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Fantastic Fridays

Super Spork
I think KFC should start carrying these.

Fish Bone Ice Tray
As the name suggests, these ice trays are shaped like fish bones. Think of them as floating conversational pieces. 

Unemployment
LOL!

More Billboards
I am a sucker for creative advertisements.

Post-It Notes Art
Just some awesome artwork with post-it notes 

Make Love Not War Bedding
I loved the concept here. Do you know how many fights I would win with this?

Rally Cars
Do you remember those old electric car sets, where you build your own track and hold down the button to make the cars zoom  around? Yeah, me too. So here's a virtual one!

Gruvr
For all you music & culture savvy peeps, this new service helps you locate what's happening in the hot spots around your town.

Alien Abduction Lamp
idk, my bff Jill?

Build your own remote listening device
Who doesn't like doing the spy thing? And for only about three dollars!

Save Money on Gas

A friend sent me this and I thought it blog worthy:

I have been in petroleum pipeline business for about 31 years, currently working for the Kinder-Morgan Pipeline here in San Jose, CA. We deliver about 4 million gallons in a 24-hour period from the pipe line; one day it's diesel, the next day it's jet fuel and gasoline. We have 34 storage tanks here with a total capacity of 16,800,000 gallons.

Here are some tricks to help you get your money's worth:

1. Fill up your car or truck in the morning when the temperature is still cool. Remember that all service stations have their storage tanks buried below ground; and the colder the ground, the denser the gasoline. When it gets warmer gasoline expands, so if you're filling up in the afternoon or in the evening, what should be a gallon is not exactly a gallon. In the petroleum business, the specific gravity and temperature of the fue l (gasoline, diesel, jet fuel, ethanol and other petroleum products) are significant. Every truckload that we load is temperature-compensated so that the indicated gallonage is actually the amount pumped. A one-degree rise in temperature is a big deal for businesses, but service stations don't have temperature compensation at their pumps.
2. If a tanker truck is filling the station's tank at the time you want to buy gas, do not fill up; most likely dirt and sludge in the tank is being stirred up when gas is being delivered, and you might be transferring that dirt from the bottom of their tank into your car's tank.
3. Fill up when your gas tank is half-full (or half-empty), because the more gas you have in your tank the less air there is and gasoline evaporates rapidly, especially when it's warm. (Gasoline storage tanks have an internal floating 'roof' membrane to act as a barrier between the gas and the atmosphere , thereby minimizing evaporation.)
4. If you look at the trigger you'll see that it has three delivery settings: slow, medium and high. When you're filling up do not squeeze the trigger of the nozzle to the high setting. You should be pumping at the slow setting, thereby minimizing vapors created while you are pumping. Hoses at the pump are corrugated; the corrugations act as a return path for vapor recovery from gas that already has been metered. If you are pumping at the high setting, the agitated gasoline contains more vapor, which is being sucked back into the underground tank, so you're getting less gas for your money. Hope this will help ease your 'pain at the pump'

Fantastic Fridays

Firefox Fan Loyalty
They've got custom built cars and crop circles.

Robber breaks in twice
I don't know how valid this is, but it makes for a good story. The robber supposedly broke in a second time to leave a "I'm sorry" note, realizing how much trouble he caused the family.

Symptom Checker
A great way to do a pre-doctor visit self diagnosis. 

Duck feeding fish
Aww, its a duck with a heart.

Twinkie Ingredients
I know that in posting this, I am shooting myself in the foot. 

8-bit Tie
If I were to wear a tie, this would be the one that I want.

Ultimate Rock, Paper, Scissors Chart
As suggested, this is the ultimate chart for playing our favorite hand game. With this, Caedmon doesn't even stand a chance.

10 Oldest People
Need no explanation. Just pure fascination with longevity.

When Cloning Goes Wrong
Some very talented & creative photoshop artists create a gallery of mixed animals.

The great alcohol debate

On November 6, the masses will swarm to their local voting districts to exercise their constitutional rights to vote. While that is a completely different post in and of itself, there is a controversial issue in our neck of the woods.  Believe it or not, there are still dry counties through out the United States.  That is to say, you can't go down to the local convenient store and pick up a 6-pack on a whim. The only alcohol in our town is found at specially licensed establishments such as Chili's.  Coming November 6, our town will vote yes/no to become "wet". 

There has been some buzz as you can imagine. One particular email was from the University president. He cited some statistics on the adverse affects of alcohol in youth and encouraged the rest of us to vote "no".  Frankly, it pissed me off. I don't care which way he votes, but he should not have used the University e-mail system as a platform for his political views.  Especially, when the IT department has sent out multiple copies of the University policy regarding e-mail. However, he's the President, so no one mentions the policy. To be honest, the President is a Godly man whom I admire. It just really peeved me when I came across the e-mail.

That of course, spurred me to write this post.  From a theological stand point, THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NOTHING WRONG with drinking. There is no scripture that forbids us from drinking.  Rather than blaming people for their drinking problems, we blame the alcohol. As a result, legalistic tendencies start to replace theological truths to the point that drinking becomes a sinful behavior. 

A friend of mine brought up a good point. She mentioned that if we treat alcohol as taboo then it becomes a problem. However, if you look at countries where alcohol is a normal beverage, they don't have near as many problems with it. (Thanks for pointing that one out LeAnn).