Next time you're in Europe, be careful

After all, "there are eight countries in the United Nations that still execute people through the method of crushing to death by elephants."

Or if it's Canadia you're off to, note that "a renegade militia in Montana has guarded 2.3 miles of the US-Canada border since 1969."

Also this from Antarctica:

The commander of the U.S. base in Antarctica was recently reprimanded after he submitted a bid to the International Olympic Committee to host the 2014 Winter Olympics. However, the IOC took it in good humor, rejecting the application on the technicality of Antarctica not being one of the continents represented by the five Olympic rings.

It is certainly good to hear that "according to the Consumer Product Safety Commission, there were only 22 children killed in piñata-related accidents in 2005, down from 56 a decade earlier."

And finally, I haven't a clue what this is all about, but according to the source of my trivia, it is the largest call-center in the US behind that of Wal-Mart.

So...

...Abraham Lincoln....

I thought this was very odd but interesting, too

I need to invent something like this and become rich.

I recently came back from a backpacking trip to the Grand Canyon. While there I was flipping through a camping catalog and found this: A BATTERY POWERED BLENDER! Oh the technology.

Just Remember:

On average 253 external hard drives, each year, fail catastrophically enough to end in user injury.

The FBI estimates that six percent of government workers are foreign spies.

In a 2004 study by OSHA, it was discovered that people who will "usually" eat food that they've accidentally dropped on the floor report having 18 percent fewer sick days from work than those who "never" do that.

Users of earbud headphones, like the ones that come with an iPod, experience a 61 percent increase in ear wax production.

And perhaps most importantly:

A cat is twice as likely to be fatally injured if it falls between two and six stories, than if it falls seven to 32 stories.

Quote of the day:

“Even if you’re on the right track, you’ll get run over if you just sit there.” ~Will Rogers

Artistic

Steam Punk - maker of new old stuff

Jam Session

Would that be Raspberry or Strawberry?

A jam session, eh? Do you mean something where we get together and play music for the heck of it? That'd be fun. I'll need to get my chops back in shape, but then again, I've been needing to do that to get ready for Homecoming. :)

Keep the rubber side down and the shiny side up!