Trick

You know what I forgot about this year..... Halloween. Yep, it was trick or treat night last night, and I didn't really even think about it until I went to bed. I then wondered, hey, what would I have done if someone came to my house and wanted candy. I had two options. When they said trick or treat, say trick which pretty much says "egg my car and wrap my house". Or I guess I could have scrounged around the house and found them a pop tart or a left over bean burrito. Fortunately, I live in an area that is out in plain sight, but no one ever sees it, so I've never had a Trick or Treater. Anyway, Happy Halloween, since I forgot about it on the big day.

Death by Caffeine

This may sound a little morbid, but if you ever decide to kill yourself by caffeine, this Death by Caffeine site may help. I blogged before about how much caffeine different drinks have in the, but I guess this really puts it into perspective. I read a few months ago (not sure if I blogged about it or not) about a girl who was hospitalized or killed by drinking too much caffeine, but before that, I had not really even thought about it being dangerous. Of course, considering it takes almost 149 cups of coffee to kill me, I guess it's not much I have to worry about.

Something I've Gotten Hooked On

I've never been really good at crossword puzzles, I'm more of a circle a word kinda guy. My wife seems to know a lot of random facts, (it's amazing when she watches Jeopardy) and we've been recently working on some online crossword puzzles from bestcrosswords.com. She knows most of the answers, and from time to time I can help, but when we both get stumped, Google helps. Anyway, we've been spending a lot of time enjoying these so I thought I'd share the site with you. Crosswords are a little old fashioned, but this kinda puts a modernness to them.

Robosaurus for Sale

If you've ever wanted a flame throwing, car smashing robot, now may be your chance. Robosaurus is now for sale. The picture from the article actually looks really cool, but when I did some more searches for Robosaurus, the pictures looked kinda lame (see picture on right -->). I'm not quite sure why someone would want to pay $4 million (actually a little more) for this 40ft beast, but it would be something cool for show and tell.

A Play Better than "The Play"

Last October I blogged about the greatest ever play in football history, otherwise know as The Play. Strangely enough, almost a year to the day (three days) from that entry, there was a play that may just top it. I'll let you be the judge, this "Miracle in Mississippi" occurred yesterday with only 3 seconds left on the clock. The band was not already on the field, but the game was as good as over, and then.....

The Greatest Action Story Ever Told

On Sunday evenings I attend a Bible study at my church. During this evening's discussion we talked about Jesus predicting his betrayal. The question was brought up "Why did John and Peter not try to stop Judas as soon as they found out". This brought to my mind a skit I saw on MadTv several years back. As I remembered, the Terminator was programmed to terminate Judas and Jesus had to explain to him why not to. I looked it up now that I'm home and managed to find the skit, although it is a little different than I'd originally thought, the same principle sticks.

Update: Free Tacos

To keep you up to date on the Taco Bell free tacos during the World Series.... America, you're in luck, free tacos for everyone!!! Thursday night, Jacoby Ellsbury from the Red Sox stole second base, therefore getting free tacos for us all. After I posted the last blog about the free tacos I found out that the tacos are to be given between 2pm and 5pm on October 30 (Tuesday). I find this unfortunate mainly because most of America will be at work and not able to participate in this delicious give away. I guess you can't beat free, even if it is only for 3 hours.

5 Reasons to Root for the Rockies?

Tonight will start game 3 of the 2007 World Series. Currently the Red Sox are up in the series 2-0 and even though I'm going for them to win it all, I'm hoping the Rockies will get the win tonight. Why, you ask? For a few different reasons:
1) The Rockies have never been to the World Series before, and to get there and be swept, just wouldn't seem right.
2) This is the World Series..... It'd be great for the fans to see a win @ home.
3) The time from October to April is long enough, let's extend the season just a few more games.
4) If you're a Red Sox fan, it'd be great to have the series winning game occur at Fenway. They say champaign is best served at home.
5) It's been a while since we've had a really good World Series. If the Rockies perform like they did at the end of the regular season, we could be in for a great series.

