Breakfast Topics

I put my 6 bags of gym clothes in the trunk of my car just so that nobody gets any ideas. They were in the back seat, except for one pair which was in the passenger seat. I just heard an interesting story about cats falling on the radio. They do okay falling from, say less than 5 stories, and they do okay say above 9 stories, but they have problems in between. Apparently, they do okay less than 5 stories because they're not moving that fast, and they do okay above 9 stories because they've reached terminal velocity and start to relax since they're not accelerating anymore. They can then orient themselves, and tend to survive the fall. I couldn't help but be reminded of the praying mantis I had on my windshield a couple weeks ago, and how it had problems around 40 mph, but did okay at 60 mph, and less than 30-40 mph. Although in this case the bad region had nothing to do with terminal velocity. There do seem to be some parallels though.

I find it ironic that the analogy used to describe curvature of space time in general relativity, that of a mass lying on a elastic membrane which curves the membrane, relies on gravity to pull the mass downward and thereby distort the membrane.

I just had leftovers from last night for breakfast. 3 chicken wings (2 BBQ and 1 buffalo), a tortilla that once contained the contents of a fish taco, and fixins for said taco (salsa, guacamole, chopped jalapenos, and sour cream). There were also crushed red peppers involved. The best bite was when I opened the remaining part of the tortilla, cut some of the chicken meat off both types of chicken wings and put it on the tortilla, and then also filled it with the fixins. I had heated the tortilla and wings in a pan and then put the pan in the oven with a bit of oil. That bite was pretty delicious. It seemed fairly ridiculous to pack the tortilla, which was not in good shape, in with the rest of it last night, but it really worked out.

I read two headlines on a website, "Tiger that attacked man did nothing wrong" and "How are American muslims reacting to the anti-Islamic film?". They followed each other in a scroll, I first thought it said something like, "Was tiger that attacked man reacting to the anti-Islamic film?".