My Soul to Give

For lent this year I'm giving up my soul, "Just like Jesus did!" So if I seem like a soulless bastard the next couple of weeks, its just because my parents didn't believe in marriage "at the time"

Straighten Thoughts

Learning is not linear, things I learned in the past become fodder for new thoughts.

New Arch

The person at first seemed to be behaving erratically, but after enough interactions I had begun to discover the pattern in his beliefs and actions. After extended interaction he will become a stereotype in his own right. Soon enough I will compare others to his more strongly expressed qualities.

No Texting Allowed

A device that senses when a text within a certain area is being sent or received. It would send out an signal to publicly shame the event.

Above the Game

Book about genius millionaire becoming billionaire by playing social science on the political system.

Forest for the Trees

A visual metaphor that I would like to see in a movie is:
A man with an axe cutting down a couple of trees every day until the entire forest is gone.

Artistic Unknown

When you are attempting experimentation you should only change one variable. This is true not only in science but also in art. I learned early on that when creative ideas are combined they make the overall unrecognizable to a point that it lost its appeal. You need to approach a recognizable pattern so that people will know that it is a proven good and not react with the evolutionary fear of the unknown.
This is why to be a successful artistic experimenter you need to be well accomplished in the non experimental aspects to an almost greater extent.

Decidedly So

It wasn't a purposeful decision until I decided it was.

Performing

The only time I'm not thinking and my mind is perfectly cleared is when I am performing. All of my attention is directed at perfection in execution.

Same Dream

One of my favorite parts about attending large sporting events is when I think,
"Look at all the people dreaming the same dreams", and then watching that dream become realized or destroyed for the thousands around you.

Drum Car

In seat drum set for the passenger seats of a car.

Lectures on TV

TV channel that playes stanford online classes, each class is played 4 times a week with a new episode every week. This would be much more likely to be used than Youtube because deciding between tv shows on is a easier decision than any computer based interaction. Its the same reason people watch TV movies when they own the movies.

Feeling Parkinson's

Do you choose the thoughts that you have? I think the answer is yes, but my reason is unsubstantiated.
Would schizophrenia then be when thought choice starts to become less voluntary. Like Parkinson's but instead of being unable to control your motor you can't control your sensory?

Upside Down

Try thinking about gravity as if your brain is visually flipping the world upside down.

Eccentricity

Sometimes I do crazy things just to so I have the opportunity to witness people's reaction to craziness

Childhood Hero's

a superhero who has a giant brain has to eat a diet of only candy because the brain uses 70% of glucose.

Meaningful Perspective Change

"This philosophy class is stupid. I used to like motorcycles!"

Straightened Circle

Writing turns circular thoughts into linear ones by eliminating doubt.

Self Reference

My favorite types of analogies are the ones that make reference to the root of the word.

I/We

Do different languages use of pronouns (I/we) affect the culture in a dramatic way?

Side to Side

I love hearing the same thoughts when they are expressed in different contexts.

Change

The banal is the sacred.

Quite Flighty

Time doesn't heal wounds, it just disembodies them.

Evaluating

A descriptive adjective is vaulating like a price tag, and reading different price tags allows for a more complete appraisal.

People in Their Places

"A Nihilist at Night"

Convince a Group

It is easier to persuade a group than an individual, when you add people to the side of your opponent, in a discussion, the added number adds only to confusion and confidence. It is rare that they can effectivly combine thier minds.

Kicking Dylan

I ran into Bob Dylan returning a pair of shoes at the shoe store he said, "you shouldn't let other people get your kicks for you."

Drawers

Long thin drawers so you don't have to fold your clothes ever.

Schizo Diatribe

A didactic diatribe that is actually comedic because you switch topics every homophone. Having the speech have a didactic format makes the discovery more fun.

Schizo Celeb

I think celebrity is the best therapy for people who are going to be paranoid schizophrenic.

Cookbook Cooks

There is all the difference in the world between studying science of something and practicing the art of it. We would not like to be served by a cook whose only merit was an ability to recite the cookbook.

Bring Back The Arts

Little did the liberals know that "bring back the arts" petition they signed really was for logic, grammar, and rhetoric.

William's Syndrome

Critique a purple piece of prose by asking if the author has William's syndrome

Abecedarian

Abecedarian. Insult or sketch

Great Books

The teacher should be a medium of understanding between great books and students rather than an overarching figure that uses books as a pedagogocal tool.

Water Efficiency

I like to piss in the sink so that way I can be more efficient and wash my hands at the same time.

Chaos

Human reproduction is a chaotic system.

Comedy Directions

Comedy set gradually building up audiences willingness for smarter jokes instead of crude or another direction.

Jerry/Hisenberg

So what's the deal with turbulence?

I'm a Bitch

Transform the Louie CK bit of decision making from, "I'm an asshole" to "I'm a bitch".

The King's Clothes

I think fasion was invented when

Grinds my Gears

I think most people are upset with the way things work because they compare it to an ideal rather than from where it evolved.

Working for Websites

Saying that you work for a website is more impressive than saying that you own/manage/run a website.

Courts

Optimistically, businesses will reduce the crime rate so they have better access to the court system.

Vegas odds

% of basketball games that go into overtime

Learn to Win

I would rather learn than win.

Behaviorist Computers

Computer interaction with humans leads to applied behaviorst perspectives.

XenoSex

The reason we want to have kids is because we are all xenophobic, we want to have more of us than them.

Original

Originality is a great way to express depth of knowledge because it hints at a recognition of a cliche.

Crying

My new ringtone is babies crying. Nothing makes you want to pick up the phone more.