Monday, December 7, 2009
The Cave
If I had a second life, I would not be aware of the first life so making my new life the same as my first life would not really be an option. If I could somehow rewind the past and start over, it would be the same. Think of a video, the ending does not change if you simply rewind it. What if I could rewind and change something, If I changed one little thing, that minor change could affect the some of the good things i have experienced in a negative way (Butterfly Effect). Truth is, despite all of the burdens in my life, I am relatively happy with what I have learned and who I have become. I am pretty sure that having a second chance at life without the burden of death first is my definition of the Christians hell. About the cave, I love philosophers... so arrogant. You are all peasants, for I am a philosopher and only the philosopher can see beyond the illusion that is your reality to the truth that reality is my own. Or as I would put it, I reject your reality and substitute my own.
Monday, November 16, 2009
Humor
Recently I installed an invisible fence to keep my 5 month old pup Kota in the yard. My girlfriend insisted that I be shocked once so that I understand what the dog will be experiencing should she attempt to cross the boundary. I found myself understanding completely why she wanted me to do it but I could not gather the courage to shock myself so I have been putting it off. Today the dog got out of the invisible fence. I walked across the street to retrieve my dog from the neighbors yard. I removed the collar from the dog so that I could take her home (back across the fence line). With the fifty pound bloodhound pup in one arm and the removed collar in the other I proceeded to put the dog back into my yard where she belongs. Managing my dog in one arm turnned out to be a daunting task as she is fairly large and energetic, so much so that I completely forgot that I was carring the shock collar in my right hand. As I walked back into my yard my girlfriend recieved her wish. Turns out its not painfull at all... It really just scares the shit out you if you are not paying attention. That doesnt mean that I will be doing it again any time soon. Well I think its funny, hope you do to!
Monday, November 9, 2009
What if?
1.)What if skittles really fell from the syk like rain.
2.)What if horses had really little legs but their bodies remained relativly large.
3.)What if women had back hair and men where hairless.
4.)What if dogs walked their people on a leash.
5.)What if it were ok to put invisible dog fence collars on our children.
6.)What if duct tape had not been invented.
7.)What if we could tell the cable company that we wanted service hooked up to our house and we might be home to meet with them somtime between the hours of 8AM and 3:00PM and they would have to stop everything and wait on us instead of vice versa.
8.)What if instead of 2 hands and 2 feet we had 4 hands and no feet.
9.)What if men had to breast feed and women could take their shirt off in public.
10.)What if the banks had to fight to loan us money instead of us having to fight to get the banks to loan us money.
11.)What if Spam mystery meat was good to eat and good for you.
12.)What if government officials were subject to monthy reviews by a randomly selected group of peers (much like jury duty)
13.)What if hot pockets were our main source of energy.
14.)What if Microsoft went out of business today.
15.)What if Linus Torvolds was president of the United States and Richard Stallman was his VP.
16.) What if wearing clothing was something we did only in private.
17.) What if people were nocturnal animals.
18.) What if Scott Bayo had created the company Victorias Secret.
19.) What if acception a list of demands at gunpoint was considered a leagal contract in US court system.
20.) What if money was not the driving motivational factor in the US.
21.) What if higher education were free
22.) What if computers had a will and do cognative reasoning.
23.) What if everyone only had eight toes.
24.) What if we could teleport from place to place using only our minds, would any one be where they are right now.
25.) What if virtue was the deciding factor in financial stablization.
26.)What if people always get what they deserved.
27.)What if the sky was dark and the ground was lit.
28.) What if Uverse was offered in my neigborhood.
29.) What if we where born infinite knowledge of the universe but slowly lost it as we aged.
30.) What if neighbors were really a joy to have.
31.) What if the hollowdeck was real.
32.) What if the earth were going to explode in 5 minutes.
33.) What if I could remember the assigments were due at 12:PM and not 12AM
34.) What if Maybe meant definitly and No meant maybe.
35.) What if people could only see a full spectrum of color on the last wedness day of every month.
