For those of you wondering what the difference is between you disliking something, and something sucking:
You may dislike Miles Davis as a trumpet player, but should be able to appreciate his skill at his craft.
But put a trumpet in my hand and I suck.
Sunday, January 29, 2012
Wednesday, January 18, 2012
Land of the hissy fits
I'll be honest, not because of some high moral standard, or desire to live a holier than though existence. But because it is more fun that way.
For example. While dining in a restaurant, when the server asks you how things are... 99.99999% of the time you will just say "fine" and continue on with your meal and conversation. Even if the meal is not "fine".
Of course there are people who will complain even if the meal is in fact "fine".
Both of these are dishonest answers. But imagine truly honest answers:
"The meal is not quite good enough to get me laid tonight without winning over my date with witty repartee"
"This Steak is so good I need to complain about the lack of parsley instead."
"The meal is fine, just quietly refill my drink so I can continue reading my book."
"I'm not even sure if this is what I ordered, but I'm eating it."
It is the honest, true reactions of people that I like. Not contrived pre-planned scripted responses to stock questions.
For example. While dining in a restaurant, when the server asks you how things are... 99.99999% of the time you will just say "fine" and continue on with your meal and conversation. Even if the meal is not "fine".
Of course there are people who will complain even if the meal is in fact "fine".
Both of these are dishonest answers. But imagine truly honest answers:
"The meal is not quite good enough to get me laid tonight without winning over my date with witty repartee"
"This Steak is so good I need to complain about the lack of parsley instead."
"The meal is fine, just quietly refill my drink so I can continue reading my book."
"I'm not even sure if this is what I ordered, but I'm eating it."
It is the honest, true reactions of people that I like. Not contrived pre-planned scripted responses to stock questions.
Thursday, January 05, 2012
2012: A year in review
It may be a bit early to start looking back at the best parts of 2012, but I've decided that this year I would be a trendsetter.
Of course the biggest news was the election. Last minute cliffhangers in the primaries, a couple scandals with voter registration efforts, Millions of dollars spent on advertising... and most of the people that voted couldn't tell the candidates platforms apart from each other because it was all mudslinging and blame laying from May to November.
Hollywood had a great year. Releasing a record setting (for the millennium) five movies that were not based off of previously works in other mediums. Four of them were nominated for best picture, and two of them even turned a profit.
Apple of course released the ipad "SJ" in a somber matte black donating all profits from its sale to cancer research. Microsoft immediately instituted an all black theme for its Windows "8ish" platform.
Fortunately the economy rose steadily throughout the political campaign season, although unemployment remained high, and wages low.
In an unforeseen turn of events Websters dictionary began parsing chat rooms to determine the most common spellings and uses of various words, and it is now permissible to use "epic" to describe a children's book aimed at 3 year olds without a hint of sarcasm.
The hacker group Anonymous had several of its most ambitious efforts rewarded when it managed to hack into every newspaper in the world and insert the word "grapefruit" as the 4th word in the third column on page 6. Supposedly this was a Secret service codeword for the presidents morning meal. Our world is safer due to their diligence. Thank you Anonymous.
As I'm in Chicago, some local news. The Cubs finally took a good, long, hard look at their record and realized that all the people in the stands were die hard optimists. They then attempted to sell said fans a bridge.
But most importantly the world did not, in fact, end simply because we reached the end of a timekeeping cycle. This time. But watch out for 2013...
Of course the biggest news was the election. Last minute cliffhangers in the primaries, a couple scandals with voter registration efforts, Millions of dollars spent on advertising... and most of the people that voted couldn't tell the candidates platforms apart from each other because it was all mudslinging and blame laying from May to November.
Hollywood had a great year. Releasing a record setting (for the millennium) five movies that were not based off of previously works in other mediums. Four of them were nominated for best picture, and two of them even turned a profit.
Apple of course released the ipad "SJ" in a somber matte black donating all profits from its sale to cancer research. Microsoft immediately instituted an all black theme for its Windows "8ish" platform.
Fortunately the economy rose steadily throughout the political campaign season, although unemployment remained high, and wages low.
In an unforeseen turn of events Websters dictionary began parsing chat rooms to determine the most common spellings and uses of various words, and it is now permissible to use "epic" to describe a children's book aimed at 3 year olds without a hint of sarcasm.
The hacker group Anonymous had several of its most ambitious efforts rewarded when it managed to hack into every newspaper in the world and insert the word "grapefruit" as the 4th word in the third column on page 6. Supposedly this was a Secret service codeword for the presidents morning meal. Our world is safer due to their diligence. Thank you Anonymous.
As I'm in Chicago, some local news. The Cubs finally took a good, long, hard look at their record and realized that all the people in the stands were die hard optimists. They then attempted to sell said fans a bridge.
But most importantly the world did not, in fact, end simply because we reached the end of a timekeeping cycle. This time. But watch out for 2013...
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