Brad
August 11, 2009
So, it's been awhile again, but from now on i have something that will prevent this problem. my main reason i haven't been writing is i can never think of what to write about, but it isn't like i don't come up with ideas, i always do, it's just that i always forget when i sit down at the computer to write. so from now on i'm going to carry around what i am calling my "newsletter handbook" which is a small composition notebook that i will write down all my ideas in and discuss them in my newsletters with you readers. so hopefully this recurring problem is finished now.
my first topic is spurred on by my friend nick, who if you are reading this on facebook is tagged over there> and also guest wrote on kasey's day in a newsletter. we were having a pointless argument over words rhyming with themselves. the points of view were as follows:
1. that a word can rhyme with itself because you can have more than one of the same word, and one word is obviously going to sound the same as itself, therefore rhyming.
2.that a word cannot rhyme with itsef because every word sounds like itself, but a rhyme is with two different words.
so, to see which is actually correct, i will give you a definition of rhyme courtesy of dictionary.com
rhyme (in the context we need it)-a word agreeing with another in terminal sound: Find is a rhyme for mind and womankind.
so i know my opinion, but i will let you choose, what is your thought?
so, recently, i had a very stimulating conversation with a very close friend of mine, and we were talking about.......hmm...i'm not even sure how to categorize it. if you all could relate i would call it a "lower brass life talk" but not all of you would get that. so i'll just move on and explain. we came to the conclusion that messages in simple text over either the internet and email or instant messaging services and text messages on your phone can be....i don't want to say bad, but used to conceal i suppose. think about it this way, when you im or text message a person, there is no real-time conversation, you can wait to respond and plan out your next statement, your next move so to speak, as if you were trying to stay one step ahead of the other person in a game of chess. but this is not the only reason. have you ever been with someone and had a conversation, thought about it, and then sent the person a message making sure you know that you may have meant something other than what you said? well this is why it could be bad too, it provides too much of a "crutch" as it was referred to to things like this. making it possible for people to lie outright or be misunderstood, or so many other things.
okay, now for the main point of the argument. these things would not be bad if e could keep faithful to ourselves and our friends at the very beginning of things, first time, not in a repercussion. this is how life and interaction should be. the problem is that it isn't so easily done as it is said. the thing you must do first is figure out who you are and what your truth is before you can pretend to tell friends things honestly. and this is my largest problem in fact. but then, the next step is to learn to be open around others, to stick to truth as a policy and not an option......well, i'm not sure that went as i planned or if it sounded as i wanted it to, but hopefully it did and you get what i was trying to say.
now to a lighter note. last saturday i had some friends over, and we were sitting around the fire when we noticed a strange strip of clouds or smoke or something, that was moving across the sky as a cloud, but was way to thin to stay it's shape and not get distorted. it was strange, we had conversatoins about it. this is how we spend our time, haha, looking into the clouds, telling each other they are going to kill us and something is wrong =P
alright, the end of summer is very close now, and so if you remember a certain newsletter of mine at the beginning of the summer i say the same, you should treat it as a new beginning and try to take advantage of whatever oppurtunities come your way. i will not be putting a newlsetter out next week, my life will be taken over by band camp. so hopefully i will get one out the week after.
questions:
-did you have/are you haven a good summer?
-do you know where swamps come from?
-can you define the color red?
quote:
All life is an experiment. The more experiments you make the better
~Ralph Waldo Emerson
Saturday, August 22, 2009
Friday, August 7, 2009
Newsletter #00059
So it’s been what, like 3 weeks since I last did a newsletter?? (Not including that one where Nick guest-wrote). Sorry about that. I’ve been really busy. Actually I should be doing my AP history homework right now, but that’s totally not happening FYI. Although I did get through like 13 pages or so, which is the most I’ve done in one day ever. Anyways /rant. Moving on.
So a week or two ago I was talking to Lauren Pi online and we came up with an idea of something we wanted to try, just for fun. I’ve had writer’s block for months now and she has had artist’s block, which, obviously is a bit of a problem. Anyways, we decided that we would choose a word or a theme and I would draw a picture involving it and she would write a story. The word she chose was magic.
Anyways, here I am thinking Shit, I have very limited artistic abilities. This will not end up good. The idea of what I wanted to draw came to me very quickly, and I figured it would be something that hopefully wouldn’t be too hard to do.
The plan was to show two teens, a boy and a girl, in a field in front of woods at night. There would be stars in the sky spelling out the word MAGIC (Yes, its cheesy. No, in my head it was less cheesy—at the time anyways). The boy and girl would be facing each other with their hands at about face level and their fingertips would be touching. And the boy and girl were both supposed to have this light sort of thing emitting from their hands/fingertips. The boy was going to have red light around his hands and the girl blue so that where their fingertips met it would be purple. (Red + Blue = Purple. Thank you elementary school art for that lesson).
Basically this was the plan. I was going for the whole “love is magic” thing and the fact that both the boy and the girl had that rather magical light thing coming from their hands. In my rather tired mind, it was a genius idea.
Long story short: There were a few *ahem* difficulties with my original plan once I tried putting it to paper. Not to mention the fact that this was wayyyy more time-consuming than it should’ve been. Anyways, I eventually did get the picture done, albeit with a few small changes.
Change 1: The boy and the girl became two guys. I like it so if you have a problem with gays deal with it. (Not to mention you probably shouldn’t be reading my newsletters). The actual reason it became two guys though is because I thought it would be easier to draw. NEWSFLASH! It wasn’t. Seriously. The guy on the right (you’ll see the pic in a minute) took me FOREVER.
Change 2: No forest. It was too hard to draw.
Change 3: The guys are side to side rather than facing each other. Any of my original delusions regarding how much talent I actually possess are long gone. I couldn’t figure out how to draw them facing each other so you get a front view instead.
Ok, so you’re probably thinking “So what does this picture that Kasey has spent like an hour describing actually look like?”
Good question. Here’s a few pictures of it for you all. It turned out slightly better than I thought it would, but I think I will stick to writing in the future.
So a week or two ago I was talking to Lauren Pi online and we came up with an idea of something we wanted to try, just for fun. I’ve had writer’s block for months now and she has had artist’s block, which, obviously is a bit of a problem. Anyways, we decided that we would choose a word or a theme and I would draw a picture involving it and she would write a story. The word she chose was magic.
Anyways, here I am thinking Shit, I have very limited artistic abilities. This will not end up good. The idea of what I wanted to draw came to me very quickly, and I figured it would be something that hopefully wouldn’t be too hard to do.
