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• My electric bill for this month was exactly the same as it was for last month.
• The Old Guard at Arlington National Cemetery have been taking pictures of every grave in the middle of the night using an iPhone.  It’s an interesting read, but I’m surprised they would only use an iPhone as opposed to a better digital camera, even a point-and-click.  It’s an interesting read, and I can only imagine what it must be like to walk through a pitch black cemetery at night.
• Speaking of the Old Guard at Arlington, Irene didn’t deter them.  Facebook
• Here’s another interesting read on what it’s like to have your film flop at the box office.
• 60 Minutes had a segment last night on a New York gospel program for disadvantaged youth.  In the segment, an apartment building was described as being a place in which only kids who are being reared by their grandparent(s) can live.
• Dick Cheney has made mention that his memoir will make heads explode in Washington.
• If I ever need to find the age of a celebrity, I go straight to Wikipedia because it calculates the age for you, saving you the trouble for having to do it yourself.  But for some reason, the mobile version of Wikipedia doesn’t do the calculation, and that really annoys me.
• For a while, Fellowship Church had their massive building dressed up a like a shark for a series called “Shark Weak.”  Pastor Ed Young even swam with sharks.
• I noticed a bit of a sock discrepancy in the Cowboys preseason game.  Some socks were half white and half blue, and others were just all blue.
• Troy Aikman is in a Reliant Energy commercial where he refuses to do any silly promotions, but oddly enough I see him do silly promotions with Hulk Hogan and for Wing Stop.
• Seriously, I can’t believe another fan fell at the Ballpark.
• Watch a Weather Man Get Covered in What’s Probably Raw Sewage
• How hotels keep patio furniture from blowing away during a hurricane

• Vic Gundotra is a senior VP at Google.  He once got a phone call from Steve Jobs while at church who informed him that he wasn’t happy with how the Google logo was displaying on the iPhone.

“So Vic, we have an urgent issue, one that I need addressed right away. I’ve already assigned someone from my team to help you, and I hope you can fix this tomorrow” said Steve.

“I’ve been looking at the Google logo on the iPhone and I’m not happy with the icon. The second O in Google doesn’t have the right yellow gradient. It’s just wrong and I’m going to have Greg fix it tomorrow. Is that okay with you?”

Of course this was okay with me. A few minutes later on that Sunday I received an email from Steve with the subject “Icon Ambulance”. The email directed me to work with Greg Christie to fix the icon.

• I was told that celebrity Kevin Smith mentioned this website on his podcast yesterday (strong language, mature content warning for your sensitive folks).  I haven’t listened to it as of yet to confirm, but that would be pretty cool.  I am interested in watching his latest film Red State.
• I wasn’t aware that Jesus not only visited Japan but is actually buried there.
• Astronomers think they may have discovered a planet that is one large diamond.
• Rednecks for Obama
• Mark and Donnie Wahlberg Opening Restaurant Called Wahlburgers – I have to admit, I like the name.
• I bet a lot of parents are happy the school year has started.  As a kid, I never felt the school year was in full gear until the playoffs in baseball started.
• It’s kind of hard to believe that high school football starts tomorrow.  For the past five or so years I’ve said I was going to watch a game, only never making the time to do so.
• The Rangers sure are trying to keep things dramatic with this pennant race.
• I’m lucky to have good health insurance.  I visited the doctor yesterday because my stomach is still ill from the Chicago trip, and my two prescriptions cost only $0.61.  I had horrible health insurance at my last place of employment, but at least I still had insurance.
• I got in an email conversation with one of my readers about the culture of Japan.  I thought of him when I watching this old video of a Japanese airline CEO cut his pay to be lower than his pilots and got rid of almost all his perks.
• Illinois college becomes first to ask undergrads if they’re gay
• For every dollar spent on a China-made item, 55 cents go to U.S. businesses for services such as marketing and sales.  USA Today
• The best way to capture Gadhafi is for the rebel forces to have a bunch of folks in Condi Rice costumes.