When good science goes bad

So I was reading this article. You know how people always say that humans only use 10% of their brains and assume the other 90% is some mystery that if harnessed would mean limitless cosmic power? Well, that's not entirely true. We know what the whole brain does, well, not me but they, they know what it all does. We just use 10% at a time. That would have to be an average because everyone couldn't use exactly 10%. It's like body temperature. Every one's isn't exactly 98.6, that's just the average.  Some people have a higher body temperature and some people have a lower one.  My is on the low side, around 98.3 or something which is probably is why my kids don't really get fevers.  In fact they were the scourge of their first elementary school and it took several months to figure out that they were spreading Strep Throat around like little 5 year old Typhoid Mary's. They didn't run fevers or have any other symptoms; they were carriers only. It wasn't until John and I came down with our 5th collective case that the doctor said, "okaaaaay, who do you live with?"

But back to brains. People use 10% at a time on average, so some people use more and some use less.   Now here is where I start waxing philosophically rather than scientifically. The difference being scientists pose questions, run experiments, collect data and report results.  Philosophers sit around and debate whether someone's cat is dead or not and decide that it's both and, you know what, it's not. The cat is ALIVE and you know how I know that? Because it's not fucking dead.  Get a real job, ya hippies.

Again, back to the brain.  So some people use more of their brains at one time and others use less.  That would explain why some people are better at mutli-tasking then others, follow me so far? That mean's that when I'm dealing with someone who is only using 9.5% of their brain and I'm using 10.5% of mine and he's driving me completely nuts and, let's face it, it's definitely a HE, and I'm starting to lose it and the situation is quickly unraveling, it's not because I'm impatient or have unreasonable expectations or "need to calmthefuckdown for christsake". It's because I'm a genius.  Now that this has been scientifically proven, I'm sure things will go much smoother in the future.

This, by the way, is also why my handwriting is messy.  Geniusness is such a burden.

Why is it....

whenever I see a clean-cut white man driving the speed limit, I assume he has a body in the trunk?

The Good and the Bad

So far, the best thing about having high-schoolers is that school drop-offs no longer involve sitting at an intersection manned by an overzealous crossing guard.  Unfortunately, I no longer get to sit at that same intersection marveling that I would make the world's greatest crossing guard if only these morons would listen to me. Not sure how I feel about this....

So Many Things Didn't Make Sense This Morning

1. My knee hurts from walking around Great America wearing Flip-flops, and I'm not surprised.
2. I've started judging amusement parks based on their cleanliness and I will comment on it out loud.
3. Because, really, how could a bathroom be that filthy when the park had only been open for an hour?
3. I know the lyrics to all the songs that are playing at the grocery store. When did that happen?
4. David Bowie died. How can there be no David Bowie?
5. Why do I have wrinkles and a zit? Someone is fucking with the space/time continuum and it isn't me.
7. My vet thinks that my dogs need flu shots? So that's a thing now?
8. I have to get out of bed and take the boys to High School because the boys are in High School.
<sigh>

First day of Preschool:

First day of High School:

Me, "Ready??"
Sam, "uuummpphh"

Me, "Tom??"
Me, "Hello??"

Olympics Update

Gymnast Marisa Dick has created a tricky new move.  The technical name is "a change-leg leap to free-cross split sit". The  colloquial name is The Dick.  She created a Dick Move. I am not joking.

Best CosPlays!

amazing wings!

The Tick!
and arthur

okay, horrible picture and he didn't look like Nick Fury but
He had his own soundtrack
Everyone should walk around with their own soundtrack

again, not a great picture. Snow White's dress was beautiful!
the blue bodice sparkled

 nuff said