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I think that everyone pretty much knows about Dyson by now. They have done an excellent job on their commercials being something memorable. They also make the point clear that their vacuum cleaners are able to suck so much better than all other vaccums.

Well, it turns out Dyson has put their sucking machine to good use by creating the Dyson Airblade hand drier. It will allegedly dry your hands in 10 seconds and uses up to 83% less energy doing so. Has anyone ever used one of these? I know I hate using blow driers in batherooms because they pretty much are useless. They don’t dry anything. I don’t mind drying with a paper towel and then doing a blow dryer. However, having a blow dryer that works would be such a novel concept.

I’d love to hear some people talk about their experiences with Dyson products. They seem well made. Anyone swear by it?

Benji Schwimmer is still going strong (at least until the So You Think You Can Dance Tour ends). Although, by that point the next season of So You Think You Can Dance will have started and he’ll be made popular by the next season of So You Think You Can Dance.

Until then, enjoy all these videos of Benji Schwimmer.

Everyone should know by now that I’m pretty involved in the PayPerPost era of blog advertising. It’s been fun to be apart of it, but some people are so against it. Take a look at this and this blog post. Well, let me answer a few questions PayPerPost asked in regards to these blog posts.

Do you guys think you are creating SPAM?
I am not creating SPAM. I’m creating original posts that relate to my life. People can choose to read my blog or not. One simple look at my stats reveals that people are reading a lot. That’s proof enough for me that my blog isn’t just spam.

Do you think we[PayPerPost] are slimeballs?
I might agree with this assertion that you are slimeballs. Although, it has absolutely nothing to do with the reasons the blog posted. Nor does it have anything to do with PayPerPost. I think it has to do with you not sending me a t-shirt of PayPerPost.

Isn’t it up to you to choose what you write about and if you disclose or not?
This is all up to me. Although, if PayPerPost could build in a new feature to the system that types out original blog posts for me that incorporates all of the advertiser requirements then I’d greatly appreciate it.

One of the coolest videos I think there is out there is the LDS video out of the mouth of babes. In fact, I think that they even put out a second video. It’s amazing hearing what children will say when you ask them serious questions. They give the funniest answers. I love how innocent children are. I think that we could all benefit from being a little more innocent. I guess that’s why the bible says to become like little children. Being that innocent and loving is a part of what it’s referring to.

Well, in honor of out of the mouth of babes, here’s a good one with children talking about mothers. Enjoy!!

Why God made “moms” answers given by elementary school age children to the following questions:

Why did God make mothers?
1. She is the only one who knows where the scotch tape is.
2. Mostly to clean the house.
3. To help us out of there when we were getting born.

How did God make mothers?
1. He used dirt, just like for the rest of us.
2. Magic plus super powers and a lot of stirring.
3. God made my Mom just the same like he made me. He just used bigger parts.

What ingredients are mothers made of?
1 God makes mothers out of clouds and angel hair and everything nice in the world and one dab of mean.
2. They had to get their start from men’s bones. Then they mostly use string, I think.

Why did God give you your mother and not some other Mom?
1. We’re related.
2. God knew she likes me a lot more than other people’s moms like me.

What kind of little girl was your Mom?
1. My Mom has always been my Mom and none of that other stuff.
2. I don’t know because I wasn’t there, but my guess would be pretty bossy.
3. They say she used to be nice.

What did Mom need to know about dad before she married him?
1. His last name.
2. She had to know his background. Like is he a crook? Does he get drunk on beer?
3. Does he make at least $800 a year? Did he say NO to drugs and YES to chores?

Why did your Mom marry your dad?
1. My dad makes the best spaghetti in the world. And my Mom eats a lot.
2. She got too old to do anything else with him.
3. My grandma says that Mom didn’t have her thinking cap on.

Who’s the boss at your house?
1. Mom doesn’t want to be boss, but she has to because dad’s such a goof ball.
2. Mom. You can tell by room inspection. She sees the stuff under the bed.
3. I guess Mom is, but only because she has a lot more to do than dad.

What’s the difference between mom s and dads?
1. Moms work at work & work at home, & dads just go to work at work.
2. Moms know how to talk to teachers without scaring them.
3. Dads are taller & stronger, but moms have all the real power ’cause that’s who you got to ask if you want to sleep over at your friend’s.
4. Moms have magic; they make you feel better without medicine.

What does your Mom do in her spare time?
1. Mothers don’t do spare time.
2. To hear her tell it, she pays bills all day long

What would it take to make your Mom perfect?
1. On the inside she’s already perfect. Outside, I think some kind of plastic surgery.
2. Diet. You know, her hair. I’d diet, maybe blue.

If you could change one thing about your Mom, what would it be?
1. She has this weird thing about me keeping my room clean. I’d get rid of that.
2. I’d make my Mom smarter. Then she would know it was my sister who did it and not me.
3. I would like for her to get rid of those invisible eyes on her back.

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THE MOMMY TEST

I was out walking with my 4 year old daughter. She picked up something off the ground and started to put it in her mouth. I took the item away from her and I asked her not to do that. “Why?” my daughter asked.

