Fun

Jokes

• I used to hate facial hair, but then it grew on me.
• I only seem to get sick on weekdays. I must have a weekend immune system
• What letter in the alphabet holds the most water? C!
• I drove through a small southern town and there was a Nativity Scene with three wise men wearing fire fighter helmets
• 364 days until Christmas...... and people already have their lights up.
• Why was the letter E the only letter in the alphabet to receive gifts from Santa? The other letters were not E
• Why did the man throw some butter in the air? He wanted to see a butter fly
• What sound does a train make when it’s carrying ballerinas? Tu-tu!
• There was a really big sale at The Lego store? People were lined up for blocks
• I only know 25 letters of the alphabet? I don't know Y
• Why can't you give Elsa a balloon? Because she will let it go.
• Why did the coffee file a police report? It got mugged.
• Why can't your nose be 12 inches long? Because then it would be a foot.
• Why did the kid cross the playground? To get to the other slide.

Fun Journal

• 20241210 - Princess cruise (Star Princess)

  • International café - bar area - white russian - relaxing
  • Kids club - ian loved the free roaming and independence
  • Tender boats - fascinating watching the cranes lower and raise these boats
  • Two guests got into shouting match after one shoved a young of a mother - man shoved kid, woman yelled

• 20251031 - Halloween candy

  • Sign that says take one
  • ChatGPT - The most popular candy overall among younger kids tends to be Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups, followed closely by M&M’s. Then Sour Patch Kids and Skittles.

• 20251115 - Back to the future 40 year anniversary - very high rewatch value (even forty years later)

  • the first time travel in the DeLorean, the skateboard chase, and the climactic lightning strike
  • also, at the very end: "Roads? Where we're going, we don't need roads"
  • the film's time-travel concept was groundbreaking in its day and remains fresh even now
  • George McFly “I’m your density. I mean your destiny”
  • Tom Wilson (Biff Tannen) - The Question Song - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AwKcPRCV6bI

• 20251117 - Gemini - Vibe Coding Made Easy - Turn your ideas into apps

• 20251117 - Ketchup? on turkey sandwiches? on eggs? on mac and cheese?

• 20251111 - Local mechanic. I dropped off car at 8AM for a Noon oil change. I called at 12:30PM and asked them if car would be ready by 1:00PM. Guy didn't even bother to check and just said yes. I got there and not ready. Had to wait almost 45 more minutes.

• 20251111 - Where there is money there are cheaters. This is in relation to sports betting. Point shaving. Every game is handicapped. Unusually high betting activity detected. Goes ungrateful. Nevada gaming control board and fbi.

• 20251117 - People in Montana are unfriendly to native americans, but ok with black people. This person thinks Seattle is much more inclusive.

• 20251122 - dropped off old paint and stain at Snoh County Hazard Waste facility - charged $10 USD because latex paint - so honest, responsible people get charged?

• 20251117 - On a project at work where they inspect pipes to determine severity - my company is coming in to explore ways to improve this manual process - eventually use AI to detect incorrect pipe assessments

  • The emphasis is improving job performance and not replacing jobs - this is a union run
  • This is an example of why government should not grow too big - more focus on protecting jobs than effeciency
  • Also you have to be very careful in how you respond to the emphasis that this will not be used to replace jobs - it is much easier to just say, "Ah, ok. that makes sense".

• 20251122 - Watched a documentary on different ways to cheat Vegas

  • Different ways to cheat
  • Bending cards just putting under chips
  • Mark cards with chips
  • Bring own dice only 4 5 6
  • Throwing dice vs sliding dice
  • Cheaters have been around since the old west. As machines got more advanced so did the cheats.
  • Tommy Carmichael repairman created tools to circumvent machines.
  • Created circuit to activate coin hopper.
  • Makers found way to detect surge of electricity with fuse. Blow fuse and shut down.
  • After 5 years he started talking to slot machine engineers. Even bought own slot machine to find weak point.
  • Found counter switch to prevent it from turning off.
  • Slot machines came out with fix. But Carmichael Back at it.
  • Mechanical counters replaced with light based counter. Light beams counted coins. So he invented device that emitted light.

