The Chat Thread

[knight66]

I had those types of metaphysical lunch errors throughout most of 11th grade and a little bit every now and then during the surrounding years.

But the real problem is not the metaphysical lunch errors, but the metaphysical component of the metaphysical aspect of the metaphysical lunch errors. You see, whoever the King of France, may be, whether or not he lives in Madagascar, is subject to much debate in the mind of Ubloobideega. That's the reason why.

I will explain. Although not metaphysical, it is nevertheless curious.

Louis would eat lunch in the company of his court. His table was set up facing out across the gardens of Versailles. As he ate; his court stood silently behind him and he alone had food. As I said; curious. The mores he promoted were in order to glorify him and keep the courtiers insecure.

Mike

[Papy Oli]

They are smaller than I had imagined.
Mike

They're not. It's a giant loo.

[knight66]

They're not. It's a giant loo.

Thank you, of course. That makes much more sense, sets my mind at rest.

Mike

[Elgarian]

Why dinosaurs are extinct.

Interesting. Recent discoveries among the fossil record at the end of the Cretaceous period do indeed show many dinosaur skeletons apparently stuck halfway in some strange unidentified aperture. This clears up the puzzle. Thanks Dave.

[Papy Oli]

This clears up the puzzle. Thanks Dave.

yes, it lift the lid on this mystery....


*already gone*

[Karl Henning]

Anyone else smile at the disconnect between the speed with which a thread arises to mourn (at least, I think it isn't to cheer) the recent passing of a musician, including composers, and the apparent lack of interest in living composers?

Or maybe it's no disconnect, but open and aboveboard necrophilia.

(Anyone smiling at the necrophilia?)

[ibanezmonster]

I will explain. Although not metaphysical, it is nevertheless curious.

Louis would eat lunch in the company of his court. His table was set up facing out across the gardens of Versailles. As he ate; his court stood silently behind him and he alone had food. As I said; curious. The mores he promoted were in order to glorify him and keep the courtiers insecure.

Mike

Oh, all along we were talk about King Louis? That guy was a schmukus- I thought we were talking about future King Merde, who will rule from AD 2337-2455. In those years, Europe is divided into 5 countries- England, France, Germany, Poland, and Luxembourg.

King Merde didn't do that stuff, because in the future it doesn't make sense to their culture. Kind of as I said, he would be raped by a gang of mimes while eating lunch in front of families, as a sort of pastime. Every time a mime would accidentally make a sound, he would castrate them publicly, so it was quite a slow affair, sometimes lasting days at a time, and about 95% of the time just an hour or two, without finishing.

Also, in French culture during that time, it was ("will be") customary for the king to go around, licking random people's food before eating it, during dinnertime. That was the law- anyone who resisted will be vaporized, and/or serialized into data and sent to internet prison for a while. After he licked your food, you also had to say, "Mmm, yummy, La Merde in za me tummy!" and then simultaneously, in the space of 3.5 seconds, clap your hands 3 times, blink 10 times, stomping your foot 7 times and making loud breath noises 4 times, because he wants to improve the citizens' grasp of complex rhythmic subdivisions.

[Lethevich]

Anyone else smile at the disconnect between the speed with which a thread arises to mourn (at least, I think it isn't to cheer) the recent passing of a musician, including composers, and the apparent lack of interest in living composers?

Or maybe it's no disconnect, but open and aboveboard necrophilia.

(Anyone smiling at the necrophilia?)

But until they're dead, they might do something unexpected

[Opus106]

Anyone else smile at the disconnect between the speed with which a thread arises to mourn (at least, I think it isn't to cheer) the recent passing of a musician, including composers, and the apparent lack of interest in living composers?

Or maybe it's no disconnect, but open and aboveboard necrophilia.

(Anyone smiling at the necrophilia?)

Where are the obit. threads for composers? All I see are those for performers. (I assume the apparent correlation that you observed is restricted to the last week or so.)

And during the same time, I saw activity in some living composer threads (Henning and Rihm, to name two) and the creation of a thread for a living composer about an hour or ago or less (Dusapin).

[Mirror Image]

There's nearly a daily dose of contemporary composers in the "Only the New (Music)" thread.

Philo, you'll be happy to know that I'm getting more into Contemporary classical music. I bought some Dusapin, Chin, and Rihm recordings early yesterday.

[Mirror Image]

I am happy to know that, and it seems like you're starting to branch out into some less "safe" areas, which is, to me, always a sign of positive growth. 

Thanks, Philo. We all must take risks from time to time, because if we don't, then we'll never experience anything.

[PaulR]

Today is a nice surprise.  The sun is out, and Bowling Green isn't a big lake with all this rain.

[ibanezmonster]

This is what I listened to NPR:

http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/opinion/oped/bs-ed-reich-bargain-20111130,0,5348681.story

New data from the Commerce Department shows employee pay is now down to the smallest share of the economy since the government began collecting wage and salary data in 1929. Meanwhile, corporate profits now constitute the largest share of the economy since 1929. That, by the way, was the year of the Great Crash that ushered in the Great Depression.

Yay.

[PaulR]

The day hasn't exactly started the way I would've like it to.........the shade part of my bedroom light fell right on me head.....

[Karl Henning]

Did a light bulb wink on?

[ibanezmonster]

Unemployment in the US dropped to 8.6%....

I just listened to the same Christmas song about 40 times in a row a couple of hours ago, and it's nice that I can't even remember it now...

[Szykneij]

I just listened to the same Christmas song about 40 times in a row a couple of hours ago, and it's nice that I can't even remember it now...

Wow! Some people posting in the "Can't Get it Out of My Head" thread can hear 7 complete symphonies, 3 operas, and 16 piano concertos in their heads every morning!   

[Szykneij]

Unemployment in the US dropped to 8.6%....

Unfortunately, you appear to live in one of the most difficult areas for employment:

The 10 Worst U.S. Cities to Find a Job

10. Orlando, Florida - Number of job seekers per opening: 2.11
  9. St. Louis - Number of job seekers per opening: 2.12
  8. Rochester, NY - Number of job seekers per opening: 2.31
  7. Memphis, TN - Number of job seekers per opening: 2.33
  6. Sacramento, CA -Number of job seekers per opening: 2.70
  5. Detroit - Number of job seekers per opening: 2.75
  4. Las Vegas - Number of job seekers per opening: 2.75
  3. Riverside, CA - Number of job seekers per opening: 3.25
  2. Los Angeles - Number of job seekers per opening: 3.48
  1. Miami - Number of job seekers per opening: 4.37

[Lethevich]

Seinfeld lied to me! I was under the impression that Florida was all retired people

[Opus106]

Seinfeld lied to me! I was under the impression that Florida was all retired people

Except for those working at Disney World. 0:)