tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15322620.post114495447451718742..comments2024-01-11T18:39:50.665+00:00Comments on Painting With Shadows: 6 Weird Things MemeKim Ayreshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02656677501116622953noreply@blogger.comBlogger36125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15322620.post-1145239054217059972006-04-17T02:57:00.000+01:002006-04-17T02:57:00.000+01:00"straight-man," OK."the everyman perspective," giv..."straight-man," OK.<BR/>"the everyman perspective," given.<BR/>"bedrock upon which this little e-community depends," definitely<BR/>"anchor in an otherwise bizarre and unsettling world," NO!<BR/><BR/>It am you normalcy that make you the odd one out. Ordinal question was:<BR/>"What is it about me that attracts 'schizophrenics who think they are cannibalistic ghouls, kitties with citrus helmets, "mature male" gorillas, puppet monsters, hyper-intelligent shades of color with doctorates, and anthropomorphic dinosaur homocidia'?" <BR/><BR/>Me agree with Foot that it am you normalcy that attracts such types, but you am far from any anchor in any tempest. If anything you am the eye in the hurricane. You am simply something the happen when weird groups form and interact. We can be a storm without an eye, but when we really get going... you gotta have that spot of normal or it just don't get as strong. It really make you weirder than all of us anyway. Ask ANYONE on street, weird or normal, and tell them about each Blunt Cogger. Me think it go something like...<BR/><BR/>"What's with this guy again?"<BR/>"Kim? Nothing. He's the normal one."<BR/>"Normal, huh. Nothing strange about him?"<BR/>"No, not really."<BR/>"Huh.... That's weird."Monsteehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09683943387563395281noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15322620.post-1145213397490375302006-04-16T19:49:00.000+01:002006-04-16T19:49:00.000+01:00Oops, I seem to have fallen behind here as I was b...Oops, I seem to have fallen behind here as I was busy writing. I do sincerely apologise if I put anyone off from commenting with my scientifically pedantic description of normality. I just got carried away there for a moment.<BR/><BR/>You are indeed becoming the bedrock upon which this little e-community depends for rational interlocution. Look at how you have been portrayed in the latest bluntcogs, for example, trying calmly to arbitrate between various factions.Dr Joseph McCrumblehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09348006492822843692noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15322620.post-1145183000635650862006-04-16T11:23:00.000+01:002006-04-16T11:23:00.000+01:00Atilla - absolutely :)Monstee - so I'm just the st...<B>Atilla</B> - absolutely :)<BR/><BR/><B>Monstee</B> - so I'm just the straight-man that shows off how weird everyone else is, giving the reader/viewer the everyman perspective and anchor in an otherwise bizzare and unsettling world? That's not unlike what Foot Eater was getting at in the 12th comment in this post.<BR/><BR/>I'm not entirely sure how I feel about that - not particularly reassured, that's for certain. Perhaps slightly insulted?<BR/><BR/>I'm going to have to think about this...Kim Ayreshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02656677501116622953noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15322620.post-1145181767564794832006-04-16T11:02:00.000+01:002006-04-16T11:02:00.000+01:00Me was going to comment... but me had to walk so f...Me was going to comment... but me had to walk so far down this page that now me am too tired!<BR/><BR/>Oh, dangit! OK. Why am you surrounded by all them types and stuff that me no want to find and copy and paste in italics? It not no anchor or stability or nothing like that. It am like <A HREF="http://www.munsters.com/" REL="nofollow">"The Munsters".</A> Me not know if you get that show over there, but it am a really old TV show from 60's of 70's about family of monsters. Dad "Herman" am a Frankenstein monster type, mom "Lilly" am a Vampira type, son "Eddie" am werewolf type, grandpa "Grandpa" am vampire type, and "Cousin Marilyn" am the girl next door type. That am you! You am the Kim next-door type among all us. When you look at all them old monster movies, no matter how many monsters get mixed in with the mad scientist and hunch back assistants and vengeful burgermeisters and villagers with torches.... there am always one guy who am not none of that and keep a level head. ...yeah, in contrast it make him the weirdo. WOW! You the weirdo Kim. Boy, you lucky we let you hang around at all!!Monsteehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09683943387563395281noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15322620.post-1145160886045026542006-04-16T05:14:00.000+01:002006-04-16T05:14:00.000+01:00Oh dear. How shameful. You trollop.Oh dear. How shameful. You trollop.Attila the Momhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02158308703617226652noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15322620.post-1145121240482706652006-04-15T18:14:00.000+01:002006-04-15T18:14:00.000+01:00RNP - OK, I'll try and remember to keep you off my...