Space filler

Of course i now need to post a couple of word posts to flood the picture ones off so the loading time isn't so long, so here's one on how today i saw holey charcoal at a BBQ.

Now, this is most curious. It's just like normal charcoal, only this time it's shaped very interestingly with a hollow hole inside, so the charcoal becomes sort of cylindrical. Which means a couple of things:
1. It doesn't stack well since it's kinda rolly.
2. It kinda takes quite long to catch fire since it's thicker and bigger sized than normal charcoal, and no amount of breaking seems to break it up lengthwise, which would defeat the purpose anyway
3. However once it actually DOES get started, it burns for a rather long time since the hole in the middle ensures oxygen delivery to the thingie, once the middle starts to burn.
4. Unfortunately it just doesn't seem to be worth the general bother, another hopeful invention gone to waste.
5. That marked perhaps the 10th and hopefully the last BBQ this year. Lessee, there was eug's, jxhuang's, chin's, chin's i've-got-a-free-appt-let's-BBQ's, nut's new year's eve BBQ (ok that doesn't really count), moses's...... well okay fine so that makes this the 7th, although i'm SURE there're a few i missed. 7 BBQ's is probably enough carcinogens for three years anyway.

We DID start the fire, and we kept it going, since the world's been turning.