Daily Connotations

Daily Connotations

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Connotation. 1. a. The configuration of suggestive or associative implications consitiuting the general sense of an abstract espression beyond its literal, explicit sense. b. A secondary meaning suggested by a word in addition to its literal meaning. 3. Logic The total of the attributes constituting the meaning of a term.

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Sven Bjorn Borg: Sven has been with d-con since its humble beginnings, and is responsible for punctuating, finances, guarding the office from rabid dogs and loud noises, and acting as mediator amongst the other members. Dr. Borge is well-known as the world's foremost (and perhaps only) underwater-basket-weaving expert. Sven has recently published no less than 3 books, Klingon Grammar and Vocabulary for humans, Life among the Grapes, and Escher, Bach, Gödel: A gigantic elastic bungalow. In it's copious spare time, the Sven enjoys playing the harpsichord and diagramming sentences. Sven is Chief of Staff and Director of Intelligence in the UPICN,LLC.
Dr. Bob William "The Orange" Lavoisier a.k.a. Dr. Henry Parsons: Dr. N, as we like to call him, is officially the initiator of the Daily Connotations Company, and also holds important Offices in the VVIIPP society of America and The Department of Redundancy Department, which is a place where he holds an important office in the department of redundancy. Henry also spent a good deal of his life studying the behavior of Walruses (Walri?) in the wild, inspired by a long-running correspondence with Mr. J. Lennon, who, in fact, convinced "The Orange" that he was, in fact, a walrus. Dr. Parsons' curriculum vitae is rounded out by his extensive family history (including a brother, Alan), and double Ph.D. honors in Botany and the Study of Scandinavian Languages. Recently, Dr. Henry Parsons was elected president of the UPICN,LLC
The Doctor a.k.a. Dr. What??: Dr. What joins us now as a member of d-Con in very good standing. It is important that the doctor not be confused with his slightly-more-popular brother, Doctor Who, who has carved a niche for himself in the field of time travel. Dr. What never developed the talent for time travel, and has the ability to visit only two distinct temporal locations: The beheading of John the Baptist and that one time when Stanley met Livingstone (or was it Livingstone met Stanley?) Consequently, he spends much of his time knitting (the scarves, natch) on the planet Gallifrey whilst (and at the same time) contemplating Nietzschean philosophies and memorizing much of Immanuel Kant's work, both in the original German.
Dr. Phelealabean: Dr. Phelealabean also uses the alias Dr. Olga Olathe Parsons-Uhlmer. Dr. Parsons-Uhlmer is a sister to Henry and Alan. She has a dual honorary doctorate in Arabian Literature and Language. She also has teaching experience at the University of Rekjavik which was held in a small grass-covered hut. She iswidowed after an incident involving her husband and abandonment which she is not allowed to discuss pending criminal charges. Now that she is alone, she enjoys spending summers with her brother, Henry, in his summer home, The Parsonon.

1.30.2006

I'm stunned at the silence that has followed my victory. (And very honored)(And big-headed)(And not at all humbled)

--Posted by a. on Monday, January 30, 2006.

1.25.2006

Yes, today was Quiz Bowl.
I and my team mates played in rounds one, two, four, six, eight.
In case you are slow or unfamilar with this bracket, that means we didn't lose.
We are the undefeated champions.

A quick run down of the competition:
Us (score, 34) vs. Wyane (score, 6)
(19) vs. N. Valley (13)
(21) vs. E. Union (10)
(20) vs. S.E. Warren (13)
(29) vs. S.E. Warren (10)

A quick run down of our players:
(name, total correct, average each round)
A. Marcum, 61, 12.2
K. Loger, 18, 3.6
K. Watson, 11, 2.75
N. Gallagher, 13, 3.25
V. Weiss, 17, 3.4
A. Schweitzer, 2, 0.6
D. Ambrose, 1, 0.3
M, Wiederin, 0, 0

As a team we averaged 24.6 correct a round and our opposition averaged 10.4 a round.
123 total we answered correctly; 52 collectively for our competition.

