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Breakfast this morning was again a glass of orange juice.



<ins datetime="2003-10-17T12:58:00-05:00">I rode the shuttle over to the Hub for lunch with the gang from the office today. I had a bowl of stir-fried tofu with green beens and onions on chow mien, a bowl of hot and sour soup, and a small <a href="http://www.sierramist.com/" title="Sierra Mist">Sierra Mist</a>. We walked back by way of the Pollock Commons telecommunications closet.</ins>



<ins datetime="2003-10-18T09:58:00-05:00">There is no football game this weekend, so Gretchen and I felt safe going into town and having dinner at <a href="http://www.ottospubandbrewery.com/index.html" title="Otto's Pub &amp; Brewery">Otto&rsquo;s</a>. We each had a Caesar salad and 1&frac12; beers. We also got our growler refilled with Otto&rsquo;s Double D Pale Ale.</ins>

<img src="http://www.personal.psu.edu/staff/m/h/mhl100/images/sungila-and-g.jpg" alt="Gretchen riding horseback on Sungila in the woods on an autumn day." />



Gretchen went horseback riding with some friends this past weekend. One of them took this shot of her on her horse Sungila and e-mailed it to us.

Breakfast this morning was a glass of orange juice.



<ins datetime="2003-10-16T12:54:00-05:00">Oh&hellip; My&hellip; Gawd! I just walked four miles at 122 beats per minute &mdash; when I started out walking at lunch I could barely do 109 BPM &mdash; that translates to almost four miles an hour. Now I am going to savor my well-earned granola bar.</ins>



<ins datetime="2003-10-17T09:30:00-05:00">Gretchen and I feasted on Broiled Haddock, left over baked beans, potatoes au gratin, and a bottle of <a href="http://www.bolla.com/view_wine.asp?nWID=6" title="Bolla Wines of Italy - Open Up">Gretchen&rsquo;s favorite wine</a>.</ins>

It is the maxim of every prudent master of a family never to attempt to make at home what it will cost him more to make than to buy. The tailor does not attempt to make his own shoes, but buys them of the shoemaker. The shoemaker does not attempt to make his own clothes, but employs a tailor. The farmer attempts to make neither the one nor the other, but employs those different artificers. All of them find it for their interest to employ their whole industry in a way in which they have some advantage over their neighbours, and to purchase with a part of its produce, or what is the same thing, with the price of a part of it, whatever else they have occasion for.

Smith, A. (1776), The Wealth of Nations. Retrieved September 4, 2002, from www.socsci.mcmaster.ca/~econ/ugcm/3ll3/smith/wealth/wealbk04.

Oranges and lemons
Say the bells of St Clements
You owe me five farthings
Say the bells of St Martins
When will you pay me?
Say the bells of Old Bailey
When I grow rich
Say the bells of Shoreditch
When will that be?
Say the bells of Stepney
I’m sure I don’t know
Says the great bell at Bow
Here comes a candle to light you to bed
Here comes a chopper to chop off your head

Chop chop chop chop the last man’s head!

h2g2 Researcher Mina (2002, April), ‘Oranges and Lemons’ — The Nursery Rhyme. Retrieved September 8, 2002, from www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/A696125.

If a man, A, who weighs 11 stone
leaves from his home at 8:30 in the morning
in a car whose consumption is 16.25 mpg
at an average speed of 40 m.p.h.
to his office which is 12 miles away
and he stops for a coffee on the way for 15 minutes
and also puts air in one of his tyres
which has a slow puncture
letting out air at a rate of 2 lbs per square inch
per mile travelled
when the car is moving at 32 m.p.h.
and he picks up a hitch-hiker B
who weighs 14 stone plus suitcase
But hitch-hiker B who is a political activist
distributes leaflets from his suitcase
each of which weigh an ounce
at the scale of 2 leaflets per person
at every bus stop
and every vehicle on either side of them
at every red traffic light during the journey
which includes 20 bus stops
with an average of 6 people per stop
5 lorries each with a passenger
one of which exchanged a Yorkie Bar
weighing an ounce for 12 of the leaflets
and 2 coaches each containing 51 people
7 of which from one coach returned the leaflets
and 16 people from the other coach
who asked for a further leaflet
each for a member of one of their families

