The Lemmertorium

Here’s a pretty neat article on the rise of Christianity in China.

Check it out.

Today I will be taking some of my nephews to see the new Transformers movie.  Yay!  Anyway, in my daily meanderings on the internets I happened across some great Transformers related craziness (by which I mean awesomeness!). 

Let’s start with pictures of the National Guard soldier/fire fighter who legally changed his name to Optimus Prime.  Not only is it amazing that someone actually changed their name to a cartoon character’s, but the soldier/fire fighter combination seems a great fit for a man who identifies with the leader of the autobots.  More Optimus Prime goodies can be found here.

The next segment I dedicate to Brian with the question: why haven’t you done anything like this!?  ComicCon ‘07?  Eh?  Watch the video here.

And, if this isn’t enough.  There are tons more videos from Gizmodo here.

I found out something new at work today. Today is the official Tribal Native American Day. Why Tribal you ask? Well, there are 2 “Native American Days“. The first is on October 12th. The perceptive among you will note that in most parts of the country October 12th means Columbus Day. While he was a great explorer and navigator, his governing of new world colonies led to the enslavement and slaughter of natives. The state of South Dakota officially recognizes October 12th as Columbus Day. The second is the official tribal Native American Day. It is celebrated on June 25th.

The most interesting point of this day is the historical event that caused this day to be tribal Native American Day. What event is that? Make a guess. You’ve all heard of the incident but I’m sure you don’t know the date or any specific details.

The reason June 25th is celebrated as Native American Day is because it’s the anniversary of Custer’s defeat at Little Big Horn.

[tags]Little Big Horn, Custer, Native American Day[/tags]

 Guess which gigantic internet company is building a complex in Council Bluffs.  None other than my favorite internet company of them all, Google!  Yay! 

Why are they building in Council Bluffs?  I don’t know.  Maybe they’re going to begin indexing soy beans.  Maybe they’re about to tailor a Gmail for hogs, piGmail, if you will.  Or maybe they realized that Nebraska sucks.  Either way, I’m happy. 

By the way, the website that broke this story is also from Iowa, check it out: Google Building Data Center in Land of Hogs, Corn, and CyberNet News – CyberNet News.

[tags]Iowa, Google[/tags]

I’m in a bit of a silly mood, so I thought I’d brag about my new credit card.  Everyone in Valentine knows that the cheapest gas is at the Sinclair station by the Rosebud Casino.  It’s on the highway between Valentine, where we live, and Mission, where we work.  It’s become our haven fuel during the work week.

Well, being the financial wizard that I am, I decided to take advantage of this by ordering a couple of credit cards since using them will cut 7% off the top of our gas purchases.  Now, the greatest thing about these cards is not their money saving potential, but the fact that they have a herd of brontosauruses in the picture.

As you might imagine, Lacey is not near as exctied by this as I am, but what does she know?  I’m more than happy to sport dinosaurs on  my credit card, and you should too.

(It’s the one on the left, but the green one is cool too!)

[tags]credit card, dinosaurs, brontosaurus[/tags]

Someone is obviously working at the Post Office, because they came up with a GREAT idea for a stamp collection.  Right now you can get an entire book of Star Wars themed stamps!

And, on top of that fun, you can go online and vote for your favoite.  I personally like the Han & Chewy stamp the best.  What’s your favorite?

Vote Here

[tags]star wars, stamps, usps[/tags]