Popcorn Palace There’s this really interesting popcorn store downtown. All they have are popcorn related paraphernalia. I got to admit, I passed by it a few times before going inside, and I was surprised how big it is. They got popcorn from all over the world, special popcorn pans and pots. […]
Crashing Into Dirt
The Wedge There’s a beach in Newport Beach called The Wedge. It’s a perfect example of wave interference patterns, how when waves cross orthogonally, the peaks combine, as do the troughs. This means the waves rise quick and high, but they also suck up all the water to do so, so when they […]
Alien Misdirection Technology
Throw Trash Cans Behind You A very common scene in action movies is the good guy is running away from the bad guy, or the bad guy is running away from the good guy. And they always run through crowded areas, and they always throw stuff behind them, as they are running away, to […]
Nested Feedback Loops
Profit and Loss Model The profit and loss model is a very elegant, very powerful system that is responsible for nearly every invention ever created. Within an honest economic system, which is very rare, if non-existent, the only way a company, no matter the size, can stay in business is to make a profit. […]
Rat Dragon Apocalypse
Gaming Tournament There’s this pretty cool hobby shop in my neighborhood. Most of the time this is a normal place, selling normal hobby type things to normal people. But every couple of months they have these really intense underground tournaments. Where they try and make this as absolutely as possible. Trip […]
Pay For Your Sins
Bake Sale I was out driving around and I came across a group of kids having a car wash. They said it was for a fund raiser for a local church. They gave me a flier while I was waiting, and they flier said they were having a bake sale the coming weekend. […]
Occult Murder Club
Need a Permit I had to go downtown a couple weeks ago. Some thing you need a permit for. That you can’t get online, you have to apply in person. It’s only five dollars. And the only reason they would reject you for the permit is if you happen to be an escaped […]
Tesla Mind Reading App
Old Laptop I was cleaning out my closet and I found this stack of laptops. I’ve had a bunch of laptops in the past several years, so I went through them to see if any of them still turned on. One did, so I figured I’d see if I could get it fixed up […]
Editorial Magic
Invention of Writing Without question, one of the most profound inventions of human history was written language. Humans have been able to speak and think for at least 50,000 years, but written language has only been around for a few thousand. This means that for most of human history, our thoughts and words were […]
Gaslighting Gang Hits
Short Term Sex If you are a guy and you want to create attraction in any particular female there are two basic strategies. One is a very short-term strategy and one is a very long-term strategy. The short-term strategy is usually artificial and based on short-term communication that will generate short-term attraction. It’s based […]