Toyota has already convinced many of you to buy one silly-looking vehicle that is environmentally friendly, so perhaps they can interest you in the Winglet, it’s new personal transport vehicle? While still in testing and prototyping and whatnot, a video has been released of the contraption in use, and, lo and behold, I have found it for you:

According to an article at The Guardian website, the devices will come in sizes S, M, and L, though for the life of me I can’t figure out what those stand for. Once these things come out, you can go ahead and get one, but until then, while you’re still bipedal, you can takepart and learn about the best cities to walk in from Walk Score.

Euro 2008 is the most exciting sporting event outside of the World Cup. Yeah, I said it. You can keep your Super Bowls and World Series’ and Stackley Cups - the major soccer tournaments have those all beat. However, if you’re thinking of flying your team’s flags out your window (a lot of Chargers fans do this in San Diego, as well, so it’s not actually soccer-exclusive), you might want to consider the extra fuel you’ll be burning to do so.

The Guardian, possibly a bit bitter that England lost to Croatia of all teams to be kept out of the Euro 2008, notes that flying flags out your window to support your team can waste a considerable amount of gas.

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UK Residents waste $20 Billion worth of food every year, The Guardian reports. A new British Government study on waste has found that Britons are simply throwing away $20 Billion worth of food that could have been eaten. If you’ve sampled certain British cuisine, this might not come as much of a surprise, but the negative effect this enormous amount of waste has on the environment is no joke.

Approximately $12 Billion of the total comes from food that is bought but never touched. Britons simply toss out 13 million unopened yogurt containers, 5,500 untouched chickens and 440,000 un-nuked TV Dinners each year. The rest of the $20 Billion comes from excess food which is prepared to eat but never consumed because the amount was misjudged and the extra is never eaten as leftovers.

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 Apparently the first working Monday after the New Year is the biggest day to file for divorce.

According to The Guardian a survey of 2,000 troubled couples indicated that 42% were splitting due to discovering (over Christmas) that their partner was having an affair. 29% blamed boredom.

Lawyers have even nicknamed today, D-day aka “divorce day.”

Derek Bedlow of InsideDivorce.com says “Unfortunately, there are just so many opportunities for things to go badly at Christmas.”

Yikes! Thank God my hubby got me a good Christmas gift this year.

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