Archive for ‘Humans/Society/Family’
Simple Wedding
Posted by WIWAM in Humans/Society/Family, Personal on August 6th, 2010
I don’t need a big wedding. In fact, I don’t want a big wedding. I believe that special moments in your life should be shared by a few special people, not a large cast of characters and people you haven’t seen for years. Weddings should be inexpensive and tasteful. You know where I’m going with this? Damn right, I’m talking about a funfetti wedding cake. Funfetti is awesome. Cakes are awesome. Funfetti cakes are awesome. Weddings are awesome. Weddings have cakes. Therefore, weddings need funfetti cakes. I’m not adament about this and I’d likely let my future wife handle the wedding planning if she so desired, but I see no reason why we can’t have a funfetti cake. Weddings should be fun and silly, with a few serious parts but they should also be yummy, delicious and inexpensive. And that’s where the funfetti cake comes into play.
Whitey
Posted by WIWAM in Humans/Society/Family, Words/Language on August 2nd, 2010
I enjoy referring to myself as, “Whitey” in front of black people. First of all, I say black people instead of African American on purpose because I don’t think all darker-skinned people should be referred to using that term. What if a darker-skinned person is visiting this country from France? They’re not African American. Anyway, back to my like of the word, “Whitey”. I grew up with a lot of black friends and their way of incorporating me into the group was to insult me, and me them. I’m not sure if they ever called me whitey but I wouldn’t have minded if they did. It’s all about how the listener interprets the word and of course the intent of the speaker. Certainly there are words and insults I think are close to off-limits and that we should get away from as a society due to their origination, but whitey isn’t one of them. I don’t understand why people automatically throw a fit when any type of racial term is used. Intent is key. It doesn’t matter if we keep these words alive. If someone has hatred inside of them whether it be aimed at a race, a gender or anything else they will find a way and they will find the words to express that hate. So don’t flip every time you heard a word that you don’t like. Think about how its used, why its used and who’s saying it. Honky out.
Tags: Racial Slurs, Whitey
Gather, Not Hunt
Posted by WIWAM in Animals/Nature, Humans/Society/Family on July 31st, 2010
I’m glad I don’t live in a time period where I’d have to hunt or gather. Gathering I’d be fine at, in fact I would likely excel at gathering. However, I don’t know if hunting is my cup of tea. I can be aggressive and confident, but it’s not natural for me and I’d rather relax, sitting in a field picking berries than tackle a wild boar. That being said, if I lived in a time period where any of this was necessary, even gathering would likely be quite dangerous and I would need to learn to defend myself from animals or rivals.
Which bring me to my point: I think I would enjoying making spears. Making spears to defend myself against animals that attacked me while I was gathering would be fun. I like working with my hands and if I made my own spear I could customize it to be more effective in defense. Like for instance, poison-tipped rocks from poisons I gathered or collected from frogs. I could get on board with that. I’d leave the true hunting for food to the aggressive, type A personalities while I gathered berries with my poison spear.
Phone > Text > IM
Posted by WIWAM in Humans/Society/Family, Technology on July 27th, 2010
As technology has progressed, our ability to send messages to people through various devices has expanded and now between computers and phones, messages by text have become the way of the world. Text messaging makes perfect sense as an alternate to phone calls: you’re at dinner, an event, a busy area and voice communication is not as good an option as written communication. However, instant messaging as far as I can tell if for people who never wish to have a close or intimate relationship ever again. There are certainly times when instant messaging makes sense: you’re at work all day and can’t talk on the phone, you need to speak to a large number of people at the same time. But that’s it. Those are the only reasons an IM should be sent over making a phone call. In an IM you lose tone, inflection and meaning. I remember a conversation I had with a person over instant messenger where I interpreted a sentence completely differently than it’s intended meaning and was angry at someone for an entire month before it was cleared up. So please, let’s all get back to making phone calls, even if the conversations only last for 5 minutes. Unless of course you wish to die alone in an alley.
