There was a surprise rainstorm yesterday. To add to my surprise experience, I was surprised to find out that a black hat I bought in Bangladesh wasn't water protected. That is to say the black hat dyed my forehead, neck, and shirt black. Hat is now in garbage.
Good thing I'm not blonde.
November 23, 2011
November 12, 2011
Radiohead Tickets
I had three computers all refreshing constantly when Radiohead tickets went on sale at 10 AM. Not one was successful. In 2006, for the show I actually got tickets to, we had four computers running and two made it through before tickets sold out in three minutes.
Radiohead could play at the Atlanta Motor Speedway and it would sell out in minutes.
Radiohead could play at the Atlanta Motor Speedway and it would sell out in minutes.
October 24, 2011
September 10, 2011
The Better Long Weekend
Getting an extra day or two on a weekend is a great feeling. Having the extra time off from work is relaxing and allows for longer trips and more fun to be had. But which is better? Getting off on Friday for a long weekend, or having Monday off? The answer is Monday, due primarily to when the resultant shortened week occurs.
Shortened weeks at work are incredible, because they fly by so quickly. They seem a lot shorter than the 80% of the normal week they actually are. There's an excitement about a shortened week, that could stand alone apart from a long weekend and still be enjoyable. The position of a shortened week in relation to a long weekend, thus, is the difference maker between having Friday off or having Monday off.
If you have a long weekend where Friday is the day off, you have a shortened week before the long weekend. You are excited simultaneously about the shortened week, and about the upcoming long weekend. You have four days of happiness, followed by a great three-day vacation. Overall, you get seven days of enjoyment out of the long weekend.
If you have Monday off, however, you have a regular week, where you spend the whole week looking forward to your long weekend ahead. Then you get the long enjoyable three-day vacation. But when you return to work, you have a shortened week, which is enjoyable in itself! So in all, you get twelve days of enjoyment out of one long weekend! You are being efficient in your enjoyment of your weekend, spreading out the upcoming excitement of a vacation, the vacation itself, and then the excitement of a shortened week.
Thus I praise President's Day, Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Labor Day, and Memorial Day. Thank you for giving Monday off!
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Also...if it's a personal three-day weekend, and thus you are flying not on a peak travel weekend, airfares are cheaper if you fly out Saturday morning and come back Monday night, than if you have fly out Friday morning, and come back Sunday night. So always take Mondays off.
August 30, 2011
Hiking in Oconee National Forest
A couple weekends ago I went hiking in Oconee National Forest, in Central Georgia. The forest, halfway between Atlanta and Augusta is split in two, with a large part of it south of Interstate 20, and another sizable portion to the north. We had planned to go hiking in this northern part, but had trouble finding resources on where to go hiking there, apart from the short walk to Scull Shoals historic village. Due to the difficulty in finding a place to hike here, I decided to post some information on the trail we took, under the park ranger's suggestion, so that others can find it with less issues in the future.
The part of the park we hiked in is called Scull Shoals Experimental Forest. A map of the forest can be found here in PDF form, and the portion we hiked is in the most northern tip. We hiked the trail highlighted pink in the map below. It was approximately 4 miles long.
The trailhead is circled on the map above where it comes close to Forest Road 1231. It is just north of the intersection with Forest Road 1231D. The sign below, on the west side of 1231, indicates you have found the trailhead.
The trail is lightly used, but is marked the whole way with plastic orange diamond trail blazes, and plastic green diamong trail blazes with an orange horse. On the western portions of the trail, there are many trees down across the trail, and new paths have circle around them. Be careful to find the blazes again!
The part of the park we hiked in is called Scull Shoals Experimental Forest. A map of the forest can be found here in PDF form, and the portion we hiked is in the most northern tip. We hiked the trail highlighted pink in the map below. It was approximately 4 miles long.
The trailhead is circled on the map above where it comes close to Forest Road 1231. It is just north of the intersection with Forest Road 1231D. The sign below, on the west side of 1231, indicates you have found the trailhead.
The trail is lightly used, but is marked the whole way with plastic orange diamond trail blazes, and plastic green diamong trail blazes with an orange horse. On the western portions of the trail, there are many trees down across the trail, and new paths have circle around them. Be careful to find the blazes again!
August 5, 2011
Vulcan Hand Sign Achieved
I've never been able to make the Vulcan hand salute, that which Spock makes in the Star Trek movies.
However, just today I was reading about the rock-paper-scissor game variant rock-paper-scissor-lizard-Spock and while going through the hand motions, I just happened to do it. I've never been able to do it before, and I don't know what caused me to suddenly be able to achieve it. I am extremely happy at the moment though.
This was always distressing to me, especially because my last name in Judaism indicates that I am a Kohen. The sign of the Kohen when they do their priestly blessing is the same.
However, just today I was reading about the rock-paper-scissor game variant rock-paper-scissor-lizard-Spock and while going through the hand motions, I just happened to do it. I've never been able to do it before, and I don't know what caused me to suddenly be able to achieve it. I am extremely happy at the moment though.
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