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Interesting tidbits from the world wide web.

If you like books…

OK, so if you’re like us (cheapskate book fiends AND/OR poor college types) you might find this useful. I found it while I was “shopping” for textbooks last summer, but it works for pretty much ANY book you may be looking for. I tried it with random books on our shelves, from novels to kids’ books to church manuals to music books. They’re all there. Just read the following testimonial: “This site saved me significant time and money when searching for alternatives to the rip-off bookstores. I’d definitely recommend it to my family members, whether they are in school or just looking for sweet deals on books!”–Justin

So if books are on your Christmas shopping list, or if you’re just greedy and want to keep all the deals for yourself, check it out. http://www.directtextbook.com/ (Chris, Josh, and Matt, I know you all wanted to get your books for next semester so you could start reading them over the break, so I just wanted to hook you up.) ENJOY!

James E. Faust

For those of you who haven’t heard, President Faust died early this morning.

Here is the story from ksl.com, including this quote:

Elder M. Russell Ballard, of the church’s Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, said, “In the 32 years that I’ve been a general authority, we’ve not had anyone in the leadership councils that has loved people any more, or served any more diligently or with any more heart than has James E. Faust.”

Amen. He will definitely be missed.

Sweetest haka ever!

As we should all know, the BYU football team does the Maori haka before every game. On a BYU sports message board I frequent, one of the posters found this video, and I think it’s pretty darn sweet.

What is the world coming to?

So I’m reading through my New Music Tuesday email from the iTunes Store, and I noticed that the latest Hannah Montana offering is the #1 album. Are you kidding me, there’s not enough other stuff out there? I guess I didn’t realize that there were that many Hannah Montana fans out there. I mean, I figured there were some that actually watch the show, but enough to get a #1 album? Wow, good for Disney?

And here come the comments, “She’s got such good music, good show, roll model, blah, blah, blah.” Spare me…

I told you so

People may have heard me complain about how bad Metro Airport is in Detroit. Now mind you, the airport I’m talking about is the main one for Detroit, officially dubbed DTW (Detroit Wayne County), normally just referred to as Metro airport. It marginally improved when they built the new terminal a couple years back. But good luck using that terminal as that’s only for Northwest and Delta. Most other carriers are still in the ancient terminal. And by ancient, I mean the thing feels like it’s been around since airports were invented. It’s old and good luck finding where your baggage carousel will be. I feel bad for first time visitors to the old terminal because that’s the first impression of Detroit you’re going to get when you stop off the plane.

So among other things, I personally consider it the worst airport I’ve ever experienced. Imagine my surprise when I discovered my opinion was backed by some research. I found an article the other day by USNews describing the 47 most miserable airports. I clicked the link, curious to see where good ole DTW stood. Wow, imagine my ‘surprise’ when it’s sitting right there on top of the list.

Money & Business: Ranking the Largest Airports – US News and World Report

See, I guess it’s not just me.