13,500 People Sing "Hey Jude" in Trafalgar Square

Everyone arrived thinking they would be dancing - no-one had any idea how the event would unfold.

Thanks to Keith over at BagOfNothing

New Pig Flu Pandemic Tracking Map

On Wednesday, April 29th I posted a Google Map that show data on the Pig Flu Pandemic. That site was overwhelmed with data so they have quit updating. So, for the latest in Pig Flu Pandemic data click on the link below.

Track The Pig Flu Pandemic

Remembering Greatness

It was one of those achy, bluesy days early summer days when Nolan Ryan simply wanted to relax in his recliner at home, sip a glass of iced tea and maybe watch a ballgame on TV, like any other weary 44-year-old man.

Only one problem with that plan, Stan.

Ryan was scheduled to pitch that night for the Texas Rangers.

It was May 1, 1991, and Ryan didn’t know it when he hauled his aching bones out to his car for the drive to The Ballpark in Arlington, but he was about to make baseball history yet one more time.

At the ballpark, he popped a couple of Advil — what else? — did a little extra stretching trying to get the kinks out, and warned pitching coach Tom House that he’d better keep a close eye on him.

“I wasn’t really feeling too good about my chances of getting very deep into the game that night,” Ryan said.

He had no idea that, incredibly, he was about to throw the seventh and final no-hitter of his career. All these years later, Sandy Koufax remains second on the list with four.

Read the full article by Jim Reeves of the Fort Worth Star-Telegram

Who knew that I was contributing to scientific knowledge?

In December of 2006 I found myself on a business trip in Southern California. We stayed at the Marriott on Coronado Island. When I paid for my breakfast I was given a one-dollar bill that had "Track This Bill at www.wheresgeorge.com" stamped in red ink on the edge. I went to the site and learned that Where's George "is a website that tracks the natural geographic circulation of American paper money." (wiki). Shortly after this encounter I began entering bills and so far have recorded 1,628 bills of varying denominations ($1 vs. $5, not Baptist vs. Presbyterian).

As I have pursued this hobby I have found myself questioned continuously. It is obvious that some think I am a little nuts to spend time stamping and entering bills into this website (as opposed to the other reasons they think I am nuts). Well, after a little over two years I can now tell those scoffers that I am in fact contributing to scientific research.

Channel 7 News in Chicago just did a story on how a physicist at Northwestern University is using the data from the "Where's George currency tracking project" to predict the movement of people, and therefore the Swine Flu, throughout the US. Basically, he is predicting that when currency moves between two cities you assume that people moved as well.

You can read the article and watch the video by following the link below.

How the great and selfless David is helping to track a disease and make the world safe for mankind

Can this be blamed on the pig flu?

We are so cautious as Americans, that we will shut down the whole southwest proper just because somebody gets "flu like symptoms". But we are also the kind of people that will come up with a promotion where two kids race to home plate, in opposite directions, and without helmets.

There's a collision. Wait for it.

New Details on how the swine flus is spread

Finally we know what is causing this pandemic...

Tracking the swine flu

Here is an interesting Google Map that tracks cases of the swine flu.

• A purple marker is a confirmed or probable case
• A pink marker is a suspected case
• A yellow marker is a negative case
• Fatal cases have no dot

View H1N1 Swine Flu in a larger map

Arguing about why bad things happen to good people.

Folks that know me know that I like to laugh. I enjoy a hearing people laugh at my "humor", and I love laughing at other people's. I enjoy reading funny blogs and laughing at YouTube videos of guys doubled over after taking a shot 'below the belt' from a baseball hit by their toddler son.. Because of this there are a number of blogs I check and read on a regular basis. One of these is Stuff Christians Like. It is "a tongue in cheek exploration of all the silly things Christians like. From Carmen to books about the rapture to crowns of thorns you can buy for $49.99 at the local Christian bookstore. It will be sarcastic, mildly funny and if some of these things hit too close to home, perhaps a little offensive."

Today the blog takes a humorous look at the serious question "why do bad things happen to good people". The author answers by asking a question God revealed to him. I encourage you to take a few minutes and click the link below to read the blog post.

Arguing about why bad things happen to good people.