My lovely wife, in her Swedish Women's Chorus uniform.
Saturday, June 26, 2010
Monday, June 21, 2010
Amazon
Amazon has a section where they recommend items based on your previous purchases. They recommended "Smallville: The Complete Ninth Season" for me even though I have said that I was not interested in any of Seasons 1-8. They recommended "George Lopez - The Complete First and Second Seasons" because I bought various Gilmore Girls seasons, however, Gilmore Girls is a comedy/drama that was very well done with mature humor whereas, Lopez is slapstick.
"Jack the Ripper" because of "You Only Live Twice"(James Bond) is there any connection that normal people can find? "Alien Nation - The Complete Series" because of "Greatest American Hero"? "The Complete UFO Megaset" because of "Our Man Flint"? "Mannequin & Mannequin 2: On the Move" because of "Due South"? "Grey's Anatomy: The Complete Seasons 1-5" even though I told them I wasn't interested in seasons 1 or 2 or 3 or 4 or 5!
I also like there search engine. I was searching for "Swedish Music" and the "Dumb and Dumber" DVD came up as one of the items. Searching for "Castle Season 2" bought up "Married with Children - The Complete Fifth Season" (not seasons 1 or 2 or 3 or 4 but 5) in the first page.
Of course, some of the recommendations make sense and the search comes up with the items you may like most of the time.
A good face they say, is a letter of recommendation. O Nature, Nature, why art thou so dishonest, as ever to send men with these false recommendations into the World! Henry Fielding
Personal beauty is a greater recommendation than any letter of reference. Aristotle
You don't carry in your countenance a letter of recommendation. Charles Dickens
“Brevity is the best recommendation of speech, whether in a senator or an orator” Marcus Tullius Cicero
“And that recommendation, with the exaggerated estimate of my ability with which he prefaced it, was, if you will believe me, Watson, the very first thing which ever made me feel that a profession might be made out of what had up to that time been” Arthur Conan Doyle
recommend (v) 1 put forward (someone or something) with approval as being suitable for a particular purpose or role • advise or suggest (something) as a course of action • [ trans. ] advise (someone) to do something • make (someone or something) appealing or desirable
2 ( recommend someone/something to) archaic commend or entrust someone or something to (someone)
ORIGIN late Middle English (sense 2) : from medieval Latin recommendare, from Latin re- (expressing intensive force) + commendare ‘commit to the care of.’
"Jack the Ripper" because of "You Only Live Twice"(James Bond) is there any connection that normal people can find? "Alien Nation - The Complete Series" because of "Greatest American Hero"? "The Complete UFO Megaset" because of "Our Man Flint"? "Mannequin & Mannequin 2: On the Move" because of "Due South"? "Grey's Anatomy: The Complete Seasons 1-5" even though I told them I wasn't interested in seasons 1 or 2 or 3 or 4 or 5!
I also like there search engine. I was searching for "Swedish Music" and the "Dumb and Dumber" DVD came up as one of the items. Searching for "Castle Season 2" bought up "Married with Children - The Complete Fifth Season" (not seasons 1 or 2 or 3 or 4 but 5) in the first page.
Of course, some of the recommendations make sense and the search comes up with the items you may like most of the time.
A good face they say, is a letter of recommendation. O Nature, Nature, why art thou so dishonest, as ever to send men with these false recommendations into the World! Henry Fielding
Personal beauty is a greater recommendation than any letter of reference. Aristotle
You don't carry in your countenance a letter of recommendation. Charles Dickens
“Brevity is the best recommendation of speech, whether in a senator or an orator” Marcus Tullius Cicero
“And that recommendation, with the exaggerated estimate of my ability with which he prefaced it, was, if you will believe me, Watson, the very first thing which ever made me feel that a profession might be made out of what had up to that time been” Arthur Conan Doyle
recommend (v) 1 put forward (someone or something) with approval as being suitable for a particular purpose or role • advise or suggest (something) as a course of action • [ trans. ] advise (someone) to do something • make (someone or something) appealing or desirable
2 ( recommend someone/something to) archaic commend or entrust someone or something to (someone)
ORIGIN late Middle English (sense 2) : from medieval Latin recommendare, from Latin re- (expressing intensive force) + commendare ‘commit to the care of.’