The plan was to show two teens, a boy and a girl, in a field in front of woods at night. There would be stars in the sky spelling out the word MAGIC (Yes, its cheesy. No, in my head it was less cheesy—at the time anyways). The boy and girl would be facing each other with their hands at about face level and their fingertips would be touching. And the boy and girl were both supposed to have this light sort of thing emitting from their hands/fingertips. The boy was going to have red light around his hands and the girl blue so that where their fingertips met it would be purple. (Red + Blue = Purple. Thank you elementary school art for that lesson).
Basically this was the plan. I was going for the whole “love is magic” thing and the fact that both the boy and the girl had that rather magical light thing coming from their hands. In my rather tired mind, it was a genius idea.
Long story short: There were a few *ahem* difficulties with my original plan once I tried putting it to paper. Not to mention the fact that this was wayyyy more time-consuming than it should’ve been. Anyways, I eventually did get the picture done, albeit with a few small changes.
Change 1: The boy and the girl became two guys. I like it so if you have a problem with gays deal with it. (Not to mention you probably shouldn’t be reading my newsletters). The actual reason it became two guys though is because I thought it would be easier to draw. NEWSFLASH! It wasn’t. Seriously. The guy on the right (you’ll see the pic in a minute) took me FOREVER.
Change 2: No forest. It was too hard to draw.
Change 3: The guys are side to side rather than facing each other. Any of my original delusions regarding how much talent I actually possess are long gone. I couldn’t figure out how to draw them facing each other so you get a front view instead.
Ok, so you’re probably thinking “So what does this picture that Kasey has spent like an hour describing actually look like?”
Good question. Here’s a few pictures of it for you all. It turned out slightly better than I thought it would, but I think I will stick to writing in the future.
The word MAGIC written in the stars is just as cheesy as you all probably thought it would be, w/e.
Here’s another one closer up.
And one more. You can see the colors around the boys’ hands, which was a way cooler idea before I put it on paper, BTW.
Next was Lauren’s role in this grand scheme of things. Unlike me however, she didn’t hop right to the opportunity of writing about magic. Instead she waited until we hung out and she saw my picture so that she could write based off of what I’d drawn. We both came up w/ most of the ideas for the initial storyline, which involves my two characters at a magic school. We decided to name them Rhian and Seph. Rhian is the one on the left and Seph is the one on the right.
So far we only have about a page written up of our story. Who knows if it will ever go anywhere, but it was definitely fun doing what we did for this project. Here’s what we got written in case you wanted to read it. (FYI Lauren wrote most of this. I think the last paragraph or two was mine. We both came up w/ the ideas for the story though)
Rhian and Seph’s Story:
The creation of magic is a phenomenon that is highly debated amongst the greatest sages of the day. Where it originated we do not know. The wisest of magic entities can, however, tell you, if you are gracious enough to listen, the substance upon which magic is fueled. It is something even a mere wizi-child can comprehend. From the smallest of pixies to the largest of giants, this force binds us all. This bond is love.
At large, however, this fact is mostly ignored as the magic community herds its youth into large towers to study tome upon ancient tome of nonsensical spells and brews. And it is here that we find ourselves in the company of a young man who, if you ask, politely, will tell you his name is—
“Rhian!”
“What?” spoke a disgruntled voice.
“You are going to be late. It makes a dismal first impression on the Sages. Tut, tut, what would your mother think?” came an irritating high-pitched response.
“Probably nothing, seeing as we haven’t spoken since she sent me to this spirit-forsaken, pitiful excuse for a learning institution.”
At this point, Rhian’s companion decided to present his rather small person by stepping down the spiral staircase from which his voice had previously been drifting.
Roland Humphrey Ignatius Carleton III came from a long line of legendary figures that had done everything from free small nations to coming remarkably close to curing the common cold. Roland distinctly not following in his family’s incredibly large footsteps, and not just because he was a man of such small proportions, proceeded to do absolutely nothing with his life.
Or at least, this is how Rhian would describe the chosen career path of the bane of his existence. In reality, the white-haired, pointy-eared man was the doting assistant of Rhian’s mother. To the great disdain of both Rhian and Roland, his most recent assignment tethered the two together for the indefinite amount of time during which Rhian would be forcibly studying magic at Carleton’s Ridge.
“This spirit-forsaken, pitiful excuse for a learning institution happens to be the finest establishment the likes of you should ever hope to be admitted to. It is on the sole grace of your mother’s name that my great-great uncle’s university has lowered its standards so drastically,” huffed Roland.
*I believe I take over after this point*
“Listen here elf—”
“I’m not an elf!” squeaked Roland indignantly.
Rhian blatantly ignored Roland’s protests, not unlike he had been doing for the greater part of his life.
He got to his feet and shrugged on one of the woolen cloaks thrown haphazardly across the chair beside his bed.
“I’m leaving.”
“Dressed just as scruffy as ever I see.”
Roland’s criticism fell on deaf ears as Rhian was already well on his way. Where to, he wasn’t sure, although he was certain of one thing. Rocks and Their Uses in the Wizarding World, the first of many undoubtedly pointless classes filling Rhian’s schedule, would not be his final destination.
So I’ll bet you’re wondering. What exactly have I taken from this whole experience??
Well, for one thing. Lauren is wayyyy better at writing than I am at drawing. Which, I think is totally unfair. But hey, that’s life! Also, drawing does nothing to cure writer’s block. Nope, nada. But it was still a lot of fun!
As a bonus, I hung out w/ Lauren for about 5 days in a row after she got back from Ocean City and that is when this whole story/picture experiment came about. The day after we wrote this up I slept over her house and brought these little stone things w/ me that I had taken from the centerpiece at my cousin’s wedding. We planned to each do a painting and then hot-glue some of the stones on, only Lauren ended up throwing away her canvas out of anger (Another note: apparently writing does little to cure artist’s block as well).
Myself on the other hand, managed to do a really cool painting, which I’m going to show to you now. (For future reference, paint the background color, which in this case was black, before the swirls. It makes life a whole lot easier—trust me on that)
Here’s one of the entire thing. You can see the stones on the top left and bottom right corners. The gold paint is pretty shiny too but I’m not sure if you can see it in the picture.
Here’s one of the bottom right corner.
Here’s one of the top left corner.
Ok guys, well that’s all for today. I was hoping to touch on other topics but this newsletter is already really long so I guess that will just have to wait until another time.
August 7-2009
-By Kasey
Wednesday, August 5, 2009
Newsletter #00058
"Happiness can be found even in the darkest of times, if one only remembers to turn on the light."
"Dark times lie ahead of us and there will be a time when we must choose what is easy and what is right."
"The truth is a beautiful and terrible thing, and therefore should be treated with great caution."
