I learned something today

You learn something every day, right? Just because I learn random-seeming, esoteric trivia doesn't mean you shouldn't be stuck with it, too.

Friday, February 01, 2019

long-term learning

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I've gotten enough better that I've started learning things that take more than a day, so here is the broken physicist guide to YouT...
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Tuesday, January 29, 2019

hermit crabs, customer service, and learning yoga

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Today I learned that if you put a shell in an area that has lots of hermits crabs that is a little big for most of the locals, they will lin...
Wednesday, January 02, 2019

can't write, but doing it anyway

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Today I learned that the EI grapevine is alive and well. I sent an email mentioning another EI's trip to a rehab facility (aka nursing h...
Wednesday, January 17, 2018

varicose veins and non-lump behavior

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Today I learned from friends that you're supposed to wear cushy shoes if you stand up a lot because otherwise you get varicose veins. Th...
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Wednesday, January 03, 2018

old-lady perfume and a sebaceous cyst

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You know that thing where you go to the eye doctor so you can get prescription sunglasses for mountain biking, but you wear a respirator to ...
Friday, August 18, 2017

laundry products update

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You know how I always used to start with "today I learned?" Some things take several months to learn, and it's one of those to...
Wednesday, June 28, 2017

all about smoke and maps

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Today I'm recording where to find information on smoke because there are a bunch of wildfires screwing up the air quality. I can go out ...
Saturday, May 13, 2017

helpful health insurance companies

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If you have a preexisting condition, your health insurance company may have decided to send you a doctor or nurse practitioner to make sure ...
Saturday, April 29, 2017

the definition of a beeline

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Three days ago I learned how come a beeline is called a beeline. When you're on the end of one, it's like being shot with a bullet t...
Saturday, April 22, 2017

laundry detergent, ribs, and nettles

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I didn't want to jinx it by saying anything earlier, but I tolerate laundry detergent now. Not anything as complicated as liquid or thos...
Friday, December 02, 2016

things I didn't know about water softeners

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Today I learned that if you unintentionally neglect your water softener by not cleaning the resin for, like, ten years, when you finally get...
Saturday, November 05, 2016

colloquial overuse of the word "awesome"

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I have another laundry contaminant, but after that last one, this one is just a hassle as opposed to a massive difficulty, so I'm not ev...
Thursday, October 27, 2016

failure of the B vitamins

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Yesterday I learned that the local bike coop, BICAS , where you can rent bike tools, has a mosquito problem when they aren't running the...
Wednesday, October 19, 2016

crickety mayhem

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Recently I sort of learned to make a cricket trap from a fairly standard wikihow, and by "fairly standard," I mean it had a massiv...
Tuesday, October 18, 2016

carbon sequestration, water in the desert, and project appropriation

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Today I learned that people at Oak Ridge have figured out how to convert CO 2 to ethanol , and it was easier than they expected. Burning th...
Friday, October 14, 2016

Ooh, ooh! I got my ballot!

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I got a green envelope from the county in the mail! I get to vote for President, and I can do it right now! Hang on.... Ok, I forgot about...
Friday, September 23, 2016

not a mosquito magnet

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In a full and careful study of anecdotal evidence on the internet and in discussion with a bunch of mountain bikers, I learned that garlic o...
Tuesday, September 20, 2016

stuff and things and endangered plants

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Today I went to the doctor and learned that 65% of pesticide used in the US goes on cotton. Pima cotton, which accounts for one-sixth of US ...
Friday, September 09, 2016

the sun's roast settings, depending on latitude and ozone absorption

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Today I learned that the UV highs in the summer in Darwin , Australia top out around 14 on the UV Index (Sydney was more like 13). In Phoeni...
Wednesday, June 15, 2016

too much starch

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Today I learned that the piano arrangement of "The Gambler" I learned in high school is still stuck in my fingers, even though I h...
Thursday, May 26, 2016

socks, road construction, coconut oil, laundry contamination, and long braids

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Today I sort of learned to darn a sock, in that it didn't look that complicated, I didn't do any research at all, and that sock is g...
Monday, May 09, 2016

more laundry contaminant

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Yesterday I learned that both my washing machines were contaminated, which is ironic since one is specifically for decontaminating things. I...
Friday, April 22, 2016

the unremoveable contaminant?

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Today I may have learned how to get rid of the unremovable laundry contaminant. I got it into two small quilts I rely on, and my previous me...
Saturday, April 16, 2016

how to contaminate most of your bedding

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Today I learned that you can, indeed, put coconut oil in your hair, and the sky won't fall immediately. I'll let you know how this e...
Monday, April 11, 2016

easily entertained

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Today I learned that " Afternoon Delight " is grocery-store approved shopping music, which made my husband laugh all the way throu...
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Wednesday, April 06, 2016

shrimp mashing -- not for the squeamish

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Today I learned by clicking through a bunch of things that shrimp have such rudimentary nervous systems that people aren't sure whether ...
Tuesday, April 05, 2016

getting back on track

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I haven't learned anything today except that the landscaper the neighbors recommended could come over today and clean up my yard. I coul...
Thursday, May 07, 2015

stopped shoe shopping

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Minimalist/barefoot running shoes have been disappearing from the stores in favor of well-padded zero-drop shoes. I'm pretty sure that...
Thursday, March 26, 2015

adventures at Picacho Peak

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Recently I learned that if you take a picture of your husband on top of Picacho Peak, you can get bugs in the picture that, despite being ab...
Friday, March 06, 2015

reduced typing skills and medical stuff

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Today I learned that I don't like switching from Linux to a Mac. Because there are more bored engineers in the family than just me (some...
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