Sunday, September 30, 2007

Seacoast Church, Charleston, SC

My church home... check it out.

Saturday, September 29, 2007

Your Dirty Swimming Pool Can KILL You

Deadly infection (PAM)

Though infections tend to be found in southern states, Naegleria (an amoeba) lives almost everywhere in lakes, hot springs, even dirty swimming pools, grazing off algae and bacteria in the sediment (meaning that it is also found in soil.)

People become infected when they wade through shallow water and stir up the bottom. If someone allows water to shoot up the nose — say, by doing a somersault in chest-deep water — the amoeba can latch onto the olfactory nerve.

The amoeba destroys tissue as it makes its way up into the brain, where it continues the damage, “basically feeding on the brain cells."

People who are infected tend to complain of a stiff neck, headaches and fevers. In the later stages, they’ll show signs of brain damage such as hallucinations and behavioral changes.

Once infected, most people (i.e. 95%) have little chance of survival. Some drugs have stopped the amoeba in lab experiments, but people who have been attacked rarely survive. Life expectancy seems to be about two weeks!

Saturday, September 22, 2007

Terry Bisson's THEY'RE MADE OUT OF MEAT

A short sci-fi story that is a funny conversation between two aliens regarding us...

The Outside Affects the Inside

"One thing I learned is that the outside affects the inside, your behavior shapes your thoughts." A. J. Jacobs from a Newsweek interview regarding his new book "The Year of Living Biblically."

Jacobs spent a year living the 700 rules he found in the Bible. He wore white a lot, refrained from swearing, asked strangers if he could stone them for adultery and divorce, and honored the Sabbath, to list a few.

Wednesday, September 19, 2007

Watercolor


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Sunday, September 16, 2007

Low Impact House


Take a look at this 'built into a hillside' low impact house...


Watercolor Lily

Makes a nice desktop background, if I say so myself...
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Tree Line in Charcoal

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LIFE: Not a Journey But Music

Pangea Day Call for Videos

Saturday, September 15, 2007

Guard House, Imperial Palace, Line Drawing

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History of Middle East Conquerors

In 90 seconds, see 5000 years of conquest of the Middle East...

Saturday, September 8, 2007

Little Soaps vs. One Regular Bar

Check out this very funny series of communications between a hotel guest and housekeeping regarding hotel soaps...

Sunday, September 2, 2007

just a calming film of images of asia

The "Hauntening" - Serious Spelling

Check this little film out...with odd spelling in the title and in the film as well. Then, follow the link to WAVERLY FILMS and take a gander at other offerings...

Douglas Adams' Quotes

He hoped and prayed that there wasn't an afterlife. Then he realized there was a contradiction involved here and merely hoped that there wasn't an afterlife.

Calvin & Hobbes' SNOWMAN Cartoons

Some fine cartoons on the snowman by CALVIN & HOBBES...