Strange Brew by John Deering for December 20, 2019

What else would you call it?

Does it laugh? Does it cry? Does it roll its eyes or yell at its parents?

The highs and lows of life today…

America has been on an emotional roller coaster for years now….stop the world I want to get off!!!

Well, it does have its ups and downs.

I got an appreciation for roller coasters in high school. We had a physics problem. A “tractor” (chain) pulls the cars to the top of the highest hill. After that, it’s figuratively all downhill as the coaster is constantly changing potential energy for kinetic energy losing efficiency due to friction. No additional energy is added to the system. (Although I think it would be cool to see a rocket-powered coaster).

Our problem was given that the cars were at the top of one hill, and a dip half way to ground level and a constant coefficient of friction how high can the next hill be? I’m not sure if this is a mechanical or civil engineering project.

You get stuck at the top and you’ll need an emotional rescue.

Kind of like politics in America!

And it just went off the rails.

..and you’ll be on the EDGE OF YOUR SEAT!