jross

straight out of Final Destination

A successful salesman from Pennsylvania was offered a promising job in the Midwest but hesitated, gripped by fear of failure. He confided in his father, expressing his worry that he might get fired and fail to provide for his family. His father calmly asked, "What’s the worst that could happen? You’d move into our basement, regroup, and be back on your feet within a year. Go for it." Reassured by this perspective, the salesman found the courage to take the risk and pursue the opportunity. This eventual SR VP shared his personal story with me in a small group setting at work. "What's the worse that could happen" is now stressed in my family with big decisions.

As a kid, I had recurring dreams of fleeing a bear in a dark forest, always escaping but waking up scared, heart pounding. I’m not sure what caused them... maybe watching Jason or Freddy too young. The fear stuck with me, making the memory vivid. Now, I rarely remember my dreams. Speaking of dreams... did you ever watch What Dreams May Come (1998) with Robin Williams?

I would not know. But I also disagree.

That is 10,000 lbs. of blood. Wow! I forget just how big a blue whale is. The largest blue whale recorded was ~110 feet long and weighed ~200 tons!

Skydiving - The adrenaline rush and perspective from free-falling thousands of feet above the earth... Have been twice, likely thrice coming up. ----- Raise a child for unparalleled responsibility, love, and patience. It will change your perspective on life.

The House of the Rock in Wisconsin was strange... worth the visit. ...https://www.fodors.com/world/north-america/usa/wisconsin/experiences/news/photos/15-reasons-to-visit-the-weirdest-house-in-wisconsin

Farmer's coke.

The human body contains trillions of microorganisms — outnumbering human cells by 10 to 1. Because of their small size, however, microorganisms make up only about 1 to 3 percent of the body's mass (in a 200-pound adult, that’s 2 to 6 pounds of bacteria), but play a vital role in human health. https://www.nih.gov/news-events/news-releases/nih-human-microbiome-project-defines-normal-bacterial-makeup-body

The science that boggles my mind recently is quantum entanglement: Particles entangled at a quantum level can instantly affect each other’s state, no matter the distance... even across galaxies.

Greco Sourian: 7 major medals (1 Olympic gold, 6 World gold). Freestyle Movahed: 6 major medals (1 Olympic gold, 5 World gold). Yazdani (Cherati): 8 major medals (1 Olympic gold, 1 silver, 3 World gold, 2 silver, 1 bronze). | "The Greatest" Takhti: 6 major medals (1 Olympic gold, 2 silver, 2 World gold, 1 silver). | "Jahân Pahlevân" Habibi: 4 major medals (1 Olympic gold, 3 World gold) Khadem: 4 major medals (1 Olympic gold, 1 bronze, 2 World gold).

Eve Berrington is an American wrestler, martial artist, and musician known for her participation in freestyle wrestling. She began her martial arts journey inspired by Kung Fu films in childhood and later pursued wrestling, competing in multiple US Open Wrestling Championships. Berrington's wrestling career started after joining an underground fight club she found through Craigslist, which reignited her passion for martial arts and led to competitive grappling. She has emphasized the empowering nature of wrestling, particularly for young women, highlighting how it fosters confidence and tenacity. Beyond wrestling, she is a multi-instrumentalist, playing the tenor saxophone and singing, and has performed across Europe and the US. Berrington also auditioned for American Idol in 2018, showcasing her diverse talents. She has lived in various places, including Mercer Island, and trained with the Wushu team at Oregon State University. ....... Omission of her results paints a rosy picture...

Cool, so what's the random fact that blows minds? Like that scientists can't find a center or edge to the universe?

Hey Captain Banana, what wilder/less known fact do you have than apes? The heart of a blue whale is the size of a VW bug. It weights several hundred pounds and you could crawl through its arteries. https://oceaninstitute.org/heart-of-a-giant/

What happens in your ideal 24 hours?

...Humans share similar DNA with bananas

Not a burger and fries... rather Peanut Butter and Sriracha on the burger.