- Albus Percival Wulfric Brian Dumbledore
"...the only thing we have to fear is fear itself..."
- Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Fear is something that troubles every human being: big and small, young and old; we are all affected by it. These fears can be rational, irrational, minor or troubling. Whatever the case, we all experience some type of fear. Some people can overcome their fears, while others struggle with them throughout their life. Fear is an essential tool in life, and really, without it we wouldn't be able to survive. Fear is a part of us, and we need to come to accept it. I'm not judging whether a fear is rational or irrational - to every person, their fear is rational to themselves, and that's what matters.
Something that should be known: Don't judge unless you want to be judged yourself. If you don't have something nice to say, don't say it at all. Those are some sayings you may have heard, and they are true. If you go and ridicule someone of their fear, be prepared for them to do it back to you. And just try and be a nice person. There is no reason to insult a person. Even if they are jerks to you, you loathe them, and you can't stand them, don't insult them. There are those people in the world who, no matter what, will get on your nerves. Just ignore them. It's hard, but it's worth it. Even if the person deserves it, just ignore them. Now, I realize I'm no perfect person, and I've been a hypocrite to what I've just wrote, but it's something I try to do.
For some reason, I have a really high code of honor, or whatever, I'm not sure exactly what to call it. I can never stop helping a person. I'm the president of Leo Club, an Officer in SADD, I want to do more community service, I just feel a need to help the world as best I can, and make a difference. I want to do so much, but at times it feels like I'm not going to be good enough. I set way too high expectations of myself, but I want to reach them so badly. Yet it seems like I never do enough. I've been thinking too much lately, so I've been agitated, but I just feel like I should be doing something productive. Thankfully, I consider writing productive, in that it makes the mind work and be creative, without being destructive, which is why I like it so much. Math is the organized structure of my life, though I recently acquired a book that is telling me otherwise, which will be the entire base of my next newsletter. I need to read it through another time or two, it's a lot of confusing physics and stuff....
I felt compelled the other day to inform the readers of our newsletters about the various designs of teeth, and to educate you all about the various kinds, and what they do. You may know some of the information, but it is somewhat interesting nonetheless, and you can use your newly acquired knowledge to entertain people with random facts, or the next time you see a person eating, inform of exactly what they are doing.
First, there are the incisors. They are made biting, and for cutting.
Next, there are the cuspids. They are for shaped for tearing at food.
Bicuspids are used for crushing food.
Molars are there for grinding foot.
"Dark times lie ahead of us and there will be a time when we must choose what is easy and what is right."
"The truth is a beautiful and terrible thing, and therefore should be treated with great caution."
- Albus Percival Wulfric Brian Dumbledore
"...the only thing we have to fear is fear itself..."
- Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Fear is something that troubles every human being: big and small, young and old; we are all affected by it. These fears can be rational, irrational, minor or troubling. Whatever the case, we all experience some type of fear. Some people can overcome their fears, while others struggle with them throughout their life. Fear is an essential tool in life, and really, without it we wouldn't be able to survive. Fear is a part of us, and we need to come to accept it. I'm not judging whether a fear is rational or irrational - to every person, their fear is rational to themselves, and that's what matters.
Something that should be known: Don't judge unless you want to be judged yourself. If you don't have something nice to say, don't say it at all. Those are some sayings you may have heard, and they are true. If you go and ridicule someone of their fear, be prepared for them to do it back to you. And just try and be a nice person. There is no reason to insult a person. Even if they are jerks to you, you loathe them, and you can't stand them, don't insult them. There are those people in the world who, no matter what, will get on your nerves. Just ignore them. It's hard, but it's worth it. Even if the person deserves it, just ignore them. Now, I realize I'm no perfect person, and I've been a hypocrite to what I've just wrote, but it's something I try to do.
For some reason, I have a really high code of honor, or whatever, I'm not sure exactly what to call it. I can never stop helping a person. I'm the president of Leo Club, an Officer in SADD, I want to do more community service, I just feel a need to help the world as best I can, and make a difference. I want to do so much, but at times it feels like I'm not going to be good enough. I set way too high expectations of myself, but I want to reach them so badly. Yet it seems like I never do enough. I've been thinking too much lately, so I've been agitated, but I just feel like I should be doing something productive. Thankfully, I consider writing productive, in that it makes the mind work and be creative, without being destructive, which is why I like it so much. Math is the organized structure of my life, though I recently acquired a book that is telling me otherwise, which will be the entire base of my next newsletter. I need to read it through another time or two, it's a lot of confusing physics and stuff....
I felt compelled the other day to inform the readers of our newsletters about the various designs of teeth, and to educate you all about the various kinds, and what they do. You may know some of the information, but it is somewhat interesting nonetheless, and you can use your newly acquired knowledge to entertain people with random facts, or the next time you see a person eating, inform of exactly what they are doing.
First, there are the incisors. They are made biting, and for cutting.
Next, there are the cuspids. They are for shaped for tearing at food.
Bicuspids are used for crushing food.
Molars are there for grinding foot.
An example of the human mouth.
Well, that's it for my newsletter. I already gave some quotes, so those will suffice for this newsletter.
Now, instead of asking questions to YOU, I want you to ask ME questions. Since we're always asking you things, now you can ask us. They can be whatever you want. Try and make them geared towards the three halves of us, Me, Kasey, and Brad, though you can direct individual questions. I haven't talked to either them about this, so if they don't answer questions you ask them, sorry. Just to try something new. I'll answer some in my next newsletter, and if Kasey and Brad want, they can answer some too. So, what questions do you have?
August 5-2009
-By Josh
Friday, July 31, 2009
Newsletter #00057
I'm about to head off to Maine for awhile, and I realize I missed my day for the past two days, sorry Kasey, I'm going to use yours, though you can still put out a newsletter today if you want.
Brad and I awhile ago came up with plans to build a model school, the way we would want a school to be built. It's 3 floors high, not a circle, and actually has a pretty decent design. First it was all on paper, then we worked on making it out of Pop Tart boxes, and now Brad started working on making it out of posicle sticks. It should look cool, eventually we want to build a scale model out of wood or something, and put in desks and whatnot. Make it look real. It'll take awhile to get it all done, but it'll look really cool. And if anyone has a couple million dollars just sitting around, care to make a donation so we can make a plan a reality? Lol =P
Recently I've been listening to a lot more music, and I've really gotten into it. I've listened to music before, but now I've really been listening to a lot. I've never really listened to music throughout middle school and most of high school, up until now. So my playlist is rather small, but it's building. If you have any suggestions, could you post them as comments? I'll put a list of some of the artists I listen to at the end.
I need to get ready to leave for Maine, so this is where I have to end.
