Did you know that singing can be DANGEROUS?

At least according to Puckey. I was just being silly and singing, "Jib fought the sauce and the sauce won" to the tune of "I fought the law..." and Puckey told me, "Don't sing that, it's DANGEROUS."

Dangerous for whom??? My guess is for the people who have to listen to me sing (which is mainly Puckey and The Jib...)

Ah, the brutal honesty of children.

Well, we're not all dead...

I don't know how many of you have heard of or read about CERN (European Organisation for Nuclear Research) or the LHC (Large Hadron Collider) that resides near the Swiss/French border. I had only recently heard of it, but it's popping up in the news all over the place today.

Scientists are looking to create a smaller version of the "Big Bang" by crashing two sub-atomic particles together to see what happens. Yeah, another case of scientists trying to prove we just "accidentally" got here. I wonder when these kinds of experiments are going to stop. Oh yeah, I know when...when Jesus returns! I'm pretty sure no one will be looking for evidence to disprove Creation then.

The funny (and slightly scary) thing about it is that OTHER scientists are afraid that this experiment will cause the destruction of our planet. They theorize that this "little bang" could cause a black hole, a vacuum, which will cause the surrounding area, or maybe even the whole earth, to virtually disappear. Great, so now in an attempt to prove how the world was created, scientists are going to destroy it? (I don't actually believe that will happen, but if it does, at least I know where I'm going...)

So, this morning (well, I guess it would have been late last night for those of us in the US), the scientists had their first "test run" of the LHC. They ran one sub-atomic particle around the nearly 17 mile underground tunnel. Apparently it was a success (meaning that it went all the way around the tunnel). The next step is to send a sub-atomic particle in the opposite direction. If that goes well, then the scientists will attempt to crash two particles together, in hope of finding what is called the Higgs Boson (a particle that has been dubbed the "God Particle", because scientists know it is everywhere, yet no one has actually FOUND it yet). Does that mean that some scientists believe there is probably a God, but they won't be sure until they SEE Him? Wow, that's a dangerous idea.

Won't it be awesome when the scientists crash the two particles together, and STILL aren't able to prove the "Big Bang" Theory true?!?! I AM interested to see what excuses they come up with as to why they can't explain their findings. It's funny all of the half-truths and outright lies scientists have told over the years to "prove" theories that dispute Creationism, especially when those lies are exposed. I don't think I've EVER heard of anyone lying to try to prove that Creation is real. You don't have to lie when you know the truth!

I know this is a bit of a departure from my normal stuff...but don't worry, I'm not going to get all scientific on you. I just found this to be interesting is all.

Just doing a little experiment...

Well, I was checking out my visitor stats, and I noticed that in the days after I posted about Sarah Palin the number of people who checked out my blog increased nearly ten-fold. I'd love to think that it's because of word-of-mouth and that people are recommending my blog to their friends and family...but I DO live in the real world and have the feeling that it was because I posted about Sarah Palin.

So, as a little experiment, I decided to post again about Governor Palin, and include different things about her to see if it causes another upswing in the number of visitors.

Governor Palin has a son named Trig, who has Down Syndrome.

Bristol Palin, Sarah's 17 year old daughter, is pregnant and engaged to the father Levi Johnston.

Governor Palin and her husband were high school sweethearts and have five children. (All with pretty unusual names...Piper and Bristol were the only ones I had heard used as names before)

Todd Palin is apparently a REALLY REALLY good snow machine racer, having won the Iron Dog snow machine race something like four times.

Governor Palin is an AWESOME choice for Vice President, and I'm glad John McCain picked her.

Now...let's see if that "ups" my stats!! It will be interesting to see if it does. I'll probably add more tidbits of info as I think of them, but right now it's dinner time!!!

I have ALWAYS wanted one of these...

Most of my childhood, I envied the kids who had those old-school label makers. You know the ones, that made labels that looked like this:

Those are called "Embossing Label Makers", and you know what? They STILL make them! Dymo, probably one of the most well-known names in label machines, also makes electronic label makers, too.

I went to the Dymo website, and found all kinds of different ideas for what I could use a label maker for. I was really surprised by the number of products they had. From the embossing label makers all the way to a fancy-schmancy disc painter, you really could find a label maker for just about any need. Of course, the price of the label maker does goes up according to the coolness factor of the product - the disc painter, for instance, goes on the website for a cool $280 (msrp). You can see all of the cool products they have by clicking here: file folders

Thinking of my daily tasks, I could use label makers to make address labels for shipping stuff I sell on eBay, printing postage for said packages, making labels for file folders, etc. I'm sure if there's a label maker made for a task, I could find a use for it! (I LOVE labels)

The kids, being back at school now, would be able to use a label maker, too! Bubber's got football equipment to keep track of, Bug has a clarinet case that could easily get lost in the shuffle...Nans likes stickers and would probably think it was cool to label everything she owns!! Yeah, we really could use a label maker.

So, any of you out there who were just wondering at what you could get me for Christmas...here's a hint: