Do not go dirty into that good night.

I always shower at night. I think that that puts me in the minority. Don't most people shower in the morning? I can't go to bed feeling dirty/sweaty etc. I have to go to bed, and to sleep, clean. Is this not the case for anyone else? How do you do it?

I also always wash my hair last. It always is the part of a shower that makes me feel clean, so I save it for last. Am I alone in this?

Just curious.

Things to appreciate in Hawai'i

1. Warm weather
2. Sandy beaches
3. Island cuisine - fish and rice, pork, etc.
4. 2008 convertible Ford Mustang
5. The ocean
6. Volcanoes
7. Submarines
8. Snorkeling and fish
9. Whales
10. Swap meets

Bear fight!

I want to wrestle a bear. Not a big bear, a good medium sized black or brown bear. Maybe a bear "teenager". I have harbored this desire for a long time now and felt that I should come public. It is likely that this opportunity will never arise, but I still want to do it. A co-worker suggested that in order to wrestle a bear, I might have to leave the country. That is probably true. Bear wrestling is probably frowned upon by most. I recognize that I would probably suffer some injuries, but it might be totally worth it to wrestle a bear. How many people can tell that story?

The Last Great Invention - Maybe

I was flipping through the channels the other day and I caught a few minutes of the movie The Time Machine. I realized that if someone were truly able to build a time machine, then that person and their progeny would be the last great inventor(s). I don’t think that the answer here would be to jump 50 years into the future and see all the new technologies and bring those back. Our abilities to reverse engineer technologies are surely limited. Instead, I see it this way.

Our inventor, who already has his/her time machine, realizes a need. They need a device that does X. Instead of actually working on developing the device, the inventor can make some assumptions. Assuming it is possible to create such a device based on the technologies that are or will be available in the inventor’s lifetime, then it is reasonable to assume that, given the right amount of resources and time, that the device will eventually be invented. So, the inventor tells himself “When, in the future, you or someone else actually develops this technology, use the time machine, come back to the point in time 3 minutes from now, and tell me how to do it. In 3 minutes, future inventor shows up with the device and some instructions, and all is well. Then all that development time and those resources are saved. The danger of not being able to reverse engineer is alleviated because the jump to the future is moderate. All the inventor is doing is eliminating the time and resources needed to invent. Those time and resources are expended in a future which ceases to exist when the device is brought back to the present. So long as the inventor keeps the time machine invention quiet, our inventor will be last of the great inventors.

I also thought of a way to test this theory. I want to be the last great inventor. I make the assumption as I type this, that it will be possible in my lifetime, with the proper amount of time and resources, to invent a time machine. So, future self, when that development happens, whether it’s done by you or by someone else, come back in time to the moment 3 minutes from now, and let me know how to do it. Waiting…Waiting….Waiting…

No dice. This is clear and incontrovertible proof that time travel will not be invented in my lifetime. Or, at the very least, if it is invented in my lifetime, the inventor will be smart enough to not let anyone else know about it. This is exactly what I suggested. I suppose that it is only proof that time travel will not be invented by me. Bummer. But at least I know that there is no point in wasting the time and resources working on it.

Manly Names For Men

As a service to the community, I present a list of great names for boys, in no particular order of preference.

1. Beef
2. Rock
3. Bullet
4. Stone
5. Steak
6. Brick
7. Trout
8. Max
9. Leather
10. Pistol
11. Meat
12. Knife
13. Truck
14. Power

You're Welcome.

Hemispherical Arrogance?

I had an interesting thought the other day. I have seen many maps, and anytime I see a map it is oriented the same way. Maps are always oriented with the Northern side on the top. Is there a reason for this? Is it something to do with magnetic North or some other scientific something or other? If you lived somewhere below the equator, wouldn't you want the Southern side to be on top of your map? Aren't you offended? Wouldn't you want to see your half of the world on top? Is it Northern hemispherical arrogance that is to blame for this "standard" orientation of maps? Did you notice that I displayed this arrogance earlier when I made a reference to "below the equator"? Doesn't what is below the equator depend on what side of the equator you are actually on? Why isn't South ever on top?

For that matter, why isn't the Western or Eastern hemisphere, or anything in between, ever on the top of the map?

I envision a map that looks like the above. This is just fair, no?

Original map found at: http://www.eere.energy.gov/greenpower/buying/buying_power.shtml?&print

Thanksgiving

Things for which I am grateful (2007 version)



1. Football

2. Fish (for eating, apparently, they are good for me. (something about Omega...Acids, or something))

3. Racquetball

4. Oxygen

5. Good movies (Bourne Ultimatum at the top this year.)

6. Entertaining Books. (HP7 I am looking in your direction this year.)

7. The funny signs that homeless guy that stands near the 13th East exit makes.

8. Remodeling (grateful for the end result, NOT the process.)

9. The king of meats, sausage.

10. Vacations


Disclaimer: Of course I am thankful for my family, job, faith etc., but those things make a less interesting list. (I guess I am assuming that the items I did include on the list are interesting, which may be a bad assumption, but whatever. It's my list and I can do what I want.)