michael pollak

i choose not to lie

kyle: keith do you think you could be monogamous
keith: yeah, i think so
kyle: well, i choose not to lie.

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learn and enjoy.

be like a child, i tell you… just be like a child… be amazed by anything and everything. be hungry to learn and learn more… and then, be amazed and impressed even some more… love your family, have a best friend and be happy with the smallest, the littlest things… do things without giving them a second thought… cry if you want, and laugh till your stomach hurts… run like crazy… ask every little question that you might have and never think once if your question is stupid… walk around, run around and mess around more than you sit around… enjoy every minute of every day… don’t think about responsibilities, regrets, mistakes, heartaches or what future would bring. just be like a child, i tell you and there is much to learn and enjoy.

the speed of mess

gesetze der entropie. erinnert mich an einen prof. der von den gesetzen der thermodynamik geredet hat, und das gesetz der entropie als “kinderzimmergesetz” bezeichnet hat.

Calculating the Speed of Mess

•  K_#= The number of kids playing in the room

•  K_A= The average age of K_#

•  K_B1= Is one of K_# a boy between ages 6 and 13? Enter 1 for yes and 0 for no.

•  K_B2= Enter age of boy between 6 and 13. These are the planet’s messiest beasts.

•  F= Fodder: Generally, how much junk (toys, clothes, books, reptiles, etc.) does your child’s room contain?

•  N= In days, the newness of any single game, toy, or book

•  P_E= Parental energy: 1-10 with 1 being “new baby” and 10 being “methamphetamines”

•  P_S= Parental strictness: 1-10 with 10 being Sir, yes sir! and 1 being Duuuude!

•  T= In Fahrenheit, the temperature outdoors (add 25 “degrees” for sleddable snow)

•  S= Storage: 1-10 with 10 being wire bins to the ceilings and ample closet space and 1 being bare, padded room (though let me also point out the usefulness of the latter)

•  C= Percentage of occupied time in which K are using a computer, TV, game console or other screen-based entertainment

SOM is the square feet per hour that your kids’ room will collect mess that precludes passage. Max for three, 10-year-old boys with no storage, lax, exhausted parents and lots o’ stuff is 85.33 ft^2/hr and min for one, 17-year-old with strict, energetic parents, with little stuff and ample storage (on a nice day, etc.) is 0.21 ft^2/hr.

Henry Phillips – The End of the World

you are not hungry enough.

“Let every emotion be capable becoming an intoxication to you. If what you eat fails to make you drunk, it is because you are not hungry enough.”

André Gide