What I Learned This Week - 5/9/14

1.  The general consensus of Japanese people in the 2chan forums is that the new Godzilla looks fat. Apparently, they don’t realize he’s American.
2. It is a lot easier to start a day when you know it will end with beer.
3. The opening scroll of any Star Wars movie must be played with the surround sound at maximum volume. No exceptions.
4. According to the teenagers that frequent my house, every pizza is a personal size pizza if you try hard and believe in yourself.
5. Lava can be neon blue - purplish....as long as the lava contains pure sulfur. Look it up.
6. Officials at the Pentagon are going to destroy more than a billion dollars worth of bullets and missiles because the Defense Department’s inventory systems can’t share data between themselves effectively. Active word, "Destroy", I’m not sure how else you use them.
7. Prices for Arabica coffee beans are up 90% thanks to a drought in Brazil. The beans are so expensive, Starbucks has decided to just stop buying beans until they can determine just how damaged they are, since the harvest has just gotten underway. I predict Elijah will return any day.
8. Nothing makes you more conscious about your weight than breaking a belt.
9. There is a special level of satisfaction when you make someone laugh so hard their laugh becomes silent.
10. According to Washington State University researchers, “Exploding head syndrome” is an actual sleep disorder….and yes; you can have it more than once.
11. DARPA is developing autonomous flying drones that will collaborate to survive; meaning the plot of Terminator is becoming a reality.
12. According to Symantec's Brian Dye, antivirus software suites like his company's Norton suite are effectively "dead." They catch on average less than half of the attacks. Feel safe about your files now?
13. It is true; life is much easier if you aspire to be more like your dog than any person. My wife is a big fan of the unconditional love and my joyous greetings when she comes home – not so much of the licking the face.
14. There are people who believe nothing is off limits to say during an interview.
15. I cannot begin to untighten a stuck bolt without visualizing, "righty tighty, lefty loosey". I'm fairly certain it's one of the cardinal rules.