Articles by mika

Nikki

ralirulero

Is it time to merge l and r here yet?

kindai bijutsu

Had I seen Hip Hip Hoorah! in 1949, I probably would have felt the same way as I feel about Yo.

toukei

WaldorF Salad at a Miracle of Statistics restaurant?

usagi to kame

Wonder if I can outrun a bunny.

Will test next time I experience a bunny stampede.

nomi

Looking up an image of a jigger took away my appetite for a cocktail.

tsubuyaki

Would changing the max tweet length to 141 cause a larger or smaller revolt than 200?

Guessing: 139 >> 200 > 141

yugekisyu

The OCD part of me is always a little concerned about the shortstop at baseball games.

tadashiku

It’s easy to do the right thing but it’s much harder to do the right things.

tadaima

I wish I could hug my home more easily.

nyushi

X-ray images of children’s teeth are frightening.

kabedokei

Sometimes I feel like a wooden bird is about to jump out of my forehead.

It eventually goes back in, of course.

kyoso

Golf race (i.e. golf but speed of progress matters) across Canada would be an enjoyable sport.

gorogoro

A unitard with a hood is needed to truly enjoy a foam roller.

shinyou

A trust recovery experiment:

A subject is told that his opponent will always throw rock, so as long the subject throws paper, s/he’ll always win. In the first match, the opponent throws scissors, so the subject loses. In all the subsequent matches, the opponent will always throw rock. How many times would it take for the subject to start trusting the rule again?

An idea gained from an interaction with m’ clever nephew.

hougann nage

Want: shot put on ice.

omosa

Are there any animals other than human that would live longer if their body mass was lower?

hissukamoku

git, not algebra II, should be a high school requirement.

dogu

Learning not to use fingers as a substitute for a wrench is a multi-decade project.

My fingerprints are a little faint today.

haraheri

When ‘psyched’ looks like ‘paycheck’, food intake is desperately needed.

ikaku

Is gorillas’ chest-beating bad for their hearts?

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