B-person Dec 10, 2007
I'm definitely a B-person. 
"A B-person - as opposed to an A-person - [is] genetically pre-disposed to operate better and to be more alert later in the day."
i.e. I'm not a morning person. #psychology
Food and weight (4) Dec 10, 2007
If I eat a 9-oz steak at Outback, shouldn't I be 9 ounces heavier?  Maybe I'm missing something here. 

Let's say I eat two pounds of food during the course of a weekend (I think this is very possible).  Let's assume there's zero outflow (mainly because I don't really want to talk about that, but also because I'd need to weigh it, and that's not cool).  Assuming I weight 158 lbs, here's the math: 
158 + 2 = 160 lbs
The problem is, that didn't happen.  It never happens.  I never gain weight based on the mass of food I eat.  Though I don't have accurate (or any) measurements for outflow, in my expert opinion, inflow is way more than outflow, and this baffles me. 

I'm guessing it has something to do with energy.  If E = mc2 (does this equation even apply here?), the energy contained in the two pounds of food I ate over the weekend is
0.907 kg * (299,792,458 m/s)2 = 8.15x1016 J
I have a pretty active metabolism, so let's say I burn through 2500 Calories per day.  If 1 Calorie (big C) = 1000 calories (small c), and 1 calorie = 4.184 J, I burn through
2 * 2500 Cal * (1000 cal/1 Cal) * (4.184 J/1 cal) = 2.092x107 J
over the course of a weekend.  That leaves 8.15x1016 J unaccounted for (it's actually 8.14999999791x1016). 

My question is:  Where did that energy go?  Did I just break physics? #food
Walmart self-checkout Dec 10, 2007
Having self-checkout at Walmart makes about as much sense as selling treadmills at Walmart. #business
Down with NFL Network Dec 10, 2007
I hope the NFL loses so much money through the NFL Network that the only logical next step is to shut it down.  (This is misplaced anger from the Cowboys-Packers game and the game from Thanksgiving night, both of which I would've liked to have watched but wasn't able to because of the stupid NFL Network and it's lack of ubiquity.) 

I guess I'd feel different if I was an NFL Network subscriber.  It probably has some good content, and there's a chance I'd learn to like it.  But that would require me to pay for it, and I feel like I already pay enough to have my brain melted by watching TV. 

It would also help if I even had the option to pay for it.  Cablevision (or Optimum, whichever name they decide to eventually go by) doesn't even offer it.  It's not available as part of a sports package or at some other additional cost.  It's just not an option. 

It would be different if the NFL was just starting out.  It would be different if the NFL didn't have a 50+ year history of being freely available on cable TV.  It would be different if it didn't look like the NFL Network was created solely to make more money, in addition to the billions raked in from beer and truck commercials.  It's hard to feel bad for multi-billion dollar corporations. 

And the fact is, I'm not even home on Thursday nights, so I wouldn't be able to watch the games anyway.  But the fact that I don't have a choice and that I'd have to pay for it if I did have a choice makes me even more mad. 

For the past two weekends, the NFL has seemed to abandon their own rules:  They broadcast a game on one network while the hometown team was playing on the other network.  That's fine by me!  But since it happened so close to the start of this season's Thursday night games on NFL Network, it almost seems like the NFL is apologizing for their excessive stupidity.  "Sorry you couldn't watch the Cowboys-Packers game, likely the NFC game of the year.  As consolation, please enjoy games that we wouldn't otherwise broadcast in your area."  It almost makes up for it. #entertainment
Bible study schedule Dec 10, 2007
It's annoying when the leader of a Bible study rejects questions and tangent discussions "because we don't have time for that".  Why the heck not?  Isn't the purpose of a Bible study to learn more about the Bible and Christianity?  Who cares if we deviate from the schedule?  Who cares if we learn something outside of your lesson plan? 

Granted, this type of thing happens mostly with certain types of Bible study leaders ("Must cover a certain amount of material in a certain amount of time!") when certain types of people are in attendance (people who are incapable of staying on any one topic for any amount of time).  Surprisingly, I'm not the type of leader who feels the need to stick to a schedule.  I'm ok with going on a tangent because I find that people are more interested and involved in topics that come straight from their brains, instead of topics that come from me.  And as a leader, I understand that certain people can't stay focused on one thing for any amount of time, and it'll hurt the rest of the Bible study group if we only talk about one person's ideas.  However, I don't feel that a proper response to a legitimately curious person's question is, "We don't have time to talk about that now.  If you'd like, we can talk about that another night."  Not only is it a cop-out, it's a cheap cop-out because you know that person (a) won't be there another night and/or (b) will forget to bring the topic up again. #religion