This site has a great little java applet that zooms you from 10 million light years away from earth down to the smallest particles currently known to man. While I was watching this fascinating display I couldn’t help but be in awe of God’s incredible and magnificent creation. It’s so big, so amazing it’s hard to imagine. Most of the time we don’t thing outside of are small little part of our “universe”, so it was a good reminder of the size and  our place in the world. How much more amazing and incredible is the creator himself?

Molecular Expressions: Science, Optics and You - Secret Worlds: The Universe Within - Interactive Java Tutorial

View the Milky Way at 10 million light years from the Earth. Then move through space towards the Earth in successive orders of magnitude until you reach a tall oak tree just outside the buildings of the National High Magnetic Field Laboratory in Tallahassee, Florida. After that, begin to move from the actual size of a leaf into a microscopic world that reveals leaf cell walls, the cell nucleus, chromatin, DNA and finally, into the subatomic universe of electrons and protons.

Thanks to StumbleUpon I now know Tina’s real name. I’m a big fan of her’s and this really won’t make any difference but it’s something I really didn’t want to know. Have you ever made a discover that you didn’t really want to know? I’ts kind of hard to turn back the hands of time on these “discoveries”.

Music Stars Real Names

Tina Turner - Annie Mae Bullock

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First a confession, I lifted the picture from the Purpose Driven Life Cafe site.

After receiving an email forwarded several times and following a few links I ended up at Starbucks and Jesus
and read the excerpt from John Fisher’s book Confessions of a Caffeinated Christian which I found quite interesting and I’ve added the book to my Amazon wishlist. Being a Starbuck’s fan myself drew me into the story where the authour parallels his Starbuck’s experience with his Jesus experience and I found myself relating and identifying with the story. As is typical with the web, one thing lead to another as I explored the Purpose Driven Life site because I was attracted by the relevance and relatability of the story. I’ve read the Purpose Driven Life book quite some time ago, but this experience has me thinking about re-reading it soon.

The outcome of all this is that I subscribed to their daily devotional newsletter and I’m looking forward to more real life encounters with Christ and a deeper and renewed faith walk with the King of Kings.

Purpose Driven Life: Purpose Driven Café

Starbucks and Jesus Excerpted from John’s book Confessions of a Caffeinated Christian By John Fischer I am a loyal, shameless consumer of the Starbucks brand. I drink my coffee every day out of a stainless steel mug with a snap-on lid I got at Starbucks three years ago. I have a Starbucks cap. I fly United whenever possible because they have a good frequent flyer program although the fact that they serve Starbucks on board does not go unnoticed. I get a warm feeling inside when I’m on the road and I see the circular green logo. It’s home away from home. As far as I’m concerned, there is coffee and there is Starbucks, and that’s about it. Coffee is what you get at Circle K or 7 Eleven. Starbucks is what you go a little out of your way for.

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Some friends were over last night for dinner and mentioned an article they had seen in the National Post. It was a front page storry about an organization of volunteer photographers that donate their services to provide photographic memories of terminaly ill babies and their families. As a parent the very idea of losing a child at any stage of life to me is beyond understanding and even more so for a child so young and full of promise.  This is such a wonderful idea and an incredible organization. If I were a professional photographer I would be so there. I’d urge you to read the storys, they will touch your heart and if you can, to participate. Here is one families story.

Now I lay Me Down To Sleep - ~Infant Bereavement Photography~

But there is another aspect of pregnancy and birth. There is an unexpected place in this journey where some families may find themselves. When a baby dies, a world is turned upside down. There is confusion, sadness, fear, and uncertainty that cannot be explained. There is sorrow where there should have been joy. During this time, it might be impossible for families to know what they might need in order to heal in the future.

This is the place where NOW I LAY ME DOWN TO SLEEP gently provides a helping hand and a healing heart. NOW offers a vital service to our community. For families overcome by grief and pain, the idea of photographing their baby may not immediately occur to them. Offering gentle and beautiful photography and videography services in a compassionate and sensitive manner is the heart of this organization. The soft, gentle heirloom photographs of these beautiful babies are an important part of the healing process. They allow families to honor and cherish their babies, and share the spirits of their lives.

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Given that the van engine decide to have a little failure that caused it to be replaced for a whopping repair bill, perhap I should be looking at the Infinity, now billed as the most expensive CD ripper going. On second thought an iPod would do very nicely. Cars, can’t live without them, can’t live with the repair bills.

2007 Infiniti G35 gets in-dash system with hard drive and CF - Engadget

Ice Breaker #4

Originally uploaded by Big Dadoo.

We were at the cottage on Lake of the Woods for part of the Easter weekend with Eric, Dez, Scott & Mandi when the four of them decided to do something new. Well, actually the guys invented this but the girls really got into it as well. It’s rare that we’re at the lake when the ice breaks up and this weekend it wasn’t quite ready to go, but the trusty Lund was pressed into Icebreaker duty. This is a cottage first! With some pushing and prodding and some very rhythmic heaving they actually managed to get the boat a fair way out into the water. Just so they didn’t get stuck there a safety rope attached to the dock made sure they would return in time for dinner.

After being warned by Seth about Stumble, I did it anyway and look what I stumbled upon. It’s hard to imagine that these are just sidewalk drawings! they just take you to another place and cause you to do a double take and wonder if what you’re seeing can be real. Very impressive and so much work for a temporary result. Oh yeah, Stumble is addictive, so consider yourself warned.

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OK, after scanning some blogs I like to read from time to time, I came across this one and just for fun, followed the link to the “pretty funny slogans”. LOL, especially the “Turn or Burn”, hmmmm, by aunt goes to a baptist church. Good thing most folks in the office have gone home for the day, I just about fell out of my chair.

Church Marketing Sucks - Rejected Church Slogans

He came up with some pretty funny slogans. I bet the bright readers of CMS could come up with a few more… eh? (link via Wittenburg Door)