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Shorthand
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Nov 14, 2008
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My aunt Mary Jane has a collection of hand-written recipes, sloppily and confusingly encoded in some sort of cryptic alien shorthand. Apparently, schools used to teach students how to write in shorthand, thus saving time and energy and making everything secretive and weird (though Isaac Newton wrote his scientific findings in shorthand, so that lends a little credibility to it). Thankfully, Wikipedia has a detailed description, history, and list of the various types, or languages, of shorthand. Looking at some of the examples (like Melin and Pitman) is like trying to decipher hieroglyphics. #language
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First time driving here
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Nov 14, 2008
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It's hard to drive confidently when it's your first time in the area. You're looking for road signs, trying not to break any major laws, and attempting to be safe. You tend to drive slower than usual, use your brakes a little more than necessary, and just generally be more cautious because the surroundings are unfamiliar. Maybe you just moved into a new house, or you're trying to find a place to eat, or you're meeting up with a friend, or you're taking the long way home. Whatever the case may be, there's a nonzero chance that any moment of any day will be someone's first time driving somewhere.
But for whatever reason, I feel like a disproportionately large number of first-time-in-the-area drivers have a tendency to drive directly in front of me. #travel
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