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Finally, a picture that captures what I saw and the way I felt when I took it. It’s only taken about 16 months of shooting to get one; I really like the way this turned out.
Hopefully, there are more where this one came from.
Razor blade numbers - The number of blades on a razor versus year can be modelled by a hyperbolic curve. If however, we model with “what is known as a power law, then the 14-bladed razor should arrive in 2100.”
Man orders 40GB iPod - receives shrinkwrapped box of soap and some batteries - At least the thieves in the shipping chain had a sense of humor; or if this guy is being dihonest, at least he’s creative.
I grabbed this Hershey’s “Chocolatey Chew” from Mykala’s free bag of candy from Target … and it was amazing. It’s some sort of really soft chocolate (a bit like a Tootsie Roll, but better tasting) with sprinkles on top.
I’d like to find some information online about this newfangled candy, but a Google search and a visit to Hershey’s website yielded absolutely nothing. This leaves me rather non-plussed. I mean … is this candy really new? Or is it some sort of pilot candy program for market testing? Was I a guinea pig? Was this even real candy? I’m not sure, but I am confident that whatever happened to me, it was delicious.
On the local classic rock station, I heard a song by Carlos Santana today; luckily, I thought I had it in my iTunes library. Headed home, checked, and there it was: “Oye Como Va” from the Best of Santana album. Naturally, I wanted to learn a little more about the guy … I knew he had been around a while and experienced a resurgence in the 90’s. I didn’t realize that his album Supernatural was essentially all collaborations, and pretty good ones, too.
Thus began my journey through useless yet interesting trivia. Starting from Santana’s Wikipedia page, I linked on over to a list of music artists who have sold over 250 million copies. Shocked to see ABBA on there, I continued down the list. What’s this? Some guy named Julio Iglesias, right there by Led Zeppelin, The Beatles, Elvis, Frank Sinatra, and etc. Turns out this Julio fellow is the most popular song’ster in his native Spain, but before his musical career he played soccer for Real Madrid, which is considered “The 20th Century’s Best Club” by FIFA. Take a minute to think about that. This guy was a professional soccer player, but after he suffered debilitating spinal injury in a car accident, decided to pick up guitar and became a smash hit at that. Who in the world can honestly claim such undisputed success in two wildly different categories of human activity? Finally, his son is Enrique Iglesias; I thought that name sounded familiar.
So much information, and in only 5 minutes.
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