Slope of Hope Blog Posts
Slope initially began as a blog, so this is where most of the website’s content resides. Here we have tens of thousands of posts dating back over a decade. These are listed in reverse chronological order. Click on any category icon below to see posts tagged with that particular subject, or click on a word in the category cloud on the right side of the screen for more specific choices.
Taking the Room’s Temperature
So, what’s up with Tim and the Celsius scale?!?! I’m glad you asked. Even though the U.S. is the one freakish country that uses Fahrenheit, I vastly prefer it, for the simple reason of granularity. Using Celsius, in my opinion, is the equivalent of people declaring their age as “In the Thirties” as opposed to “37“. I prefer precision.
Grandpa Frappe
OK, I’ll admit something I’ve never admitted before. When I was a kid and heard about the alternative to burial being “cremation“, I seriously thought they liquified the corpse. I mean, c’mon, I was just a little kid, and it sounded like “cream’. Anyway. Eww.
China Has Gone Nuts
Whoever would have dreamed that Chinese consumers would be the salvation for American pistachio farmers?
United Fats of America
Here’s a state-by-state breakdown of the U.S. and country-by-country breakdown of Europe showing where our portly compatriots reside. It seems like Kentucky is the heftiest, with over 40% of the population obese (!!!!) whereas most of France can still fit in their pants.
