Blogging

I kind of find blogging to be very weird sort of thing, in it’s traditional incarnation it is like that person at your work who never shuts up about their dream or gives way to detailed descriptions of things. (So this Saturday I went to a BBQ at three, I remember because I looked at my watch when I bought gas, since I time how long it takes to get each gallon so I can go to the fastest pump... and I had a hotdog that was just a little burnt with the fancy Dijon mustard you know the one with the wine and cracked seeds..., I also had chips you know the ones with the ridges, oh there was chicken but I didn’t like the sauce...) and yet since we are voyeurs (reality TV proves this) we eat it up. While I try to be different sometimes it seems like I am just the digital version of the crazy person on the street corner who preaches his manifesto on why blue cars should be banned and how the CIA is using the bus ads to hypnotize people, but if you hold foil under your armpits you are safe. (Sadly I just thought that up, but I can be comforted by the fact that at least I would be an entertaining street corner “preacher”.)

I wish this was a two way form of communication, since then people could debate me or just tell me what they think so I could improve. My goal is to share what little insight I have in a blunt but entertaining fashion, and perhaps gd willing help someone. Oh sure a poll or a message board would be a good start but to really improve, I think I will need portable lie detectors (remember they detect your physiological state with the theory being that lying is a stressor and your body will betray you, they in fact are much better at detecting laughing or positive emotions since you don’t try to suppress those) and an EEG. Perhaps I could write a grant and have my little site read by people in a PET scanner. Nothing like measuring the brain’s oxygen consumption by region (using anti-matter no less) to determine whether I have written worth while content and how it is perceived. In the mean time perhaps I should write spyware that monitors the microscopic movements of the mouse in the reader’s hand to measure how they respond to the content. (And you thought your privacy couldn’t be invaded more!) (I just came up with the mouse idea, damn its been a good day of inventing!) I am kidding about writing the spyware, but it is a damn good idea, however please hold you head near the monitor after you read each post from now on so you can be accurately scanned. ;)

Since I already have a precedent for speaking to people who might read this site beyond those I expect to. I would like to say hello to the nice people at Echelon and the NSA, to the CIA I was kidding about the bus thing, (but it could actually be a good form of semi-subliminal advertising if you did it right, however it is better suited for the DOD). To all the three letter acronym government organizations who might like me to explain my little spyware idea to I’m sure you know where too find me, lets do lunch, Thursdays are best. I have lots of great stuff like that. (Foreign powers need not apply.)