Random

• I showed the movie Dangerous Calling to the international church pastors this morning. That uncorked quite a few people. Then this evening we had dinner with some of the same people and they were still talking about the movie. ~ link

• This afternoon I got caught in a small traffic jam in Mangilao. I suspect that many of the gawking drivers had never seen a street sweeper in operation before -- literally. Even I was a bit surprised to see it. This was the first one I'd seen at work on Guam. There are some places where construction practices would call for a street sweeper but usually the roads here are pretty clean because of all the rain -- rough and pitted -- untrimmed on the edges -- poorly designed -- but clean.

• IBM is moving operations abroad -- firing US employees and then giving them a chance to reapply and work in their foreign operations -- working on "local terms and conditions." At least I think that's what they're doing. Looks like a clunky maneuver sure to create more confusion than the money saved is worth. This is not your father's big blue. ~ link

• Cold Stone Creamery and Tim Hortons are hooking up to bring Canadian style coffee to the US. ~ link