36.) What if we only worked 30 hour work weeks in the US.
37.) What if public schools werent so rotton.
38.) what if everyone functioned with at least a base level of common sense
39.) What if we could communicate to each other with our minds with 100% accuracy.
40.) What if everyone voted.
41.) what if everyone actually raised their own children rather than just bred.
42.) What if pot were legal and taxable.
43.)What if dogs could talk to us.
44.) What if we knew with certainty how we will live and die from the day we are born.
45.)What if cars were illeagal
46.)What if houses were made of marshmellow
47.) What if we turned to marshmellow when we are bad.
48.) What if rotten eggs had a pleasant smell.
49.) What if you had to get a permit from the city to wear spandex.
50.) What if I have my family complete this exercise every friday night before dinner.
2.)What if horses had really little legs but their bodies remained relativly large.
3.)What if women had back hair and men where hairless.
4.)What if dogs walked their people on a leash.
5.)What if it were ok to put invisible dog fence collars on our children.
6.)What if duct tape had not been invented.
7.)What if we could tell the cable company that we wanted service hooked up to our house and we might be home to meet with them somtime between the hours of 8AM and 3:00PM and they would have to stop everything and wait on us instead of vice versa.
8.)What if instead of 2 hands and 2 feet we had 4 hands and no feet.
9.)What if men had to breast feed and women could take their shirt off in public.
10.)What if the banks had to fight to loan us money instead of us having to fight to get the banks to loan us money.
11.)What if Spam mystery meat was good to eat and good for you.
12.)What if government officials were subject to monthy reviews by a randomly selected group of peers (much like jury duty)
13.)What if hot pockets were our main source of energy.
14.)What if Microsoft went out of business today.
15.)What if Linus Torvolds was president of the United States and Richard Stallman was his VP.
16.) What if wearing clothing was something we did only in private.
17.) What if people were nocturnal animals.
18.) What if Scott Bayo had created the company Victorias Secret.
19.) What if acception a list of demands at gunpoint was considered a leagal contract in US court system.
20.) What if money was not the driving motivational factor in the US.
21.) What if higher education were free
22.) What if computers had a will and do cognative reasoning.
23.) What if everyone only had eight toes.
24.) What if we could teleport from place to place using only our minds, would any one be where they are right now.
25.) What if virtue was the deciding factor in financial stablization.
26.)What if people always get what they deserved.
27.)What if the sky was dark and the ground was lit.
28.) What if Uverse was offered in my neigborhood.
29.) What if we where born infinite knowledge of the universe but slowly lost it as we aged.
30.) What if neighbors were really a joy to have.
31.) What if the hollowdeck was real.
32.) What if the earth were going to explode in 5 minutes.
33.) What if I could remember the assigments were due at 12:PM and not 12AM
34.) What if Maybe meant definitly and No meant maybe.
35.) What if people could only see a full spectrum of color on the last wedness day of every month.
36.) What if we only worked 30 hour work weeks in the US.
37.) What if public schools werent so rotton.
38.) what if everyone functioned with at least a base level of common sense
39.) What if we could communicate to each other with our minds with 100% accuracy.
40.) What if everyone voted.
41.) what if everyone actually raised their own children rather than just bred.
42.) What if pot were legal and taxable.
43.)What if dogs could talk to us.
44.) What if we knew with certainty how we will live and die from the day we are born.
45.)What if cars were illeagal
46.)What if houses were made of marshmellow
47.) What if we turned to marshmellow when we are bad.
48.) What if rotten eggs had a pleasant smell.
49.) What if you had to get a permit from the city to wear spandex.
50.) What if I have my family complete this exercise every friday night before dinner.
