Comments on: The day I got cursed http://dansdata.blogsome.com/2008/04/12/the-day-i-got-cursed/ the blog that is not dansdata.com Sun, 07 Sep 2008 15:35:10 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=1.5.1-alpha by: The Dord of Darien http://dansdata.blogsome.com/2008/04/12/the-day-i-got-cursed/#comment-2363 Thu, 17 Apr 2008 12:38:13 +0100 http://dansdata.blogsome.com/2008/04/12/the-day-i-got-cursed/#comment-2363 <strong>Stupornatural!</strong> Dan has a post up about fantasy and imagination. It&#8217;s a good read; go check it out and come back here. I know exactly what he&#8217;s talking about. Frankly, if I&#8217;m sitting here in the middle of the night, and I&#8217;m reading a spooky boo... Stupornatural!

Dan has a post up about fantasy and imagination. It’s a good read; go check it out and come back here.
I know exactly what he’s talking about. Frankly, if I’m sitting here in the middle of the night, and I’m reading a spooky boo…

]]> by: Stark http://dansdata.blogsome.com/2008/04/12/the-day-i-got-cursed/#comment-2357 Wed, 16 Apr 2008 04:00:40 +0100 http://dansdata.blogsome.com/2008/04/12/the-day-i-got-cursed/#comment-2357 Oo... I didn't have to look up B'Omarr Monk which worries me a bit actually. Then again I've never been accused of sanity in any context. I also have my Zombie Infestation Response Plan laminated and my 3 year old knows it as well as I do... of course it also doubles as a the house is on fire/flood/earthquake/bad men in the house/monster/stormtrooper incursion/cylon invasion/ nuclear holocaust/general emergency plan. But the words at the top are Zombie Infestation Response Plan. It's affectionately known as the ZIRP and I run occasional ZIRP Drills. Drives my wife nuts. Oo… I didn’t have to look up B’Omarr Monk which worries me a bit actually. Then again I’ve never been accused of sanity in any context. I also have my Zombie Infestation Response Plan laminated and my 3 year old knows it as well as I do… of course it also doubles as a the house is on fire/flood/earthquake/bad men in the house/monster/stormtrooper incursion/cylon invasion/ nuclear holocaust/general emergency plan. But the words at the top are Zombie Infestation Response Plan. It’s affectionately known as the ZIRP and I run occasional ZIRP Drills. Drives my wife nuts.

]]> by: Chazzozz http://dansdata.blogsome.com/2008/04/12/the-day-i-got-cursed/#comment-2353 Mon, 14 Apr 2008 13:34:59 +0100 http://dansdata.blogsome.com/2008/04/12/the-day-i-got-cursed/#comment-2353 You raise a very valid point here. To prove your theory correct you only need to spend a little bit of time at the local daycare centre. Watch while the children dance to music or act out stories, and observe the behaviour. It's easy (and a little bit sad) to spot the kids whose parents are "<i>excessively sane</i>". While the rest carry on like idiots, absorbed in their own imaginary world of enjoyment, they're the ones who stand dumbfounded and bewildered, just watching and not participating. These poor unfortunates seem to have lost the ability to have 'fun' without being spoon-fed stimuli that elicits a measured response. Thankfully, my partner and I are bigger 'kids' than our own children, and we've never been afraid to acts like complete fools from time to time. They seem to have managed to grow up being just as nutty as we are with healthy, active imaginations. I'm confident they'll be better equipped to handle life's little surprises, too, as a result. You raise a very valid point here. To prove your theory correct you only need to spend a little bit of time at the local daycare centre. Watch while the children dance to music or act out stories, and observe the behaviour. It’s easy (and a little bit sad) to spot the kids whose parents are “excessively sane“. While the rest carry on like idiots, absorbed in their own imaginary world of enjoyment, they’re the ones who stand dumbfounded and bewildered, just watching and not participating. These poor unfortunates seem to have lost the ability to have ‘fun’ without being spoon-fed stimuli that elicits a measured response.

Thankfully, my partner and I are bigger ‘kids’ than our own children, and we’ve never been afraid to acts like complete fools from time to time. They seem to have managed to grow up being just as nutty as we are with healthy, active imaginations. I’m confident they’ll be better equipped to handle life’s little surprises, too, as a result.

]]> by: pittance http://dansdata.blogsome.com/2008/04/12/the-day-i-got-cursed/#comment-2351 Sun, 13 Apr 2008 22:35:32 +0100 http://dansdata.blogsome.com/2008/04/12/the-day-i-got-cursed/#comment-2351 At the risk of illicit hotlinking to someone else's image <a href="http://i1.bebo.com/014b/14/medium/2006/08/27/23/1441017540a1865356716b226594021m.jpg" rel="nofollow">this</a> is a diagram that more people should study (as proposed by <a>Father Ted</a>). As a source of philosophical guidance I rate the show quite highly; my brother always says that the questions asked by Father Jack (upon briefly becoming sober) are the three fundamental questions of the universe, namely: "Who are you?" "What's that thing over there?" "Are those my feet?" At the risk of illicit hotlinking to someone else’s image this is a diagram that more people should study (as proposed by Father Ted). As a source of philosophical guidance I rate the show quite highly; my brother always says that the questions asked by Father Jack (upon briefly becoming sober) are the three fundamental questions of the universe, namely: “Who are you?” “What’s that thing over there?” “Are those my feet?”

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