batteries ..

the profit margins on batteries must be unreasonably high .. cant imagine any other reason why radioshack reps are hell bent on selling you batteries irrespective of the actual product you set out to buy!

hairy business ideas

suppose you are in the business of making shaving products (cream, aftershave etc) one possible business strategy is to add some secret ingredients to your product that actually promotes hair growth. it can increase your revenue and guarantee a limitless demand (until the nature of the secret ingredient in the product is exposed)

a cynic

someone who knows the price of everything and the value of nothing

--oscar wilde

nicetry's first law of ignorance

the less you know about something .. the more it entitles you to make the most outrageous strong-sounding statements and have strong opinions with no rational basis.

learning: from politicians, self.

when in doubt ..

use a chorus!

when a musical composition seems to be drab and going nowhere throw in a chorus .. with high probability choruses sound good..

on a related note i wonder if the nicesoundingness of choruses has anything to do with gaussians and the law of large numbers (if you throw in enough noise eventually something nice will emerge that will be appealing in its simplicity)

note to self .

diving head first into a wall has undesirable consequences.