Chemistry at Bars!

Cool coasters for $0.40 that test for GHB (date rape drug) http://www.drinksafetech.com/products.htm I love when chemistry helps the public!

OK, now I'm Lost

Is anyone else contemplating the implications of Lost last night like me? I joined the show after it had already been on 2 years and went and watched the old stuff on DVD. Lost has had parts where it dragged, but now it's fast and furious with many mysteries revealed, but some new ones created. This whole time travel thing is wild, some amazingly creative writers.

Strange Bathrooms

I find it really interesting that someone would go through so much trouble to make a public bathroom interesting. Would you be scared to use any of these?

THIS IS A CEILING MURAL IN A SMOKER'S LOUNGE.

BATHROOM PAINTED FLOOR!!!

IMAGINE YOU ARE AT A PARTY ...

On the tenth floor of a hi-rise building ...

AND ...

THEN YOU HAVE TO VISIT THE BATHROOM ...

You open the door ...
NOW, REMEMBER THE FLOOR IS JUST A PAINTED FLOOR !

KINDA TAKES YOUR BREATH AWAY ... DOESN'T IT?

Would this mess up your mind? Would you be able to walk in to this bathroom? Or do anything else?

This is a picture of a public toilet in Houston:

Now that you've seen the outside view, take a look at the inside view ...

It's made entirely of one-way glass!

No one can see you from the outside, but when you are inside it's like sitting in a clear glass box!

Now would you ... COULD YOU ...? Probably NOT!!

Here’s one From Taurus in Atlanta: now closed :(

At Taurus, which otherwise boasts one of the most welcoming bathrooms in town, while you are washing your hands you might notice that the mirror is framed by a semitransparent portion of glass that allows you to peek into the men's room – and vice versa. That's not always the kind of insight into how the other half lives that customers will appreciate.

From Mix in Atlanta:

Scary see-through doors that "fog" when locked to opaque.

Or you can Pee at the Berlin Wall at the Main Street Station in Las Vegas:

Revenge of the Nerds!

Reading an article in C&E News referencing Evolution of Human Behavior 2009 saying that women prefer men with pumped brains to pumped bodies, thought to be better gene contributer & child provider.

Atlanta NASCAR race = me in a car at 170 mph!

So my sister came into town and she's a huge NASCAR fan. I told her if she flew in I'd get tickets to the race. I'm not a huge NASCAR fan, but I watch it once and a while and I've been to one race before, 2 years ago with my sister. So anyway, in the process of finding tickets they had a Richard Petty Experience where for $50 (normally $110) you could ride in a car at race speeds after the race in a real NASCAR! I figured why not? and decided to give my sister a special treat. So it's a different experience watching the race realizing you'll be doing the same thing in a couple hours, huge anticipation. After the race you go through the tunnel, sign your life away on a waiver and get a helmet and race suit. You go in the actual pit area still warm from the race and climb through the window of a car that is vibrating and screaming and meet a driver who will have his fate in your hands for the next 4 laps. They actually put a thumb drive in the car that records you and what the car sees so you can have a DVD of your experience later. You ride in a pack of six cars so it's race like conditions. The acceleration is amazing and you're up to speed in no time. The banking feels wild and your vision and awareness of where you are on the track is very good. The noise is nuts and it was cool to race around knowing my little sister was ahead of me. NASCAR driver Mark Martin said this about the Atlanta Motor Speedway where he qualified for the pole at over 187 mph in this ESPN article, "I'm still shaking," he said. "I thought I ran out of talent in turn four. There was no possible way to hold my foot on the floor and not hit the wall, back end first, in turn four. But that was really fun. I live to scare myself like that." I agree and fefore I knew it, it was over, check another thing off of life's experience list, so much fun! My driver was like, "If you think it's fun riding, come back and drive one sometime!" Think I might just have to do that.

PS I don't think anyone can make those racesuits and helmets look good!

Global Warming

Reading article in, Hydrocarbon Processing, an oil tech journal entitled, "What are the opportunities to construct liquefaction facilities at the Arctic Circle? Building and operating natural gas plants in the high latitudes pose numerous challenges" by D. A. Wood and S. Mokhatabthat. It says a positive of global warming is increased access to more oil/gas in the arctic, um yeah...

Chick-fil-A

Layoffs on Sesame Street

Based upon the actual story of 20% layoffs on Sesame Street.

Sesame Street Layoffs - watch more funny videos

Less Americans Say They're Christian

Interesting read about changes in religious identity in a new survey.

The needle moved from 86% in 1990 to about 75% today.

KidStuf Musical at Buckhead Church Was on Fire!

"Shadrach, Meshack and Abendigo the Musical" was awesome! I still can't get, "Fire, Fire, Fire!" out of my head and the "We Belong" rendition was awesome too! One of the best Kidstufs in years.

Strange Worship

Monks who have taken a vow of silence singing, just hang in there until 1:30: