Food

http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/world/2008/04/20/vanmarsh.uk.food.whip.cnn

This is a video from CNN.com, kind of goes along with the blog I had earlier about food prices going up because of bio-fuel production.  Its about taking good wasted food from places and serving it to people that really need it.  The food isn't bad it just is what restaurants and other places would throw away because either its damaged and they can't sell it to consumers or they didn't get rid of everything they made. Its a good idea and more places should participate.

100 MPH Line Drive Off Head

Ouch. Baseball isn't usually a dangerous sport, until you start considering getting hit with a line drive in the head.

Biofuels

The U.K. is mandating the use of biofuels but there is much concern surrounding the fact that food prices will increase and land will be needed to create biofuel plants. Scientists in the U.K. and U.S. have found that the cultivation of biofuels can increase the output of CO2 and other gases blamed for global warming because of changes in land use. It seems like a good idea but will fuel prices ever go down? Is there any source of fuel that won't harm the environment? I think we are making great progress towards getting away from fossil fuels but seems there is much controversy and could be a while before we see any full proof outcome.

iPod Touch Diggnation Logo

Just because I'm a fan of digg.com

Homestyle Sports: Trick Basketball Shots

THE RON PAUL SONG

Elephant painting

Probably paints better than most people

Lung Cancer Gene

http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1727161,00.html?cnn=yes

This is a link to an article talking about a gene that is linked to lung cancer in smokers.  Very interesting, surprisingly a lot of smokers never develop lung cancer, this gene located on chromosome 15 seems to have a lot to do with. Granted smoking is unhealthy no matter what, this could be a good way to determine if you have a higher chance of developing lung cancer.  If they can identify a person with this gene maybe that will help them to quit.

Brazilian Teen killed 12

A 16 year old Brazilian teenager admitted to killing 12 people most out of rage. How is it that people get disturbed at such a young age? Its becoming more and more common, people under 18 committing ruthless acts of murder, and not that its ok if you're older but its amazing what some people are capable of doing. And it took 12 murders before the boy was caught? Don't mean to discredit Brazilian police but how did a 16 year old manage to get away with 12 murders before being caught? I'm astonished.

Claymation Drums

Irish jigs on Nintendo DS (Daigasso Band Brothers)

A little late for St. Patty's day but pretty cool nonetheless.

Favre

Being a Packers fan I feel obligated to let everyone know that Brett Favre has informed the Packers that he is retiring. One of the greatest quarterbacks ever, it won't be the same without him on the field, but the team will move on, go Green Bay!!

Hell's Angels

Just read that the Hell's Angels had plotted and assassination against Mick Jagger. They tried using a boat to avoid security and ended up getting caught in a storm, all men were thrown overboard. Guess Mick will be safe on the sea but he should avoid motorcycles.

1-900-NERD-GIRL

YOUTUBE DOT COM Theme Song by Irving Fields

iBand

This is really cool, 3 guys using a Nintendo DS and two Iphones to make a song.

After more than 40 years of being locked away, a large collection of documents and items related to the assassination of President John F. Kennedy was released by the Dallas County district attorney on Monday. They said the imformation was too important to be kept secret. If it was so important then why did they wait 40 years to release it? Hopefully it ends up somewhere for people to see.

2 of the internet cables have been repaired, one of the cables damaged by the anchor and neither the government or FLAG (Fiber-Optic Link Around the Globe) will comment on how the other cable was damaged. Investigations may not be complete but whatever the outcome I'm sure they will cover it up and deny any kind of sabotage, its what governments do.

Internet Cables

So apparently they are blaming a ships anchor on one of the cut internet cables. What about the other 2? That might be believable had just one cable been cut and perhaps another later on, but 3 cables cut in one week? The authorities can deny it all they want, people aren't stupid, they know something is going on, this is no coincidence. This obviously isn't as serious as an attack on civilians but perhaps its leading to something else, I'm no conspiracy theorist but this does not seem accidental. Or maybe in our times its so easy to blame a coincidence such as this as a terrorist attack of some kind. In any case, this is something I will stay up-to-date on, an post here.

Electro-Magnetic Railgun Courtesy of the US Navy

Go Navy!

Microsoft

Microsoft offered to buy Yahoo! for $44.6 billion to compete with Google. The purchase would be the largest acquisition ever in the technology industry! Unfortunately Yahoo! will probably sell due to their declining profit. Hard to believe that at one time Yahoo! was at the top and will now possibly be owned by Microsoft. Wonder whats next....

G.I. Bill

In President Bush's State of the Union address on Monday he touched on the subject of the G.I. Bill, which offers educational benefits to memebers of the military. He asked Congress to pass legislation that allows members of the military to transfer their G.I. Bill education benefits to spouses and children. I do not see how or why this should not be passed. Each member of military service can contribute to it and receive benefits, provided their service was completed under honorable conditions. So if a veteran contributed to the G.I. Bill and gets a job right after service he/she might not want to, or need to use their benefits. The service members contribute to it, it should be their choice to use it or allow their spouse and or child to use it. If I weren't using my benefits now I would certainly want my future children to be able to use them. College isn't cheap and it would be nice to know that if I had to, I could rely on the G.I. Bill to help provide my family with a good education.

MyFOX: What is the Ron Paul Revolution?

Politics

I'm not that big on politics but I appreciate the humor in this.

In a news conference Deanna Favre announced she will be the starting QB for the Packers this coming Sunday. Deanna asserts that she is qualified to be starting QB because she has spent the past 16 years married to Brett while he played QB for the Packers. During this period of time she became familiar with the definition of a corner blitz, and is now completely comfortable with other terminology of the Packers offense. A survey of Packers fans shows that 50% of those polled supported the move.Does this sound idiotic and unbelievable to you? Well, Hillary Clinton makes the same claims as to why she is qualified to be President and 50% of democrats polled agreed. She has never run a City, County, or State.
When told that Hillary Clinton has experience because she has 8 years in the white house, Dick Morris stated “so has the pastry chef”.

Karma

This morning I turned on the t.v. and the one channel that comes in was of course cartoons. Now these were obviously cartoons geared towards younger age groups, perhaps 4-5 and up. I was getting some things together when I heard the cartoon mention karma. Kids are being exposed to philosophy at 5? I don't think I heard about karma until I was about 16 or 17. I suppose its good that they learn at an early age the basic meaning of karma. Being responisble for ones actions and "what goes around comes around" as stated by the cartoon.

The blog....

Yet another social Internet phenomenon. Millions of people pouring out their feelings, their views and opinions of anything and everything. People wanting to share information, voice their opinion, their disapproval. Personal thoughts made public for the world to see. What happened to writing in journals? Do people really care what someone else has to say? Or is it just a way for people to get things off their chest, feeling better knowing that someone might read it and actually sympathize. I don't yet understand it, but give it time and I'm sure I will. Don't consider me a hypocrite for having a blog about why people blog. This serves a higher purpose.