Questions:
1. Favorite vacation memory?
2. Prefered weather (any day)?
3. Dream vacaton?
Quotes:
I don't know the key to success, but the key to failure is trying to please everybody.
- Bill Cosby
I want freedom for the full expression of my personality.
- Mahatma Gandhi
Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony.
- Mahatma Gandhi
Artists:
3 Days Grace
Nickleback
Streetlight Manifesto*
Skillet
3 Doors Down
The Fray*
Staind*
Aiden
AFI
Thousand Foot Krutch*
Creed
Simple Plan*
Blink 182
Breaking Benjamin
John Mayer
Matchbox 20*
Metallica
Red Jumpsuit Apparatus
Jumpsuit
* = Favorite
July 31-2009
-By Josh
Brad and I awhile ago came up with plans to build a model school, the way we would want a school to be built. It's 3 floors high, not a circle, and actually has a pretty decent design. First it was all on paper, then we worked on making it out of Pop Tart boxes, and now Brad started working on making it out of posicle sticks. It should look cool, eventually we want to build a scale model out of wood or something, and put in desks and whatnot. Make it look real. It'll take awhile to get it all done, but it'll look really cool. And if anyone has a couple million dollars just sitting around, care to make a donation so we can make a plan a reality? Lol =P
Recently I've been listening to a lot more music, and I've really gotten into it. I've listened to music before, but now I've really been listening to a lot. I've never really listened to music throughout middle school and most of high school, up until now. So my playlist is rather small, but it's building. If you have any suggestions, could you post them as comments? I'll put a list of some of the artists I listen to at the end.
I need to get ready to leave for Maine, so this is where I have to end.
Questions:
1. Favorite vacation memory?
2. Prefered weather (any day)?
3. Dream vacaton?
Quotes:
I don't know the key to success, but the key to failure is trying to please everybody.
- Bill Cosby
I want freedom for the full expression of my personality.
- Mahatma Gandhi
Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony.
- Mahatma Gandhi
Artists:
3 Days Grace
Nickleback
Streetlight Manifesto*
Skillet
3 Doors Down
The Fray*
Staind*
Aiden
AFI
Thousand Foot Krutch*
Creed
Simple Plan*
Blink 182
Breaking Benjamin
John Mayer
Matchbox 20*
Metallica
Red Jumpsuit Apparatus
Jumpsuit
* = Favorite
July 31-2009
-By Josh
Wednesday, July 29, 2009
Newsletter #00056
well, so here i sit. utterly embarassed about how long it's been since my last newsletter...
so let me begin by apologizing for that. i'm sorry. i will try harder in the future.
the first thing i want to talk about is how idiotic the court system in massachusetts is, because it has really been bugging me. Yeah, most of us know that the court system works like this:
-you go to the first branch and go before a judge for a decision
-if you feel the decision was unjust or unconstitutional you can appeal it
-appelate court is above and more powerful than the previous court and the decision is final (unless you see it as unjust still where you can keep appealing all the way up to the united states supreme court, if you have that much money lying around)
and this part i have no problem with. that is good, well thought out, effective. the part i have a problem with is the judges themselves. there is nothing anywhere saying that they have to read over anything or even so much as listen to testimony to make a final decision and sign off on it. so it could simply be a choice on a whim. for all the rules care, the judge could be looking between the two papers saying eeny-mini-miny-moe.(haha) but really, they don't have to make an educated and well thought out decision. they may as well pull jurisdictions out of a hat.
well, now that i've got that out i guess i'll tell you a bit about my summer. i don't know if you're interested, but i will. well, i have gone to a few concerts, three at tanglewood. Now, Tanglewood is an amazing place for someone like me. it is the summer home of the boston symphony orchestra and an amazing place to listen to music. the last concert i saw there was the boston pops for film night. absolutely amazing. another concert i attended this summer was a Reel Big Fish concert courtesy of curtis. this really introduced me to the ska genre of music. i highly recommend you try to listen to some, and the band i see running the top of the line for this type of music is streetlight manifesto, i highly recommend you check them out. other than that i've not been doing much, home alone and reading and the sort. i began working on a new form of josh and my school, it's coming along, i may post pictures as to the progress of it here on facebook, it will be a really neat thing when it's done
well, it's all i've got for now, so here are some questions. more than one to make up for my lack of newsletters. i would appreciate answers if you have the time
1.how have your summers been?
2.what is your favorite TV show?
3. if you were stuck somewhere, and all necessities were provided, and you were given two.....wishes let's say. what would they be?
quote:
Every individual has a place to fill in the world, and is important, in some respect, whether he chooses to be so or not
July 29-2009
-By Brad
so let me begin by apologizing for that. i'm sorry. i will try harder in the future.
the first thing i want to talk about is how idiotic the court system in massachusetts is, because it has really been bugging me. Yeah, most of us know that the court system works like this:
-you go to the first branch and go before a judge for a decision
-if you feel the decision was unjust or unconstitutional you can appeal it
-appelate court is above and more powerful than the previous court and the decision is final (unless you see it as unjust still where you can keep appealing all the way up to the united states supreme court, if you have that much money lying around)
and this part i have no problem with. that is good, well thought out, effective. the part i have a problem with is the judges themselves. there is nothing anywhere saying that they have to read over anything or even so much as listen to testimony to make a final decision and sign off on it. so it could simply be a choice on a whim. for all the rules care, the judge could be looking between the two papers saying eeny-mini-miny-moe.(haha) but really, they don't have to make an educated and well thought out decision. they may as well pull jurisdictions out of a hat.
well, now that i've got that out i guess i'll tell you a bit about my summer. i don't know if you're interested, but i will. well, i have gone to a few concerts, three at tanglewood. Now, Tanglewood is an amazing place for someone like me. it is the summer home of the boston symphony orchestra and an amazing place to listen to music. the last concert i saw there was the boston pops for film night. absolutely amazing. another concert i attended this summer was a Reel Big Fish concert courtesy of curtis. this really introduced me to the ska genre of music. i highly recommend you try to listen to some, and the band i see running the top of the line for this type of music is streetlight manifesto, i highly recommend you check them out. other than that i've not been doing much, home alone and reading and the sort. i began working on a new form of josh and my school, it's coming along, i may post pictures as to the progress of it here on facebook, it will be a really neat thing when it's done
well, it's all i've got for now, so here are some questions. more than one to make up for my lack of newsletters. i would appreciate answers if you have the time
1.how have your summers been?
2.what is your favorite TV show?
