Waterfall on raging Shellpot Creek
This video confirms that after that night of rain that Shellpot Creek is almost as high as it has ever been this year. It is interesting to watch and it roars when it is this high.
Wednesday, December 09, 2009
Shellpot Creek was a raging torrent this morning.
I would say that after that night of rain that Shellpot Creek is almost as high as it has ever been this year. It is interesting to watch and it roars when it is this high.
I will try to post some video later. I have been trying to do so all day.
Shellpot Creek is a raging torrent today
Upstream of the waterfall on raging Shellpot Creek
Upstream of the water fall today was so high that the water draining from across the street down the ditch I had dug to the creek was held up. The creek isn't quite down hill today so the yard isn't draining.
More video of the raging Shellpot Creek
I tried to pan the camera downstream of the creek so that you can see the extent of the torrent.
Waterfall on raging Shellpot Creek
I would say that after that night of rain that Shellpot Creek is almost as high as it has ever been this year. It is interesting to watch and it roars when is is this high.
Thursday, December 03, 2009
Picking against the spread in football (is difficult)
This year I am participating in a football pool where you must pick the team that win against the spread for each week. It is much harder than picking the winning team because the spread is supposed to even out the betting money on each side is the wisdom of the crowd opinion of the score difference that has the favorite beating it 50% of the time and losing 50% of the time.
I compiled the results up to week 12 of the current season.
It hovers around the 50% mark as you might expect. But there are fluctuations, and in those fluctuations there is money to be won. As I have said, I don't know anything about football, so I have been trying to see which teams not just win, but do well (or poorly) against the spread in the hopes of figuring out which teams the bookies are having trouble with and get an edge. My results thus far are still about 50/50. I told you I don't know anything about football.
Tuesday, December 01, 2009
Ultra Final Jeopardy - an answer without a clue
I have gotten some other Final Jeopardy' with only the category and no clue, Walt Whitman seems to be a favorite answer. Granted I only remember the times I do this and not the ones I don't, so there is selection bias. I certainly try to forget anytime I fail to get the final answer even with the clue.
My dream someday is to go on Jeopardy and write in my final answer in the same space as my wager, knowing only the category at that step, just to show what an (obnoxious) badass I am. But in all reality I would just play it straight, because I would want to win.
Wednesday, November 25, 2009
Close up of the plastic flag
American Flag in plastic
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