Friday, August 26, 2005

Pareidolia Data

Ever look at a cloud and see a dog or look at a piece of toast and see the face of Elvis? This curious phenomena is acutally known as pareidolia. Check out this link to read more about it.
http://thefolklorist.com/Pareidolia%20Project/index.htm

Tuesday, August 23, 2005

How Long Will I Live? - Life Expectancy Calculator

How Long Will I Live? - Life Expectancy Calculator If you dare, use this calculator to determine you expected life expectancy. For those of you holding out hope of my early demise, I must unfortunately report that I am expected to live to a ripe old age of 84.

Current Reading List

I was having a discussion the other day with co-workers of what books we were each reading. I found the question hard to answer quickly or coherently as I tend to read on four or five books at a time. I also tend to go in spurts with respect to reading activity. Here is what I'm currently reading:

Backstabber by Tim Cockey
Guilty Pleasures by Laurel K Hamilton
Gravity's Rainbow by Thomas Pynchon
Cryptonomicon by Neal Stephenson
Come Thirsty by Max Lucado
Mental Health Administration (edited book)
Interpersonal Theory of Psychiatry by Harry Stack Sullivan
Contemporary Psychoanalysis and Religion by James Jones

I've been working on Gravity's Rainbow for some time now. I'm told it is one of the hardest books in the English language to finish. I take some solace in the fact that a PhD English Literature candidate recently told me that neither he nor many of his professors have ever finished the book.