Who Ever Thought I'd Be Jealous of Snoop Dogg...

...and no, it's not the pretty pig-tails. He got to blow up a 4 ton truck!!

http://techcrunch.com/2010/08/23/snoop-dogg-mafia-wars-promotional-stunt-breaks-ustream-record-with-2-million-views/#ooid=M3OTNvMTqSiNCWWZdkksVh6pd_SocSKj

Whooping

I've recently become obsessed with photography; which means I follow a lot of photography blogs. Not only are the photos interesting, but quite a few add their personal life to it (I tend to gravitate towards those with 3 or more boys for some reason). Some are hilarious, some are boring, some are sad. In the above pic is boy #4 of Natalie Norton, Gavin, who died of whooping cough at two and a half months young. This stuck with me as my wife is due with boy #3 in early October -- cold and flu and RSV season.

Did you know there's a whooping cough outbreak? Yep. I'm not posting this to tell everybody to get their children vaccinated or start doing vaccinations for yourself, I'm posting for the sake of creating awareness (to all 3 of my known regular readers, ha!).

Did you know (for those who do vaccinate), that 80% of children who get the whooping cough get it from family members because they haven't gotten the booster shot? Did you know there was a booster shot? I didn't. It's the TDAP vaccine, needed every 10 years. Get it.

Did you know that when adults have the whooping cough, they don't whoop, but just have a lingering cough, and unknowingly and easily pass that on to infants who can't be vaccinated yet?

So, yeah...

This Would Make the World a Better Place if Everybody Used Them

Hey, they make me smile. Did you smile? Either that or giant wire people freak you out. If so, sorry.

They're being built in Iceland. Read here for all the electrifying details.

Today is a Special Day...

We get four instances of the days and years counting:

05:06:07 08/09/10 (am and pm)

and

08/09/10 11:12:13 (am and pm).

I feel so special.

Just Apin' Around

This is what Taft and I look like when I pull out my iPod Touch.

Eye Bet You Can't Guess What This Is...

It's a super close up of an eye. Looks kinda creepy, like an abyss, or perfectly circular lake inside a volcano. Here's some more ...

WWII Time Portal via Photoshop

I'm no history buff, but this is pretty interesting. The photographer, Sergey Larenkov, combined old WWII era photos with current ones. It's a very interesting contrast between now and then.

Go here to see all of the photos. It's worth a look.

The Alternate Harry Potter v. He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named Finale?

The real question is, where in the world did they get those guys?

Google's a Smart One

These ads (outlined in red) don't show up very often, and I usually don't notice them, but this time I actually read them. Do you notice anything wrong, or maybe contradictory?

How Would You Like To Wake Up?

I think it would be fun to be woken up by a bomb that needs to be diffused ...

Though I'm not so sure my better half would enjoy that so much (nor do I want to intentionally develop a heart condition). Maybe the silent alarm would be a better choice. You wear a ring that vibrates to wake you. Currently just a concept ...