60 Uses for a Wooden Stool

1. Sit on it
2. Stand on it
3. Use it as a table
4. Fight off robbers
5. Kindling
6. Use it as a night stand
7. Break the legs off and use as a bat
8. Break the top off and use it as a plate
9. Use it as a TV stand
10. Hold open a door
11. Use it to fight off lions
12. Use it to block a doggy door
13. Paint it
14. Break it apart and build a sculpture
15. Cut a hole in it and use it to hold up an umbrella/flag pole
16. See who can throw it the farthest
17. Turn it upside down and trap an animal within its legs
18. Put it over a slippery floor to warn people
19. Put a sign on it
20. If you're trapped on an island with a bunch of stools, use them to spell HELP
21. Use it to break a window
22. Use it to hold down a gas pedal
23. Hold a door closed with it
24. Place it in front of a door you don't want people to go into
25. Place it next to the bed to help an old pet climb into the bed
26. Hold a window open with it
27. Burn it to roast marshmallows
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Turn Bad Habits Good

One bad habit that I've had for a while is poor time management and organization. I often underestimate the amount of time that it will take to do a project, and I push it off to the end and do not allot enough time to be as successful as I can be. I think there is a good solution to turn this bad habit into a good habit. Since I know that my time management skills are lacking, instead of underestimating the time it will take to do a project I will OVERestimate the amount of time it will take to do a project. When I assess the amount of time that it will take to do a project, I will double it, which should give me plenty of time to be successful in that project. After completing the project, I will have spare time which will be a nice reward for my now good habit.

Soy

1. Soy
2. Milk
3. Dairy
4. Cheese
5. Cake
6. Dessert
7. Dinner
8. Evening
9. Night
10. Moon
11. Stars
12. Constellations
13. Sun
14. Light
15. Sky
16. Blue
17. Color
18. Paint
19. Art
20. Masterpiece
21. Museum
22. Architecture
23. Buildings
24. City
25. Town
26. Street
27. Cars
28. Driving
29. Speeding
30. Ticket
31. Crime
32. Prison
33. Prisoners
34. Guard
35. Gun
36. Weapon
37. War
38. Army
39. Soldiers
40. General
41. President
42. White House
43. Washington DC
44. Traffic
45. Cars
46. Horns
47. Loud Noises
48. Explosions
    
49. Rockets
    
50. Space
    

Brain Bank (8/2)

This is an aerial photograph of a landscape on the planet Mars. What I really find inspiring about this photograph is that it's such an organic landscape and it makes you feel so close to the surface and yet this is a planet that people have never visited. I think it's amazing that this planet has such beautiful landscapes that have remained untouched for an eternity.

Chapter 16: Future Fruit

For this exercise, the problem is "How can I make a better hockey stick?" A decision that has to be made is one of what materials would be best. The forces that have an impact on materials are economy, chemistry, physics, cost, and market forces. Here are some different, plausible scenarios based on those forces: The current methods of making hockey sticks remains the same; A new alloy of materials is discovered that would revolutionize hockey stick technology; The market for hockey equipment bottoms out and people revert to cheap, wooden sticks; and a new, revolutionizing method for creating hockey sticks. A possible outcome based on these scenarios is that people begin to revert to cheaper, wooden sticks but there is a new breakthrough in compositing wood with other cheap materials that allow sticks to be cheaper and yet still have the advantage of the properties of other materials than wood. We should research a way to composite wood with other materials to keep costs down and performance high.

This was an interesting exercise, but I didn't really enjoy doing this exercise. I did this one in my room by myself. I kept my radio on to add a distraction to help me focus, but all in all, I didn't really feel inspired by this exercise.

Steampunk Octopus (Brain Bank 8/1)

This is a painting done in Photoshop that I came across while surfing Deviant Art today. It is a picture of a gun boat firing at a large steampunk octopus machine. I am really inspired by and drawn to steampunk artwork and stories. I really love the idea of creating some kind of robot, transportation device, or some other powerful machine using only that technology found around the turn of the 19th century. This painting is really amazing because it embodies that steampunk ideology and it just has some really awesome visuals.

Chapter 25: Rattlesnakes & Roses

My challenge for this exercise is this: I want to come up with a cool concept around which to create a video game. The key word I choose from that challenge is "concept". Now I must choose a parallel field, I choose alien abductions. Images that I associate with alien abductions: flying saucer, crazy, conspiracy, Roswell NM, white house, UFO, little green men, men in black, secret service, meteor, weather balloon. After pondering these connections with regard to my original challenge, I have developed an idea for a video game. This will be a video game starring a spy who works to uncover a deep conspiracy within the American government covering up the existence of aliens and their abductions of people.

This was a good exercise because it allowed me to free associate and work my brain. Based on the findings used in my midterm paper, I decided to do this exercise in my living room with a lot of distractions during the afternoon. I spoke to my family and watched television while I did this exercise and I believe that helped empty my mind to solve this challenge.