You think it's funny???

I'm curious... And so I will pose a question to all you frequent bloggers.

What causes something to be considered humorous? Go beyond the basic "humor is something that elicits laughter" and dig deeper. What do you think?

This is an experiment. I am becoming more well read about theories of humor, linguistic and otherwise, but I want to see what you guys have to say about it. If you say something really profound I may even include it in my paper.

Spring break is in two days! See you later...
~QM

Congratulations StrongBad

Dear StrongBad,

Congratulations are in order for your one-hundredth email! You are totally awesome. However, I am awesomer than you. According to the ontological argument, since existence is far better than non-existence, then since I exist and you are a figment of the Chap brothers' imagination I am by necessity awesomer than you. But you're still pretty awesome...

~The Quantum-Mechanic

What Matrix persona are you?

Random interesting thing of the day...

Tada, I'm Neo!!! Hey did you know you can easily purchase that oriental-style coat he had in Reloaded and Revolutions? I want one...


You are Neo, from "The Matrix." You
display a perfect fusion of heroism and
compassion.


What Matrix Persona Are You?
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I like the "failure is not an option" part. Heheh, that sums it right up!

And we keep driving into the night...

... It's a late goodbye...

Random song off of an interesting computer game...

The blogs have been pretty slow lately, but that's okay considering the flurry of activity a couple of weeks ago. Anyway, Rolla life is about normal, but here's the latest news:

I have a recording studio now. I bought a bunch of equipment to turn my computer into an all-digital recording station. I haven't acquired a vocal mic yet, but I do have a special Octava mic for acoustic guitar. New toys are soooo cool.

I've been reading so much lately it's ridiculous. I think in the last month alone I have read upwards of 1000 pages of stuff. Homework and extra studies keep you very busy. lim(f(nerd-dom))@t->now = g(ubergeek)/h(fun) = infinity, by l'Hopital's rule. If you just understood that then you are a kindred spirit.

Listened to Miles Davis' Kind of Blue album. Holy toledo was it awesome! Never heard anything like it. Buy the Columbia reissue, it's worth every cent.

There's an intelligent design forum at UMR next Wednesday. I wonder if I had anything to do with this? No matter, I will attend and see what happens. I bought a few new books on ID, but I don't think I'll have them read by then.

God is good. Peace.

What is Language???

For those who are interested in this sort of thing...

Language is a beautiful thing, and I have the interesting opportunity to take a writing class that focuses on linguistics this semester. As our first major paper (well not QUITE that major) we were to answer the question "What is Language?" Well... THAT's broad. We were to touch on the following aspects

1) How do experts in the field define language?
2) What is the first recorded use of language?
3) What does it mean to learn a language?
4) How do people acquire their first language (L1)?
5) How are different language skills acquired?
6) What factors can help or hinder the learning of a person's first language?

At any rate, if you fancy yourself an intellectual, you can get my paper here. Hahaha, that's just a shameless plug to get you to read my paper. There's nothing intellectual about it... ;-) Have fun!