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Monday, November 12, 2007

Point Form = No Skill

Dear Brain Matter,

3 neat things I've come across in the past 3 days:

1) glo Pillow

This pillow was created as a synonym to the familiar BEEP BEEP BEEP of your early morning wake up call. Instead of sounding the alarm at exactly 7:00 in the am, the glo Pillow is programmed to start glowing about 40 minutes before the actual wake up time in order to simulate a natural sunrise. The LEDs slowly become brighter and brighter, carefully bringing the sleeper out of his dreams and into reality helping set the "body clock" for the days to come.

2) 344 992 000 000

Dollars. Wal-Mart, the world's largest company will rack in the aforementioned about of money in the the 2007 fiscal year. That number is so big I don't even know how to say it.

3) Shel Silverstein still has a place in my blood pumper...

This bridge will only take you halfway there
To those mysterious lands you long to see
Through gypsy camps and swirling Arab fairs
And moonlit woods where unicorns run free.
So come and walk awhile with me and share

The twisting trails and wondrous worlds I've known.
But this bridge will only take you halfway there --
The last few steps you'll have to take alone.

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