<B>RNP</B> - OK, I'll try and remember to keep you off my meme list :)Kim Ayreshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02656677501116622953noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15322620.post-1145120887041567112006-04-15T18:08:00.000+01:002006-04-15T18:08:00.000+01:00Interesting reply-I actually like it better than t...Interesting reply-I actually like it better than the numbered style list. I really do not like these meme things at all, but sometimes when we are "tagged" by good blogging friends we just feel stuck doing them.<BR/><BR/>I can't wait to read your book(s). <BR/><BR/>Thanks for playing along!<BR/><BR/>P.S. we are even now-so no more tagging one another ok?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15322620.post-1145119707397499622006-04-15T17:48:00.000+01:002006-04-15T17:48:00.000+01:00Dr Maroon - ah yes, the impress people who don't k...<B>Dr Maroon</B> - ah yes, the <I>impress people who don't know any better</I> school of Latin. I've been fooled by it many times.<BR/><BR/><B>Tara Marie</B> - really it's just a variation on dressing up as a Klingon, only slighty more authentic<BR/><BR/><B>Admiral</B> - may I congratulate you on your perseverance. I'm amazed anyone has made it this far down the pageKim Ayreshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02656677501116622953noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15322620.post-1145111426289417252006-04-15T15:30:00.000+01:002006-04-15T15:30:00.000+01:00I have fallen asleep three times reading your stim...I have fallen asleep three times reading your stimulating comments. Either I am narcoleptic or you people are b-o-r-i-n-g. Over at my place, we comment like normal people.<BR/><BR/>Uh oh.Charliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00722567671925063706noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15322620.post-1145101292473724422006-04-15T12:41:00.000+01:002006-04-15T12:41:00.000+01:00You Kim [which I know more male Kim's than female ...You Kim [which I know more male Kim's than female Kim's!]....I love reading your blog and your look on life.<BR/><BR/>I agree,,,,,,,many things that others find 'weird' to me make perfect sense and are exactly the way they should be.<BR/><BR/>I think that your life is glorious...for the main fact that you are true to yourself and are living it exactly the way you choose too...and when it is not exactly the way you choose to live it, you change it to the way that best fits you!<BR/><BR/>I have never dressed up in dark ages garb and re-inacted the times [but have always been facinated with those that do and if the opportunity presented itself, I would definately do so....may because my heritage is Celtic and Viking Mixed?]<BR/><BR/>I so enjoyed reading your memememeAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12628921554027431376noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15322620.post-1145095259836634442006-04-15T11:00:00.000+01:002006-04-15T11:00:00.000+01:00It's cod Latin Kim.E pluribus unum. out of many, o...It's cod Latin Kim.<BR/><BR/>E pluribus unum. out of many, one.<BR/>motto of USA.<BR/><BR/>...et spiritus sancti, and holy ghost. (from the blessing)<BR/><BR/>quid pro demonstrandum, just made that up.<BR/><BR/>Will I go on?Dr Maroonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00639939963726199699noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15322620.post-1145092429519165872006-04-15T10:13:00.000+01:002006-04-15T10:13:00.000+01:00Dr Maroon - we seem to have just crossed in the et...<B>Dr Maroon</B> - we seem to have just crossed in the ether... again. This happens more with you than any other blogger.<BR/><BR/>According to the online latin translator I just found, you're saying "<I>OUT OF often one. what for demonstrandum and breath to sanctify and the remaining</I>" So I'm not sure I'm much the wiserKim Ayreshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02656677501116622953noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15322620.post-1145092190691591382006-04-15T10:09:00.000+01:002006-04-15T10:09:00.000+01:00Dr Maroon - I've long had my suspicions about FE &...