Sunday, October 30, 2011
It Had To Be You
It had to be you
It had to be you
I wandered around and finally found
somebody who
could make me be true,
could make me be blue,
and even be glad just to be sad thinkin’ of you.
Some others I’ve seen might never been mean
might never been cross or tried to be boss,
but they wouldn’t do.
'Cause nobody else gave me that thrill.
With all your faults, I love you still.
It had to be you,
had to be you,
had to be you
Jeff Atwood on Parenthood
Jeff Atwood just wrote this amazing post on parenthood:
My feelings on this matter are complex. I made a graph. You know, for the children.
That one percent makes all the difference.
Sunday, October 23, 2011
Friday, October 21, 2011
Wednesday, October 12, 2011
Monday, October 10, 2011
Octobre, mois de: la chanson italienne
La chanson italienne, qui inclut également les chansons chantées dans les langues minoritaires en Italie (et surtout en napolitain) — mais aussi en Suisse, voire par des Italiens émigrés — correspond à une longue tradition dont le modèle et le format court semble être né à Naples au xixe siècle. On peut citer deux chansons appartenant à ce répertoire : 'O Sole Mio et Core 'ngrato.
Sunday, October 9, 2011
Friday, October 7, 2011
Hell Froze Over
The following is allegedly an actual question given in a University of Washington chemistry mid-term exam.
First, we need to know how the mass of Hell is changing in time. So we need to know the rate at which souls are moving into Hell and the rate at which they are leaving. I think we can safely assume that once a soul gets to Hell, it will not leave. Therefore, no souls are leaving.
As for how many souls are entering Hell, let's look at the different religions that exist in the world today. Most of these religions state that if you are not a member of their faith, you will go to Hell. Since there is more than one of these religions and since people do not belong to more than one religion, we can reliably project that all souls go to Hell.
With birth and death rates as they are, we can expect the number of souls in Hell to increase exponentially. Now, we look at the rate of change of the volume in Hell because Boyle's Law states that in order for the temperature and pressure in Hell to stay the same, the volume of Hell has to expand proportionately as souls are added.
This gives two possibilities:
If we accept the postulate given to me by Teresa during my freshman year that, "it will be a cold night in Hell before I sleep with you, and take into account the fact that I slept with her last night, then number 2 must be true, and thus I am sure that Hell is exothermic and has already frozen over.
The corollary of this theory is that since Hell has frozen over, it follows that it is not accepting any more souls,leaving only Heaven, thereby proving the existence of a divine being, which explains why, last night, Teresa kept shouting "Oh my God!"
(Allegedly this student received the only A.)
Bonus Question: Is Hell exothermic (gives off heat) or endothermic (absorbs heat)?
Most of the students wrote proofs of their beliefs using Boyle's Law (gas cools when it expands and heats when it is compressed) or some variant. One student, however, wrote the following:First, we need to know how the mass of Hell is changing in time. So we need to know the rate at which souls are moving into Hell and the rate at which they are leaving. I think we can safely assume that once a soul gets to Hell, it will not leave. Therefore, no souls are leaving.
As for how many souls are entering Hell, let's look at the different religions that exist in the world today. Most of these religions state that if you are not a member of their faith, you will go to Hell. Since there is more than one of these religions and since people do not belong to more than one religion, we can reliably project that all souls go to Hell.
With birth and death rates as they are, we can expect the number of souls in Hell to increase exponentially. Now, we look at the rate of change of the volume in Hell because Boyle's Law states that in order for the temperature and pressure in Hell to stay the same, the volume of Hell has to expand proportionately as souls are added.
This gives two possibilities:
- If Hell is expanding at a slower rate than the rate at which souls
enter Hell, then the temperature and pressure in Hell will increase
until all Hell breaks loose.
- If Hell is expanding at a rate faster than the increase of souls in
Hell, then the temperature and pressure will drop until Hell
freezes over.
If we accept the postulate given to me by Teresa during my freshman year that, "it will be a cold night in Hell before I sleep with you, and take into account the fact that I slept with her last night, then number 2 must be true, and thus I am sure that Hell is exothermic and has already frozen over.
