TED talk: How does an all powerful God allow terrible tragedy to happen?

Very interesting talk on the nature of God. Garry's summary is much better than I'd come up with right now, so if you want to know more about it before watching the video, check out Garry's posr.

This is pretty awesome: Stephen Fry on Language

Well, that's one dead Palm Pixi

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Apparently it isn't strong enough to survive my pocket. The display still works, but the touchscreen doesn't. That's got to be a record for me. I guess I'm happy I got it as my free phone. I guess I'll see what it takes to get it fixed, but I figure it'll be considerably more than I paid for the thing in the first place. It's back to the SE C510a for me.

Half off the US Half Marathon, San Francisco (http://gr.pn/cCesje)

I signed up. Any one want to join me? It sounds like fun.

Try BART week

It's Try BART Week! Ride BART Monday through Friday, October 18-22, for your chance to win one of hundreds of prizes, such as BART tickets for a year, roundtrip tickets on Southwest Airlines, Green and Black's chocolate, Ben and Jerry's ice cream parties for you and 49 of your friends, Jamba Juice gift cards, Alter Eco gourmet food baskets and much more! 

I'm always down for the chance to win something for something I'm already doing, and they have coupons, too. Check it out!

Snapfish Breast Cancer Awareness Campaign (with prizes! ;)

Support Breast Cancer Awareness! Get the word out about Snapfish's Pink Gives campaign and you'll be entered to win an HP mini computer. Post on Facebook, tweet or post on a blog between today and next Friday 10/15 and you'll be entered to win. We'll also pick a daily winner to receive a $40 gift certificate! This Pink...... Gives campaign gives 30% of proceeds from our pink products to Breastcancer.org. Many designers contributed wonderful designs this year so the products look great! Plus when you spend $10 on Pink Gives products you get a free set of address labels!

I don't usually post Snapfish promos, but I figured I'd make an exception for this one, and if you pass it on, you could win something (no, I don't know how they're figuring it out, using the share button on facebook might be the best way...). If you're interested in the products, they're here: http://www.snapfish.com/pinkgives2010

Sesame Street: Smell Like A Monster

This is just filled with awesome.

At least it's not the clean clothes

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