Green candies (1) Feb 15, 2006
Jelly beans, Mike and Ikes, and candy hearts come in many colors.  Most colors match up with a similar-tasting fruit:  Red is cherry, orange is orange, yellow is lemon.  But what about green?  That's where they get ya.  Will it be lime or mint?  That question plagues me whenever I'm eating colored candies.  Lime is gross and reminds me of a Corona-drinking incident.  But mint is good.  It's like what Forrest Gump said:  "You never know what you're gonna get".  And that's sad.  The other sad thing is that I don't remember which kind of candy uses lime and which uses mint.  I'll be halfway through a bag of jelly beans and still be surprised every time I put a green one in my mouth. #food
Skipping stones Feb 15, 2006
This PhysicsWeb link explains the physics behind skipping a stone across water.  All this talk of lift forces, inertia, momentum, and trajectory kind of takes the fun out of skipping stones.  Or if you're a geek like me, it makes it more fun.  (via Digg) #technology
Parking (1) Feb 15, 2006
While reading a smartypants article in a top-notch periodical (perhaps the New England Journal of Medicine or the Wall Street Journal), I learned something interesting about parking:  You're actually supposed to position your vehicle between the line to the right and the line to left, almost as if you were parking "in" the spot.  This goes against so much wisdom I see in the real world:  Most people try to cover as much of one line as possible.  Some try to cover both lines at once.  This whole time, I thought that's how you were supposed to do it.  Man, was I wrong.  Now I know. 

*** Seriousness follows ***

I just got back from a store where a girl performed the worst parking job I've ever seen in my life.  I almost threw up on her car.  She was completely over the line to the left of her car.  Then somebody pulled into the spot next to her.  When the girl came back to her car, she had a look on her face that said, "Uh!  What kind of jerk would park so close to me?"  I almost threw up on her.  Sometimes (actually all the time), I have an urge to spit on the door handle of cars with drivers that can't park.  It's my little way of making sure karma comes back to them and sticks on their palm. #travel
Lego Eggo Feb 15, 2006
Eggo has a new waffle:  Lego-shaped Eggos.  The picture here shows a box that says, "Toast Break & Build!".  Awesome. #food