Coaching Soccer
In my daughter's blog she said "I think this must be why my Dad coached his kids' soccer teams--to give him an excuse to be the one yelling on the sidelines."
I admit that I did keep up a steady stream of "helpful" coaching from the sidelines. The reasons for coaching probably included the "yelling" part. I think that if I was to coach another team of very young kids; I would encourage the kids to talk to each other on the field. Young kids quite often keep talking and talking, but put them on a soccer field and they will not talk to each other. In soccer other players can help their teammates by telling them that an opponent is coming up to them or that a teammate is open square, etc..
I also coached because I like sports and spending time with my kids. I was introduced to soccer at a later age, it is a sport I probably could have been good at if I had started at a early age. Running and thinking are a couple of my strong points.
Plus my kids were/are good at soccer.
To get back to the "yelling/coaching". I also believe that the kids on the field don't really hear us!
Coaching is not a natural way of life. Your victories and losses are too clear cut.-- Tommy Prothro
Make sure that team members know they are working with you, not for you.-- John Wooden
Leadership, like coaching, is fighting for the hearts and souls of men and getting them to believe in you.
-- Eddie Robinson
Coaching is a profession of love. You can't coach people unless you love them.-- Eddie Robinson
A successful coach needs a patient wife, loyal dog, and great quarterback - and not necessarily in that order.-- Bud Grant
I'd rather be a football coach. That way you can lose only 11 games a season. I lost 11 games in December alone!-- Abe Lemons
Overcoaching is the worst thing you can do to a player.-- Dean Smith
Either love your players or get out of coaching.-- Bobby Dodd
"The coach should be the absolute boss, but he still should maintain an open mind." -- Red Auerbach
Bad shooters are always open" -- Pete Carril
coach (n) 1 a horse-drawn carriage 2 a railroad car.
I admit that I did keep up a steady stream of "helpful" coaching from the sidelines. The reasons for coaching probably included the "yelling" part. I think that if I was to coach another team of very young kids; I would encourage the kids to talk to each other on the field. Young kids quite often keep talking and talking, but put them on a soccer field and they will not talk to each other. In soccer other players can help their teammates by telling them that an opponent is coming up to them or that a teammate is open square, etc..
I also coached because I like sports and spending time with my kids. I was introduced to soccer at a later age, it is a sport I probably could have been good at if I had started at a early age. Running and thinking are a couple of my strong points.
Plus my kids were/are good at soccer.
To get back to the "yelling/coaching". I also believe that the kids on the field don't really hear us!
Coaching is not a natural way of life. Your victories and losses are too clear cut.-- Tommy Prothro
Make sure that team members know they are working with you, not for you.-- John Wooden
Leadership, like coaching, is fighting for the hearts and souls of men and getting them to believe in you.
-- Eddie Robinson
Coaching is a profession of love. You can't coach people unless you love them.-- Eddie Robinson
A successful coach needs a patient wife, loyal dog, and great quarterback - and not necessarily in that order.-- Bud Grant
I'd rather be a football coach. That way you can lose only 11 games a season. I lost 11 games in December alone!-- Abe Lemons
Overcoaching is the worst thing you can do to a player.-- Dean Smith
Either love your players or get out of coaching.-- Bobby Dodd
"The coach should be the absolute boss, but he still should maintain an open mind." -- Red Auerbach
Bad shooters are always open" -- Pete Carril
coach (n) 1 a horse-drawn carriage 2 a railroad car.
an athletic instructor or trainer. • a tutor who gives private or specialized teaching.
ORIGIN mid 16th cent. (sense 1) : from French coche, from Hungarian kocsi (szekér) ‘(wagon) from Kocs,’ a town in Hungary
ORIGIN early 18th cent. (as a verb): figuratively from coach 1
Saturday, June 12, 2010
Competence
In many of my jobs, I was very competent. In the Navy, I was an excellent EOOW (Engineering Officer of the Watch - in charge of the sub's nuclear plant). In my NRC days, I was probably the best Nuclear Simulator operator licensing engineer. When I was an instructor, I was very good at the simulator.
