Threesies
Another meme via Red:
Three Things I Do Not Understand
- The enduring popularity of Will and Grace.
- Statistics.
- Why "System Of A Down" has sold a single CD.
Three Things On My Desk (Work edition)
- Two empty liter bottles of water.
- A blessedly idle telephone
- Clutter.
Three Things I'm Doing Right Now- Dreading paying bills.
- Eating some soy nuts.
- Thinking about waking up the kids and getting the day started.
Three Things I Want To Do Before I Die- Bike through Europe.
- Skydive.
- Ski (downhill).
Three Things I Can Do- Learn to crank out a tune on almost any musical instrument, very quickly.
- Find a joke (albeit often bad, sarcastic or cutting) in almost every situation.
- Keep my cool when everything is falling apart.
Three Ways To Describe My Personality- Impatient.
- From "The Far Side"
- Boundlessly loyal.
Three Things I Can't Do- Tie a cherry stem with my tongue.
- Watch Gone With The Wind
- Work up any enthusiasm for the NBA.
Three Things I Don't Think You Should Listen To, Ever- I have nothing in this category. Listen to everything - all music, all poetry, all speeches, everything you can listen to - and make up your own mind.
- Except "Asia", the early-eighties supergroup featuring the loathsome Steve Howe and John Wetton.
- And We Built this City, by "Starship".
Three Things I Say- "What the f*****g f*****g f**k?"
- (In bad Yiddische accent, to kids) "My fingers for you to da bone I voik, and for vat? Such disrespect!". They love that, I tell ya.
- "It's Showtime"
Three Things I'd Like To Learn- What love is all about.
- How to homebrew a really good stout.
- CSS.
Three Beverages I Drink Regularly- Water
- Summit India Pale Ale
- Coffee (from Java Drive on Snelling).
Three Shows I Watched As A Kid- Hogan's Heroes
- The Odd Couple
- I kid you not, Upstairs Downstairs when it was on Masterpiece Theatre with Alistair Cooke. Loved it. I also watched every epi of Alistair Cooke's America, on the first run and at least three times in rerun.
Three Things I Wish People Would Learn To Do- Quit interrupting.
- Admit that they are not good drivers.
- Forgive.
Posted by Mitch at
October 12, 2005 05:58 AM
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hey, I'm no genius when it comes to statistical analysis, but I have to recommend continued efforts to gain some degree of competency in this field. One gains a much deeper understanding of the world with such an ability, and perhaps more importantly, one's b.s. detector becomes much more accurate.
Posted by: Will Allen at October 12, 2005 11:11 AMStats is just a complicated way to make sense of the things you count, be they people, cattle, or weather
Posted by: Marty at October 12, 2005 04:49 PM40 percent of all statistics are wrong.
Posted by: Craig Westover at October 13, 2005 08:19 AM"40 percent of all statistics are wrong..."
and the other 60% are made-up.
Posted by: JamesPh. at October 13, 2005 10:06 AMSystem of a down is awesome and i so looooove your yiddish accent (can you sense the sarcasm)
Posted by: you know at October 13, 2005 03:54 PM66.4% of all statistics are made up on the spot
Posted by: Ryan at October 13, 2005 09:15 PMThey say three percent of the people use 5 to 6 percent of their brain
97 percent use 3 percent and the rest go down the drain
I'll never know which one I am but I'll bet you my last dine
99 percent think with 3 percent 100 percent of the time.
STATISTICIAN'S BLUES, Todd Snider (2002)
Posted by: JamesPh. at October 13, 2005 10:34 PMhttp://www.toddsnider.net/lyrics/stats.pdf
//Why "System Of A Down" has sold a single CD.//
ay frigging men.
Posted by: beth at October 21, 2005 09:58 PM