Powers of observataion

A life lesson: No matter how good your powers of observation may be, a little bias in analysis goes a long way.

A biologist, a physicist and a mathematician were sitting in a street cafe watching the crowd. Across the street they saw a man and a woman entering a building. Ten minutes they reappeared together with a third person.

"They have multiplied," said the biologist.

"The original measurement wasn't accurate," the physicist sighed.

"If exactly one person enters the building now, it will be empty again," the mathematician concluded.

Editors note: Had there been an engineer present, he probably would have asked how they built a new model so quickly.

Laptop?

Power problems?

I see that Mr. Completely has been running into some power trouble lately.

I think it's best if one has a backup plan in case the power goes out. Things like flashlights to find your way around, battery powered radios for weather forecasts, and plenty of extra ice to keep the refrigerator cool.

Of course if you wanted to keep blogging, I suppose something like a wind up hard-disc player might be handy.

Quote of the unspecified temporal interval

May all your troubles last as long as your New Year's resolutions!

Joey Adams

I'll be back to posting after today!

Public Service Announcment

Here's a little reminder for everyone to help keep you safe on the roads.

Remember, no matter how big and tough your vehicle may be, you must be considerate of other drivers.

Example number one. Just because you have armor doesn't mean you can run through stop signs.




Example number two. Just because you can level any obstacles you run across doesn't mean you can make a parking lot anyplace you like.




I guess that's worse than a parking ticket.

Comprehending Engineers

This is an overtold joke, but please bear with me for a moment

Two engineering students were walking across campus when one said, "Where did you get such a great bike?"

The second engineer replied, "Well, I was walking along yesterday minding my own business when a beautiful woman rode up on this bike. She threw the bike to the ground, took off all her clothes and said, "Take what you want."

The second engineer nodded approvingly, "Good choice; the clothes probably wouldn't have fit."

And why am I telling this joke? Because I just found this.



And you thought it wasn't a plausable story.

...or are you glad to see me?

If you've turned on your television lately then you've probably noticed that the Chia Pet and George Foreman grill commercials are back. That can only mean one thing; it's holiday shopping season.

If everyone on your list already has a salad shooter and you don't want a repeat of the sock and sweater debacle of last Christmas then here's another option. The Wenger Giant Swiss Army Knife (TM).

Now I like pocketknives, and I frequently carry a Swiss Army Knife (usually have a Victorinox) but this is hardly describable as a pocketknife. With 85 implements the knife (if you can even call it that) measures almost 9" wide, and I doubt you could comfortably fit it into a pocket.



Basically, it is all of the Swiss Army knife tools shoved between two red scales, and while many of the tools are quite useful in certain situations, it's ridiculous to have them on the same knife. Really, how many times do you need to have a golf shoe spike wrench, a 12/20 gauge choke tube tool, bike chain rivet tool, and a watch case opening tool all at once?

Still, if you absolutely insist upon having the biggest Swiss Army Knife around you can get one of these for $1200...if you can find one. The Wenger website says they're out of stock. Apparently some people actually are willing to spend twelve hundred bucks on a pocketknife that's too big to carry and too unwieldy to use.

Sign of the season

The end of a vacation

Taken from the back yard in southern IL.

Mother McGee went to drive C:
to find her poor Windows a byte
But, when she enquired, all drive space expired
And not even Stacker would put it right.

I'm out of commission tonight because I'm hooking up my replacement hard drive and trying to transfer all of my files. Wish me luck.