8-31-06

The Hippocratic Oath forbids practitioners of medicine from using knives.

8-30-06

If you're a contestant on The Price is Right and make it into the second position of the Spin-Off, and the first contestant goes out, it is mathematically advantageous to take a second spin only if your first spin is 55 cents or lower. If you get a 60 or higher on your first spin, you hurt your odds of winning if you spin again.

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The 19th century philospher Charles S. Peirce spells "premises" with two S's.

8-29-06

Windows XP has over 40 million lines of code.

8-28-06

Chickpeas and garbanzo beans are the same thing.

8-27-06

I taught Kevin and Dave how to play Ra. We played a game and they BOTH beat me. I guess I must not be very good.

8-26-06

Oh no, I'm a libertarian after all. Dang quiz ratted me out.

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Tsingtao beer is made by Germans.

8-25-06

I'm back at Case. My suite is right next to a conference room that has several tables and chairs perfect for board gaming.

One of the stools in the common room of our suite is missing.

I bought a 48-pack of regular size Snickers bars at Sam's Club and brought it with me to college. This was one of the smartest things I have ever done.

8-24-06

Carbonated water causes bone damage.

8-23-06

Dark Messiah demo. It's a long download and the demo is short, but the game is incredible.

8-22-06

You can import your blog into Facebook. I still need to play with this feature a little to see if it's any good or not.

[9-23-06 note: it sucks.]

8-21-06

David Bowie's daughter went to Wooster.

8-20-06

Mandy is not afraid of board games anymore.

8-19-06

My barber used to play professional fast-pitch softball.

8-18-06

I liked driving at night.

8-17-06

Smoking, on top of all its other evils, is also bad for your eyes.

8-16-06

Theorem of the Day. Props to Andy.

8-15-06

BoardGameGeek has over 80 thousand registered users!

8-14-06

If smoking is illegal in bowling alleys (see 7-30-06), then why does every single table have an ashtray? I'm beginning to think Steve lied to me.

8-13-06

Today is Fidel Castro's 80th birthday.

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Woody Allen is a competent saxophone player.

8-12-06

Instead of fries, you can now get a salad, Baked Lays, chili, or one of several other things when you get your combo meal at Wendy's. I hate fries. I've been waiting for this all my life.

8-11-06

In two weeks there are fourteen nights, hence the term fortnight.

8-10-06

80% of skin damage occurs before the age of 18.

[Editor's note: this is another "fact" I got from Sarah, so go figure. She says one of her friends swears by it and as a result wears sunblock everywhere. Whether that means the fact is true or merely that Sarah has really stupid friends is a matter I haven't the energy to investigate at the moment.]

8-9-06

Old Spice changed their basic deodorant. It's green now (instead of blue) and doesn't smell nearly as pungent or foul. I hope my mom just got the wrong one or something. Life will never be the same without the harrowing stench of cinnamon horseradish smeared into my armpits every morning.

8-8-06

I suck at Chinese Checkers. It is now the second item on my "Abstract strategy games I'm surprisingly bad at even though I'm good at chess and other such things" list, the other being Othello.

8-7-06

Female leg hair removal did not become a social norm until the Great Depression, when, too poor to afford real stockings, women shaved their legs and drew lines on them.

[Editor's note: Sarah absolutely swears she got this from a reputable source. But I still think it's a load of crap.]

8-6-06

Girls have a happy trail.

8-5-06

M. Night Shyamalan has completely lost it. His latest movie, "Lady in the Water," is downright apalling. When will people realize that he is a one-hit wonder whose one hit has been hit, and stop giving him money to abuse unwary theater-goers?

8-4-06

Moscow is the most expensive city in the world.

8-3-06

The GRE is nothing but reading comprehension, SAT-level math, and writing. Why did I waste $20 on a study book?

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KGS is the place where most people go to play Go online. It's pretty cool and everybody has a ranking, so you know if you're about to fight a beginner or the grand master champion of the planet. It's also free.

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I'm leaving for vacation at 8:00 AM tomorrow morning and will not return until very late on Saturday, August 12. I won't have internet access until then, but I'll write down what I learn every day and catch up on this blog when I get back.

8-2-06

A banana milkshake can still taste pretty good even if the banana in question is spongy and almost rotten.

8-1-06

Grinder's is a fine establishment, but don't get their BLT. It contains giant wads of not crispy bacon. Bacon on a BLT should come in strips, not wads, because wads are soft and repulsive.

The roast beef Grinder, however, I highly recommend.

7-31-06

The string used in tennis rackets is expensive.