I believe existence is a self-referential subject. Whereas bits of existence come from other bits down to wave-particle duality, the littler bits are what add up to the whole of existence. Existence itself is the act or state of being. Within existence, we ourselves have an existence, similar to the wave-particles existence which "pop" in and out of existence. A wave becomes a particle or a particle becomes a wave? We become food for maggots, energy is recycled and the whole of existence continues, even millions of light years away where human beings will never set foot. Existence, by its very definition is the state of being. It is not the state of not being. Existence exists. That's what it does. Our existences continue to exist long after the corpse is decomposed. Our existence is just not contained in the same form. Our essence has changed, but our existence simply takes another form, analogous to a wave becoming a particle or vice versa. People think of intelligence as "existence", but it is not existence. It is a product of existence found throughout. It is one force science hasn't bothered to really identify as a force, despite the universe shows itself to be an intelligent design (superstring theory or any other modern theory) and all forms of life are born with a primordial intelligence we call instinct, which are like the memories from a past life. If you own a cat which you've had since birth who has never set foot outside of a house, you have to wonder where his "jungle cat thinking" comes from. It's an intelligence that the creature is born with, not one that has been learned or developed. But, that is not existence. Existence is a rock. Existence is dirt, planets, suns, moons, molecules and various other things your average person wouldn't recognize as "intelligent" in the least. But, there is an intelligence behind everything, there is a niche for everything. There is even a law: "for ever action, there is an equal and opposite reaction" and for that reason, signs of life turn up in the most unlikely places. For instance, there is the recent discovery of a form of life that breathes IRON and can live in either the extreme cold of outer space or the extreme heat of a volcano. (Incidentally, some scientists believe this is the form of life that started the whole ball rolling on planet earth, as it has been found in cold and hot springs under the sea as well as on meteors which have crashed into the earth.) So, existence is existing and my theory is that there is no other option. Nonexistence is probably hard to imagine because it is an impossibility. What is nothing? It's http://jnaudin.free.fr/vta/">something.
― Scaredy Cat, Thursday, 6 February 2003 07:04 (twenty-three years ago)
I guess I forgot HTML.
― Scaredy Cat, Thursday, 6 February 2003 07:07 (twenty-three years ago)
― David Allen, Thursday, 6 February 2003 18:57 (twenty-three years ago)
“If you saw two guys named Hambone and Flippy, which one would you think liked dolphins most? I'd say Flippy, wouldn't you? You'd be wrong though. It's Hambone.”
― Darin, Wednesday, 26 May 2010 22:56 (fifteen years ago)
"It's easy to sit there and say you'd like to have more money. And I guess that's what I like about it. It's easy. Just sitting there, rocking back and forth, wanting that money."
― Darin, Wednesday, 26 May 2010 22:57 (fifteen years ago)
"If you ever drop your keys into a river of molten lava, let'em go, because, man, they're gone."
― Darin, Wednesday, 26 May 2010 22:58 (fifteen years ago)
hambone and flippy is my all-time favorite
― hobbes, Wednesday, 26 May 2010 23:18 (fifteen years ago)
it's like the pseudo-paradox thread w/Bob and the two boxes
― hobbes, Wednesday, 26 May 2010 23:19 (fifteen years ago)
Fear can sometimes be a useful emotion. For instance, let's say you're an astronaut on the moon and you fear that your partner has been turned into Dracula. The next time he goes out for the moon pieces, wham!, you just slam the door behind him and blast off. He might call you on the radio and say he's not Dracula, but you just say, "Think again, bat man."
― Frank Viola (╓abies), Wednesday, 26 May 2010 23:25 (fifteen years ago)
Anytime I see something screech across a room and latch onto someone's neck, and the guy screams and tries to get it off, I have to laugh, because what is that thing.
― Frank Viola (╓abies), Wednesday, 26 May 2010 23:26 (fifteen years ago)
Sometimes I wish Marta was more loyal to me. Like the other day. The car parked next to ours had a real dirty windshield, so I wrote "This car looks like a fart" in the dirt. Later, I asked Marta if she thought it was a childish thing to do. She said, "Well, maybe." Man, whose side is she on, anyway?
