"within the process of truly understanding yourself is the need for realization of your constant failure to do just that" - Chris "The Reverend" Brown
In a quest to see how much or little I knew of the world, I selected 5 random pages from Wikipedia.
Here they are:
-The Jacobson radical
-Journal of Pan African Studies
-Greater Hooked Squid
-St. Maria ad Gradus
-St. Maria ad Gradus
-Harlan Lane
I profess to know nothing of these topics, but I think I have a pretty good feel for maybe what they could be. Below, I'll show the Wikipedia description, then I'll translate to local Vancouver dialect (i.e. how you explain it at a loud gathering of many people ingesting barbeque and beer).
-The Jacobson radical
In ring theory, a branch of abstract algebra, the Jacobson radical of a ring R is an ideal of R which contains those elements of R which in a sense are "close to zero".
In ring theory, a branch of abstract algebra, the Jacobson radical of a ring R is an ideal of R which contains those elements of R which in a sense are "close to zero".
CB: This is rain man math.
-Journal of Pan African Studies
The Journal of Pan African Studies is a free online trans-disciplinary peer reviewed scholarly journal devoted to an Africological synthesis of African world community studies and research since 1987 that works to ask questions and seek answers to critical contemporary and historical issues, based on an affirmative African centered logic and language of liberation.
The journal is published four times a year (March, June, September, December), with occasional supplemental special and guest editor issues.
The journal is published four times a year (March, June, September, December), with occasional supplemental special and guest editor issues.
CB: This is a group that discusses African issues, etc. A quite from their article I read regarding using local languages and English "How else can we begin to decolonize the mind from the halls of Europe, which already directly or subliminally influence the consciousness of too many people on the planet?"
huh?
Shame on me...I had become so used to thinking the world hates my country, that i am surprised to be reminded that isn't necessarily the case.
huh?
Shame on me...I had become so used to thinking the world hates my country, that i am surprised to be reminded that isn't necessarily the case.
-Greater Hooked Squid
The Greater Hooked Squid (Moroteuthis ingens) is a species of squid in the family Onychoteuthidae. They occur worldwide in subantartic oceans.
CB: squid that grow up to 3 feet that end up being King Penguin food...my son loves King Penguins (and therefore, I am fond of them as well).
-St. Maria ad Gradus
St. Maria ad Gradus ("Our Lady of the Steps", also colloquially called Mariengraden in German language) is the name of a former church located East of the Cathedral of Cologne, Germany, situated between the cathedral and the Rhine.
CB: this church has been wiped off the map, due to the French, and due to other churches needing more parking...(in a sense).
-Harlan Lane
Harlan Lane is a professor of psychology and linguistics at Northeastern University in Boston, Massachusetts, in the United States. He specializes in research on Deaf culture and sign language. In 1991, Professor Lane received a MacArthur Foundation "genius award". He has become an often controversial spokesman for the Deaf community and critic of cochlear implants.
CB: this guy obtained his doctorate in linguistics the year I was born. His list of awards is incredible, his list of publications even more so.
Interesting, not sure if it was a good use of time, but I learned a bit and I still have kept my goal of updating my blog for a year. If you get bored, try it out.
BE EXCELLENT TO EACH OTHER!!!!
1 comment:
I love how you can make sense of random thoughts. You have perfected it, that's for sure! I love your blog, by the way.
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