Red Monkey: People Say I Have ADHD, But I Think

April 2, 2007

Intelligent Design

Typos are a good thing sometimes. Take this classic typo today in a chatroom:

I am of today.

Now, what the dude meant was ... for once he had the day off work after working 34928057234059823 days in a row.

But really ... how existential is this?

I am of today. Doesn't that hold true for all of us?

Despite the fact that many of us worry incessantly about the future and many of us live or are controlled by our pasts ... we are actually simply beings of today.

Many cultures, most notably the American southwestern native tribes, have no verb tense for future or past. Instead, time ... such as it is ... was notated by the context. I am going up the mountain. I am going up the mountain yesterday. Sounds strange to us since we're so incredibly ruled by time, counting the minutes until our time is "our own" again instead of the clock's or the spouse's or "the man's."

Those who don't recall the past are doomed to repeat it.
Those who don't plan for the future are doomed to live it.

And yet ... really ... that is a true phrase: I am of today. I can choose my own destiny, my own outcomes, my own "tapes" to play in my head ... today.

I am of today.

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March 6, 2007

Feeling Random

Just saw someone in a shoutbox deciding to run their own blog traffic site ... they were being silly ... but it gave birth to this bit of insanity.

The new traffic generator that's sweeping the blogosphere ... that's right ... join us and you'll never want for quality traffic -- or quality ideas for your blog -- ever again!

BlogBoreded Dot Com ... where you go when you're tired of listening to yourself type alone
BlogBoreded Dot Com ... steal the ideas that come naturally to other people
BlogBoreded Dot Com ... you might lead a bloody boring life ... but then so does everyone else
BlogBoreded Dot Com ... inflict your pain upon the world whine web

Meanwhile, anyone wanna donate to my "I want a new 17" macbook pro" fund? I mean, it's not like buying Heather new boobs (has she given that site up yet?) ... or the televangelist that my great-grandma used to send money to because he said he wanted a new pink Cadillac ... wait ... I guess it is the same. Crap.

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March 5, 2007

Wheels

Let's see ...

50s skateboard
70s skateboard
happy happy World Industries board
Stowboard
Mountain board
Long board
Practice board (without wheels) ... with a deck of my own design
Pivit

and now

The Wave ....
2 wheels ... 360 degree casters ... OMG

Yeah, I'm crazy. Don't care. More from me after I break some bones on this thing and am forced back to the computer.

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February 19, 2007

Drama Drama Drama

There are more drama queens online than in the gay bars anymore.

What?

I'm just saying.

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February 8, 2007

The Mind Boggles

Oh my. Oh dear. I mean, really.

Run to see the newest thing in model railway accessories. I KNOW you're not all that interested. But you really really really do wanna see this. Trust me. You do.

The mind boggles.

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February 2, 2007

Whirling Dervish

1. Go to amazon.com

2. Remove everything from the address bar, then copy & paste the following into it:

javascript:R=0; x1=.1; y1=.05; x2=.25; y2=.24; x3=1.6; y3=.24; x4=300; y4=200; x5=300; y5=200; DI=document.images; DIL=DI.length; function A(){for(i=0; i-DIL; i++){DIS=DI[ i ].style; DIS.position='absolute'; DIS.left=Math.sin(R*x1+i*x2+x3)*x4+x5; DIS.top=Math.cos(R*y1+i*y2+y3)*y4+y5}R++}setInterval('A()',5); void(0);

3. Hit enter.

This will work on any site using HTML to place the images ... if the site uses CSS to position the images, it won't work. Don't believe me? Try it on this page and you'll see the two Mooninite images move to a different spot ... but they won't whirl for you. Try the CSS Zen Garden ... won't work there either.

Enjoy!