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...We received our first check since we started collecting used ink cartridges -- $85 for nearly 60 empties. We used Empties4Cash.com -- very easy to work with -- very prompt in pay-out.

...The kind folks at the ESV website have put together a Bible reading calendar that works in your Google Calendar. Very slick. These guys have all kinds of plug-in and syndication options.

..."Some 20 million Americans spend at least $1,000 a year on lottery tickets." I'm not among them. Nope, not even a dollar. So I won't benefit if they decide to implement this hair-brained scheme to channel half the lottery revenue into IRA accounts. It is creative.

...George Mason University in Virginia has a new policy -- no SAT necessary IF you're in the top 20% of your high school class and have a 3.5 GPA or better. With all of the goofy things happening to SAT scores this year we shouldn't be surprised if more institutions start deemphasizing the standardized testing system.

...The "Minutemen" gun-enthusiasts turned border guards have decided to set-up a fence along the Arizona-Mexico border. I doubt their fence will work much better than the fencing that already exists along other parts of the border. But you can't say that the Minutemen are apathetic.