the thread that can't be derailed....

[Kevin Peña]

I got an A on an ENGLISH paper! Yay me!

Also, I stayed for my school's open house to present the mechanical engineering class to prospective freshman. Apparantly, I did a good job. Made a lot of people think today. 

[MadelineB]

I rolled the dice and they froze in space. The world spun around them and I. Number: approaching one. Need more donkeys.

[Brooke777]

I rolled the dice and they froze in space. The world spun around them and I. Number: approaching one. Need more donkeys.

um...wow?

[MadelineB]

um...wow?

Thanks! If I joined a religious order, my name would be Nun Sequitur.
but seriously: I laugh when putting things together that can't coexist. It's wonnamy favorite vices. I love images like those dice.

[Taka]

it's snowing. fun for the kids, but not those of us who have to drive to work

[justmeinoz]

Power is back on here so dinner won't be Mongolian BBQ stir-fry on the gas BBQ, under the carport, in the cold. 

[Isabelle]

Today, I took a stroll in the afternoon sun and bought a nice bikini for summer. Today was a good day.

[Taka]

my gp got me an appointment with a sexologist (those would be the gender specialists in norway) in the city. and then while i was thinking of whom to ask to substitute for me while i'm away that day, i suddenly remembered that my students are also in that city. idon't even have to take time off work, since i can just go visit their school and teach them there. i'm sure they'll be happy to see me in person instead of on screen...

really interesting how things work out some times. but if this goes too well, i'm afraid i might have already failed that exam. can't have too much good at once after all.... or maybe that's just needless worry

[ativan]

I'm going to see if I can get this damn cast off today. If they won't remove it, I will.
I just might have to bring along the cutters, if I don't get a brace.
I stopped taping my two fingers together yesterday. Looks like it is healing a little crooked.
My little finger tucks slightly when I bend my fingers down.
And it still fricken hurts about a third of the time.
Still can't use the two fingers to play my guitar.
Open tunings will have to do, for awhile.
Broke a fingernail at the therapist's yesterday.
Drama and whining, all in the same post. 

Ativan

[hazelspikes]

The football team lost and the marching band almost froze...My section ended up with a 1 glove a piece and switched the glove back and forth depending on which hand needed it the most. And I regret not wearing a flannel shirt under my uniform jacket.

But we still cheered and stuff, so it was fun! But we couldn't really feel our feet or our hands when we left. Well, we could, but it was a mass of pain. And now I am comfy and warm.

[V M]

The football team lost and the marching band almost froze...My section ended up with a 1 glove a piece and switched the glove back and forth depending on which hand needed it the most. And I regret not wearing a flannel shirt under my uniform jacket.

But we still cheered and stuff, so it was fun! But we couldn't really feel our feet or our hands when we left. Well, we could, but it was a mass of pain. And now I am comfy and warm.

Brrrr, sounds pretty cold, glad you're warm and comfy now 

[BlueSloth]

The football team lost and the marching band almost froze...My section ended up with a 1 glove a piece and switched the glove back and forth depending on which hand needed it the most. And I regret not wearing a flannel shirt under my uniform jacket.

But we still cheered and stuff, so it was fun! But we couldn't really feel our feet or our hands when we left. Well, we could, but it was a mass of pain. And now I am comfy and warm.

Ugh.  If I'm cold I have to warm up my muscles before I play piano, otherwise it's hard to move my hands fast enough.  I had a nightmare one time where I was supposed to play piano in front of a big crowd, but it was really cold and my hands nearly froze up completely

*Imagines pushing a piano around a football field*

Need more donkeys indeed.

[Isabelle]

Today I met with a new client and then went home and bleached my hair to within an inch of its life lol. Blonde for summer

[Padma]

*Imagines pushing a piano around a football field*

Wait for the marching band .

[Shantel]

*Imagines pushing a piano around a football field*

Wait for the marching band .

The Video was blocked in USA on account of copyright. 

[ativan]

Need more donkeys.

*With bacon. On a football field. Pushing a piano. Woody Allen.*
My brain entanglement for the day.

[MadelineB]

*With bacon. On a football field. Pushing a piano. Woody Allen.*
My brain entanglement for the day.

Speaking of entanglements and brains, I asked myself the question: So often if one didn't know the context, I would sound positively mad. (As opposed to negatively mad, its polar opposite). WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN MADNESS AND CREATIVE GENIUS?

I answered myself (that in itself is not the answer!):
Humor.

I can enjoy the absurdity of things and share my perspective with others so we both enjoy looking at things in a new way.

Madness is humorless. It takes itself and the world too seriously, the cracking sound of the brain that breaks.

Doubling up in laughter requires a certain ability to bend.

MORE DONKEYS.

[ativan]

"WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN MADNESS AND CREATIVE GENIUS?"

Getting over your fear of madness.
To take the step necessary to step off the edge of madness into the abyss of creativity.
The difference between taking a flying leap and leaping to fly.
Getting over your fear of creative genius.
Madness and genius are the same. If no one believes you, it's madness. When they believe you, you're a genius.
The difference is creativity, without it, both are quite boring and effectively useless.
Yet creativity has no prerequisite conditions.
What then, is the difference between genius and creative madness?

Listening to the fading reverberations of the echo's from that cracking sound,
Ativan

[Kevin Peña]

WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN MADNESS AND CREATIVE GENIUS?

Simple. Madness is insanity, genius is intelligence. 

[Brooke777]

WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN MADNESS AND CREATIVE GENIUS?

Simple. Madness is insanity, genius is intelligence. 

But, how do you tell the difference? To some, a person may seem mad, but to others, a genius. Where is the line?