Susan Boyle and Perceptions
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By now, just about everyone in the E-World has seen the video of Susan Boyle performing on Britain Has Talent but I thought it was necessary to put in an observation that someone close to me, who wishes to remain anonymous, noted.
Article Tags>> battle | singing | susan boyleWeird Kiddo Convo: The Play
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Here’s a weird conversation the kids had today which I just had to save.
Article Tags>> kids | vampireLaws of E-Debate
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Many years ago, so the story goes, Newton was bopped on the head by a falling apple and immediately came up with several Laws of Physics. Years later, Einstein was bopped in the head with Time and came up with the Law of Relativity. On the Internet forum I participate in, I have been verbally bopped enough times to unearth the Laws Of E-Debate which are just as foundational to any Laws of Thermodynamics and probably just as provable. Maybe on your jaunts through message forums and online debates you will find these Laws coming to the fore.
Now what you may find is that these Laws might have some proper applicability in some scenarios—yet you may also realize that sometimes, they’re just embarrassing refusals to engage the opposing position properly.
Article Tags>> debate | logic | thinkingThe Resurrection And Me
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Every Easter, the History Channel (or the Discovery Channel, PBS, NBC, et. al….) runs a program looking over hot Christian topics: the historicity of the books of the Bible; the myths of Jesus having a family after the crucifixion; stories about where Jesus’ body might be found. The same thing happens around Christmas. Sure it’s all for ratings but what they’re attacking makes sense to me.
Article Tags>> easter | resurrection | tvKeepin’ It Real
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Reality Filming has a long, sordid history and in recent years it has both blessed and threatened the television and movie industry. Reality TV, for example—and with no judgment on my part—has given us American Idol, Survivor, Jerry Springer, Cops and PBS’s Manor House. Some of these shows have managed to dethrone traditional television dramas like Firefly (and possibly even the recent Dollhouse, or so the Rumors whisper). Film wise, reality has given us quite a number of stories but in recent years they have started following the fame of Reality Television with the likes of Borat which might be funny in the short term but there’s no real substance to them; they’re really just a recording of how people react in certain situations.
Article Tags>> cloverfield | movies | quarantine | reality tvOats, How I Hate Thee: Facts and Failures
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I’ve still been doing this thing; I’m trying to persevere. As I have done so there have been some days that I fell into a rut with something that I found bearable and other days that I summoned something Awful onto my breakfast table. Here’s a basic overview.
Article Tags>> oats | recipeCADIE is Now Online
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Many of you already know about CADIE (Cognitive Autoheuristic Distributed-Intelligence Entity) which has been in the testing stage for several years. Today, scientists were confident enough to enable the first self-aware computer to see which would be the first tasks that it (she, I guess) would accomplish.
Article Tags>> april fools | artificial intelligence | CADIE | jokesI’m An Addict :-(
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I have a problem. An addiction, even. It started off slow, tentatively with slight trepidation, and then it became a habit. It was so easy to get into and since everybody is doing it, it just felt right. I’m an emoticon addict and I’m trying to quit.
Article Tags>> blogs | emoticons | internet | wordsMCF’s Poll of Randomosity
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Figured I’d do MCF”s Poll of Randomosity because it gave me a chuckle.
Article Tags>> mc | memeHappy Birthday To Me
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I abhor self-aggrandizing posts that applaud oneself for having survived another year, but I really haven’t gotten a chance to do one yet. So to make my hatred complete, I figure I should post this on my birthday.
That’s right; I’m thirty-five years old today.
Article Tags>> birthday