Empirical Praecognita

1897 first indication revealed
ghosting faire exiled
3 waiting behind bowling house
penmen fearing implications
repeater lost time in mind travel
children laughing empty rooms
luera heard inside radio, felt
camphor danching in vial 1927
statue fountain missing
1970 the field collapse
word thought action effect

10 Really Cool Things

1. Stainless steel rulers with cork on back
2. The way a bowling ball reverse spins out of the auto return machine
3. Psychedelic videogames
4. Little tubs of sauce from fast food places, superior to packets
5. The way cream looks as it settles into coffee
6. Banannas for several reasons:
6a. snapping the top back to open
6b. opening from bottom like a monkey
6c. throwing peel out the window always makes me laugh.
6d. seeing a bananna peel on the ground always makes me laugh
7. The color of electric discharges, zzzzzt!
8. Looking at ads in old magazines
9. Chalk cubes and Cones of Talc for playing pool
10. Lasers

McDonalds - I love their straws and their Coke

I like McDonalds. I like the fact that they exist and I appreciate them for what they are.
Andy Warhol had a great quote about McDonalds:
The most beautiful thing in Tokyo is McDonald's. The most beautiful thing in Stockholm is McDonald's. Peking and Moscow don't have anything beautiful yet.

My theory is that the fatter straw allows more CO2 to get to you with each pull (bigger bubbles), which changes the texture of the Coke, and also plays into the salty flavor that I detect. Sometimes I can almost taste another spice in McD's coke, it's almost an indian cinnamon taste, I'm pretty sure that the Coke formula isn't tweaked for anything (such as geographic regions), but the fountain formula is definitely different than the bottled formula. I'd be surprised if McD's had their own slightly different formula, but I wouldn't be shocked -- McD is a financial powerhouse.I also have a theory for the reason for the fat straw, which is that it allows you to drink faster, which increases the chance that you'll finish your drink before the "full" signal is sent, increasing the possibility that you'll want more (more Coke, or more food, whatever). Whether you buy more or not is almost beside the point -- you'll remember that desire, which will weigh in McD's favor in the future. In anycase it is obvious thank McDonalds has superior COKE and superior Straws. Also the styrofoam container keeps my drink cold.

So here is what got me thinking about McDonalds. The great straws. I think the new era that we are all living in began when McDonalds introduced their superior straw. You will notice that it is larger in diameter than other peoples straws. Once you get used to a McDonalds straw you will not want to go back. Let's face it, we are a people of straws. We all love them and in fact our modern life would not be so modern if it were not for them.

When I drink a cold beverage I hope that beverage comes to me through a great straw. Thank you McDonalds for making such a great straw.

Great blog all about McDonalds from the customers point of view:
http://mcchronicles.blogspot.com/

Hey Man, your math is all messed up.

Today's most important website

http://www.wsu.edu/~brians/errors/errors.html

Enlish errors and lots of them. This is both good reading and a primer for
ways to annoy other people. Memorize this website and become a English Nazi.
Learn a few rules and terrorize your friends.

The Bear

During the long cold war, we watched for the
bear, it was like a game, us versus them, by a
matter of chance we all survived. Shown in the picture
is an airmen working with the light gun interface of the
SAGE system supercomputer. These systems were the
predecessor to ARPANET. Dozens of these installations
each with there own supercomputer were connected by
enhanced telephone wire. One of the most advanced prototypes
was located in of all places, Thomasville Alabama. It was the
right distance to see airspace over Cuba, specifically the Ionosphere.
Curiously development of this base was started several years before
the United States "knew" of Soviet plans to base missiles in Cuba.