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8.31.2003
Today I bring to our blog a very interesting topic which I am sure ALL of us can voice some discernibly intelligent responses to.
As part of this electronically interactive discussion I will first direct you here to the topic of debate.
Please fully read the article.
My thoughts:
Such an action would be one of intended goodness but will enact itself with a terrible passion for selecting the good as the wrong. People like our Mr. Hall and Dee will skim by with little problem for they have degrees in the subject areas they teach, Chemistry and Biology/Botany respectively. On the other hand those that have degrees in "education", either secondary or elementary will have problems because of a lack of "specialization" thereof. Good side to this is that it has the chance of weeding out folk like you know who; bad thing is that people who may only have an "education" degree but are spectacular teachers otherwise are going to have to deal with a monsterous pile of goobers and crap, most literally! I personally feel that the it won't work, at least won't for effectively. We are going to have to solve the problem in the education process that teaches these people in the first place, not after 25 years of them in the classroom.
The final word lies within,
--Dr. Henry Parsons
--Posted by Kelly D. Norris on Sunday, August 31, 2003.
Does it maybe just not matter? The AP reports that fully two-thirds of registered democratic voters can not name even ONE of their major candidates. (see).
Pollsters expect their follow-up queries, "How many of the Beatles can you name?" and "What did Aunty Meg get you for Christmas last year?" to see improved results.
--Posted by s. on Sunday, August 31, 2003.
8.30.2003
I found a very (dare I say) interesting blog entitled Ecumenical Insanity. Which is a title I can barely resist.
For your perusal: Ecumenical Insanity
--Posted by s. on Saturday, August 30, 2003.
8.29.2003
"I don't really understand any of this."
-Miss Piggy, The Muppet Movie
--Posted by s. on Friday, August 29, 2003.
8.27.2003
Funny that you should mention that as I also noticed that my vehicular apparatus's odometer read a palindrome:
87978
This was however back in July and you are all quite lucky that I remember it!
--Dr. HP (I hate HP's)!
--Posted by Kelly D. Norris on Wednesday, August 27, 2003.
Yoosta ood thinga I nooticed.
Driving home today I looked at the odometer on my vehicle-of-choice, and observed that it was a palindrome: 67376. Cool, huh?
--Posted by s. on Wednesday, August 27, 2003.
8.26.2003
And now for a bit of disdainful gloating...
It is 17:17:57, according to my computer clock. I've spent approximately the last three hours watching The Two Towers.
*smile.
--Posted by s. on Tuesday, August 26, 2003.
8.25.2003
of Shoes and Ships and Sealing-wax
--Posted by s. on Monday, August 25, 2003.
8.24.2003
yes i said yes i will yes
Having finished my summer reading (see previous post) I now am faced with the daunting task of choosing a "school" book. First a definition. School books are those that can be read in chunks and small 5 minute intervals throughout the day because the storyline, or underlying meaning, or thesis isn't really that important. Reading a school book is reading for the sake of reading, or perhaps for the sake of notfallingasleep, nothing more. In other words, school books are those that don't really matter.
In sort of a half-hearted effort, I searched amazon.com for all books written by an author named "Xavier". The results (selected):
I am Not Sick I Don't Need Help!
by Xavier Amador, Anna-Lica Johanson (Contributor) (Paperback - June 2000)
And Life Goes On...
by Francisco C. Xavier (Paperback - October 2000)
5. This Business of Artist Management
by Xavier M., Jr. Frascogna, et al(Hardcover - January 2003)
Microeconomics of Banking
by Xavier Freixas (Author), Jean-Charles Rochet (Author) (Hardcover)
Dynamic Structure of Reality (Hispanisms)
by Xavier Zubiri, Nelson R. Orringer (Translator) (Hardcover - July 2003)
Oligopoly Pricing: Old Ideas and New Tools
by Xavier Vives (Author)(Paperback)
Bauhaus
by Xavier Girard (Hardcover - March 2003)
--Posted by s. on Sunday, August 24, 2003.
