• I told this to ML twice today.
• Lunch in Pecos with Levy.
• Rode my bike there.
• Got home and changed my windshield.
• Went with a slightly taller one.
• Went for a test ride and then mounted it permanently.
• Less wind buffeting of my helmet.
• Went upstairs and took a nap.

I LOVE MATHEMATICS
IT ALWAYS TELLS THE TRUTH
AND IT ALWAYS TELLS IT THE SAME WAY

The odds of winning the Florida lottery are 1 in 22,957,480.

The odds of winning the Powerball is 1 in 175,223,510.

The odds of winning Mega Millions is 1 in 258,890,850.

 The odds of a disk drive failing in any given month are roughly one in 36. The odds of two different drives failing in the same month are roughly one in 36 squared, or 1 in about 1,300. The odds of three drives failing in the same month is 36 cubed or 1 in 46,656.

The odds of seven different drives failing in the same month (like what happened at the IRS when they received a letter asking about emails targeting conservative and pro Israeli groups) is 37 to the 7th power = 1 in 78,664,164,096. (that’s over 78 Billion) In other words, the odds are greater that you will win the Florida Lottery 342 times than having those seven IRS hard drives crashing in the same month.

• I got caught in the rain yesterday. While it wasn’t as fun as riding in the sunshine, it wasn’t horrid.
• My shirt got wet before I could pull over and put on a jacket and my pant legs got wet. No big deal.
• Raining now. It’s been storming all around us for a while the last few days.
• 4200+ miles on the bike now. I had it in yesterday for a recall concerning the brakes.
• Today I have a Lodger’s Tax meeting. 11:00 if I recall correctly. It should be a fast meeting. RFP’s handed out and a report of my other committee activities. Lunch should be the most involved part of the meeting.
• I doubt I’ll ride the bike to the meeting since it’s supposed to be like yesterday, weather wise.
• I’m thinking of shaving my head.
• The “Jackie Chan” idiot is no longer employed at my place. I wanted to beat him for doing that so I had Tori give him the news that his last days at work were cancelled.
• I may also fire the new Henry and hire old Henry back. Even while tweaking heavy he was better than new Henry.
• Peace.

We had 24 carloads of Chinese visit our store this evening. Dom, the cashier that gave his 2 week notice recently, decided it would be funny to chant Jackie Chan, Jackie Chan, Jackie Chan, Jackie Chan, Jackie Chan, Jackie Chan, Jackie Chan, Jackie Chan, as they came into our store to spend money. He won’t be back. I eliminated his last days here. In my opinion it was a deliberate attempt to damage the store and our business with that chant. Little puke.

A caravan of SUVs arrived minutes ago and the drivers are the only ones that speak english. The rest are Chinese. I hope they buy the place.