When Mercedes wanted to promote its new fuel cell vehicle, instead of placing it squarely in front of everyone in the world, the company decided to make the car invisible.
Bag of Randomness
- Our first born slept had no problem sleeping through the night. Everyone told us this would not happen with our second child. I’m here to report that unfortunately, they are right.
- There’s a new fancy bridge in Dallas and I despite all the coverage, I have no idea what highway it will be a part of.
- The name of the bridge is the Margaret Hunt Hill Bridge, but I’ve heard several folks just refer to it as Large Marge.
- A bunch of Aztecs were performing a ceremony to open the bridge, I don’t get their connection to Dallas.
- Per Kraft Foods, 84% of men eat their Oreos intact, 41% of women pull their Oreos apart.
- I didn’t know that famed astrophysicist and all around awesome guy Neil deGrasse Tyson attended the University of Texas where he earned an MA. But he really didn’t enjoy his time there.
- A person once asked him his advice on someone going to grad school, “Answers are a luxury enjoyed only every now and then. So early on, learn to love the questions themselves.”
- The Bible under the Joshua Tree: Biblical Imagery in the Music of U2
- David Hasselhoff dressed up like Hitler at a London concert.
- The first KMart and Wal-Mart opened in 1962.
- Kurt Cobain’s isolated vocal take from Smells Like Teen Spirit
- In case you ever wanted to buy a house from IKEA that is ready made for their products.
Something I Might Try With My Son This Weekend
A Politics and Religion Post That Caught My Attention
An excertp:
One of the reasons Christians tend to fight with each other over politics is that we are often secret utopians. We say we trust in Christ, but we really trust in ourselves, or some human solution, to make the world a better place. We keep hoping for and believing in the “silver bullet”—the candidate, the policy, the platform, the Supreme Court configuration—that will fix things. And when we find that someone else’s silver bullet differs from ours, we don’t trust him anymore—even if he is a fellow believer. Or we keep clinging to the mistaken notion that America is God’s chosen nation, positioned to make things right in the world: if we can just get America “right” we will put the world to rights. And when we find someone with a different vision for what it means to get America “right” we demonize him.
Read the full post @: Can Republicans and Democrats sit in the same pew?