Friday 5

Stupid is as a stupid does

22 August, 2008 (11:27) | Friday 5

  • What’s something really, really stupid you’ve done that could easily have resulted in your own death?
  •  – There was this incident with an M80 one windy night where Travis held it behind his head ready to launch, i put my hands around it to block the wind, and Dallas lit it…

  • What makes you feel stupid?
  • – When I stumble over my words or spelling of those words.

  • What’s something that’s stupid in a very smart way?
  • – The toilet.  I’m always amazed out how simple it is.  It dumbs it all down to 1 little lever.  Sometimes, you don’t even have to do anything at all if it has one of those lazer sensors.

  • What’s an example of a stupid idea working out in a way that solved a problem?
  • – There’s a lot of innovative ideas that are born from stupidity or boredom…probably just better off youtubing "stupid idea".  That’d be far more entertaining.

  • There is apparently a brand of packaged popcorn called Smartfood. What might be found in the package labeled Stupidfood?
  • – food for zoo animals?  If you can mess that up and the zoo animals can’t, you’re pretty stupid. 

    Thoughts & Ideas

    refrigerator efficiency

    21 August, 2008 (11:58) | Thoughts & Ideas

    Does the amount of food in your refrigerator matter in how much it runs?  Does an empty fridge use less energy because there’s nothing in it to cool?  I guess you can take that further and say does the contents of the fridge make a difference.  Does a fridge full of liquids require more energy than a fridge full of fruit?  I guess it all comes down to how much energy does it take to cool air…If I were to make a prediction, i would say a vacuous space would take more energy because a solid or liquid would act as an insulator…I googled, but couldn’t find anything…

    Memorable Quotes

    Word.

    19 August, 2008 (15:11) | Memorable Quotes

    "The great enemy of clear language is insincerity. When there is a gap between one’s real and one’s declared aims, one turns as it were instinctively to long words and exhausted idioms, like a cuttlefish spurting out ink."

    – George Orwell

    Top 10

    The to 10 craziest or weirdest medical conditions

    18 August, 2008 (23:11) | Top 10

    I have no idea why the listed the top one first, but it’s still a pretty crazy list.  Some of these conditions are borderline super-powers if you ask me.  I wonder where we could be if we could extract these peoples’ genes…  http://www.oddee.com/item_96473.aspx

    Thoughts & Ideas

    here’s something nice and friendly

    18 August, 2008 (19:21) | Thoughts & Ideas

    Public enemy or one of those early 90s gangster rap groups should have done a song called ‘kuf’d from behind’ and talked about cops and sexual assault.  I don’t know if the FCC would catch on to the pun of ‘kuf’d’ or not.  I thought about this on my run today.  Welcome to the inner workings of my brain; scary, isn’t it?

    Friday 5

    Disposal

    15 August, 2008 (13:33) | Friday 5

    so Friday5.org puts out 5 questions every friday for bloggers to answer, so I think i’ll play along.

  • What did you last replace batteries for?
  •   – I try to use rechargable batteries where i can, but I’ve used a few AA in my wireless keyboard and mouse from time to time.

  • What have you thrown away that you probably could have had repaired?
  •   – My sister gave me her old eliptical machine that needed some sort of belt replaced, but I was too lazy to fix it.

  • Among items in your line of sight right now, what should probably be put in the trash? 
  •  – I’m at my desk at work, I have some spare printouts from meetings that i won’t use again…

  • When did you last use disposable cutlery while dining in your house?
  •   – I don’t even know what that is…plastic knives??

  • Whose actions cause you to waste time you otherwise wouldn’t waste? 
  • – Well, Erik filled the dishwasher with hand soap earlier this week, and i found out the hard way and had to clean that up.  I’m also driving to philly and back to see Kallie and Tim, so that would be 10 hours of driving i normally wouldn’t do.