The snow (and that abominable snowman) have been greatly restrictive on my movement as of late. Next week holds promise though, and schedule permitting, I may even be able to golf!!
11 February 2011
Arkanada
So we've had a fair amount of snow here recently. We received some 16 to 20 inches of the white powdery goodness on Tuesday. Here's the view from my apartment from then:
The snow (and that abominable snowman) have been greatly restrictive on my movement as of late. Next week holds promise though, and schedule permitting, I may even be able to golf!!
The snow (and that abominable snowman) have been greatly restrictive on my movement as of late. Next week holds promise though, and schedule permitting, I may even be able to golf!!
03 February 2011
Evolution
I was reading an interesting article this morning about the economics of kitchens and stories like that have always intrigued me. It's absolutely astounding the amount of progress humanity has made in the last 110 years. It seems to me that we have progressed as a civilization more in this time than in all of human history combined. This was stoked by a Planet Money blog post a few months ago with the question: Would you rather be rich in 1900 or middle class now?
On it's face it's quite simple, I want to be rich, right? You could have servants, a massive ornate mansion, and take lavish vacations to the old country (Europe). However, you'd be without modern conveniences as flight, that trip to Europe would be by ship and take two weeks each way. Your maximum daily travel distance would likely be similar to today, but it would be by rail, and if you were travelling by some other form, you'd likely be limited to 40-50 miles a day. If you got sick, no penicillin and no modern hospital, but you would have leaches for blood-letting! Anyways, the point is, it's a really tricky decision. Personally I'd still go for rich in 1900, because I'm nostalgic. If you're feeling particularly plucky, comment with your decision and thoughts as to why.
Also, I love TED talks and I think I found my favorite this morning, it's from Dan Ariely, author of Predictably Irrational. The link is here.
On it's face it's quite simple, I want to be rich, right? You could have servants, a massive ornate mansion, and take lavish vacations to the old country (Europe). However, you'd be without modern conveniences as flight, that trip to Europe would be by ship and take two weeks each way. Your maximum daily travel distance would likely be similar to today, but it would be by rail, and if you were travelling by some other form, you'd likely be limited to 40-50 miles a day. If you got sick, no penicillin and no modern hospital, but you would have leaches for blood-letting! Anyways, the point is, it's a really tricky decision. Personally I'd still go for rich in 1900, because I'm nostalgic. If you're feeling particularly plucky, comment with your decision and thoughts as to why.
Also, I love TED talks and I think I found my favorite this morning, it's from Dan Ariely, author of Predictably Irrational. The link is here.
The Weather Above Ground
Saturday: High of 72, blue skies, and golf.
Wednesday: Low of -3, clouds, and ice.
The one redeeming factor about the second line from above is that school does not happen when the temperature is low and precipitation is high. I haven't been to class once this week. All week I've had the yearning to do something substantial, perhaps it is because I haven't done anything, so I have a tendency to want to eradicate my sedentary behavior. Or more likely, I'm suffering some kind of nostalgia, armed with the knowledge this will likely be the last snow day of my life. So today, I'm going to get our, run errands, and be productive.
I'm off to be productive, and you should be too!
Wednesday: Low of -3, clouds, and ice.
The one redeeming factor about the second line from above is that school does not happen when the temperature is low and precipitation is high. I haven't been to class once this week. All week I've had the yearning to do something substantial, perhaps it is because I haven't done anything, so I have a tendency to want to eradicate my sedentary behavior. Or more likely, I'm suffering some kind of nostalgia, armed with the knowledge this will likely be the last snow day of my life. So today, I'm going to get our, run errands, and be productive.
I'm off to be productive, and you should be too!
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