Retractable Speed Bumps

Mexico’s Decano Industries has a speed bump that could make the deterrents a lot less obnoxious. The concept is simple: if a car is going slow enough, the speed bump stays retracted and allows it to continue. Go too fast and — bam! — you hit the speed bump.

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Bag of Randomness

  • My ophthalmologist says my eye is fine.  That is the good.  The bad, I didn’t know my insurance coverage for vision services have changed, so the I no longer pay a $20 co-pay but have to meet a deductible.   Grrrr.
  • It’s been a long week.
  • Jerry Jones was on Leno last night and it looked like he was loving every moment of it, even if he talked too much, even if he wasn’t as funny as he thought he was.  He sure did like to say “uh” a lot and was rubbing his hands a lot.
  • And my gosh he loves to wink.
  • In the bit it was mentioned that Dallas is well known for its strip clubs.  I only pass about six of them a day to and from work.
  • Leno also asked him what was the last thing he bought at Wal-Mart.  He said a hunting license.
  • A friend has alerted me about a setlist website that is pretty darn cool.  Not only do you find setlists from concerts, but you can also hear and watch videos of the songs on the setlist as well as see all the lyrics and other concert information.  For instance, here’s the U2 setlist when they were in town, and here is Muse’s setlist.
  • I’m not sure if Hillary Swank can ever pull off a feminine role in a movie.
  • Bad news for Hulu users, it looks like they will start charging for some content.
  • Windows 3.1 Launch Party
  • I heard that some people don’t actually fold toilet paper, but crumple it up, that really surprised me.
  • Speaking of bathroom stuff, Charmin is looking for people in NYC to work in bathrooms for $10,000 and blog about it.  Charmin Ambassador
  • The Marine Corps got a new chapel yesterday.
  • A Box Life is an interesting concept.
  • Perhaps another reason to get out of Afghanistan – $400 per gallon gas.  Personally, I don’t know where I stand on the issue.
  • I find that beached blue whale just amazing.
  • The world’s longest golf course has 18 holes spread over 848 miles.  Link That’s one course I wouldn’t walk.
  • I thought Michael Jordan’s son, Marcus, would wear the number 23 for his basket jersey number, but no, he wears number 5.  Interestingly enough, no one else on the team wears the number 23, but I guess he took the number 5 because of his father’s huge shadow, and the number is sum of 2 and 3.  I also don’t think he looks much like his father.
  • I’m not sure what I’m going to do this weekend, and that’s just how I like it.
  • Grace
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Golden Gopher Prayful Apology

MINNEAPOLIS — The University of Minnesota is apologizing after its Goldy Gopher mascot poked fun at a Penn State football player who was praying before last week’s game.

A video made before Saturday’s game at State College, Pa., shows Penn State defensive end Jerome Hayes kneeling in prayer in the end zone.

Goldy Gopher kneels in front of Hayes, according to the video posted on YouTube. When Hayes stands up, so does Goldy. The mascot tries to make some contact, but Hayes ignores him and trots back to the bench.

“On behalf of Goldy and the University of Minnesota, I want to apologize to the Penn State player involved and anyone else who may have taken offense from this incident,” Wolter said in a statement. “We have reiterated to Goldy the importance of exercising appropriate religious sensitivity in the future.”

Penn State athletics spokesman Brian Siegrist had no comment Thursday. Penn State won the game 20-0.

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