Note, I'm not saying the Red Sox should throw the next few games, and I'm also not forsaking the Sox as a fan. I'm just hoping to get the most out of the baseball left in the series.

Sweet Kung Fu Fighting

I'm pretty sure most people secretly want to be ninjas. With that in mind, I'm sure you'll enjoy these sweet martial arts moves. Actually this is a video of amazing martial arts mixed in with gymnastics. I'm wondering how long these guys had to train to get this proficient. I'm sure it's lots of hard work and discipline, but it also looks like a lot of fun.

That's Sooooo 2k7

I was browsing Digg earlier today and saw this link to 15 ways you know you're living in 2007. This article is kind of like an email forward, but it's one of the good ones. I enjoyed this list.... a great read for a Friday.

A Great New Blog

I have a friend who is starting a new blog called "It's Based on a True Fictional Story" which is going to be a lot of fun. The idea behind it is, he'll post a story and you decide if it is fact or fiction. Post you comments and let him know what you think.

Cow Tipping a Myth

It seems like I heard somewhere that Cow Tipping is just a myth. It's one of those things that you always hear from a friend who knew someone who did it, and they had a lot of fun doing it. I had a conversation today about it and decided I'd do some checking on it. I found this great page explaining the physics of it. I think it'd be interesting to submit this one to the Mytbusters unless they've already done it.

Inter Workings of a Domestic Balloon Dog

If you've been to a carnival, you've most likely seen or may have even owned the balloon dog. If you've ever wondered what the anatomy of a true balloon dog looks like, you may want to check out this site. Once on the site, click on the image and you'll see a much larger image of the dog. Also, if you look at the bottom of the image, you'll notice there are instructions on how to make your own if you get bored.

Two Great Things Together

I'm sure you know by now that I'm a baseball fan. I'm also a fan of eating. When you put the two together, it's a great combination. Taco Bell is having a promotion, where if anyone steals a base during the World Series, they're going to give everyone in America a free taco. Sure everything at Taco Bell tastes the same, but it's a great expression of their baseball spirit. Hopefully the Sox will steal us a base and get us a taco.
I have a feeling this is going to be a great World Series, one of the best we've seen in a while. I'm not going to make any predictions, at this point the only thing I'm certain of is the National Anthem.

C.S. Lewis Quotes

You may recognize C.S. Lewis from the recent movie "The Chronicles of Narnia", but he is also known as a philosopher, and a Christian. Here are a few of his quotes, that I found very insightful. I especially like the second one under the God section and have stated the same thing a few times myself. Wanna know more about Lewis, check out his Wikipedia entry.

Star Wars Then and Now

Being a Star Wars fan, I found this article about the original cast nowadays quite interesting. Unfortunately, many of the actors never recovered from the Star Wars character they portrayed, and could not move on to greater things.

Redneck Delorian

Living in Eastern, Ky, you see all kinds of "tricked out" vehicles. Here is one such example found by a co-worker at the Paintsville, KY Walmart. I call it a Redneck Delorian. Apparently the owner left it unattended as you see it.
Special thanks to Carl for the photos.

Cell Phones on Planes

I wouldn't consider myself a cellphone hater, but I believe we do rely on them a little too much. I've said this before, but phones in general never cease to amaze me at how much they seem to take priority in our lives. No matter what we're doing that's important, it's never too important to answer the phone. I saw this article on Slashdot the other day talking about how soon we'll be having cell phones on planes.
I've wondered before why cellphones were prohibited on flights. Perhaps the "Dirka Dirka" sound interferes with the communications equipment, or maybe because the signal would be so flaky due to the fast travel, that there's no use in even letting people use them. I've also considered, that they've taken into consideration that it just bothers the passengers so much that they just made a rule against it. Anyway, to my dismay, cell phones may soon be available on commercial airlines.