8.22.2003
On Mars and Marco Polo
It's been in the news recently that this week is the closest time Mars has been to Earth (or Earth has been to Mars) for like a million bazillion years. And I was fortunate enough to see it. Yay.
Also, I've been contemplating the pool game Marco Polo. Why Marco Polo? Next time you are at a pool, imagine what it would be like if some other early explorer had been chosen: Ferdinand. Magellan!
or
Christopher. Colombus!
Leif. Erickson!
Jacques. Cartier!
So, without further ado: adieu! adieu!
--Posted by s. on Friday, August 22, 2003.
8.21.2003
This is wonderful!!! All sorts of activity on this blog.....is wonderful. I have posted the following things in line with the others on this blog. My names in accordance to the website are as follows:
Hobbit Name (Kelly Norris):Marmadas Boffin of Whitfurrows
Elvish Name (Kelly Norris):
Arminas Mithrandír
Elvish Name (Henry Parsons):
Elerossë Linwëlin
Hobbit Name (Henry Parsons):
Minto Boggy-Hillocks
Hobbit Name (Bob Lavoisier):
Mongo Burrows of Tuckborough
Elvish Name (Bob Lavoisier):
Oropher Eledhwen
--Dr. Henry Parsons
numerous AKA's
VVIIPP
--Posted by Kelly D. Norris on Thursday, August 21, 2003.
I've uncovered a phenominal discovery! Google.com has a calculator. All you have to do is go to the webpage and type in the problem. Anything from 2+2 to more advanced math, including sines and cosines. Even, that age old question "What is 100! (factorial)" or more importantly, how can I find it without taking 100*99*98*97*96*95*94. . . *3*2*1?
Not only that, it tells you handy conversions between units of measure. (did you know there are 320 rods in a mile? Or that 1 kiloliter = 33 814.0226 US fluid ounces. Have you ever wondered how many pickles Peter Piper picked? Well, I now know that there are 4 pecks in a bushel, and 1 (US) peck = 8.809768 liters) Wow.
By the way, Ê 100 ! = 9.33262154 times 10 raised to the 157th power.
--Posted by s. on Thursday, August 21, 2003.
Coincidentally, my elvish name is Alass‘ F‘falas. My hobbit name is Prisca Overhill of Nobottle.
Find out your Elvish name!
--Posted by s. on Thursday, August 21, 2003.
I have a grudge against them for stealing my binary code joke! Although, I must admit, it is how I discovered Think Geek. I made it up last year, and the first person I shared it with was Mr. Hall-before it was even a Daily Connotation¨. I was googling to see if anyone else had thought of it, and to my disappointment there were several. All of whom, of course, ripped it out of my brain while I was sleeping. Nevertheless, good things come out of purloined humor (like all the other great shirts).
"There are 10 kinds of people in the world. Those who understand binary notation and those who don't"
--Posted by s. on Thursday, August 21, 2003.
8.20.2003
Yes, yes, very good Dr. N. I also kind of like this point also. Perhaps we could have one of each?
Thinkgeek.com is good, infinitely good, even though it caters disproportionally to computer geeks, a category of which I do not qualify, not knowing C++ OR Lisp.
--Posted by s. on Wednesday, August 20, 2003.
After my brief moment of anger relief I am ready to tackle the issues that our blog faces today, what do we wear to Academic Quiz Bowl this year!?!?!?
No longer shall you worry my friends for I have the answer.....by guiding your mouse to this POINT you should be able to settle your anxiety in time for dinner!
DO NOT READ UNTIL AFTER YOU HAVE BEEN TO ^THAT^ POINT!
They will spend the whole competition trying to figure out what it means and BAM.....we've won!
--Dr. Henry Parsons
Advanced Intellectually Oriented Person
Executive Director of Temporarily Existing Motives and Affairs
--Posted by Kelly D. Norris on Wednesday, August 20, 2003.
