keepin up with the flow

To keep up with the toilet humor I've been thinking of strange explinations for band names I hear on satalite radio.

For instance...

Five Finger Death punch.
Agressive fisting.

Cage the elephant.
To hold back a very large poop. (i was at the mall and had to cage the elephant.)

The White Stripes
cum shots

Rage against the machine.
what you to do a vending machine after it eats your money

Ra
The sound I make when I am caging an elephant



I'll add more when I remember or think of them.

I also had the band name "sadgasm" in my head today. Was that a k-snake invention or an actual band?

This blog could use a dose of non toilet related humor. Until then, I nominate the following word to refer to accidentaly pooing a little bit when you pass gas: Fartwurst.

Friday

It's just a video post, but I think it would be fun to see some comments about it. It's like a caricature of popular music.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CD2LRROpph0

Prostitution

When a Professor has been successful in research and teaching they are eventually given tenure, which basically means they cannot be fired. The argument is that this frees them up to do more risky, controversial research that might not be best for their career, but that answers important questions. A professor that I work closely with was given tenure a few weeks ago, and she just called me into her office to get my help on a new project she is working on. Whether it's an example of the benefits of tenure or the downside or tenure, it's going to be interesting to work on.

She came across some data on the Mustang Ranch Brothel in Nevada, probably the most famous brothel in the country. We have data on how much money each girl made, every single day from 1994-1999, and we're right now trying to come up with some interesting effects we might be able to find in there. Here's a few of our ideas (and I'd love to hear yours if you have any):
-Is there an effect on prostitution from weather. Heat makes people more aggressive, sunshine makes them happier, do either of these effect prostitution?
-Any effects from the economy. Stock prices, unemployment, etc.
-Any effect from moon phase. (This has actually been shown to effect stock returns)
-How does it relate to gambling? Might it be a substitute, where higher brothel revenues are correlated with lower casino revenues? Or is it a complement, where there would be a positive correlation from people doing both together?
-Does it increase with religious holidays like Christmas? Or hallmark holidays like Mothers Day and Valentines Day?
-How does the posting of reviews on each girl affect revenues? Might it actually lower them from overly increasing expectations (or salience of previous customers)?

And so on. Let me know if you have any other interesting ideas, or even want to help with this project.

Quantum

I've been into quantum physics again lately. That stuff is wild.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DfPeprQ7oGc