iSerenity: Online noise wall

This website has a selection of ongoing or looped audio of waterfalls, fans, trains, background noise. To be used for relaxation or for those working in noisy distraction filled environments. This is a good tool if you find listening to music too distracting while you work like me. The Flash slide show is less then well done, I would prefer a full screen option and actual videos.

God's Eye View: Google Earth Captures In History

The Glue Society presents a gallery presentation of images depicting Biblical events as seen from a satellite. Images include: Adam and Eve in the Garden (my fav), The parting of the Red Sea, Noah's Ark, and shown here The Crucifixion. (see more here)

Prayer Wall

This is an interesting link to a virtual prayer wall. Reading through it you can slightly touch on what it must be like for God.

Stop Drop & Recover

Fireman John of StopDrop&Recover blog reports on about.com article citing the Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment panel defining recovery as "a voluntarily maintained lifestyle characterized by sobriety, personal health, and citizenship."

Personal health refers to sobriety and self care, while citizenship refers to "social health".

I think the idea of social health is an excellent perspective on recovery and is why admitting to others our faults, making amends where possible and carrying the message of hope to others is pinnacle to genuine lasting change.

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Bedtime Tunes

I just stumbled across this audio serenity site called "Bedtime Tunes" the songs are updated nightly. It is a nice little browser fed database with nice descriptions and tags. I am listening to one of my favorite female vocalists Anna Nalick "Wreck Of the Day" and it isn't even bedtime.

Desktop Driving Serenity

Trippin' on some road trip? Cue up your instrumental mood music of choice and log on to passingby.net for an alternative to a fishtank or a fireplace or lapping seaside waves. It's like going on a long drive right from the safety of your own computer. I find it truly relaxing. (The best part is you can go left or right!)

Passingby.net is also looking for video submissions.

LOLcat Bible

Teh Holiez Bibul (The Holy Bible) LOLcat wiki.

LOLcats are Laugh Out Loud captions with poor hacker/text message style grammer attached to photos of cats. This site has used colaborative input to create a humourus adaptation of the Bible.

While many may see this as anathema or sacreligious and be offended. I have to point out that 1) Those who author this have to read it and understand it. 2) For some it may be the only time they actually absorb some of the ideas contained there in.

This quote from the gospel of Matthew chapter 14:

25. OK so iz liek teh nites and Jesus camez out, and he iz srsly wlking ontop teh waterz.

26. Teh dscpls sawed him and ar scured and tehy sayed "OMG haxx!"

27. But Jesus sez "Oh hai! Iz just me. lol."

28. "Hay dood," sez Peter, "I can comez ontop teh waterz plz?"

29. "Yah lol," sez Jesus. Peter comez ontop teh waterz and iz goes to Jesus.

30. But Peter sawed teh windz and he iz scured and he fallz in teh waterz and is liek "Halp!"

31. Jesus halps Peter and sez "U iz stoopid noob becuz u duznt beleev."

I love Jesus, I love the Bible, and I am entertained by the creativity and humor of this.