Random

~ The snake population on Guam is now down to 20 per acre -- half of what it was in the 1980's. The Brown Tree Snake eradication program has received a new funding source.

~ Arizona State University, the source of my undergrad degree, has started a "School of Sustainability." I can't imagine a better workshop than the Phoenix area -- it's deadly hot, water is always an issue, the air has become terribly polluted, and people continue to move there. I'd love to live there again someday.

~ Our PIBC colleagues Steve & Anne Stinnette have a new blog.

~ We have more of our mission colleagues listed on our Guam.Boydston.us blog -- left column -- under title "Mission Friends." Also new on that list are Alberto & Lisa Zepeda, who are working in Kenya. Not new on the list but an active blogger is Andy Larsen, who works with immigrants in Spain, a part of the Covenant's Mosaics Project.

~ What if the Beatles had been Irish. YouTube video of Roy Zimmerman -- 4 funny minutes. (via)

~ CBS has signed a deal with Joost to make their reruns available online for free. There is no indication as to how far back they're going to go into the archives. I suspect not far.

~ The votes have been counted. Interbay Covenant Church (60+-year-old congregation) and Quest (a 6-year-old emerging style congregation) are going to merge. The Quest people seem to be quite aware of what they've just been handed in terms of resources (human and otherwise). They'll now be more than multi-ethnic -- but multi-generational, as well.

~ Bookmark: MakeInternetTV.org -- steps to producing your own television show.

~ Da Vinci Code II? Didn't the first movie more or less bomb?

~ Seven in 10 charities raised more money in 2006 than the previous year -- overall no single technique seemed less effective than others. It's just another Boomer phase.