3. if you were stuck somewhere, and all necessities were provided, and you were given two.....wishes let's say. what would they be?
quote:
Every individual has a place to fill in the world, and is important, in some respect, whether he chooses to be so or not
July 29-2009
-By Brad
Monday, July 20, 2009
Newsletter #00055
Ok everyone, another guest writer for you today! I was gonna also contribute but what I think I'm gonna write about in my next newsletter doesn't go along w/ what is gonna be in here today so I'm just gonna save it for next Friday I think.
Anyways, the guest writer today is Nick Mag! His topic is actually really interesting. So here it is!
Seeing as other people have managed to sneak guest appearances in these newsletters, I figured, “Hey why can’t I?” Well, yes, there are plenty of reasons, but without further ado, let’s jump right into the topic I want to breach.
The World.
No, not the gaseous ball of atmosphere where hate, love, and confusion come from (not to mention ourselves), but a project off of the coast of Dubai. Yes Dubai, the place where a giant palm tree island was built. A rich developer, who, if I recall correctly was Middle Eastern, had a spark of an idea, which grew into the most exclusive real estate project on the planet Earth.
The dream was this; construct a set of islands, which are clustered together in the shape of the world. Don’t thinks its possible? Just check it out—
Anyways, the guest writer today is Nick Mag! His topic is actually really interesting. So here it is!
Seeing as other people have managed to sneak guest appearances in these newsletters, I figured, “Hey why can’t I?” Well, yes, there are plenty of reasons, but without further ado, let’s jump right into the topic I want to breach.
The World.
No, not the gaseous ball of atmosphere where hate, love, and confusion come from (not to mention ourselves), but a project off of the coast of Dubai. Yes Dubai, the place where a giant palm tree island was built. A rich developer, who, if I recall correctly was Middle Eastern, had a spark of an idea, which grew into the most exclusive real estate project on the planet Earth.
The dream was this; construct a set of islands, which are clustered together in the shape of the world. Don’t thinks its possible? Just check it out—
The goal of this project, which was completed January 10, 2008, was to create a piece of land, which is bare aside form the sand, and can be sold as real estate. However, buying islands is always tricky business, due to their exclusivity and difficulty to manage. What The World offers is an island free of these things. The Islands can be bought, then shaped into any desired form, and they are all set up on a central waterway, which makes transportation a breeze. There, manmade islands were created similar to how you might imagine, with lots and lots of dirt and sand being thrown into the ocean.
Their location is also close enough to land, and they boast year-round sunshine. Seems like a pretty enticing deal, does it not? Well, the organization that made The World chooses 50 buyers every year and then shows them around. To be selected, I imagine that your bank account needs to be in a gold-sealed vault. Still, 94% of the islands are already sold! They are split up into sections including residential and commercial, so that only so many private or company buyers can be involved.
Ok, so after all this I pose a question that has been in the back of my mind ever since I saw this project unfold years ago: “Where is this taking us, and is it too far?” I mean, the project is exciting, and I will not pretend that it didn’t peak my curiosity, but still. We are creating land, which is the opposite of a canal I suppose, and making more for us. Fundamentally, we are changing our planet more, as if unsatisfied with the beauty it has presented naturally. Does this mean we will start creating continents, or removing them? Are we going to go too far, and like global warming, only stop when it’s really too late?
Well anyways, I want to thank Kasey for giving me some space in this newsletter. It was a lot of fun!
Thanks to Nick too for the cool topic. I looked it up on Wikipedia and it had some more info on this so anyone who is curious should go look it up. Also, this being mostly for Nick's information, I had to retype this entire thing because your new link didn't do anything different. That's also why this took me so long to post, since I had to retype the entire thing and find that stupid last picture cuz I couldn't copy and paste it.
Anyways, that's enough of my rambling. Comment and show Nick some love!
Thursday, July 16, 2009
Newsletter #00054
Running on about 4 hours of sleep, thanks to Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince.
Overall, I'd say it was an OK movie, but know that my opinion is extremely biased because I've read the books and like them so much. If I didn't read the books, I'd say it was a pretty good movie, and it keeps the storyline going. I won't go into much detail, but if you've read the books, the movie left a lot to be desired. They didn't go into any detail at all, they made some stuff up (a Christmas surprise!...) and to me, it felt like they could have done some stuff better. I liked the movie, don't get me wrong, I just like the books better. Though I'm quite glad that they are splitting the last book into two movies, hopefully they won't be leaving out a lot.
(If you're in college, this entire paragraph basically is useless to you =P)
I know this seems kinda early to be thinking about, but I've started to look into colleges, and I came across a useful tool that helps me look through them. If you go to http://www.mycollegeoptions.org/ and create an account, it makes it really easy to find good colleges. You fill out all your information, what you're interested in, etc., and it finds colleges that match you. Once that happens, you can view more information about the colleges, and see what extracurriculars they have, their list of majors, etc. It's a lot easier to find out information about colleges instead of going to their websites and digging for all the information. So if you want to start looking at different colleges, this is a cool tool to use.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=422-yb8TXj8
This is a video of one of the songs we'll be doing for concert band next year! I can't wait to do it. It should be lots of fun! =D Marching season is going to be really good too! Haha, it'll be an awesome year! This year's seniors are lucky.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0312370156?ie=UTF8&tag=nationalnov09-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=0312370156
That is the Amazon.com link to a book I want to read. It was a book that was written during NaNoWriMo, and it looks really interesting. Should be a good read, and I want to try and get it.
Well, this is a rather short newsletter, so I'll try and make up for it next week.
Quote:
Courage and perseverance have a magical talisman, before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish into air.
- John Quincy Adams
Word:
louche: adj. of questionable taste or morality
July 15-2009
-By Josh
Overall, I'd say it was an OK movie, but know that my opinion is extremely biased because I've read the books and like them so much. If I didn't read the books, I'd say it was a pretty good movie, and it keeps the storyline going. I won't go into much detail, but if you've read the books, the movie left a lot to be desired. They didn't go into any detail at all, they made some stuff up (a Christmas surprise!...) and to me, it felt like they could have done some stuff better. I liked the movie, don't get me wrong, I just like the books better. Though I'm quite glad that they are splitting the last book into two movies, hopefully they won't be leaving out a lot.
(If you're in college, this entire paragraph basically is useless to you =P)
I know this seems kinda early to be thinking about, but I've started to look into colleges, and I came across a useful tool that helps me look through them. If you go to http://www.mycollegeoption
http://www.youtube.com/wat
This is a video of one of the songs we'll be doing for concert band next year! I can't wait to do it. It should be lots of fun! =D Marching season is going to be really good too! Haha, it'll be an awesome year! This year's seniors are lucky.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/p
That is the Amazon.com link to a book I want to read. It was a book that was written during NaNoWriMo, and it looks really interesting. Should be a good read, and I want to try and get it.
