ZwiftPower Result Ok, finished fourth! Not bad…oh wait, there were only 4 people in the race. Ugh.
Monthly Archives: March 2020
Stage 2 Race (C) – Tour of Watopia 2020
ZwiftPower Result First time on the podium for ZwiftPower!! Finished in second place (silver). Of course, there were only four people who actually qualified in the C-group. But I’ll take the W; doubt I’ll have many of them to take.
Warnings About the Future
The fact that scientists were right to warn for decades about a pandemic makes me wonder if they might be right about global warming too — Jon Schwarz (@schwarz) March 26, 2020
The Value of Statistical Life
From FiveThirtyEight: Economists might not be able to say how much an individual person’s existence is worth, but they have figured out a way to calculate how much how much the average person is willing to pay to reduce the risk of death — which allows them to put a price tag on the collective …
Stage 1 Race (D) – Tour of Watopia 2020
Because I am an idiot. Two a day. I did it for all of those delicious double experience points. ZwiftPower Results Sadly, I chose to ride in the D-pace group for this second ride. Mistake. Disqualified on ZwiftPower because I still put out an average w/kg above 2.5, which disqualified me from the D-pace group. …
Stage 5 Race (C) – Tour of Watopia 2020
ZwiftPower Result Finished 11 out of 13 in the official ZwiftPower results. Hey, not last!
People, Suddenly Armed with Statistics
*asteroid approaches* SCIENTISTS: If we don’t stop this, it will destroy Earth. PEOPLE: Oh no. How many people has it killed so far? SCIENTISTS: None yet. PEOPLE, SUDDENLY ARMED WITH STATISTICS: Why, that’s fewer than traffic accidents! Fewer than vending machines! Fewer than — Ben Orlin (@benorlin) March 28, 2020
Won’t Somebody Think of the Pigs
The bizarre parade continues as the quarantine endures: A Las Vegas farm relied on strip casinos as its main food source for 4,000 pigs. Now it’s getting creative to keep them full. “Pigs are a lot like us so they love sweets, candies, ice cream,” Las Vegas Livestock co-owner Hank Combs said. “They like meat …
Fun Facts with Jesus
Fun fact: Jesus refused to tend to the lepers until they pledged allegiance to him and preemptively expressed their gratitude. — Bradley Whitford (@BradleyWhitford) March 28, 2020
The Mayor of Walton Kentucky
This is the mayor in Walton Kentucky and I think we should put him in charge of everything pic.twitter.com/2TQn5649xQ — Jessica Huseman (@JessicaHuseman) March 26, 2020