“Because it’s been lying outside, you don’t know where it’s been, it’s dirty and probably has germs” I replied.

At this point, my daughter looked at me with total admiration and asked,”Wow! How do you know all this stuff?” “Uh”, I was thinking quickly. “All moms know this stuff. It’s on the Mommy Test. You have to know it, or they don’t let you be a Mommy.”

We walked along in silence for 2 or 3 minutes, but she was evidently pondering this new information.

“OH…I get it!” she beamed, “So if you don’t pass the test you have to be the daddy.”

“Exactly” I replied back with a big smile on my face and joy in my heart

When you’re finished laughing, send this to a Mom.

ACC Sports has to be one of the best college conferences that exists. Take a look at the list of ACC schools:
Boston College
Clemson University
Duke University
Florida State University
Georgia Institute of Technology
University of Maryland
University of Miami
University of North Carolina
North Carolina State University
University of Virginia
Virginia Tech
Wake Forest University

My favorite college is Wake Forest University. I visited the campus and their sports programs rock!! You can check them out On ACCSelect.com.

I found a really interesting list of college football coaches from the class of 2001 and what has happened to them since that time. It is a really interesting list. It definitely shows how volatile the college football coaching lifestyle is.

1. North Carolina, John Bunting

3 Year Pre-Hire Cumulative Record: 16-18 (.470)

Cumulative Record (5 seasons): 24-36 (.400)

Current status: Bunting is in his sixth season as head coach of UNC with a 1-3 record.

2. Alabama, Dennis Franchione

3 Year Pre-Hire Cumulative Record: 20-16 (.555)

Cumulative Record (2 seasons): 17-8 (.680)

Current status: Francione left after the 2002 season to take the head job at Texas A&M where he has had mixed success. Mike Shula replaced him at Alabama and is the Tide’s current coach.

3. Arizona, John Mackovic

3 Year Pre-Hire Cumulative Record: 23-13 (.63

Cumulative Record, (2+ seasons): 10-18 (.357)

Current status: Mackovic was fired five games into his third season at Arizona after a tumultuous tenure, including a player mutiny. Mike Stoops, former hot coaching prospect, is their current coach and has struggled to turn the program around.

4. Arizona State, Dirk Koetter

3 Year Pre-Hire Cumulative Record: 17-18 (.485)

Cumulative Record (5 seasons): 33-28 (.540)

Current status: Still the head man at ASU; granted a contract extension through 2009.

5. Boise State, Dan Hawkins

3-Year Pre-Hire Cumulative Record: 26-10 (.722)

Cumulative Record (5 seasons): 53-11 (.82

Current status: Now in his first season as head coach at Colorado.

6. Bowling Green, Urban Meyer

3-Year Pre-Hire Cumulative Record: 12-21 (.363)

Cumulative Record (2 seasons): 17-6 (.739)

Current status: Meyer left Bowling Green for Utah, where he had unprecedented success. He is now the head man at Florida. The Falcons went 11-3 and 9-3 after Meyer left but fell to 6-5 in 2005 and after losing 38-3 at home to Kent State are now 2-2.

7. BYU, Gary Crowton

3 Year Pre-Hire Cumulative Record: 23-15 (.605)

Cumulative Record (4 seasons): 26-23 (.530)

Current status: Crowton resigned under pressure after four seasons and is now offensive coordinator at Oregon.

8. Buffalo, Jim Hofher

3-Year Pre-Hire Cumulative Record: 6-27 (.181)

Cumulative Record (5 seasons): 8-49 (.140)

Current status: Buffalo has never had a winning record in D-I. Honestly, I have no idea where Jim Hofher is today.

9. Georgia, Mark Richt

3-Year Pre-Hire Cumulative Record: 25-11 (.694)

Cumulative Record (5 seasons): 52-13 (.800)

Current status: Your average Tar Heel football fan is pretty clear at this point on Richt and how his career is going (and what might have been).

10. Kentucky, Guy Morriss

3-Year Pre-Hire Cumulative Record: 15-20 (.42

Cumulative Record (2 seasons): 9-14 (.391)

Current status: Morriss was the offensive line coach for Hal Mumme before getting the head job when Mumme resigned after getting the program placed on probation by the NCAA. He took the team to a 7-5 record his second year (no bowl allowed, however) and then jumped to Baylor rather than continue with the mess created in Lexington.

11. Maryland, Ralph Friedgen

3-Year Pre-Hire Cumulative Record: 13-20 (.393)

Cumulative Record (5 seasons): 41-20 (.672)

Current status: “Fridge” is another coach Tar Heel fans are all too familar with as his Maryland teams have frequently pasted the Heels and last season broke their hearts in OT at Kenan, leading to the Heels missing a bowl when they couldn’t beat the Hokies in Blacksburg. There is plenty of evidence, however, that Friedgen is faltering with his own players, going 5-6 each of the past two seasons and enjoying cupcakes this year to get to 3-1. (A 14-10 home win over Florida International this weekend probably hurts more than helps.) Still, many Tar Heel fans agree Friedgen is just too plain fat and untelegenic to ever have gotten the job at UNC.

