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Tuesday, June 22, 2010

Links to Your World, Tuesday June 22

10 Toughest Questions Kids Ask Their Parents

 

“People making travel plans may unwittingly heed a strange rule of thumb — southern routes rule. In a new experiment, volunteers chose paths that dipped south over routes of the same distance that arched northward, perhaps because northern routes intuitively seem uphill and thus more difficult, researchers suggest” (Wired)

 

The Shortest Possible Game of Monopoly: 21 Seconds

 

'Totally Worth It,' Claims Grown Man Limping Off Softball Field

 

Have you discovered the Texas-based “Dude Perfect” and their amazing basketball shots?

 

“For each insurgent killed in Iraq and Afghanistan, 250,000 shots are fired that hit absolutely nothing.” On purpose: this is suppressing fire. In the post, “(5 Ridiculous Gun Myths Everyone Believes (Thanks to Movies)

 

I wrote a devotional based on the “gun myths” article here.

 

You're on Vacation, but the Brain Is Wired to the Office; Some Tactics to Detach: The WSJ explores why relaxing is hard work.

 

Exercise Fights Depression

 

Posts at “Get Anchored” since last Tuesday:

“A vast horde of souls were rumbling toward heaven"

Churches in Service to Public Schools

Why boredom is a precious thing

Colbert Interviews Prothero

Spiritual Warfare and Suppressing Fire

The Council of Dads

A New Mockumentary Set in Austin? Should Be Interesting

Pro-life Women Advancing in Politics

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