The Chicago Blackhawks are very competent at playing hockey as shown by their Stanley Cup victory. My wife is very competent in most every thing she does. My kids are extremely competent as parents.
Why can't we have a competent President? P.O. has failed as an ambassador for the US (he apologizes every where he goes for our faults(or at least his opinion of what are faults)), he has basically bankrupted the country with his budget (my grandkids and their kids will be paying for it), he has failed in protecting the country, and he has failed in his handling of the gulf oil spill.
P.O. is in over his head. He has never run anything. I thought he was at least competent; boy was I wrong! The Peter Principle at its finest!
“Never ascribe to malice that which can adequately be explained by incompetence” Napoleon Bonaparte
“A competent leader can get efficient service from poor troops, while on the contrary an incapable leader can demoralize the best of troops.” John J. Pershing
“The only foes that threaten America are the enemies at home, and these are ignorance, superstition and incompetence.” Elbert Hubbard
No human being will work hard at anything unless they believe that they are working for competence. William Glasser
Sincerity and competence is a strong combination. In politics, it is everything. Peggy Noonan
The single most exciting thing you encounter in government is competence, because it's so rare. Daniel P. Moynihan
Equal opportunity means everyone will have a fair chance at being incompetent.~Laurence J. Peter
Everyone rises to their level of incompetence. ~Laurence J. Peter
Incompetents invariably make trouble for people other than themselves.~Larry McMurtry
competence (n) 1 the ability to do something successfully or efficiently • the scope of a person's or group's knowledge or ability • a skill or ability. • the legal authority of a court or other body to deal with a particular matter
2 dated an income large enough to live on, typically unearned
ORIGIN late Middle English (in the sense [suitable, adequate] ): from Latin competent-, from the verb competere in its earlier sense ‘be fit or proper’ (see compete ).
The Chicago Blackhawks are very competent at playing hockey as shown by their Stanley Cup victory. My wife is very competent in most every thing she does. My kids are extremely competent as parents.
Why can't we have a competent President? P.O. has failed as an ambassador for the US (he apologizes every where he goes for our faults(or at least his opinion of what are faults)), he has basically bankrupted the country with his budget (my grandkids and their kids will be paying for it), he has failed in protecting the country, and he has failed in his handling of the gulf oil spill.
P.O. is in over his head. He has never run anything. I thought he was at least competent; boy was I wrong! The Peter Principle at its finest!
“Never ascribe to malice that which can adequately be explained by incompetence” Napoleon Bonaparte
“A competent leader can get efficient service from poor troops, while on the contrary an incapable leader can demoralize the best of troops.” John J. Pershing
“The only foes that threaten America are the enemies at home, and these are ignorance, superstition and incompetence.” Elbert Hubbard
No human being will work hard at anything unless they believe that they are working for competence. William Glasser
Sincerity and competence is a strong combination. In politics, it is everything. Peggy Noonan
The single most exciting thing you encounter in government is competence, because it's so rare. Daniel P. Moynihan
Equal opportunity means everyone will have a fair chance at being incompetent.~Laurence J. Peter
Everyone rises to their level of incompetence. ~Laurence J. Peter
Incompetents invariably make trouble for people other than themselves.~Larry McMurtry
competence (n) 1 the ability to do something successfully or efficiently • the scope of a person's or group's knowledge or ability • a skill or ability. • the legal authority of a court or other body to deal with a particular matter
2 dated an income large enough to live on, typically unearned
ORIGIN late Middle English (in the sense [suitable, adequate] ): from Latin competent-, from the verb competere in its earlier sense ‘be fit or proper’ (see compete ).
Tuesday, June 1, 2010
BH Town
I listen to a lot of sports talk radio. It is usually interesting when the local teams are losing. At the beginning of the hockey season, you could not find any hockey talk on the radio. After all, there were the Bears, Bulls, White Sox & Cubs talk to talk about.
But now all you can hear is the Blackhawks' players or experts talking about the Hockey season. For those of you who do not follow sports, the (hated) Blackhawks are in the Stanley Cup Final with a 2-0 games lead.