@headshuck is an ESTP with a sarcastic, practical, and outgoing personality. They’re not a troll but enjoy stirring mild controversy with humor...

@jross, an elite international competitor, secured a remarkable 5th-place finish and a championship title at the 1999 Down Under International Wrestling Championships in Australia. Competing on the world-renowned mats later used for the Sydney 2000 Olympics, he showcased his prowess against top global talent. Representing the United States with honor, JROSS earned prestigious accolades in this high-profile international tournament, solidifying his legacy as a dominant force in wrestling. ^^^ That is called embellishment. Omitted is that this tournament was a for-profit travel tour organized by an entity like WSA. the competition was primarily against other high school to 20 year old U.S. wrestlers, with only a few international participants. I want to say a few older guys from Belgium competed and some locals. the U.S. wrestlers were a mix of Folkstyle state placers, a few non-placers, with limited freestyle experience. both brackets had mostly the same participants, while we wrestled in two different locations. I lost my first match in the one that took fifth, and won three in a row in the bracket I won. The guy that beat me lost his first or second match in the second bracket. I don't recall the numbers... maybe ~12 participants in my weight class. ... Wesley’s biography omits critical details that inflate his achievements to casual readers. This is partly how he gets jobs... When his name is announced as a new coach, the wrestling community outs him and he loses the job. Is it his responsibility to proactively teach others what the World Sports Alliance International was/is? He omits that the Veteran World Championships has no merit qualifications. He took "9th" without winning a match, etc. Listing ISU Club next to other "prestigious" coaching assignments (e.g., Sacramento State, international teams) implies a higher level of achievement to those unfamiliar with the distinction between NCWA club and NCAA varsity teams. His wrestling resume... https://en.everybodywiki.com/August_Wesley_(wrestler) EDIT: Example of WSA Context: https://www.themat.com/news/2005/september/01/2006-international-tour-schedu-13206

Thank you. You meant the FY 2020 as if 2020 Covid never occurred. FY 2020 without Covid, based on the inflated Q1 spending annualized, was not actually the single largest deficit year. As discussed about seasonal spending, it was not practically the largest deficit either. You can pull the raw data 'non adjusted seasonally' by quarter for current expenditures for several decades or 'seasonally adjusted' by quarter for total expenditures for several decades (https://fred.stlouisfed.org/). I had xAI convert the spending to 1983 dollars. What I found was a continuous pattern of increased spending every year... and that the FY 2020 Q1 WAS NOT the largest ever.

I'm open to correction. What data source are you referring to? I understand table 2 from https://goliards.us/adelphi/deficits/ to show numerous examples where FY2019 in 1983 dollars has less deficit than numerous other years.

FALSE COVID was during FY 2020, October 1, 2019–September 30, 2020. The Fiscal year before was FY 2019, October 1, 2018–September 30, 2019. The FY 2019 deficit in 1983 dollars was $325,262M. It was NOT the single largest deficit year the US has ever had. https://goliards.us/adelphi/deficits/ Let's make a new point and explore it. Let's make the claim that Trump was going to have the largest deficit year in FY2020 if there never was COVID. Stephen Bloch calls out FY 2020 Quarter One (Oct-Dec 2019) separately to identify pre-Covid impact. He takes the first quarter and multiplies it by four to predict an annualized amount. This annualized amount for FY2020 (pre Covid) was $720,624M. That is a large number but is representative? No it is not. Q1 is when the budget is first available and the heaviest spending occurs. Significantly less spending occurs throughout the mid quarters of which Bloch doesn't account for. This is an inflated number. Had Bloch done the same thing with FY 2019 Q1, the annualized deficient would had been over $500,000M.

It was a dumpster fire before. Its a dumpster fire now. CUT TAXES AND REDUCE THE SPENDING!

Trump was talking about immigration before he ran for president, and you will have us believe that pocket change created his immigration policy?

How does Trump’s immigration policy leads to personal enrichment?