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So how much water would it take to put the sun out? Apparently, the center of the Sun is eight billion degrees. So we won’t be broadcasting from there next week!

So water won’t put out the sun due to some reason. I don’t know what but maybe the hydrogen in it. The folks at Yahoo Answers tried to tackle this question.

Well, John W. Weiss, Grad Student in Planetary Science, decided to figure out how big of an explosion it would take to destroy our star system. John starts off by saying, “The answer depends on whether you have a smart device which beams its energy at its targets reasonably carefully or if it is a simple explosion, which will waste a lot of energy since most of it will miss the planets altogether and coast off into space.” Surprise the person asking the question didn’t know that. Moof!

Bottom line, he comes up with the total needed energy to 5.50×10³¹tons of TNT. If this interests you, then I suggest you read his mini-story. No doubt you will connect with his love for Star Trek.

Oh the secrets of Waffle House cook’s inner circle…

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“This is a photograph of a Waffle House grill cook’s cheat sheet.

The photographs indicate the way in which a cook marks his orders. These secret plate markers allow a Waffle House cook to simultaneously prepare multiple customer orders at once.

Let me give you an example. If I were to order three scrambled eggs, dry wheat toast, and hash browns, the waitress would face the grill and yell out loud - “Mark: Triple scrambled dry wheat plate.”

The cook would then quickly take a large dinner plate, turn it sideways, and place a tub of jelly upside down at the six o’clock position.

The six o’clock position indicates scrambled eggs, and the jelly upside down means wheat toast. I am not sure how to mark “dry” for the toast, or how to indicate hash browns versus grits.

This chart explains why you would get a packet of mayonnaise with your grilled chicken plate.”

Courtesy of nickgray

It makes your voice lower: Sulphur Hexafluoride is 6 times heavier than air.

Wear what you want, when you want!
Why get fully dressed for that video-conference when you’ll only be seen from the chest up? The Businessbib allows you to look perfectly put-together in a fraction of the time it takes to boot your computer. You can work from home in your underwear while presenting a polished appearance to the people that matter most.

In a word, the Businessbib is a halfsuit. Each sturdily stitched ensemble is stylishly appointed and hand made from recycled materials. No two Businessbibs are the same. In fact, each one is christened with it’s own name based on it’s overall aesthetic. With its split back Velcro-sealed design, the short-sleeved Businessbib can easily be worn and removed with comfort and ease. Just slip it on over your tee shirt and shorts- no one will ever be the wiser.

Suits start around $135.00

http://www.businessbibs.com/

Drop your can of coke? Afraid to open it? Don’t worry, just snap (or thump) the sides of the can and not the top. It works, watch the video. This action dislodges the bubbles attached to the side of the can and they float to the top. When the can is opened, the gas simply escapes.

Dena Schlosser, 37, is on trial for capital murder in the slaying of her daughter Margaret in November 2004. She has pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity. Strangely, her pastor told jurors that mental illness is really demon possession that cannot be cured with psychiatry or medicine. “I do not believe that any mental illness exists other than demons, and no medication can straighten it out, other than the power of God,” said Doyle Davidson, the 73-year-old minister of the Water of Life Church that Dena and John Schlosser attended several times a week.

Davidson said he hardly knew the family, although John Schlosser testified earlier that he and his wife talked with Davidson days before the attack and that the pastor was the first person he called after it.

Truly a pitful situation for the Schlosser family, but the real question is this: Is Schlosser a believer? If so, then Pastor Doyle would agree that the Holy Spirit dwells in her. I don’t think the Holy Spirit and a demon will coexist.

“It was a small thing really, barely bigger than a credit card, tucked unpretentiously in a small black case. For each of the 52 American hostages who bounded off the plane, free at last, the ticket stuffed inside the box was another of the trinkets that piled up around them. A modest reward for the cold, metal muzzle of a shotgun pressed against their faces.

For 444 days they had been tied and blindfolded, held hostage in the U.S. Embassy in Iran by student revolutionaries incensed at the United States’ decision to admit Iran’s ailing and deposed shah, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, for medical treatment. Long before 9/11, Afghanistan and Iraq, there were the Iran hostages. Their plight paralyzed a country unaccustomed to such an affront and likely cost President Jimmy Carter reelection in 1980. Then, 25 years ago today, they were released the moment Ronald Reagan took the oath of office.

They returned to an adoring nation that gave them a ticker-tape parade and welcomed them as heroes. They were besieged with flags, yellow ribbons and countless gifts, among them the tiny box from Major League Baseball. Inside was a lifetime pass to any major or minor league game.

What each did with the pass says something about the group of 52 diplomats and military personnel. Some embraced it, using it often. Others tucked it away, rarely, if ever, pulling it out. The response was as varied as the ways they approached their notoriety and fame, back then and in the quarter-century that has passed, a quarter-century that has seen the number of living former hostages dwindle to 42.”

By Les Carpenter / Washington Post Staff Writer

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The ‘Safe Bedside Table’ has a removable leg that acts as a club and a top that doubles as a shield for self-defense. This is for people who are willing to take on an intruder, providing an extra sense of security whilst in bed.

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Clark W. Griswold: “It’s a one year membership in the Jelly of the Month Club.”

Cousin Eddie: “Clark, that’s the gift that keeps on giving the whole year.”

Still searching for that last minute Christmas gift? If it’s good enough for Cousin Eddie, then it’s good enough for me…jelly of the month.

http://www.forgemountain.com/jom.htm
http://www.mainegoodies.com/giftcollections/jamofthemonth.shtml
http://www.bestmonthlyclubs.com (if jelly’s not your thing)

So everyone’s seen “A Christmas Carol” starring George C. Scott.

A pretty good movie until Bob Cratchit samples Mrs. Cratchit’s plum pudding and acts like he loves it. There’s no way he likes it after seeing the ingredients…he faked it all.

Raisins + currants + mutton fat + more raisins = trash.

Plum Pudding Recipe:
- 8 oz moist sugar (use soft brown )
- 8 oz chopped suet or modern day equivalent (raw beef or mutton fat)
- 8 oz sultanas cleaned (sorta like yellow raisins)
- 8 oz raisins halved and stoned
- 4 oz currants washed and dried
- 4 oz shredded mixed candied peel - Cut your own or use ready cut
- 4 oz of plain flour
- 4 oz breadcrumbs
- 2 oz almonds blanched and shredded
- the grated rind of a 1 lemon
- 3 eggs
- a salt spoonful of nutmeg grated
- half a teaspoon of salt
- quarter pint of milk
- 1 small wineglassful of brandy (optional)

Mix all the dry ingredients together, stir in the well beaten eggs, milk and brandy (if used). Turn the mixture into 2 well greased basins, and steam from 5 to 6 hours. Sufficient for 8 or 9 persons.