Friday, September 2, 2011

Occam's (or Ockham's) Razor...

So let's see, new in our saga of "How Can The Universe Screw Jessica Over AGAIN", we have:

-I finally got the whatchamacallit(I honestly can't think of the name right now... Lief Spring?) fixed on my truck. Yay. On the bad note, not only are my shocks shot to shit, BUT my battery will be dead by January AND my 4wd high and 4wd low light come on and blink six times and then go off for about five minutes and then start blinking again AND I'm stuck in 2wd, and cannot get the 4wd (either high or low) to engage. Universe- 1; Jessica- 0. Bonus points for the universe.

-Preggo Supervisor is going on vacation next week, which means, not only am I working insanely long hours(longer then my usual insanely long hours), BUT I am also working from Sunday 9/4 until Wednesday 9/14 without a day off. Universe- 12; Jessica- 0. Double bonus points for the universe.

-Preggo Supervisor is also probably going to be out on maternity leave by months end. We still don't have enough people up front, which means, no Holiday Layaway season for Jessica. :-( Also, as much as I've been vocal about it, they are probably going to make me supervisor AGAINST MY WISHES. Universe- 33; Jessica- 0. 54958450430943594 bonus points for the universe.

Universe is undisputed champion.

Since tomorrow is my day off and I need an open mind to sort through my crazy amounts of troubles, I'm going to go see Kevin tomorrow. That's good, being that Irene, that crazy bitch, pretty much shut down the NJDOC last weekend. But his father might be coming... And that I am not happy about AT ALL. I don't see him for a while and by the time I finally get to see him, I have to meet his father? Uh, no!

In my little spare time I've:
A) Watched a whole bunch of seasons of ER(and cried a lot over it, WTH? (though mark greene's death was tres sad.))
B) Read a book called "Happy Hour of the Damned" by Mark Henry. I suggest it for anyone as it's really a wonderfully funny and sarcastic book. Go check it out! You know you want to.


And now, a lesson on Occam's Razor:

The principle states that "Entities should not be multiplied unnecessarily."

Many scientists have adopted or reinvented Occam's Razor and Isaac Newton stated the rule: "We are to admit no more causes of natural things than such as are both true and sufficient to explain their appearances."

The most useful statement of the principle for scientists is,

"when you have two competing theories which make exactly the same predictions, the one that is simpler is the better."

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