Self fulling prophecies are all around us. I find it very interesting how easy it is to create one. For example, our group admin put a table out where people could put goodies (like cookies) to share with everyone. I first thought that there was no way this was going to work. However, I was wrong.
The table of goodies is a self fulling prophecies. She started out by putting a few goodies out there. They looked good and tempting, so people walking by ate them. However, these people started feeling guilty (I'm guessing) and brought goodies to put on the table. The cycle continued. Now the table is covered in goodies!
I've learned that all you need to create a landslide effect is:
1. a simple strategy (the good table).
2. advertising (the email telling everyone what the table was).
3. some initial startup fuel (the first batch of goodies).
Tuesday, December 12, 2006
Friday, December 8, 2006
San Francisco
Went to SF and it was great. The highlights include going to an amazing sushi place with Stephen and Grace, Muir Woods, Hot Chocolate at Ghiradeli, Wine Tasting, and Alcatraz.
Contractions!?
food for thought ...
The phrase "you are not" can either be contracted "you're not" or "you aren't". How come no one ever contracts it "you'ren't"? Seems to work to me.
George Washington Carver
Just saw a documentary on George Washington Carver. I think this guy could have been the smartest most humble person ever born in this country. I think I have a new hero (sorry Tyler Derdon).
Here is link if you want to read about him:
http://inventors.about.com/library/weekly/aa041897.htm
Here is link if you want to read about him:
http://inventors.about.com/library/weekly/aa041897.htm
Billard Balls
I've come across a briliant plan and before I sober up I feel compelled to commit the plan to pen and paper (sort of). I'm name the idea the BBCP (Billard Ball Contengency Plan) not to be confused with the ZCP (Zombie Contengency Plan).
Recently there has been a lot of talk of terrorists hijacking plans. Airports have elaborate screning processes and airlines have been placing armed air personal on plans. Just the other day an air marshall shoot dead a passenger.
Personally I don't feel a gun or an air marshall is required for passenger protection. Instead airlines should imploy the BBCP. How it works is simple. Each passanger is issued one and exactly one billard ball. That's it. Nothing more.
You may be thinking how this solves anything. Its simple; one billiard ball isn't enough to hijack a plane with. However, no matter what weapon you bring with you, if everyone else has a billlard ball you aren't hajacking shit. One to four men with guns verse 200 people armed with billlard balls. Where would you put your money?
I can't beleive I give this shit away for free.
Recently there has been a lot of talk of terrorists hijacking plans. Airports have elaborate screning processes and airlines have been placing armed air personal on plans. Just the other day an air marshall shoot dead a passenger.
Personally I don't feel a gun or an air marshall is required for passenger protection. Instead airlines should imploy the BBCP. How it works is simple. Each passanger is issued one and exactly one billard ball. That's it. Nothing more.
You may be thinking how this solves anything. Its simple; one billiard ball isn't enough to hijack a plane with. However, no matter what weapon you bring with you, if everyone else has a billlard ball you aren't hajacking shit. One to four men with guns verse 200 people armed with billlard balls. Where would you put your money?
I can't beleive I give this shit away for free.
Chris Rock Quote
Chris Rock's Quote of the Year:
"You know the world is going crazy when the best rapper is a white guy, the best golfer is a black guy, the tallest guy in the NBA is Chinese, the Swiss hold the America's Cup, France is accusing the
U.S. of arrogance, Germany doesn't want to go to war, and the three most powerful men in America are named 'Bush', 'Dick', and 'Colon'. Need I say
more?"
Zombies!
I've been getting a lot of flack lately about Zombies. Apparently, its crazy to think that it will ever happen...
If you told a person who lived a hundred years ago that people would be able to fly around in airplanes, clone animals, blow up entire cities with one bomb, fit most of the books in a library in a little digitial box, or that no matter what channel you watch on TV there is a reality show on; they would have thought you were crazy.
I have a hard time believing that zombies are really that far fetched considering all the cutting edge things we are doing with cloning and drugs.
All I'm saying is a ZCP (Zombie contengency plan) costs maybe $20 ($35 if you buy a bat too). If zombies retake the earth (yeah I think the've been here before, but that is a whole different issue), a ZCP is worth all your money and all the money you can barrow. So take the probablity that Zombies will retake the earth (A); multiple by all the money you have and can barrow (B); (A) times (B) is (C); if (C) is greater than $20, then you should go buy a ZCP.
QED
If you told a person who lived a hundred years ago that people would be able to fly around in airplanes, clone animals, blow up entire cities with one bomb, fit most of the books in a library in a little digitial box, or that no matter what channel you watch on TV there is a reality show on; they would have thought you were crazy.
I have a hard time believing that zombies are really that far fetched considering all the cutting edge things we are doing with cloning and drugs.
All I'm saying is a ZCP (Zombie contengency plan) costs maybe $20 ($35 if you buy a bat too). If zombies retake the earth (yeah I think the've been here before, but that is a whole different issue), a ZCP is worth all your money and all the money you can barrow. So take the probablity that Zombies will retake the earth (A); multiple by all the money you have and can barrow (B); (A) times (B) is (C); if (C) is greater than $20, then you should go buy a ZCP.
QED
Thursday, December 7, 2006
Quotes
While some quotes sound good, this one also makes sense:
"The genius of a good leader is to leave behind him a situation which common sense, without the grace of genius, can deal with successfully. "
- Walter Lippman
At first I thought George Bush said this...
"The leader of genius must have the ability to make different opponents appear as if they belonged to one category."
-- Adolf Hitler
Lets start with a simple quote...
"Anything I've ever done that ultimately was worthwhile... initially scared me to death. "
- Betty Bender
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