Functional with Flair

Today I sat in the front for the ground floor windows, in the Journalism building, watching people through the one way glass windows. It's interesting watching people walk right in front of me, oblivious, without making any eye contact. With today’s temperatures at a chilly 23 degrees, I decided to gauge how far each individual person walked manly based on the degree of pink in their cheeks. Of course I’m taking into consideration a few variables—- general health, dress, estimated weight of book bag and weather or not they’re carrying a hot drink or not.

The red head that just walked in front of me—- 10lbs overweight, appropriate dress, 30lb+ book bag, no hot drink, cheeks = very rosy. Estimated distance walked = 3/4 of a mile.

Next guess-- man in shorts. Ideal weight, appropriate dress, no book bag, not hot drink, cheeks = hardly rosy. Estimated distance walked = 50 feet. Probably just came from Larkin’s rec center.

I’m so good.

Care of Spark’s Carnage… if we’re still calling it the carnage:

Book Game by Texas Biscuit

Here are the rules:
1. Grab the nearest book.
2. Open the book to page 123.
3. Find the fifth sentence.
4. Post the text of the next 3 sentences on your blog along with these instructions.
5. Don’t you dare dig for that “cool” or “intellectual” book in your closet! I know you were thinking about it! Just pick up whatever is closest.

“The problem had emerged in various forms. Gillie had been unable to track down the assistants Burt spoke of in his sturdy. And there was an odd omission of essential methodological details from Burt’s reports and the citations for the details to sources that proved elusive.”

How Science Works – John D. Norton

I know that sounds just oh soooo interesting, but it’s a text book from Geoff’s stat’s class. Sorry, but it was the closest book.