I was once told about a drink at a bar called "The Floormat". The Floormat consisted of all of the spilled alcohol from the night - it was then poured into a glass. Usually you'd buy it for someone's birthday when they were pretty hammered anyways. Well, seeing as though today is my last day of work (until something else comes along), I have all sorts of saved links and bookmarks on this computer that I need to delete. So, instead of just deleting them, they are going to become my "Floormat" post.
My new favorite insult word - "Asshat". Read the history of asshat. Cousin Eric and I had a good half hour IM discussion revolving around "asshat" and other good insults.
Some dude is going cold turkey on caffeinated, carbonated beverages and is documenting the experience on his blog.
For the math / computer science crowd, check out Langton's Ant. I'm reading a book called "Complexity" that tells the story of Langton's research into "artificial life" and into science beyond "chaos".
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled last week that property may be seized for private economic development.
I forgot if I posted anything about the Facial Action Coding System (FACS). This system claims to have categorized every possible facial movement possible. According to the book "Blink", certain combinations of these movements are very quick and involuntary. This means, that if you are trained to understand how the movements correspond to thoughts and feelings, you can read a person and tell if they're lying or what they're really up to. It's really much more complicated than that, but I don't feel like writing an essay on FACS right now.
Well, farewell to my employed days. If anybody's gonna be in Chicago next week and wants to hang out, let me know. Beyond that, I'll be in sunny California for the rest of the summer.
Speaking of employment, I have a few ideas of how to make some money this summer. Let me know what you think...
Plan A - Taking Barrister Kossiwa of Nigeria up on his offer to split $6.5 million equally. Sounds like a pretty legit deal.
Plan B - Donating bodily fluids. Does anybody know how well that pays?
Plan C - Professional Poker. Even the sun shines on a dog's ass somedays.
Plan D - The Rock Paper Scissors championships in October. I think I've gotten way better in the last 2 years. And if I was top 100 in the world last time, who knows what could happen this time around.
Plan E - Male Escort service. There's a niche market for everything these days. That being said, there's even gotta be a niche market for my services.
Plan F - Reality TV. I've got time.
Plan G - Middle reliever for the Cubs. I've got a mean 52 mph heater. And my changeup drops 4-6 inches. Mainly due to gravity. Seriously, I bet hitters would have a tough time hitting such a bad pitcher.
Plan H - Get a real job. As a last resort, of course.
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