Arbitrary Aardvark

Saturday, April 01, 2023

TIL The Loch Ness Monster has a scientific name, Nessiteras rhombopteryx. Proposed by Sir Peter Scott, it's Greek for "the Ness monster with diamond fin" but also an anagram of "monster hoax by Sir Peter S"

# posted by gt @ 09:20

Sunday, March 05, 2023

president carter and his cabinet.

# posted by gt @ 23:53

Tuesday, February 28, 2023

What are your other 12 side hustles if you’re at liberty to discuss?

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sure.

at my day job i wash dishes at a county club a couple days a week. it's good physical therapy for my back injury.
for 15 years i did medical experiments for big pharma, made over 100k. lately my blood pressure has been too high to get into the studies. i might have a screening next month.
when i was 19 i started a tiny recycling company. what's left of that is that i still dumpster dive, 4. and in another tab i'm at a restaurant equipment auction, 5. and i have a couple vacant lots,one of which might sell if the paperwork goes through. i should take a load of metal to the scrapyard soon.

.6. i open bank accounts and credit cards for the signup bonuses.

.7. i get a small monthly check from my grandfather's mineral rights.

.8. i get $610/mo from social security.

.9. i've gotten some very small amounts of money for speaking or writing or editing related to my medical research studies. in theory, i should be getting some income from referring people to medical studies, but in practice it doesn't work out. i moderate a forum for human research subjects.

.10. i have a room rented out in my house off and on. I have two more rooms I could rent out if I ever got the place cleaned up and repaired, and met the right people. $300/mo per room.

.11. my blog generates several cents a year from google. i have not monetized youtube yet, but my tenant has. he travels the world between medical studies.one of his videos got 2 million hits, but he hasn't been able to replicate that.

.12. i got a $7 check from a class action lawsuit last month.

.13. i often have a lawsuit of some sort going, as the plaintiff.

.14. then there's my law practice. it's more of an expensive hobby than a source of income, but i have a new case i'll be filing sometime this year. i only do cases involving elections.

.15. an elderly relative died, and i'm waiting on a check from the lawyers.

I don't get paid for the 5 minutes of standup i do at crackers at 8 pm on thursday nights, but sometimes they don't charge me for my pineapple juice. if any of you come see the show, please let them know an aardvark sent you.

.16. I'm heavily invested in tesla; my paychecks from the dishwashing job go to buy more shares.

.17. if you need something done, i might know a guy. only legal and ethical projects. i would appreciate some kind of finders fee if it works out.

.18 I'm not doing any grantwriting right now, but i've done some in the past.

that's the general idea. oh and of course plasma. probably made $3k over the past year.

# posted by gt @ 10:54

Saturday, February 25, 2023

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3tcLmE9wBfE&ab_channel=DIYGardenChannel

grow a banana tree from a banana.

hints: start with a green banana. use aloe vera as rooting hormone.

# posted by gt @ 02:05

Monday, January 30, 2023

https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Exposure/Robert-Bilott/9781501172823

this is the book by the lawyer who busted the company that gave my dad cancer. note to self, buy this.

# posted by gt @ 23:19

Friday, January 13, 2023

Use code First5. get $5 off.

https://drizly.com/liquor/liqueur/jeppsons-malort/p5156

these days i don't drink, but i bought one bottle at total wine, some malort.

should last me a few years.

# posted by gt @ 19:44

Tuesday, December 20, 2022

https://newatlas.com/space/space-habitat-ring-plan/

# posted by gt @ 19:40

Monday, December 05, 2022

https://www.opn.ca6.uscourts.gov/opinions.pdf/22a0261p-06.pdf

6th circuit upholds $40 million verdict in one of the teflon poisoning cases against the dupont company. plaintiff got cancer tied to teflon ingredients which were in the water supply in west virginia.

DuPont no longer exists under that name, after a merger with Dow and a spinoff of Chemours.

My father was a research chemist for DuPont, and died of cancer in 1998 aged 69. There is reasonably good evidence his cancer was work-related.

He left his family well-provided for. My mother got a pension and health insurance until she died this year at 92. There are some trust funds the lawyers are still sorting out.

There have been two movies about this situation, one a documentary,"the devil we know", the other an eco-thriller "Dark Waters" starring Mark Ruffalo as the crusading lawyer who blew the whistle.

In this case, one plaintiff got 40 million. There are thousands of cases. This could significantly affect the finances of the company.

I should start tracking this story more closely.

# posted by gt @ 19:25

Monday, November 28, 2022

# posted by gt @ 21:01

Thursday, July 07, 2022

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BtIF0OqRnOE&ab_channel=HB

decent version of stand by me sung by cassius clay in 1963.

# posted by gt @ 14:14

Wednesday, July 06, 2022

# posted by gt @ 19:54

Sunday, July 03, 2022

had a nice memorial service for my mom. we rented out Harry's Savoy Grille, her second-favorite restaurant. she was 92.

# posted by gt @ 14:02

Friday, June 24, 2022

roe v wade protest today in indianapolis

# posted by gt @ 17:29

Tuesday, April 05, 2022

https://www.foxnews.com/us/capitol-hill-fox-caught

news about a fox from fox news.

# posted by gt @ 19:42

Tuesday, February 22, 2022

some calendar notes for myself this year.

meet with family outside denver to scatter ashes of my aunt and uncle. june 26thish

week of july 4th somewhere in colorado 50th rainbow festival.

https://www.mosaicexperiment.com/ 9/29-10/2/22

burning man event in ohio, the usual spot.

# posted by gt @ 08:30