iNow

Howdy. Keep it weird.

The Value of a Drink 'Sometimes when I reflect back on all the wine I drink I feel shame. Then I look into the glass and think about the workers in the vineyards and all of their hopes and dreams .. If I didn't drink this wine, they might be out of work and their dreams would be shattered. Then I say to myself, 'It is better that I drink this wine and let their dreams come true than be selfish and worry about my liver.' ~ Jack Handy WARNING: The consumption of alcohol may leave you wondering what the hell happened to your bra and panties. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 'I feel sorry for people who don't drink. When they wake up in the morning, that's as good as they're going to feel all day.' ~Frank Sinatra WARNING: The consumption of alcohol may create the illusion that you are tougher, smarter, faster and better looking than most people. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 'When I read about the evils of drinking, I gave up reading.' ~ Henny Youngman WARNING: The consumption of alcohol may lead you to think people are laughing WITH you. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ '24 hours in a day, 24 beers in a case. Coincidence? I think not.' ~ Stephen Wright WARNING: The consumption of alcohol may cause you to think you can sing. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 'When we drink, we get drunk. When we get drunk, we fall asleep. When we fall asleep, we commit no sin. When we commit no sin, we go to heaven. So, let's all get drunk and go to heaven!' ~ Brian O'Rourke WARNING: The consumption of alcohol may cause pregnancy. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 'Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy.' ~ Benjamin Franklin WARNING: The consumption of alcohol is a major factor in dancing like a retard. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 'Without question, the greatest invention in the history of mankind is beer. Oh, I grant you that the wheel was also a fine invention, but the wheel does not go nearly as well with pizza.' ~ Dave Barry WARNING: The consumption of alcohol may cause you to tell your friends over and over again that you love them. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ To some it's a six-pack, to me it's a Support Group. Salvation in a can! ~ Dave Howell WARNING: The consumption of alcohol may make you think you can logically converse with members of the opposite sex without spitting. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ And saving the best for last, as explained by Cliff Clavin, of Cheers. One afternoon at Cheers, Cliff Clavin was explaining the Buffalo Theory to his buddy Norm. Here's how it went: 'Well ya see, Norm, it's like this... A herd of buffalo can only move as fast as the slowest buffalo. And when the herd is hunted, it is the slowest and weakest ones at the back that are killed first. This natural selection is good for the herd as a whole, because the general speed and health of the whole group keeps improving by the regular killing of the weakest members. In much the same way, the human brain can only operate as fast as the slowest brain cells. Excessive intake of alcohol, as we know, kills brain cells. But naturally, it attacks the slowest and weakest brain cells first. In this way, regular consumption of beer eliminates the weaker brain cells, making the brain a faster and more efficient machine. That's why you always feel smarter after a few beers.' WARNING: The consumption of alcohol may make you think you are whispering when you are not Happy New Year, everyone.

Welcome, Murakami-san, I look forward to learning from your posts, and the posts of all others who have joined recently.

That's no problem. The challenge for me is that I sometimes answer questions as a six year old would answer.

bloody_thorn - You shouldn't share your email openly like that. It will get picked up by the spam bots, and you're going to be in for some hurt if you leave it in your post. You can click "Edit" and remove it. Besides, any discussion should be shared here in the forums so we can all learn from it.

With tonight being the 2008 election for US President, I thought I'd give something a little be true and a little bit light-hearted all at the same time.

Dear Abby, I have never written to you before, but I really need your advice. I have suspected for some time now that my wife has been cheating on me. The phone rings and when I answer, the caller hangs up. My wife has been going out a lot with 'the girls.' When I ask their names she always says, 'Just some friends from work, you don't know them.' I try to stay awake and look out for her when she comes home, but I usually fall asleep. Anyway, I have never broached the subject with my wife. I think deep down I did not want to know the truth, but last night she went out again and I decided to check up on her. Around mid night, I hid in the garage behind my golf clubs so I could get a good view of the whole area when she arrived home from a night out with ‘the girls.' When she got out of the car she was buttoning up her blouse, which was open, and she took her panties out of her purse and slipped them on. It was at that moment, crouching behind my golf clubs, that I noticed a hairline crack where the grip meets the graphite shaft on my 3-wood. Is this something I can fix myself or should I take it back to the pro-shop where I bought it? Signed, Need Help

What references do you have to support that?

Would that be considered 3rd base or 2nd base?

Hi throng, They are not. Inertia is the resistance an object has to a change in its state of motion, whereas c is a label indicating the speed of light, which cannot be overcome (or even fully reached) by any object with mass. C is just what we call a specific speed, just like red is what we call a specific nanometer range in the electromagnetic spectrum. I'm sure your base of knowledge will both expand and become more solid as you continue to read and participate here. Just FYI. Welcome to everyone who has joined.