Tags: IMing, Phone Calls, Texting
Old Conversations
Posted by WIWAM in Humans/Society/Family, Politics/Nationalism on July 23rd, 2010
When I get old, I desperately want to be one of those old men sitting around a table discussing politics or sports or anything, really. At my local bagel store/deli there are two tables inside and it doesn’t matter what time of day you get there, they are both packed with older men discussing the topic-of-the-day. Normally its politics, but sometimes its about how there are too many cream cheese options. Where do I sign up to be one of these grizzled, old men? Can I just skip the rest of my life and go directly to this point? It seems like the place to be.
Tags: Old Men, RoundTable Discussions
W-Shaped Groin
Posted by WIWAM in Health/Nutrition/Food, Humans/Society/Family on July 12th, 2010
My friend likes to claim I have a sexy V-shaped groin. I can freely admit I don’t have the sexiest of physiques, but when you catch me on the right day my torso can look alright. I wear my pants and shorts pretty low and occasionally my obliques and other ab muscles shift the right way and give me that “V-shaped” look. I think the V-shaped abs/groin area is incredibly attractive. I’m not attracted to men, but at the same time I can admit when a guy is good looking, and the “V” certainly helps in that area. Some guys have so much muscle and definition in that area that I don’t think the “V” does it justice. If I have a V-shaped” groin then then must have “W-shaped” groins, or “X-shaped” groins. I even think the “V” is attractive for women. Normally I’m attracted to girls with some muscle definition. Good abs are near the top of the list of attractive features to me. So work hard, eat right and you too can get that elusive and attractive “W-Shaped” groin.
Tags: Muscles
Conflicting Superstitions
Posted by WIWAM in Humans/Society/Family, Religion/Holidays/Traditions on July 9th, 2010
NHL goalie Ryan Miller has a superstition: he has to be the last person off the ice after practice. I don’t know why he has this superstition. Perhaps his brother was the second to last person off the ice one practice and was murdered by the last person off of the ice. That would be my guess. Anyway, what if there was another player that had the exact same superstition and was traded to or signed with Ryan Miller’s team? Superstitions can be taken pretty seriously in sports, so this could really become a big deal to these guys. Would their conflicting superstitions prevent one of them from signing with the other’s team? How would they handle this if they ended up on the same team? Would they try to leave the ice at the exact same time? Would one of them create a new superstition? This needs to be answered.
Tags: Superstitions
100 MPH
Posted by WIWAM in Humans/Society/Family, Sports/Entertainment/Music on June 27th, 2010
Does anyone else find it strange that humans have a baseball throwing speed of 100mph?
For starters, yes there are people that throw faster than 100mph, and the majority of humans cannot throw a baseball that fast. But in general, 100mph is the maximum speed a top pitcher throws a baseball. It seems very strange that such an even number would be the maximum throwing speed. It’s based upon a measurement (mph) that we as humans have made up as well. I admit there are a lot of circumstances involved here, including the modern construction of a baseball. Putting all of that aside, I think it’s still noteworthy. Physics, human conditioning and measurements have come together to provide a throwing speed in base 10 that is nice and even. Personally, I think Jesus is involved somehow. He can also throw a curveball, so I’ve heard.
Tags: Baseball
Smoking Hookups
Posted by WIWAM in Humans/Society/Family on June 22nd, 2010
I would imagine that there are a lot of smokers that get together in relationships or random encounters just because they smoke. Outside a club or restaurant, in a designated smoking area, it seems like the perfect place to meet someone. You’re both in the same place for the same purpose doing something you both enjoy: killing yourselves. This really puts us people who do not smoke (not non-smokers, as per Hal Sparks) at a disadvantage. We do not have a place where we get together just for the purposes of not smoking. There is no place we get together and just stand around, talking about how we don’t smoke and if we can borrow nothing. In this respect I am jealous of people who do smoke, because it’s an easy conversation starter. Us healthy people have it rough. Except for the not dying part.
