I remember what I was going to blog about now!
I learned the history of the word gringo yesterday. Apparently, the first white people to come to Mexico were soldiers who all wore green shirts. Since Mexicans didn't like them, and the only english word they knew was "green", they all said, "Green! GO!" Thus over time, gringo.
Shell has developed a new method for making light sweet west texas crude oil out of shale. What they do is drill into the shale (usually a mountainside), and insert a heating element. They crank the heat to 700 degrees Fahrenheit, and out comes the oil. They got 1500 barrels out of a test project, so they are starting to set up major operations. This is very, very interesting. Apparently they have brought in many environmentalist consultants in to evaluate the operation, and almost all of them have walked away very impressed.
I ordered a club sandwich at a restaurant today. I expected turkey, bacon, lettuce, you know the usual. Instead of turkey, they put a slice of ham on it. I think I got my pork intake for the day.
Man, some people out here are dumb. One of the guys who was supposed to be watching trains (they interfere with the data) fell asleep...ON THE TRACK. Jesus, Darwin is calling his name.
I knew this would happen. The last couple of days here I'm all in a panic because I have to go meet with a bunch of people whom I haven't seen what they do yet. Aaaaand they are the positions most relevant to what I'm actually doing. So this has held up my huge report I have to write...BAH!
I see fat people everywhere. This one guy at the diner was so huge, he had to suck in his gut just to get into the booth. So many people just waddle around because they can't even walk right. It's no wonder, because absolutely everything is deep fried and salads are just doused in ranch dressing. Also the lettuce in the salads is the white bottom parts, which has pretty much no nutrional value, not to mention all the bacon and cheese on it.
This has all been more motivation to workout when I get back to Houston. Must not get fat, must not get fat.
I learned the history of the word gringo yesterday. Apparently, the first white people to come to Mexico were soldiers who all wore green shirts. Since Mexicans didn't like them, and the only english word they knew was "green", they all said, "Green! GO!" Thus over time, gringo.
Shell has developed a new method for making light sweet west texas crude oil out of shale. What they do is drill into the shale (usually a mountainside), and insert a heating element. They crank the heat to 700 degrees Fahrenheit, and out comes the oil. They got 1500 barrels out of a test project, so they are starting to set up major operations. This is very, very interesting. Apparently they have brought in many environmentalist consultants in to evaluate the operation, and almost all of them have walked away very impressed.
I ordered a club sandwich at a restaurant today. I expected turkey, bacon, lettuce, you know the usual. Instead of turkey, they put a slice of ham on it. I think I got my pork intake for the day.
Man, some people out here are dumb. One of the guys who was supposed to be watching trains (they interfere with the data) fell asleep...ON THE TRACK. Jesus, Darwin is calling his name.
I knew this would happen. The last couple of days here I'm all in a panic because I have to go meet with a bunch of people whom I haven't seen what they do yet. Aaaaand they are the positions most relevant to what I'm actually doing. So this has held up my huge report I have to write...BAH!
I see fat people everywhere. This one guy at the diner was so huge, he had to suck in his gut just to get into the booth. So many people just waddle around because they can't even walk right. It's no wonder, because absolutely everything is deep fried and salads are just doused in ranch dressing. Also the lettuce in the salads is the white bottom parts, which has pretty much no nutrional value, not to mention all the bacon and cheese on it.
This has all been more motivation to workout when I get back to Houston. Must not get fat, must not get fat.
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