AMEN!!
--Posted by Kelly D. Norris on Wednesday, August 20, 2003.
BAM!!
--Posted by s. on Wednesday, August 20, 2003.
8.18.2003
I have this horrible feeling - like you get when you know you're about to run into a brick wall.
Date of collision:
August 20, 2003.
--Posted by s. on Monday, August 18, 2003.
8.17.2003
And now, in honor of the Judeo-Christian tradition of reserving the Sabbath (alternately Saturday or Sunday, I chose Sunday) as a day of rest, I am doing just that. Thusly, I have laid aside the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune, and am resting.
Not altogether coincidentally, I have been reading (re-reading, actually) James Joyce's Ulysses, this time with Harry Blamire's companion guide: The New Bloomsday Book. I propose the following two theorems regarding the author.
1. James Joyce is no less than a genius.
2. James Joyce is a complete madman.
Now that I've gotten past the supposed "weirdness" of the book I do kind of like it. Not something I would recommend to, well, anybody, but the wordplay is something else, and the imagery, and the meanings. I like books with layers - that can be read over and over. And man, does Ulysses have layers.
A description. Ulysses takes place on one day, specifically June 16, 1904. There is no character named Ulysses in the book, the name is taken from the fact that Ulysses is based on the Odyssey, and it's three main characters, Leopold Bloom, Molly Bloom, and Stephen Dedalus, correspond to Ulysses(Odysseus), Penelope, and Telemachus in the Odyssey. The story also follows the story of the Odyssey, albeit in one day in early 20th century Ireland. Each chapter is written to correspond with a section of the Odyssey, consecutively. However, each chapter is written in a different literary style (sometimes several styles in one chapter). I've heard that when Joyce was in school, he wrote his essays as parodies of either classical or contemporary works. The effect is perhaps schizophrenic. But it's fun. After you realize that you can't really understand Ulysses without making (as some persons do) a career of it, and just take it as a fascinating and even funny book, maybe, maybe, you will get through it.
See! Resting, resting resting. Really!
--Posted by s. on Sunday, August 17, 2003.
Oh mercy,
I am now very depressed again. In three or so days (I am trying not to keep track) I will return to the field of education. A field littered with the cells of utter stupidity thriving on the frayed remains of the Intellectual's decomposing remains. We the Intelligentsia are a dying race and how ironic that the sytem, the failure to us be our own creation! God bless Douglas Adams!
Now after that brief Charlton Heston monologue I am ready to move on to the real purpose of my post.
It has come to my attention that whaling in the beloved land of my sister and I (Iceland) has reinstituted and is condoning the enviromentally disrupting practice of whaling!! As a former researcher of the walrus I feel a tattered connection to these mammalia and it is because of them that I have written the following set of guidelines which I feel should be laid down as law and order in terms of furthering the cause of our blubberous creatures.
1) Don't kill a whale, they are my friends.
2) Don't kill a whale, they don't like it.
3) Don't kill a whale, my next door neighbor in the peach and red house doesn't like it.
4) Don't kill a whale, they will tell others and then you won't ever find them again.
5) Don't kill a whale, you haven't discussed it with their union.
6) Don't kill a whale, your lives are at stake because whales are big.
7) Don't kill a whale, John Lennon says no!
8) Don't kill a whale, wear a fur coat instead of blubber.
9) Don't kill a whale, play cards instead.
10) Don't kill a whale, it's really bad!
I hope the appropriate government officials will consider my well researched and well versed guidelines above. If you would like to support the fight against whaling please fully read this article, claim insanity, and start a picket line. Thank you for not supporting an insane man's plight for universal conversation, but thank you for supporting my campaign to save the whales.
