Is it a moat? Did someone accidentally leave the sprinkler on overnight? Neither. An unforgiving rainstorm was too much for the Illinois River to hold and a massive flood has left many homes underwater. But there are a few exceptions.

Say hello to Kenny Leitner. Maybe it's lack of electricity and part boredom but not even a flood can stop him from mowing his front lawn.

It's probably fair to say that Kenny is having a "bad day."

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You might notice the uncanny resemblance in the image below to one of the most recognizable video game mascots of all time... Pac-Man.



This giant Pac-Man sculpture was just one of the displays created for a charitable art show called Canstruction Vancouver. If you look closely, you might notice that the sculpture is made almost entirely out out of tin cans. Actually thousands of cans. After the show, the cans of food used in these displays were donated to the Vancouver food bank. Donations were also collected at the exhibit entrance.

Flickr user eyesplash Mikul attended the show and posted this image of Pac-Man and the blue ghost online. I forget which ghost was the blue ghost but their names were Blinky, Pinky, Inkey, and Clyde.

In case all this Pac-Man talk makes you feel like gobbling up some ghosts, here's a web browser based version of Pac-Mac.



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Yesterday the Washington Post published a great article about young teachers and their wild Facebook profiles. What did The Washington Post find? Sexual innuendos, a talking sperm cartoon, helpful tips like 'Don't smoke crack while pregnant' and a lot of sexual objectification and drunk party photos.

How do you find these "wild teacher" profiles on Facebook? It's easy.

1. Log on to Facebook. You need an account.
2. Join your local neighborhood/city network.
3. Search Facebook for the name of your local school system.
4. Then sit back and "watch the public profiles of 20-something teachers unfurl like gift wrap on the screen, revealing a sense of humor that can be overtly sarcastic or unintentionally unprofessional -- or both."

So who is in the wrong here? Are the young teachers naive to the fact that their students, parents and school administrators can see their Facebook profiles? Or are we wrong for holding teachers to a higher standard than the average Facebook user?

Some American states including Florida, Colorado, Tennessee and Massachusetts have banned teachers from having public profiles on MySpace and Facebook. And teachers unions have started warning their members of the dangers of having a racy social network presence. The teacher's unions might want to add Flickr to that caution list. A quick Flickr search for "sexy teacher" introduced us to Jennifer. She's a teacher in Taipei who wants to be a model.

Here's an easy solution for everyone. If you are a teacher, then edit your privacy prefs. Don't allow everyone in a Facebook network to see your full profile. Anyone can join your local city/town network and see your profile. Or take advantage of Facebook's "Limited Profile" feature. It only takes a few seconds to edit your privacy preferences and it could save your job.




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