tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3422399840077165986.post5282911521885768609..comments2023-05-06T21:30:54.925+09:00Comments on Why'd we come... all this way?: 7-38-55 = Men Are Tone DeafWillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09661426960326013304noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3422399840077165986.post-21686682832154620342012-04-04T13:28:26.201+09:002012-04-04T13:28:26.201+09:00Stumbling along in an incoherent fog of self-medic...Stumbling along in an incoherent fog of self-medication, one can at a time of so-called fermented bliss... the control factor here runs deep. The depth of my ignorance frightens me at times. Thank you for the reality check.Willhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09661426960326013304noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3422399840077165986.post-89285972408389023812012-04-04T10:35:09.038+09:002012-04-04T10:35:09.038+09:00There are a lot in fact most folks are frightening...There are a lot in fact most folks are frighteningly ignorant. Not stupid. They choose to ignore the things around them while a small group runs circles around them and basically control everyone's lives. They are called the "Shot Callers" in Prisons. Just a micro version of the macroChrishttp://badboyinjapan.blogspot.jp/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3422399840077165986.post-23024549843519898922012-04-03T17:50:00.940+09:002012-04-03T17:50:00.940+09:00Claude Shannon and Vegas. From David Choe (rumored...Claude Shannon and Vegas. From David Choe (rumored to have made his first million in Sin City by the time he hit just 30-ish), the Steady Rollin' Joker, and a recent learning of a man who knew how to roll dice. <br /><br />Choe got arrested on his visit to Japan. While his Howard Stern interview was entertaining, I felt I learned a lot. Refreshing. Honest. <br /><br />The Steady Roller... my outlook expands in ways I have yet to realize. No, I don't gamble; the voice is helpful.<br /><br />The man who could roll dice was almost invisible. Almost. He knew his system. <br /><br />Most important:<br />What I gleaned from Eddie is that my L1 pragmatic awareness is contingent on the understanding that I'm a fucking doughnut.Willhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09661426960326013304noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3422399840077165986.post-75212687248600240872012-04-03T16:55:21.479+09:002012-04-03T16:55:21.479+09:00Pragmatics. Always amused me that by most people&#...Pragmatics. Always amused me that by most people's definitions what linguists refer to as pragmatics aren't.<br /><br />See also; Claude Shannon, information theory, efficiency and redundancy. Also Eddie Izzard and JFK. <br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?gl=JP&v=5mu02xUgE4k<br /><br />Kicking around a post which touches on this myself. Don't hold your breath...kamohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10785763841038321633noreply@blogger.com