Those of us who are Redwing fans, it is very boring talk. Last year when the Redwings & PIT were in the finals there was little talk about it, after the BH's lost. My son is a big BH fan, whereas, my son-in-law is a RW fan. Unfortunately, for us the BH have a very good young team who will probably be good for a long time. But we RW fans' hope is that we will raise again!
Hockey is a sport for white men. Basketball is a sport for black men. Golf is a sport for white men dressed like black pimps.- Tiger Woods
I went to a fight the other night and a hockey game broke out. - Rodney Dangerfield
All hockey players are bilingual. They know English and profanity.- Gordie Howe
A good hockey player plays where the puck is. A great hockey player plays where the puck is going to be. - Wayne Gretzky
Ice hockey is a form of disorderly conduct in which the score is kept. - Doug Larson
Hockey players wear numbers because you can’t always identify the body with dental records
”A fast body--contact game played by men with clubs in their hands and knives laced to their feet.” - Paul Gallico
Goaltending is a normal job, sure. How would you like it in your job if every time you made a small mistake, a red light went on over your desk and 15,000 people stood up and yelled at you.” - Jacques Plante
”It takes brains. It's not like a forward, where you can get away with scoring and not play defense. On defense you have to be thinking.” - Chris Chelios
”My former wife made me a millionaire. I used to have three million dollars.”- Bobby Hull
ice hockey (n) a fast contact sport played on an ice rink between two teams of six skaters, who attempt to drive a small rubber disk (the puck) into the opposing goal with hooked or angled sticks. It developed in Canada in the 19th century
But now all you can hear is the Blackhawks' players or experts talking about the Hockey season. For those of you who do not follow sports, the (hated) Blackhawks are in the Stanley Cup Final with a 2-0 games lead.
Those of us who are Redwing fans, it is very boring talk. Last year when the Redwings & PIT were in the finals there was little talk about it, after the BH's lost. My son is a big BH fan, whereas, my son-in-law is a RW fan. Unfortunately, for us the BH have a very good young team who will probably be good for a long time. But we RW fans' hope is that we will raise again!
Hockey is a sport for white men. Basketball is a sport for black men. Golf is a sport for white men dressed like black pimps.- Tiger Woods
I went to a fight the other night and a hockey game broke out. - Rodney Dangerfield
All hockey players are bilingual. They know English and profanity.- Gordie Howe
A good hockey player plays where the puck is. A great hockey player plays where the puck is going to be. - Wayne Gretzky
Ice hockey is a form of disorderly conduct in which the score is kept. - Doug Larson
Hockey players wear numbers because you can’t always identify the body with dental records
”A fast body--contact game played by men with clubs in their hands and knives laced to their feet.” - Paul Gallico
Goaltending is a normal job, sure. How would you like it in your job if every time you made a small mistake, a red light went on over your desk and 15,000 people stood up and yelled at you.” - Jacques Plante
”It takes brains. It's not like a forward, where you can get away with scoring and not play defense. On defense you have to be thinking.” - Chris Chelios
”My former wife made me a millionaire. I used to have three million dollars.”- Bobby Hull
ice hockey (n) a fast contact sport played on an ice rink between two teams of six skaters, who attempt to drive a small rubber disk (the puck) into the opposing goal with hooked or angled sticks. It developed in Canada in the 19th century
Thursday, May 27, 2010
What's going on?
I heard a radio news item that a person was arrested for throwing a rock at a Goose and killing it after someone called the police. There was another item that a gang banger on his death bed refused to name his killer.
Both of these stories occurred on the South Side of Chicago. The south side is notorious for gangs and murders. Another thing they're renowned for is not talking to the police. There are numerous killings there but no one will "rat" on the killers! And yet a goose gets a call to the police!
Chicago's Mayor Daley (a dem of course) wants to outlaw guns for the normal people who only want to be able to defend themselves. He is doing nothing to get the guns away from the gangs or crooks.
I love animals (but not mosquitoes) but feel that human life is more important. What's going on here?
