Nothing...or Something

Quote of the Day: "You better step out of the shower because i gotta flush" - - Ross

I am sitting in the hallway of HSS before class, my last class let out 30 minutes early, and decided to just do a blog. Perhaps this will be a blog about nothing but isnt nothing really something? As I wrote that last sentenced, i figured out what my blog is going to be. It is going to be about nothing which i have figured out is really something. Truly it is a paradox; that is quite ironic in and of itself.

This subject of nothing brings me to the wonderful show of Seinfeld. It is a show that is about nothing. Yesterday, Jerry asked Elaine what she did last night. Elaine replies nothing. Jerry says you had to of done nothing. Elaine says she literally did nothing. She sat in a chair and just stared all night. Jerry in turn says that is really nothing. But nothing is really something. She sat down and stared.

I propose that when one says he or she did nothing that they really did something but that something is that which is nothing. Nothing in the sense that we did what was boring. We are giving value to something with the word nothing yet nothing implies no value. It is a paradox, or as my brother would say, a "pair-of-ducks."

Some of you may wonder what is a paradox or how is it a paradox. A paradox is a "tenet contrary to recieved opinion; a statement that is seemingly contradictory or opposed to common sense and yet is perhaps true; a self-contradictory statement that at first seems true; an argument that apparently derives self-contradictory conclusions by valid deduction from acceptable premises (Merriam-Webster)." Now you should see that the statement that you did nothing may seem true but in fact you did something in which you apply the value of nothing because you take it as boring—a paradox.

Things brings me to the question, is every paradox also irony? Perhaps that is a question for another day, as class is about to start.

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Nuclear Holucost... or Short Stories by Nic

Quote of the Day: "To learn is to live and to live is to learn. One is not living unless he is learning, yet one can be involved in such things to the point of unlearning. I say, nay shall he be living one more minute if the workings of others shall cause him such. Death would be the better adventure, yay as i say this i say it not light heartedly. For who am I to say such a thing to the one facing death when i myself have not faced it. I will tell you although many men say wise things, unless they have faced such things and done these deeds should they be taken as wise and not because of name. But truly, you shall find it within yourselves that i am right. I have no name but have faced death. Is it not ones life to grow?" - - Patrick D. Shea

I have heard some disturbing news today. I shouldn't say heard but read. I read a short story by Nic at Vandervoort.blogspot.com and decided that i am now less intelligent and have perhaps lost some ability to blog due to the reading of this short story. I decided to make that type of comment on Nicohlas August Vandervoort's blog and he responded by saying that it wasn't a waste of time, then he proceeded to say he was going to start writing childrens stories. This might be disasterous. Nic the engineer writing stories, stories for children. Now, as we all should know Engineers are the most horrific writers in the world. The difference between an English major and an Engineering major is the difference between a Right Wing Super Conservative and a Far Left Socialist Communist Crazy guy. They are complete opposites, and more so in the area that both just use different parts of the brain. Obviously Nic isnt the worst writer in the world. He has some skill with pen. It is better than most Engineers I'm sure. But writing Childrens stories should be left to the Lewis', the Tolkien's, and the Rowling's or even perhaps the Shea's. It was a tough choice when Nuclear Holucost entered my head as something to compare Nic's short rant. Low and behold thee answer came to me. It is better to have died and learned than to live and unlearn. One should not go on this earth, no not one, becoming more vile and less intelligent from the workings of others lest he perish before.

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Brothers will be Brothers

I was reading my brothers blog the other day, going through all his absurd things. He calls it "Die Before You Die, an exercise of fultility," or should I say 'Die Before You Die, and exercise of futility,' as he refuses to close his quote a couple of blogs ago. Which takes me off hand, i must ask, brother, what do you do if you quote someone who is quoting someone? Anyways, i read his blog and find that it is filled with strange things. Such as holding it as an alternative to aderol, a drug for ADD. Or things such as the "Hand-Headed Shea Freaks" where we Shea's use our foreheads to pick things up, so that in a few years arms will start to grow out of our heads (we are fast evolvers).

There are many others posts like this on his blog. Who knows what possesses my brother to write such things, and who knows where he gets them from. My sister made a comment last night in which she remarked to hoping that the people Michael interviews with doesnt google his name and find his blog, because then they will start to wonder who they are hiring. It does provide for a good laugh when it is read out loud to the family though. This is all i have to say for today. I just wanted to comment on my brothers blog entirely instead of just one of his blogs. Weird it may be, entertaining it is.