A Great Hiding Place

If crime is high in your neighborhood and you're scared to go out late at night, you may want to consider dressing up as a soda machine. That's exactly what they're doing on the streets of Japan. Strangely enough, according to the article, cloaking oneself to avoid conflict is an ancient ninja technique, so it was an obvious answer to crime. I think I've just found a way to wear a Halloween costume all year round and not look completely like a weirdo.

Halloween the #2 Christian Holiday?

As mentioned before, Easter is for sure the #1 most important holiday for Christians. I saw this article earlier today that claims that Halloween is the #2 Christian holiday. The reasoning behind this argument is that Christmas has been taken over and made too commercial, and Halloween presents opportunities to gather with neighbors that you don't usually gather with, bringing together the community. I disagree with this article, refusing to lose Christmas as the #2 Christian holiday, but I really enjoyed the read, and think the article is well written.

Courtroom Quotes

For the past month and a half, I've been performing my civil duty as a US citizen by serving on the grand jury. During this time, I've learned a lot about law, and have actually enjoyed it for the most part. One thing I have learned is that most crooks make some really dumb mistakes. Apparently, they are not the only ones. Here is a link to actual courtroom quotes, where both witnesses, lawyers, and others say some stupid stuff. Theres some really funny stuff on here, and you laugh harder as you go down the list.

Scary Baseball Pics

I've really been caught up in this baseball post season, the whole "Only one October" thing. I've been taken by surprise by the Rockies, and staying up late to root for the Red Sox. Anyway, the baseball season coming to a close, thought I'd share these pictures from an article called "Fun Baseball Pictures". They don't necessarily look like fun to me, so I've referred to it as "Scary Baseball Pictures".

Leprechaun at Large in Cincinnati

The other day a man found a stranger in his car pantless. When questioned by the police the pantless man claims a Leprechaun let him in. Strangely enough, when you find the end of the rainbow and steal the gold, Leprechauns take your pants, intoxicate you, and stow you away in a stranger's car for punishment. Everyone knows that.... This Leprechaun must be caught!

Hello Kitty AK47

If you like Hello Kitty and you like assault rifles, you're sure to love this Hello Kitty AK47. This rifle comes complete with the yarn hello kitty shoulder muffler, which adds a nice soft touch. I love how it says it's "A perfect gift for the young lady of the house". I'm not quite sure who has this as a perfect gift idea. However, it may not be a bad idea to make this gun a standard issue for troublesome soldiers.

Rock'n The Stairway

Most of you know that I play a little guitar (a little bit of guitar, not a tiny guitar) and that I'm a music lover. A few years ago, I decided that I'd learn the Stairway to Heaven (by Led Zeppelin) intro, and now I can play it pretty well, but I only learned about the first 45 seconds. Anyway, I saw this video of this kid rock'n on Stairway to Heaven, and thought, maybe now I should learn more. He's really doing an amazing job, especially to be so young.... wonder what he'll play like in 10 years, it's hard to imagine. The video is really worth checking out, especially if you're a Zeppelin fan.

Something Really Important

Since you're reading this, you are officially a valued reader of Brian Green's blog. Since you are, I have something really important to tell you..... I just saved a lot of money on my car insurance by switching to Geico. No, really I did. I'm not advertising for them, just letting you know ( its as big of a difference as $50 per month). Here's the story.....
Due to a flat my wife had on her car, I rode home with a coworker on Friday. We got to talking about car insurance for some reason, and he told me he used Geico and I should check them out. I had tried to get a quote about 5 years ago from them, but insurance companies hate Eastern KY, and they didn't have coverage here at that time (or maybe they didn't cover people under 25 in Eastern KY at that time, I can't remember). Anyway, I went online and got a quote and it was significantly less for the exact same coverage. Deciding to give my current insurance company an chance (State Farm), I called and said "I would like cheaper insurance rates and to keep the same coverage". They placed me on hold for about 3 minutes, came back and asked once again what I was needing. I told them again, and they said they would have to have someone more qualified to give me a call back. I never received a call back. I then called Geico and made the switch. Tomorrow I will call and cancel my insurance with State Farm.
Thought I'd share this story with you. I really don't like insurance companies, so I want to pay the least amount that I can for service and still keep a reasonable amount of coverage. For what it's worth also, when I called geico this evening to sign up, the guy was really friendly and helpful. Also, in conclusion, I would like to say whoever is their head of marketing is a genius.... with the cavemen, the gecko, and the creative ways to tell people about their service.

