Open Mic

CaptureMouseMicGosh darn I’m pressed for time, so instead of me blogging, I thought I would leave it up to you to entertain yourselves.

So comment on whatever you want, but here are some ideas:

  • It’s Friday, tell us what your plans are for the weekend.
  • What do you enjoy the most and least about this blog?
  • Why do you continue to visit this blog?
  • Should Pete Rose be allowed in the Baseball Hall of Fame?
  • Predict the Cowboys regular season record.
  • What television show are you looking forward to seeing coming back to air again?
  • Who would you rather have as a lawyer, Ben Matlock or Perry Mason?
  • What was the last movie you saw, and do you recommend it?
  • What’s the best comedy of all time?
  • If you won free air fair and hotel but had to leave this afternoon and return by Sunday night, where would you go?
  • Ketchup or Catchup?
  • How did you hear of the tragic affairs of 9/11?
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Firm enlists Winston the homing pigeon to transfer data – because he’s faster than broadband

A company is to start using a carrier pigeon to transfer data between its offices – because bosses believe it will be quicker than broadband.

IT experts at a firm in South Africa said it takes up to six hours to transfer four gigabytes of encrypted data between two of its offices which lie 50 miles apart.

Today staff at the financial services company will save valuable time by instead having the information transported by a homing pigeon named Winston.

Workers will attach a memory card containing the data to bird’s leg and let nature take its course.

Experts believe the specially-trained 11-month-old pigeon will complete the flight in just 45 minutes – and at a fraction of the cost.

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Baptist church pulls plug on Pepsi products

BRANDON – A mega church that draws several thousand worshippers to Sunday services has pulled the plug on Pepsi products.

The last of 10 Pepsi vending machines were wheeled out the door this week at Bell Shoals Baptist Church and replaced with Coke machines, but the switch wasn’t spurred by a taste test.

Terry Kemple, a member of Bell Shoals Baptist and president of the Community Issues Council, said the church’s decision to boycott Pepsi products came after months of failed discussions with the soft drink company.

The council, formed “to promote and protect Judeo-Christian values” according to its Web site, and church officials asked the soft drink company to curb its support of groups, events and legal issues that “oppose traditional family values,” Kemple said.

The company, Kemple said, sponsors major gay pride parades and events across the country.

Full Tampa Bay Online Article

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