Archive for April, 2007
30GB Black iPod video, 5.5 Generation. The first thing I did, after undoing everything iTunes automatically did for me, was find a butt-ton of podcasts and my favorite 12GB of MP3s. [ READ MORE ]
History. Revolutionary America, to be precise… 3 textbooks for the 16-week class. From left to right: Miracle at Philadelphia. New at bookstore: $18.95 shipped, Used at bookstore: $14.95 shipped, used at Amazon.com Marketplace: $4.38 shipped. MAJOR PROBLEMS IN THE ERA OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION. New at bookstore: $59.30. Used at bookstore: [ READ MORE ]
Link and run: Disarranging Mine: Elections past (1982), a story about Marie’s one and only stint as a pollworker in Chicago during a non-presidential election year. [ READ MORE ]
36 is the square of 6. It’s also a triangular number. That makes it a square triangular number. It’s the only triangular number whose root is also a triangular number. It is the sum of two prime numbers (17 and 19). It is also the sum of the cubes of the first [ READ MORE ]
32 is the atomic number of germanium. I don’t have a joke for this. It is, in Fahrenheit, the freezing point of water. 32 is the fifth power of two. 32 teeth make a full set in human adults. This includes wisdom teeth. Wisdom is my mother’s mother’s maiden name. 32 is the ASCII code for [ READ MORE ]
I’m 4 days late with THIS one. 33 is the atomic number of Arsenic. This frightens and confuses me. 33 is also an alleged age that Jesus was crucified. Reports differ. 33 is the historically verified age that Alexander the Great died. NBA Stars Patrick Ewing and Scottie Pippen wore the number 33 for the Knicks and [ READ MORE ]
I’m 8 days late with this, but I’m hoping she’ll be OK… 34 is a heptagonal number. 34 is the atomic number of Selenium. I don’t know any Selena fans. 34 is the traffic code of Istanbul, Turkey. Not Constantinople. That’s nobody’s business but the Turks. 34 is the number Nolan Ryan wore for the Astros, [ READ MORE ]
Again with the “Which _________ are you?” entries… The actual title is Serentiy character, but I changed it on principle. I also reformatted because the table they provide is a bit too wide for the site. You are Malcolm Reynolds (Captain) Honest and a defender of the innocent. You sometimes make mistakes in judgment but you [ READ MORE ]
