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If you bump into something, it's probably you.</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://maxfriedenberg.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3139281118028337152/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://maxfriedenberg.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Max</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02478032660064541386</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='30' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Prj2tx0F_dE/TQHESuFsmYI/AAAAAAAAFjI/VKM3tzO28BU/S220/maya-for-icon-max.jpg'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>13</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3139281118028337152.post-4218084500337264490</id><published>2011-11-03T22:47:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-11-03T22:47:37.066-07:00</updated><title type='text'>really?</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-oq3DFaOYOi0/TrN8d4wZyZI/AAAAAAAAGtM/qXuO9kOUvfw/s1600/Agile_Software_Development_methodology.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; 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padding-left: 6em; text-indent: -1em;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;I am writing to your eyes tracing the contours on my hand typing now, but also writing parts in so-called cursive when I was eight or so. Before too long, I will tell you about a biking accident I will have had when I was 14 but that’s all after (parts of this story) but before I started wearing two watches to help me deal with what comes in which order, even though I think it might started way before that, when I remembered a fall that almost never seemed to end.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Here's what I remember about Egypt. I remember that the Egyptian pound was more colorful than the English version and pretending to actually read Arabic. I remember my brother telling me that if we entered the mummies'&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="display: block; padding-left: 6em; text-indent: -1em;"&gt;&lt;span&gt; tomb there would be a curse on us... and I remember believing him and nightmares of severed limbs and dark silent deaths in vats of honey. I remember the belly dancer in that restaurant in a boat on the Nile and looking to my Dad to see if it was okay to look at her...a lot. I ate sugar cane on a raft and wondered if I would remember any of it the way I remembered things from my past that I can no longer recall. I remember trying to remember stuff when I was eight too, like when I fell out of our attic window when I was three. No one remembers that but me because I was too scared to say to anyone that it happened. Remembering memories themselves. I rolled off the roof and fell three stories. I remember the memory of it. How it took a very long time to hit the ground. VERY long.&lt;script&gt;&lt;!-- D(["mb","\u003cbr\&gt; \u003cbr\&gt;You know how you can remember that you had an epiphany just before nodding off but that you can’t discern the content upon awakening?  I&amp;#39;m falling asleep, I&amp;#39;m having a \u003cb\&gt;good\u003c/b\&gt; idea, don&amp;#39;t forget that good idea, I&amp;#39;m too tired to write it down, I&amp;#39;ll remember it. Good morning. Oh no! I can&amp;#39;t remember my idea, but I remember that I had one. That’s a collision of now and then language, to be sure.\u003cbr\&gt; \u003cbr\&gt;It’s hot at Christmas. Sand, not snow. First time for this and/or that, he wrote, trying to choose a tense or point of view, but neither differentiating subject nor object. When is he going to take part of an Egyptian monument home with him? When did it already happen? Who is this child he’s narrating?\u003cbr\&gt; \u003cbr\&gt;Darling, the difference between crocodiles and alligators is the way their teeth are arranged. Thanks, Mom, I feel better now.  If fall in the water and a crocodile comes, he would not dare eat me because I&amp;#39;m poisonous and if I look him in the eye, he will know it so – I will convince him. I’ll make him sick.\u003cbr\&gt;The water is warm and I can swim to Banana Island, easily.  I bet a lot of people died in this river over the last 4000 years – but then, this river has kept many alive.  Nevermind.  Wake up.\u003cbr\&gt; \u003cbr\&gt;\u003cbr\&gt;\u003cbr\&gt;Six hundred hours, the sun’s up and it hot already. Where can I find some papyrus?  Do they still make it?  It&amp;#39;s real paper papyer...us...papayrus. Paper inventors.\u003cbr\&gt;\u003cbr\&gt;Later, I learned what etymology was and tried to find out how the word “etymology” came about. It was Greek, after the before fact.\u003cbr\&gt; \u003cbr\&gt;I have learned to spell my name in hieroglyphs and the meaning of the scarab beetle while on the way to Thebes.  My sister is throwing up again but my Mom is holding her like flowers. We give her Dramamine and Coke.\u003cbr\&gt; \u003cbr\&gt;Thebes. With five mirrors the Sun is coaxed down the deep underground halls.  There is a beam above our heads and our guide dips into his own mirror into it like a ladle to illuminate the Book of Gates on the walls.  I learn it is very important to be dead sometimes. And have a mirror.",1] );  //--&gt;&lt;/script&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="display: block; padding-left: 6em; text-indent: -1em;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;You know how you can remember that you had an epiphany just before nodding off but that you can’t discern the content upon awakening? I'm falling asleep, I'm having a &lt;b&gt;good&lt;/b&gt; idea, don't forget that good idea, I'm too tired to write it down, I'll remember it. Good morning. Oh no! I can't remember my idea, but I remember that I had one. That’s a collision of now and then language, to be sure.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It’s hot at Christmas. Sand, not snow. First time for this and/or that, he wrote, trying to choose a tense or point of view, but neither differentiating subject nor object. When is he going to take part of an Egyptian monument home with him? When did it already happen? Who is this child he’s narrating?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Darling, the difference between crocodiles and alligators is the way their teeth are arranged. Thanks, Mom, I feel better now. If fall in the water and a crocodile &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="display: block; padding-left: 6em; text-indent: -1em;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;comes, he would not dare eat me because I'm poisonous and if I look him in the eye, he will know it so – I will convince him. I’ll make him sick.