codyg1985’s Think Tank

I am a pretty good student. I don’t like to brag (I have a 3.85 GPA). I get a lot of offers to join these honors societies, and I have been getting them ever since last year.  Some are open to engineers. Others don’t discriminate based on major.  Many others are service organizations. Still others […]

How small does the earth have to be before I am ripped to shreds?
No, this is not a suicide note.  Hardly.  Let’s suppose that the Earth maintained the same mass, but it was to shrink at a constant rate.   As you may know, as the density of the earth increases, the magnitude of tidal forces […]

As the former administrator of an online community, I learned a few things about what it takes to run a forum.  As I look back I also realized a few things that should have been done differently.  Often I wonder what it would take to start a community to begin with. What does it take […]

Most of these commercials never made it to air, and you shall see why:

Funny Chinese Board Game - I guess Chinese Checkers just wasn’t fun enough. What would be sad is if someone actually thought you were supposed to play the game like this.
Learn English - (NSFW) Maybe these folks should learn English, or at […]

Today is one of those days where severe weather is expected across Alabama. The Storm Prediction Center has placed northern Alabama under a moderate risk of severe weather for Thursday, which usually means there is a pretty good chance of tornadoes, hail, or strong winds.  Schools are sending kids home early.  When I was a […]

I don’t know where they come up with these things, but here are some crazy music videos:
Snoop Dogg - Gin and Juice: Bluegrass Style - The song is actually set to the original music video.
Ozzy Osbourne - Crazy Train: Country Style - No original music video here, but still a really different genre of music […]

A friend and I were talking about how politicians were in general just annoying and extremely skillful about dodging questions.  So in an effort to make the election process more entertaining and perhaps more revealing, I propose a new reality show that would showcase the candidates:
[14:50] Me: i just can’t stand most politicians….they have it […]

I have been doing a lot of reading and thinking lately about the universe and how it came to be.  How did it begin?  Will the universe end, and if so, how will it end?  What was there before the universe began? Did the universe begin at all?
The most commonly accepted theory to describe how […]

Taco Bell carried a promotion during the 2007 World Series that if someone steals a base, everyone in America gets a free taco. Someone did steal a base during the World Series, so on Tuesday, October 30, anyone can show up to get a free taco from Taco Bell.
Sounds easy, right? You would […]

Take a look at these two articles from two different newspapers dealing with the announcement of Bevill State Community College president Harold Wade retiring. First the article from the Daily Mountain Eagle:
Bevill State Community College President Harold Wade, who oversaw mergers to create a landmark regional community college, announced Thursday he is retiring Aug. […]