The Random Thread 2.1

[Celera]

20 pages seemed long enough. I don't know why.

Here is another sort of haiku -- by cats!

www.adoptacatfoundation.org/cat_haikus.htm

[Fechak]

Fine, fine, I'll conform...

You already know this, but repetition is good. Repetition helps us grow.

• Writing and Editing are two separate, and different processes.
  
• Writing and Editing are two separate, and different processes. It is that important.
  
• Write first. Edit later.
  
• Write first. Edit later. It is that important.
  
• Outline only if it works for you.
  
• Write everyday.
  
• Write what you want to read, not what you think someone else will.
  
• Keep a ritual.
  
• Stick to it.
  
• When you are not writing, read.
  
• Read a lot.
  
• Read everything: comics, newspapers, novels, magazines, screenplays, poetry, billboards, tattoos, mustard wrappers, everything.
  
• Read your own writing. Out loud.
  
• Read other people’s writing. Out loud.
  
• Don’t read to comprehend. This is about writing.
  
• Read to write. Notice the context, flow, and tone.
  
• Listen to people speak.
  
• Don’t listen to comprehend. This is about writing.
  
• Notice the context, flow, and tone.
  
• Write with different tools: keyboard, pencil, ink pen, crayon, dirt, whatever.
  
• Write on different mediums: grid paper, lined paper, blank paper, cardboard, LCD, canvass, dirt, whatever.
  
• Write in different places, but keep and maintain a Writing Home.
  
• Tell everyone you write: your family, your friends, the postman, the prostitutes, everyone.
  
• But don’t tell anyone exactly what you are writing: not even the prostitutes.
  
• Strike dead every should you have about writing.
  
• Put aside this list, and every other piece of advice, or book, or adage about writing ever offered.
  
• And write everyday.
  

[Celera]

So, Jon sent me this link to the first in a series of three videos. This is a story about some video game addicts. Who are not like us! I've met several of you in person! My therapist would never fire me! I would never let one of you die while I took care of some random business like answering the phone or getting water for the dogs!

youtube.com/watch?v=grCTXGW3sxQ&mode=related&search=

[Fechak]

hehe, I'll have to watch that when I get home... and you know I'd forgotten about that, thanks for reminding me.

[Celera]

Here's a quote for you, Fech.

If the doctor told me I had only six minutes to live, I'd type a little faster.
~ Isaac Asimov

[Vangelis]

celera said:

So, Jon sent me this link to the first in a series of three videos. This is a story about some video game addicts. ...<snip>

Funny - I *just* found those myself a few days ago. Not quite as good as Pure Pwnage, IMO, but still funny and worth the watch.

[Fechak]

www.tenthdimension.com/

I never could visualize this in all my time reading about this stuff... for some reason it clicked this time.

[Gudran]

Awesome find Fech! In response to the debate on String Theory, I recommend that you watch The Elegant Universe by Brian Greene, a really great explanation of String Theory for non physicists like us. Although this is still just a theory, it is pretty awesome to think about! I have the dvd myself, but you can watch the whole 3 hours of it in chapters on that link.

[Fechak]

Puh-leeze! I already have the book and DVD

That said, there are a TON of great things to watch on that Nova site... check it out, too

[Emizael]

*cough cough* ...This is not about Learning, and Knowing stuff, and, High Falutin' Science! Gaw.

Find more Gerbil-attacking-Cat pictures already.


Sheesh.


....Keepin' it real.

[Val]

Much better, you all can thank me later.

[Gudran]

Hahaha! Thanks for bringing this back to cats, Val!

[Celera]

That picture reminded me of this classic moment:

Dr. Peter Venkman: This city is headed for a disaster of biblical proportions.
Mayor: What do you mean, "biblical"?
Dr Ray Stantz: What he means is Old Testament, Mr. Mayor, real wrath-of-God type stuff.
Dr. Peter Venkman: Exactly.
Dr Ray Stantz: Fire and brimstone coming down from the skies. Rivers and seas boiling.
Dr. Egon Spengler: Forty years of darkness. Earthquakes, volcanoes...
Winston Zeddemore: The dead rising from the grave.
Dr. Peter Venkman: Human sacrifice, dogs and cats living together - mass hysteria.

Also, if your mom is not nagging you enough, you can try this site:

www.hassleme.co.uk/

[Fechak]

[Fechak]

The Internet 1993