Sorry everyONE
So, for the one person that will see this…my new job at a Sushi Bar has me busy full time, and my free time is pretty stuffed with the new baby and all. I may one day start up a new internet lifestyle, but just like I couldn’t keep up with my Youtube channel once I got a life, I can’t keep up with this site no mo! Plus nobody asks me any REAL questions, that are not either personal questions everyone would get, or subjective, opinion inquiries.
Till next time!
Eamon
Meeting the noob.
whats the first thing you thought when your daughter was born?!!!! eek!
Mostly! I was just really freaked out and overwhelmed. I didn’t want to do anything other than stare at her and that’s pretty much all I want to do now either! Well, she does sleep a lot and I try to do things while she’s asleep. Currently, she is tied to my wife via Moby wrap.
I’ll update when pictures are forthcoming, but right now, there’s a few posted on Our birth photographer’s website. She may seem icky but I am telling you, she is the CUTEST BABY IN THE HISTORY OF THE WORLD. No lies. And Mae labored for 6 1/2 hours, pushed for 20 MINUTES and bam! Baby.
Eamon
I’m sorry for everything I’ve done so far. I hope to rectify it soon.
So I didn’t have an internet connection anymore, and working this site on my phone is harder than you would think.
But we moved! To a much nicer place and now we have free internet service. Ok, on with the business!
why do stramberries go green white red instead of just green red like other plants?
Stramberries…stramberries…don’t know if I’ve heard of those. Just kidding. They turn red because the surface and contents of the strawberry absorbs all colors of light but red light. So they look red. Same for the green and white times. It simply is a literal reflection of the light-absorbing properties of the fruit in different stages. Bell Peppers grow green, then orange, then red, then yellow.
explain grafted cactus.
This is the answer from an expert:
“In order for a graft to be successful, meristematic tissue must develop between the stock and scion, and differentiate into vascular tissues (xylem and phloem). Initially, undifferentiated “callus” cells grow from the vascular cambiums of the stock and the scion. These cells form a callus bridge between the stock and scion and intermingle as they proliferate. If the cells are incompatible, this intermingling does not occur and the graft fails. If the cells are compatible, this bridge of callus differentiates into vascular cambium and vascular tissues. The vascular connection between the stock and scion allows for the translocation of water, mineral nutrition, carbohydrates and other metabolites. Well-formed graft unions are structurally sound, and are no more likely to break than other portions of the stem.”
Basically, all plantts can graft so long as the tissues are similar enough, and it happens all the time naturally. I grew up with 2 live oak trees that were grafted at the base because they grew to close to each other.
have you ever seen a lithops?
No, they are very common in Africa, where I have never been. It’s an interesting plant, but not all that bizarre in that it simply looks like a stone in visual texture.
you know when your phone vibrates in your pocket, and you check it and it didnt really vibrate? is there a word for that feeling?
Urban Dictionary suggests many, most are lame or overly clever. I figure most people would relate to a good joke you can make about your phone pranking you or just wanting your attention. What really bugs me is the feeling of my phone vibrating or hearing the text sound when I don’t even have my phone! I’ll be in the shower, or in a pool, or asleep and feel it alerting me of something against my leg. Probably some kind of hypnosis, paranoia, or cocktail party effect.
As far as emotional creatures go, do you think Chimps or Elephants or more sentimental?
I would suggest that Chimps are, simply since they are more intellegent overall. I have also known cows to cry at personal tragedy. So I can’t say really. Maybe if I had a few chimp and elephant friends, I could better understand!
What’s the diffrence between Regular Heinz Ketchup and Whataburger Ketchup?
Heinz’s: tomato concentrate made from red ripe tomatoes, distilled vinegar, high fructose corn syrup, corn syrup, salt, spice, onion powder, and natural flavors
Whataburger’s “Fancy Ketchup”: Tomato concentrate (tomato paste, water), corn syrup, sugar, distilled vinegar, salt, onion powder, garlic powder and natural flavor.
Bear in mind that “Natural flavors” are proprietary contents, so nobody really knows(not even the FDA) what is in them. It has more High Fructose Corn Syrup and extra sugar, which is the key to fast food success–the combination of sweet and salty with a pleasing texture. It is appealing, but dangerous as it is a combination of extremes with no real requirements for nutrition.
I really dig Whataburger’s Fancy Ketchup. Especially the tubs it comes in.
I will be back in business now, so please–ASK AWAY.
Eamon
Finally
So I havent updated because nobody asked anything! I’ll try to be more entertaining or informative so people will follow my blog just cause.
Turns out the grass background was foreshadowing, as I have started my own lawn care service with a friend. But door-to-door is slow because I am sick and that is how I had time to find out about Google Wave.
