Day 5

From Louisiana, through Mississippi, into Alabama. Realized we were passing the very corner of the Florida Panhandle so we took some rural road just barely into Florida. Onward into Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, Virginia (which was totally fucking swarming with cops. We passed three people pulled over in the first half mile. 27 cops on the road by the time we were out of Virginia -- which is a hell of a lot when you consider even in the biggest states we only saw like three), and into Washington DC.

All the plates in DC say "Taxation without Representation." LOL.

Met up with some friends in DC and drank until I blacked out. Woke up the next morning in a dorm at Georgetown Law.

30 in 30 - IV - Wrap Up!

   30 in 30 IV ended over a week ago now. Only 11 months until 30 in 30 V!!! (=
   I spent months beforehand stockpiling ideas, spent the first half of hte month pacing myself, and then I was off adventuring for the entire latter half of the month! Ended up making actually making an unprecedented 47 posts in June! O= Now I have all these entry ideas I don't know what to do with though. Post them anyway, or email them to my future self for consideration next June? In particular, I had promised to name names as to who the shadiest ASUCD politicians have been, and to write something truly controversial. What should I do with these exciting ideas?

   Anyway, its time to recap how everyone else did. When I last took a head count there were nine people still in.

   With 30 out of 30, the following people are awarded the illustrious Golden Geoduck

beastmario - This guy is some kind of crazy blogging machine who appears to be 410 for 411, having only missed one day since he started, and that one intentionally.
eazyt - and these are about the only 30 posts he's made this year!
metalphoenix
emosnail
   The following persons made a valiant effort and are awarded the Silver Geoduck!:
ironlioninzion - 25/30 - Was relatively caught up till the 20th
bartgroks - 20/30 - Abruptly ceased updating after the 18th.
   The following persons get a regular Geoduck for their efforts:
xaositecte - 13/30 - Abruptly ceased updating after the 18th.
pavel_lishin - 12/30
thanew - 11/30 - appears to have FEWER posts now than when I last tallied on the 14th. Odd.


   In other news, I noticed something odd. With the group of people from my friends list, the median increase of friends was 102.28% (ie +2.28%), while the change in friends-of was 98.63% (ie -1.37%). That alone seems kind of silly, except that its bringing it closer to a 1:1 ratio since its currently 78:123. But what IS interesting is that the average is a friends change of 97.37% (-2.63%) and friends-of of 101.66% (+1.66%) -- the OPPOSITE of what the medians are doing! I think this really highlights the difference between using medians and averages.
   Basically the rich are becoming richer while the poor become poorer -- in terms of friends--friends-of ratios. (=