"Glowing Granite", batman.........

"His Geiger counter indicated that the granite was emitting radiation at levels 10 times higher than those he had measured elsewhere in the house."

This article from the NY Times, "What's Lurking in Your Countertop", should give most of my neighbors something to think about. I opted for Corian, but would have preferred stainless steel with soapstone sinks. Radon testing kits are about $17.00 at Lowes. Additional article.

Funny Video in German

or here with sound.(5/9/09), the sound on the original was taken off so I added this link.

Where the Hell is Matt? (2008)

Although this is under my blog list to the right, I had to post here. I'm still smiling. Thanks Matt Harding.

Walt Disney once said..........

If you're going through hell, keep on going.

The Old Left/Right Brain Struggle

The color test.
Try this.

First thought..

"First thought" is "best thought" because it has not yet got covered over by all our opinions and interpretations, our hopes and fears, our likes and dislikes. It is direct perception of the world as it is. Sometimes we discover "first thought, best thought" by relaxing into the present in a very simple way.

--Jeremy Hayward, in Tricycle: The Buddhist Review, Vol. IV, #3

Unusual paragraph.......

This is an unusual paragraph.I'm curious as to just how quickly you can find out what is so unusual about it. It looks so ordinary and plain that you would think nothing was
wrong with it.In fact, nothing is wrong with it! It is highly unusual though. Study it and think about it, but you still may not find anything odd. But if you work at it a bit, you might find out. Try to do so without any coaching.

Answer in comment section.

Unhealthiest Drink in America, Delicious

2,310 calories
266 g sugar
108 g fat (64 g saturated)

Let's look at America's Worst Drink in numbers:

73: The number of ingredients that go into this milkshake.
66: The number of teaspoons of sugar this drink contains.
11: The number of Heath Bars you would have to eat to equal the number of calories found in one Baskin Robbins Large Heath Bar Shake.
8-12: The average number of minutes it takes to consume this drink.
240: The number of minutes you’d need to spend on a treadmill burning it off, running at a moderate pace.
From the book "Eat this not That"

Albert and Marilyn

When you look at this picture close up, you see Albert Einstein, but if you stand about fifteen feet away, the picture will become Marilyn Monroe.