Chicago has 2.7 times the national average for murders; 2.18 times the national average for violent crimes.
murder (n) the unlawful premeditated killing of one human being by another
ORIGIN Old English morthor, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch moord and German Mord, from an Indo-European root shared by Sanskrit mará ‘death’ and Latin mors; reinforced in Middle English by Old French murdre.
Both of these stories occurred on the South Side of Chicago. The south side is notorious for gangs and murders. Another thing they're renowned for is not talking to the police. There are numerous killings there but no one will "rat" on the killers! And yet a goose gets a call to the police!
Chicago's Mayor Daley (a dem of course) wants to outlaw guns for the normal people who only want to be able to defend themselves. He is doing nothing to get the guns away from the gangs or crooks.
I love animals (but not mosquitoes) but feel that human life is more important. What's going on here?
Chicago has 2.7 times the national average for murders; 2.18 times the national average for violent crimes.
murder (n) the unlawful premeditated killing of one human being by another
ORIGIN Old English morthor, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch moord and German Mord, from an Indo-European root shared by Sanskrit mará ‘death’ and Latin mors; reinforced in Middle English by Old French murdre.
Tuesday, May 25, 2010
Hot!
Those of you that know me know that I hate hot weather! I especially hate hot & muggy! I think my response to hot & muggy causes my wife discomfort. Since we do not have air conditioning (I know somewhere out of the middle ages (I guess I won't mention our lack of cable or sat TV)), I try to keep the house cool by keeping the drapes closed which makes the house dark and dreary and it still gets hot!
The last few days it has been near 90 F and muggy. On Sunday, I bicycled from and back to the church. I was drenched in sweat. I almost didn't go back (my wife's Swedish Glee Club spring concert was at our church in the afternoon).
It seems that older people like hot weather, I guess that just goes to show that my lovely wife and me aren't old!
“What dreadful hot weather we have! It keeps me in a continual state of inelegance” Jane Austen
How can the weather be hot as hell one day and cold as hell another?
Don't knock the weather. If it didn't change once in a while, nine out of ten people couldn't start a conversation. Kin Hubbard
“There is no such thing as bad weather, only different kinds of good weather.” John Ruskin
Isn't it interesting that the same people who laugh at science fiction listen to weather forecasts and economists? Kelvin Throop III
Weather forecast for tonight: dark. Continued dark overnight, with widely scattered light by morning. George Carlin
In Scotland, there is no such thing as bad weather - only the wrong clothes. Billy Connelly
You know what they say about Chicago. If you don't like the weather, wait fifteen minutes. Ralph Kiner
WEATHER, n. The climate of the hour. A permanent topic of conversation among persons whom it does not interest, but who have inherited the tendency to chatter about it from naked arboreal ancestors whom it keenly concerned. The setting up official weather bureaus and their maintenance in mendacity prove that even governments are accessible to suasion by the rude forefathers of the jungle. (DD)
The last few days it has been near 90 F and muggy. On Sunday, I bicycled from and back to the church. I was drenched in sweat. I almost didn't go back (my wife's Swedish Glee Club spring concert was at our church in the afternoon).
It seems that older people like hot weather, I guess that just goes to show that my lovely wife and me aren't old!
“What dreadful hot weather we have! It keeps me in a continual state of inelegance” Jane Austen
How can the weather be hot as hell one day and cold as hell another?
Don't knock the weather. If it didn't change once in a while, nine out of ten people couldn't start a conversation. Kin Hubbard
“There is no such thing as bad weather, only different kinds of good weather.” John Ruskin
Isn't it interesting that the same people who laugh at science fiction listen to weather forecasts and economists? Kelvin Throop III
Weather forecast for tonight: dark. Continued dark overnight, with widely scattered light by morning. George Carlin
In Scotland, there is no such thing as bad weather - only the wrong clothes. Billy Connelly
You know what they say about Chicago. If you don't like the weather, wait fifteen minutes. Ralph Kiner
WEATHER, n. The climate of the hour. A permanent topic of conversation among persons whom it does not interest, but who have inherited the tendency to chatter about it from naked arboreal ancestors whom it keenly concerned. The setting up official weather bureaus and their maintenance in mendacity prove that even governments are accessible to suasion by the rude forefathers of the jungle. (DD)
Saturday, May 22, 2010
Gifts
It is very hard for me to buy gifts for my lovely wife. I have no fashion sense and don't understand winter / spring / fall / summer colors, so I buy things in colors that appeal to me. My sister-in-law is able to buy clothes for my wife, I look at them when they arrive and they look bad, but my lovely wife puts them on and they are perfect on her. I have tried to buy some jewelry for her but they don't work. I bought her a Stand Mixer and that seems to be OK.