Assuming that man A
then had to travel a further 2.86 miles
out of his way to drop off hitch-hiker B
how late would man A be
in arriving at the office by 9:30 a.m.?
If he still had 6 miles to travel
and his watch was running 23 minutes slow
but the clock at the office was running
2 minutes faster than his
was in fact 17 minutes and 3 secs ahead
of the correct time
which was 2:30 in the morning in Caracas

If when 5 miles from the office
he telephoned his boss
to apologize for being late
but was told by his boss C
to pick up a package 2.63 miles away
from his present location
and deliver it to client D in Bristol by train,
by 4:30 that afternoon
and at the same time man D
was mistakenly told to come to London
to receive same package from man A
Now man A’s train, train 1,
left 30 mins. late
but man D’s train, train 2,
left 5 mins early
so when the trains passed each other
train 1 was travelling at 75 m.p.h.
to make up for lost time
and train 2 was travelling at 52 m.p.h.
Would man A reach Bristol earlier or later
according to his watch
which was now running 5 mins. slower
than man D’s would have been
had he not got off the train
and checked the correct time
at a station between Bristol and London
and stopped to phone A’s boss, man C
to double check A would be there to meet him
and discover his mistake
catch next train, train 3, back to Bristol
which unlike A’s train 1
which stopped at 4 stations on the way
for 6 mins each stop
was an express train

D’s train caught up with A’s train 1
4 miles from Bristol
As the trains drew alongside each other
A’s train was travelling at 12 m.p.h.
and D’s train was travelling at 13.6 m.p.h.
and man A was sat in the front

How long would it take to fill the bath?

Godley And Creme (1981), Ismism: The Problem. Retrieved August 4, 2002, from www.lyricsusa.com/Lyrics.asp?SongID=12984&SongName=%20The%20Problem.

Title style means that you capitalize every word except

• articles (a, an, the)
• coordinating conjunctions (and, or)
• prepositions of three or fewer letters, except when the preposition is part of a verb phrase, as in Starting Up the Computer.

In title style, always capitalize the first and last word, even if it is an article, a conjunction, or a preposition of three or fewer letters.

Apple Computer, Inc. (2002), Terminology. Retrieved February 8, 2002, from developer.apple.com/techpubs/…/Terminology.html.

The name of Mark gives you a very individual, reserved, serious nature. You stick stubbornly to your ideas or decisions, in spite of any appeals or advice; you are not willing to accept a compromise. You prefer to be alone with your own thoughts, rather than in the company of others. This name restricts spontaneity in association and the fluency of your verbal expression. When you are required to express yourself in personal matters requiring finesse and diplomacy, you feel awkward and embarrassed. Although you realize perfectly well what is expected of you, you are unable to find the right words, and hence you end up saying something inappropriate in a candid way. You can express your deeper thoughts and feelings best through writing. Your friendships and personal associations are rather restricted, being limited to those of a similar nature who can understand and accept your rather straightforward yet reserved manner. You are steadfast and loyal, and do not allow gossip or anything belittling to be said against those whom you accept in friendship. You find satisfaction in being outdoors or in getting out into nature, or in dealing with the products of the earth. There is originality and depth of thought contained in this name, particularly along practical and mathematical lines. This name can adversely affect the health of your respiratory organs, the heart and lungs. Also, you are prone to suffer from weaknesses centering in the head.

Society of Kabalarians of Canada (2000), Baby Names – Mark. Retrieved 2/15/02, from www.kabalarians.com/male/mark.htm.

P.S. This is freaky!

A young man asked an old rich man how he made his money. The old guy fingered his worsted wool vest and said, “Well, son, it was 1932. The depth of the Great Depression. I was down to my last nickel. I invested that nickel in an apple. I spent the entire day polishing the apple and, at the end of the day, I sold the apple for ten cents. The next morning, I invested those ten cents in two apples. I spent the entire day polishing them and sold them at 5 pm for 20 cents. I continued this system for a month, by the end of which I’d accumulated a fortune of $1.37. Then my wife’s father died and left us two million dollars.”

Greenspun, P. (1998), How to Become As Rich As Bill Gates. Retrieved February 20, 2002, from philip.greenspun.com/bg/.

If caveman A is strong, swift, and accurate with a spear, and caveman B is weak and slow, but patient, this distribution of talent can be most efficiently used if A hunts and B fishes.

McConnell, Campbell R. and Brue, Stanley L. Microeconomics. 13th ed. New York: McGraw-Hill, Inc., 1996.