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It seemed time to jump on the bandwagon.

Star Wars musings

Concentration Camp

I went to a concentration camp, but it was canceled. The next year they renamed it "A seminar on the creation of reduced storage fruit juice."

Attendance was much higher, but I miss the alliteration.

Near Miss

Near miss

 On March 27, 2015 the 3000 foot diameter asteroid YB35 had a “near miss” of earth by 2.8 million miles.

In this case near miss means throwing a bb at the Space Needle in Seattle Washington and having it land somewhere in Boise Idaho.

Toilets Against Humanity

Toilets against Humanity

 A toilet seat typically has about 50 bacteria per square inch whereas human skin typically has millions. This means that for any grouping of humanity, no matter how broad or specific it is possible to state that “the (external body part or region) of (human group) is dirtier than a toilet seat”.

Of course one should use this power responsibly.

Hipsters lips are dirtier than toilet seats.

The knees of politicians over 50 are dirtier than a toilet seat.

The hands of all baristas named Ed who repeatedly mistake almond milk for soy are dirtier than a toilet seat.

Pain and Gain: the true story

If you are interested in true crime, criminal mayhem, or a tale of just how stupid and horrible people can be, I highly recommend the series of 3 long articles that start with this link.  It is the true story that inspired the current true crime comedy "Pain and Gain"  a fine film by Micheal Bay (no I am not being ironic, it is a good film and his best in years).


http://www.miaminewtimes.com/1999-12-23/news/pain-gain/

The article was especially interesting to me in how easy it was to believe.  To be sure the events are a bit bizarre, but the entire time I was reading it I found it very much jibed with my experiences with both police and criminals and people in general.  I've been regularly told that I am very cynical (usually by someone who wants something from me) and maybe it's true.  I consider myself a very jaded optimist, I believe that there really is a lot of good out there, I just have been really bad at finding it.

More efficient exercise

By Nietzsche's postulate, "That which does not kill me makes me stronger", I am approximately 10000 whiffle ball bats away from making Superman my bitch.

Back to work.