather like this most years but usually in late January to early March.

My brother and his girlfriend are vegans and their garden is their main source of food, so it’s very important that the plants survive at least until they get back (then if they die it’s not my fault). They said to water once a day, but after a few things wilted I stepped that up to twice a day. And it seems to be working (although a few things under a gap in the shadecloth did die off). I have been using a watering can so as to avoid breaking South Australia’s water restrictions and also because it makes it easy to get the water to the roots.

Watching things grow in the garden here has inspired me to see what I can grow at home. The wife and I live in a tiny upstairs apartment with a small paved courtyard at the bottom of the stairs, so there’s nowhere we can really dig. We’re going to try some potted plants in the courtyard and maybe some indoor plants. The plan:

• Step 1: do some research about what plants are likely to work.
• Step 2: source the plants, pots, etc. (as cheaply as possible, we’re on a budget)
• Step 3: grow stuff
• Step 4: profit in the form of lower grocery bills. Hopefully the savings here will outweigh what we spend on plants.

hmm, what was going to be a post on the hot weather turned into a post about gardening. The heat related post will come tomorrow.