<B>Dr Maroon</B> - I've long had my suspicions about FE & El B being the same person, but I don't want to start another drawn out witch hunt<BR/><BR/><B>Dr J McC</B> - I think you've probably scared away anyone but hardcore commenters from this post now<BR/><BR/><B>Foot Eater</B> - good luck in Belgium... cough...<BR/><BR/>Oh, and I had to look up "in sensu strictu" to find out what it meant in the strict sense<BR/><BR/><B>Binty</B> - have you been reading too much of SafeTinspector's "<A HREF="http://safetinspector.blogspot.com/2006/03/closure-part-3.html" REL="nofollow">Closure</A>" series?Kim Ayreshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02656677501116622953noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15322620.post-1145092088909815662006-04-15T10:08:00.000+01:002006-04-15T10:08:00.000+01:00If I remember my cod Latin ipso facto as it were, ...If I remember my cod Latin ipso facto as it were, I believe the Doctor means "In the strictest sense" (of the word). E pluribus unum. quid pro demonstrandum et spiritu sancti et ceteri.Dr Maroonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00639939963726199699noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15322620.post-1145088650708404402006-04-15T09:10:00.000+01:002006-04-15T09:10:00.000+01:00My family had 2.2 children. There was me and my ol...My family had 2.2 children. There was me and my older brothers who were siamese twins, sharing the entire body apart from seperate necks, heads and one additional shoulder and arm. Got nicknamed Zaphod at school, perhaps predictably.<BR/><BR/>"in sensu strictu"? What the *%#$ are you talking about you #@*%ing $@%#!?Binty McShaehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06675394718164552966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15322620.post-1145083580968206072006-04-15T07:46:00.000+01:002006-04-15T07:46:00.000+01:00In Belgium? Am I going mad?Has anyone seen FE and ...In Belgium? Am I going mad?<BR/><BR/>Has anyone seen FE and Barbudo in the same room? Dr J McCrumble's rigour is most welcome. I never doubted him.Dr Maroonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00639939963726199699noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15322620.post-1145051351331999302006-04-14T22:49:00.000+01:002006-04-14T22:49:00.000+01:00Kim, yours must be the only blog in the Blunt Cogs...Kim, yours must be the only blog in the Blunt Cogs circle where terms like 'in sensu strictu' can be used without eliciting a torrent of astonished abuse.<BR/><BR/>Will get cracking on those Blogosaurus entries (and the link) as soon as I get back from me Easter weekend. In Belgium, of all places.Foot Eaterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04706459658926034197noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15322620.post-1145042980879606072006-04-14T20:29:00.000+01:002006-04-14T20:29:00.000+01:00P.S. I recommend the following text for anyone sti...P.S. I recommend the following text for anyone still unsure<BR/><BR/>'Statistics Without Tears: A Primer for Non Mathematicians' by Derek Rowntree. <BR/><BR/>Amazon.com are selling used copies from $1.97, so grab yours while you can!Dr Joseph McCrumblehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09348006492822843692noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15322620.post-1145042727416252102006-04-14T20:25:00.000+01:002006-04-14T20:25:00.000+01:00Statistically speaking, the term 'normal' is restr...Statistically speaking, the term 'normal' is restricted to the description of a symmetrical density distribution where the mean is equal to both the median and the mode, and where the standard-distribution is independent of the mean (in other words, the distribution stays the same shape as the mean increases. This is not necessarily true of other distributions). The normal distribution follows a bell-shaped curve with few outliers. We describe individuals as being 'above' or 'below' the mean for whatever characteristic we are measuring. Thus, in sensu strictu, no-one is actually 'normal'. We use the term to label someone whose value of whatever we are measuring lies close to the population mean. The population can be defined in any way you like. <BR/><BR/>I apologise for any confusion caused by my previous post. It was scientifically un-rigorous.Dr Joseph McCrumblehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09348006492822843692noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15322620.post-1145040270599739372006-04-14T19:44:00.000+01:002006-04-14T19:44:00.000+01:00Misused even.What I was going to say, was that ano...Misused even.