Pedantic Ass-Clown

So, I do not want to come across like a pedantic ass-clown, but it is super important to keep two things in mind: 1. you can do things with language that you cannot do with the real world, and 2. language changes apace with the real world. Take a term like ‘ass-clown’. I use it now with impunity, unconcerned as to its potential effects on others and on my reputation. Would I have, even just a few years ago?

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Who’s to blame when parties really get out of hand? Who’s to blame when they get poorly planned? Hoo-hoo-hoo-hoo-hoo-ooh Crashers get bombed, slobs make a mess You know sometimes they’ll even ruin your wife’s dress Crashers getttin' bombed, who’s to blame?

#b52spartyoutofbounds


Time waits for no man … or woman for that matter. Or kids come to think of it — no one really. Time is kind of an impatient asshole. Hey, ease up, Time.


If you are quiet, and the rain stops for a minute, you can hear Tom Waits asking “What’s he building in there?” almost everywhere in Portland. ❤︎


Marvin’s Follies

Hey, AI pro’s, does sentience bring with it madness? Seriously, I mean, it seems our terrestrial consciousness suffers this often, around the globe, across the ages, the examples too numerous. So, do we really want to build machines that can go crazy? I mean, considering how much damage a single person can do, and machines amplify our basic human powers, right? I mean, geez. Maybe the best way to get better thinkers out there is to raise them rather than try to build them.

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Happy Doggos


Socks


The cats, one with a camera.


I keep getting this comic-book impression, right outside my field of vision, while I’m doing the mundane, the dishes, shit like that, and it’s a rectangle, tinted light grey, maybe, with the single word:

…EARLIER

Maybe you don’t need some new shirts, maybe you just need some new hangers. You know, show some respect.


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