Coke and Mentos... yeah, we played with it.

My friends Jason and Amy were up from Texas this week. They're missionaries with Casas por Cristo, building houses for the homeless. Every year we go down and build with them; it's always a great experience. So when Jason and Amy came up to Big Rapids, I naturally drove from Grand Haven to visit. A bunch of the His House crew all grilled out, and Jason even demonstrated his Sand Storm equipment (lightsaber not included). After dinner we got around to playing with Mentos and Coke. If you don't know what I'm talking about, just drop four Mentos into a 2 liter of Diet Coke, all at once. It's a good time. Then Luke, in classic Luke fashion, went bigger and better. Kids: don't play with dry ice in enclosed containers. College students and above: play with dry ice in enclosed containers. Basically, just adding water creates pressure inside the 2 liter until it explodes, sounding much like a shotgun. And a shrapnal bomb. So stand back (more back than I think...). Oh yeah, in other news, I've been working for Grand Haven Area Public Schools again, in the Tech Department. It's part time, 7am-noon, which gives me the afternoon to hunt for jobs. It's a great gig, and we'll see what happens with that :) I've applied just about everywhere on the planet which is even remotely cool. Now it's time to start looking for the realistic job ;)