The Star Wars Drinking Game

Drink If…

·      Someone has a bad feeling about this.

·      It's their only hope.

·      A woman other than Leia is on screen


·      There is a tremor in the Force.

·      It's not someone's fault

·      Someone exclaims "No!"

·      People kiss

·      Every time you find yourself talking to the people on screen

·      Luke whines.

·      Luke and Lando are in the same place at the same time

·      Leia insults somebody.

·      Anybody insults the Millennium Falcon.

o   Twice if Han brags about the Millennium Falcon.

·      Something doesn't work on the Falcon

o   Twice if it's the hyperdrive

·      Yoda uses bad grammar

·      R2-D2 plugs into the wrong socket and his head spins around.

·      C-3PO loses a body part.

o   Twice if he is completely dismembered.

·      The Emperor cackles evilly.

·      Stormtroopers shoot everywhere but where they're aiming.

·      Stormtrooper armor proves useless.

Other versions there are, but if the whole trilogy watching you are, too many drinks you may have.

Hamlet Sans

I heard something on the radio, not quite sure what it was, but it made me want to make this.

It is the famous "To be, or not to be" soliloquy from Shakespeare's Hamlet, but with a bit of change.

I have deleted all verbs and adjectives. Also, starting with the first line, I deleted every third line (so the 1st, 4th, 7th, etc.)

I think it's interesting how, although we may not even have ever heard the whole soliloquy, we can insert the correct verb.

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Whether nobler in the mind

The slings and arrows of fortune

And by them--

No more--and by a sleep

That flesh is heir to. A consummation

Devoutly--

For in that sleep of death what dreams may

When off this coil,

That calamity of so life.

For who the whips and scorns of time,

The pangs of love, the law's delay,

The insolence of office, and the spurns

When he himself might his quietus

With a bodkin?

Who fardels,

But that the dread of something after death,

The country, from whose bourn

And rather those ills

Than to others that not of?

And thus the hue of resolution

Sicklied o'er with the cast of thought,

With this regard their currents awry

And the name of action. -- You now,

All my sins.

Multilingual Abstract Noun and Suffixes

Most people learned what the definition of a noun is when they were very young: any person, place, or thing. There are also proper nouns which always receive a capitalized first letter. Additionally, there are abstract nouns. The capitalization of these nouns is debatable, but I prefer to do so.

The Fruitages of the Holy Spirit found in the Bible at Galatians 5:22, 23  are a superb example of the abstract noun. Instead of just a thing, it is a thing that intangible, or non-physical. The following is a list of the Fruitages in English, Spanish, Danish, and Czech.

Love	Amor	Kærlighed	Laska
Joy	Gozo	Glæd	Radost
Peace	Paz	Fred	Pokoj
Faith	Fe	Tro	Víra
Goodness	Bondad	Godhed	Dobrota
Kindness	Benignidad	Venlighed	Laskavost
Mildness	Apacibilidad	Mildhed	Mírnost
Long-Suffering	Gran Paciencia	Langmodihed	Trpělivost
Self-Control	Autodominio	Selvbekerkelse	Sebeovládání

As you can see it is not in order found in the passage, but organized according to syllables and suffixes in English. The first four have one syllable and no suffix; the middle three are two syllables and have the same suffix: "-ness;" the last two have varying syllables but are both hyphenated.

I find it very interesting how the Spanish translation follows this same pattern almost exactly. The first four have no suffix; the middle three have the same suffix: "-dad;" and the last two have varying syllables. This is surely evidence of the Gothic influence of both Spanish and French (viz. Middle French and Middle English).

Looking at Danish, the previous pattern is broken, but a new one emerges. Five out of the nine abstract nouns end in "-hed." If rearranged to this new pattern the list goes as follows:

Tro	Faith
Kærlighed	Love
Godhed	Gooness
Venlighed	Kindness
Mildhed	Mildness
Langmodihed	Long-Suffering
Glæd	Joy
Fred	Peace
Selvbekerkelse	Self-Control

Three out of four of the qualities in English that end in "-ness" end in "-hed" in Danish. Wouldn't it be weird if, instead of saying 'Goodness' we said 'Goodhood;' or instead of 'Love' we said 'Lovinghood.'

Finally, looking at Czech, there is also a pattern different from English:

Radost	Joy
Laskavost	Kindness
Mírnost	Mildness
Trpělivost	Long-Suffering
Laska	Love
Víra	Faith
Dobrota	Goodness
Sebeovládání	Self-Control
Pokoj	Peace

The first four end in "-ost;" the next four end in a feminine vowel sound; the last one ends in a masculine vowel sound. This is indicative of how far back the languages split. While Modern English was directly influenced by Danish and is in the same generational displacement  from Latin as is Spanish. Although Czech is  related to English, the most recent common ancestor is only the Indo-European language. That means that Czech is about as related to English as is Hindi.

