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Wednesday, November 06, 2002
Monday, November 04, 2002
(ALMOST) FOUR-YEAR-OLD LOGIC IN ACTION My goddaughter came up to me this evening after getting out of the bathroom. goddaughter: "I didn't wipe my butt 'cause I was in a hurry."Somehow, her mother & I managed not to bust out laughing until she ran out of the room to go finish what she had started. My stomach still hurts from laughing so hard. The funniest part was that the little tyke did it with a completely straight face. In and of itself, the logical connection she made was true. It's a simple if/then statement: if I don't wipe my butt, I have to take a bath, therefore if I wipe my butt, I don't have to take a bath. The only problem is that the factual basis on which the statement was founded is false. She'll be four on Friday. CONVERSATIONS WITH AN (ALMOST) FOUR-YEAR-OLD Goddaughter: "We went to the lie fairy today." Sunday, November 03, 2002
WHO'S THE CRIMINAL? I bought "Spider-Man" on DVD tonight. It's a 2-disc set, widescreen, and chock full of extras that make movie buffs drool. It cost me $14.99 (plus tax). A newly released CD can cost upwards of $18.99. Hmmm.....2+ hours of audio/video entertainment versus 70 minutes of songs I may or may not like as I've never heard them before. Which is easier to produce, the DVD or the CD? Which takes more time, effort, and money to put out? Don't even mention the fallacy that the music industry must charge so much to cover all of the failed artists they sign. Have you seen how many Kevin Costner DVDs are floating around in the bargain bin? You could side a skyscraper with just the leftover copies of "The Postman". And they say people who file-share songs are thieves... |
