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Things I have recently spotted that may be of interest to someone else:

Science:
(This doesn't effect me . . .) NPR reports that some people's hair changes from curly to straight, or the reverse, on its own.

Politics:
(or maybe science) Wired has a group of articles on how to fix our power infrastructure. Here's one of them. There are links to the others, which include better batteries, ways to store energy for peak use, etc.

Sports:
A formula that lets you know when a basketball game is out of reach of the losers, from Slate.

Christianity:
From Christianity Today, on how the scandal of the AIG bonuses applies to us. Whoops . . .

To toot my own horn more (I hope) than usual, I have also written about AIG and me.

On a personal note: this morning, I seem to be totally pain-free, thank God. I had continued to have some pain in the lower right leg, starting soon after back surgery on the 16th. It seemed to disappear by last evening. It was never the main problem, just a minor annoyance, but I'm glad it's gone.

Image source (public domain)

AIG and me

Let's see, now. What's everybody so mad at?

They're mad at a company that risked its future on unreliable and ephemeral investments, then, when those investments proved to be worthless, asked for help, and then used some of that help to reward those who made the mistakes in the first place. No wonder it's called Arrogant, Incompetent, and Greedy.

OK. Has such a thing ever happened before? Hmmm. . .

Well, I risked my eternal future on my own accomplishments. They were worthless. I asked for help, and then, when the help came, I patted myself on the back instead of praising God for His redeeming grace. To top it off, I keep trying to re-install myself as CEO, instead of Christ. That seems to be another, even more serious case of Arrogant, Incompetent, and Greedy.

Ouch.

The inspiration for this came mostly from an article in Christianity Today.

Thanks for reading.