Tags: Relationships, Smoking
I Hate The Needy
Posted by WIWAM in Humans/Society/Family on June 16th, 2010
I hate being solicited outside stores I’m walking out of by volunteers or employees of organizations working for some cause. Many humans give back to our society from time to time by volunteering, donating time, money or items to causes we feel strongly for. I hate being told when and how I should be giving, which is the whole point of soliciting. To be fair, the whole point of soliciting is being outside a high traffic area where people are spending money. As far as I can tell though the secondary point of soliciting is the desire of one to ring a bell or scream very loudly and to install guilt in those who do not give. I rarely give money to the causes that these people are representing because I do not wish to be told when and what to give, and also because I don’t respect the manner in which it’s done. Remember, if you don’t donate your money when being solicited then these people will stop camping out at these locations and go back to more traditional methods like mailings and fund-raising events like they should be doing. Don’t give in to the guilt. If you do, the terrorists win.
Tags: Soliciting
Facebook Confirmation
Posted by WIWAM in Humans/Society/Family, Technology on June 9th, 2010
It is my belief that Facebook confirmation should be a more in-depth process. Right now two people can become friends with a few clicks of the mouse. This creates a situation where people who haven’t spoken in 20 years become friends, people that have never met, people who are just looking to have a high friend count, etc. To counteract this problem the confirmation should be made more difficult. If you want to become friends with someone, give them a phone call on your Facebook certified phone. Record the conversation and send it in to Facebook where it will be reviewed by a friend confirmation specialist. If approved, you can become friends. Don’t want to use your Facebook certified phone? Go on a camping trip with your new buddies. Don’t forget to take a lot of pictures to send into Facebook for confirmation. Make sure you get all of the people who wish to become friends in the same picture. How else can you prove that you were all there at the same time? Save your receipts, just in case you get friend-audited by a Facebook friend quality engineer in the future. You wouldn’t want to lose all of your true friends just because you failed to keep a simple receipt!
Clear Vanity
Posted by WIWAM in Health/Nutrition/Food, Humans/Society/Family on May 4th, 2010
Recently I was having lunch outside at a restaurant located right next to a gym. Some interesting characters were going in and out of the gym but once in particular caught my eye. The man I noticed was in great physical shape, but was outside smoking a cigarette. Clearly this guy does not care one bit about his physical health. His strict workout regime is obviously all about vanity, all about his outside appearance. What a sad, pathetic soul.
One Guy – Juan
Posted by WIWAM in Health/Nutrition/Food, Humans/Society/Family on May 1st, 2010
I’m a big fan of the burger chain Five Guys, but I feel like the human resources department must have a strange sense of humor. I’ve been to multiple Five Guys locations and I think there’s about a 50% chance that my server is going to be named Juan when I order. Maybe they’ve done studies that customers spend more money if their server’s name is Juan.
You’re Bad
Posted by WIWAM in Humans/Society/Family on December 15th, 2009
Every person has positive and negative qualities, according to the opinion of someone else. But when I don’t like a person for a certain reason, whether it be that they’re condescending, selfish or something similar I don’t want to hear about any of their good qualities. If I decide someone is a bad or evil person, keep the conversation about them negative. Harp on why they annoy you or how they hate babies and refuse to help the elderly. Don’t tell me that they actually volunteer at a hospital or animal shelter. It’s like being told Satan actually likes puppies. It takes away from the fact that this is Satan. I’m trying to concentrate on how evil this person is and you’re ruining my concentration. A few good qualities can’t save bad people from being bad.
Tags: Bad People
Pregnant Pics
Posted by WIWAM in Humans/Society/Family, Technology on December 9th, 2009
I don’t mean to sound insensitive to pregnant women, but I am tired of seeing these photos of their pregnant bellies on Facebook 24/7. Everyone is pregnant and all of them have weekly updates with front and side views of themselves. I understand that this is a significant moment in your life, and I’m happy that you like growing a baby human inside of you but I don’t need to see it daily.
Tags: Facebook, Pictures, Pregnancy