Saturday, 9. December 2006, 22:34:21
weird
Subatomic particles form atoms which form molecules which bind together to form living organs which bind together to form my body.
When I was first told about molecules, atoms and the rest I felt a huge terror. It shook my solid childish idea of me. Not only I wasn't that much of a solid entity, as I was made from parts that could be further divided into smaller parts, but even those parts were mostly void. Some electrons orbiting a nucleous and a lot of empty space in between them. It took me some days to get used to the idea and stop worrying that I could be broken up into plain atoms anytime.
Later on I realised that the matter that forms me is the same matter that forms everything else (which was a shock too but much more pleasant than the first one). I'm made from the same matter that forms stars, planets, cars, mushrooms, rocks, air, sea, sharks, dildos, flowers, keyboards, penguins, lingerie, space ships, aliens and everything else that meets the eye and even more than that.
Later still, it came to me that in a sense several, generally considered dead, things may live through me. For example particles of what made up a dinosaur may participate in the formation of my right hand. My hair might have some stray molecules of the great pyramid of Giza and my subconscious mind neurons some subatomic particles of a beautiful lady that has departed as an entity long ago but could very well explain my inclination towards her successors.
This evening came another bit of info that nicely fitted itself on this evergrowing image of cosmos into my mind. They say in the course of seven years our body cells are completely replaced. That means that I exchange my matter with the world around me which by induction means that what was my matter may now in turn form a dinosaur or been returned to the great pyramid of Giza (what an honor!) or to a beautiful lady (what a double honor!). As a matter of fact some of my matter may now be inside you and some of yours inside me (in which case I'd like to thank you very much).
Why I'm writing all that stuff? Oh, just to help world peace. (Admit it - it's more difficult to kill me now that you know that in a way it's not me but previous you in me and even if you don't believe all that, admit that you're too confused which is equally counterproductive in killing me).
PS1: Yes, I know that when meeting with antimatter things can go wrong. Well you'd better avoid such confrontations if you want a carreer for your molecules.
PS2: Yes, I know that more intricate theories exist about the nature of matter and energy and all that but I'm not a physisist you know.
HYSimage credit
Sunday, 10. September 2006, 14:15:44
philosophy, weird
I'm having a blogger's block again. This means I don't know what to write about which in turns means that I'll just catch up to my favorite subject. Rumbling.
Now, let me ask you a question. Have you ever wondered if you are? Yes, are you? Is me? Is anyone? I mean that in our usual lives we just hold on to what is generally considered as a reality, aren't we?
Tomorrow morning I'll hopefully get up and go to work. Somewhere in between I'll put on my sneakers and I won't stop for a moment to wonder about their color. They'll seem yellow to me, just the way they look today. That is they emit a certain electromagnetic radiation that my eyes can catch and my brain can then identify as yellow. Yet, that wouldn't be so if I had a red light in my room because then my sneakers would emit back another color. So my sneakers' color depends on the external lighting and what's more is that under a second thought I couldn't swear that these sneakers do exist right now when I'm not looking at them. What I can say is that when I look towards them, my eyes catch their image and my brain does its stuff to recognize them as a familiar image but my eyes wouldn't catch a thing if for some reason my sneakers didn't emit anything in the visual electromagnetic band and then I'd find it hard to swear that they exist but in turn I'd be quick to exclaim that of course they exist if I had some kind of super vision.
We've just scratched "unquestionable" reality and look what we did. I'm not even sure that I do have a pair of sneakers. How can I then be sure that you and me do really exist? Or to pose the question differently how can I know that only we do exist? What if several other worlds coexist together with this one. Worlds that we are totally unaware of simply because our eyes cannot see and our hands cannot touch. Things and creatures that go on with their own reality just like radio stations do emit their programs in radio bands that we cannot realize without a radio receiver.
My answer is that we can't know but, concurrently, we can't base our lives on the basis of what we don't know. See, a zillion other realities might exist yet it is equally probable that they do not. We can research for them, try to put our hands further inside the invisible hole, stretch our necks to catch a glimpse of the real life instead of the shadows on the wall and all these are pretty much what make us a "smart" species but on the other hand we just can't go on trusting anyone that comes preaching yet another "reality" (which we unfortunately do quite often and that's what makes us a "dumb" species).
Which brings us to the main goal of this post which is to test my new hypnotizing machine. (I know that it seems kind of irrelevant but I couldn't find any other introduction). So, please look at the pendulum and then do as I say:
Now go on and live all the reality you can have with all the senses you have. Do things, smell a flower, smile, kiss, yell, have as many orgasms as you can take, read a good book, show respect for the people around you, invite your neighbors to a party instead of just getting on their nerves with your music, talk, paint, create, listen to some music, help a human, fight for your rights, taste a nice food, say yes when asked to do a weird sex position by your mate, be there for your colleages, work to make this world better, don't work, let your children speak, learn to listen, learn to say no and yes, look up, dream of highways to build the roads of tomorrow, turn your backs to those that make this reality suck, smile, love, work with your heart first then your mind then your hands, imagine how the others feel and don't hurt them for nothing, dance, feel the grass under your feet (this is stollen from Allan), feel the rain, say a thanks to Earth and stop fucking her, don't steal other people's money, steal their hearts, enjoy this reality and make it even better and have a good nap and then do it all over again. Oh, and leave a commend or two if you're still reading this.
