Things I learned in the last couple of days:
The Chevy HHR stands for “Heritage High Roof.” Found out a little late — when reading an article announcing the demise of that model. Sadly, the article also reported that Honda will stop making the Element. That is such a cool vehicle, although the last time I shopped for a car I passed because it didn’t get very good mileage.
Dean Koontz is now writing his fifth Odd Thomas novel (what a great character and series), titled “Odd Apocalypse,” that will be published in July. He then plans to immediately begin writing the sixth in the series, “Deeply Odd,” and eventually wrap it up with a seventh Odd Thomas novel.
Meanwhile, the film Odd Thomas is expected to be released in October or November (from Dean Koontz’s gem of newsletter, “Useless News.”)
Alec Baldwin has too many Words with Friends game going on and cannot accept any new challenges (I tried).
Steve Jobs’ obsessive diets included one that centered on carrots and carrot juice, so much so that “friends remember him having, at times, a sunset-lilke orange hue.”
Asia has 25 cities with populations of 1 million or more (led by Tokyo). Europe is next with 19 (London), followed by North America (New York) with 12, South America with 5 (Buenos Aires), and Africa with 4 (Cairo).
