BOB THE BALANCING BOY WONDER!

Boy has another Sunday come and past in a flash! BAM! Instead of studying for that physics test on sunday, I decided to indulge myself by fooling around and exploring the world beyond the textbook. We all know that Thanksgiving is approaching fast. Boy do I enjoy the food and company of family members, but most people don't see the preparation that comes beforehand. My mom, being the eager beaver she is, decided to start cleaning 2 weeks in advance. Sadly for me, I was forced to help hang up some new curtains. That's when it hit me (that weekly epiphany): the Great Pottery-Barn DOC! was trying to tell me not just to hang up the curtains, but to have fun with it at the same time! I decided to create a circus act and hang on the curtains (to test its durability of course!). Exploring the elements of balance I noticed that when I tried to hang on the curtains on the far left side, the bar would start to tip towards me rotating about the left hook. O MY! I could've fallen off my chair! Pottery-Barn DOC! told me that it was because I was changing net torque from 0 to some greater number! I was adding torque to the left side which already had curtains, which was greater than the weight of the curtains on the right side. O my. I guess hanging on the curtains was a bad idea after all! AHA! Then I decided that if I wanted to hang on the curtains, I would add equal torque to both sides of the rotating point, allowing me to keep net torque at 0 and have fun at the same time. "SUCCESS!" cried out Pottery-Barn DOC!. I felt proud. No only was I able to accomplish my chores while having fun, I was able to successfully advertise Pottery-Barn and its curtains in this blog! Lesson of the week: Always Have Fun with Curtains. DOC! I still formally challenge you to pool, you must take this offer soon before it disappears!


TORQUE FTW!