Her: "hey do you have any plans for new years?"
Me: "Nah. Got invited to go to some house parties but didn't feel like it."
Her: "I'm going to my friend's restaurant and getting comped food, wanna come?"
Paraphrased. Wholly unremarkable, except that this never happens. I'm friends with this girl, sure, but she never invites me anywhere. And I'm better friends with her brother... Read More
Was it possible they heard not? - no, no? They heard! - they were making a mockery of my horror! - this I thought. But anything was better than this agony! Anything was more tolerable than this horror! I felt that I must scream or die! - and now - again - hark! louder! louder! louder! LOUDER! - "Villains!" I cried, "play no more! Silence... Read More
Alright, I finally started watching Death Note because so many people have insisted that it's awesome.
I will never listen to those people again.
I had to pause it mid-episode and come write this because a character actually said the following line:
"You're in college now. That's kind of exciting. I'm filled with joy."
To quote The Robot Devil of Futurama (a/k/a Beelzebot):
Death Note is atypical. I enjoyed it in part because I had no clue what to expect out of it. At it's core, It's one giant cat-and-mouse-who-can-outsmart-who....thing. It's hard to explain, but I recommend at least giving it another two episodes, when it's true colors start to set it.
As much as I like the series though, I could never defend its character's names. Light? L? Mellow? On more than one occasion I seriously thought of pausing the episode to go buy some manner of marshmallow, glow in the dark cereal.
Alright, if you're not feeling it at the almost half-way point....
I guess all that remains is to take Death Note out to a nice, out of the way restaurant where none of your friends could possibly be. Remark on how good the price of their salmon is, order Death Note a really cheap Lambrusco, and then look directly into it's eyes and say that things just aren't going they way you had hoped. While you're sure there's some great guy out there just for Death Note, you just aren't the one. Then wish Death Note the best of luck, and maybe give it a hug (pelvises not touching of course), then move on.
Wow, the suspense in the beginning was killer, I totally thought it was going to be a bird cat fight, what a twist xp. That was pretty epic, Im still trying to figure out what the hell is up with the birds, they looked like they were having far too much fun taking bets on who was going to win.
Yesterday, I got the following email from my cousin:
Hello,
How are you doing? Hope all is well with you and I pray this e-mail finds you in good health. I am so sorry i didn't let you know about me leaving for a conference in England. I really hate to do this but i need a favor from you because i lost my Bag... Read More
I think we're mostly on the same page. There's a more extensive effort than you've found to put ayurveda through the crucible of critical thinking recently, but much of the procedure, as you've noted, has been crap.
One place where I'll diverge from you is in saying that curiosity should be enough to motivate studies. Medicines, before getting FDA approval, go through a process costing freaking buckets of money, and someone has to pay for it. Once in a blue moon people find a way to do a study on a shoestring demonstrating that some traditional medicine probably works, but never to the level of getting a drug cleared by the FDA. Also, speaking of research on diet in general, have you noticed just how crap and contradictory most of those studies are? There seems to be a very low signal to noise ratio in the field of dietetics. The few nutritionists I've met haven't given me much hope for the field.
It's a good point that one can make money through the practice - as the doctor, rather than as the drug company. But that still leaves some holes in the certification, compared to what conventional medicine gets put through.
Side note on acupuncture: Some studies have shown it to be effective versus a very limited array of symptoms. Mainly it's good for pain management and likewise with nausea. Then again, there have been counter studies showing that doing acupuncture at locations other than the approved points generates the same effects. So we may be dealing with a kind of enhanced placebo effect here. Though that would be worth looking into as well.
Man. I was really against this thing when I heard about it originally. I love all of the tactile experiences books provide. But this thing is great. Even just having access to the store - why yes, I think I will take every Sherlock Holmes story Doyle ever wrote for a total of $0.99. Oh, Candide, also $0.99, why thank you.... Read More
I was pretty outraged at Harris' remarks about philosophy. Then Krauss joined in and I was even more outraged, considering I had agreed with his other arguments the most. But then Blackburn FTW!!! He was brilliant... I facepalmed when, I think it was harris, claimed that Hume was wrong about not being able to deduce ought from is. But yes, I think the exchange between Harris and Peter made a good point. Peter thought Sam was speaking about a narrow form of science, Harris corrected him saying he's including reason and logic, then Peter said well you ought to have philosophy on the list then!! And that's when Harris felt the need to bash philosophers and the field, which was done out of sheer bad taste considering the phi faculty was co-sponsoring the event AND he obtained his first degree in philosophy (surprised no one brought that up). But it just doesn't make any sense. You want to include logic in science? Then you want people like me determining right from wrong. End of story.
I really don't care to argue in blogs, so I'll say my last words... I disagree. He meant to disparage philosophy as a whole from what he stated. No where did Harris make remarks saying well it's the state of philosophy that bothers me, or the fact that it cannot reach a definite conclusion. For if he had said that, I might have agreed. I think you're just assuming that's how he feels. From how he portrayed himself and what he uttered, I got nothing of the sort. Just sayin.
