Saturday Jun 21, 2008

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The Month of Study reaches the longest day, and passes it. Nine days left.

I'm quite close to having what I need, all arranged in my head. I see how it all fits together... now, can I get it out and use it under pressure.

Crunch time. biggrin


Warning, a small rant follows. I don't think anyone who needs to read this will be reading it here, so I apologize for "preaching to the choir". smile Let me be clear- nothing I am saying applies to anyone on my friend's list, in the least.

So, I was thinking today, about the nature of cynicism. I have been watching people recently, somewhere in this "neighborhood" we share- a couple of places (threads) around here, actually. Specifically, Silliness- although that's as specific as I am going to get.

When you see something online, there's generally the tendency to wonder... "but is it real?"

It's so easy to fabricate things. Anyone with sense knows that.

It's also true that this does not mean that any given instance of what you see is fake. There's lots of truth around, as well.

So, when you see a particular item, is not it wise to weigh the cost of belief ?

And even if you don't believe, and belief does not harm those who do believe... who appointed you the watchdog of reality? Because... what if you are wrong?

I get the sense about some people that they enjoy attacking for attack's sake. Because they have to show how clever they are... that they can't be fooled. And this, I suppose makes them feel as if they are better than others...

Well, last I checked, good will and thoughtfulness were renewable resources. It's not as if you have a finite amount of kindness and decency that can be used up!

If you truly don't belief a certain thing took place, and yet the belief in that thing will harm no one if it did not- and the kind words and good thoughts put forth just might help someone if you are wrong... shouldn't maybe, you just be quiet?

And I assure you, most of us are quite clever enough to make up our own minds.

I guess my point is, perhaps sometimes it is better to err on the side of humanity.

Sometimes. smile

And then again, perhaps you are not erring, at all...


End of rant.



SPOILERS! (Click to view)

If you could instantly be granted one talent or skill, what would it be? One realistic and one complete fantasy answer cheerfully accepted!

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If you had to be haunted by a ghost, tell me about the ghost by which you would be haunted.

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What cartoon character would you like you are most like, and why?

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A plain box, two feet long, one foot wide, one foot high, arrives in your mail. There's no return address, but it's definitely addressed to you. It gives you no reason for alarm, so you decide to open it. What's inside?

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Pick a figure from history. Pick one major event in their story. Tell how you would do things differently, and what the result would be.

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What's the one greatest bit of wisdom you can offer me?

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What do you think is a good reason to get married, and why? If there is no good reason, why?

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What's your handwriting like?

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What's something of which you are afraid?

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You've been shipwrecked, stranded on an island for at least a year. One morning you are walking on the beach, and in the sand, you come upon one footprint. Yes, one. No footprints leading to it, no footprints leading from it. What is your reaction? (Bonus points if you choose to tell how it happened. )

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What was something you did today that you enjoyed?

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Do you believe in magic?

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What's your question for me?


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What's the handiest trick you know that you can summarize in a few words to a few paragraphs?

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What's something stupid you've done recently... or heck, something really clever you've done is fine, too.

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If you could go back at least 1,000 years and live in a civilization, which one would you choose if (a) you would get to return to your own time and (b) if you would not.

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There's a song you may have heard - "One is the Loneliest Number". Pick a number, and give a title for a song about it (or something that had that number) that you would write.



Answer from last time:
Hmmm, well, how would I make a song about 86? Because 86 has been my favorite number as long as I can remember. (before 1986, even!)

There's nothing intrinsically special about 86... I mean, you take an 8, you take a 6... and there you go.

It's twice 43... no, that's nothing to work with, really.

To 86 something is to get rid of it, in 1930's hard-boiled slang... hmmm. It was Maxwell Smart's secret agent number (I loved the old series... and I'm not really interested in seeing the new movie, Anne Hathaway notwithstanding).

No, I'm still not feeling a song coming on.

I could get cute... "One Hundred Less a Lucky Number" (100-14 = 86). It would be an instrumental piece, I think. Something jazzy. And action-y.

There, done. Pity I'm not a composer or I'd go write it now. biggrin




Oh- this time's question:

What's your favorite smell? (Or a couple of them)

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