Linguistics is weird, not because I want to know how to form my mouth to make sounds, but because they use crazy names and symbols for things.

A close-mid back unrounded vowel is a type of vowel sound, ɤ, called “ram’s horns” I often wonder who is in charge of unicode, the “alphabet” of crazy letters and characters for many languages and weird uses including making my name look cool: ᴈ ʓ ʒ ɝ ᶔ ₃ ᶚᵘᵖ

Then I learned about the Onge language spoke on the islands of Little Andaman Island. It is an endangered language. And I realize I have no idea where Little Andaman Island or anything Andamanian, so I looked it up and found out it is separated from Rutland Island in Great Andaman by the Duncan Passage. It is home to an underlying rainforest and rare species of marine turtles. India tried to colonize it in the 60s, but gave up.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Andaman_Island

Guess what, I still have no idea where it is.

Unicode, and the world, are full of mysteries and it makes me realize how little I know.

For the most part I’m pretty easy going. I don’t get angry on a regular basis; in heated moments, often i remain calm and chill. I’ve had dire talks with employers, intense talks with friends, revealing moments in public, and in those times I might lose a bit of my speaking skills, but I don’t get agitated or angry. If someone does something wrong, unless its serious and/or i have a rebuking relationship with them, i won’t bring it up. If i do bring it up, 9 times out of 10 it will be gently.

But what about the other 10%. How do I get set off? (more…)

Wisdom time!
I found a list of quotes , greek ones that don’t translate perfectly, so here goes.

Many words are poverty.

Hmm, .. next!?

A person can be as sweet as honey or as heavy as steel.

I haven’t thought of being heavy as the opposite as sweet, perhaps it means they are downer where as sweet is an upper? I am not sure I agree.

A society grows great when old men plant trees whose shade they know they shall never sit in.

Yes! Invest in future, and in the next generation, great advice.
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Where does respect come from?

This is my breakdown of respect, to analyze respect breakdowns

1. One needs have self respect
2. One needs a respectable environment
3. One needs to act respectfully
4. Another needs to recognize actions
5. Another needs to have respect
6. Another needs to express respect

Perhaps there are more requirements. Perhaps there are more breakdowns.

This old man, he played fifteen,
He collects bronze coins marked ‘Ich Dien’.

This tall man has thirty nine
If i play them, what will rhyme
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I wanna act ballerific like its all terrific

I wanna be put together like there’s a cap in my feather.
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yes, the last one is backwards.

So I’m in one of those non-reality phases. I don’t know if it is a meltdown or not. It depends what you think melts, and what solidifies when these phases are over.
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I love words, and ideas, mixing ideas with words, creating nonsensical ideas, contemplating truthful ideas. Normal speech, cliches, common thought, the norm, playing the game, thinking inside the box, going with the flow, are all things I fight against. Perhaps I shouldn’t always fight them. The flow isn’t always wrong, and I can’t say I am completely anti-culture, I play the game. And when I don’t, that doesn’t necessarily mean my ‘game’ is better, or truthful. As one man I am more prone to dilusion than the masses I think. But as one man with Truth on his side, and like minded thinkers fighting the fight with me, there is a better ideology than the ‘flow’ and I can find it, to some degree I have been taught it and know it already.

I saw a toyota sedan taxi… with spinners.
I think if I had a taxi, I’d buy spinners too.
They .. spin!

My visa will not insure me for fraudulent acts of me or my household members.
-Wait, you mean if I commit fraud, you don’t insure me?
My visa will not insure me from knowingly exposing myself to risk from an act of war.
-Oh ok. Then I won’t expose myself to acts of war.

Based on my travels and ’scene sampling’, I’ve come to a conclusion. My scene for picking up a lady would, far and away, be a coffee shop. Specifically second cup girls. Future wife, if a dashing charmer asks to buy you a skim vanilla bean latte, say yes, and then meet his mother, and don’t let him go. Deal?

Future me will be thankful that I have had this phase.
Floating with the wind can’t be done when you have strollers to push, flowers to buy and rims to spin.

How do you know if something is best.
Does time make you sure?
Does an unsure opposite make you sure?
Does success make you sure?
Does external affirmation make you sure?
Does ease make you sure?
Does progress make you sure?
Do these things bring you the peace and security?
Does someone’s promise make you sure?
How do you test something?

I think they could all have validity, its all middle ground though. 10% certain or 90% certain is still not certain.

My brain is never certain, but I believe with certainty. It is a heart thing? I can’t explain because that would be a brain thing.

A peace of mind is not easily had. A peace of heart is?

Lindsay: “You are too nice”
Michael: “What am I supposed to do…
Lindsay: “You’ll never be able to do that, you’re too good, the noble one, the one who never wins, the loser, the fool”

Michael: “I’m a living saint and i get nothing out of it”
Lindsay: “well you get a false feeling of superiority”
Michael: “ya, that is nice”

Hah, its funny. But don’t people think its true? I dont think it has to be true, but it can be true. What is the real version of nice?

Answer: http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Colossians%202:8;&version=31;

Sometimes late, when I’m walking, I close my eyes and see how many steps i can take on the sidewalk without looking. Its dangerous I guess. I’ve gotten up to 20+ before. Usually I do it with low traffic streets. Last night I was trying again, I got up to about 16 full sized steps. But I noticed… I always drift away from the road and sometimes this causes me to run into smaller objects like fences, shrubs or tree branches.

I take such steps away from certain doom but i also lose my path and run into obstacles that stop me. But with my eyes open I can keep moving. Ponderous.

The date was November 7 2005. Attached is an old pic too.

Sheridan’s 8 laws ( Work in progress )

1. There is no defeat if there is no battle. But without a battle you will be a coward.
2. Emotions appease emotions. Fake emotions are generally good.
3. Immediacy to female peers is directly proportionate to the frequency of unibrow pluckage
4. Good isn’t good enough.
5. There IS a spoon.
6. Enjoyment is a choice.
7. If you aren’t confused, you aren’t thinking very hard.
8. Nothing isn’t not nothing, usually.
9. Angry bees make bitter honey.
10. Counting to 8 is overrated

I read #6 as Employment is a choice. Hah! True!