I was at IKEA today, and ended up buying just one very small item, a $5 shelf. When I got to the checkout, I was startled to see that there were only two registers open, and there were about 8-12 people in each line. I was surprised because it was 11:30 on a Thursday morning. … Continue reading Dear Rude People: Quit Cutting in Line
Last year I wrote the following about the famous Marshmallow Experiment: You may be familiar with the famous Stanford Marshmallow Experiment, which was a series of studies on delayed gratification in the late 1960s and early 1970s led by psychologist Walter Mischel, then a professor at Stanford University. In these studies, a child was offered a choice between one small … Continue reading Eating That Marshmallow Won’t Ruin Your Life After All
I've glanced at the Screen Time notices (shown above) I've been getting every week for a while now, but until just a few minutes ago I had never looked at the details of my weekly report. And when I finally did take a look, it was kind of eye-opening, disappointing, embarrassing, and frankly, kind of sad. … Continue reading A Sneak Peek at How I Wasted My Week, Courtesy of Screen Time
Ageism: prejudice or discrimination on the basis of a person's age. For 50 years, it has been illegal under the federal Age Discrimination in Employment Act, or ADEA, for employers to treat older workers differently than younger ones with only a few exceptions, such as when a job requires great stamina or quick reflexes. But … Continue reading Call It What You Want – Seems Like Ageism to Me
Yesterday I wrote about a phrase I had never heard of before, "dead cat bounce". Today I came across another new word/phrase that I was unfamiliar with - "ratioed". According to Merriam Webster, the term refers to the negative response that a tweet gets. In particular, it is used in situations where a tweet gets more replies … Continue reading Another Day, Another New Word
I saw the phrase in a Yahoo Finance headline, "At Some Point, Stocks Are Due for a Dead-Cat Bounce", and I have to admit that not only did I have no idea what it meant, I had never heard the phrase before. So I decided to ask Google Home: For those of you who would … Continue reading Are We Experiencing a Dead Cat Bounce?
According to Forbes, the highest earning YouTube star in 2018 is a seven-year-old boy. Ryan (last name unknown) earned $22 million in 2018, thanks to the billions of views his Ryan ToysReview videos have garnered. The videos, which began when Ryan was just three years old, feature Ryan playing with and unboxing toys and mystery eggs … Continue reading Making $22 Million Is So Easy, a Seven-Year-Old Can Do It
Did you ever wonder how many total gifts someone receives as a result of the song the 12 Days of Christmas? Or what individual gift was the most popular? What about Santa Claus and his delivery schedule? How many houses does he visit? How fast does he have to be traveling? How heavy is his … Continue reading Fun Christmas Math
You may have heard about the quality control problem Hershey is having with its kisses. Apparently, a few of them are missing the tip, as shown in the picture above. “The iconic, conical shape is one of the reasons families have loved Kisses for generations," according to Jeff Beckman, a Hershey spokesman. "We shape the … Continue reading Hershey May Have to Change the Logo on Its Kisses
We've all heard the pitch, "Police are offering $1,000 for tips that lead to the arrest of so and so", and I'm guessing like most of you, I don't even pay attention. But for some reason when I heard it today, it made me think about the details of such offers and question why such … Continue reading Do Some People Need Money to Do the Right Thing?
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