Recent content by asp3

Goodbye all, its generally been fun until it wasn't.

Come on Jon, you often poke holes in other people's numbers yet you don't point out that average life expectancy has nothing to do with the average age of death. It seems hypocritical for you to post this when you have attacked far stronger analysis of other things that seem to go against your...

I'm not sure what areas those Walgreens and Targets are in. I am fairly sure one of the Target's that will close early is probably the one near downtown at Moscone Center. Since the climate here allows outdoor living most months of the year we have a large homeless population and many of them...

The other thing missing from the information about the poll is when it was taken. Being in San Francisco during Covid restrictions was not quite as exciting or interesting as being there during normal times. Based on the real estate prices for the city (for both purchasing and renting) it...

When my wife and I have traveled more recently (last 5 to 8 years) we like to take food tours to taste some of the local foods that are chosen to be highlighted. My favorite tours were in Phnom Penh and Amsterdam. The one in Phnom Penh was the most interesting and different and included some...

Strangely enough before seeing this post I got out my 45s earlier today to take a look at them. I have about 20 and most of mine are from the 70's. I think the most valuable will be the Devo Mongoloid/Jocko Homo single. I'm not sure if it's a first or second pressing but it appears it might...

Immortality in my 24 year old body. (I almost typoed that immorality)

I am fortunate enough to be able to enjoy where I am in life and feel very fortunate to have been able to have experienced all I have up until this point. I realize that if I had done things differently in the past I wouldn't be where I am today and could be dead. So I don't look back and wish...

I've been concerned about climate change for a long time, but the most recent events in Canada and the Pacific Northwest of the US have made me even more concerned. To me it seems like we've started to get into the serious feedback loops that some scientists have predicted. It also made me...

I'm a decent swimmer, but most of my life I've been very dense (some people would say in more ways than one.) so I'm a sinker even with lungs full of air. I always hated the part of the swimming lessons where I had to float and none of the instructors believed I couldn't float and thought I was...

This subject reminds me of a film I saw in a basic woodworking class I took in junior high. It featured a character named Primitive Pete misusing tools and getting injured or ruining projects.

We have to leave our home every 4th of July weekend (or the days before and after) and also NYE because the illegal fireworks in our area make it sound like what I would expect a war zone to sound like. Our one dog gets extremely upset with the explosions so we take our dogs out of the area and...

Based on a quick internet search I appear to be wrong. The things I found said there is almost zero correlation between psychopaths and intelligence.

I'm not sure they're more likely to commit them but they are more likely to get away with the crimes they do commit. I'm fairly sure that I've read that sociopaths and possibly psychopaths tend to be more intelligent, but I'm not completely sure of that. Anyway sociopaths are more likely to...

Sometimes I find myself thinking I'm tired of life. Thankfully it usually only lasts less than a minute. I can usually turn the thought around by trying to relax and thinking of something I love about life, a song, an image, a person, a taste, etc...