I've not been in the best of moods recently. This is what came up when I put "rube goldberg grumpy" in the YouTube search box. You may want to watch with the sound muted if you're at work.
From Guzer.com:
 Rube Goldberg BowlingA Rube Goldberg machine is one of things where you set off a chain reaction to accomplish something at the end. These guys use it to go bowling. |
Here is a news story about the University of Illinois winning their regional competition this year. The theme is "Energy Efficiency". The National Championship is this Saturday at Purdue University.
I have google analytics set up for this blog and I get to see what sort of searches people use to get to this site. I also get to see how long they stay and various other big brother type data. The multiple "0:00" Time on Site readings seem to indicate that people do a search for "Rube Goldberg Devices", see this site and go "Oh."
There are a couple of solutions to this problem. One would be for me to change the name of the blog, but since I've started using the online name Rube Goldberg 3 years ago, I've become somewhat attached to it. I think it does a great job of describing me: Overly elaborate, sometimes needlessly complicated, but approaching solutions with a quirky and sometimes inventive sense of humor. I'm not sure if the original Rube Goldberg was a raging egomaniac. Please don't tell me.
Anyway, as a favor to those who just happen to stumble onto this site with different intentions than reading what I feel like babbling about, I'm going to try to post Rube Goldberg type videos and stories on Thursdays. If anything, they're fun to watch. Here is one that my friend Liz sent me a couple weeks ago. Enjoy!
