Comments on: A Whole Lot of Backyard Barbeques http://emergentink.com/2008/06/06/a-whole-lot-of-backyard-barbeques/ greater than the sum of its parts Wed, 23 Jun 2010 16:00:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Juventus http://emergentink.com/2008/06/06/a-whole-lot-of-backyard-barbeques/comment-page-1/#comment-253 Juventus Fri, 06 Jun 2008 14:45:02 +0000 http://emergentink.com/?p=139#comment-253 I preferred the old style. Just think it's easier to navigate and represents you more, style wise. OK Friday night video. Made this little ditty with the backdrop of Jib-Jab. Hope the bloggers and the editor find it amusing. Hope it highlights, <a href="http://llnw.jibjab.com/content/player.swf?content_url=http://www.jibjab.com/sendables/api/remote/HxgI0wEXvkGxDPWKPxb5rSBL.xml" rel="nofollow">enjoy</a>. I preferred the old style. Just think it’s easier to navigate and represents you more, style wise.
OK Friday night video.
Made this little ditty with the backdrop of Jib-Jab. Hope the bloggers and the editor find it amusing. Hope it highlights, enjoy.

]]> By: Well Dog My Cats JumpinGeehossiFat http://emergentink.com/2008/06/06/a-whole-lot-of-backyard-barbeques/comment-page-1/#comment-250 Well Dog My Cats JumpinGeehossiFat Fri, 06 Jun 2008 06:08:04 +0000 http://emergentink.com/?p=139#comment-250 I could have a very long discussion on the first graph that you quote. I do think it is important to work for what you want, but I am not at all sure that we are capable of knowing what getting what we want will actually be beneficial. I am also fairly convinced that much of the time we find that we get something we didn't work for while we were working hard for that which we didn't get, and often that which we do get is best in the end.......... Like I said, it would be a long discussion, suffice it to say I really like Sam Beckett and Eugene Ionesco. Regarding quoted graph two; I don't think most people actually believe that you often can get something for nothing but htat doesn't stop many from trying. You are on dangerous ground here because that graph basically defines Hope. Obama so far has talked about the work required to achieve what is hoped for in only the most general way, and if he wants to get elected he will keep it that way. In that regard he has already sold himself out and its going to cause trouble for him, or us, or both when he is elected and has to explain that "Yes we can" means "yes we must sacrifice, we must endure radical change, and psychic and material pain". Finally I am skeptical of anyone who thinks they know how the universe doesn't work. I could have a very long discussion on the first graph that you quote. I do think it is important to work for what you want, but I am not at all sure that we are capable of knowing what getting what we want will actually be beneficial. I am also fairly convinced that much of the time we find that we get something we didn’t work for while we were working hard for that which we didn’t get, and often that which we do get is best in the end………. Like I said, it would be a long discussion, suffice it to say I really like Sam Beckett and Eugene Ionesco.

Regarding quoted graph two; I don’t think most people actually believe that you often can get something for nothing but htat doesn’t stop many from trying. You are on dangerous ground here because that graph basically defines Hope. Obama so far has talked about the work required to achieve what is hoped for in only the most general way, and if he wants to get elected he will keep it that way. In that regard he has already sold himself out and its going to cause trouble for him, or us, or both when he is elected and has to explain that “Yes we can” means “yes we must sacrifice, we must endure radical change, and psychic and material pain”.

Finally I am skeptical of anyone who thinks they know how the universe doesn’t work.

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