Random

• Non-hydrogenated coconut oil reversing some effects of early onset Alzheimer's ~ link

• Guam is where America's election day begins. We voted at about 8 a.m. this morning and there was hardly anyone at the polling station. It's past 8 p.m., Tuesday and the polls are now closed.

• I know that it's a little early to call the election -- still a few hours before polls open on the East Coast. But from what I'm gleaning in the blogosphere, for better or worse, Barack and Michelle will be moving into 1600. Rob Cunningham's explanation of why he voted for Barack Obama is one of the best reasoned posts I've read and I suspect that it reflects the sentiment of a good many voters. ~ link

• Have I ever mentioned that I have a Twitter page? Actually I got it just to play with but someone discovered it and started following -- which meant that I had to start posting occasionally. A few others have stumbled across it, too. So, I might as well go public. Posts are somewhat sporadic. ~ link

• Timothy Friend has interesting stuff on his blog -- this time a link to a Cambodian newspaper with a story about the first home for the elderly in the Southeast Asian country. Also, a link to a site on a new type of bike -- "the EliptiGO" ~ link

• "The first analysis of genetic diversity in a modern agricultural commodity has returned some disturbing news: Market-driven chicken farming has produced a race of genetically homogeneous fowl in dire need of new blood." ~ link

This is a tourism opportunity for Guam. Chicken farmers from around the world are invited to Guam to lay on the beach for a few hours and then they get to collect as many free-ranging chickens (which have absolutely no trouble reproducing) as they'd like to take off the island with them -- refreshing the gene pool back home. 10% hotel discount for every 100 chickens they take home. We throw in a free boonie dog with every 500 chickens they take.

• Engaging the theology of John Piper ~ link

• Louis Evans, Jr., one of the great Presbyterian pastors of the post-WWII generation in the US has died at the age of 82. ~ link