We, were good.

--Posted by a. on Wednesday, January 25, 2006.

1.24.2006

So, what did the boy scout say when he fixed the horn on his bicycle?

Beep Repaired

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It's been much too long since I've told any bad jokes.

--Posted by s. on Tuesday, January 24, 2006.

1.20.2006

And, just when you thought you'd seen it all...

Yarmulkebra

Yep, that's pretty much what it is.

--Posted by s. on Friday, January 20, 2006.

1.19.2006

CHRISTOPHER SEED is like any other pianist; he plays the piano. However, the piano that he plays is far from the ordinary. He has built a piano with the keyboard in reverse (with the treble register beginning at the left hand side and ending with the bass register at the right). The reason - he believes (quite logically) that his left hand, and indeed the whole left side of his body, is much more expressive and agile than his right. Because most piano music is written with the melody in the right hand supported with chords in the left, if you turn this around and swap hands it makes much more sense to a left-hander. The only practical way of doing this is to build the keyboard in reverse. Chris hopes that this will set a precedent for a future generation of left-handed pianists. This new keyboard could uncover a whole new wealth of talent in the world of music.

--Posted by s. on Thursday, January 19, 2006.

Edgar Allen Poe was a riot.

--Posted by s. on Thursday, January 19, 2006.

1.16.2006

Ooh...pretty socks!

They were made by the random-yarn-generator process. (You cut lots of different kinds of yarn into lots of different lengths, put them all in a sack, and draw them out one at a time - without peeking! I think the result is rather elegant, myself.)

--Posted by s. on Monday, January 16, 2006.

1.12.2006

Another point for our side.
Absolutly amazing.
That's all there really is to say.
Except to pose the question...
What would you do with 120 GB?

--Posted by a. on Thursday, January 12, 2006.

1.11.2006

There was a young man from Peru
Whose limericks all end at line two...

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There was a young man from Verdun.

--Posted by s. on Wednesday, January 11, 2006.

1.10.2006

Today I came upon the most startling of quandries. I was sitting in my Straddling Social Boundaries class. A photo of Hemmingway was on the wall (I'm thinking "This is the Honors Building....for God's sake keep it outside). Why do we have to ask the questions of gender, race, creed, and sexuality? THE QUESTIONS: Why? Why?

Our innate drive to categorize and label is appauling in this context. Why must we force explanation upon such unexplainable matters? Why are they unexplainable? Why do we feel they need be explained? The definition of race in human minds fits no appropriate (BOUNDARY ALERT) scientific basis of what race actually is. Why does morphology force classification? In all other creatures, morphologic distinctions only finishes 1/3 of the puzzle. Why then in humans does race rely on the surface (BOUNDARY ALERT) value?

Some noted psychologists cite categorization as a tool in human's ability to understand and explain.

This has nothing to do with faith (BOUNDARY ORANGE ALERT). I am not sure that it deals with morality. I wish I could type here "boundary alert" and make it all much more simple.

--Posted by Kelly D. Norris on Tuesday, January 10, 2006.

I just realized how funny it is, in a purely linguistic sense, that Turkey is battling the bird flu.

Actually, there's nothing funny about it. Bird flu really scares me.

But Turkey.

Heh.

--Posted by s. on Tuesday, January 10, 2006.

1.05.2006

The Quiz Bowl team is as follows:
A Marcum
K Loger
K Watson
V Weiss
N Gallagher
A Schweitzer
D Ambrose
M Weiderin

I would like to note that A Davison had a open spot on the team and would have been placed in the core group, but, to our great dissappointment, she declined to accept that position.

The competition will be held 1/25 in Creston.

--Posted by a. on Thursday, January 05, 2006.

1.04.2006

Entropy happened. I joined the madness. And now, I'm back to talk about it.

Crazier than Steven Colbert after his morning lug o' joe,

--Dr. Henry Parsons
Speech Judge
Proud Supporter of Dr. What's QB Team

--Posted by Kelly D. Norris on Wednesday, January 04, 2006.