Deep Thoughts by Patrick Shea: Can one reason beyond reason?

Quote of the Day: "Try no. Do. Or do not. There is no try." - - - Yoda

Have you ever been in a situation where you think you might want to do something but arent sure? You arent sure but you are kinda sure, and the longer you think about it the more you reason yourself out of doing it. This has happened to me lately. With the onset of spring break I have done absolutely nothing thus giving the more time to think about it. To add to it this subject has been brought up and pushed by a certain few people that I know. I am constantly in extreme reasoning beyond reason.

--I am not in the mood to post today. This post is being made only because last night I tried to make it but the blog server was down. I will however turn this into something meaningful, perhaps.--

Can one really reason beyond reason? Can we out think ourselves? Obviously we can out think ourselves and sike ourselves out, however is that now reason beyond reason? Furthermore, What is reason beyond reason? I would say it is either:

1. When one uses reason to achieve the answer he or she may subconciously want, but is not with true reason. It is driven by desire and has clouded their mind.

2. When one uses reason to achieve the answer that is fueled by uncertainty and doubts, fear, guilt or whatever else that has a negative effect on some of our decisions. This is in a way the same and opposite of point number 1. You have a desire but reason yourself out of that desire giving yourself the opposite result. Again, not true reason.

It is "out-reasoning" ourselves. We will look into something so deeply that we may miss the point or end up with an answer we should never have ended up with; or the right answer with the wrong reasoning, which would be comparable to a concurring opinion on the supreme court where they agree with the majority opinion but have a different constitutional reasoning.

This brings me to another question. Can i really call it reasoning beyond reason, if in fact i have referred to it as not true reason? I suppose i can and i cant. I think that when one reasons beyond reason, he or she will make assumptions, which could be true or not true, but are by no means obtainable or possibly known at that point in time. This would cause it to not be true reason, or faulty reasoning. However you sometimes have to make assumptions in order to reach your answer, but i find that making the exact opposite assumption i have made causes my end result to be its inverse. Furthermore, my assumption is not made with deductive reasoning or likelyhood but based on point # 2 of reason beyond reason. Assumptions have to be made sometimes and people make those assumptions based on the process of elimination or deduction which can result in the likleyhood. This is however not the case in reasoning beyond reason. The assumption is not able to be known at the time of reasoning.

What is one to do them? I have come to the conclusion through my reasoning and find that i do not want to see that the opposite assumption i have made could be true. I do think that my assumption is more likely, but can not ignore the possibility that i am wrong. Internal conflict is the result. Perhaps that could be the subject of another post.

This is all i have to say for now. I have given you enough to think about today, if this is in fact something to actually think about

Until Next Time

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March Madness

Quote of the Day:
"Your free to leave me but please don't decieve me" Ewan McGregor..Moulin Rouge

Have you ever wondered why it is called March Madness? It really isn't that mad. In fact I find March wonderful. There are all these basketball games, and for many people the thought of baseball about to start is exciting. Also, Spring starts which many people welcome with open arms because they are ready for the winter cold to be over. Is it really that mad? I see no madness. Why don't we call it December to Remember or January Junction or some catchy phrase like that in December and January for all the bowl and playoff football going on. Yea, we have "SuperBowl Sunday" and the "Bowl Week" but we do not refer to it as a whole month.

What is this obsession with alliteration? I think it is just a phrase that someone found catchy that makes not a lot of sense. In fact, i propose a January Journey or Junction, February Frenzy, March Madness obvioulsy, April Action, Hay May (like hay day), June Doom, July Fry, August Anonymous, September Saneness, October its Over, Nutty November December to Remember. Im sure if I had wanted to put more than a whim of thought into these words they would be more catchy. However I only put a minute into them so they may not be to your standard. For this I do not apologize.

What I am trying to say is that I do not find the March Madness. I watch all the basketball, all the tourney's, and all the SportsCenters, yet I find it appealing, wonderful, happy and not crazy, mad, nor insane. What is this infatuation with alliteration. What is this infatuation with catchy phrases that in reality make no sense. Tell a chinese foreign exchange student about March Madness and you got a totally confused person thinking out loud in Chinese because they only no Madness for what it really is.

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