&lt;br /&gt;The water is warm and I can swim to Banana Island, easily. I bet a lot of people died in this river over the last 4000 years – but then, this river has kept many alive. Nevermind. Wake up.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;_______&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Prj2tx0F_dE/Rq7vhz6fueI/AAAAAAAAAuA/x7PTBXnt0FU/s1600-h/intermission+sml.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Prj2tx0F_dE/Rq7vhz6fueI/AAAAAAAAAuA/x7PTBXnt0FU/s320/intermission+sml.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5093271592752888290" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="display: block; padding-left: 6em; text-indent: -1em;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;________________________________________&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Six hundred hours, the sun’s up and it hot already. Where can I find some papyrus? Do they still make it? It's real paper papyer...us...papayrus. Paper inventors.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Later, I learned what etymology was and tried to find out how the word “etymology” came about. It was Greek, after the before fact.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I have learned to spell my name in hieroglyphs and the meaning of the scarab beetle while on the way to Thebes. My sister is throwing up again but my Mom is holding her like flowers. We give her Dramamine and Coke.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Thebes. With five mirrors the Sun is coaxed down the deep underground halls. There is a beam above our heads and our guide dips into his own mirror into it like a ladle to illuminate the Book of Gates on the walls. I learn it is very important to be dead sometimes. And have a mirror.&lt;script&gt;&lt;!-- D(["mb","\u003cbr\&gt; \u003cbr\&gt;Tomorrow we go to the Pyramids at Giza.  The real Pyramids. The Pyramids Miss Thompson told us about in 2nd Grade, four years after I fell from the attic, but the same day Bridget Cornwall got a bloody nose for no reason. OK, now WHAT day is it?  Eventually, I will have leaned how to use “tenses”.  But not for long…I will have had a bike accident that will have changed everything.\u003cbr\&gt; \u003cbr\&gt;How will I know a mirage if I see it?  Will it tell me? Clearly, nothing is obvious in this heat. Oh, sure, it’s DRY heat, but so is an oven, ya know.\u003cbr\&gt; \u003cbr\&gt;We live in a kind of place for people who are staying a longer time than other places with their short staying people and after a week I can go on my own if I stay on the grounds.  Eventually I can go for long walks outside with my brother.  It doesn’t take long for me to turn brown or find my way to the street for a sugared ice.  From the steps outside I’m kissed by the singing from the Mosques.  There is no way to not hear it.  I love my new sandals, because, see, if someone looks just at my feet he cannot tell if I am Egyptian or not.  I want to be Egyptian now.\u003cbr\&gt;\u003cbr\&gt; \u003cbr\&gt;His Father had asked someone to give him a ride around the Pyramids in advance.  But the child was completely taken by surprise when the Arabian stranger lifted him up from the dirty sand and offered him to his cloaked partner on the camel.\u003cbr\&gt;When you look down on people from a camel and they are wearing a hat you cannot see their face.  So you cannot see them smile approvals. You cannot see that it is okay with your Dad, who is wearing a big hat.\u003cbr\&gt; \u003cbr\&gt;Most camels look like they are in a bad mood to begin with and when camels are late they become very serious indeed.  Maybe camels must never be late and that is why. Yes, that&amp;#39;s it - there is no such thing as a late camel. They are fast enough to out race their own smell.  They can lose their shadows. Wide flat pods rush to find the horizon.  Nothing is out of range. Nothing, for a camel.\u003cbr\&gt; \u003cbr\&gt;\u003cbr\&gt;\u003cbr\&gt;Before I know what is happening and as soon as I am handed to the rider he goes. Fast. With the wind at my ears and a strong arm around me I try to peek behind us but the rider’s clothes are full and thick like his laugh. His laughter is married to the bounce of his friend.  Someone has seen us go or we are not alone, I hope, but I have no proof.  I have been kidnapped. We slow down and I hear the camel’s heavy breath and the gentle voice of my guide relates an incomprehensible monologue as he loosens his hold.  I am riding around the Pyramids on a camel in the lap of an Arab at Christmastime.   It was nightmare for moments, now it is a dream. NO, I cannot even dream this, it is too incredible. Without credibility entirely.",1] );  //--&gt;&lt;/script&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Tomorrow we go to the Pyramids at Giza. The real Pyramids. The Pyramids Miss Thompson told us about in 2nd Grade, four years after I fell from the attic, but the same day Bridget Cornwall got a bloody nose for no reason. OK, now WHAT day is it? Eventually, I will have leaned how to use “tenses”. But not for long…I will have had a bike accident that will have changed everything.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;How will I know a mirage if I see it? Will it tell me? Clearly, nothing is obvious in this heat. Oh, sure, it’s DRY heat, but so is an oven, ya know.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We live in a kind of place for people who are staying a longer time than other places with their short staying people and after a week I can go on my own if I stay on the grounds. Eventually I can go for long walks outside with my brother. It doesn’t take long for me to turn brown or find my way to the street for a sugared ice. From the steps outside I’m kissed by the singing from the Mosques. There is no way to not hear it. I love my new sandals, because, see, if someone looks just at my feet he cannot tell if I am Egyptian or not. I want to be Egyptian now.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;His Father had asked someone to give him a ride around the Pyramids in advance. But the child was completely taken by surprise when the Arabian stranger lifted him up from the dirty sand and offered him to his cloaked partner on the camel.&lt;br /&gt;When you look down on people from a camel and they are wearing a hat you cannot see their face. So you cannot see them smile approvals. You cannot see that it is okay with your Dad, who is wearing a big hat.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Most camels look like they are in a bad mood to begin with and when camels are late they become very serious indeed. Maybe camels must never be late and that is why. Yes, that's it - there is no such thing as a late camel. They are fast enough to out race their own smell. They can lose their shadows. Wide flat pods rush to find the horizon. Nothing is out of range. Nothing, for a camel.