Tuesday, November 04, 2008
Monday, November 03, 2008
And there's a joke about not wanting to get pregnant again and the "SUFFICIENT" stamp
Hanah: Someone on my message board who had a baby the day before Charlie was born, just found out she's accidentally pregnant again.
me: Yay!
Hanah: That's not yay. That's oh my god, two kids less than a year apart.
me: I'd be excited, were it mine.
I'd say, Oops, I did it again. And I'd make that joke many times.
Hanah: you're not the one who has to be pregnant while carrying around a baby who can't walk
me: This is true. It's too bad women can't see things from our point of view.
Hanah: One of the documents on my desk is stamped SUFFICIENT.
Where can I get such a stamp?
me: Are you dropping hints for a Hannukah gift?
me: Yay!
Hanah: That's not yay. That's oh my god, two kids less than a year apart.
me: I'd be excited, were it mine.
I'd say, Oops, I did it again. And I'd make that joke many times.
Hanah: you're not the one who has to be pregnant while carrying around a baby who can't walk
me: This is true. It's too bad women can't see things from our point of view.
Hanah: One of the documents on my desk is stamped SUFFICIENT.
Where can I get such a stamp?
me: Are you dropping hints for a Hannukah gift?
I Consider It My Civic Duty
To remind everyone of the probability that any individual vote will swing the election tomorrow. So, nota bene:
Best odds:
Worst:
So for reference, from most to least probable.
Being born with a club foot (1 in 1,000)
Being dealt royal flush (1 in 650,000)
Death by fireworks discharge (1 in 716,010)
Asteroid hits planet in 2014 and induces Armageddon (1 in 900,000)
Luke Skywalker makes that shot in the first Star Wars film (1 in a million)
Contraction of Bubonic Plague (1 in 3 million)
New Mexican vote swings election (1 in 6 million)
Average vote swings election (1 in 60 million)
Win Powerball Jackpot (1 in 146 million)
DC vote swings election (1 in 490 billion)
The odds for the average person are 60 million to 1 against it, a study shows...
You are far more likely to be hit twice by lightning.
Best odds:
In New Mexico, the odds are 1 in 6.1 million of a voter casting the ultimate deciding vote.
Worst:
The odds of a District of Columbia resident casting the vote that decides the election are 1 in 490 billion.
So for reference, from most to least probable.
Being born with a club foot (1 in 1,000)
Being dealt royal flush (1 in 650,000)
Death by fireworks discharge (1 in 716,010)
Asteroid hits planet in 2014 and induces Armageddon (1 in 900,000)
Luke Skywalker makes that shot in the first Star Wars film (1 in a million)
Contraction of Bubonic Plague (1 in 3 million)
New Mexican vote swings election (1 in 6 million)
Average vote swings election (1 in 60 million)
Win Powerball Jackpot (1 in 146 million)
DC vote swings election (1 in 490 billion)
Lerche
Just got a Sondre Lerche ticket. I believe this is the first time I'll have gone to a concert that wasn't classical since my high school Billy Joel phase. But damned if I don't love that Norwegian pop.
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