Once again, the curve on Hobart has claimed another victim. In this case, it wasn’t an innocent victim.
At about 1am this morning I half woke-up to a weird “wumph” sound. I didn’t think it was cars crashing (they make a more metallic sound) but something had happened. Then after a few seconds, I heard footsteps and a bang noise like someone slamming open a gate and then another noise, which I think was someone climbing a wooden fence.
Rob Landley has written a very good description of how the Republican party is discombobulating. He gave me permission to reproduce it here; any formatting errors are mine.
Now the general who wins a battle makes many calculations in his temple ere the battle is fought. The general who loses a battle makes but few calculations beforehand. Thus do many calculations lead to victory, and few calculations to defeat: how much more no calculation at all! It is by attention to this point that I can foresee who is likely to win or lose.
He who is destined to defeat first fights and afterwards looks for victory.
- Sun Tsu, The Art of War
I’ve been interested in speed reading since I was a kid. I liked books a lot and was very impatient. My comprehension wasn’t always so great, but that had a hidden advantage: I could read a book a second time and be amazed by the parts I had forgotten or didn’t get on the first pass.
Anyway, I found some newer resources on the ‘net about speed reading and thought I should put them here: Continue reading
I am not a soda fan.
I don’t like Pepsi, Coke, etc. They taste like chemicals to me.
The last soda I like was an orange Fanta I got in a McDonalds in Germany. It did not taste like anything I’ve gotten in the US. It was not sickly sweet and actually tasted good.
I’ve come to realize that part of the reason for this is high fructose corn syrup, but that isn’t all of it. I think the sodas in America are just horrible.
And things like this video from pretty much prove that the big US sodas are crap.