Annoying Oranges

Dubai International is Top Airport

30,000 travelers rated the Dubai International Airport as the Top Airport of 2010, based on shopping, restaurant options, lounge areas, and customs.

Source: Study by eDreams

Was it a cat I saw?

Did you know that the phrase "Was it a cat I saw?" reads the same forwards and backwards?

Caution of Hand!

Social Interaction T-shirt

Does that mean they're hiring?

A Fresh Answer to Healthcare by Clayton Christensen

Clayton Christensen, author of the book The Innovator’s Dilemma, has now written the book The Innovator’s Prescription. In the video below, Christensen talks about the broken business model of hospitals.



There is a great story in Forbes magazine about Clayton Christensen’s recent experiences battling three grave illnesses in a row and his thoughts about fixing health care. I'm guessing it's the first time a priesthood ordinance has been described in a Forbes article (see page 11).

The journalist who wrote the story also wrote a follow-up about his experience with Christensen and comments about how impressed he was with Christensen's Mormon faith.

Video: Lifting Burdens

Apostles of Jesus Christ teach that He lives, and because He lives, He can heal us, change our natures, and purify us so that we can become as He is.

Understanding Jesus Christ's healing and purifying role in our lives makes our burdens bearable and can motivate us to share our witness of Him with others. “Oh, sweet the joy this sentence gives: ‘I know that my Redeemer lives!’” testifies President Thomas S. Monson, the Lord’s living prophet. “May the whole world know it and live by that knowledge.”

Watch more great videos at YouTube.com/MormonMessages

Why We Blog

MormonTimes.com just published a complete report from the panel titled “Mormon Media Studies: Across Web Time, Cyberspace and Blogging Disciplines” from the Mormon Media Studies Symposium at Brigham Young University in November.

Read the introduction "Why we Blog."

Read my presentation "Why We Blog: Using LDS Church online resources"

Five O'Clock Shadow Face Beards

Your face called. It wants a 5 O'clock Shadow.

Give it what it wants.

While you're at it, forward this video and website to all your friends.

Their faces will thank you.




Also, check out the Five O'Clock Shadow on Facebook
or go to www.five-oclockshadow.com
to buy one of your own.

Perfect for....Snowboarding, skiing, sledding, horseback riding, running, looking like Al Borland, shoe shoeing, ice skating, rockclimbing, keeping warm at the dew tour, riding your motorcycle, and much much more.

What's in a name?

On the news the other night, I saw the best name yet for a black woman. Her name was Rotunda. And yes, she was overweight.

Evolution of Man

You've seen these progressionary images before where a monkey evolves into a man.

In the next series, man evolves back into a monkey at the computer keyboard.

The following series is a little more realistic, don't you think?

We Estimate Your Compression

Help for Addictions

Just found a great blog Needing Help with Addiction, which has lot of information about overcoming addictions, as well as links to helpful resources.

Rules for driving in New York City

• Keep to the right on a one-way street.
• Take the first parking space you see. There will not be another.
• Don’t get in the way of a car that needs extensive bodywork.
• Always look both ways when running a red light.
• Never signal a lane change. It only gives other drivers a chance to speed up and not let you in.
• Never make eye contact. It revokes your right of way.

Avoid to Get Screaming

Don't Use This Machine

Oil in the USA

After you read this, keep in mind that the people in the Middle East are paying 25 cents a gallon of gasoline. And us stupid Americans are going to be paying $5.00 a gallon come the summer of this year. You tell me what's wrong with this picture.

Here's an astonishing read. Important and verifiable information :

About 6 months ago, the writer was watching a news program on oil and one of the Forbes Bros. was the guest. The host said to Forbes, "I am going to ask you a direct question and I would like a direct answer; how much oil does the U.S. have in the ground?" Forbes did not miss a beat, he said, "more than all the Middle East put together." Please read below.

The U. S. Geological Service issued a report in April 2008 that only scientists and oil men knew was coming, but man was it big. It was a revised report (hadn't been updated since 1995) on how much oil was in this area of the western 2/3 of North Dakota, western South Dakota, and extreme eastern Montana ..... check THIS out:

The Bakken is the largest domestic oil discovery since Alaska 's Prudhoe Bay , and has the potential to eliminate all American dependence on foreign oil. The Energy Information Administration (EIA) estimates it at 503 billion barrels. Even if just 10% of the oil is recoverable... at $107 a barrel, we're looking at a resource base worth more than $5...3 trillion.

"When I first briefed legislators on this, you could practically see their jaws hit the floor. They had no idea.." says Terry Johnson, the Montana Legislature's financial analyst.

