Mind over matter

By JUSTIN ROCKET SILVERMAN in the November 14, 2009 New York Post

Think you can outsmart a genius?

Here’s your chance to try — and if you succeed, you’ll get a lot more than an ego boost.

You’ll get the serious bragging rights that come with helping to end world hunger.

Idea Aid is a weeklong Internet campaign launching today. Sponsored by Mensa Process, the consulting arm of the genius club Mensa, the campaign aims to collect practical strategies for getting food to people without enough of it. The theory is if you put 100,000 people in a room and ask them to solve a problem, you’re likely to get some creative solutions. But put 100,000 of the certified smartest people in the world in that same room, and you might just get a few solutions that work.

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Single Babies

Although the videoclip runs a tad long, it's worth the time to check out "Single Babies."

Animals Are Beautiful People

Thanks to Lilli for sending this cute video.

This is a video from a French documentary about Africa. You may not understand a word, but the video is a hoot. There are trees that grow in Africa which, once a year, produce very juicy fruits that ferment and contain a large percentage of alcohol.

Seeing Funny from Alaska

Groundbreaking comedian Bob Smith talks with me about his first novel SELFISH & PERVERSE in an interview for New York's Gay City News.

While most of us daydream about an exciting life, comedian and author Bob Smith lives one. As the first openly gay standup to appear on the “Tonight Show,” as well as the first to have his own HBO special, he has become a legend among the out-and-proud funny set.

For more, click here.

Oil in a Frying Pan

(Thanks to Lilli for sharing this informative video.)

I never realized that a wet dishcloth can be a one size fits all lid to cover a fire in a pan. This is a dramatic video (30-second, very short) about how to deal with a common kitchen fire.

At the Fire Fighting Training school they would demonstrate this with a deep fat fryer set on the fire field. An instructor would don a fire suit and using an 8 oz. cup at the end of a 10 foot pole, toss water onto the grease fire. The results got the attention of the students.

The water, being heavier than oil, sinks to the bottom where it instantly becomes heated. The explosive force of the steam blows the burning oil up and out. On the open field, it became a thirty foot high fireball that resembled a nuclear blast. Inside the confines of a kitchen, the fire ball hits the ceiling and fills the entire room.

Also, do not throw sugar or flour on a grease fire. One cup creates the explosive force of two sticks of dynamite.

This is a powerful message--watch the video and don't forget what you see. Tell your whole family about this video or better yet, send this to them.