My kids ask me if I have any ideas at Christmas for gifts for her, but if I had any ideas I would use them myself. I have tried asking what she wants, but that doesn't work (I guess after 41+ years of marriage I should know what she wants)!
Her birthday was a few days ago. I think I finally got a gift she likes! A friend of ours (she is in the Swedish Singing group with my lovely wife) is a piano teacher; so I asked if she would be willing to take on another student for 5 lessons (that number to see if my LW would enjoy it and if not could stop) and she said she would be glad to. So my gift was the lessons!
If you want to say it with flowers, a single rose says: "I'm cheap!" Delta Burke
The worst gift is a fruitcake. There is only one fruitcake in the entire world, and people keep sending it to each other. Johnny Carson
“Everyone is gifted - but some people never open their package”
Nothing’s as mean as giving a little child something useful for Christmas.
“Yesterday's the past, tomorrow's the future, but today is a gift. That's why it's called the present.” Bil Keane
"Christmas is the season when you buy this year's gifts with next year's money."
gift (n) 1 a thing given willingly to someone without payment; • an act of giving something as a present : his mother's gift of a pen.
2 a natural ability or talent
ORIGIN Middle English : from Old Norse gipt; related to give
My kids ask me if I have any ideas at Christmas for gifts for her, but if I had any ideas I would use them myself. I have tried asking what she wants, but that doesn't work (I guess after 41+ years of marriage I should know what she wants)!
Her birthday was a few days ago. I think I finally got a gift she likes! A friend of ours (she is in the Swedish Singing group with my lovely wife) is a piano teacher; so I asked if she would be willing to take on another student for 5 lessons (that number to see if my LW would enjoy it and if not could stop) and she said she would be glad to. So my gift was the lessons!
If you want to say it with flowers, a single rose says: "I'm cheap!" Delta Burke
The worst gift is a fruitcake. There is only one fruitcake in the entire world, and people keep sending it to each other. Johnny Carson
“Everyone is gifted - but some people never open their package”
Nothing’s as mean as giving a little child something useful for Christmas.
“Yesterday's the past, tomorrow's the future, but today is a gift. That's why it's called the present.” Bil Keane
"Christmas is the season when you buy this year's gifts with next year's money."
gift (n) 1 a thing given willingly to someone without payment; • an act of giving something as a present : his mother's gift of a pen.
2 a natural ability or talent
ORIGIN Middle English : from Old Norse gipt; related to give
Friday, May 21, 2010
It is my fault...
It is my fault when my favorite sports teams lose!
Whenever I watch my favorite teams (Lions, Tigers, Pistons, Spartans, Redwings) on TV they lose. When MSU was in the finals of NCAA Basketball Championship a couple of years ago, I made the mistake of watching it on the TV ; they lost! When the Redwings were in the Stanley Cup finals last year I watched it and they lost!
Some people might incorrectly say that it is merely coincidence or superstition but as every democrat knows anecdotal evidence is the most reliable (even though the evidence shows otherwise (sorry couldn't resist a dig)). Of course, some people might point out that some of these teams lose the majority of their games anyhow (Lions, Pistons) but others tend to win the majority of their games.
Conversely, when I watch my hated teams (like Yankees, or arrogant teams like White Sox or Bears) on TV they win! Perhaps, I watch too much TV!
