Tag: human

Poll garbage a week

15 June, 2013 (12:00) | Poll the People

How many garbage bags do you fill in any given week? Let’s keep it simple and say per person. With me, my wife, and daughter, we’ll get about 1 bag of garbage and 1 bag of recycling a week. I think that’s pretty good. I remember growing up, I used to take at least 10 […]

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Hall’s Rule of Social Order #190

26 September, 2011 (12:00) | Hall's Rules of Social Order

human knowledge belongs to the world. You’re ridiculous if you claim your knowledge is your own.  There is so much that contributes to your knowledge that you’re taking for granted.  Also, if you keep your knowledge to yourself, you’re also preventing someone else from doing something else with it.  Maybe even making it better.

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thank you, thank you silence

28 July, 2011 (12:00) | Wax Poetic

Hello clouds, thanks for the weather Hey raven, thanks for the feather How do you do, tall, tall trees? By the way, thanks for blocking the cold breeze   I want to thank you rain, for the seas. And I thank you flowers, for making me sneeze And dear mountains, how high you stand. Thanks […]

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Hall’s Rule of Social Order #246

18 July, 2011 (12:00) | Hall's Rules of Social Order

Never completely trust what a computer tells you. The reason is, computers are made by humans.  Humans lie, they can be stupid,  and they are prone to errors.  These 3 points go viral when inputted into a computer and subsequently released onto the internet.  Some people say that computers, the internet, and Google are making […]

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