--Dr. Henry Parsons
President, Save the Whales and Speech Coaches Campaign
Respected Researcher of Walruses
Senior Vice, Executive, Adjunt Educator--VVIIPPAA
--Posted by Kelly D. Norris on Sunday, August 17, 2003.
8.15.2003
"There's warnings of a new disease found in soft butter.
Apparently it spreads very easily."
*groan
--Posted by s. on Friday, August 15, 2003.
8.14.2003
Ooh, yay, another episode of "THE HEADLINE GAME"!
1. 'Insane Clown Posse' named worst band ever.
2. Autographed Marilyn Monroe picture sells for $2.5g.
3. Teenage Hacker Spurns Jobs for Studies.
4. Bon Jovi featured in PETA benefit concert.
5. MD died 'trying to save others' from SARS
6. UMD: Cell phone radiation may cause cancer in rats
7. Shares of Coke Enterprises jump after upgrade
8. Lutheran group sends quilts, cookies, to Iraqi citizens.
9. Tight-Jeans Contest Canceled in Idaho
10. Saddam's Secret Weapon: Mutant Dinosaurs!
Well, this one has a different key: all that are odd numbers are real headlines. All of the even numbers are ones I made up, with the exception of #10, which I saw on the cover of one of those fake yellow-journalism tabloids, so I don't count it as a real headline, as it was not from a reputable news source. Nevertheless, it was published, so that counts for something.
--Posted by s. on Thursday, August 14, 2003.
8.13.2003
I have found a wonderful bio whilst surfing the web tonight (something I rarely have time to fully enjoy!).
It is from the UN-O Dept. of Music website.....click here for enlightenment.
It just so happens that a former friend (I say that because we haven't see each other in years) is actually a Voice Instructor at UN-O. I had no idea!
Anyway...on to more topical issues in the House of Commons. As a note my tenure in this temporary position shall conclude tomorrow.
--Dr. Henry Parsons
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--Posted by Kelly D. Norris on Wednesday, August 13, 2003.
This Sunday's Doonesbury cartoon dealt with blogging. I found it slightly amusing, perhaps you will too. And, as Doonesbury tends to be at the forefront of the cartoon world, politically speaking, I think it's safe to assume that within the next year it may pop up in other, less "hip" strips. Foxtrot, being at the forefront of the technological world, will likely be next, if it hasn't been sucked in already.
--Posted by s. on Wednesday, August 13, 2003.
8.12.2003
If you go to Wal-Mart and watch the check out line, you will more likely than not notice this odd fact: The cashier usually says "Thank you" and then the customer says "Thank you" back. Any other time the response to "Thank you" is "You're welcome", but I've never heard anybody, with the exception of my father, reply "You're welcome" to a store clerk.
hmm...
--Posted by s. on Tuesday, August 12, 2003.
Passion
There's been a lot of buzz around about Mel Gibson's Passion, the film about the last 12 hours of Jesus' life. And why shouldn't there be? It's mostly in Aramaic. "Raw, uncensored violence", according to David Limbaugh - in other words, as true to the biblical account as is possible. Why, then, are religious "experts" placing it among the sacriligeous ranks of Jesus Christ, Superstar and Corpus Christi?
I believe it may be in a DC Talk song: "The greatest single cause of atheism in the world is Christians, who confess Jesus with their lips and deny him with their lifestyle." There are lots of things I don't understand. That is one of them.
--Posted by s. on Tuesday, August 12, 2003.
8.11.2003
Various statistics:
Adult Literacy Rate: US has about 95%. Most European nations - the good ones: Norway, Sweden, Germany, have 99%. France, however, has lower than the US [hehehe]. The very highest is Vatican City, with a whopping 100% of adults literate. That may be cheating, however. The lowest is Niger with only slightly over 13%. That makes me very sad. Iraq runs about 57%, Afghanistan in the 30's. Most, probably, are men.
--Posted by s. on Monday, August 11, 2003.
I find Lindsey's posted website to be infinitesimally and stupendously fabulous!!
