I always doubt whether most adults have favorite colors. Sure, if you ask any adult what their favorite color is they can give you a definitive response. But is this truly a color they favor over all others?
What I believe is that adults respond to the favorite color question simply with the same color they've been saying since childhood. Most kids seem to have actually have a favorite color: one that they'll proudly wear on all their clothing, have their room painted, and even want to have their food dyed ("Mom, I want BLUE mashed potatoes!) As adults, it is evident we no longer have a childish affection for a certain color, and enjoy many hues and shades in our clothing, cars, and foods. But when asked that favorite color question, we'll give the same answer we've been reciting off for years. Thus, I really don't think many adults really do have a favorite color. What we should be asking is, "What WAS your favorite color?"
My favorite color is/WAS GREEN.
June 30, 2009
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June 15, 2009
Seeing QBs
Last night I saw my college's backup quarterback at the grocery store. Pretty cool.
My freshman year of college I saw our starting quarterback on campus. To me, the guy was a superhero. I was riding my bike when it happened, and I took such a long look at him I almost crashed my bike into a tree.
My freshman year of college I saw our starting quarterback on campus. To me, the guy was a superhero. I was riding my bike when it happened, and I took such a long look at him I almost crashed my bike into a tree.
June 9, 2009
Fantasy Rowing
Two years ago, in the summer of 2007, a friend of mine started up a Fantasy Rowing league for a bunch of us who rowed together. We all had been playing Fantasy Football together for two years, and this just seemed the next logical step for us rowers. I happened to win that league that summer.
This summer I've brought it back to my friends I row with currently. Remembering most of the details of the league we had run two summers ago, I drafted out a set of rules for our league to run by. This is how it is working:
Each participant drafts a team with nine roster slots, and must field a lineup of seven slots for each of the big international summer regattas: World Cup 1 in Banyoles, Spain; World Cup 2 in Munich, Germany; World Cup 3 in Lucerne, Switzerland; and the World Championships in Poznan, Poland. Their lineup must consist of three singles, three team boats, and one National Team. Their full roster has two bench spots, and they may use those for one additional country and an additional boat, or two additional boats.
At each regatta the lineup a participant fields earns points depending on how the boats in that lineup fare at the regatta. 1st: 10, 2nd: 8, 3rd: 6, 4th: 4, 5th: 3, 6th: 2, 7th: 1
National Teams on a participant's roster earn 1.5 times those point values: 15, 12, 9, 6, 4.5, 3, 1.5
At the World Championships, all point values are doubled.
The participants could select singles from the following racing classes: M1x, W1x, LM1x, LW1x. They could select team boats from the following racing classes: M2x, W2x, LM2x, LM4-. Any National Team could be selected.
Participants drafted their rosters before the start of World Cup 1. Each participant compiled a list of at least 20 boats/National Teams they wanted. A random draft order was created, and snaking through the draft list, each team's rosters were filled. After each World Cup, a free agent list is generated, and particpants submit add/drop requests that are met in a rotating basis from last to first.
If a country sends a sculler to the regatta as the LM1x, and that sculler is not sent to the next regatta but another sculler races instead in their place as that country's LM1x, the participant with that sculler on their roster does not own the new sculler. For a team boat, if at least one member of a team boat is retained between regattas, the participant retains that crew; otherwise they do not own a fully new crew.
This summer I've brought it back to my friends I row with currently. Remembering most of the details of the league we had run two summers ago, I drafted out a set of rules for our league to run by. This is how it is working:
Each participant drafts a team with nine roster slots, and must field a lineup of seven slots for each of the big international summer regattas: World Cup 1 in Banyoles, Spain; World Cup 2 in Munich, Germany; World Cup 3 in Lucerne, Switzerland; and the World Championships in Poznan, Poland. Their lineup must consist of three singles, three team boats, and one National Team. Their full roster has two bench spots, and they may use those for one additional country and an additional boat, or two additional boats.
At each regatta the lineup a participant fields earns points depending on how the boats in that lineup fare at the regatta. 1st: 10, 2nd: 8, 3rd: 6, 4th: 4, 5th: 3, 6th: 2, 7th: 1
National Teams on a participant's roster earn 1.5 times those point values: 15, 12, 9, 6, 4.5, 3, 1.5
At the World Championships, all point values are doubled.
The participants could select singles from the following racing classes: M1x, W1x, LM1x, LW1x. They could select team boats from the following racing classes: M2x, W2x, LM2x, LM4-. Any National Team could be selected.
Participants drafted their rosters before the start of World Cup 1. Each participant compiled a list of at least 20 boats/National Teams they wanted. A random draft order was created, and snaking through the draft list, each team's rosters were filled. After each World Cup, a free agent list is generated, and particpants submit add/drop requests that are met in a rotating basis from last to first.
If a country sends a sculler to the regatta as the LM1x, and that sculler is not sent to the next regatta but another sculler races instead in their place as that country's LM1x, the participant with that sculler on their roster does not own the new sculler. For a team boat, if at least one member of a team boat is retained between regattas, the participant retains that crew; otherwise they do not own a fully new crew.
June 7, 2009
Target's See-through Wrapping Paper Trickery
Went to Target two weeks ago to buy wrapping paper for a friend's wedding present. Purchased shiny silver wrapping paper. But I was tricked. It only looked silver when wrapped around the roll. When rolled out, it was CLEAR!
So I went back this week to purchase wrapping paper that would actually conceal what is wrapped. This time my friend assisted me in choosing a roll. We chose a shiny blue. When I got home to wrap it...it was see-through blue! I couldn't believe Target had tricked me a second time.
My friends and I cannot even imagine why one would want to buy clear wrapping paper. What purpose could it hold to have your gift be seen through the wrapping job. Perhaps a gift basket they give out at a raffle would want to be wrapped in clear wrapping, but how dare they mix this amongst other opaque wrapping paper options.
So I went back this week to purchase wrapping paper that would actually conceal what is wrapped. This time my friend assisted me in choosing a roll. We chose a shiny blue. When I got home to wrap it...it was see-through blue! I couldn't believe Target had tricked me a second time.
My friends and I cannot even imagine why one would want to buy clear wrapping paper. What purpose could it hold to have your gift be seen through the wrapping job. Perhaps a gift basket they give out at a raffle would want to be wrapped in clear wrapping, but how dare they mix this amongst other opaque wrapping paper options.
June 4, 2009
First time at Sonic
Work didn't turn out like I wanted it to last night. And then Subway was closed. So I was stuck eating fast food. Figured I would try out Sonic, as it is always advertised on TV yet I never have eaten it. Ordered my food.
Then I saw hanging from the signboard that from 8pm-12am that night it was FREE ROOT BEER FLOATS. My night was redeemed. Sonic food was pretty good, but it would not have been nearly as cool if it wasn't for the free drink that I showed up in the right 4 hour window for.
Then I saw hanging from the signboard that from 8pm-12am that night it was FREE ROOT BEER FLOATS. My night was redeemed. Sonic food was pretty good, but it would not have been nearly as cool if it wasn't for the free drink that I showed up in the right 4 hour window for.
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