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Did you see the new cars featured on Cnn.com? They change colors. Silver isn't silver anymore. Black might not always be black. Around the edges of the wheel wells it might glisten in purple or gold. Where the body curves inward, hints of blue or red might shine from the shadows.

The secret is extra layers of coatings embedded with tiny metal flakes. The standard process for painting a car in a factory was - and still is - to lay down a layer of color and cover that with a clearcoat. The clearcoat gives the color a wet-looking shine and a sense of depth.

Now, the colored basecoat can be covered with a second translucent layer that could be a different color. And within that second translucent layer there could be little flecks of aluminum and those flecks can, themselves, be another color. Or several other colors.

I want a car that changes colors!

I probably told you about the cool Science website I found. Well, I finally had time to sign up and I want to tell you how much fun it is. They needed minimal information so it's not like you have to sign your life away to join. LOL I think it was the standard name and address they needed. Oh and your email address. I need to take a picture of myself so I can get my geeky face on my profile page. I think I saw avatars you can use too.

The site is called Sci-edge and has so much information concerning science that I'm afraid I am going to get addicted and spend all my internet time there. The social networking itself is so much fun. There are so many nice people who are interested in all aspects of science. Some of them are science hobbyists like me. They like to figure out how things work. There are gadget geeks and science fiction fans.
By clicking here you can sign up and they will know that I sent you over to check it out. I am checking out the games right now. You should see how many there are to choose from. I am playing Hungry Bob. LOL It is wacky!

Ok now I am going to look at polls. Hmmm, there are a few political polls. I see I can make my own poll if I choose to. That will be fun.

I'm off to the events calendar. I see that on April 28 there is going to be a Robofest. That sounds interesting. I'm going over to the chat area to see if there is anyone there who knows about it. You cannot believe how easy it is to get around at this website.

This is a brand new site, so new members have an opportunity to get in on the ground floor and make their mark. Imagine being one of the first to use MySpace. 

The site launched on April 2nd and I am hoping some of you will join me there and see how much fun it is. Sponsored post.

It finally got nice again. Hubby is outside mowing the grass and it is a bit moist. The grass is moist. Our dogs have white fur on their legs so guess what color they are now. Guess who gets to give them baths. LOL Never a dull moment around here!

If you are a friend of mine or are in my family, you know that I love to blog. For you non-bloggers, it means I keep an online journal. Usually I try to keep my posts short. The same goes for my comments. I get to the point. However, for a world record, I would try posting a long comment!

We have all heard of the Guinness Book of World Records. People do some odd things to get their name into that book. PayPerPost has an idea that, really, isn't all that farfetched. There are many bloggers who do PayPerPost and most of us like to talk. The idea is to set a record for the world's longest blog comment chain and to submit it to the Guinness Book of World Records.

I think this is the first attempt at this particular feat. One of the people from PayPerPost said he thought the most comments he'd ever seen on a single blog post was about 350. He is shooting for 2,000 "unique human generated comments of 25 words or more each generated within 1 week of the original post." He stipulated that he, being the author, cannot contribute more than 10 percent of total posts.

I don't think this will be hard at all! I'm up for the challenge! After I have my first cup of coffee, that is.

Want to participate? Do you have a friend who would like to comment? Be part of the Guinness World Book of Records. Put your name down in history.

This is a lamb cake that Taryn made for us from her Grandmother's recipe, it had cherries and walnuts in it. It tasted wonderful. When she told Greg she was making it he was a bit hesitant. He asked her if lamb cake was like meatloaf. LOL

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I just finished reading some wonderful obsessions at MomReviews. Funny thing is, I have some similar ones! I never thought about some of them as an obsession but by golly, I guess they are. Here are my top 5.

1. The internet. I wake up thinking about getting it turned on to see if I have any emails and if there are any opportunities waiting for me to grab at PayPerPost. I try so hard to at least make coffee for my hubby before he sees me pecking away at the keyboard.

2. Speaking of coffee, I love a new mocha type coffee that my friend got me started on. These are made at our local convenience/gas station type store. I fill a cup part way with regular coffee, add a vanilla creamer and fill the rest up with any flavor mocha. It is yummy.


3. I always have coffee with my favorite pie. I have an obsession for sugar cream pie. I cannot pass it up. I savor every bite mmming at each one like it is soo good yummmm.

4. My doggies have to be in bed with me. I have a hard time sleeping if my dogs aren't curled up in the bed with hubby and me. I know we would sleep better if they weren't but now that I am used to them being there it feels like something is missing if they aren't.

5. My obsession with a neat yard is one I am trying to overcome. I cannot stand to see a weed. I pick leaves out of our flower beds. We have river rock in the beds and I hate to see a stick or weed in there. It makes me so I cannot relax when I'm outdoors. When we go to a restaurant I want to pull the weeds out of their flower beds. So far, I haven't done it when I'm out.

This weed is bothering me.

What are your top 5 obsessions? If you want to talk about them on your blog, let me know because I'd love to read about them.