I especially love the Book-A-Minute and of course this particular reading:
The Old Man and the Sea:
An old man catches a fish that's too big for his boat. The fish gets eaten by sharks. Then he goes home and DIES.
THE END
Wonderful!
--Dr. Henry Parsons
Really do I have to type it again?
--Posted by Kelly D. Norris on Monday, August 11, 2003.
8.10.2003
Silly me! I forgot the most important part!
As follows:
Tschaikowsky (Weill/Gershwin)
from "Lady in the Dark" 1941
There's Malichevsky, Rubenstein, Arensky and Tschaikowsky
Sapelnikoff, Dimitrieff, Tscherepnin, Kryjanowsky
Godowsky, Arteiboucheff, Moniuszko, Akimenko,
Solovieff, Prokofieff, Tiomkin, Korestchenko
There's Glinka, Winkler, Bortniansky, Rebikoff, Ilyinsky
There's Medtner, Balakireff, Zolotareff and Kvoschinsky
And Sokoloff and Kopyloff, Dukelsky and Klenofsky
And Shostakovitsch, Borodine, Gliere and Nowakofski
There's Liadoff and Karganoff, Markievitch, Pantschenko
And Dargomyzski, Stcherbatcheff, Scriabine, Vassilenko
Stravinksy, Rimsky-korsakoff, Mussorgsky and Gretchaninoff
And Glazounoff and Caesar Cui, Kalinikoff, Rachmaninoff
Stravinsky and Gretchnaninoff, Rumshinsky and Rachmaninoff
I really have to stop, the subject has been dwelt upon enough
Stravinsky, Gretchnaninoff, Kvoschinsky, Rachmaninoff!
I really have to stop because you all have undergone enough!
--Posted by s. on Sunday, August 10, 2003.
"We'll be painting the barn till the cows come home."
*Groan.
--Posted by s. on Sunday, August 10, 2003.
8.09.2003
File this one under "f" for phonetic exuberance:
"Tschaikowsky (and other Russians)" by George Gershwin, Kurt Weill. Performed by Danny Kaye (costars with Bing Crosby in White Christmas, among other things) in the musical "Lady in the Dark"
A delightful little...ditty? in which the names of no less than 49 Russian composers (you know the sort: Rachmaninoff, Rimsky-Korsakov) are rattled off at lightening fast speed. Fun.
--Posted by s. on Saturday, August 09, 2003.
Thank you Dr. Sven for those thought provoking words.
Now on to the more topical issues in the House of Commons......................
--Dr. Henry Parsons
Independent Speech Coast
Temporary, Honorary, Adjunct Instructing Member of the House of Commons
--Posted by Kelly D. Norris on Saturday, August 09, 2003.
On family reunitings, Howard Dean, weblogging, Mathematical Marriages, and college viewbooks.
1. Family reunion: noun, A) A gathering of people whom are all vaguely related, arriving at staggered times throughout the day at a predisclosed location, bearing food and pictures, where they sit and eat and look and talk for hours upon end. Conversation usually focuses on the person or persons who "should be there" but aren't. B) Where I have been, the only reasonable excuse for my not-so-prolonged absence.
2. Howard Dean: noun, A) Former Vermont governor, now Democratic Presidential candidate. What the heck is it with this guy?? And why is he so dang popular? Maybe because he's the first big democrat in YEARS to be exciting (think Al Gore). I continue, however, to hold my position as a almost-completely-opinionless political junkie (is that an oxymoron), but his vitality and verve make him almost fun, to say the least. see Weblogging.
3. Weblogging, also Blogging: best typified, perhaps, as the "Jungle Drums" of the internet. Blogs show what's on people's mind. They're interesting, sometimes, and when something gets on one of the bigger blogs, it spreads like wildfire. The thing that I find most . . . interesting. . . about Howard Dean is how much his name pops up on the web. This man has given a new meaning to a grass-roots campaign. G. W. Bush may have Six Gazillion dollars, but Dean can work the web. Which is, speaking from a totally non-biased position of course :) where a growing chunk of the the consiencious voting public is looking. No betting on the campaign yet, though.
