About 2 months ago I had what I thought was a fabulous idea–a franchise of liposuction boutiques in all the malls in America that would turn the vacuumed fat into bio diesel.

We’ve got the resources after all. And how great would it be for all of us Americans if obesity could be patriotic. By farming fat we could reduce America’s dependence on foreign sources of fuel.

Well, apparently someone’s already done it…

And it looks like it may be unethical or something… Go figure.

http://www.forbes.com/technology/2008/12/21/fat-fuel-biodiesel-tech-sciences-cz_pcb_1222fatfuel.html?feed=rss_technology

Fill ‘Er Up With Human Fat

Peter C. Beller, 12.22.08, 05:00 AM EST

How a Beverly Hills doctor powered his SUV using his patients’ spare tires.

Liposuctioning unwanted blubber out of pampered Los Angelenos may not seem like a dream job, but it has its perks. Free fuel is one of them.

For a time, Beverly Hills doctor Craig Alan Bittner turned the fat he removed from patients into biodiesel that fueled his Ford SUV and his girlfriend’s Lincoln Navigator.

And so on…

Poem about yours truly by Don Downie.

All the whos down in Ft Greene liked Christmas a lot.

But the Grinch up in 6a professed he did not.

But when Grinch sent the Who for NaHCO3.

She found out just how yuleish her Grinch-man could be.

He put up the lights and reheated the feast.

Of collard greens, pumpkin, and of course the Roast Beast.

When the Who came back home with the Grinch’s digestive.

She got all choked up ’cause their place was so festive.

Then the spirit of Christmas so moved husband and wife.

That they both settled down for It’s A Wonderful Life.

Merry Christmas!

Disturbingly appropriate. Thanks, Don!

We finished shooting the last segment of Tag, You’re It! on Sunday. It was great to get the chance to act again, but even cooler was getting to relive former glories as a property master. Of course now I suffer flashbacks of creating 50 gallons of Porta Potty juice for Fast Getaway II. Mixing up a blender of human blood, skin, flesh, and bone was a piece of cake by comparison. Tsk. The iPhone photo doesn’t do it justice.