I don’t know if this will have any takers or not… But, I’d like to initiate an official “P4P” banner contest.

I grow ever sick and tired of my banners. And I’m definitely not enough of a graphic artist to make one that I respect. So, what I’d be looking for is a new page banner, with any theme, any colors, and preferrably 750 x 150 px.

I think what i’d like to do is have people email them to me… vanberge@gmail.com. When I have some (I may put one in myself) I’d like to have a msg board poll of my friends / page goers so they may vote which one would be the winner.

Basically, I am asking for a page banner without exactly “asking for a page banner”. Let “the game” begin

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This idea has very real merit to it… read on

I have contemplated this many times in the past, and it happened once again today when looking at a sign for the price of gas. 2.24 for a gallon of gas, 49 cents for a candy bar, 1.09 for a 20 oz. pop, 19.99 for a DVD. By now I hope you are getting the picture.

I say, let us eliminate the penny, completely. The lowest denomination of money should be the nickel. What does anybody ever do with pennies that they get as
change? Throw them in some jar? So 5 years later you can count out 1,300 pennies, roll them into 13 ‘penny rolls’ and cash them in at the bank!??! Wow, that is well worth 13 dollars.

I dont even care if people round up. I’d rather spend 150.00 even on an X-box than 149.99. I’m no “economist”- but it seems like the time, money, and effort saved by NOT manufacturing pennies in the first place would more than make up for any round ups that would inevitably occur. There really must be some better use for the tons of copper that are just sitting in peoples houses across this entire country.

Sound stupid? Pointless? maybe. But seriously think about it.

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I am quite sure that in my wake of one of the worst headcolds ever (possibly including bronchitis), that i have invented a fool proof medicine that will cure the disease 100 % of the time

It goes as follows: drink 5 hot green tea’s, drink 1 dayquil shot, one robitussin shot, drink 3 “hot cider”s, eat 4 cupcakes, eat 13 soda crackers, sleep for 1.5 hours in the afternoon, watch 7 episodes of millenium, make wes go to the doctor, block vanbergs, listen to your upstairs neighbors, read slashdot, play counter strike, call everyone ‘hackers’ because you suck at counter strike, drink a vernors, eat a “ricola” and a “halls” at the same time, eat more soda crackers, drink your 6th green tea, update your weblog…

well, thats all i have so far… I’ll let you know when i finish and hopefully I can go to work tomorrow.

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