Thursday, September 03, 2009
Finding Purpose
One blog I love reading is Kareem Mayan’s Weblog. For some time now Kareem has been trying to figure out what his purpose in life is. It’d be cliché to say he’s finding himself. To someone not paying attention it may seem like that, but it’d be more accurate to say he knew himself, but didn’t know what could make him happy, only that he wasn’t happy with where he was.
His blog is a collection of fantastic quotes and links about life and happiness. I’ve even reposted one of my favorites here. It’s simple, and rings true.
Recently Kareem wrote about how he’s found his life’s purpose.
It was a great post. A nice summary of how he got to where he is and when he figured out what he’s been searching for.
You already know you[r] purpose. It’s inside you right now. Nobody can tell you what it is. That’s one of the benefits of being human - you get to decide your path.
Do we all have a purpose? Do we all need a purpose? That’s one I haven’t figured out yet. I know being happy is important, and living stress-free is the easiest road to happiness for me. If I don’t find a purpose, I’ll just keep eliminating stressors.
Wednesday, July 22, 2009
Baseball and DNA
The New York Times has a piece about MLB’s use of DNA testing to confirm identity, as fraud and falsifying documents have been common with prospects coming from Latin America.
The use of DNA for identity isn’t debated all-too-much, but there are major concerns over what else can be learned by DNA testing. What diseases a person may be genetically-disposed could affect who is signed (and for how long and how much).
It seems pretty obvious that a team would be hesitant to sign a player who may not stay healthy, until you think of this:
Mark Rothstein, a professor of bioethics at the University of Louisville School of Medicine, said: “The funny thing about this all is that the most famous baseball player with a genetic disorder was Lou Gehrig. Would they have signed him if they knew he was predisposed to A.L.S.?”
Who wants to be the scout to take a pass on the next Lou Gehrig?
Monday, May 18, 2009
Happy
via Kareem . hiten . thisisjessemejia . stefantueshaus . theslyestfox . My thoughts were so loud, I couldn’t hear my mouth
Tuesday, April 21, 2009
Bringing Wang’s ERA Down
After getting shelled the first three games of the season, Chien-Ming Wang has an ERA of 34.5 in just 6 innings. 23 earned runs will get you there.
Before the season started, Wang’s career ERA was 3.79. Now it’s 4.08. That’s over a 7% increase in 6 innings of work.
If Wang pitched at 3.79 the rest of the season, he’d wind up with an ERA of over 4.5.
Wang would need two complete game shutouts to average less than one run per inning, bringing his ERA below 9.
To bring his 2009 ERA down to his ERA going into the season Wang would need to pitch 48 2/3 innings of shutout ball. That’s 5 consecutive complete game shutouts and change.
Monday, March 30, 2009
2+2? Jesus
Amen
Monday, November 03, 2008
Nin-ten-do
I’ve had this stuck in my head for some reason. May you all suffer with me.
This commercial used to be on every single commercial break when they were trying to sell it (during cartoons, of course).
Tuesday, August 26, 2008
100% of Those Surveyed Willing to Take Surveys
Have you ever been cold called to take a survey? Have you done it? No one I know has admitted it.
What about when you are walking down the street? Are you willing to talk to the person with the clipboard? Very, very few seem even willing to say “no thank you” before moving on.
Every day I read or watch some news story about some survey results. Sometimes they let you in on the demographics of those who took the survey, but in the end, they’re all survey takers - those people willing to just stop whatever they’re doing and answer random questions. There’s a certain type of person willing to do that and that alone makes me not represented in any survey result I’ve seen.
Monday, August 25, 2008
Hey, More HD
I always love finding more HD. While I rarely do it, I was scanning most of the channel lineup, just looking for something different after watching another good episode of Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations.
The HD channels are in the 700s, with a few Starz HD channels right before it, in the high 600s.
Randomly, at 195 and 196 were USA HD and CNBC HD. I tried to tune in, but both were black. A simple reset of my cable box cured that and now I’m watching the US Open in HD on USA. I assume both channels were added for the US Open, similar to how TBS HD was quickly added for MLB playoffs last year. Unless, of course, they were added a couple of weeks ago for the Olympics, and I simply missed out (which is more likely, and I’d rather think out loud than go back and edit this paragraph).
Either way, USA is one of those stations I’ve been wanting to get in HD. Hopefully most programs and movies air in HD and not stretch-o-vision.
Now if they could only add Sci-Fi HD before Battlestar Galactica starts up again…
Update Aug 30: Well, both new HD channels are gone, confirming it was just for the Olympics. Double confirmed it by checking out AVS Forum, which is really the only place I was able to find out about this (in the TWC NYC thread).
Monday, August 11, 2008
Bacon Floss
Yeah, that’s right, bacon floss.
It’s exactly what it should be, outside of actually being bacon you floss with.
Thursday, July 17, 2008
Why Obama Won
