Enjablog

I’m not really sure where all my time went this weekend. I mean, I know I spent a lot of time napping. And I watched a couple movies with ITP and then another with the girls… then about 4.5 hours today of Due South with Roy… Hm, ok. I think I just figured out where all my time went this weekend. Anyway, traffic day tomorrow. Kiddies are back in school and road crews are back on the roads. So, lots of traffic. I’m off! :) -J.

I’ve spent much of my 3-day weekend so far napping. I like naps. I tried to minimize human contact this weekend so I could have some time to myself and I’ve spent most of it napping. But I feel like I’m in such a better mood for it. Definitely worth the time invested. Should have planned ahead and gotten more cookies though. Anyway, off to read and eat cookies. :) -J.

LOTD from ITP: FanWing — So very cool. The fourth greatest advance in aeronautics history. No stall, no turbulence, quiet, and short take-off and landing capability. It’s *magical*:

How much horsepower would an ultralight FanWing need?

The latest model gets off the ground with approximately 20 grams/watt of power into the rotor. This ratio gives 15kg/ hp or 33 pounds of lift per horsepower. All indications are that this efficiency will improve as the size is increased and as the blade shape and wing shape are improved. A 400 kg gross weight FanWing aircraft will probably fly well with 40 hp.

QOTD:
it’s all beautiful

What do you mean it’s *all* beautiful? What about mud, is mud beautiful?

Yes, in it’s own way.

Oh right, like how if you look at it in the right way it’s beautiful, sure. So what about murder, rape, torture - if I came and tortured your family are you actually saying you’d find that beautiful?

It would make me sad, but it would still be beautiful.

What kind of person wants to accept things like rape and murder as beautiful?

The kind of person that wants to live in a beautiful world.

That’s… that’s crazy. If you believe everything is beautiful, then you make no distinctions. You have no way of rationally thinking about things, no way of seeing what things are actually beautiful and which things are disgusting.

I do not see things as disgusting because I do not believe they exist.

You’re insane - you know that, right?

It was the first truly beautiful thing I noticed.