3 Videos: How Its Made - Coffee, Car Clunkers Recycled, and Back to School Pencils

From Denny: Watched this yesterday and, as usual, was mesmerized with how they come up with how to mass produce items.

Since it's back to school time and we just finished up the popular program "Cash for Clunkers" to boost the auto industry sales, these videos were perfect companions to the latest news!

Of course, coffee videos are always interesting and this incredibly detailed process of how our coffee comes to us is nothing short of amazing.

How do people dream up and craft these machines? You really wonder how long it takes to perfect the machinery or fix it when something breaks down.

5 Food Articles and Videos You Might Enjoy

From Denny: All my nine blogs are basically a research and reading list of interesting subjects I find on the web from day to day. Sometimes, I have to remind myself that the folks who subscribe to one blog don't subscribe to another! :) (BTW, THANKS for subscribing, much appreciated!)

I used to try and bookmark a lot of this on StumbleUpon and other sites and found it took far longer than throwing it up on a blog and then linking to a social site!

So, I thought I'd start making the effort to cross-pollinate the blogs so if you missed something you might find useful or interesting on other blogs besides the one you are reading right now - sort of a roundup of the past week's best I've found or re-written for an easier read.

Here are 5 selections from the Comfort Food From Louisiana blog that also include videos to enjoy. Take a look!

Recipes and video: Spring Comfort Food on a Budget From Former Ballerina (turned chef) - wonderful easy menu!

Drink: Concord Berry Sparkle - simple, easy with or without alcohol.

Appetizer: Warm Pepperoni Pizza Olives - weekend snacking with lots of protein.

New Orleans Restaurant Review and Recipes: Boucherie - from a regional magazine that gives you prices, addresses, recipes in case you decide to visit New Orleans you will know what to expect.

Video: New Trend on Grocery Savings - Grocery Auctions! - how America is adjusting to a down economy and still eating well!

Video: Planets beyond our sun

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The Joy Makers: Feel the Love

Photo by -Gep- @ flickr

The Joy Makers: Feel the Love:

"Improv group brings joy to surprised thousands

Stop here for free joy, hugs, love and a happiness high that will last for days!"

by Denny Lyon

From Denny: If ever there was an exercise in right-brain teaching launched upon unsuspecting thousands of people, these videos collected in this article demonstrate it! Check it out AND laugh a lot at the same time. This is your go-to article when you have a lousy day with 9 videos in it to lift your spirits.