<BR/><BR/>What I was going to say, was that anonymity affords freedom to the blogger and the commenter but then i started thinking about the misuse of the term 'optimum' by people who should know better, especially in meetings recently, just to win cheap points, and I don't know, my dander got up.Dr Maroonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00639939963726199699noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15322620.post-1145040094522522482006-04-14T19:41:00.000+01:002006-04-14T19:41:00.000+01:00I was also wondering whether there's a term in his...I was also wondering whether there's a term in his Blogosaurus for starting to write a really long comment then cutting it and pasting it into your owm blog as you realise that it's more interesting than what you were planning on writing anyway. I've done that 2 or 3 times nowKim Ayreshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02656677501116622953noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15322620.post-1145039790741772862006-04-14T19:36:00.000+01:002006-04-14T19:36:00.000+01:00Sorry Kim, point taken.(I just knew he'd be annoye...Sorry Kim, point taken.<BR/><BR/>(I just knew he'd be annoyed about the other Kims)<BR/><BR/>Foot Eater may have a point.<BR/>Re. your previous post, open book, anonymity etc. But before I launch myself into something, perhaps he'll (F.E.) come up with a word for the blogosaurus meaning commandeering other peoples blog's comments with tons of tangential stuff rather than writing a post that anyone might find even remotely interesting.<BR/><BR/>I was about to discuss the missused term 'optimum' there. A lucky escape for us all.Dr Maroonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00639939963726199699noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15322620.post-1145038513318717482006-04-14T19:15:00.000+01:002006-04-14T19:15:00.000+01:00Drs J McC & Maroon - I remember getting into a phi...<B>Drs J McC & Maroon</B> - I remember getting into a philosophical argument (that had started out about solipsism) with someone once after he declared that "only a madman would believe himself to be the only person in the universe." <BR/><BR/>The obvious reply was that, as being mad can only be defined in terms of normality, and normality is, as Dr M points out, a statistical trend, then anyone who considers himself to be the only one in the universe is automatically in the majority and so, by their own terms, perfectly normal.<BR/><BR/>But, Dr Maroon, if I am missing a vital part of what you are saying then please feel free explain. I may not have a phd in psychological engineering, but I am bright enough to detect a bullshitter every now and then...<BR/><BR/><B>Foot Eater</B> - urine extraction?Kim Ayreshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02656677501116622953noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15322620.post-1145037726919367802006-04-14T19:02:00.000+01:002006-04-14T19:02:00.000+01:00Yeah, I knew that you (and McCrumble) wouldn't get...Yeah, I knew that you (and McCrumble) wouldn't get it. Average or mean values come into it but as your example shows can be quite meaningless.<BR/>I did warn you Kim.<BR/>Did you listen?<BR/>And I also know two other male Kims while I'm at it. Kim Tebbit (Tebbet?) a control engineer, and Kim Ure a metallurgist. I'm really bursting your balloon tonight.<BR/>I'm surprised at McCrumble though, a lot of these statistical techniques were developed by studting the behaviour of epidemics and so on and were adapted for manufacturing.Dr Maroonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00639939963726199699noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15322620.post-1145037334468717332006-04-14T18:55:00.000+01:002006-04-14T18:55:00.000+01:00yes, but what is it about me that attracts "schizo...<I>yes, but what is it about me that attracts "schizophrenics who think they are cannibalistic ghouls, kitties with citrus helmets, "mature male" gorillas, puppet monsters, hyper-intelligent shades of color with doctorates, and anthropomorphic dinosaur homocidia"?</I><BR/><BR/>It's your very normality that attracts such types, Kim: you represent an anchor in the tempest.Foot Eaterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04706459658926034197noreply@blogger.com