And I think I've about done it again with this blog. I keep thinking about things I want to share but then think "Oh, no, you shouldn't because that's offensive or could be detrimental if so-and-so read it." So by alerting everyone I know to the existence of this thing, I have (to some extent at least) defeated it's usefulness.
I think just to get some thoughts off my chest, however, I will share them on here - albeit in code. Think of it as "anonymousized" like they do on craigslist. Here they are:
1) I think I sincerely don't like AGs. When I see one, I think to myself "Well of course, another AG - figures!"
2) I think some people are going WAY to far in naming their children "creative" names - see me in person for the latest examples which I can't share here.
3) Well I have another one but it just won't make any sense at all without spelling it all out so I'll spare you. But if my mom wasn't reading this (maybe)... oh you'd better believe I'd be typing something! That sounds bad - it's actually just boring, not as titillating as you might think.
Okay - I'm delirious - took some sleeping pills since I have a cold and now I'm drifting in and out of consciousness. Excuse the above - better posts to follow I promise.
Eskimo kisses,
JB
Friday, August 14, 2009
Thursday, August 6, 2009
August and Everything After, or perhaps, Einstein on the Beach
Wow... how the summer has flown by. I grapple as I try to remember exactly what I've been DOING all summer to make it fly as it has, and I land on: tennis, karaoke, dominoes, bus rides, and of course beans.
I have a theory about relativity. Not "the" Theory of Relativity, though I think mine is an example of that Theory in action. The real Theory (Einstein's) says that time is not constant, that it changes in relation to speed. Specifically, that the faster one goes, the slower time gets. Which doesn't really make sense to me because speed isn't a straightforward measurement but is a ratio, one of distance over - that's right - TIME. Apparently, the reason is because everything is constantly traveling at the speed of light through spacetime - so the combination of the speed of something's motion through space AND its motion through time always equals the speed of light. (Thanks to this blogger for answering that question for me!)
So my theory of relativity basically follows this logic and explains why time slows down when you're on vacation but speeds up when you're doing your daily routine. Here it is:
Supposition 1) Experiencing new or out-of-routine things requires more neural pathways to fire in your brain.
Spptn. 2) The increased pathways increases the distance that your thoughts must move around inside your head for you to think them (literally - "thoughts moving around" meaning electrical impulses firing inside your noggin)
Spptn. 3) To function normally with these longer pathways, your brain has to make them happen faster than normal - so your speed through space is increasing
Spptn. 4) To equal the speed of light with faster speed through space, you move slower through time.
The science of this is sketchy I know, but I definitely think that when you're really busy doing day-to-day stuff and time "flies by", that it is LITERALLY flying by.
This is all to say that I have been so overwhelmed by the day-to-day that now I feel summer is nearly gone. Is anyone still reading? Have I lost my only 3 followers? Should I instead be posting about how I hate the new Black Eyed Peas hit? (FYI - can't! Love it!)
I have a theory about relativity. Not "the" Theory of Relativity, though I think mine is an example of that Theory in action. The real Theory (Einstein's) says that time is not constant, that it changes in relation to speed. Specifically, that the faster one goes, the slower time gets. Which doesn't really make sense to me because speed isn't a straightforward measurement but is a ratio, one of distance over - that's right - TIME. Apparently, the reason is because everything is constantly traveling at the speed of light through spacetime - so the combination of the speed of something's motion through space AND its motion through time always equals the speed of light. (Thanks to this blogger for answering that question for me!)
So my theory of relativity basically follows this logic and explains why time slows down when you're on vacation but speeds up when you're doing your daily routine. Here it is:
Supposition 1) Experiencing new or out-of-routine things requires more neural pathways to fire in your brain.
Spptn. 2) The increased pathways increases the distance that your thoughts must move around inside your head for you to think them (literally - "thoughts moving around" meaning electrical impulses firing inside your noggin)
Spptn. 3) To function normally with these longer pathways, your brain has to make them happen faster than normal - so your speed through space is increasing
Spptn. 4) To equal the speed of light with faster speed through space, you move slower through time.
The science of this is sketchy I know, but I definitely think that when you're really busy doing day-to-day stuff and time "flies by", that it is LITERALLY flying by.
This is all to say that I have been so overwhelmed by the day-to-day that now I feel summer is nearly gone. Is anyone still reading? Have I lost my only 3 followers? Should I instead be posting about how I hate the new Black Eyed Peas hit? (FYI - can't! Love it!)
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