Gas Prices Are Killing Me!

Here are some handy dandy tips on conserving gasoline while the prices are at ridiculous highs:

Replace air and fuel filters regularly as instructed by your vehicle's maintenance manual; change air filter more often if driving in dusty conditions.

Keep engine properly tuned.

Use API certified "Energy Conserving" motor oil, either conventional or synthetic. Use the service classification and viscosity specified for your vehicle. Example: SJ and 5W-30. Follow use/change interval in vehicle owner's manual.

Do not buy "aggressive" tread tires if you do not need them.

Keep tires properly inflated and wheels aligned.

Do not use mid-grade or premium grade gasoline unless specified for your vehicle. Older vehicles may require these grades to avoid "knock" which reduces power and may damage the engine.

Do not overfill the tank.

Determine gasoline mileage periodically. Declining mileage can be an early indicator of mechanical problems or a need for servicing.

For more tips including driving tips to conserve gasoline, visit http://www.nh.gov/oep/programs/energy/conservation_gas.htm

oDogstock 2005 is here!

Introducing the Dogstock 2005 Festival. This event is a three-day concert and comedy festival that will be held Labor Day Weekend on the 80-acre Melvern Lake area farm that is home to the rescued animals and their friends, the Longs. The Dogstock Festival is a multifaceted event. The three-day festival features some of the country's best talent in both music and comedy. Dogstock has become an exciting and much anticipated community event each year presented by the Akita Adoption and Rescue Foundation.

AARF is an independent, non-profit organization with a 501(c) 3 status. All proceeds from Dogstock will go towards our rescue efforts (housing, veterinary care, transportation, etc.) for the Akita breed with additional funds being used to assist other rescue groups and shelters.

EVENT:
25 BANDS - 10 Comedians - Fireworks - Bonfire -Raffle - Celebrity Memorabilia Auction

Free Parking! Free Camping!

$15.00/$20.00 weekend of show.

For more information visit http://www.dogstock.info/

Feeling Old? Check this out!

Beloit College has released its annual Mindset List, designed to give the school's professors insight into the worldview of incoming freshman. Tom McBride, a humanities professor at the Wisconsin school who has compiled the list for seven years, tells the AP the list reminds professor of such things as, quote, "If they are going to teach Watergate, they have to explain what it is first." Following are some of the items from this year's Mindset List for the Class of 2009, who were born in 1987:

"Andy Warhol, Liberace, Jackie Gleason and Lee Marvin have always been dead."
"With little need to practice, most of them do not know how to tie a tie."
"Pay-per-view television has always been an option."
"They learned to count with Lotus 1-2-3."
"Voice mail has always been available."
"Condoms have always been advertised on television."
"For daily caffeine emergencies, Starbucks has always been around the corner."
"They have grown up in a single superpower world."
"They never saw the shuttle Challenger fly."
"Black Americans have always been known as African-Americans."
"They never saw Pat Sajak or Arsenio Hall host a late night television show."
"America's Funniest Home Videos has always been on television."

Entertainment Report

SNOOP DOGG LAUNCHES SKATEBOARDING COMPANY
Rapper and actor Snoop Dogg already has his own clothing line, his own limited-edition Cadillac, and his own line of Pony sneakers, but the rapper recently decided to expand his empire by launching a skateboarding company. Allhiphop.com reports that the new company Snoop Dogg Board Company (SDBC) will launch a complete line of long and short skateboards, accessories, and backpacks. The company will also make high-end Snoop Dogg luggage and travel bags. SDBC will be distributed by Pentagon Distribution. The distribution company's president, Duane Pacha, said, "Bing Worthington, Jr., Snoop Dogg's brother, came to us with a vision of bridging these two industries together because there is already so much crossover between skateboarding and the rap/hip-hop market."

MARY TYLER MOORE HEADED TO 'THAT '70s SHOW'

Television legend Mary Tyler Moore is headed back to familiar ground. The Emmy-winning actress is set to guest star on three episodes of That '70s Show, which will be filmed on the same soundstage where The Mary Tyler Moore Show was shot. Moore will also retread The Mary Tyler Moore Show's newsroom setting on the Fox comedy by playing a local newscaster who hires Jackie as her personal assistant.

In the storyline, Moore plays Christine St. George, anchor of Point Place's daily news program, "What's Up Wisconsin?" Christine is one of Fez's regular customers at his hair salon and surprises Jackie and the rest of the crew with her not so nice off-camera demeanor. Moore's guest spots will air next year, with exact dates to be announced later.