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Before I know what is happening and as soon as I am handed to the rider he goes. Fast. With the wind at my ears and a strong arm around me I try to peek behind us but the rider’s clothes are full and thick like his laugh. His laughter is married to the bounce of his friend. Someone has seen us go or we are not alone, I hope, but I have no proof. I have been kidnapped. We slow down and I hear the camel’s heavy breath and the gentle voice of my guide relates an incomprehensible monologue as he loosens his hold. I am riding around the Pyramids on a camel in the lap of an Arab at Christmastime. It was nightmare for moments, now it is a dream. NO, I cannot even dream this, it is too incredible. Without credibility entirely.&lt;script&gt;&lt;!-- D(["mb","\u003cbr\&gt; \u003cbr\&gt;My Dad, on another Camel, overtakes us, then my Mom and my Sister and my Brother.  I have not been kidnapped, I had just not been warned. Now I will not have to escape.\u003cbr\&gt; \u003cbr\&gt;The Sphinx is caged.  The fragile monument sits within a fenced compound.  I clearly remember the guard unlocking the metal gateway for us and only us.  It was my father’s connections to the Egyptian Consulate got us in.  I remember learning the word consulate and understanding my “passport”.  I remember at first being fascinated by border-lines on maps and not much later becoming very saddened by them…for everyone, somehow. As we walked around the monument I could not resist tracing my hand along its contours, and when no one was looking, I took it, as small piece broke off in my hand. Yes, I put a piece of the Sphinx in my pocket. I wonder when I may put it back?  I hope the passport that enabled my thievery, will not prevent my making it all right again.  I dream of the rock’s return often. It comes and goes as a mission. You should smell it sometime, it has an interesting smell. Even though everything in the universe is essentially the same age, the rock smells older than most smellable things.\u003cbr\&gt; \u003cbr\&gt;I&amp;#39;m in bed watching the fan spin on a spinning world - time to sleep - I&amp;#39;m so sleepy from today&amp;#39;s sun. I should write down that this life and the people and things I have done are everything I never thought I always wanted, but I am a little boy, and have not learned to write down what I think might be important thoughts for later, if I get them right before I fall asleep, and I think that I will remember it in the morning anyway.  Did I? \u003cbr\&gt; \u003cbr\&gt; \u003cbr\&gt;Also, are you up?\u003cbr\&gt;\u003c/span\&gt;\u003c/span\&gt;\u003c/div\&gt;\u003cdiv\&gt;\u003cspan style\u003d\"display:block;float:left;color:#888\"\&gt;  \u003c/span\&gt;\u003cspan style\u003d\"display:block;padding-left:6em\"\&gt;\u003cspan\&gt;I am drinking some bullshit coffee.\u003c/span\&gt;\u003c/span\&gt;\u003c/div\&gt;\u003cdiv\&gt;\u003cspan style\u003d\"display:block;float:left;color:#888\"\&gt;9:30 AM \u003c/span\&gt;\u003cspan style\u003d\"display:block;padding-left:6em\"\&gt;\u003cspan\&gt;IT IS ACTUAL BULLSHIT STEEPED IN HOT WATER.",1] );  //--&gt;&lt;/script&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;My Dad, on another Camel, overtakes us, then my Mom and my Sister and my Brother. I have not been kidnapped, I had just not been warned. Now I will not have to escape.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Sphinx is caged. The fragile monument sits within a fenced compound. I clearly remember the guard unlocking the metal gateway for us and only us. It was my father’s connections to the Egyptian Consulate got us in. I remember learning the word consulate and understanding my “passport”. I remember at first being fascinated by border-lines on maps and not much later becoming very saddened by them…for everyone, somehow. As we walked around the monument I could not resist tracing my hand along its contours, and when no one was looking, I took it, as small piece broke off in my hand. Yes, I put a piece of the Sphinx in my pocket. I wonder when I may put it back? I hope the passport that enabled my thievery, will not prevent my making it all right again. I dream of the rock’s return often. It comes and goes as a mission. You should smell it sometime, it has an interesting smell. Even though everything in the universe is essentially the same age, the rock smells older than most smellable things.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I'm in bed watching the fan spin on a spinning world - time to sleep - I'm so sleepy from today's sun. I should write down that this life and the people and things I have done are everything I never thought I always wanted, but I am a little boy, and have not learned to write down what I think might be important thoughts for later, if I get them right before I fall asleep, and I think that I will remember it in the morning anyway. Did I? &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3139281118028337152-8141705300574896289?l=maxfriedenberg.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://maxfriedenberg.blogspot.com/feeds/8141705300574896289/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3139281118028337152&amp;postID=8141705300574896289' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3139281118028337152/posts/default/8141705300574896289'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3139281118028337152/posts/default/8141705300574896289'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://maxfriedenberg.blogspot.com/2007/07/cairo.html' title='Cairo'/><author><name>Max</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02478032660064541386</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='30' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Prj2tx0F_dE/TQHESuFsmYI/AAAAAAAAFjI/VKM3tzO28BU/S220/maya-for-icon-max.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Prj2tx0F_dE/Rq7vhz6fueI/AAAAAAAAAuA/x7PTBXnt0FU/s72-c/intermission+sml.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3139281118028337152.post-3556161889317313029</id><published>2008-10-03T21:44:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2008-11-01T21:18:12.888-07:00</updated><title type='text'>this is a  book what through me</title><content type='html'>maybe you'll write it or read it or hear it&lt;br /&gt;it depends. you may not continue. you may not finish. i don't care.&lt;br /&gt;i can smell it.&lt;br /&gt;inhale and smell the new forest of marshmallows and bleach . Changed.&lt;br /&gt;You care.  But about as much as lint.&lt;br /&gt;i've just been diagnosed with terminal existence&lt;br /&gt;and only have the rest of life to live.&lt;br /&gt;i micromanage my neuro-chemistry.