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Imponderable #903

Posted by danleone on August 19th, 2007

I was thinking this today as I pushed my daughter on the swing-set at a local park:

How hard would I have to push my daughter on the swings so that she goes completely around in a circle?

Is it a function of her mass or is it simply the force of the push? Is Conservation of Angular Momentum at play here? I never really understood that chapter in physics way back in the days when I was smart (remember my motto: The older I get, the better I used to be). Of course, I didn’t try to push her so hard that she flew around in a circle….well, I was pushing the envelope by pushing her until the chains slacked. It was then that I wondered if I could push hard enough to give her the ride of her life.


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What non-writers do when not writing….

Posted by danleone on August 19th, 2007



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They storyboard. This what I have been doing all morning on the kitchen table as the Baby Goats were allowed to eat breakfast in the living room. The pink cards are flashback scenes. I wanted to make sure that while I am not writing my novel, that I do not include too many of these flashbacks.

This is the literary equivalent of Mrs Wiggins in the old Carol Burnett Show when she would come in and spend her morning sharpening the pencils.

Gotta run! I need to rearrange these cards again so I can get back to the task of not writing.

Wish me luck!

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