H/t - Afarensis

In the 9 on topic posts since Moo asked that people share references supporting their claims, none of them has done so. http://www.scienceforums.net/forum/showthread.php?t=16283&page=11

At SFN, Mooeypoo has used the word "reference" in 36 posts, "references" in 29 posts, and "citation" in 5. http://www.scienceforums.net/forum/search.php

My internist referred me to a female urologist. I saw her yesterday and she is gorgeous. She's beautiful and unbelievably sexy. She told me that I have to stop masturbating. I asked her why and she said, 'Because I'm trying to examine you...'

It's even a thermometer!

Hi layman, You may not realize it, but sometimes just asking a question is a contribution to someone esle's knowledge. Enjoy.

Well, I've always enjoyed empiricism. I'm willing to do 4 or 5 tests per day if that's what it takes. Can we use multiple participants as well?

When in doubt, try it out.

How about studying how much friction is created across and inside various parts of the body during intercourse?

Welcome to everyone who has joined. The community can only be better as a result of your participation.

Two male mathematicians are in a bar. The first one says to the second that the average person knows very little about basic mathematics. The second one disagrees, and claims that most people can cope with a reasonable amount of math. The first mathematician goes off to the washroom, and in his absence the second calls over the waitress. He tells her that in a few minutes, after his friend has returned, he will call her over and ask her a question. All she has to do is answer one third x cubed. She repeats "one thir -- dex cue"? He repeats "one third x cubed". Her: `one thir dex cuebd'? Yes, that's right, he says. So she agrees, and goes off mumbling to herself, "one thir dex cuebd...". The first guy returns and the second proposes a bet to prove his point, that most people do know something about basic math. He says he will ask the blonde waitress an integral, and the first laughingly agrees. The second man calls over the waitress and asks "what is the integral of x squared?". The waitress says "one third x cubed" and while walking away, turns back and says over her shoulder "plus a constant!" A math professor is one who talks in someone else's sleep. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ A preacher wanted to raise money for his church and on being told that there was a fortune in horse racing, decided to purchase one and enter it in the races. However at the local auction, the going price for horses was so high that he ended up buying a donkey instead. He figured that since he had it, he might as well go ahead and enter it in the races. To his surprise, the donkey came in third! The next day the local paper carried this headline: "PREACHER'S ASS SHOWS!" The preacher was so pleased with the donkey that he entered it in the race again, and this time it won. The paper read: "PREACHER'S ASS OUT IN FRONT" The Bishop was so upset with this kind of publicity that he ordered the preacher not to enter the donkey in another race. The paper headline read: "BISHOP SCRATCHES PREACHER'S ASS" This was too much for the Bishop, so he ordered the preacher to get rid of the donkey. The preacher decided to give it to a nun in a nearby convent. The paper headline the next day read: "NUN HAS BEST ASS IN TOWN" The Bishop fainted. He informed the nun that she would have to get rid of the donkey, so she sold it to a farmer for $10.00. Next day the headline read: "NUN SELLS ASS FOR $10.00" This was too much for the Bishop, so he ordered the nun to buy back the donkey, lead it to the plains where it could run wild and free. Next day, the headline in the paper read: "NUN ANNOUNCES HER ASS IS WILD AND FREE" The Bishop was buried the next day.

I can completely understand your frustration there, ntash. Welcome to SFN. I hope you are able to share what you've learned during your studies with others so as to increase the collective knowledge base we all share. Enjoy.

http://www.xkcd.com/406/

I'm iNow. I chose my username because I live by the premise that all we have is the present, in which both past and future are contained. I studied psychology, but I am not about counseling. My strength was in the research, where I worked in 5 different labs prior to graduating, honing my skills and my ability to form questions. My first job was on a research project about smoking at the American Cancer Society. I then worked briefly for a pharmaceutical research firm doing phase 1 through 4 clinical trials, but I had a boss that rubbed me wrong and I told her off. Shortly after she fired me for my insolence, I began then working at my current company involved in various nanomanfacturing activities, from chips to thin films, and I've been involved in training for several years. I have a passion for learning, and I thrive on sharing that passion with others. The project I'm on now is one of 3 major corporate initiatives in my company, and the scope of my work is downright disconcerting, but I relish the challenge and the risk. I have a black belt in kung fu, where I am trained in 6 different weapons and 7 different animal systems, and a brown sash in tai chi. I've been skydiving twice, and I am an insulin dependent diabetic, and have been since I was diagnosed after going into a coma at the age of 10. I've taken care of myself and been independent since I was 17, and I have a good spirit, a kind heart, but a biting tongue and piercing rhetoric when it comes to people who lack integrity and academic responsibility. If you are honest and sincere with me, then you will earn my respect. It's simple really. I am open to change my mind in the face of contradictory information, but I attack with vigor and enjoyment bullshit arguments and regurgitated lies. Nice to meet you. Be well.