the going gets tough, and the tough (try to) get going
I know, this is probably the longest time I went without blogging. It's not that there was nothing to blog about or that I stopped believing in the expressive power of the blogosphere. It's just that this week has been.. well, strange, a series of very up ups followed by very down downs. One day I am having iftar with a nice group of friends, watching the prayers from
So here I am, savouring the last minutes before dawn to drink as much water as I possibly can and thinking what's worth telling you now that wouldn't be old news (like the fourth Egyptian nobel prize winner (although peace prizes are the least interesting for me)). I guess we could all use a few laughs, so check this out. My bro emailed me this cool Carlton Draught ad that you can watch here. It's a big ad, really big ad, it's so freaking huge.. :) seriously it's one of the coolest ads I've ever seen.
Ok, so enough with the laughs. Here is something a little more academic. On the semantics blog (if you don't know what semantics is please don't go there, it can be scary :) ) there was an interesting linguistic discussion of the note that is written in all papers written by more than one author "the authors appear in alphabetical order". Someone mentioned another very nice version of this: "authors are listed in order of degree of belief in the central thesis" (if you don't really believe in the central thesis, why the hell did you write it in the first place?). Maybe someone will be more honest and write something like "authors are listed in order of who did all the work while the other sat there and did nothing"? How about a personal touch: "authors are listed in order of degree of physical beauty, as it bears on the central thesis"? :) I guess by now you realise I am thinking of other options because I know that if I ever write a paper with someone my name will probably come last :) just kidding.
Oh, and one final piece of news: I recently saw Crash, and it has been a long time since I've seen a movie with a well-written intricate story like this. The story is so real that it makes you think it's scary that we've become to live in such a racist world.
Ok, now that I got the blogging activity going again, I am off to bed with a clear conscience :) good night or good morning.
p.s.1
here is a question for you, the other day I heard someone on tv commenting on Charles' and Diana's marriage saying:
"Britian ooed and ahed at this fairy tale wedding"
is that how would you write it? And can we have more interesting derivations out of these two words like 'ooing' and 'ahing' or 'the ooers' and the 'ahers'?
p.s.2
do you think that "more interesting derivations" in the sentence above is ambiguous?
p.s.3
oops, I kept on writing and forgot to drink more water, now it's too late :(
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