Logically Speaking

So. As I write, I have no idea when my last update was, but it feels like it’s been an eternity. Ever since Katrina came over and tussled us about, our internet connection has never been the same. She messed up the wireless network that took me several days to figure out how to set up a few months ago. And as of right now, I have absolutely no idea how I even accomplished that. Point being: only one computer may be online at a time. But if someone needs the fax, like right now, internet access is denied to all inhabitants of my home. Improvisation. Adapt to the environment. That’s the key. As such, I now sit by my laptop typing up this entry in MSWord while I await the long overdue fax that is to come through within the next few hours. All the while, might I add, entirely unsure of what the topic of this entry will be. So I think I’ll just sit here and ponder for a bit.

For some reason that song by Audioslave just popped into my head, I think it’s called Doesn’t Remind Me. If you haven’t heard it yet, the whole song is basically this guy listing all kinds of stuff that he likes merely because it doesn’t remind him of anything. Stuff like gospel music and driving backwards in the fog. It’s a great song and it always reminds me of things. Bit I think his little list of things that don’t remind him of anything is questionable. So I tried to come up with a list of my own…and failed miserably. I mean it seems like a futile attempt to even undertake. All of the little things that he lists surely reminded him of something. Even if that something is nothing, it still is something: nothing. But that seems highly unlikely. Maybe the actual act of driving backwards in the fog doesn’t remind me of that night when I drove backwards in the fog, but it links up to other stuff. To stay with that same example: I like to drive backwards fast, I find it enjoyable. When people drive backwards fast and well, I find it very impressive. One such person who impressed me with his backwards-driving skills was my cousin James. I witnessed this event while I was visiting him and his family in Minnesota. Therefore, using the process of logic as set forth by the great ancient philosophers, one can surmise that driving backwards in the fog reminds me of my family in Minnesota and the great time I spent with them. It seems implausible to find something that doesn’t remind you of anything. The human brain innately tries to form connections between objects and memories it already has in storage. Isn’t that the whole basis of metaphors and analogies? I can point over there and say “What a pig!” and your mind will probably associate what I’m mentally pointing at with a disheveled and possibly malodorous person. But you’d be wrong, because I’m actually pointing at a large farm animal.

So for the past month or two I’ve been monitoring all of the search entries that have led people to my blog and I have to admit it’s quite humorous. What follows is a comprehensive list of all the entries submitted from the recent past:

- weather is depressing
- sweet irony mean
- things to do while waiting in line
- alex trebek is a vegetarian
- niblog
- waiting in line to see revenge of the sith
- sin city soundbytes
- coat over puddle
- Olde goode
- moonib blog
- chatting abbreviation
- nibster blog
- gun pointing toilet scene
- chatting acronyms
- free screen name kid give people screen names
- brazil chicken eating spider
- maryam rezaie
- what diet did brad pitt use for fight club

Quite the source of laughter if you ask me.

Also I’d like to take this opportunity to thank all the people who have been giving me words of encouragement in the recent journey I’ve embarked on towards becoming a writer. You know who you are. And though my immediate replies to your compliments might seem passive, please know that your words truly mean a lot. Something as simple as being told “that’s so you” is enjoyable beyond words.



... if it can be told, where did you take on this fine bundle of lettuce?