The man who smiles when things go wrong has thought of someone to blame it on. - Robert Bloch
“Win as if you were used to it, lose as if you enjoyed it for a change.” Ralph Waldo Emerson
“Having nothing, nothing can he lose.” William Shakespeare
“We lost because we told ourselves we lost” Leo Nikolaevich Tolstoy
No one ever says, "It's only a game" when their team is winning. George Carlin
Anybody can win -- unless there happens to be a second entry. Ade's Law
Don't believe that winning is really everything. It's more important to stand for something. If you don't stand for something, what do you win? Lane Kirkland
Whoever said, 'It's not whether you win or lose that counts.' probably lost. Mary Ashton Livermore
lose (v): 1 be deprived of or cease to have or retain (something) • cause (someone) to fail to gain or retain (something) • waste or fail to take advantage of (time or an opportunity)
fail to win (a game or contest) • cause (someone) to fail to win (a game or contest)
ORIGIN Old English losian [perish, destroy,] also [become unable to find,] from los [loss.]
Whenever I watch my favorite teams (Lions, Tigers, Pistons, Spartans, Redwings) on TV they lose. When MSU was in the finals of NCAA Basketball Championship a couple of years ago, I made the mistake of watching it on the TV ; they lost! When the Redwings were in the Stanley Cup finals last year I watched it and they lost!
Some people might incorrectly say that it is merely coincidence or superstition but as every democrat knows anecdotal evidence is the most reliable (even though the evidence shows otherwise (sorry couldn't resist a dig)). Of course, some people might point out that some of these teams lose the majority of their games anyhow (Lions, Pistons) but others tend to win the majority of their games.
Conversely, when I watch my hated teams (like Yankees, or arrogant teams like White Sox or Bears) on TV they win! Perhaps, I watch too much TV!
The man who smiles when things go wrong has thought of someone to blame it on. - Robert Bloch
“Win as if you were used to it, lose as if you enjoyed it for a change.” Ralph Waldo Emerson
“Having nothing, nothing can he lose.” William Shakespeare
“We lost because we told ourselves we lost” Leo Nikolaevich Tolstoy
No one ever says, "It's only a game" when their team is winning. George Carlin
Anybody can win -- unless there happens to be a second entry. Ade's Law
Don't believe that winning is really everything. It's more important to stand for something. If you don't stand for something, what do you win? Lane Kirkland
Whoever said, 'It's not whether you win or lose that counts.' probably lost. Mary Ashton Livermore
lose (v): 1 be deprived of or cease to have or retain (something) • cause (someone) to fail to gain or retain (something) • waste or fail to take advantage of (time or an opportunity)
fail to win (a game or contest) • cause (someone) to fail to win (a game or contest)
ORIGIN Old English losian [perish, destroy,] also [become unable to find,] from los [loss.]
Saturday, April 17, 2010
Bike v. Car
Small hills and wind (in general except on a bridge or a hurricane) have no effect on a car. Cars, in general, are not too much of a problem for other cars to see since they are about the same size and in the road lanes. Cars use gasoline and emit noxious fumes. Cars travel at 25-80 (or more with idiots at the wheel (assuming not on a race track)) mph. Cars can carry 1-9 or so passengers.
On a bike going up hills increases the energy needed and hence increases the calories burned. Into the wind with a bike has the same effect. However, going down hills and with the wind does not seem to reduce the energy needed; this might be because we don't recognize the reduction as much as the increase. Cars are a large problem for bikes, in a collision with a bike the care wins plus the cars do not seem to realize that we are there and hence do (to us) stupid and dangerous things. Bikes use people calories for propulsion, which does not add to pollution other than the sweat odor. When we bike, our speed is usually between 10-12 mph, up hills 0-8 mph and down hills 12-20 mph. With our tandem we could have 2 passengers but usually the only one per bike (a friend of ours son has a four-dem) or with the bike kiddie cart 1 or 2 small children.
Long distances are a car's specialty; it takes a looonnng time to bicycle more than 20-30 miles; but on a bike it is much more likely to appreciate the scenery and notice people and other attractions. If everybody would bike for short distances (1-15 miles round trip), then our health and pollution would be much better.