Now The PS3 is Useful

At the end of last year and the beginning of this year, we were all following the big console war. The PS3 vs. XBox 360 vs Wii. The Wii won, the PS3 lost, and the 360 did so so. Well, if you're upset with you PS3 purchase, you'll be glad to know they can be useful for something. The linked article is about a PS3 cluster that is doing computations on theoretical gravity waves. The designer actually says they work perfect to do these computations, which is really interesting.

Also, on a personal note, I don't dislike the PS3, I just feel it's kinda expensive (even though it does come with a really expensive blue-ray player).

Tech Norris

We all know and love Chuck Norris (If you don't he's killed you by now). The site of Chuck Norris facts, is well entertaining, but what if Chuck were an IT professional or a techie? The article is actually called "Chuck Norris on your Help Desk", however, that makes me think it's gonna be a video for some reason. The article starts out slow, but give it time and you'll be laughing for sure. I'm not sure which of these is may favorite:
"Chuck Norris doesn't need firewalls. He chest hair is a firewall." or "Chuck Norris made an iPhone 10 years ago. He threw it away."

Hospital Chart Oddities

My wife, who is studying to be a physician, is always on some sort of medical website studying something. She was surfing the other day and started laughing and shared with me this list of Actual Hospital Chart Writings. I must admit, my skin is somewhat pale, but thankfully present as well.

One Piece at a Time

Sadly, last September one of my favorite aircrafts (mainly because it was in Top Gun), the F-14 Tomcat was retired from the US Navy. Apparently now several of these are being dismantled and scrapped, because some parts of them are being FedExed to Iran one piece at a time (see the old Johnny Cash song). Although this is a really messed up situation, it's a clever plan at least. The question is, did they ship it cargo or "air mail".

What a Way to Start a Morning

If you live in America, take a look around and you'll notice that there is a weight problem. In fact, it's sad that there is a multi-million dollar industry built around weight loss while people in other countries are starving. It seems as though eating junk is much more convenient than eating food that is good for our bodies. Why am I bringing this up you ask? I was sent this article about a breakfast burrito with 60 grams of fat this evening, and it made me wonder just how many of these breakfasts there are. Even though I am a fan of eating and of delicious flavor, I wonder why people continue to buy junk like this.

Robot Danceoff

Dancing is one of the great human ways to express ourselves. However, I just don't have it. Fortunately, most people can do some form of "the Robot", and Domo Arigato Styx for coming up with a perfect song to dance to it with. With that appreciation out of the way, here is a great video of a robot danceoff. Although the second guy didn't follow the true form of the robot, I think he won.

Picking a Pumpkin

With the changing temperature and Halloween just around the corner, it's about time to get your pumpkin on. I saw that my "How to" of the day the other day was "How To Pick Pumpkins" and decided I would share it with you for the season. I've yet to pick mine, but I'm past due, so this should be helpful.

Ugliest Tech Products

I was sent this article of the top 10 ugliest tech products the other day and enjoyed looking at these hideous gadgets. The list includes the good old M$ Zune as well as what I refer to as the Zac Morris phone.... These products are much like a car wreck, you just can't help but to stare.

Security Suggestions

Last week my CIO came into my office and let me know he was doing a security presentation and asked for any suggestions. After thinking about it for a bit, I came up with this email which I sent him. I thought I would post it just in case. Most of these are obvious, but worth knowing.

In my opinion, security may be difficult to learn, but it's much easier and cheaper than trying to recover from a stolen identity. Education is key!

1) Don't blindly trust email.

• If it says it's from a bank, ebay, or paypal, it probably isn't.
• If you get an offer that sounds too good to be true, it is.
• Don't open attachments from people you don't know, and be cautious in opening attachments from people you do know.

