Oh, boy, good stuff to talk about. Hold on just a second…let me get out…*grunt*…the soapbox. *plop* Alright, here we go! *step* Hmm, there’s so much…where do I start? How about some of the headlines from the day:

Bailout bill defeated
Rejected: Rescue Fails 228-205
House Rejects Bailout Bill; Wall Street Shudders
Dow [...]

I woke up early this morning and was shaking. My first thought was “What’s wrong with me?!?” Then I realized the whole bed was shaking and the house started creaking. It took me a while to shake off the stupor, but I thought “Earthquake?” Surely not. I soon drifted back [...]

BattleBots Return
I used to love watching Robot Wars on TechTV back in the day (back when TechTV was good, before G4 took it over). Now BattleBots, Robot Wars’ spin-off, is moving to the big time - ESPN2. I like the direction they plan to take it in - less flashy and showy and [...]

CNN.com has an article on Tooth Fairy Economics.

Shannan and Marty Boyer of Park Hills, Kentucky, faced a sudden financial quandary one evening. Their 5-year-old, Sean, had just lost his first tooth, and the Boyers realized they didn’t know the Tooth Fairy’s going rate.
“My husband was like, ‘Maybe we should give him a twenty?’ And [...]

Here are some links to articles of interest that I’ve been saving over the last week:

High on Mount Sinai?
“The biblical Israelites may have been high on a hallucinogenic plant when Moses brought the Ten Commandments down from Mount Sinai, according to a new study by an Israeli psychology professor…
The thunder, lightning and blaring of [...]

Five headlines on my Google homepage from CNN.com right now:

Gunman opens fire at Colorado megachurch
Gunman kills two at missionary training center
Pig farmer found guilty of six murders
Wife of ‘Canoe Man’ arrested
Student arrested in online campus threats

*sigh* Where’s the peace on Earth, good will to men?

Yuck, I’m glad I kicked the soft drink habit years ago…
Nutrition Research Center Health Update - What Happens To Your Body Within An Hour Of Drinking A Coke

The First 10 minutes: 10 teaspoons of sugar hit your system. (100% of your recommended daily intake.) You don’t immediately vomit from the overwhelming sweetness because phosphoric acid [...]

Hmm, one of these would be great for me, as a color blind individual who doesn’t do well at coordinating colors…
Smart Closet
“The wardrobe can tell you that you have a meeting this morning with Joe Bloggs, that you have worn the same shirt the last three times you met him and that maybe you should [...]

Oscar the cat predicts patients’ deaths
Oscar the cat seems to have an uncanny knack for predicting when nursing home patients are going to die, by curling up next to them during their final hours. His accuracy, observed in 25 cases, has led the staff to call family members once he has chosen someone. It usually [...]

On Saturday, July 7, 2007, during the Official Declaration ceremony in Lisbon, Portugal, the New7Wonders organization announced The New 7 Wonders of the World.
They are:

The Great Wall, China
Petra, Jordan
Christ Redeemer, Brazil
Machu Picchu, Peru
Chichén Itzá, Mexico
The Roman Colosseum, Italy
The Taj Mahal, India

There’s an interactive display of the new and old seven wonders at MSNBC: The New [...]