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Tuesday, September 06, 2011

Links to Your World, Tuesday September 6

This guy went out to pick broccoli and found another kind of green: $150,000 in 2 duffel bags of $20 bills. Time to start gardening....


Lobster ice cream? Government cheese ice cream? Beef tongue ice cream?


There's a process that can liquify your dead body to the point it could be flushed into the city's drinking water. Um....


This man is suited up for college football. Oh, and he's 61.


"A few conservative Roman Catholics are pointing to a dozen Bible verses and the church's original teachings as proof that Earth is the center of the universe, the view that was at the heart of the church's clash with Galileo Galilei four centuries ago" (story).


"'We're seeing a new breed of accident with these state-of-the-art planes,' said Rory Kay, an airline captain and co-chair of a Federal Aviation Administration advisory committee on pilot training. 'We're forgetting how to fly'" (story). There's a sermon illustration here....


"There are a number of water risks that the world will face in the coming years, including deteriorating water quality, growing competition for limited access to resources, and an increase in water scarcity. The World Resource Institute's Water Risk Atlas outlines those risks--and gives a preview of what you can expect in your town or city in the coming years" (Fast Company).


UT-Austin Study: Parents only as happy as least happy child


"Meet the members of what might be called Generation Limbo: highly educated 20-somethings, whose careers are stuck in neutral, coping with dead-end jobs and listless prospects" (story). All of us who are parents of 20-somethings--or pastors of 20-somethings--or both--know the current bleakness of post-college career prospects.


"Compassionate Texas Rangers catcher Mike Napoli could not bring himself to throw out Rays’ 37-year-old outfielder Johnny Damon as he attempted to steal second base Tuesday, allowing the two-time All Star to safely take the bag in the top of the seventh inning." (The Onion, of course)






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