I’ve been telling my wife that there is a niche to be filled, one left empty by the death of the chatroom. Google Wave is going to fill it, EXACTLY as I was saying someone needs to do. Go google it if you want to know what it is, but your brain might collapse from the immensity of it. But you will have used it at least once in a year.
Add this to how I was telling her that our phones need video and a system of posting straight to Youtube and BAM–Cupcake goes and does it! So I gotta keep updating so I can keep calling things.
And please, ASK ME SOMETHING!
Eamon
Lunch questions.
I got really worn out last week and didnt get to these questions! I’ve been listening to and trying to understand Bob Dylan lately. It IS infectious, I find myself singing songs all the time, the abyssmal trend-hippie covers of which haunted my childhood.
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Chris re-asked how to measure a second. You measure the atomic radioactive decay of Cesium and the time it takes to go through a set number of stages is a second. It was originally a celestial measurement and the need for a leap day comes from slight nuances in our orbit. We want the universe to correspond to our calendar days, so a leap day is like daylight savings time in that respect.
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Which chapter is the most superior of all Space Marine Chapters in Warhammer 40k?
Aarron
Well, the Ultramarines were the gene-seed, and the Grey Knights are the most decorated. So I’d say its between the two.
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Do you think Quantum Theory has anything in common with what Jesus taught about Faith?
Paige
They are both intangible. Other than that, no. Quantum theory is largely comedy to me, since it is a lot like Nihilism or The Matrix in that it is proven by itself in that it is a theory that everything and nothing is concrete. I sincerely believe it is the extrapolation of some correlations and results of some physics experiments to this pseudo religious extreme. If it were the premise of a SciFi show it would be great, but the idea that someone would find it helpful in any way is laughable. I don’t quite understand how it would relate to Faith other than it is unprovable and requires faith of some kind to ascribe to. Perhaps you could elaborate.
No name questioner!
Why do ‘no trespassing’ signs say “posted: no trespassing”? Isn’t the ‘posted’ posted part implied?
Yes, but you could also wonder why warning signs say warning: hot surface instead of just posting an average temperature or saying “hot”. Its more a statement of legality than communication. My dad had signs on his Ranch that read: “Posted: NO TRESPASSING. This is your final notice” every 500 feet. Felt a lot more like an implication that you had your chance, and the rules were met and spelled out for you.
How long is a second?
Its actually amazing. A second used to be an astronomical time unit, measured, like many things in the old days, celestially. The egyptians took a day and divided it up 24 times, and the greeks divided those up 60 times, then 60 times again. The modern standard is the space between 9 waves of radioactive decay of a Cesium atom. Trouble is, pesky things like magnets and gravity alter the rate, so it must be isolated to measure.
….or you could time the sunrises of 2 days, and divide it 24 then 60 then 60 times. Modern methods may be fancy but they sure can be stupid. Reminds me of the predicament NASA had getting pens(which are gravitationally and atmospherically fed) to work in space. Pressurized pens would be dangerous, so they spent MILLIONS developing a space-pen that could write upside-down or in space and was prohibitively expensive except for collectors and spacemen.
Meanwhile, the Ruskies used pencils.
Im trying to internet myself to sleep. It ain’t working. Maybe I’ll read. Anyone else not get enough sleep during the workweek and then can’t sleep on weekends?
Eamon
Goodness gracious!
So fine. Nobody ask me anything.
Chris asked which way toilets flush on the equator, and the answer is that the equator is an imaginary line like a state border. You are either on the top or bottom half and it flows one way or the other.
I would now like to criticize our president. Clearly, he is either like those authors that create a masterpiece at their day job and then realize they can’t just write good stuff, or he fired whomever wrote those old speeches. His administration’s policy is absolute trash, which I may get to, but considering a president is more a figurehead and face than anything, I take issue with his misleading statements. I am not even concerned with the fact that I find this change repulsive, and Bush should never have had to write an order demanding that EXTREMELY devisive, and non-restorative actions not be publicly funded. I only will focus on his poor leadership.
I speak, of course, of the “false choice” dead horse he’s beaten into the ground, inspiring fanboy democrats everywhere to kill their own horse and find a stick. He stated:
“In recent years when it comes to stem cell research, rather than furthering discovery, our government has forced what I believe is a false choice between sound science and moral values. In this case. I believe the two are not inconsistent. As a person of faith, I believe we are called to care for each other and work to ease human suffering. I believe we have been giving the capacity and will to pusue this research–and the humanity and conscience to do so responsibly.”
A false choice is a dilemma where only two choices are given when there are in fact other options. You would think Obama would be an expert, considering a massively perpetuated false choice is what got him elected. He is asserting that the administration decided sound science and thoughtful research is sacriligious. He then goes on to state that because he claims he is of the one religion ascribed to by everyone who isnt an atheist(right?), and that he has decreed that stem cell research is morally acceptable because we can and want to, it should be publically funded.
