Power Nap #38

Funny and thought-provoking media from Kate and her team for a quick, refreshing pick-me-up.

In Case You Missed It

1. Kate shared how she hangs Christmas cards for the holiday season.

2. Kate and Nate got a frame TV. New marriage struggle unlocked and it's not over who gets the remote.

3. Kate got a new cropped sweater to wear over dresses and it hits at the perfect spot for layering.

4. The Strickler trampoline was the top Christmas present for the family last year. It is used every single day and it's on sale!

5. Kate shared her holy grail hair products. This dry shampoo and this texture spray.

6. Kate shared another low stakes baking recipe, but this time with John Robert. He stole the show.

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"Courage doesn't always roar. Sometimes courage is the quiet voice at the end of the day saying I will try again tomorrow."

– Mary Anne Radmacher

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The Potato Paradox

A woman brings home 100 kg of potatoes. The potatoes consist of 99% water. She then leaves them outside overnight. Some water evaporates, so that they now consist of 98% water. What is their new weight?

If the potatoes are 99% water, the dry mass is 1%. This means that the 100 kg of potatoes contains 1 kg of dry mass, which does not change overnight, as only the water evaporates. In order to make the potatoes be 98% water, the dry mass must become 2% of the total weight—double what it was before. The amount of dry mass, 1 kg, remains unchanged, so this can only be achieved by reducing the total mass of the potatoes. Since the proportion that is dry mass must be doubled, the total mass of the potatoes must be halved, giving the answer 50 kg. Mind blown.

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Books Nate liked

Shantaram takes you from an Australian prison to the Bombay slums to the caves of Afghanistan. It explores love, justice, forgiveness, friendship, and regret. Long, but very good. “The choice you make, between hating and forgiving, can become the story of your life."

Usually Nate wouldn't be intrigued by a book about two kids who make video games. But that's a sign of great writing: you can take a subject matter he wouldn't normally be interested in, and he gets glued. He liked this one.

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