― Cunga, Thursday, 27 May 2010 02:21 (fifteen years ago)
I'm telling you, just attach a big parachute to the plane itself! Is anyone listening to me?!
― Cunga, Thursday, 27 May 2010 02:22 (fifteen years ago)
When I was a kid my favorite relative was Uncle Caveman. After school we'd all go play in his cave, and every once in a while he would eat one of us. It wasn't until later that I found out that Uncle Caveman was a bear.
― lol @ dog w/ sunglasses (Pillbox), Saturday, 16 October 2010 04:05 (fifteen years ago)
One way I think you can tell if you have a curse on you is if you open a box of toothpicks and they all fly up and stick in your face.
― lol @ dog w/ sunglasses (Pillbox), Saturday, 16 October 2010 04:06 (fifteen years ago)
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/21/magazine/jack-handey-is-the-envy-of-every-comedy-writer-in-america.html
― congratulations (n/a), Monday, 15 July 2013 20:28 (twelve years ago)
Marta and Jack then began reminiscing about Franken. “I’m sure he’s a fine senator,” Handey said finally. “But he’s such a great comedy writer, it’s almost like . . . Mark Twain deciding to be a florist.”
― i don't even have an internet (Hurting 2), Monday, 15 July 2013 21:10 (twelve years ago)
oh good god, rereading deep thoughts now and had to close my office door
― i don't even have an internet (Hurting 2), Monday, 15 July 2013 21:16 (twelve years ago)
http://thechive.files.wordpress.com/2010/06/deep-thoughts-jack-handy-0.jpg
― i don't even have an internet (Hurting 2), Monday, 15 July 2013 21:17 (twelve years ago)
This man is a hero:
He seems truly unconcerned with the novel’s commercial fate; a friend offered to throw him a book party, but, Handey said, “July is not the most pleasant time to be in New York.” He doesn’t like touring or doing radio. “It all goes back to my innate laziness. Some people get out there and sell and do readings. God bless ’em.” On some level, he sort-of-joked, he feels as if the world should be grateful he even finished the damn thing: “C’mon, I wrote it! I have to sell it too? What, do I have to pulp the remainders next year?”
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 15 July 2013 21:41 (twelve years ago)
I have serious doubts after reading a short excerpt that he has figured out how to transfer his humor well to the novel form.
― i don't even have an internet (Hurting 2), Monday, 15 July 2013 21:43 (twelve years ago)
And another interview
http://gawker.com/jack-handey-just-cant-win-870329278
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 22 July 2013 19:53 (twelve years ago)
Maybe in order to understand mankind, we have to look at the word itself. Mankind. Basically, it's made up of two separate words: "mank" and "ind". What do these words mean? It's a mystery, and that's why so is mankind.
― j., Thursday, 1 August 2013 07:54 (twelve years ago)
Ive read heaps of Deep Thots over the yrs but I had no idea it was an SNL thing and he did Unfrozen Caveman Lawyer, how did I never know this? Guh.
― It is like ganging up on Enya (Trayce), Thursday, 1 August 2013 09:18 (twelve years ago)
Yeah, Deep Thoughts and Unfrozen Caveman Lawyer are probably my two favorite SNL things ever, other than maybe the talk show with Frankenstein and Tonto
― HOOS next aka won't get steened again (Hurting 2), Thursday, 1 August 2013 13:40 (twelve years ago)
"FIRE BAD!"
i love how hartman breaks character and can't stop laughing at the end of that sketch.
― (The Other) J.D. (J.D.), Thursday, 1 August 2013 18:28 (twelve years ago)
the stench of honolulu arrived in the mail the other day (his book, i should mention, to avoid any misunderstandings). haven't started it yet, but the font is enormous and it looks like the kind of book you can read in about 35 minutes.
― Z S, Thursday, 1 August 2013 18:46 (twelve years ago)
hartman is interviewed somewhere (probably the SNL oral history) about breaking in that sketch. he says something like the first time he laughed it was because he suddenly realized how absurd the whole concept was. he calmed down and kept going, then he thought about how funny it must have been for people to see frankenstein laughing, which made him break again.
― congratulations (n/a), Thursday, 1 August 2013 20:04 (twelve years ago)