When the spirits are low, when the day appears dark, when work becomes monotonous, when hope hardly seems worth having, just mount a bicycle and go out for a spin down the road, without thought on anything but the ride you are taking.- Sherlock Holmes
When you ride hard on a mountain bike, sometimes you fall, otherwise you’re not riding hard.- President George Bush
An engineer designing from scratch could hardly concoct a better device (BIKE) to unclog modern roads – cheap, nonpolluting, small and silent…- Rick Smith
The bicycle is just as good company as most husbands and, when it gets old and shabby, a woman can dispose of it and get a new one without shocking the entire community.- Ann Strong
Cycling to work is an important issue for business – the more who do it, the more our communities will support it. Healthy and green, cycling is worthy of the support of every business in the land.- Sir Digby Jones
Until mountain biking came along, the bike scene was ruled by a small elite cadre of people who seemed allergic to enthusiasm.- Jacquie Phelan
The bicycle is the most civilized conveyance known to man. Other forms of transport grow daily more nightmarish. Only the bicycle remains pure in heart. - Iris Murdoch
When I see an adult on a bicycle, I do not despair for the future of the human race.
- H.G. Wells
Marriage is a wonderful invention; but then again, so is a bicycle repair kit.
- Lord Charles Beresford
Bicycling is the nearest approximation I know to the flight of birds. The airplane simply carries a man on its back like an obedient Pegasus; it gives him no wings of his own.- Louis J. Helle
bicycle (n)a vehicle composed of two wheels held in a frame one behind the other, propelled by pedals and steered with handlebars attached to the front wheel.
ORIGIN mid 19th cent.: from bi- [two] + Greek kuklos ‘wheel.’
On a bike going up hills increases the energy needed and hence increases the calories burned. Into the wind with a bike has the same effect. However, going down hills and with the wind does not seem to reduce the energy needed; this might be because we don't recognize the reduction as much as the increase. Cars are a large problem for bikes, in a collision with a bike the care wins plus the cars do not seem to realize that we are there and hence do (to us) stupid and dangerous things. Bikes use people calories for propulsion, which does not add to pollution other than the sweat odor. When we bike, our speed is usually between 10-12 mph, up hills 0-8 mph and down hills 12-20 mph. With our tandem we could have 2 passengers but usually the only one per bike (a friend of ours son has a four-dem) or with the bike kiddie cart 1 or 2 small children.
Long distances are a car's specialty; it takes a looonnng time to bicycle more than 20-30 miles; but on a bike it is much more likely to appreciate the scenery and notice people and other attractions. If everybody would bike for short distances (1-15 miles round trip), then our health and pollution would be much better.
When the spirits are low, when the day appears dark, when work becomes monotonous, when hope hardly seems worth having, just mount a bicycle and go out for a spin down the road, without thought on anything but the ride you are taking.- Sherlock Holmes
When you ride hard on a mountain bike, sometimes you fall, otherwise you’re not riding hard.- President George Bush
An engineer designing from scratch could hardly concoct a better device (BIKE) to unclog modern roads – cheap, nonpolluting, small and silent…- Rick Smith
The bicycle is just as good company as most husbands and, when it gets old and shabby, a woman can dispose of it and get a new one without shocking the entire community.- Ann Strong
Cycling to work is an important issue for business – the more who do it, the more our communities will support it. Healthy and green, cycling is worthy of the support of every business in the land.- Sir Digby Jones
Until mountain biking came along, the bike scene was ruled by a small elite cadre of people who seemed allergic to enthusiasm.- Jacquie Phelan
The bicycle is the most civilized conveyance known to man. Other forms of transport grow daily more nightmarish. Only the bicycle remains pure in heart. - Iris Murdoch
When I see an adult on a bicycle, I do not despair for the future of the human race.
- H.G. Wells
Marriage is a wonderful invention; but then again, so is a bicycle repair kit.
- Lord Charles Beresford
Bicycling is the nearest approximation I know to the flight of birds. The airplane simply carries a man on its back like an obedient Pegasus; it gives him no wings of his own.- Louis J. Helle
bicycle (n)a vehicle composed of two wheels held in a frame one behind the other, propelled by pedals and steered with handlebars attached to the front wheel.
ORIGIN mid 19th cent.: from bi- [two] + Greek kuklos ‘wheel.’
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