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How else do you explain belief in UFOs, creationism, and perpetual-motion machines?

Geoff said 8 minutes later

interesting...and scary
GJ said about 21 hours later

Is it any wonder that many people still find Sarah Palin an attractive choice for VP after the Couric interviews? I give props to Katie for keeping a straight face--I certainly couldn't.

But, drifting away from politics...watch how many miracle gas-saving devices are being peddled these days in the wake of high gas prices. My favorite has to be Brown's Gas, or other alternatives that provide seemingly amazing MPG using water in your car as a fuel. See this wiki for some details.

Anybody with a modicum of understanding in conservation of energy can see the water-powered car is a farce--yet time and again, people get suckered into making expensive modifications to their car that actually *decreases* their mileage. Of course, after spending the amount that you spend on the conversion, few people will then accurately measure their results--instead, they use positive filtering to show that they're getting better gas mileage.

What we need to do--somehow--is teach kids at an early age how to think critically. We're certainly good today at teaching them how to fool themselves.

Marc said about 9 hours later

I'm in and this weekend would be fine for the draft. Doesn't matter which day or what time, mostly because I'll probably be up 40 out of the 48 hours this weekend. :)

GJ said about 10 hours later

Sunday is looking to be the better day for me, and I already have one draft scheduled at 4pm.

I'm thinking maybe 2pm--that work? And everyone else--sign up already!!!

GJ said 3 days later

Sunday, 2pm is the time. I have nine teams registered--Kristen, if you want in you need to be registered this afternoon (Saturday).