Second star to the right and straight on till morning.

HOW TO BE A GENIUS IN 4 LESSONS

1. Know which way is North, always. This impresses the shit out of people and is fairly easy to do. Most streets run north-south or east-west. Look at a street sign. or Hold your wristwatch over your heart, level with the ground, and look down at it. Point the hour hand at the sun. The north-south line is half way between the hour hand and 12 o'clock. In North America the sun rises in the south-east and sets in the south-west.


2. If it works in water, it probably works the same way with whatever your talking about. This applies mostly to physics or electronics problems. Water runs down hill. The steeper the angle, the greater the voltage. The bigger the pipe, the greater the amperage. The smaller the sprinkler hole the greater the resistance.


3. Big thing here. Pop science is nearly always wrong. If you see it on the news or talk shows the studies are probably incomplete. At worst a concept is forwarded for financial gain. If this kind of subject comes up in conversation simply say you can't find the raw data to check it out.


4. Learn and cherish Newton's 3 laws of motion.


   1. An object at rest will remain at rest unless acted on by an unbalanced force. An object in motion continues in motion with the same speed and in the same direction unless acted upon by an unbalanced force.


   2. Acceleration is produced when a force acts on a mass. The greater the mass (of the object being accelerated) the greater the amount of force needed (to accelerate the object).


   3. For every action there is an equal and opposite re-action.


Example: When you throw your laptop at the wall (1st law) it will go as fast as you can throw it (2nd law) and break into many pieces (3d law because the laptop absorbs the reaction. The back is still following the first law as the front is following the third law.)

 Ignore that crap.

  1. Never grab the pointy end of a soldering iron.

  2. Use pliers to hold a nail you're driving with a hammer.

  3. If you have to lift a heavy item, get someone else to do it.

  4. Always make sure your keys are in your pocket before you lock a door behind you.

  5. When you're in the dark you can use your cell phone for a flashlight.

We All Have Our Own Happinesses

I thought I may as well get a record of this in.
  Yesterday (Sunday 5/8/11) I had a petit-mal seizure. Somewhat Unique this time. Mom was in the kitchen working. I had the deja-vu aura and smelled the rotten turkey. As soon as I realized I was auraing I yelled out "Deja-vu" followed by "I smell rotten turkey. I waited a couple of minutes and when nothing happened I thought I got away without a seizure.
  What I didn't know was that mom had been sitting with me, holding my hand, waiting for me to go Grand-Mal. I just happened to wake up while she was back in the kitchen for a minute. I had no idea I was gone.
  I guess that's about as good as it gets.

What Are We?

Last night Osama Bin Laden was killed. The SEALS took him and his son and a couple of other people out in a nighttime fastrope strike. He (OBL) chose death rather than surrender. I approve.
 What I don't like was the pictures of people dancing in the streets of Times Square. At this point I have to wonder about what we've become. I remember the people of Rome screaming in joy as the leopards tore the people on the floor of the Colosseum to pieces. Are we the new Romans? I pray not.