California Congressman Dan Lungren wants to provide incentive for someone to come up with fuel-sipping car.  All you have to do is mass produce 60-thousand gasoline powered cars for sales to the general public. But besids the enormous number of cars that would have to come off the assembly line as part of Dan Lungren's legislative proposal now before the U-S House of Representatives, the car's engine design would have to provide 100-miles-per-gallon in order to qualify.

That idea may seem noble to you, but not everyone agrees with Congressman Lungren's logic.  Lungren, who represents and lives in Gold River, says his bill is intended to incentivize the auto industry and follows a centuries-old practice of governments offering prizes for key strategic inventions.

However, Davey Johnson in his blog for AutoWeek.com yesterday, blasted the Lungren plan as a give-away for the auto industry which is not based in the reality of current technology.  Johnson writes Lungren's "bill is the political equivalent of living in Gold River. It's all pretend."

Lungren calls Johnson's comments typical of those who lash out personally, when they do not have a sound argument against an idea.

Johnson, who resides in the Sacramento area, insists his point is very sound, and he stands behind what he wrote.

Do you believe strongly that the Super Bowl should be recognized as a national holiday?  You're alone.  There's now an online effort to get the federal government to do the sensible thing.  A petition which promotes giving everyone the day off on the Monday after Super Bowl Sunday exists on the Internet.

For years people have been floating the idea of officially recognizing the even that many claim is already treated as a holiday by millions of Americans.

A variety of research in recent years indicates U.S. businesses lose an average of $1-billion in productivity with employees spending time on the job the week before and the week after the big game talking about football instead of working. Other research indicates that after recent Super Bowls, on average, six percent of the American workforce called in sick the day after the Super Bowl.

Over the past ten years or so I've gradually gained more and more weight.  This after being fairly thin for about 40 years-- oh, those genetics.

I've long believed that the answer was simple:  Take in fewer calories than I burn in any given day.  That's been easier said than done, though, since I love to eat.

Recently, fellow KFBKer Mike Simpson did a story on the Dash Diet.  I decided to give it a try and have seen some good results.

This blog page is where I've decide to share those results until I reach my ultimate goal of getting under 200 pounds.

Here's the week one report: