What happened?
So, over the last couple days my style sheet was blown and I didn't have my background or columns anymore. Not sure what happened, but I got it fixed now. Qwitcherbitchin.
Labels: useless info
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Tuesday, September 18, 2007
Monday, September 17, 2007
Superman's other weakness
I was so busy this weekend that I only had time to think about the really important things in life, such as holes in the story of why Superman's secret identity as Clark Kent has not been exposed to the characters in the DC Comics universe much easier.
Think about it. Clark Kent grew up in Smallville, defined in the movies and comics as the typical small town. You know, the type where everyone knows everyone. Or, as Ron White put it, "We lived in a small town of 400 people. Trust me, we've met."
This means, every one in that town knew Clark Kent. Now, think about people that wear glasses. People that wear glasses generally do not wear them 100% of the time. Especially if they don't know that one that day they are going to have a secret identity where the glasses will determine the difference in alter egos.
So, are they trying to convince us that Clark Kent NEVER took off his glasses in a small town, disallowing anyone in Smallville to one day put 2 and 2 together and recognize the man in tights plastered all over the Daily Planet to be their local farmboy, Clark Kent?
Maybe I'm just blowing smoke here and assuming higher intelligence from residents of Kansas. Either way, this is plan jackassery.
Think about it. Clark Kent grew up in Smallville, defined in the movies and comics as the typical small town. You know, the type where everyone knows everyone. Or, as Ron White put it, "We lived in a small town of 400 people. Trust me, we've met."
This means, every one in that town knew Clark Kent. Now, think about people that wear glasses. People that wear glasses generally do not wear them 100% of the time. Especially if they don't know that one that day they are going to have a secret identity where the glasses will determine the difference in alter egos.
So, are they trying to convince us that Clark Kent NEVER took off his glasses in a small town, disallowing anyone in Smallville to one day put 2 and 2 together and recognize the man in tights plastered all over the Daily Planet to be their local farmboy, Clark Kent?
Maybe I'm just blowing smoke here and assuming higher intelligence from residents of Kansas. Either way, this is plan jackassery.
Labels: food for thought, jackassery, useless info
Monday, June 25, 2007
Watch out!
Last night I was watching the news and they were talking about 5 people in the Stanwood, WA area that was hit by lightning during our storm last night. 5 PEOPLE! Holy crap. Anyway, that is not what I'm focusing on here.
During the news cast, they were saying a non-profit organization is going through a Thunder & Lightning Safety Awareness excercise. The "best advice" was "to avoid getting struck by lightning, just watch out for thunderstorms".
Uh... what? OK.
Well, with that said, I guess I understand why this organization is "non-profit". They are so obvious that no one would pay them a dime.
So, in honor of what I will call "Captain Obvious Safety Awareness", I decided to add a few safety notices myself. Maybe I can get paid for all my hard work here, multiplying their effectiveness to a wide range of safety issues.
Disclaimer: If, while reading any of my safety precautions above, you had an epiphone... then this is solid proof that evolution has been proven WRONG.
During the news cast, they were saying a non-profit organization is going through a Thunder & Lightning Safety Awareness excercise. The "best advice" was "to avoid getting struck by lightning, just watch out for thunderstorms".
Uh... what? OK.
Well, with that said, I guess I understand why this organization is "non-profit". They are so obvious that no one would pay them a dime.
So, in honor of what I will call "Captain Obvious Safety Awareness", I decided to add a few safety notices myself. Maybe I can get paid for all my hard work here, multiplying their effectiveness to a wide range of safety issues.
- To avoid getting carjacked, watch out for carjackers.
- To avoid getting getting VD, watch out for people with diseases prior to sleeping with them.
- To avoid getting in a car accident, watch out for cars (or fast approaching telephone polls) that are about to hit you .
- To avoid getting stuck in a hostage situation, don't walk into a building that is full of people tied up with guns to their heads by guys with ski masks on.
- To avoid becoming dumber by the minute, don't watch Dr. Phil.
- To avoid drowning, keep water out of your lungs.
- To avoid falling from a tree, don't climb it.
- To avoid getting bit by a dog, don't piss him off.
