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I love stuff like this… [Originally from here.]

LEGO Group is producing 15 billion components a year–that’s 1.7 million items an hour, or 28,500 a minute. Tire production accounts for some of that number; the factory also produces 306 million tiny rubber tires a year. In fact, going by that number, LEGO is the world’s No. 1 tire manufacturer.

Amazing.

LEGO is probably one of the best creations on the planet. I cannot tell you how many hours my sister and I spent growing up creating things out of LEGO. Whether or not we were creating some new form of space/land/sea/air transport device, a model of our “dream home,” or some type of Rube Goldberg contraption using marbles, LEGO occupied our minds and exercised our imaginations for hours on end.

Of course, quite often a fight would ensue whenever one of us was using a “keystone” piece that the other one desperately needed in order to complete their master work. (And, by “fight” I mean ripping apart the other’s creation — while they were not looking — in order to abscond with the necessary piece… which usually resulted in some form of fisticuffs or retaliation once discovered.) Ahhh… childhood.

Still, LEGO is a wonderful, wonderful toy… though surprising how expensive they are. And while imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, there is no comparison. If it is not LEGO, it is junk.

Amazing.

The “spam” folder on my e-mail client of choice has acquired 5481 messages since October 15th. That is a lot of junk mail.

Surprisingly, it seems to be getting worse. My e-mail client automatically deletes spam messages older than 30-days, and that folder normally hovers around the 2500 mark. So, in the past month, it appears to have gotten twice as bad as normal. Crazy.

How is it that people who send this junk are still around? (Continued)

Buzz: This is an intergalactic emergency. I need to commandeer your vessel to Sector 12. Who’s in charge here?
All: [pointing up] The Claw!
Alien #1: The Claw is our master.
Ailen #2: It decides who will go and who will stay.

So true. So true.

Perhaps there is hope yet for our little republic. Much has changed over the past week, some of which was unexpected but very welcome. There is a lot of hope and promise in the air, and I like some of the ideas that are being floated (especially increasing the minimum wage).

The proof is in the results.

“The people have spoken.”

Congress, your move. We will be watching.

…and dropping down a hole.

So, last Friday I took advantage of early voting in my area.

For those of you who have not tried it, early voting is supposed to be a convenience for people who want to get the pain of voting over with earlier than normal. In all truth, it is much faster and more convenient than actually voting on election day. However, only marginally so.

For instance, I waited in line for over 40-minutes before even stepping foot in the room where actual voting was taking place. My time in line was not without its entertainment, though. (Continued)

I have been toying with the idea of starting a personal blog for a while now. A great friend of mine even helped me get started. Then, I hit an obstacle… me. Or, more accurately, my personality. You see, there are many days and times where I run head-first into my OCD nature. Granted, I am not by any means a severe case, but there are certain times and areas of my life where the “perfectionist” in me kicks in. This blog was one of them. (Continued)