&lt;br /&gt;the first lesson they teach you in Elementary Pharmacology&lt;br /&gt;is that anything you put in you body is potentially toxic.&lt;br /&gt;At some point you can overdose on Bananas. VitaminA.&lt;br /&gt;Barbiturates and alcohol have great potential.&lt;br /&gt;That's how the Heaven's Gate Nike shoe purple scarves mofos got to their comet.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;IF YOU'RE NETWORKED enough&lt;br /&gt;you might become just about everyone.&lt;br /&gt;that's why not many people really KNOW famous people&lt;br /&gt; they know of them.&lt;br /&gt;you know of your self&lt;br /&gt;"know thyself"?&lt;br /&gt;when your brain does all kinds of shit it never tells your mind about?&lt;br /&gt;ok, so know your mind.&lt;br /&gt;Mind your friends.&lt;br /&gt;Mind the network and know your mind.&lt;br /&gt;i micromanage my neuro-chemistry.&lt;br /&gt;My mind i know by driving the machine.&lt;br /&gt;the electro-chemical thing managing to type this.&lt;br /&gt;maybe I'll write it or read it or hear it&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3139281118028337152-3556161889317313029?l=maxfriedenberg.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://maxfriedenberg.blogspot.com/feeds/3556161889317313029/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3139281118028337152&amp;postID=3556161889317313029' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3139281118028337152/posts/default/3556161889317313029'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3139281118028337152/posts/default/3556161889317313029'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://maxfriedenberg.blogspot.com/2008/10/book.html' title='this is a  book what through me'/><author><name>Max</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02478032660064541386</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='30' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Prj2tx0F_dE/TQHESuFsmYI/AAAAAAAAFjI/VKM3tzO28BU/S220/maya-for-icon-max.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3139281118028337152.post-1017786637157615939</id><published>2008-09-03T21:26:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2008-11-01T20:31:35.744-07:00</updated><title type='text'>song titles</title><content type='html'>&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:arial;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt;chile&lt;br /&gt;P.S.A.&lt;br /&gt;Trigger&lt;br /&gt;CRM114&lt;br /&gt;Anamorphic&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:arial;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt;Penrose&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:arial;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt;probability&lt;br /&gt;Gomboc&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:arial;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt;Kind&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:arial;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt;How to Count&lt;br /&gt;Charge&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:arial;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt;Ground&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:arial;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt;Table&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:arial;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt;Pupil&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 28px;"&gt;Morpheme&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; line-height: 28px;font-family:arial;" &gt;Aspirin&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3139281118028337152-1017786637157615939?l=maxfriedenberg.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://maxfriedenberg.blogspot.com/feeds/1017786637157615939/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3139281118028337152&amp;postID=1017786637157615939' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3139281118028337152/posts/default/1017786637157615939'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3139281118028337152/posts/default/1017786637157615939'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://maxfriedenberg.blogspot.com/2008/09/song-titiles.html' title='song titles'/><author><name>Max</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02478032660064541386</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='30' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Prj2tx0F_dE/TQHESuFsmYI/AAAAAAAAFjI/VKM3tzO28BU/S220/maya-for-icon-max.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3139281118028337152.post-2835015334097876464</id><published>2008-09-02T18:31:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2008-09-02T18:31:26.312-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Highway Music</title><content type='html'>grooves to wake up sleepy drivers can be designed to play a tune.  The distance between the chunks of grooves and the lenngth of the note: whole, half, quarter. The distance between the groove and or with of the grooves with the chunks define the notwe and it's timbre.  Th tempo (and pitch) of the tune in toto defined by speed of car and tires.  A stero program and or harmonies can be created by having tracks of grooves for each side of car. even mor ecomplicated arrangements could by designed for a trike, ie, three tracks.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3139281118028337152-2835015334097876464?l=maxfriedenberg.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://maxfriedenberg.blogspot.com/feeds/2835015334097876464/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3139281118028337152&amp;postID=2835015334097876464' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3139281118028337152/posts/default/2835015334097876464'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3139281118028337152/posts/default/2835015334097876464'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://maxfriedenberg.blogspot.com/2008/09/highway-music.html' title='Highway Music'/><author><name>Max</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02478032660064541386</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='30' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Prj2tx0F_dE/TQHESuFsmYI/AAAAAAAAFjI/VKM3tzO28BU/S220/maya-for-icon-max.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3139281118028337152.post-3449345788318811546</id><published>2008-08-28T10:57:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2008-09-03T22:14:19.276-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Does advertizing work on me?</title><content type='html'>Does my media-deconstructionist attitude immunize me?&lt;br /&gt;Don't want to work, don't want to play.&lt;br /&gt;I'm not who I used to be, but I don't like the change.&lt;div&gt;Private Service Announcement.