“Does the word ‘selection’ in Natural Selection imply a conscious agent?” Don’t be silly. Natural Selection is named that to contrast with Artificial Selection, which has gone on since agriculture developed or since the first tamed animals (whichever came first).…
“Judge a person by their questions rather than by their answers.” – Voltaire (Francois-Marie Arouet) Is it bad that the first time I read that quote I thought: “where is the bathroom?”
This post made me think a bit about the Newcomb paradox. Newcomb’s paradox is basically a prisoner’s dilemma with a sci fi twist. The neat version: You’re in a room with two boxes. Box A contains $1,000, box B could…
While you’re waiting for me to figure out how MySQL databases work, I’ve decided to devote a half-hour daily to blog posting. The reason I’d refrained from doing as such is that 1. you’re the only person reading this (this…
In switching webhosts, I accidentally deleted my entire Web site. Frustration and anger ensues. I don’t know whether I will be able to get everything back. *sigh* Happy Birthday to me.
Hillary Clinton confirms she is pregnant with Dick Cheney‘s baby New document suggest Hitler may have been former C.I.A. operative (I know, I know, the C.I.A. didn’t exist until 1947, but that’s exactly why it would rock the world) Richard…
Imagine two people, Carlos and Pixel. Carlos writes 1,000,000 words a minute, Pixel can write 10, but, if he has access to Carlos’ computer, he can add spelling errors to 999,999 words per minute. Carlos writes 5 novels, 3 novellas,…
Even when I expect nobody to read what I write (as in a diary or in general), I still write silly non-sequiturs or pathetically lonely attacks on my prior positions that I may or may not have actually ever held.…
Futureme.org is a Web site that lets people send letters to themselves in the future. About a year ago, I found that Web site and sent myself a few letters. I just received them all. I’d forgotten that I’d written…
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My thanks to Randy Milholland for making my point in NGST3 for me. For some reason, NGST2 has garnered some new interest. Much of this would not exist if not for NGST3 and this comic. Enjoy.
I’ve been thinking a lot about friendship lately. Specifically, I’ve been thinking about a previous post of mine that got me into all sorts of trouble with my [label missing]s at the time. If you’ve not read that post, just…
My roadtrip (mentioned here and started here) has officially ended. Actually, it officially ended a month ago, I just wanted to write my travels down when I had time and, sadly, that hasn’t been until today. For the first half…
Having just left my friend Jess’ house, I have become fully convinced that she is the most wonderful person on the planet. Jess is now one of the few people I would be willing to marry without a second’s hesitation.…
My miniature road trip (I say miniature because it’s nothing compared to the roadtrip my friend Adriano is on as we speak) is nearing its apex. Today I travel to New Jersey to visit my old housemate Jess Levy. Jess…
I had an idea today, but I didn’t have a scratch piece of paper or notebook handy, so I wrote it on my jeans. That led me to a brilliant and marketable idea: pants you can write on!
Meshie, I miss you I have search’d high and low Where are you? Don’t know
I’m staying in my friend Sandy’s house for the week. I met her roommate two hours ago. Soon after I met her boyfriend Matt. They’re having sex right now. They’re trying to be quiet, but as you can see from…
Philosophy as a discipline peaked in ancient Greece. Then Aristotle messed it up. See, Socrates took questions to the people in power. With Socrates, philosophy and Socratic questioning was enough to scare the church, noblemen and politicians. Socrates was so…
How I make a thoughtful post in six short steps: As I was writing the previous post, I noticed how all of my posts seem to have the same basic formula. First, there is the background (“As I was writing.…
Background – In high school, I had lots of people I considered good friends who more or less vanished after graduation. Thanks to the arrival of Myspace, I somehow got back in touch with a few people I missed from…
I’ve been thinking of changing my theme recently as I’ve noticed it a) takes a long time to load on certain computers b) doesn’t load at all on some computers c) nobody has realized that the ‘options’ tab lets you…
So I’ve been planning a cross-country trip since October. I have about a dozen people in the Northeast United States that I want to see again before everyone decides they have ‘lives’ and moves all around the world. Here is…
28. I’ve counted my teeth four times now and I keep ending up with 28. That’s weird. I could have sworn I counted 32 when the week started. What happened to the other four teeth? Furthermore, why are my cheeks…
At last, the rotating carnival of witticisms and whimsy has come to another temporary station. Here now, the “Wow, That’s Funny” Carnival competition for comedic genius requires your help. We’ve got several very good witticisms today, and I look forward…
And I don’t mean ‘measuring love’ in a naughty way. I don’t have a tape measure handy, anyway. As you might recall from my 2007 post, I am trying to hug 150 different people this year. January is almost over…
I witnessed my best friend break up with his three-year fiancée yesterday. She cried for hours while he was there then called him crying. Twice. At five in the morning. This is the story, as short as I can tell…
Tomorrow is a full day. Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Indesign and Typography followed by five hours of work then Macromedia Flash. Boy, Uni is so much more fun once you’ve graduated and only have to worry about being found out that…
I’ve been teaching myself HTML (and XHTML and CSS) for a few days now, only I accidentally lost the book I’m using to teach myself. Then, today, I went to the library and they had a free HTML book available…
I mailed Moofruot a $1 Family Dollar doll. I know it’s been a year since she mailed me a sock, but it’s been a busy year. Besides, I thought about what to send her for so long that nothing seemed…
It is the first Saturday of the year and I’ve already bent or broken half of my resolutions. Also, I’m sick and this Web site isn’t helping.
It costs 63 cents an ounce to ship to Canada and Mexico from the United States and 84 cents an ounce to ship anywhere else. So my overzealous $2.40 of shipping went to waste.
I do 18 resolutions every year. I find making tangible, possible resolutions helps me focus. It also makes it more likely I’ll accomplish at least one of my resolutions. Last year, I accomplished half of my resolutions. This year, I’m…
It’s one thing to accomplish what you set out to do (even if you’re only accomplishing 50 percent), it’s quite another thing to have a good time doing it. This year had the highest of the highs, the lowest of…
It’s a bit early to do my year-end recap for my New Year’s Resolutions, but I doubt I’ll have a chance on the 31st and doubt I’m going to do any last life goals in the next week, so please…
For those hard to reach dragons
People don’t dream as much about fluffy bunnies during final exams.
I couldn’t get this butterfly to stop, so I made my own.
Due to the fact that I’m a badass, all of my byte-sized acquaintances become my best friends just before finals. As you can imagine, this wears on a person. This is especially true when that person tries time and time…
Coworker: I made my girlfriend a CD for Christmas about all the memories of the year. Pixel: *chortle* Coworker: Hey, at least I have someone. Do you have a girl to come home to every night? Pixel: No, but at…
Apparently, I’m one of several hundred people graduating Uni this semester! Yey! I haven’t felt this special since I found my name on a random list one time while google-searching for my blog.
Is there ever a point in a lunch where you can just turn around and walk away? . . . God, I hope so.
New project: how much/what can be said in one or two lines? ? < (Cat. > Projekts > min.)