2) NEVER assume security.

• Ensure you have all grounds covered. In most cases the product you have will not cover all of these, however there are free solutions out there for each.
  • Antivirus
  • Anti-spyware
  • Firewall
  • Adblocker/Popup blocker
  • NAT Router (not an easy free solution for this, but it's vital)
  • Phishing protection
  • Operating System Updates/Patches
    
• Someone is always watching
  • There are multiple software packages that allow network "snooping"
  • If you're on a webmail or bank site ensure there is a secure connection
    • make sure there is an https:// in front of the URL (this means traffic from your browser is encrypted)
    • check that the URL at least looks valid.... if you think you're on ebay and the site really is something like https://63.254.10.x/trickuser.htm you're probably not on ebay.
    • verify the certificate matches and is signed by a reputable company such as Verisign (to find this double click on the lock either in the address bar or at the bottom of your browser).

3) Password Tips

• Make your password between 8-16 characters long
• Consider changing your passwords every 60-90 days
• Never give out your password even if someone asks nicely..... 99% of the time a tech person will not need your password.
• Perhaps consider using symbols and numbers to replace common letters such as "@" for "a" or "1" for "L" to create a "Strong Password"
• Come up with your own password scheme, suggestion, maybe put your name as every other letter and the name of the site as every other letter (Jackson + Facebook) jfaacckesboonok
• if you have problems remembering your passwords, it's ok to write them down, just don't write what they're for or your username beside them.... if the paper or document you write them on is taken or lost, the finder will have no clue what these things are.

4) Other Suggestions

• Don't trust sites you've never heard of. If it seems like a good site, ask around to see if anyone else knows about it. If they don't, don't use it.
• Obscurity is always good although not foolproof. If possible, use another browser than IE. Everyone uses IE so it tends to be the target of most browser vulnerabilities. Also, may people would recommend an Apple computer, but you must weigh the trade off in software compatibilities.
• Consider some security training.... perhaps a free podcast. I recommend Steve Gibson's "Security Now" podcast which was voted best security podcast of 2007.

Hammer Juggler

YouTube is filled with multiple links of people juggling and cheap stunts. Here is a very impressive hammer juggler, who not only juggles, but performs carpentry work while doing so. If I eer build a house, I think it'd be very entertaining (although slow) to get this guy to do it.

Saved by Vodka

We've heard that wine is good for your heart and whiskey is good for pain, but here's a story where a man was poisoned and saved by a vodka drip. I found this story very odd, until I consulted my wife (medical student) and she explained it. According to her, the man most likely poisoned himself with Ethylene Glycol (Anti-Freeze) or Methanol. What kills you from these items is the by product after they are broken down in the liver (cycloaldehyde and formaldehyde respectively). Both of these are broken down by the same enzyme in the liver but this enzyme likes drinking alcohol more than these poisons and will concentrate it efforts on the vodka instead.

Crappy Place to Live

Driving around different places you can see all kinds of amazing architecture. One thing I don't believe you've seen before is a house made to look like a toilet, but here's one. Amazingly, this house looks very nice, I'd live there. The story could only get better if the family's last name who bought the house was Jon (the Jon household and it's shaped like a toilet).

The Beatles Like You've Never Heard Them

I must admit, I'm quite a Beatles fan, perhaps my favorite band of all times even. One musician named Steve McLaughlin has taken all their British LP releases, sped them up 800% and put them into a single one hour MP3. It is available for download at the linked site, but is very odd to listen to. I found it addictive at first and annoying after a while, but still worth checking out if you're a Beatles fan.

Uses for Broken Computers

Earlier today I read this article about hillbilly uses for broken computer parts. Some of these seem kind of silly, but the mouse toothbrush holder and the squirrel cage could be useful (although that didn't look much like a squirrel).

