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I spent some time at an aquarium today. Aren’t the jellyfish gorgeous?
“The chances of me being a victim of police brutality here are so low from a statistical standpoint. There are so many people in this park right now, and I am so blended in that singling me out for a beating or pepper spray would be completely improbableAUUAUHAHGAHAGHAGAHAGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH”
I wrote a book. This is the cover. Anybody want to read it? Yes you do, because it’s only the best book ever, and hysterical. Yep. Me, biased? Nah.
It’s download only, because real books kill trees.
The description: Brie Gable is a high school junior living in California. She’s transferred to a new school: St. Margaret’s. It wasn’t her first choice. It’s pricey, but the cheaper schools rejected her, and free public education doesn’t exist anymore. The U.S. Government is picking up the tab for now, but that’s a debt she’ll have to repay via military service when she graduates. In a time when wars are on the rise—not only overseas, but a war in the state of Nevada as well—this is a scary prospect for her. But there are more immediate worries for now, like simply fitting in at school. A breath of fresh air comes along when she makes friends with Naomi “Star Flower” Minami: purveyor of milkshakes, serial trespasser, and one of the school’s most vital reservoirs of imagination.
You can get it at Smashwords for only $2.99. It’s about 50,000 words. Available in any format you want—pdf, html, kindle, etc.
fun with numbers
Numerology-based rapture math is so stupid.
Here are some numbers that I calculated myself that I think are interesting and have nothing to do with religion:
If every person on earth walked 2.3 miles today, the total would approximately equal the distance that a photon travels in the same amount of time, 15.7 billion miles. (a distance of one light day). Doing this for one year, humans would have collectively walked one light year! Dude.
If you stacked dollar bills equaling the US National debt, they would rise nearly one million miles into the sky. Well, actually they would probably fall over. If you made four stacks, each would be tall enough to reach the moon. If you instead placed them end to end, they would extend a distance of slightly over 2 light hours, 1.3 billion miles in length, and nearly reach Uranus. Haha, I said Uranus!
The average American drinks 56 gallons of soda a year. If you stacked 12 ounce 4.75” cans equaling the quantity of soda consumed by all Americans, after a 2 year period, it would be approximately lengthy enough to reach Venus! (but Venus is only 2 light minutes away at closest… so, not that impressive)
If all of the estimated 110 million copies sold of Michael Jackson’s “Thriller” album had been in the classic 12” vinyl format, when placed end to end they would be able to almost completely encircle the earth.
Ok, that’s enough for now.
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These were clearly imposter Giants fans…
But if not, people falling down is always funny anyways.
This is awesome— NASA attached a camera to one of the space shuttle’s solid rocket boosters. The booster detaches at two minutes in, after which you experience a five minute Kubrick-esque 30-mile plummet into the ocean!
One of the great baseball moments occurred Saturday. The awesomely named Buster Posey hit a long fly ball that looked destined to hit off the top of the wall in D.C. for maybe a double, but nope, Mr. Well Placed Giants Fan leaned over the railing and made a spectacular catch — home run! Adorable Miss Pandoval Cap completes the picture perfect moment!
(umpires reviewed the play and let the home run stand)