None of my own opinions are in that paragraph, it simply is a direct translation of the bull-headed carpetbagging verbally displayed by our fearless leader. I do not condemn him for it, no one man can decide for the nation, and in a position of extreme power such as his, you can’t expect the vested groups surrounding him to sponsor an environment of clear thought and careful decision making. They’ve already made their decisions, after all.
In the Bible, a recurring theme is that of a good or bad ruler. Many lives are preserved and stories are told as lessons in leadership, and I’ve never understood why even the most extreme of candidates never focus on their God-given charge to be a talented, fair, just, and wise ruler. It seems we just get one at a time, at severe deficit to the others.
Don’t they know that focusing on just one is a giving in to a false choice?
Eamon
what causes the white spots on my fingernails? Ive heard its caused by calcium deficiency, because i don’t drink milk.
-Kissy
Honestly, there is just flat too much information on this page about nail spots, so I’ll post the link.
http://www.wisegeek.com/what-causes-white-spots-on-fingernails.htm
Just know that calcium has no business in milk! It’s a common additive, like flouride in water or iodine in salt. Calcium is a mineral, so it is best attained through plants that store a lot of it from the soil.
Oh boy!!!
I got a shiny new toy! My Google G1, the extension of my body that probes cyberspace. Think of it as my taboggen on the intertubes.
I have some questions!! But I am cold on my apartment stoop, so I’ll only do a few.
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how does this work?
http://www.urbanoutfitters.com/urban/catalog/productdetail.jsp?itemdescription=true&itemCount=60&startValue=61&selectedProductColor=&sortby=&id=15890346&parentid=W_COLL_VALENTINESFORHER&sortProperties=&navCount=15&navAction=poppushpush&color=&pushId=W_COLL_VALENTINESFORHER&popId=WOMENS_APPAREL&prepushId=
-Betsy
My guess is, it doesn’t. It’s really expensive for a toy, but this IS urban outfitters we’re dealing with.
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It was brought to my attention that she meant to ask why plant CONTAINERS don’t need air holes. They do. But your plant needs very little air and produces a tiny amount of oxygen from sunlight and soil nutriants. The nitrogen from air it can derive from soil, but your success is due to its small scale. Thatch, a thick layer of debris on lawns, is very detrimental to the plants, one of the reasons being that it blocks air from getting in.
Questions!
Why dont plants need air holes?
–Betsy
They do! They are just incredibly tiny, as pores create water loss, so they stay small and close when they aren’t being used.
Where can i get a cork, made to fit jars that are really big?
–Betsy
How big? Try searching on the internet for “Buy Cork Plug” because the phrase “A Cork” is metonymy.
Is there any reason a tortoise couldnt be potty trained?
–Betsy
No. Any animal can be trained and just because it hasn’t been done doesn’t mean that it can’t be. But that has nothing to do with the fact that there is simply no stated evidence that a Tortoise CAN’T be potty-trained.
How bout[the feasibility of] put[-ting a tortoise] into a clear plastic exercise ball?
–Betsy
As long as an entry point is big enough to fit the Tortoise in it, you can put a tortoise in a clear plastic exercise ball. I doubt the Tortoise would like the exercise ball, because it is very disorienting for any creature at first, but rodents are energetic and curious and adapt quickly to it. But my experience with animals and animal caretakers is that just like all living things, every Tortoise is different.
Do tortoises like going to the beach?
–Betsy
Again, every Tortoise is different.
What is the average IQ of a drug dealer?
–Anonymous
No credible studies have been done, because the premise is illegal, which would cause a storm of red flags for bias, accountability, etc etc. So you can’t really say. The average person’s IQ is periodically re-centered at 100, to keep results updated, since the average person’s IQ is steadily rising, always most heavily in the lower half, called the Flynn Effect.
How much can I sell all my eggs for?
–Betsy
Well, you can’t sell them all at once, but you can sell them individually for about $4,000 apiece. Most women are born with anywhere from 1-2 MILLION eggs, and do not produce more eggs over the course of their lifetime. Interesting fact, if a woman is pregnant with a girl, by month 2, the baby already has all the eggs she will ever possess.
Why do people think calculator watches, fannie packs, and tying your hoodie around your waist are dorky, when they are far more efficient than the alternatives?
–Chris
It’s a preference. Either they disagree about the functionality of it, or they fear rejection for association to something considered negatively abnormal, which is a learned behavior.
Why does my hair get more greasy if I’m lying on the couch all day than if I were out riding my bike and getting all dirty and whatnot?
–Cameron
Your hair gets oily by getting coated in Sebum, a mysterious and near-ubiquitous bodily fluid that lubricates just about anything and everything on your body. If you sweat, your hair is not in danger of drying out, and will not get as oily. And knowing you, you probably take a shower twice a day when you sit around, and five times when you ride your bike. I kid. But not really.
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