Left Brain vs. Right Brain Picture

My wife sent me this really cool article (actually just a few sentences) about the left brain vs. the right brain. The cool part about it is the picture of the dancing lady, if you're right brained, it turns clockwise, if you're left brained, it turns counter clockwise. The strange thing about it is, while you're reading the article (or at least for me), it'll switch from one way to the other. In fact I even saw a point where it switched back and forth really quickly. The actual image does not switch, it's how you interpret it..... way cool.

Voting Based on Mars Exploration

I saw this Wired article earlier about the director of the Mars Society seeking out presidential candidates view on Mars exploration. I read it mainly to see what he found out, but it made a real interesting point. I'm sure we've all heard this before, but right now is probably the most personal the regular person can get with a future president. After the election and whomever is crowned president, they'll be very little time they spend with the general public.
On the subject of Mars exploration itself, I think it'd be a very interesting thing to do, however I feel it'd be too expensive. They mentioned in the article about us colonizing Mars, but I can't imagine that being anywhere close to realistic with the technology we have available at this time.

Lots of Animals

So, I don't usually post cute stuff, but I really can't resist this one. I sent this link of cute animals to my wife a few minutes ago and heard lots of girly "that's cute" sounds. Men, if you don't know the sound I'm talking about, send the above link to your significant other and wait for the sounds. For my women readers, this post's for you.... enjoy!

A Rock'n iPod

When you're a mean kid, you usually get coal put in your stockings for Christmas. This is much expected and deserved, however, recently a teenage girl received rocks for her birthday instead of an iPod, and it wasn't because she was mean. The sad part about the whole story is that when she took it back and got an iPod at a different store, it had rocks as well. I think the pet rock guy needs to get him a lawyer.

Celebrity Gadget/Tech Ads

I was sent this article earlier about the "Best Ever Celebrity Gadget Ads". Some of these are pretty funny, however they are alot of them. The one with Mr. T is a must see, he puts the T in IT (First name "Mr" middle name "." Last name "T").

Funny Picture of the Day

I saw this picture earlier, thought it was funny and needed to share it with others. I also printed it and hung it on my office door. Someone saw it and said they read it was inspired by a play where a guy tries to filter a lake or a sea with a britta water pitcher.

Featured on Monkey Punch Dinosaur

A few months ago I blogged about the monkey punch dinosaur website. The owner of the site found my entry a couple weeks ago and sent me an email inviting me to submit artwork of a monkey punching a dinosaur. I thought about drawing it at first, but that'd mean I'd have to hand draw it and scan it in because I'm not really good with drawing stuff via mspaint, photoshop, or the Gimp. I looked around the house and had many monkeys, but no dinosaurs. The closest I could find was a SuSE Linux lizard I got for attending a webinar. I modified it digitally to look like a dinosaur, put in a Chicago background, some action lines, and made the Curious George monkey look angry. Here's the product on the monkeypunchdinosaur site. Check it out and send the site owner your own picture of a monkey punching a dinosaur.

Kim Jong II - Internet Expert

I saw this article the other day that mentioned that Kim Jong II is a self proclaimed Internet expert. It is a well known fact that he is a fan of gadgets and technology, but I wouldn't have guessed he was an Internet expert. It's not mentioned in this article, but I imagine this being the quote about industrial vs. home Internet services. "You see Moo-hyun, it's all about cutting off the routing from the home user's autonomous systems, while allowing BGP to take care of the Internet traffic for the industries. You could re-route DNS traffic to a custom server, but if the end user knew the IP of the site, that might not work as well.... When you're an evil dictator like me, the Internets just seems to obey you... It's all about the tubes I tell you.... tubes!"

Always find a Hot Spot

More and more areas are now providing public wi-fi. During my travels over the weekend, my wife even pointed out a Burger King that offered free wi-fi. If you're a geek like me who travels with a laptop even on vacation, you may want to check out this Wi-Fi Detecting Shirt. This may be a little over the line geeky, but at least you won't miss changing your fantasy team's lineup.