Well, this is a rather short newsletter, so I'll try and make up for it next week.
Quote:
Courage and perseverance have a magical talisman, before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish into air.
- John Quincy Adams
Word:
louche: adj. of questionable taste or morality
July 15-2009
-By Josh
Sunday, July 12, 2009
Newsletter #00053
Ok, so I know I'm two days late, but I think today's newsletter is going to be a good one. Or at least that is what I hope.
So all week I have been thinking of things that I can write about and almost had something but then changed my mind at the last minute. In case you were wondering, I was going to write some stuff based on the movie I just watched- Deja Vu starring Denzel Washington. Anyone see it? Y/N?
The entire movie itself is pretty awesome and I loved the ideas behind it, only I realized that if I wrote what I was originally going to write, inspired by the movie I would just end up spoiling the movie for everyone. Plus, once I started to write the newsletter things just weren't going how I wanted them to.
Anyways... that brings me to my newsletter today which is going to incorporate something I've been wanting to talk about in some form for awhile, and something else which I think is incredibly awesome.
Ok, enough rambling.
Lately I think a lot of my newsletters have involved the same underlying theme, if you will, although I don't know if many of you noticed it. The theme being creativity.
For awhile now, and this probably doesn't pertain to just me, but I have been trying to figure myself out. What do I want to do in life, what do I want to accomplish, and probably most importantly to me, what kind of impact do I want to have? I mean, I go to school, get great grades, write papers and research topics and do a ton of extracurricular stuff all to get into a good college and find a stable job but lately it just doesn't seem like enough.
Or rather, it seems like too much.
I acknowledge that going to college and finding a good job is my best bet if I want to live a stable life. Sometimes though, I'm just not sure if that's what I want. What I do know is that I want to have an impact- on one person, or many, on a city or a town or an entire country. And I want to do it through my creativity, which, for me is my writing.
In society there are many jobs which are essential- doctors, firefighters, police officers, factory workers and farmers. These are the jobs which form the infrastructure of our society. They build, and protect, and provide for all our basic needs and help keep society running.
The one thing however that they don't do is make life worth living.
The people who do make life worth living are those who live creatively. Where would we be if not for the artists? The singers and the dancers and the writers and the free-minded people who make us think, and appreciate art and imagine things we only ever could have dreamed were possible. I know I wouldn't be the person I am today if I hadn't read the books I've read, or heard the music I've heard. Its a person's ability to take their own thoughts and opinions and ideas which keeps life interesting and helps us progress forward.
That's why I'm afraid of the future, of my future. I'm afraid that I'll get trapped in a life like the ones that my parents lead, and that so many in the world lead today. A life where money dictates success and where I am controlled by someone or something else, whether it be my boss or someone else.
I don't want to die without first experiencing the world and doing my part to change someone's life somehow.
I know that may all seem like a lot of rambling to you, but it leads nicely into the next part of what is shaping up to be a ridiculously long newsletter.
Something else I really wanted to talk about in this newsletter is the Burning Man festival held every year in the deserts of Nevada.
Having never experienced Burning Man for myself, I can guarantee that I am not going to do the festival justice in my descriptions of it, but I really want to talk about what the festival kind of is.
Every year in the Black Rock desert of Nevada, a termporary city is created. It is called Black Rock City and for one week is the temporary home of tens of thousands of people from all over the country and the world. According to burningman.com it is "dedicated to community, art, self-expression, and self-reliance."
Burning man is a city where there is no money. You are not allowed to buy anything (except for the ice and coffee sold there), although you are allowed to give gifts. Burning Man is a community where people come and express themselves through their creativity and art. It's a community of people who aren't there to judge anyone else. They are there to create art, and experience art and live in a society (albeit a temporary one) that's not dictated by a set way of thinking or living or doing.
I found a few quotes from a book about Burning Man on Google Books that I am going to share with you from someone who has actually experienced Burning Man, because I am sure they can do a better job of it than me.
"It’s a civilization that by the mutual agreement of all attendees has almost no commerce and is dedicated purely to creativity and play, where the standards of normal life can be inverted or ignored in the pursuit of fresh experiences and fresh identities."
Also,
"Because everyone puts so much effort into providing flash, entertainment, and bizarity for the delectation of all, every day at Burning Man is so packed with everything life has to offer—love, freely elected creative work, partying, learning, improvised zaniness, drugs, challenging conversations—that your sense of normal time is shattered. A flood of glorious superfluity washes over you, and each day and each night seem an eternal reoccurrence of everything both wonderful and terrible about life in a human community."
Burning Man is a place where it is not out of place to see works of art like this:
So all week I have been thinking of things that I can write about and almost had something but then changed my mind at the last minute. In case you were wondering, I was going to write some stuff based on the movie I just watched- Deja Vu starring Denzel Washington. Anyone see it? Y/N?
The entire movie itself is pretty awesome and I loved the ideas behind it, only I realized that if I wrote what I was originally going to write, inspired by the movie I would just end up spoiling the movie for everyone. Plus, once I started to write the newsletter things just weren't going how I wanted them to.
Anyways... that brings me to my newsletter today which is going to incorporate something I've been wanting to talk about in some form for awhile, and something else which I think is incredibly awesome.
Ok, enough rambling.
Lately I think a lot of my newsletters have involved the same underlying theme, if you will, although I don't know if many of you noticed it. The theme being creativity.
For awhile now, and this probably doesn't pertain to just me, but I have been trying to figure myself out. What do I want to do in life, what do I want to accomplish, and probably most importantly to me, what kind of impact do I want to have? I mean, I go to school, get great grades, write papers and research topics and do a ton of extracurricular stuff all to get into a good college and find a stable job but lately it just doesn't seem like enough.
Or rather, it seems like too much.
I acknowledge that going to college and finding a good job is my best bet if I want to live a stable life. Sometimes though, I'm just not sure if that's what I want. What I do know is that I want to have an impact- on one person, or many, on a city or a town or an entire country. And I want to do it through my creativity, which, for me is my writing.
In society there are many jobs which are essential- doctors, firefighters, police officers, factory workers and farmers. These are the jobs which form the infrastructure of our society. They build, and protect, and provide for all our basic needs and help keep society running.
The one thing however that they don't do is make life worth living.
The people who do make life worth living are those who live creatively. Where would we be if not for the artists? The singers and the dancers and the writers and the free-minded people who make us think, and appreciate art and imagine things we only ever could have dreamed were possible. I know I wouldn't be the person I am today if I hadn't read the books I've read, or heard the music I've heard. Its a person's ability to take their own thoughts and opinions and ideas which keeps life interesting and helps us progress forward.