4. Mathematical Marriages: noun. See here. And you thought your Algebra class would never be worth anything!
5. College Viewbooks. I have found a use for them. Specifically: Wrapping paper. "Everything in Washington University @ St. Louis paper is from me!"
La Chaim!
--Posted by s. on Saturday, August 09, 2003.
I thought I would finish with a few notes I had taken in the store (Hastings, that is)......
1) The "Adult" readers section is now located one aisle over from the Christianity/Religion section. My question to the manager (who by the way was gone to a conference in Amarillo) is this: "Might you be suggesting something?"
2) One woman felt so comfortable as to take off her sandals, sit in the "Quiet" section near the coffee and read for over 1.5 hours!!
3) It amazes me the people who come into the store. One woman brought her two children into the store and while the one begged for a copy of Harry Potter the mom snapped at him "You WON'T get anything until you read all of your books at home!" A little harsh I thought. Good lord the kid wanted a book and it was even on the "Buy 2 get the 3rd free cart". Meanwhile she was busy looking at Jude Devereaux!!!
4) A whole section has been devoted to the "Left Behind" series. WASTE! ;)
5) Hilary Clinton's new autobiography is on sale for 30% off. Really I would like to read it but 30% still isn't enough incentive.
Well I think that is all for now. I didn't even find time to look through the music section (last time I was there they had every soundtrack of every ALW musical!!).
--Dr. Henry Parsons
Independent Speech Instructor
P.S.- In my last post I never posted "where" I was moving too. I have now been selected as the Klinghortiern-Brahmesson Honorary Speech Professor at Finstonberg's College of the Arts in Denver, CO. Thought you might like to know. In some post I will list all of the place I have worked at in my entire life, for your reference.
--Posted by Kelly D. Norris on Saturday, August 09, 2003.
8.08.2003
I thought I would report on my WONDERFUL excursion to Hastings Book Store. Again, what a fantastic place to visit and buy books. I found several interesting things but had to limit myself to 2 purchases (have already filled 2 bookshelves and 1 independent bookend). They were:
We the Living----Ayn Rand Perhaps the closest thing to an autobiography, but amazingly her first novel! A wonderful tale of the struggles she endured whilst in Soviet Russia portrayed through a fictional plot.
Lilies----Michael Jefferson Brown No explanation needed!
I will have to report more in an extensive format later. Bed time!
--Dr. Henry Parsons
--Posted by Kelly D. Norris on Friday, August 08, 2003.
I looked at the palindrome page, Dr. N, and it's awesome. I also found a link to this page which is mostly in German, but has palindromes that go every which way - rotating, and around the circle and its absolutely crazy. Luckily, palindromes can be appreciated even if they are in a language you don't know.
--Posted by s. on Friday, August 08, 2003.
8.07.2003
I have found it! The perfect drama skit for LG Speech Contest. Click here for more details.
A very interesting site nonetheless.
--Dr. Henry Parsons
Certified Speech Judge and Coach
University of the Sacred Llama
Department of Biologically Related Literature
West Corner of the Hartmann Library
39074 Hartmann Library Street
Sacred Llama Village, USA
"Home of the Stampeding Llamas---Champions of Class 6A Division Mathematics and Janitorial Skills Contest 2003"
P.S.-- I regretfully post that I will be leaving the University of the Sacred Llama. I have been on faculty for 3 and 7/8ths months now and I just feel it's time to go. I really have never liked staying in one place for more than a year of so. I have applied to become the Klinghortiern-Brahmesson Honorary Speech Professor and plan to stay with them for about 10 months (shhhh don't tell!).
--Posted by Kelly D. Norris on Thursday, August 07, 2003.
