Birthday present ideas?

16!
So my little girl turns 16 tomorrow. I have a few little things, but anybody out there have any great gift ideas? (Alas, she's not getting the Jeep she keeps asking for LOL.)

I love her, I love her, I love her.

Mentos and Diet Coke II

So here, the authors of the video below pose the burning question: "Is it dangerous to drink Diet Coke and eat Mentos?" They answer this with what they call "a cautionary tale."



Oh, and just for, um, ****s and giggles, check out PepsiGirl's other explosive video here.

I have been hanging around my teenage son and his father for far too long.

All-American beagle

Ahh, to be a fat little beagle in a good country.

Diet Coke and Mentos

What happens when you combine 200 liters of Diet Coke and with more than 500 Mentos mints? (Maybe a better question is, "Who has time to do this?"

(I've deleted the video embed because it slowed down the page load too much. But if you've never seen it before, you'll find it here.)

Sensible fun!

"Put your senses to the test," says the Senses Challenge. So go ahead -- it's interesting.

BBC - Science & Nature - Human Body and Mind - Body - Senses Challenge

I scored 11/20..."not bad" but not exactly hypersensitive. I found the visual-distortion questions the most challenging.