"This sizable find is now the highest-producing onshore oil field found in the past 56 years," reportsThe Pittsburgh Post Gazette. It's a formation known as the Williston Basin , but is more commonly referred to as the 'Bakken.' It stretches from Northern Montana , through North Dakota and into Canada . For years, U. S. oil exploration has been considered a dead end. Even the 'Big Oil' companies gave up searching for major oil wells decades ago. However, a recent technological breakthrough has opened up the Bakken's massive reserves..... and we now have access of up to 500 billion barrels. And because this is light, sweet oil, those billions of barrels will cost Americans just $16 PER BARREL!

That's enough crude to fully fuel the American economy for 2041 years straight. And if THAT didn't throw you on the floor, then this next one should - because it's from 2006!

U.. S. Oil Discovery- Largest Reserve in the World

Stansberry Report Online - 4/20/2006

Hidden 1,000 feet beneath the surface of the Rocky Mountains lies the largest untapped oil reserve in the world. It is more than 2 TRILLION barrels. On August 8, 2005 President Bush mandated its extraction. In three and a half years of high oil prices none has been extracted. With this motherload of oil why are we still fighting over off-shore drilling?

They reported this stunning news: We have more oil inside our borders, than all the other proven reserves on earth.. Here are the official estimates:

- 8-times as much oil as Saudi Arabia
- 18-times as much oil as Iraq
- 21-times as much oil as Kuwait
- 22-times as much oil as Iran
- 500-times as much oil as Yemen
- and it's all right here in the Western United States .

HOW can this BE? HOW can we NOT BE extracting this? Because the environmentalists and others have blocked all efforts to help America become independent of foreign oil! Again, we are letting a small group of people dictate our lives and our economy.....WHY?

James Bartis, lead researcher with the study says we've got more oil in this very compact area than the entire Middle East -more than 2 TRILLION barrels untapped. That's more than all the proven oil reserves of crude oil in the world today, reports The Denver Post.
Don't think 'OPEC' will drop its price - even with this find? Think again! It's all about the competitive marketplace, - it has to. Think OPEC just might be funding the environmentalists?

Got your attention yet? Now, while you're thinking about it, do this:

Pass this along. If you don't take a little time to do this, then you should stifle yourself the next time you complain about gas prices - by doing NOTHING, you forfeit your right to complain.

Now I just wonder what would happen in this country if every one of you sent this to every one in your address book.

See http://www.usgs.gov/newsroom/article.asp?ID=1911

See http://www.snopes.com/politics/gasoline/bakken.asp

Jimmer Fredette From WAY Beyond the Arc, 30 foot 3-Pointer

This should count 6 points:

Low Self-Esteem Support Group

From a church bulletin:

"Low Self-Esteem Support Group will meet Thursday at 7 PM . Please use the back door."

Girl Scout Cookie Locator

Yup, there's an app for that.

Weight Watchers Meeting

From a church bulletin:

"Weight Watchers will meet at 7 PM at the First Presbyterian Church. Please use large double door at the side entrance."

Another Geek Product

In my previous post about Think Geek, I forgot to highlight the best product of all--an Etch A Sketch iPad Case (there is also an iPhone case).

Think Geek

I just found this amazing website, Think Geek, where you can buy all things geek. Browse through it. Almost every item is hilarious. Here are a few of my favorites:

USB Aromatherapy Oil Burner

A Girl’s Guide to Dating a Geek

Duct Tape Wallet

Albert Einstein Action Figure

Shower Shock Caffeinated Soap

Bacon Lip Balm

Human Blood Caffeinated Energy Potion

Hiring an Online Social Media Marketer

Looking to hire a social media marketer to organize efforts in the LDS Church Curriculum Department to help members and leaders become aware of Church publications, audiovisual materials, websites, events. Looking for a professional with significant online marketing experience.

Please pass along to anyone who may be interested. Learn more at http://dld.bz/DjUp

100 Seinfeld Quotes, Episode 2

100 Seinfeld Quotes, Episode 1

Cash Recycling System

BYU-Idaho Students: "Somebody to Love" LipDub Video

Hundreds of students from BYU-Idaho in Rexburg, Idaho perform a lip dub music video of the song "Somebody to Love" as sung by Justin Bieber, Glee, and Queen. The first half is backwards lip dubbing! This video unline any other--a lip dub, and then a flash mob at the end.



If you've gotta see more, the following video explains how the BYU-Idaho Activities Talent Board coordinated the filming.



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