Triple Seven From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Triple Seven (or Triple 7, Three Sevens, Three 7s, T7, 777 or 7-7-7) is a common winning line in simple slot machines, as common as 3 gold bars, 3 gold bells or 3 red cherries. Being dealt three 7 cards in Blackjack is almost a sure win, as … Read more
A good one from indexed: I was up early today, and I had an über productive day. I completed several action items for the Center for Excellence in Curricular Engagement, including: Composing and mailing a thank you letter form our office to a program assistant in another office who helped us out in a recent event, Creating a … Read more
Interesting sculpture: The victory, Donatas Joukauskas, Lithuania I woke up at 8:30 today and thought, “Go back to sleep. Enjoy the holiday.” An hour later, after doing nothing but tossing and turning, I got up. I met Joe for lunch at Bear Rock Cafe at Crossroads. I had their: Mojave BBQ Flatbread $7.49 Grilled chicken breast, … Read more
Would you believe it if someone told you that they could take a standard 3×5 index card and cut a hole in it that is large enough for them to fit their body through it? This guy does just that in his 2:35-minute video. I worked remotely again today. I worked on a challenging edit … Read more
What is “Begging the Question?” “Begging the question” is a form of logical fallacy in which an argument is assumed to be true without evidence other than the argument itself. When one begs the question, the initial assumption of a statement is treated as already proven without any logic to show why the statement is … Read more
Who knew there were so many ways you could tie your shoes? Here’s four of them: The rest of them (there are 30 total) have names like: bi-color, lattice, zipper, bushwalk, footbag, display, twistie, and hash. We had ham and cheese scrambled eggs for breakfast today, and Robert headed back to Durham shortly afterwards. I … Read more
So, what happens when you mail a letter to someone, but instead of putting a 39 cent stamp from the post office, you just tape on some loose change adding up to 39 cents? The letter was addressed from me (Philadelphia), to my girlfriend in NY. 39 Cents composed of one Quarter, one Dime and … Read more
In the morning and up through early afternoon, I worked on Center for Excellence in Curricular Engagement tasks, and at about 1:30 I drove to campus for an afternoon meeting with the team. Our two-hour meeting was shortened to an hour-and-fifteen minutes, due to, let’s just call it a “calendar integrity” issue, around the meeting start … Read more
I worked from home today, and had a mid-day meeting with my financial advisor, which was, as they always are, a real pleasure. He was telling me about this offering of a financial instrument that allows you to invest with a company and get a guaranteed (currently) 6%-ish payment for life—even if the amount you … Read more
About One Sentence One Sentence is about telling your story, briefly. Insignificant stories, every day stories, or turning-point-in-your-life stories, boiled down to their bare essentials. Here are my four favorites so far: JDRose He told me I was pretty from certain angles. tags: beauty love [add] N On his last day of class, the middle … Read more