04/09/08

Counting is easy, right?  We count to 10, starting from 1 and ending on 10.  Simple.  We continue to 20 beginning with 21 and ending with 30.  Those are the "20s".  The "30s" then begin with 31 and end with 40.  Like this:

1-10
11-20
21-30
31-40

We don't start counting with 0.

We all do this...almost every day.  But when it comes to age we get all stupid and illogical and claim that 30 is the first year of the "30s".  Why?  If this were true it would be like this:

0-9
10-19
20-29
30-39

But that's just stupid...like republicans, really.  It all started because of the "teens" and this is how it's seen by most people.

1-10        child
11,12        pre-teen  (using "pre" makes things un-important...just like "pre-historic")
13-19        teen
20-29        20s
30-39        30s

It still doesn't make any damned sense!  Stop doing it.  The good part is that when you turn 30 you're still in your 20s, so embrace the logic and quit counting like a republican!  We can still have "the teen years".  It doesn't change anything.  Just count your age the same way you count EVERYTHING ELSE!

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04/10/08

Something that bothers me to no end are statements of fact that twist the facts and are so common that we tend to simply accept them as facts themselves.  There are many; here are a few, you'll see what I mean:

"There are no new ideas." Oh yeah?  Who says?  When exactly was the last new idea thought?  Who thought it?  This statement serves the status quo and prevents thinking.  It's a lie that's very easy to believe. 

"No two snowflakes are exactly the same." and "No two fingerprints are exactly the same."  I hate the implication that snow flakes and fingerprints are somehow special and unique...as if the whole of the Universe isn't special. 
Here's the truth:  No two of ANYTHING in the Universe are exactly the same.  No two galaxies, no two stars, no two planets, no two blades of grass, no two aphids, no two chimpanzees, no two toenail fungal spores, etc.  It's not just snowflakes and fingerprints!  We humans aren't special and neither are snowflakes in this regard.  We're just like EVERYTHING else.

"Bless you." following a sneeze.  I HATE this one!  If it's not stated as "God bless you" it's implied...not only that there is ONE God, but that you might actually be "blessed" by him.
This is one of those things salvationists never think about.  If God blesses you, he's cursing someone else.  He's taking your side over another's.  The Rhino Virus, the other team, the other Country, the other food competitor, etc....because you're sooooooo freakin special! 
I get dirty looks from people who sneeze in my presence when I don't say anything.  Nice and "christian" of them, don't you think?  Anyway, I've begun saying, "tattoo" instead and find that many people actually respond with "thank you."  I'm not kidding.  Trained, rehearsed responses to stimuli.  It actually took me quite a while to break my own habbit of saying thank you when someone "blessed" me following a sneeze.

Ok.   That's enough for now. 

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