Amyloo: Friday, April 14, 2006

It's the circle... the circle of life

For some reason WoW players type Chuck Norris jokes for each other, my kids tell me.

Examples, if you haven't heard/seen them:

- When Chuck Norris jumps in the water, he doesn't get all wet, the water gets all Chuck Norris.

- You know those people listed at the end of a Chuck Norris movie? Those aren't credits, it's a casualty list.

- Chuck Norris eats beef jerky and craps gunpowder, which he then uses to make bullets to shoot cows for more more beef jerky. This is known as the Chuck Norris Circle of Life.

Later: my son tells me they're known as Chuck Norris facts, not jokes. Oh. OK.

I'd like to see Jack Bauer jokes, which would be similar in some ways, not so general but keyed in on getting out of the impossible situation in the nick of time. They wouldn't be just Scottie the Engingeer need-more-power scenarios, though, because Jack is plenty tough in his own way.

Speaking of Jack

I missed Monday night's episode of 24. I love Chloe's character. Those faces she makes. I wish I could afford to be as transparent as she is when I'm annoyed by stupidity. I keep thinking she'll turn out to be dirty, just because you suspect her the least.

Multitasking

People ask me if I haven't heard that TV watching is down and internet use is up and it doesn't look like I apply this in my own life. I watch while I'm online. The exception is movies I've never seen. I like to watch them straight through, doing nothing else. Not that I usually make it. If I lie down on the couch I rarely make it through a movie without falling asleep. I guess I'm getting old. No, I know I'm getting old.

Unit of measure for hail

This morning I heard about softball-sized hail somewhere down south -- Georgia, maybe? Can you imagine? I barely even believe it.

Just a little while ago there was a National Weather Service advisory for my area and quarter-size hail was mentioned. Do they stop talking about balls if it's smaller than a golf ball?

The storm never got to my neighborhood, but I see lightening in the distance, and the air outside feels all prickly with positive ions, or is it negative. The good kind, anyway -- seems that that should be positive, doesn't it? ;-) I took a long nap after work so maybe I'll go out for a quick walk and get charged up with whatever it is.

Oh, here we go: hail sizes

I can't bring myself to link to the site I got this from, with its seizure-provoking ads and popups.

PEA 1/4 Inch

MARBLE 1/2 Inch

MOTHBALL 1/2 Inch

DIME 5/8 Inch

PENNY 3/4 Inch

NICKEL 7/8 Inch

QUARTER 1 Inch

HALF-DOLLAR 1 1/4 Inches

WALNUT 1 1/2 Inches

GOLF BALL 1 3/4 Inches