This post is for when you go on Jeopardy and this is your question. When you win a percentage of your winnings must go to me. :)
Woot!
From: http://www.google.com/
What's a Google?
"Googol" is the mathematical term for a 1 followed by 100 zeros. The term was coined by Milton Sirotta, nephew of American mathematician Edward Kasner, and was popularized in the book, "Mathematics and the Imagination" by Kasner and James Newman. Google's play on the term reflects the company's mission to organize the immense amount of information available on the web.
Show us what you're working on right now.
Submitted by yygall.
I'm working out -- I wish it was working.
What is one thing you MUST do before you go to bed at night?
This is a complete no brainer for me.
Wash my feet.
What would you most like to change about your life?
My college degree. What the heck was I thinking when I chose Mathematics? Seriously.
Show us a discontinued food or product you wish would return.
Submitted by Shawn.
Keebler Pitter Patters! I had to call my sister to remember what the name was. My Great-Grandfather "Poppy" LOVED these and we would dip them in (I'm sure whole) milk. Yummy!
I've looked EVERYWHERE for a picture of the box and can't find one. A great love lost...*sad*
In my defense, I was driving a car that was not my own -- I had never driven before. I was also traveling down the steepest incline EAST of the Mississippi River (there are at least 5 or 6 runaway truck ramps!) AND I had just looked at my spedometer and I REALLY WASN'T GOING the speed I am convicted of -- WHY WHY WHY didn't I ask to see her radar? Yes HER. Had it been a HE maybe I would have had a CHANCE to get out of it.
I got a freaking ticket. I'm so irritated. I was being good -- mainly because my daughter and sister's mother in law were in the back. But ALSO I was driving sister's MIL's new car! For the love!
Anyway, I'm just trying to research how I can get out of it before I write my check and I discover this:
Study Shows North Carolina Traffic Tickets are for Revenue Not Safety
A study of North Carolina traffic tickets concludes that speeding tickets issued by local jurisdictions are more about revenue than safety. The study, authored by Thomas Garrett of the Federal Reserve Banf and Gary Wagner of the University of Arkansas at Little Rock, concludes that local governments often use traffic tickets as a means to enhance revenues during difficult economic times. These revenue enhancements are rarely rolled back, however, upon a change in economic fortune, the study found.
"There is anecdotal evidence that local governments use traffic tickets to generate revenue. Using panel data for North Carolina counties, we examine whether changes in local government revenue influence the number of traffic tickets issued. We find strong evidence of an asymmetric response by local governments. Specifically, positive changes in revenue have no effect on traffic tickets, but negative revenue changes increase the number of traffic tickets issued."
For a complete text of the article Traffic Ticket Study
So much for the gov't trying to stimulate the economy. I guess gas prices have cut into ticket sales for the Highway patrols. GAG. We passed a ton of HP cars/motorcycles this weekend.
How are your Saturday nights different now than they were five years ago?
5 years ago I did whatever I want. Now I don't. But not just on Saturday nights - every night. Having babies does that to you. But you know what else? I really don't care. I'd rather be doing what I'm doing than have that "freedom" again. The time I spend with my baby, I will remember until I die. And it matters! The time I spent doing whatever it was that I did - I've already forgotten.
Google is so freaking hilarious. They got me on this one. Supposedly they rolled out a new feature TODAY called
http://mail.google.com/mail/help/customtime/index.html
Introducing Gmail Custom TimeTM
Be on time. Every time.*
How do I use it?
Just click "Set custom time" from the Compose view. Any email you send to the past appears in the proper chronological order in your recipient's inbox. You can opt for it to show up read or unread by selecting the appropriate option.
Is there a limit to how far back I can send email?
Yes. You'll only be able to send email back until April 1, 2004, the day we launched Gmail. If we were to let you send an email from Gmail before Gmail existed, well, that would be like hanging out with your parents before you were born -- crazy talk.
How does it work?
Gmail utilizes an e-flux capacitor to resolve issues of causality (see Grandfather Paradox).
How come I only get ten?
Our researchers have concluded that allowing each person more than ten pre-dated emails per year would cause people to lose faith in the accuracy of time, thus rendering the feature useless.
See what others have had to say:
Beta User Testimonials
"The entire concept of 'late' no longer exists for me. That's pretty cool. Thanks Gmail!"
Miriam S., Delivery girl
"I just got two tickets to Radiohead by being the 'first' to respond to a co-worker's 'first-come, first-serve' email. Someone else had already won them, but I told everyone to check their inboxes again. Everyone sort of knows I used Custom Time on this one, but I'm denying it."
Robby S., Paralegal
"This feature allows people to manipulate and mislead people with falsified time data. Time is a sacred truth that should never be tampered with."
Michael L., Epistemology Professor
"I used to be an honest person; but now I don't have to be. It's just so much easier this way. I've gained a lot of productivity by not having to think about doing the 'right' thing."
Todd J., Investment Banker
How old were you when you had your first "official" boyfriend or girlfriend? What was he/she like?
This question CRACKS ME UP. I was in 7th grade...his name was Russ. He was OLDER and at the time, I thought he was very cute. He was the athletic type - played football, basketball etc - not the scholarly type. He was fun but he ended up cheating on me and even though we tried to get back together SEVERAL times, (he called me after I went away to college!) I never trusted him.
Looking back, he wasn't my "type" at all. My husband is my type. My husband is SUPER intelligent, faithful, very handsome, fun to be around, trustworthy, an awesome "care giver" to me and my daughter and the head of our household. I start to panic when I think about something happening to him.
I've been out of blog mode for about a month...I'm not sure why. I'll be out doing life and think - OH I should blog that...and then when I get to my computer -- *poof* it vanishes. Not to mention I'm so sleepy at the end of the day when I used to blog. Breaking my leg forced me to get lots of rest. Nothing to complain about there!
In other news, in the past 7 days, I have seen 4 people run red lights. One of them, had we been there 2 seconds! before, me and my sister's children would have been killed. He was FLYING and the light had changed LONG before the guy ran it. My heart pounded....