You will wake up when I say ukumunufuntulukusumudusupulokosufuruqurukikiriku (which I won't because I'll twist my tongue).
HYS
PS: Image credit.
Sunday, 11. June 2006, 22:50:30
science, space, weird
A large meteorite struck in northern Norway this week, landing with an impact an astronomer compared to the atomic bomb used at Hiroshima.
I can't understand why it wasn't in the big news. Hey, this thing did a boom equal to Hiroshima bomb. Had it hit -let's say Athens- it would solve the traffic problems here for the next 100 years and I'd be writing this post from another dimension. Gee man! Those reporters suck. Thankfully the poor meteor didn't know that it needed to erase a city to be famous.
PS: Bad tongues say that inorbitarians are responsible for this. This is totally inaccurate. Well, yes, we had a big party at the time and ,yes, several things went flying (like beer cans, CDs, glasses, some underwear (mostly clean ones), one or two mobile phones and a refrigerator but we insist that they all fell in the Atlantic ocean and not in Norway.
Saturday, 27. May 2006, 23:27:53
weird
Have you seen the film 21 Grams? Well it is an interesting and sensitive movie that is surely worth watching. Its title is supposed to relate to human soul and specifically with its weight since an urban legend supports that at the moment of death there is a 21 Grams weight loss which must be the weight of the departing soul (1).
Well, there might be a controversy over the weight of human soul but it seems that its cost is a matter that can be easily settled during an...auction:
The decision of a 24-year-old man to sell his soul on the Internet has caused a stir in Hong Kong. The South China Morning Star revealed the unheard-of incident, saying the auction was postponed just a few hours after the listing, as such a venture would not be feasible. However, 59 buyers managed to state their interest for as long as the offer was on air. The young man told the newspaper he did no longer need his soul and wanted to offer it to someone who would actually do something with it. In fact, if the auction went on, he would send the buyer photos and souvenirs, so that he would get to know great moments of his life. And all of the above for only 85 bucks!
Are we getting more than a little bit crazy?
Notes:
1. More can be found here.
Credit:
Quote taken from this article.
Friday, 31. March 2006, 22:46:44
weird, personal
ZeroG PubliTech S.A., a thriving company shooting for the stars, is expanding its activities beyond any imagination. ZeroG PubliTech has always been at the forefront of human needs engineering and this is no different. This time we were highly motivated by:
1. a passion to eliminate stupid SPAM emails about ineffective products like penis, ass and breast enlargement pills, success methods with chicks and guys, loosing 100 pounds in a day, fast money, lamps that never fail, supercomputers for a penny, plastic sex dolls that act like real etc etc
2. a compassion for Santa Clauss' sweat-shops workers.
And we did it!
Our R&D team has come up with a techno-miracle that will change everything here, there and everywhere in known universe. We engineered a special clone of our initial shooting star. A clone with the unique ability of accepting asynchronous wishes. It's the zeroG wish-machine which, unlike natural wish-machines, doesn't impose extreme time limits for wishing. Using nature (that is shooting stars) you have to think of a wish and make it in milliseconds and that's what leads to hasty wishes with disastrous effects.
No more!
ZeroG wish-machine will always be here. You can think as long as you like and then load your wish to it. And there's more! You don't need to worry about sleeping wish fairies. ZeroG wish machine works much like an answering machine for wish fairies. You need never again worry about catching the right moment. This machine is a terminal that will transfer your wish to the wish fairies land through a highly innovative wish-network and wish fairies will sooner or later read your demand. No-more-lost-calls is now No-more-lost-wishes. That's the next millenia technology...today!
And it's all for free!
So, still thinking about it? Well think well and make a wish! (After reading and agreeing with next EULA)
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ZeroG Publitech provides this service as is and assumes no responsibility in case of lost wishes. Moreover, zeroG Publitech assumes no responsibility in case of successful wishes. (Hey! What did you expect for a free service?)
Wish-machine is freely redistributable under HaveNoIdea Public Licence.
Dozens of patents pending.
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And here comes the ... wish-machine! (clap clap clap)
Credits:
The meteor is a clone of our title meteor (more can be found at the about page).
Clouds are part of Attica sky photographed by zeroG.
The whole wish-machine was engineered in Paintshop and is reproduced here without the licence of zeroG.
WIDGETIZE