The corollary of this theory is that since Hell has frozen over, it follows that it is not accepting any more souls,leaving only Heaven, thereby proving the existence of a divine being, which explains why, last night, Teresa kept shouting "Oh my God!"
(Allegedly this student received the only A.)
Octobre, mois de: la chanson française
La chanson française désigne un genre musical à part entière, l’adjonction de l’adjectif « française » au terme « chanson » tendant à signifier une particularité propre à cette forme d’expression musicale en langue française et dans le champ culturel francophone.
Ce genre existe et s’est défini au moment de la constitution de l’industrie du disque comme marché culturel de masse (à partir de la fin de la Seconde Guerre mondiale). Il repose sur des particularités culturelles et esthétiques : la « chanson française » s’inspire de la littérature classique de langue française (en particulier la poésie), et se nourrit d’un désir de résistance linguistique et culturelle à une forme de domination économique, linguistique, et esthétique.
L’expression « chanson française » désigne donc depuis 1945 un genre musical qui se définit par l’usage de la langue française, la référence à des maîtres et modèles hérités de la littérature poétique de langue française, et par opposition, ou par différenciation aux formes dominantes, anglo-saxonnes, de l’industrie musicale. Les interprètes les plus populaires de la chanson française de tous les temps sont: Jacques Brel, Georges Brassens, Jean Ferrat, Léo Ferré, Claude Nougaro, Barbara, Edith Piaf, Charles Aznavour et Serge Gainsbourg.
Wednesday, October 5, 2011
Always Look on the Bright Side of Life
"For life is quite absurd
And death's the final word
You must always face the curtain with a bow.
Forget about your sin - give the audience a grin
Enjoy it - it's your last chance anyhow."
And one more thing...
"Remembering that I'll be dead soon is the most important tool I've ever encountered to help me make the big choices in life. Because almost everything — all external expectations, all pride, all fear of embarrassment or failure — these things just fall away in the face of death, leaving only what is truly important. Remembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose. You are already naked. There is no reason not to follow your heart."
- Steve Jobs (1955 - 2011)
Sunday, October 2, 2011
[i carry your heart with me(i carry it in]
i carry your heart with me(i carry it in
my heart)i am never without it(anywhere
i go you go,my dear;and whatever is done
by only me is your doing,my darling)
i fear
no fate(for you are my fate,my sweet)i want
no world(for beautiful you are my world,my true)
and it’s you are whatever a moon has always meant
and whatever a sun will always sing is you
my heart)i am never without it(anywhere
i go you go,my dear;and whatever is done
by only me is your doing,my darling)
i fear
no fate(for you are my fate,my sweet)i want
no world(for beautiful you are my world,my true)
and it’s you are whatever a moon has always meant
and whatever a sun will always sing is you
here is the deepest secret nobody knows
(here is the root of the root and the bud of the bud
and the sky of the sky of a tree called life;which grows
higher than soul can hope or mind can hide)
and this is the wonder that's keeping the stars apart
(here is the root of the root and the bud of the bud
and the sky of the sky of a tree called life;which grows
higher than soul can hope or mind can hide)
and this is the wonder that's keeping the stars apart
i carry your heart(i carry it in my heart)
Saturday, October 1, 2011
Dream a Little Dream of Me
Stars shining bright above you;
Night breezes seem to whisper "I love you"
Birds singing in the sycamore tree.
Dream a little dream of me.
Say nighty-night and kiss me;
Just hold me tight and tell me you'll miss me.
While I'm alone, blue as can be,
Dream a little dream of me.
Stars fading but I linger on, dear
Still craving your kiss.
I'm longing to linger till dawn, dear,
Just saying this...
Sweet dreams till sunbeams find you
Sweet dreams that leave all worries behind you.
But in your dreams, whatever they be,
Dream a little dream of me.
Stars fading but I linger on, dear
Still craving your kiss.
I'm longing to linger till dawn, dear,
Just saying this...
Sweet dreams till sunbeams find you
Sweet dreams that leave all worries far behind you.
But in your dreams, whatever they be,
Dream a little dream of me.
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