You may have seen this "stumper" before: if the area of a pond covered by lily pads doubles ever day, and it takes 48 days to cover the entire pond, how long does it take to cover half the pond? It's a popular example in books on the science of thought, to demonstrate how people tend to take mental shortcuts that lead us to incorrect results; the ( Read more... )

Anyone have a licensed copy of Win XP they'd like to donate to free my sister from the tyranny of Windows Vista?

Buh ha ha!

One of my coworkers got a P-patch. A large P-patch. And has very generously offered to share it with me and another coworker.

I have dirt!

Now, I need to decide what to plant. Hmmmmm.

Tasty dinner. ( cut for those who object to eating our animal friends )

I am intrigued.

I may do a little driving next weekend when shopping.

While 1/3 whole wheat flour is too much and causes the waffles to brown too fast, 1/4 wheat flour is almost unnoticeable.

Mmmmm, waffles for breakfast.

The 30th of January, I somehow tweaked my back while sleeping. Rather badly, and such that standing was painful. Heat helped, and drugs helped (I've taken more Ibuprofen in the last two weeks than the previous two years), and it's slowly getting better, but is still subject to sudden intense pain if I move wrong ( Read more... )

I seem to have gotten a mild sunburn today.

Don't wanna go back to the giant box tomorrow!

So, it turns out that the Joy of Cooking is right, and you can assemble a covered fruit pie, freeze it, and then bake it at a later date without a really noticeable change in quality or taste ( Read more... )

I own, at last count, approximately 45 bajillion tatting shuttles. I want to know ( Read more... )