Don't melt those pennies and nickels. It could get you a $10,000 fine and five years in prison.

World's tallest man saves dolphins. I don't think even Wim Wenders could think this up.

DJ Riko's Merry Mixmas 2006 is HERE!!! Go to www.djriko.com and download/torrent a copy! I think this is the best one so far. The Twelve Days of Christmas montage is really done well.

The only thing to fear is the sensationalizing of fear.

"Al Qaeda IT Support, this is Younis, how can I help you?"

In today's episode of Why the Middle East is Fucked, we learn about the Balfour Declaration of 1917, how it conflicts with the Sykes-Picot Agreement, and how Sykes-Picot and Balfour REALLY conflicted with the Hussein-McMahon Correspondence. And silly you, thought all this stuff started in 1948 because the Allies were feeling guilty about six million Jews getting killed by Nazis and not really doing anything about it even though you knew it was happening? WRONG! They felt even MORE guilty because if they had re-established Israel after World War I, there wouldn't have been that many Jews left in Europe for Hitler to kill! They would have all been in the Eastern Mediterranean fighting militant Arabs who had been living on the land for the last 1500 years instead. But of course us Westerners are so good at reneging on deals. The British went on creating solidarity among the Arabs eventually leading to the Arab Revolt against the Ottoman Turks. This lead to a solidarity between Arabs that had not been seen until this time. They now viewed the Arabs in Palestine as brethren being oppressed by these new Jews. The new Jews made an easy focus for all their hate and anger, even though that should really be directed at their oppressive but very wealthy monarchs and dictators. So we ended up screwing the Jews first and then the Arabs! Birds...glass houses...sinners...doesn't really matter. You know how us Westerners love to throw stones! And we're getting better and better at it...throwing stones that is! Good thing the Middle East is so far away, and all we have to worry about is high gas prices...oh and terrorists...nuclear weapons...lots of dead and wounded soldiers...economic collapse...global warming...World War III...loss of freedom...rising extreme fundamentalism...fear...fear...fear...

Teach your body some new tricks. via fark

Suffer from Netflix Guilt? Vera Drake knows I have since February.

Make has an entry about NADH in their new Tools N Tips section and I wanted to share my personal experience with it. NADH is a coenzyme produced naturally by the body in order to turn glucose into energy your body uses to fuel itself. One third of the energy your body produces is used by your brain. Increased intake of NADH has been found to improve brain function, empower the immune system and increase physical energy. But until recently, NADH could not be easily supplemented because it would breakdown in the stomach. Enada is the patented system that was created to prevent breakdown of NADH before it entered the bloodstream.

I have been taking NADH or Enada now for a couple years and I can definitely say that it has changed my life. I have had bouts with anxiety and depression since I was a kid. I started taking NADH a few years ago after an article in Newsweek told of how it helped with energy, concentration and focus. A lot of my anxiety would come from the fact that I would just blank when I got into a social situation that required me to interface with others, especially people I didn't know. I thought the focus would help me with that. I found Immune Support had the cheapest price and the best business attitude so I ordered some. I have been taking it ever since. The thing I like about it is that I don't feel any different. You don't get shaky, your emotions aren't erased, and you especially don't feel like you are on something. It's very subtle. I notice that it's working because I don't get frustrated by common daily experiences. I don't get worried by things that used to terrify me like walking into a crowded room or making basic conversation. It's as if a veil has been lifted and I can see the world clearly. I'm still me, but everything seems to make more sense. It reminds me of when I first got glasses and noticed that leaves weren't one big blur, but individual and unique. Suddenly stressful situations had multiple paths of resolution. People became just people and not something different from me. I didn't get angry whenever something went wrong. I could now see how hard my wife struggled because she never know when I would "freak out". I also saw how I wasn't giving my son enough time because I didn't understand him and was afraid of him. I was then able to start making small changes that made my whole family's life better. So far so good.

I am not a doctor, therapist, nutritionist, etc. I am only telling how Enada has helped me. I currently take about 10mg a day every morning 30 minutes before breakfast. 5mg was enough for clarity, but 10mg gives me an extra boost that helps me get through the day. When I first started taking it and the times I have been off of it since, it takes me about three days for the full effect to set in. It gets a little expensive, but for me it's been worth it. And I want to be clear that this is not some miracle drug. I have read many stories how it did nothing. It doesn't fix you. You fix you. Enada can maybe help you see things more clearly and hopefully see the path that's right for you.

Megacryometeors...the new threat.

Have you taken the Financial Challenge? It's a lot cheaper (as in free) than a Dave Ramsey book. And isn't that more fiscally prudent?

How to win against customer service.

"We make a living by what we get. We make a life by what we give."
Winston Churchill

What is social capital really worth?

A lesson in scale. via digg

Would you like your coffee plain or excreted out of the ass of this small carnivore?

Warmongers are less likely to win wars. Really? via sploid.

Running the numbers for artist payments of legally downloaded songs. It is so honorable that the record companies pay artists their fair share since they don't actually do anything when a song is downloaded. Hah! Of course, you can always go independent.

What every Dad wants for Father's Day...the BeerBelly.

Today is primary election day in Alabama. But which districts do I live in? Go to the Alabama State Legislature's ZIP Code search. You will need your nine digit ZIP code to know your exact House and Senate Reps. Don't know those last four digits? No problem. Go to the USPS Address search. Type in your address without ZIP code and submit. You will get your full nine digit ZIP code. Enter this into the Rep ZIP Code search and see who represents your community.