• 20251206 - Costco prices - coffee $22 online, but $19 at the warehouse

• 20251203 - Ranger Rick - My daughter loves funny animal videos, especially funny ones involving pooping cats. All started with learning about Jaguars liking to swim, so we looked up funny videos of cats not liking to swim

• 20251205 - Letting kids win arguments - I lectured Ian about waiting until the last minute to get his memory verse memorized. Then he countered with how busy he was: Gymanstic on Tuesdsy, Piano on Wednesdasy, Concert on Thursday. I had to admit he had a good point. But then there are other times where kids are still young and nieve and need

• 20251201 - Porsche - I rode a long with someone for a Porsche tour. It is an interesting group. One, Porsches have a cult following. Second, it is fairly affordable to get into the Porsche market. A few more notes:

  • The iconic black Porsche in the original Bad Boys (1995) is a Porsche 911 (964) Turbo 3.6. Maye the last air cooled?
  • Porsche became known for its racing success, but ultimately a road car
  • Theme: Porsche being Porsche, improvement is continual. But the engineering number system gets more and more confusing!
  • This is apparently observed going from the 996 to the 997 - Porshce learned a lot from the 996 and incorporated their learnings into the 997
  • The next generating after the 997 was the 991
  • Pikes Peak,
  • Put a turbo in the car, have to deal with the lag
  • 24 Hours of Le Mans: Endurance sports car race held annually near the city of Le Mans, France
  • Bad Boys movie! The directory, Michael Bay's car, used in this movie. Iconic. This is a 964 Turbo. Air cooled. Porsche figured out to get even more compression into its turbo boost. Eventually Porsche built the next version of the 964 called the 993 (the last air oooled version). The 993 was completely rebuilt from the ground up - improvements everywhere. The engineering generation numbering system is confusing!
  • Great advertising in the 80s/90s:
  • Kills bugs faster (introduction of the 993)
  • Nobody's perfect - 9 of the 10 top finishers in the 24 hour La Man race were Porsches
  • About as fast as you can go without getting airlines food
  • Apparently there is a 911 turbo hybrid now
  • the Porsche 930 Turbo was famous for having a significant and long turbo delay, commonly referred to as turbo lag. This characteristic was a major factor in the car earning its notorious nickname, "The Widowmaker".
  • Porsche 991 turbo is the clark kent as well as superman

• 20251207 - Eggnog - I sometimes combine it with coffee. If you get the ratio right it is great. Kids steal my eggnog. They can't have coffee, but maybe decaf is ok to mix with eggnog?

• 20251207 - Zelda - first game where you could save your progress. why was it so good? Gold cartridge. The gameplay a simple RPG that is very accessible to the average player. Link has a lot of different tools to keep thigns interesting. Lots of interesting challenges and suprises. Differetb techniques for defeating enamies and bosses. Use certain weapons against certain enemies or even to solve puzzles, which mix up the gameplay and keeps the player thinking and on their toes. Sometimes, aggression won't be the answer. You need to think outside the box. Sometimes you may even need to use music to aid you on your quest at various points of the game.

  • "Nothing visually marks the correct tree. I must assume the game hides secrets in plain sight."
  • "A wall isn't always a barrier - sometimes it's a hallway."
  • Lost Woods: Up -> Left -> Down -> Left: "Maybe the forest isn't a maze to map, but a code to input." The perspective changes from physical navigation to pattern recognition.
  • Paying attention to cryptic NPC hints and interpreting them metaphorically - "There's a secret in the tip of the nose."
  • https://www.reddit.com/r/gaming/comments/2wb26z/what_is_so_special_about_the_legend_of_zelda/

• 20251210 - words hard to English pronounce for some international students

  • "linear" - "LINE" + "ERH"
  • "expertise" - "EXPER" + "TIES"

• 20251226 - The idea that people often don't return shopping carts is a widely observed phenomenon, often discussed in terms of personal responsibility and moral character

• 20251226 - People buy more at Costco than intended due to its clever "treasure hunt" layout with rotating, limited-time goods, forcing exploration; bulk packaging that creates a perception of huge savings; strategic loss leaders like cheap chicken to justify other purchases; and psychological triggers, like "unit bias," where large quantities seem like better value, all leading to impulse buys and larger basket sizes.

• 20251226 - A Southern person often pronounces "car" with a drawn-out vowel, sounding more like "cah" or "cahrr,"

• 20251226 - A Southern person often pronounces "fire" like "far" or "faar," merging the "-ire" sound into a single syllable that rhymes with "car" or "tar," or drawing out the vowel, making it sound like "fai-ur" or "fah-ah," a common trait in Southern and Appalachian accents where vowel sounds blend or shift.