I hope you learned something and enjoyed this post. Repost this link if you'd like or follow my blog.

How much information is in the Human Brain?

I recently saw a video about how the internet weighs. (You can watch it here). It was quite an interesting idea.

But later, I heard on another show that the brain contains about 10 terabytes of information (can't link to the show). I thought this was kind of small. So... I took it upon myself to come up with a more satisfying number.

The linked video says the internet weighs roughly 50 grams. That takes into account the all the electrons that make up the 1 billion trillion bytes (1x10^21).

The average human brain weighs about 1350 grams (with 100 billion neurons and 100 trillion synapses). One could say, then, that the human brain contains about as much information of 27 internets, or 27x10^21.

That is 27 sextillion bytes (27 zetabytes).

For an idea what that means:

27,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 bytes.

That is indeed a much more satisfying number for how amazing the human brain is!

Primal Blueprint: A Snapshot

There is a fitness blog I read almost everyday at www.marksdailyapple.com

It is written by a former triathalon competitor who has switched to the "Primal" lifestyle. Those of you who know me know I lost 40 pounds in 6 weeks being hardcore on his program and then lost another 10 pounds over the next 6 months going more mediocre.

Today's post sums up some of the rules for this lifestyle. It's not a diet or an exercise plan, but a set of principles.

I've done some editing to this to make it readable.

1. Yes, You Really Can Reprogram Your Genes

...How we eat, exercise, sleep, interact with our social circles, stress, and spend time outdoors (plus tons of other environmental signals) determines how our genes express themselves; how our genes express themselves in turn determines our level of health. Genetic predisposition is not your destiny....

2. The Clues to Optimal Gene Expression Are Found in Evolution

The clues to realizing our Primal Blueprint lies scattered amidst our evolutionary history... the best we can probably do is use human evolution as a base level tool for making lifestyle decisions....

3. Your Body Prefers Burning Fat Over Carbohydrates

We’ve evolved to be fat-burners... Become "fat-adapted", enjoy boundless energy. Free yourself from the shackles of a carbohydrate-based metabolism/dependency....

4. 80 Percent of Your Body Composition Success Is Determined by How You Eat

...Sleep matters, exercise helps, stress has an effect, but how you eat – what you eat and how much you eat – is the prime determinant of your body composition....

5. Grains Are Totally Unnecessary

...There’s nothing good in grains that you can’t get elsewhere, and plenty bad that you won’t find elsewhere. Don’t eat ‘em....

6. Saturated Fat and Cholesterol Are Not Your Enemy

...Saturated fat is inherently the most stable fat...

7. Exercise is Ineffective for Weight Management

Exercise is healthy.... But exercise alone is highly ineffective for weight management....

You can’t out-exercise a bad diet and poor lifestyle.

8. Maximum Fitness Can Be Achieved in Minimal Time With High Intensity Workouts

... Make your short, intense workouts shorter and more intense. Round them out with lots of slow moving – walks, hikes, and the like – throughout your everyday life, and you’ll be incredibly fit and well-rounded, in a fraction of the time most people presume is required. 

Read more: http://www.marksdailyapple.com/the-primal-blueprint-8-key-concepts/#ixzz26HdcsJtf

I've made it a habit to collect some songs that have had an impact on me throughout the year. I've called it different things over the years but the name "JSR CD" has resurfaced again this year, with the affixation of "2012."

So here's the track list. You should be able to click the link and it will open up iTunes.

1. God Yu Tekem Laef Blong Mi by Hans Zimmer
2. Light & Day / Reach For The Sun by The Polyphonic Spree
3. Hard To Concentrate by Red Hot Chili Peppers
4. 'Unfinished Symphony' No. 8 In B Minor by Franz Schubert
5. I Am A Man of Constant Sorrow by The Soggy Bottom Boys
6. Our Truth by Lacuna Coil
7. Love of the Loveless by Eels
8. Home by Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeroes
9. Waiting for My Real Life to Begin by Colin Hay
10. Without You by David Guetta
11. Cruel To Be Kind by Nick Lowe
12. No Woman No Cry by Bob Marley

Here's some songs that didn't make the cut. They're all good, especially the first on the list, but it seemed like too much, literally and figuratively.

• Book of Love by Peter Gabriel
• P. S. I Hate You by Reel Big Fish
• Craigslist by Weird Al Yankovic
• Psycho Killer by Talking Heads
• Hello, I Love You by The Doors

Clothing Color Schemes

From time to time I get a compliment on my color scheme of the suit I am wearing. Other times I get a weird look and I know they think my colors don't match. If you have ever thought this then rest assured that it does go together, it is just a rather dangerous combination.