Greetings fellow bloggers,
As a tutorial I am showing our new bloggers how to use our system. Disregard this message only in a case of severe emergency.
--Dr. Henry Parsons
Certified Speech Coach
University of Hard Knocks
--Posted by Kelly D. Norris on Thursday, August 07, 2003.
8.06.2003
I will hold now my excitement over the boiling-hot gubernatorial race in California long enough to welcome the newest member of the Daily Connotations team:
Dr. Olga Olathe Parsons-Ãœhlmer (That's supposed to be an umlaut over the U. If that is, in fact, what you see, rejoice for the cure has been found. Our symbols had been slightly acting up.) has extensive experience with D-Con, and her opinions have already indirectly influenced the content of the Blog. Her actual electronic appearance will increase the amount of wonderful ideas and opinions we turn here to get.
Let's give a hand -
A round of applause -
A seal of approval -
For Dr. Olga.
Yay!
--Posted by s. on Wednesday, August 06, 2003.
8.05.2003
"Let me help. I've worked with concrete before. It's not hard."
*groan
--Posted by s. on Tuesday, August 05, 2003.
'I'm not tempted to write a song about George W.Bush. I couldn't figure out what sort of song I would write. That's the problem: I don't want to satirise George Bush and his puppeteers, I want to vaporise them."
Interesting man, interesting opinions. But we loves him, yesss, we loves him.
--Posted by s. on Tuesday, August 05, 2003.
8.03.2003
Just a quick question today. Of Garrison Keillor and Paul Harvey, who has the most recognizable voice? Not whose show do you like better or anything opinionated like that, if samples were taken of 1000 men reading, say, that one "Now is the winter of our discontent. . ." speech from Richard III, whose would you pick out? Both? Neither?
From that, my brain has segued somewhat into a related topic. The most, well, the two most recognizable voices to me, at least, are Alan Alda (Hawkeye on M*A*S*H, now hosts Scientific American) and Jimmy Stewart (It's a Wonderful Life, Harvey, Mr. Smith Goes to Washington). Disregarding, of course, family and close friends. Which is, undoubtedly, a whole nother story. (see that? a-whole-nother. Who do I think I am? Next thing you know, I'll be splitting infinitives and ending sentences with prepositions.)
Cheers!
--Posted by s. on Sunday, August 03, 2003.
8.02.2003
I really don't have anything important to say, so I will just say it. "I don't have anything important to say." It's interesting that I would think of something like that since nearly everything in existence has some importance except when it comes to the mere understanding of nothing important. It's funny how nothing important can be so unimportant. I am glad to finally say that nothing that I have just typed is that important. So there it is, my whole bit on nothing important.
Really quite important (in terms of something that is not!)
--Dr. Henry Parsons
Only You Can Guess!
--Posted by Kelly D. Norris on Saturday, August 02, 2003.
8.01.2003
How's that again?
Excerpted from a customer review of "The Mouse that Roared" (the movie, starring Peter Sellers, Peter Sellers, and, oh, Peter Sellers) on amazon.com
"I would recommend this to anyone interested in a comedy or International Relations."
So, what are you trying to say, buddy??
--Posted by s. on Friday, August 01, 2003.
The love of knowledge is a sort of madness.
C. S. Lewis, Out of the Silent Planet
--Posted by s. on Friday, August 01, 2003.
"Don't worry about the world coming to an end today. It's already tomorrow in Australia." (Charles Schultz)
I found these inspiring words from Charles Schultz to be just that, inspiring. God bless Peanuts!
--Posted by Kelly D. Norris on Friday, August 01, 2003.
Check out this essay and see if you can figure out what it is really about. It seems to me to be a pretty good example of intelligentsia taken to it's natural extreme: Knowing everything there is to know about a subject of no particular importance to the live person, as well as how to express it in a manner that leaves the reader more confused than when he or she started.
--Posted by s. on Friday, August 01, 2003.
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