Friday Miscellany World Clock, Liquid Smoke, MP3 Books

This is a cool website, courtesy of my buddy Larry. Ever seen one of those running debt clocks? This is one of those on steroids! http://www.poodwaddle.com/worldclock.swf

And now for something completely different...
From my buddy OD: What's in Liquid Smoke, anyway? Answer? Smoke!

Finally, I'm going on a car trip soon. I hate car trips. Driving through Kansas is the worst of all. It is talk radio hell. No Michael Savage, no Michael Medved, some Rush and Glenn Beck interrupted every five minutes by weather bulletins and hog reports: The wind is still blowing! btw, I am convinced there is a permanent swarm of tornadoes hovering over the state, taking turns swooping down at inopportune times.

So I bought myself an mp3 player. Yes, I'm behind the times. I went looking for e-books and found a treasure trove for free at Project Gutenberg. It tends towards the classics, with Kant, Tolstoy, etc, but there are also many classic novels by the likes of Henry James and Jack London.

Can anyone tell me why mp3 players don't come with an AM radio, only FM? The headphone cord can be an antenna, so antenna length isn't it...