Thursday, October 15, 2009
Response to class on 10-12-09
I was actually a bit engaged in this one. Somehow we got started talking about the length of school days in the US vs other countries. Education is something that I care about, especially when we talk about the epic fail induced by poor leadership and parenting in this country. Once you have a child the world looks different to you... or at least I think it should if you are doing it right. You can no longer only perceive things from only your own point of view. Parenting requires that you be mindful of not just your own well being but your child's well being as well. This sometimes means that you have to make decisions that you know you would have not liked if you were in your child's shoes but it is what is best for the child. My job as a parent is to make sure she lives a long, healthy, happy life and is a productive successful member of society. NOT to be her best friend and make sure everything is easy for her. Its my dream to have both but I realize that it is not likely and I will do what it takes to make sure I do not fail. That said, we SHOULD be competing with the rest of the world in terms of education and we SHOULD regard public education as a first priority. Our knuckle head politicians in indiana should have saved the money that they spent on the FRACKING stadium and invested it in public schools. That way when our children grow up they will be smart enough to start businesses and bring money into the city properly.
Tuesday, October 6, 2009
Monday, October 5, 2009
Bliss + Time + Breaking rules = ????
My girlfriend has a 2003 Subaru Outback, I think its a pretty ok car. I like the way it handles in the snow but other than that I really do not care for it. Its a tiny little car made for tiny little people. She however is a very proud owner and loves to brag about her little Subie. She loves to drive it and loves all of its smart little options like heated mirrors and seats and a built in weather radio. Well last monday she left for work and crashed it. Five cars total were involved in the crash. Everyone was ok no one was hurt, except her little subie. Unfortunatly the person who had crashed into the back of the subie drove away without first depositing any insurance information. Anyway she was miserable and upset. I decided to use my bliss time to cheer up my girls. With the extra free time I was able to pick up my daughter from school early and she got to ride in my truck which she loves. Since I picked her up that meant that my girlfriend didn't have to. She was able to drive her broken subie home and listen to the radio without the chatter of a five year old. I know its not much but .. when you are a parent, its the little things that are the most important. The music you listen to changes because you dont want to have to filter through tracks to find age appropriate lyrics. Just being able to listen to music goes away since children do not care if you like the playing track or not, they just talk over the music and ask a never ending supply of seemingly obvious questions. Mommy why... Daddy what .... Sigh.... I let my girls have my bliss time because that is what I enjoy the most.
As for breaking rules, I played with Adobe products. Rule number 1 is "Live Breath and Die Open Source Software" there is this rumor going around that Adobe products are the industry standard... rubbish. Adobe products are proprietary and if Adobe decides to change them then the standard changes. That said... that makes Adobe the industry, I think not. WE are the industry and we decide what best practices are. As helpful as Adobe products are I would encourage all of you to learn to work outside of Adobe products if you can. If you don't then your worth as a professional will be limited to your knowledge of a software package that will be obsolete in a couple of years and once your student career is over you will be paying full price for software that is IN REAL LIFE ridiculously over priced and not really worth it.
As for breaking rules, I played with Adobe products. Rule number 1 is "Live Breath and Die Open Source Software" there is this rumor going around that Adobe products are the industry standard... rubbish. Adobe products are proprietary and if Adobe decides to change them then the standard changes. That said... that makes Adobe the industry, I think not. WE are the industry and we decide what best practices are. As helpful as Adobe products are I would encourage all of you to learn to work outside of Adobe products if you can. If you don't then your worth as a professional will be limited to your knowledge of a software package that will be obsolete in a couple of years and once your student career is over you will be paying full price for software that is IN REAL LIFE ridiculously over priced and not really worth it.
Monday, September 28, 2009
Onions, baby!
So recently I took my daughter who is five years old to the Indiana State Fair for the first time. In my house hold finances are well... minimal to say the least. So I gave her $20 dollars an told her she could do whatever she wanted with it. She decided to play games with the money. Apparently $20 dollars doesn't go far at the fair, she was able to play only a few games before here money ran out. I did not have any more money to give her and this really upset her. She pouted for a while and then while driving home she initiated a conversation with me. Daddy why are the games so expensive, why don't we have more money to spend etc. I preceded to explain that I have to use the majority of our money to pay bill and buy food etc..etc.. I explained "we cant always have what we want and life is not always fair . She replied, then why do they call it a fair?
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