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Monday, May 14, 2001
Saturday I went to Six Flags New England with Karen. Fun times. We got there soon after it opened and hit Superman, the marquee roller coaster. Pretty amazing; it gets up to 77 mph. Only later that day did I realize that there weren't even any loops or corkscrews in it, and it still blew me away. Man, I can't believe I used to be scared of roller coasters 15 years ago or whatever. What a feeling!
Wednesday, May 09, 2001
The only time I win at gambling is when I'm taking money from friends, and that's not the way I want to do it. Bill and I went to Chicago last weekend to get my sister's poop from school and to visit friends, and our travels brought us to a casino and a horse track. We played roulette at the casino, which I hear isn't a great idea, and now I know why. Sure the odds are slightly in the house's favor, but if you add on top of that the fact that my luck is awful....... wow. The two hours we were there, on each roll I put at least one dollar on the number 23 (my birthday). When we arrived, I had noticed that 23 hadn't been hit in the last 20 or whatever rolls, so that persuaded me a little. At the end of the two hours, 23 was one of only two numbers which never showed up as long as we were playing. That's a small example of what happens to me when I gamble.
Here's a better one. At the track, I assumed that I would lose money. So I went straight for the big payoff trifectas. I chose a 6-4-2 trifecta (Horses 6, 4 and 2 finish first, second and third, respectively). As the horses crossed the finish, I could clearly see 2 in third place, and 6 and 4 ahead of him. It wasn't a photo finish, but I couldn't tell who won. Of course I did not win. It would have been a couple hundred bucks I think. The kicker is that if I had played it safe and boxed it (picked the top 3 horses in any order), I would have won. But that would have been a $12 bet instead of $2, that's why I decided not to. Though I should have known that it would come back to haunt me. Frustrating poop.
I want to be on Survivor. I get along with people. I know strategy. Sure I'm not devious and underhanded, but neither was Tina. That immunity talisman would never leave my neck.
All that stands in my way of applying is the home video you have to send in to them. I mean, what are you supposed to do on it? I'd need to stand out, but how? A comedy routine? Just thinking about what to put on the video makes my head hurt and turns me off to the idea. I used to want to be on the Real World, but I wouldn't make it. Nevermind the application videotape, but I'm not opinionated enough.
What is the definition of a perpetual-motion machine? My coworker Allan has a toy that doesn't stop moving. Picture a ferris wheel with a weight on one side of the wheel and a magnet weight on the other side. The magnet is attracted to the base of the toy. If I pull the weight a little away from the base and let go, the wheel picks up speed, goes back and forth a few times, and eventually loops all the way over. I have noticed that it never goes all the way around more than once in a row, but it will do that loop many more times while the toy is moving. And I have yet to see the toy stop on its own.
What's... the deal? UPDATE: Okay so I didn't do too much detective work. Turns out the toy has a battery in it. So I guess it just... keeps the magnet magnetized? And while we're on the topic of physics... When ice skating, if you are standing up and you point your toes a little away from each other, you drift backwards. Why is this? It has to be something about how when you stand that way you exert a non-vertical force on the ice. |
