The Day They Kicked God out of the Schools

Gator visits a neighborhood and climbs a wall

A gator visited Wesley Chapel, a suburb of Tampa, and was seen scaling a wall. Here's a link to the full story.

A couple of new Xbox 360 games I have my eye on

1st - Pirates of the Carribbean - here's a link to the trailer and also the official website for the game.

Also, I recently downloaded the demo for Forza 2. Following are 2 links for the trailer and one for the official website.

1. Trailer #1
2. Trailer #2

They should both be tons of fun. Let me know what you think!

Best and Worst Housing Markets in the US

Click here for the two forbes.com slide shows.

Active Wildfires in the State of Florida

Click here for a google map with all active fires.

Web site says they can predict airfare fluctuations

Farecast.com, a new travel Web site that claims it can forecast the rise or fall of air ticket prices, plans to help travelers solve the long standing riddle of how to catch fast-moving and often illogical fare deals.

The site, which went live on Tuesday after about a year in beta testing, says it can predict with 75 percent accuracy the direction of air fares over seven days.

Need an extra hour in your day?

Get ready for the 25-hour day. A new study, funded by NASA, shows that it's possible to cram an extra hour into the day.

Click here for the full story.

Some Amazing Weather Photos

Check out these amazing photos of Typhoons, hurricanes, lightnings, cloudformations etc...

Click here for all the pics.

Have you ever wanted...

An HDTV Refrigerator?

Well, you can get one from LG for a cool $4,000. Here's some info from the product page.

Weather & Info Center
Thinking outside the box has just been taken to a whole new level. Thanks to LG, now your refrigerator can do some of the thinking for you. Need to know what weather to dress for? The Weather & Info Center has you covered. The Ambient weather service provides a five-day forecast for your area (where service is available).
Need to whip up an appetizer in time for your party? Your refrigerator comes pre-loaded with several recipes. Not only that, but you can also store favorite digital photos and anniversary reminders. The touch-sensitive digital controls also allow you to manage temperature in the refrigerator and freezer compartments as well as monitor room temperature and reset the water filter status indicator.

USA Today lists top 25 quotes of all time

There are audio clips on several of them, check out the list and see what you think.

Click here for the full story.

Just uploaded 3 new videos - Batting Practice

Cameron and Chase Schneider, along with Cade had a little batting practice session on Sunday after church, here are the videos.

Chase:


Cameron:


Cade:

Clemens to return to the Yankees

For $4.5 million per month!

The Yankees badly need the pitching, and they have decided to pay dearly to get Clemens. I have always been a fan of Clemens, but for some reason, I'd like to see the Yankees go ahead and turn around the season, maybe make the wild card with the Red Sox winning the division. Then, of course, it would come down to the Yankees and the Red Sox again for a trip to the series. I'd love to see the Red Sox win it in 7, maybe beating Clemens in the decisive game.

Click here for the full story.

Forbes.com Most Expensive Beachfront homes

Break out the flip-flops and swim trunks, beach season is just around the corner. The only question is, In which of the country's crop of über-luxe beachfront homes to invest?

A $40 million, 22,000-square-foot mansion on a secluded island in the Pacific Northwest or Shaquille O'Neal's house on Miami's Star Island?

Click here for the story and slide show on Forbes.com

List of 10 videos that made Youtube famous

Click here for the story on forbes.com and links to the videos. If you just want the list, here it is:

1. Saturday Night Live's "Lazy Sunday"
2. "Hillary 1984"
3. OK Go, "Here It Goes Again"
4. Avril Lavigne, "Girlfriend"
5. "Guitar"
6. "Evolution Of Dance"
7. Pokemon Theme Music Video
8. Lonelygirl15: "First Blog / Dorkiness Prevails"
9. Stephen Colbert at the 2006 White House Correspondents' Association Dinner
10. Free Hugs Campaign

Field Trip to Lowry Park Zoo

Click Here for all the pictures from the field trip

Cade's Double Play vs White Sox

Cade's Double Play vs White Sox
Originally uploaded by steveshissler.

Cade turned an unnassisted double play against the White Sox. This was on the same day as major league rookie Troy Tulowitzki turned an unnassisted triple play - click here for the story on mlb.com.

There were runners on 1st and 2nd, Cade caught a line drive headed towards 2nd base. He turned to tag the runner who was on 2nd, but he got back on the base. Then, he looked up and the runner from 1st was not tagging up and he was almost to 2nd base. Cade quickly ran him down for the 2nd out.

Thanks to April Messick for the picture.

TheSimExchange.com

The simExchange - (noun) the video game prediction market for forecasting the number of copies games will sell.

Here is one of those original ideas that could be a gold mine if they can monetize somehow the information they gather about how well gaming consoles and games will sell.

http://www.thesimexchange.com

New Xbox 360 Gears of War maps available

Check out the awesome pics of the new downloadable maps on Xbox Live:

Hammerhead shark steals tarpon from a fisherman

This guy is fishing for Tarpon off the west coast of Florida and a hammerhead shark takes off with his catch.

Carolina Panthers cut Me-Shawn

Interesting twist of irony...

After Keyshawn Johnson touted how he could help the newly drafted WR, Dwayne Jarrett, and "Take him under his wing", he was cut by the Panthers.

Click here for the story

Mister T Snickers Commercial

Evangelist Challenges Atheists to Bible-Less Debate

A prominent Christian best-selling author is asserting that he can prove the existence of God without using the Bible, and has challenged two atheists to a debate.

Ray Comfort, author of God Doesn't Believe in Atheists, alongside fellow Christian and actor Kirk Cameron (Growing Pains) will butt heads with two ardent nonbelievers using only scientific fact in a debate sponsored by ABC. Comfort says that the evidence will “absolutely” confirm that there is a God, and he will not speak about his faith.

Here's the full story.

Tampa Bay People's Hero Awards

You can vote online until tomorrow, May 1st, for this award.

Click here to vote and read the bios of the people up for the award.

St. Louis Cardinals suffer another tragedy

St. Louis Cardinals pitcher Josh Hancock was killed Saturday in a car accident. This is the 2nd tragedy in the past few years for the Cardinals. You may remember Darryl Kile who died of a heart attack in 2002. Click here for a link to the story on ESPN.com.

Call of Duty 4 High Definition Trailer

This game looks like it is going to be fantastic all around. It looks to have a modern warfare theme as opposed to WWII. Should be interesting. Haven't found much info as to an exact release date.

Here's the trailer.

Ways to grow your Sunday School Class

Sunday School Coffee
Originally uploaded by steveshissler.

If any of you have ever had the coffee maker go down or run out, this pics for you!

unfortunate placement of yahoo ad

unfortunate placement of yahoo ad
Originally uploaded by jkenning.

An extra 50 points if you can name the stadium?

Sosa hits 2 homers in record 44th ballpark

http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/recap?gameId=270426105

I have always been a fan of Sosa, especially since his record setting days with the Cubs

The Power of Parishioners - Forbes.com

Most readers will be surprised to learn that the largest international network is not Wal-Mart, (in 14 countries, with 1.8 million employees) or McDonald's (in 119 countries, with 465,000 employees) or even Digg.com. It is the Christian Church.



read more | digg story

What? Schilling's sock may not have had blood on it?

http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=2849747

Interesting story about Schilling's bloody sock in the 2004 ALCS.

1st Post - an inspirational video: Jesus Painting

Hi everyone, I hope you enjoy this inspirational video.