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3139281118028337152-3449345788318811546?l=maxfriedenberg.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://maxfriedenberg.blogspot.com/feeds/3449345788318811546/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3139281118028337152&amp;postID=3449345788318811546' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3139281118028337152/posts/default/3449345788318811546'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3139281118028337152/posts/default/3449345788318811546'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://maxfriedenberg.blogspot.com/2008/08/does-advertizing-work-on-me.html' title='Does advertizing work on me?'/><author><name>Max</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02478032660064541386</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='30' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Prj2tx0F_dE/TQHESuFsmYI/AAAAAAAAFjI/VKM3tzO28BU/S220/maya-for-icon-max.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3139281118028337152.post-5562552639954446981</id><published>2008-08-27T21:01:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-08-27T21:13:08.296-07:00</updated><title type='text'>How to reject a rejection letter.</title><content type='html'>Dear MicroCineFest,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Thank you for your letter of September 22nd. After careful consideration, I regret to inform you that I am unable to accept your refusal to accept my short films&lt;br /&gt;for your festival.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This year I have been particularly fortunate in receiving an unusually large number of rejection letters.  With such a varied and promising field of candidates, it is simply impossible for me to accept all refusals.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Despite Mr. Cyzyk’s outstanding qualifications and previous experience in rejecting applicants, I find that your rejection does not meet my needs at this time.  Therefore, I will be honored to have my films in your festival this November.  I look forward to seeing you then.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Best of luck in rejecting future applicants.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sincerely,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Max Friedenberg&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3139281118028337152-5562552639954446981?l=maxfriedenberg.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://maxfriedenberg.blogspot.com/feeds/5562552639954446981/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3139281118028337152&amp;postID=5562552639954446981' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3139281118028337152/posts/default/5562552639954446981'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3139281118028337152/posts/default/5562552639954446981'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://maxfriedenberg.blogspot.com/2008/08/how-to-reject-rejection-letter.html' title='How to reject a rejection letter.'/><author><name>Max</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02478032660064541386</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='30' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Prj2tx0F_dE/TQHESuFsmYI/AAAAAAAAFjI/VKM3tzO28BU/S220/maya-for-icon-max.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3139281118028337152.post-2363370650603122499</id><published>2008-02-28T14:05:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2008-11-01T21:25:26.271-07:00</updated><title type='text'>You fell in love with a nut.</title><content type='html'>&lt;p class="MsoAutoSig"&gt;&lt;span style=";font-size:85%;color:black;"  &gt;&lt;span style=";color:black;" &gt;I love you more than can be expressed other          than &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;       &lt;p class="MsoAutoSig"&gt;&lt;span style=";font-size:85%;color:black;"  &gt;&lt;span style=";color:black;" &gt;by shining my love on you day after day          after day after day after day…&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;       &lt;p class="MsoAutoSig"&gt;&lt;span style=";font-size:85%;color:black;"  &gt;&lt;span style=";color:black;" &gt;then maybe you’ll understand how I          feel about you and how &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;       &lt;p class="MsoAutoSig"&gt;&lt;span style=";font-size:85%;color:black;"  &gt;&lt;span style=";color:black;" &gt;beautifully I have resolved to treat you          day after day after day after day…&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;       &lt;p class="MsoAutoSig"&gt;&lt;span style=";font-size:85%;color:black;"  &gt;&lt;span style=";color:black;" &gt;Every day that passes, you’ll understand          more and more how I love you.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoAutoSig"&gt;&lt;span style=";font-size:85%;color:black;"  &gt;&lt;span style=";color:black;" &gt;But how will I understand YOU, Dear?&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;       &lt;p class="MsoAutoSig"&gt;&lt;span style=";font-size:85%;color:black;"  &gt;&lt;span style=";color:black;" &gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoAutoSig"&gt;&lt;span style=";font-size:85%;color:black;"  &gt;&lt;span style=";color:black;" &gt;I choose you, because I have no choice…Love          did not give me that option.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;       &lt;p class="MsoAutoSig"&gt;&lt;span style=";font-size:85%;color:black;"  &gt;&lt;span style=";color:black;" &gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;       &lt;p class="MsoAutoSig"&gt;&lt;span style=";font-size:85%;color:black;"  &gt;&lt;span style=";color:black;" &gt;I just got into trouble.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;       &lt;p class="MsoAutoSig"&gt;&lt;span style=";font-size:85%;color:black;"  &gt;&lt;span style=";color:black;" &gt;I spoke of Love as an entity. Capital “L”&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;       &lt;p class="MsoAutoSig"&gt;&lt;span style=";font-size:85%;color:black;"  &gt;&lt;span style=";color:black;" &gt;Love has been summoned.&lt;br /&gt;     &lt;br /&gt;       &lt;i&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;-Love here.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;       &lt;p class="MsoAutoSig"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style=";color:black;" &gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;color:black;" &gt;-Hey, Love, what’s          up?&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;       &lt;p class="MsoAutoSig"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style=";color:black;" &gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;color:black;" &gt;-Not, much. What’s          up with you? Just kidding. I can tell what’s up, dumbass. I brought          you two together. Want some advice?