Disclaimer: If, while reading any of my safety precautions above, you had an epiphone... then this is solid proof that evolution has been proven WRONG.
Labels: advice, evolution proven wrong, jackassery, useless info
Thursday, March 29, 2007
Useless Info, Volume 2
So, I'm sittin here sending emails at work and I noticed I use the acronym "e.g." quite a bit. General knowlege is that "e.g." implies "for example".
Huh? How does the acronym of "for example" turn into "e.g."?
Well, I got the answer.
"E.G." is short for "exempli gratia". It is a latin word where "exempli" means example and "gratia" translates to favor.
So, when translated and spelled out, anytime you see "e.g.", the author is saying "as a favor, here is an example".
That, my friends, is your Useless Information for the day.
Huh? How does the acronym of "for example" turn into "e.g."?
Well, I got the answer.
"E.G." is short for "exempli gratia". It is a latin word where "exempli" means example and "gratia" translates to favor.
So, when translated and spelled out, anytime you see "e.g.", the author is saying "as a favor, here is an example".
That, my friends, is your Useless Information for the day.
Labels: boredom, random thoughts, useless info
Friday, March 02, 2007
Useless Info, Volume 1
Today I looked at the calendar and said to myself "Holy crap, it's March! I have to write another rent check already?!"
So the question pops up in my mind, "why is February so short?" So, I started a little research.
No one seems to know the 100% reasoning of the short month, but here are a couple theories:
So the question pops up in my mind, "why is February so short?" So, I started a little research.
No one seems to know the 100% reasoning of the short month, but here are a couple theories:
Theory #1 (though widely believed, historians have marked this one as bunk):
February is so short because the Romans borrowed a day from it to add to August. August was originally a 30-day month called Sextilis, but it was renamed to honor the emperor Augustus Caesar, just as July had earlier been renamed to honor Julius Caesar. Naturally, it wouldn't do to have Augustus' month be shorter than Julius's, hence the switch.
Theory #2 (this one makes the most sense):
The "original" Roman calendar only had 10 months, starting with March and ending with December. Nothing really happened during the winter months, so what we now know as January and February didn't exist, in fact, they were empty. The 8 week period between December and March had no name. Why wasn't this time period named? The calendar was created to govern the cycle of planting and harvesting. At this time, which was about 3000 years ago, the only thing going on was agriculture. Nothing happened in the winter, thus meaning the time between December and March didn't "deserve" to be tracked.
- Sidebar question: If the time between December and March wasn't tracked or named, how did the Romans know when March officially started?
Some time later, a Roman king by the name of Numa Pompilius, had figured out that giving the world a calendar that was missing one sixth of the year didn't make any sense. Pompilius decided that the calendar should consist of 355 days, which was the approximate time it took for 12 lunar cycles. While still not quite accurate, it was at least a step in the right direction. Within the 12 lunar cycles, January and February were added to the end of the calendar year. There were also several "leap days" added to equal out the time it took to appropriately govern the agricultural process.
It's also important to note that the Romans thought even numbers to be unlucky. Pompilius made 31 days out of 7 months and 29 days out of 4 of the months. With the 355 day calendar, this left 28 days remaining, thus requiring one month to have an even number of days (remember, even numbers were unlucky to the Romans). Since the calendar, at this time, started in March and ended in the newly created month of February, it only made since to make the unlucky month the last of the year. Thus February was given 28 days.
In case you wondering:
- It is known that Julius Caesar was the one who later changed the calendar to 365 days, hence the Julian Calendar. This was probably done because having 10 leap days a year just didn't make sense when it was a known fact that it took 365 1/4 days for the Earth to orbit the sun, Even though having "30" days would be an even number (unlucky), it had to happen because, lucky or not, superstition cannot override hard fact.
- Since we couldn't have 365 and "1/4" days in a year, the calendar was changed so that every 4 years, an extra day is added to the shortest month of the year, February. This allows the calendar to catch up on each of the "forgotten" 6 hours of each year, every 4 years.
That, my friends, is useless information that you will probably never be able to apply to anything in your life.
Labels: food for thought, useless info