I thought I would share my color schemes, for hose of you who are curious. I've told several I use this tool and they have asked for it, so here it is.

I use a six-part color wheel which consists of Yellow (Y), Orange (O), Red (R), Violet (V), Blue (B), and Green (G). I negate any shades or tints (adding black or white, respectively).

I also make use of the neutral colors. Obviously the neutrals all go together, but white tends to go well with the cool colors (V, B, G) and Black goes well with warm colors (Y, O, R) while Grey goes with all. You can also switch: put white with warm and black with cool, but that is often too bold or hard to round out with a jacket.

Schemes

In standard practice there are complementary colors and analogous colors. Monochrome is a scheme too, but gets boring if you do it too often. Conversely, it can become a very bold statement if you rarely wear a monochrome scheme. You can spice these up with a triad, a double, or a split. Thus there are eight schemes: Complementary, Analogous, Triad, Split, Split Triad, Double, Split Analogous, Split Complementary.

Complementary

Complementary means the colors are directly across from each other on the wheel. That means there are exactly three complementary color combinations.

• Y/P
• G/R
• B/O

Analogous

Analogous means the colors are right next to each other on the wheel. That means there are exactly six analogous color combinations (you can also make it an analogous triad).

• G/B/(V)
• B/V/(R)
• V/R/(O)
• R/O/(Y)
• O/Y/(G)
• Y/G/(B)

Triad

Triad means choose the colors that make a "Y" shape on the wheel. That means there are exactly two triad color combinations.

• Y/B/R
• G/O/V

Split

Split means you take out the middle color from the triad. That means there are exactly six split color combinations

• B/R
• G/O
• O/V
• V/G
• Y/B
• Y/R

Split Triad

Split Triad means you take out the middle color from the triad and add the color that is one step warmer or one step cooler. That means there are exactly six split color combinations. BUT once you venture outside of the complementary, analogous, triad combinations, you start getting repeats. SO, then, there are only four split color combinations that cannot be classified any other way.

• B/R/O
• G/R/O
• Y/V/B
• Y/R/V

Double

Double means you combine two complementary colors with one analogous color. That means there are four double color combinations that are not able to classified another way.

• B/O/G
• G/R/B
• G/R/Y
• Y/V/O

Split Analogous and Split Complementary

These are the categories where the above combinations found their repeats. Split Analogous means you take your split triad and remove the last color and replace with the original middle color from the triad. Split Complementary means you take two complementary colors and add one analogous color. There are four Split Analogous or Split Complementary colors that cannot be classified any other way.

• B/O/V (Split Analogous)
• V/G/Y (Split Analogous)
• B/O/Y (Split Complementary)
• G/R/V (Split Complementary)

Danger

I mentioned earlier how you can be bold with a color scheme, but you could also be too flamboyant with colors, which makes others feel uncomfortable. In order from least dangerous color scheme to most dangerous they are:

• Monochrome (B/B/B)
• Split (B/R)
• Triad (Y/B/R)
• Complementary (G/R)
• Split Complementary (B/O/Y)
• Analogous (Y/G/B)
• Double (B/O/G)
• Split Triad (B/R/O)
• Split Analogous (V/G/Y)

Obviously you can pull off a very dangerous V/G/Y split analogous combination by changing the tints and shades.

Table

Here is a quick-reference table to all the schemes and combinations. I also have given all the combinations a name. They are sorted by danger rather than by scheme.

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Scheme		Combination		Danger		Name
Complementary		BO		1		Boot
Complementary		GR		1		Great
Complementary		YV		1		Wavy
Split		BR		1		Cold
Split		GO		1		Go
Split		OV		1		Done
Split		VG		1		Lady
Split		YB		1		Bib
Split		YR		1		Rye
Analagous		OYG		2		Goya
Analagous		VRO		2		Rover
Analagous		ROY		2		Roy
Analagous		YGB		2		Big
Split Complementary		BOY		2		Boy
Split Complementary		GRV		2		Hard
Triad		BYR		2		Bird
Triad		GVO		2		Grover
Analagous		BVR		3		Brave
Analagous		GBV		3		Bum
Double		BOG		3		Bog
Double		GRB		3		Grab
Double		GRY		3		Gravy
Double		YVO		3		Mom
Split Analagous		BOV		3		Bye
Split Analagous		VGY		3		Girl
Split Triad		BRO		3		Bro
Split Triad		GRO		3		Grow
Split Triad		YVB		3		Mad
Split Triad		YRV		3		Hot

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