Personal Hobbies

What Are Our Interests?

We occupy ourselves with many things: jobs, school, games, television, etc. Sometimes, there’s a certain activity that we go back to that helps to express ourselves, and sometimes it helps us feel better. This interest, or hobby if you will, is either a part of who we are, or something to just pass the time. Continue reading

The End of the World, But Not Civilization

Many theories have circulated around the world talking about how we all end. Have you ever thought of one for yourself? What happens when we cease to be, or will we prevail?

My theory revolves around something we already know; the sun is going to explode. The difference is that mine goes a bit further than that.

Because we have predictions on weather such as tornadoes and hurricanes, I believe it’s possible we can predict a year range for the explosion, such as from 2013-2026 (those are random years, not an actual prediction). I think it’s a high probability that the world leaders will come to a decision, either an evasive course of action, or subturranean one. In my logic, an evasive action would be to go out into space.

In order to go into space we obliviously need a ginormous rocket. We can easily scrap cars, buildings’ metals, and certain tools we use for destruction, i.e. bombs, guns, and rocket launchers. We can even mine for more metal. Getting into space wouldn’t be a problem. How would we stay? We could only put so much oxygen, water, and food into something, also, add in the fact we as the entire human population have to fit into it. Perhaps going underground may be a better idea.

If the leaders were to choose to go underground, there is the problem of finding a way to get everything we need down there. Although this decision wouldn’t evade our crispy end, it would possibly deter it. We would be deep in the earth’s crust to avoid immediate exposure, although it would surely engulf us not much sooner. Oxygen rich soil provides our lungs and then there are creatures to eat. Plenty of time to say goodbyes to everyone, and we can be together in the end.

A Race Against Time…

So what’s the oddest race you’ve heard of? Obviously if you’ve come for barrel racing or anything that’s considered “normal” you might want to close this window. Snails, I believe, don’t qualify being in status quo.

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Snail racing is entertainment racing… well snails. The name explains itself. Two or more snails are placed on a circular track, and the goal is to reach the edge before all other snails. The radius is normally 13 or 14 inches. To help distinguish between the competitors, numbers on stickers are put on the snails or numbers are painted on the shells.

There is even a championship for snails. It was found in Congham, Norfolk in the 1960s. In recent news, a snail won the 2010 championship with a time of about 3 minutes. What an acomplishment!

Felis catus and Homo sapiens

We tend to use strange metaphorical expressions for descriptions of one another. For example, “you’re a fat cat” means you should probably cut back on your daily McDonald’s burger with a large fry. The cat part refers to how sometimes cats will become obese by overeating. Welcome to America where the animals are just as unhealthy as us! Continue reading