&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;       &lt;p class="MsoAutoSig"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style=";color:black;" &gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;color:black;" &gt;-Ummmm, ok.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;       &lt;p class="MsoAutoSig"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style=";color:black;" &gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;color:black;" &gt;-Get a pen, stupid.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;       &lt;p class="MsoAutoSig"&gt;&lt;span style=";font-size:85%;color:black;"  &gt;&lt;span style=";color:black;" &gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;       &lt;p class="MsoAutoSig"&gt;&lt;span style=";font-size:85%;color:black;"  &gt;&lt;span style=";color:black;" &gt;So Love told me how to treat you today.          &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;       &lt;p class="MsoAutoSig"&gt;&lt;span style=";font-size:85%;color:black;"  &gt;&lt;span style=";color:black;" &gt;A portion of the message from Love:&lt;br /&gt;     &lt;br /&gt;       &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;       &lt;p class="MsoAutoSig"&gt;&lt;span style=";font-size:85%;color:black;"  &gt;&lt;span style=";color:black;" &gt;“Treat her like diamonds, gold and          pearls.  &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;       &lt;p class="MsoAutoSig"&gt;&lt;span style=";font-size:85%;color:black;"  &gt;&lt;span style=";color:black;" &gt;Treat her like water, seeds and soil. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;       &lt;p class="MsoAutoSig"&gt;&lt;span style=";font-size:85%;color:black;"  &gt;&lt;span style=";color:black;" &gt;Treat her like flesh, wood and fire…”&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;       &lt;p class="MsoAutoSig"&gt;&lt;span style=";font-size:85%;color:black;"  &gt;&lt;span style=";color:black;" &gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;       &lt;p class="MsoAutoSig"&gt;&lt;span style=";font-size:85%;color:black;"  &gt;&lt;span style=";color:black;" &gt;Love went on and on in weird triplets.&lt;br /&gt;       And I wrote it all down.&lt;br /&gt;       I got a hand cramp.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;       &lt;p class="MsoAutoSig"&gt;&lt;span style=";font-size:85%;color:black;"  &gt;&lt;span style=";color:black;" &gt;Love can really go off.&lt;o:p&gt; Did a little          singing. Very emotional.&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;       &lt;p class="MsoAutoSig"&gt;&lt;span style=";font-size:85%;color:black;"  &gt;&lt;span style=";color:black;" &gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;       &lt;p class="MsoAutoSig"&gt;&lt;span style=";font-size:85%;color:black;"  &gt;&lt;span style=";color:black;" &gt;And then at the very end, Love told me,          (and this is funny, because it really shows how Love has a weird way of          doing things)&lt;br /&gt;       “Now &lt;u&gt;forget&lt;/u&gt; all those things. Treat her &lt;u&gt;beyond&lt;/u&gt; what          all those tired metaphors deserve, respect and might accomplish.”&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;       &lt;p class="MsoAutoSig"&gt;&lt;span style=";font-size:85%;color:black;"  &gt;&lt;span style=";color:black;" &gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;       &lt;p class="MsoAutoSig"&gt;&lt;span style=";font-size:85%;color:black;"  &gt;&lt;span style=";color:black;" &gt;So I told Love:&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;       &lt;p class="MsoAutoSig"&gt;&lt;span style=";font-size:85%;color:black;"  &gt;&lt;span style=";color:black;" &gt;“I can’t believe you made me          write all that shit down, you bastard…that’s a creative exercise          you got there. But seriously, I don’t know of anything precious          enough to compare her to – and to then treat her &lt;u&gt;like&lt;/u&gt;.           The only thing she is like, is herself.”&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;       &lt;p class="MsoAutoSig"&gt;&lt;span style=";font-size:85%;color:black;"  &gt;&lt;span style=";color:black;" &gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;       &lt;p class="MsoAutoSig"&gt;&lt;span style=";font-size:85%;color:black;"  &gt;&lt;span style=";color:black;" &gt;Love laughed at me and said, “Wow.          I remember when you told her that the first time. That’s pretty          romantic. You really have it in you.Want a job? Just kidding. But now          you understand, Max. Discover her. If she is like nothing or anyone else          – find out who she is and then you’ll know how to treat her.”&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;       &lt;p class="MsoAutoSig"&gt;&lt;span style=";font-size:85%;color:black;"  &gt;&lt;span style=";color:black;" &gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;       &lt;p class="MsoAutoSig"&gt;&lt;span style=";font-size:85%;color:black;"  &gt;&lt;span style=";color:black;" &gt;I laughed and told Love, “What? Find          out? Like &lt;u&gt;today&lt;/u&gt;?  Hello? Love? Love? You there?”&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;       &lt;p class="MsoAutoSig"&gt;&lt;span style=";font-size:85%;color:black;"  &gt;&lt;span style=";color:black;" &gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;       &lt;p class="MsoAutoSig"&gt;&lt;span style=";font-size:85%;color:black;"  &gt;&lt;span style=";color:black;" &gt;No answer. Love waits for no man. Or is          that Time?&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;       &lt;p class="MsoAutoSig"&gt;&lt;span style=";font-size:85%;color:black;"  &gt;&lt;span style=";color:black;" &gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;       &lt;p class="MsoAutoSig"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style=";color:black;" &gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;color:black;" &gt;-Time here. What’s          up?&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoAutoSig"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style=";color:black;" &gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;color:black;" &gt;-Can we talk later?          I am trying to write a love-letter to her.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;       &lt;p class="MsoAutoSig"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style=";color:black;" &gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;color:black;" &gt;-Word. I’m pretty          fucking busy ,too, as you can imagine.