it's random bits of news day

renderings of the project slated to go in across the street from me:

http://www.harvardyardliving.com/3drenderings.htm

(I think I like it - a design like this is better in small doses than a huge one like in sugarhouse (see next post))

microwave popcorn fumes potentially dangerous:

http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5hg2_RfPPdec6l9xS67hL8JkX9UKQ

(last year, due to bad stomach problems, I stopped eating anything with chemical or artifical additives/preservatives. my stomach problems disappeared over several months, and now I feel so much better. one wierd thing is now I can taste (and sometimes smell) the chemicals in the food when I accidentally eat food containing them).

Salt Lake gets direct flights to Paris:

http://www.sltrib.com/tourism/ci_6700856

bonjour!!