Given the ongoing 80s pop culture recycling program that seems to have been in effect for the last ten years or so, I'm kind of surprised they haven't dug this up and turned it into a big-budget blockbuster yet. I do remember actually watching this one back in the day though, and might have even had some of the toys...
I'd be joining them if I was actually making any money Blogging. I've got a site with a small but steady and growing base of readers (roughly 150-200 hits per day,) but haven't ever really bothered trying to monetize it yet or really put enough effort into it to make it an income source. Eventually I'll get around to that, but for now I'm just happy to continue doing it as a hobby. I suspect that a good portion of the purported 2 million number is probably in splogs and other less than completely ethical methods.
3 of the books on this list were required reading in my various high school English classes, as well as a number of other frequently banned books. This was back in the early 90s, so I'd imagine the number is probably closer to 5 by now.
I just noticed a couple of weeks ago that the Kraft Parmesan cheese I was applying to my spaghetti had an "use by" date of June 2006. The stuff still tasted fine (and I've used it plenty of times in the last year and a half) so I'm pretty sure the stuff wasn't going to kill me. Nonetheless, I tossed it anyway. As for soy sauce, the stuff is salty enough that I doubt much bacteria is going to be able to grow in it anyway.
Last year when I took a roadtrip through the Southwest I took one of the longer remaining stretches of Route 66 between Seligman and Kingman Arizona. I made a post on my Blog about some of the gas stations along the way:
I've thought about doing this, but there's no way I could ever finish something like this in a month. I seem to have no problem generating one or two 1,000-1,500 word posts on my Blog per week (plus a couple of shorter ones,) but 50,000 words in a month is just a bit more than my attention span will allow. I tend to be something of a VERY finicky writer, and would not do well with such a quantity over quality approach. Editing, it would seem, is for the weak.
That said, I've got an idea for something I'd like to try that would be more in line with the 1,500-2,000 words per week approach on a Blog, If I can get the basics in order I plan to kick this off at the beginning of the year, and write on a weekly basis. Over the course of a year, that should easily be good for 75-100,000 words.
Aside from the fact that I'd really like to get away from contract work and into something that doesn't require me to take three months off every year, I'm in pretty decent shape right now. The only thing I owe money on is my car, which I'm trying to get paid off as soon as possible (I bought it new last year after driving a horrendous beater for ten years,) since I have no credit cards, and I've got a reasonable chunk of savings (enough to last me a few months if needed.) As long as I can keep myself employed, I'll be just fine. If all goes well, maybe house prices will get down to an affordable level by the time I'n in a position to buy one...
Beagles are known for their tendency to escape from things. For quite a while my parents had a bit of an "arms race" going on with their two Beagles who kept finding ways to dig under the fence almost as quickly as they kept blocking off these escape routes.
http://thesledgehammer.wordpress.com/2007/07/20/classical-gas-abandoned-route-66-gas-stations/
Be sure to check the comments for an interesting bit of background from a former resident of Truxton on some of these.
That said, I've got an idea for something I'd like to try that would be more in line with the 1,500-2,000 words per week approach on a Blog, If I can get the basics in order I plan to kick this off at the beginning of the year, and write on a weekly basis. Over the course of a year, that should easily be good for 75-100,000 words.