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;       &lt;p class="MsoAutoSig"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style=";color:black;" &gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;color:black;" &gt;-I think I can. I’ll          call on you later. I have a lot of questions.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;       &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style=";color:black;" &gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;color:black;" &gt;-Later. Later. Never          &lt;u&gt;before&lt;/u&gt;. Rarely now. A ha ha. Inside joke.. Rarely now…love          that one. No, but, what is wrong with you people? There is way more Time          before, than later. Why can’t we talk &lt;u&gt;before&lt;/u&gt;?&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;       &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style=";color:black;" &gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;color:black;" &gt;-OOO. There’s          more Time before, than later? That sounds bad. Are we in trouble?&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;       &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style=";color:black;" &gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;color:black;" &gt;-Read the papers? Bush?          Global warming? Beyond that, ever heard of the the “&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=";color:blue;" &gt;&lt;span style="color:blue;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/End_of_time"&gt;big crunch&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=";color:black;" &gt;&lt;span style="color:black;"&gt;”?          Get with it. The expansion of the universe is NOT   &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="color:black;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:black;"&gt;accelerating. Yah, it’s expanding,          but it’s slowing down. I told Hawking that two years ago, he’s          keeping it to himself. Bitter, secretive, man. Oh shit, that the time...again?          Gotta go.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=";color:black;" &gt;&lt;span style="color:black;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:black;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:black;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;       &lt;p class="MsoAutoSig"&gt;&lt;span style=";font-size:85%;color:black;"  &gt;&lt;span style=";color:black;" &gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;       &lt;p class="MsoAutoSig"&gt;&lt;span style=";font-size:85%;color:black;"  &gt;&lt;span style=";color:black;" &gt;&lt;br /&gt;       So I want to discover who you are, Ray- to truly understand you.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;       &lt;p class="MsoAutoSig"&gt;&lt;span style=";font-size:85%;color:black;"  &gt;&lt;span style=";color:black;" &gt;But now also, I understand &lt;u&gt;why&lt;/u&gt; I          want to understand you.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;       &lt;p class="MsoAutoSig"&gt;&lt;span style=";font-size:85%;color:black;"  &gt;&lt;span style=";color:black;" &gt;Because then I will know how to treat you          and how to love you.&lt;br /&gt;       I suspect I will realize that I must treat you with Ultimate Understanding          in order to to discover you.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;       &lt;p class="MsoAutoSig"&gt;&lt;span style=";font-size:85%;color:black;"  &gt;&lt;span style=";color:black;" &gt;It’s a bit of a loop.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;       &lt;p class="MsoAutoSig"&gt;&lt;span style=";font-size:85%;color:black;"  &gt;&lt;span style=";color:black;" &gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;       &lt;p class="MsoAutoSig"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style=";color:black;" &gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;color:black;" &gt;-Ultimate Understanding          here, sorry I’m late. I visiting a mental institution.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;       &lt;p class="MsoAutoSig"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style=";color:black;" &gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;color:black;" &gt;-Crap.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;       &lt;p class="MsoAutoSig"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style=";color:black;" &gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;color:black;" &gt;-What? You called on          &lt;u&gt;me&lt;/u&gt;.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;       &lt;p class="MsoAutoSig"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style=";color:black;" &gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;color:black;" &gt;-No I didn’t,          I just wrote “Ultimate Understanding” in caps. I didn’t          know you were even an entity!&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;       &lt;p class="MsoAutoSig"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style=";color:black;" &gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;color:black;" &gt;-Well I am. Problem          is, no one ever, really ultimately understands me. Except for, ahem, psychotic          people. Or elightenend ones. Kinda depend on how you cope with the information.          Ironic, no? By the way, did you buy UltimateUnderstanding.com last year?&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;       &lt;p class="MsoAutoSig"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style=";color:black;" &gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;color:black;" &gt;-Yah. I was was pretty          high at the time. Haven’t done anything with it. But now I have          some ideas.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;       &lt;p class="MsoAutoSig"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style=";color:black;" &gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;color:black;" &gt;-I bet. Well, I want          it.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;       &lt;p class="MsoAutoSig"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style=";color:black;" &gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;color:black;" &gt;-Too bad. Why don’t          you buy it off me, hoss?&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;       &lt;p class="MsoAutoSig"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style=";color:black;" &gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;color:black;" &gt;-I’m Ultimate          Understanding, I don’t have &lt;u&gt;money&lt;/u&gt;. Money is like poison to          me. That’s part of ultimate understanding. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;       &lt;p class="MsoAutoSig"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style=";color:black;" &gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;color:black;" &gt;-I know.You’re          fucked. Wait! Isn’t “ownership” antithetical to ultimate          understanding too?? Why would you want to &lt;u&gt;own&lt;/u&gt; domain name?