Now Wave to Big Brother

It's not really a secret that security levels are on the rise which increases the amount of surveillance that is on each one of us. Think about how many times a day you're on some kind of security camera. I was sent this article about modern surveillance strategies a few days ago, and I must admit, it's very interesting, and very scary.
I'm not too sure if all this new surveillance makes me feel safer or not. I'm glad they have stuff like this out there, and that it's getting better, but is it enough? The last part of the article talks about how most Americans would like more surveillance, I must agree with this, but I wonder if there's even more that we could do.

Thanks to Ernest for the article.

Travelling over the Next Few Days

From now until Sunday I'll be traveling some and will really be too busy to surf the internet. I may put a few things up but not as many as normal.
My trip will entail going to South Texas for the weekend. This is the place where I grew up, however I haven't been back since '99. My wife has never been down there, so I thought I'd take her and show her 'round where I spent a lot of my childhood at. Thought I'd give you a heads up, that way if you don't see a lot of posts you won't think I've abandoned you. Have a good rest of the week!

Wii-Mote Helmet

We heard many stories about Wii-Motes flying back when the Wii was first released, but haven't heard much since.... until now. I was under the impression that the stronger straps took care of the flying Wii-Mote issue, but apparently not. Now Nintendo is taking another precaution by shipping out something that looks like a helmet for your Wii-Mote. This seems like a bit overkill, but it will allow me to take out my aggressions on my controller now, which sounds like a lot of fun.... nothing like a controller bouncing off the wall. I must admit, Nintendo is going above and beyond on these issues.

Run DMC on Reading Rainbow

As a child I loved watching the Reading Rainbow... LeVar Burton was just entertaining. I remember watching it in my 3rd grade class, I'm not too sure why, but we actually watched Run DMC on Reading Rainbow. It's always funny to watch stuff from the 80's, but this was back when rap seemed like a lot of fun (The days of DJ Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince).

Bite-Sized Scriptures

I'm a subscriber to a free Christian magazine called "In Touch". While reading this month's magazine, I found a really well written article called "The Problem with Bite-Sized Scriptures". This article brings up quite a few great points. I especially like this quote "Personally, I've never been inspired or convicted by a message imprinted on a coffee mug." I must admit I do not think I have either, but if I found a really good scripture that I enjoy I may buy a coffee cup with it on it. I would also like to add where do you get the "Come Unto Me" chips and dip set.

Quesiton of the Month: Are You Superstitious?

September's question was "What is your favorite Sport?"
and the results are below.

Selection		Votes
Baseball	7%	3
Basketball	61%	27
Football	14%	6
Soccer	7%	3
Golf	2%	1
Not a Fan of Any of These	9%	4
44 votes total

I must admit, I didn't expect the results of this one to be so much for basketball. I suspected basketball would win (mainly because a lot of my readers are in KY), but figured it'd be close to football. My favorite of course, is baseball. Right now is winding down my favorite sports season, so it's a little exciting. I must admit though, I enjoy the beginning of baseball season more than the ending (I like to see what each team is going to be like).
This month's question is "Are You Superstitious?" This should be an affirmative for those of you who knock on wood, throw salt over your shoulder, don't walk on cracks or under ladders, and freak out when you break a mirror. I'm not too superstitious, but I think it'll be interesting to see how many people are..... BTW, it's been said, if you don't vote on blog polls, you turn into a turnip.

Fighting over a Leg

This has to be one of the oddest stories I've seen in a while... there is a custody battle over a human leg. The short of it is, bought a smoker that contained the other guys leg which he was storing there so it could be buried with him once deceased. The guy who bought the smoker is now charging admission for people to come look at a dried out human leg.
I'm not too sure who to blame in this case, the guy for being careless enough to leave his leg in his smoker or the guy who actually wants to keep it. I love in the title where it says he wants to keep it for "fame and fortune".

Own Your Own McDonalds

If for some reason you ever wanted to own your own McDonalds, now there is a game that simulates this. I played for about 10 minutes before I went bankrupt, how well can you do? You'd think I'd be better than that being that I have prior fast food experience.