That's why I'm afraid of the future, of my future. I'm afraid that I'll get trapped in a life like the ones that my parents lead, and that so many in the world lead today. A life where money dictates success and where I am controlled by someone or something else, whether it be my boss or someone else.
I don't want to die without first experiencing the world and doing my part to change someone's life somehow.
I know that may all seem like a lot of rambling to you, but it leads nicely into the next part of what is shaping up to be a ridiculously long newsletter.
Something else I really wanted to talk about in this newsletter is the Burning Man festival held every year in the deserts of Nevada.
Having never experienced Burning Man for myself, I can guarantee that I am not going to do the festival justice in my descriptions of it, but I really want to talk about what the festival kind of is.
Every year in the Black Rock desert of Nevada, a termporary city is created. It is called Black Rock City and for one week is the temporary home of tens of thousands of people from all over the country and the world. According to burningman.com it is "dedicated to community, art, self-expression, and self-reliance."
Burning man is a city where there is no money. You are not allowed to buy anything (except for the ice and coffee sold there), although you are allowed to give gifts. Burning Man is a community where people come and express themselves through their creativity and art. It's a community of people who aren't there to judge anyone else. They are there to create art, and experience art and live in a society (albeit a temporary one) that's not dictated by a set way of thinking or living or doing.
I found a few quotes from a book about Burning Man on Google Books that I am going to share with you from someone who has actually experienced Burning Man, because I am sure they can do a better job of it than me.
"It’s a civilization that by the mutual agreement of all attendees has almost no commerce and is dedicated purely to creativity and play, where the standards of normal life can be inverted or ignored in the pursuit of fresh experiences and fresh identities."
Also,
"Because everyone puts so much effort into providing flash, entertainment, and bizarity for the delectation of all, every day at Burning Man is so packed with everything life has to offer—love, freely elected creative work, partying, learning, improvised zaniness, drugs, challenging conversations—that your sense of normal time is shattered. A flood of glorious superfluity washes over you, and each day and each night seem an eternal reoccurrence of everything both wonderful and terrible about life in a human community."
Burning Man is a place where it is not out of place to see works of art like this:
This is made out of recycled trucks.
There are many things to do at Burning Man, like experience a show by fire-performers, or a performance by a group of circus performers. Everyone at Burning Man is encouraged to be a participant, rather than an observer. Here are a few more pics of things one might typically experience at a Burning Man festival:
art cars- the only type of car typically used for transportation at Burning Man. Many people also walk or ride bikes around the city.
Finally, at the end of the week a 40 ft figure of a man is burned, just as the festival's name describes.
the Burning Man
I know I haven't really done justice to an event that encompasses so many things and so many themes, but I thought the idea of the event itself tied into what I was talking about earlier with creativity and not letting yourself become constrained by the norms of society. One day I fully intend to go to Burning Man and experience it for myself, probably with my little sister and Lauren Pi who both want to go as well.
Anyways, this has been an insanely long newsletter, but I hope you have enjoyed it (if you could make it all the way through!)
July 12-2009
-By Kasey
Wednesday, July 8, 2009
Newsletter #00052
Finally past 50, I can't believe we've made it this far! Good job Brad and Kasey! =]
If you enjoy writing, and have ever wanted to write a novel, then there is something that you should try. It is called National Novel Writing Month, or NaNoWriMo. This takes place in the month of November, every year. The goal of NaNoWriMo is to have a person write a short novel, containing 50,000 words. You can write about whatever you want to, and just have fun with it. Now, this seems like a lot, but it is possible to do. You get the entire month of November to write this, and you can outline beforehand what you'd write about. It is really good to do, and if you like writing, a challenge to try. I plan on trying it myself this November, and Kasey might too. If you want more information about NaNoWriMo, go to:
http://www.nanowrimo.org/
Now, another tool with writing that I discovered is called Write or Die. I heard about it before, but I was finally able to find the link. The link is:
http://lab.drwicked.com/writeordie.html
This is a very interesting tool. There are three different modes, and they are: Gentle Mode, Normal Mode, and Kamikaze mode. Once you start writing in one of the modes, you need to continue. In gentle mode, you just get a small reminder to continue typing. In normal mode, an annoying noise sounds and it won't stop unless you keep writing. For kamikaze mode, if you stop writing long enough, what you've typed starts to get deleted. This is a good tool if you find yourself getting easily distracted while writing, or you seem to get writer's block. It helps you overcome those, and it works really well. I was able to write 600 words in 20 minutes, and though my story was kinda warped and choppy, it was still a story. And I went in having no idea what to write about. It's a lot of fun to do.
Something that I discovered online was a blog about the Sims. Now, this may sound geekish, but I find it to be interesting. It's about a person who owns the Sims 3, which recently came out for the computer. The person who writes the blog created two homeless Sims, an insane, improper, angry father with a kind, unlucky, clumsy daughter. Then he left them to their own free will, then created a story out of what they did. It's an amusing story, and if you'd want to read it, the link is:
http://aliceandkev.wordpress.com/
Kinda strange to read a story about make-believe people, but it gave me some laughs. Maybe you'll find it interesting too.
A game that a friend showed me online is about selling lemonade, and it's a fun game to try and do, I can never seem to make a big profit though. =P See if you can do any better.
http://lemonadestandgame.com/
Anyone know where I can get a job? If anyone is hiring? I'd take any job! =D
Well, that's my newsletter for today. Check out some links and maybe you'll find some stuff you're interested in.
Quote:
Holding onto anger is like grasping onto a hot coal with the intent of throwing it at someone else. You are the one who gets burned.
- Gautama Buddha
July 8-2009
-By Josh
If you enjoy writing, and have ever wanted to write a novel, then there is something that you should try. It is called National Novel Writing Month, or NaNoWriMo. This takes place in the month of November, every year. The goal of NaNoWriMo is to have a person write a short novel, containing 50,000 words. You can write about whatever you want to, and just have fun with it. Now, this seems like a lot, but it is possible to do. You get the entire month of November to write this, and you can outline beforehand what you'd write about. It is really good to do, and if you like writing, a challenge to try. I plan on trying it myself this November, and Kasey might too. If you want more information about NaNoWriMo, go to:
http://www.nanowrimo.org/
Now, another tool with writing that I discovered is called Write or Die. I heard about it before, but I was finally able to find the link. The link is:
http://lab.drwicked.com/writeordie.html
This is a very interesting tool. There are three different modes, and they are: Gentle Mode, Normal Mode, and Kamikaze mode. Once you start writing in one of the modes, you need to continue. In gentle mode, you just get a small reminder to continue typing. In normal mode, an annoying noise sounds and it won't stop unless you keep writing. For kamikaze mode, if you stop writing long enough, what you've typed starts to get deleted. This is a good tool if you find yourself getting easily distracted while writing, or you seem to get writer's block. It helps you overcome those, and it works really well. I was able to write 600 words in 20 minutes, and though my story was kinda warped and choppy, it was still a story. And I went in having no idea what to write about. It's a lot of fun to do.
