{"id":595,"date":"2011-10-21T13:34:43","date_gmt":"2011-10-21T17:34:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/dadequate\/?p=595"},"modified":"2011-10-21T13:34:43","modified_gmt":"2011-10-21T17:34:43","slug":"hot-wheels-track-goes-on-forever","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/dadequate\/2011\/10\/hot-wheels-track-goes-on-forever.html","title":{"rendered":"Most Awesome Hot Wheels Track in the History of the Universe"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Sure, today everyone&#8217;s talking<\/strong> about <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2011\/10\/21\/world\/africa\/libya-gadhafi-death\/\" target=\"_blank\">the death of Gaddafi\/Qaddafi\/Ghadafi<\/a> or the end of the world (<a href=\"http:\/\/wapo.st\/noxjeN\" target=\"_blank\">according to Harold Camping<\/a>). But me? I want to point you toward this video of a 2,000 foot-long Hot Wheels track that goes on forever. Upstairs. Downstairs. Throughout the house. Outside. Around the block. Over a hot tub.<\/p>\n<p>For. Ever.<\/p>\n<p><object width=\"640\" height=\"360\"><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\" \/><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/BzTRTQkmHpU?version=3&amp;hl=en_US&amp;rel=0\" \/><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\" \/><embed width=\"640\" height=\"360\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/BzTRTQkmHpU?version=3&amp;hl=en_US&amp;rel=0\" \/><\/object><\/p>\n<p>So awesome.<\/p>\n<p><strong>FYI: the video was produced<\/strong> to raise money for <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hopeforgabe.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">Hope For Gabe<\/a>, a foundation raising awareness of and searching for a cure for a terminal disease called Duchenne muscular dystrophy, which little <a href=\"http:\/\/www.caringbridge\/visit\/gabegriffin\" target=\"_blank\">Gabe Griffin<\/a> suffers from. If you enjoyed the sweet Hot Wheels action, maybe drop a donation at Hope for Gabe?<\/p>\n<p>[H\/T: <a href=\"http:\/\/deadspin.com\/5851536\/kickass-hot-wheels-track-goes-upstairs-downstairs-around-the-freaking-block\" target=\"_blank\">Deadspin<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sure, today everyone&#8217;s talking about the death of Gaddafi\/Qaddafi\/Ghadafi or the end of the world (according to Harold Camping). But me? I want to point you toward this video of a 2,000 foot-long Hot Wheels track that goes on forever. Upstairs. Downstairs. Throughout the house. Outside. Around the block. Over a hot tub. For. 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