Monthly archive for March2014 - page 4

“However, it said unarmed”.  That is the google translation of this title which you may recognize as “gibberish” text that sometimes randomly fills text boxes when you are viewing theme examples in various publishing applications.  It is a real language, Latin,  the language of the Romans and it is often termed a “dead language”.  Yet it persists in many areas of our modern lives – science, law and medicine to name a few.  Some of our modern languages are derived from it.  Since wordpress autofilled it into a sample text box I thought it fitting to retain the title and use it for a blog post.  Inspiration is where you find it, am I right?

Guess I’ll play it by ear…

The title of this blog is also in Latin.  Ego Vero translates roughly to “I Seek Truth”.

Ideas and language go hand in hand.  Without language, ideas exist.  But without ideas, language serves no purpose.

I intend to use this platform to practice the expression of my thoughts and ideas regarding various topics of interest to me through the use of the written word.  I believe that Ideas are the puzzle pieces that make up our lives and make up the human experience.  As each idea is expressed another piece of the puzzle falls into place – another pixel is illuminated.  Eventually the truth emerges and God’s idea comes into focus.  If you should choose to look into my little world I hope you may be entertained, informed or perhaps stimulated toward an idea or thought of your own.  And since you may be walking around inside my head, please wipe your feet first.

So… off I go.  Please join me if you will.  However, it said unarmed.

I like to do a post about music from time to time as you will find out, and what I will usually write about will be my favorite bands.  One of these is Steely Dan.  I became a fan during the 70’s when Top 40 AM radio was still a thing and before FM radio blossomed.  I mean, FM radio existed, but FM radios weren’t common in cars then and until we started putting aftermarket tape decks  in our cars and getting our own places (and stereo setups) the AM radio was still the boss.  And dinosaurs roamed the earth.  Anyhoo…here is a video from the 1970’s TV Show Midnight Special of the band performing their (then current) hit “Reelin’ in the Years”.  What is so great about this isn’t necessarily the performance of the song, but the utter “Seventyness” of the whole clip.  Bonus: introduced by Bill Cosby.  The 1970’s hip Bill Cosby.

Yeah, that’s some 70’s right there.

“America’s Angriest Store – how Whole Foods Attracts Complete Shitheads”

Nils Parker writes at Medium.com about his experiences at Whole Foods.

Typical Whole Foods Customer

Actually, I prefer shopping at Wal-Mart,  though the customers aren’t as good looking.  My friends are always impressed when I break  out the Great Value caviar.

In this particular instance the subject is “ride a motorcycle 1000 miles in 24 hours”. Or any long distance in a disproportionately short amount of time.  What got me started on this is an article in Popular Mechanics which I found via Instapundit.

As a child I envisioned a future of jet packs and teleportation devices, but  I guess the closest thing we have today is a motorcycle.  Hop on, burn a few thousand joules of hydrocarbons and arrive at your destination.

Do The Math

If you DO ride 1000 miles in 24 hours you will feel like you’ve had your atoms scrambled and then reassembled at your destination.  Especially the atoms that make up your ass.

I am not a motorcyclist.  The only barriers between me and the freedom of motorcycling are self imposed.  So I guess my answer to the question is “I wouldn’t”.  But aren’t we fortunate to live in a place where we are free to do those things we “could” or “would”?