How then, do we determine the optimum party size? I fear that in many cases we crowd too many people, like at the majority of the parties I’ve had at student apartments, we cram too many people with too little accomodations and space. The result is a substantial decrease in enjoyment for all involved such that the total marginal enjoyment is actually less than it would have been had the size remained smaller.

This isn’t too bad, because when a party is greater than optimum size, attrition will naturally occur and people will drop out until the party reaches optimum size. Then you need to have sufficient numbers of activities and faithful party people who will spontaneously encourage fun activities and social interaction amongst the party guests whilst not leading them astray, that is to say, leaders who will not “poach” your guests with superior charisma and promises of greater marginal joy to be had outside the domains of your party grounds. These faithful partygoers are thus referred to as loyalists.

These loyalists are the most crucial element of your party, it is better to stock a party with a smaller number of loyalists mixed with fence sitters than it is to invite a ton of fence sitters and hope it works out.

For now though, it is safe to say the following: it is better to invite too many than too few, for a party will shrink to optimum size, but it cannot grow to optimum size (unless you’re counting on your guests to invite others).

While I hate math, someday I will make a formula for optimal party size.

But as you can see from my random post here, I’ve already got a hobby you could say: writing. The problem with writing, as a hobby, is that it requires another hobby, reading, to be enjoyed. So when you’re talking to someone and you say that you enjoy writing, it’s pretty much a mixed bag, you either hit or miss. What’s funny is that I’m not particularly big on reading (something about my attention span), but writing seems to come naturally to me. So here it is. Me. Writing. For my good. Not yours. Neiner Neiner.

I mean blogging is great because you don’t really have to *do* anything except write what’s on your mind, that is unless you plan to monetize your blog and make big money; then you have the pressure of generating relevant content for your readers and whoring out your subject matter to the Gods of affiliate marketing. Nah, not for me. I’ll make money at my JOB. As for my blog? This is for fun. Kicks and giggles, you know.

Speaking of my blog, I think I’m gonna resurrect my old domain name to give this site a more fittin’ degree of personal branding.

The biggest problem is that there have been widespread reports of faulty manual transmissions on the S-Type wherein the transmission will “grind” while in 2nd gear. This appears to be across all models from 02 to 06.

So if I were to get an S-Type, I’d have to be particular about the transmission. Otherwise I’d probably need to stick with the base edition with an automatic transmission.

If I could get a good deal, I’d love this car though. Great handling, luxurious, etc. So it’s definitely on my list of cars to keep an eye out for. There were some updates to the vehicle on the 05 and 06 models that weren’t on the earlier ones either; so ideally I’d be looking at getting one from those years.

That being said, this is not a post about how I hate my car. Sufficeth to say that if I’m paying so much per month in maintenance on a car that I don’t like at all, it’s time to look at what to do about it.

Oh General Sherman, the adventures we had together.

What kind of car do I want? Obviously I want a sports car. Realistically I’ll have to get a “sporty” car, and I’m leaning towards the SpoCom (Sports Compact) segment.

Price Range: $15k or less; the higher it is, the longer I’ll have to save and I’d prefer to have something by the end of the summer at the very latest; no later than a few weeks before people start moving in for fall. In Provo the availability of cars in this price range takes a hit at that time of year as parents come to town and buy cars for their kids going to school.

Important Attributes: Reliability, exterior and interior appearance, speed, in roughly that order

I intend to own this vehicle for roughly 5 years. That is, through college and the first couple years or so of my career.

So I guess you can expect the next few posts to be about different cars and options that I’m considering.

This liberates me from the ongoing pressure to have an underlying professional subject for my posts. More accurately, it affords me the freedom to have a very loose theme: me and whatever I feel like talking about.

So welcome. I make no guarantees as to the regularity of my posts or the sanity contained therein.