Something that I discovered online was a blog about the Sims. Now, this may sound geekish, but I find it to be interesting. It's about a person who owns the Sims 3, which recently came out for the computer. The person who writes the blog created two homeless Sims, an insane, improper, angry father with a kind, unlucky, clumsy daughter. Then he left them to their own free will, then created a story out of what they did. It's an amusing story, and if you'd want to read it, the link is:
http://aliceandkev.wordpress.com/
Kinda strange to read a story about make-believe people, but it gave me some laughs. Maybe you'll find it interesting too.
A game that a friend showed me online is about selling lemonade, and it's a fun game to try and do, I can never seem to make a big profit though. =P See if you can do any better.
http://lemonadestandgame.com/
Anyone know where I can get a job? If anyone is hiring? I'd take any job! =D
Well, that's my newsletter for today. Check out some links and maybe you'll find some stuff you're interested in.
Quote:
Holding onto anger is like grasping onto a hot coal with the intent of throwing it at someone else. You are the one who gets burned.
- Gautama Buddha
July 8-2009
-By Josh
Newsletter #00051
okay, i must apologize right now. i have been behind in getting these out lately, so please forgive me, it shouldn't be happening anymore.
okay, as promised, i have some puzzling paradoxes for you today. hand picked by me.
now, i am providing no answers whatsoever to these paradoxes, so if you want an answer (which i will have for all of the problems) simply send an email to our email address, where you will be sent an answer, so to further facilitate this process, i will also number them. the email address will be at the bottom.
1. The missing dollar paradox:
Three people have dinner at a restaurant. After the meal, the waiter brings over the bill, which comes to $30. So each diner conributes $10
The waiter takes the cash to the manager, who informs him that a mistake was made totting up the bill. The actual cost of the meal was just $25. So the diners have been overcharged $5.
The manager hands five $1 bills to the waiter, and tells him to return them to the diners. However, the waiter wasn't entirely honest. Rather than handing over all five $1 bills, he hands over just three of them. He gives one to each diner, and keeps two for himself.
But there is something amiss here. The three diners end up paying $9 each, making a total of 27$. meanwhile, the waiter pockets $2. But $27 plus $2 adds up to just $29 rather than the origional $30. Where is the missing dollar?
2. racetrack. there seems to be no answer here, but there is refuting information, so yes, you can ask about it.
think of a racetrack. now think of a runner running around this track. now, on this track there is halfway point, one where the runner will have half the trck left to cover, and the runner must reach this point before he can finish his lap. now once he gets to the half way point, he now has half the track to run, but there is still a halfway point between he and the finish line that he must come to, this will mark him having one-quarter of the track left to run. now, if you keep looking that the runner needs to reach halfway points, the argument can be made that it is impossible for the runner to finish, for you can always make a new half way point.
okay, while looking through paradoxes, i found this amazing theory started by Albert Einstien. now here is our father of relativity talkingg about the relevance of time, motion, and time travel. now, i don't know all the facts behind it, but i can tell you what is true.
Einstein figured out that if you were to take two clocks, one you kept in one spot (say your living room, just for an example) and you sent the other on a trip around the earth, that they would actually count time separately and differently, therefore passing trough times at separate rates. this theory is called "time dialation". the only problem with this is that, to show a noticeable difference, the clock going around the world would have to be travelling at speeds nearing the speed of light (which due to another theory is impossible for any object other than light to reach). so, technically, if we could send a man or woman aound the world at close to the speed of light, we would be sending
into the future.
okay, that's all i have time for today, but i think i gave you enough to think about.
question: what is the best excuse you've used?
quote:Imagination is more important than knowledge-from the great albert einstein, i thought it was appropriate.
email:
JKBNewsletters@gmail.com
July 8-2009
-By Brad
okay, as promised, i have some puzzling paradoxes for you today. hand picked by me.
now, i am providing no answers whatsoever to these paradoxes, so if you want an answer (which i will have for all of the problems) simply send an email to our email address, where you will be sent an answer, so to further facilitate this process, i will also number them. the email address will be at the bottom.
1. The missing dollar paradox:
Three people have dinner at a restaurant. After the meal, the waiter brings over the bill, which comes to $30. So each diner conributes $10
The waiter takes the cash to the manager, who informs him that a mistake was made totting up the bill. The actual cost of the meal was just $25. So the diners have been overcharged $5.
The manager hands five $1 bills to the waiter, and tells him to return them to the diners. However, the waiter wasn't entirely honest. Rather than handing over all five $1 bills, he hands over just three of them. He gives one to each diner, and keeps two for himself.
But there is something amiss here. The three diners end up paying $9 each, making a total of 27$. meanwhile, the waiter pockets $2. But $27 plus $2 adds up to just $29 rather than the origional $30. Where is the missing dollar?
2. racetrack. there seems to be no answer here, but there is refuting information, so yes, you can ask about it.
think of a racetrack. now think of a runner running around this track. now, on this track there is halfway point, one where the runner will have half the trck left to cover, and the runner must reach this point before he can finish his lap. now once he gets to the half way point, he now has half the track to run, but there is still a halfway point between he and the finish line that he must come to, this will mark him having one-quarter of the track left to run. now, if you keep looking that the runner needs to reach halfway points, the argument can be made that it is impossible for the runner to finish, for you can always make a new half way point.
okay, while looking through paradoxes, i found this amazing theory started by Albert Einstien. now here is our father of relativity talkingg about the relevance of time, motion, and time travel. now, i don't know all the facts behind it, but i can tell you what is true.
Einstein figured out that if you were to take two clocks, one you kept in one spot (say your living room, just for an example) and you sent the other on a trip around the earth, that they would actually count time separately and differently, therefore passing trough times at separate rates. this theory is called "time dialation". the only problem with this is that, to show a noticeable difference, the clock going around the world would have to be travelling at speeds nearing the speed of light (which due to another theory is impossible for any object other than light to reach). so, technically, if we could send a man or woman aound the world at close to the speed of light, we would be sending
into the future.
okay, that's all i have time for today, but i think i gave you enough to think about.
question: what is the best excuse you've used?
quote:Imagination is more important than knowledge-from the great albert einstein, i thought it was appropriate.
email:
JKBNewsletters@gmail.com
July 8-2009
-By Brad
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