12. Memphis, Tommy West

3-Year Pre-Hire Cumulative Record: 11-22 (.333)

Cumulative Record (5 seasons): 32-28 (.533)

Current status: West inherited a program that hadn’t had a winning record since 1994 and continued that trend his first two seasons but now has posted three straight winning records.

13. Miami, Larry Coker

3-Year Pre-Hire Cumulative Record: 29-8 (.783)

Cumulative Record (5 seasons): 53-9 (.854)

Current status: Coker won a national title his first season at the U and has a staggering winning percentage but at this point any loss or even a bad win could cost him his job. Four relatively easy games coming up (including UNC) before going to Atlanta for Georgia Tech and a home tilt with Virginia Tech.

14. Missouri, Gary Pinkel

3-Year Pre-Hire Cumulative Record: 15-19 (.441)

Cumulative Record: 29-30 (.491)

Current status: Pinkel’s five seasons have fluctuated between 4-7 (2001) and 8-5 (2003). This season may be his best however as the Tigers are 4-0.

15. Ohio, Brian Knorr

3-Year Pre-Hire Cumulative Record: 17-16 (.515)

Cumulative Record (4 seasons): 11-35 (.239)

Current status: Knorr replaced Jim Grobe, current coach at Wake Forest. Fired after four miserable seasons, he was succeeded by Frank Solich.

16. Ohio State, Jim Tressel

3-Year Pre-Hire Cumulative Record: 25-11 (.694)

Cumulative Record (5 seasons): 50-13 (.793)

Current status: Ranked #1 in the country.

17. Oklahoma State, Les Miles

3-Year Pre-Hire Cumulative Record: 13-20 (.393)

Cumulative Record (4 seasons): 28-21 (.571)

Current status: Miles turned OK State around with three straight winning seasons which he then used to catapult himself into the prestigious head job at LSU.

18. Rutgers, Greg Schiano

3-Year Pre-Hire Cumulative Record: 9-24 (.272)

Cumulative Record (5 seasons): 19-39 (.327)

Current status: Rutgers was Rutgers for the first four seasons under Schiano, but what has transpired since is well-documented. The Scarlet Knights went to a bowl last season for the first time since 1978 and are off to a 4-0 start this season, including a win in Kenan over Bunting and the Heels. Schiano received an extension last season through 2012.

19. San Jose State, Fitz Hill

3-Year Pre-Hire Cumulative Record: 14-20 (.411)

Cumulative Record (4 seasons): 14-33 (.297)

Current Status: The Spartans had been pretty miserable throughout the 1990s. Hill resigned and took an academic post after being unable to dent the apathy shown by the univeristy and community. The Spartans are now led by Dick Tomey.

20. Southern California, Pete Carroll

3-Year Pre-Hire Cumulative Record: 19-18 (.513)

Cumulative Record (5 seasons): 54-10 (.843)

Current status: Let’s just move along.

21. Texas Christian, Gary Patterson

3-Year Pre-Hire Cumulative Record: 25-10 (.714)

Cumulative Record (5 seasons): 43-18 (.704)

Current status: Patterson took over at TCU before the Horned Frogs’ bowl game in 2000 because then coach Dennis Francione left for the Alabama job. TCU is ranked and undefeated thus far in 2006.

22. Toledo, Tom Anstutz

3-Year Pre-Hire Cumulative Record: 23-11 (.676)

Cumulative Record (5 seasons): 45-18 (.714)

Current status: Never worse than 8-4 since taking over for Gary Pinkel, Anstutz is off to a 2-2 start this season.

23. Virginia, Al Groh

3-Year Pre-Hire Cumulative Record: 22-14 (.611)

Cumulative Record (5 seasons): 37-26 (.587)

Current status: Another name Tar Heel fans know very well, Groh replaced the (legendary?) George Welsh at UVA and has four straight seasons of 7-5 or better. The Wahoos are struggling in 2006 however and Groh’s support amongst the fanbase is less than enthusiastic.

24. Wake Forest, Jim Grobe

3-Year Pre-Hire Cumulative Record: 12-22 (.352)

Cumulative Record (5 seasons): 26-32 (.44

Current status: Outside the ACC, or maybe even just North Carolina, I doubt many people know or care much about Demon Deacon football. Tar Heel fans however look on at amazement at what Grobe has done at WFU, a school where it is impossible to have much sustained success. Grobe is 2-2 against John Bunting and 4-0 to start the 2006 campaign.

25. West Virginia, Rich Rodriguez

3-Year Pre-Hire Cumulative Record: 19-16 (.542)

Cumulative Record (5 seasons): 39-22 (.639)

Current status: No team looks to benefit from the “new Big East” more than the Mountaineers. Without Miami, Virginia Tech, or Boston College in the way WVU looks poised to at least make a run at the national title this season.

Sources:

http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/index.php

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/football/college/stats/2000/news.newc