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Driver’s Ed 2.0

February 6, 2010

Want to take Driver’s Ed to the next level? How about some slippery sliding winter driving fun? This CNN video shows a winter driving school, where students learn on a course coated with ice and covered with snow. Looks like a lot of fun to me. Of course, I guess you have to take it [...]

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Looking for a bargain?

January 31, 2010

I found this advertised item amusing when I saw it on a major online shopping site. Gotta love those markdowns! Someone won’t have to scrape into his penny collection. (To be fair, everything else on the page was marked down at least a few dollars)

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Can you identify the airline baggage threat?

January 6, 2010

Interesting activity (well maybe one time through ) on the MSNBC page that puts you in the role of a baggage screener trying to identify threats. Unfortunately, I only identified one of the threats and issued a few false alarms…how well can you do? Click here to try!

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Sweet chase video

December 10, 2009

Found this video online of some cop cars forcing a stolen car to spin out and stop. Nice helicopter view of the action. http://video.foxnews.com/12396437/high-speed-chase

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Space shuttle anyone?

November 24, 2009

Ever wanted to climb in an old space shuttle in your yard? Or walk around in a space suit of your very own? NASA is holding a massive “yard sale” to give away old equipment from the soon-to-be-retired shuttle program (yes, even including some space shuttles!). Unfortunately, the deal’s not for private individuals. You have [...]

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Looking for a unique vacation?

November 5, 2009

A company is making available a stay in a “space hotel” for 3 days/nights for a mere $4.4 million! See this article.

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New book by Josh Harris

October 18, 2009

Josh Harris has posted the first chapter from his book Dug Down Deep on his blog. Unfortunately I can’t read it behind the BJU filter through the Scribd book posting service he’s using, but I’m looking forward to previewing it when I can. It’s going to be officially for sale early next year. He’s writing [...]

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Welcome!

August 6, 2009

Welcome to Thinking Random! This is my first step into the blogosphere and I hope to add more as the days go on.

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