&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;       &lt;p class="MsoAutoSig"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style=";color:black;" &gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;color:black;" &gt;- I was testing you.          Good work. Shit. We should talk more.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;       &lt;p class="MsoAutoSig"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style=";color:black;" &gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;color:black;" &gt;-Oh. Ok. I bet I could          learn a lot from you. You’re pretty understanding, huh?&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;       &lt;p class="MsoAutoSig"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style=";color:black;" &gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;color:black;" &gt;-I &lt;u&gt;understand&lt;/u&gt;          I’m understanding. You don’t have to tell &lt;u&gt;me&lt;/u&gt;. In fact,          I &lt;u&gt;understand&lt;/u&gt; that you &lt;u&gt;understand&lt;/u&gt; that I &lt;u&gt;understand&lt;/u&gt;          I’m understanding. And so on, forever, until you never get there          and it turns out that you are understanding, or beginning to understand          understanding  just for understanding that very fact. But I will          always be &lt;u&gt;more&lt;/u&gt; understanding.  I’m Ultimate Understanding…I          can help you realize that…or come close. No one ever gets the cigar.          Actually, there is no cigar. I already smoked it. If you ever reach ultimate          understanding, you simply go insane or become enlightened. Either way          way, it's ineffable. Kinda lonely, yet serene. Unless you just can't cope          with it, then it's just lonely and completely terrifying. Tell you about          it later, and how to achieve that peacefully horrific or horrifically          peaceful place. . It has to do with nearly stopping T-i-m-e and having          every single possible thought almost instantaneously. It's excruciatingly          relaxing. But you realize what’s REALLY going on. Up to it?&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;       &lt;p class="MsoAutoSig"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style=";color:black;" &gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;color:black;" &gt;-Not right now.&lt;o:p&gt;          &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;       &lt;p class="MsoAutoSig"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style=";color:black;" &gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;color:black;" &gt;-I understand, but that's          all the T-i-m-e you'll need. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=";font-size:85%;color:black;"  &gt;&lt;span style=";color:black;" &gt; &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;       &lt;p class="MsoAutoSig"&gt;&lt;span style=";font-size:85%;color:black;"  &gt;&lt;span style=";color:black;" &gt;If you think I am treating and loving you          OK now, then I must have &lt;u&gt;some&lt;/u&gt; understanding of you already.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;       &lt;p class="MsoAutoSig"&gt;&lt;span style=";font-size:85%;color:black;"  &gt;&lt;span style=";color:black;" &gt;OK?!&lt;br /&gt;       So my goal is ultimate understanding of you.&lt;br /&gt;       But I understand that is not possible, as you are a dynamic force that          will forever change and grow.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;       &lt;p class="MsoAutoSig"&gt;&lt;span style=";font-size:85%;color:black;"  &gt;&lt;span style=";color:black;" &gt;There is who you were, who you are and who          you are becoming.&lt;br /&gt;       Ultimately, you’ll never “ulti-mate” (I turned “ultimate”          into a verb, there, and actually think it’s never been done before,          so I am calling &lt;st1:city st="on"&gt;&lt;st1:place st="on"&gt;Oxford&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:city&gt;          later)&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;       &lt;p class="MsoAutoSig"&gt;&lt;span style=";font-size:85%;color:black;"  &gt;&lt;span style=";color:black;" &gt;I can only conclude:&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;       &lt;p class="MsoAutoSig"&gt;&lt;span style=";font-size:85%;color:black;"  &gt;&lt;span style=";color:black;" &gt;I can’t arrive at ultimately understanding          you, but I can approach it. Fine.&lt;br /&gt;       I can’t choose to discover you, as you discover yourself and as          you discover how you, yourself, wish to be treated/loved. Love’s          making me do it.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;       &lt;p class="MsoAutoSig"&gt;&lt;span style=";font-size:85%;color:black;"  &gt;&lt;span style=";color:black;" &gt;I can ask you to show me how to do that.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;       I feels really good to ask you to do that.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;       Will you show me?&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;     &lt;br /&gt;       And it’s the best feeling in the world, because I finally &lt;u&gt;know          something true&lt;/u&gt;:&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;       I know something I can never tell you, and you know something you can          never tell me.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;       &lt;p class="MsoAutoSig"&gt;&lt;span style=";font-size:85%;color:black;"  &gt;&lt;span style=";color:black;" &gt;Oh sure, you and I can say it all day long          and write love letters and songs and paintings and try to “figure          out” Love itself, and in some small way, by doing this, we show          each other.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;       But really, I know something I can only ever show you by &lt;u&gt;continually&lt;/u&gt;          showing you. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;     &lt;br /&gt;       It could take a while.&lt;br /&gt;       Have some Time?&lt;br /&gt;       Wanna see?&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;       &lt;p class="MsoAutoSig"&gt;&lt;span style=";font-size:85%;color:black;"  &gt;&lt;span style=";color:black;" &gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;color:black;" &gt;-Wanna here.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;       &lt;p class="MsoAutoSig"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style=";color:black;" &gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;color:black;" &gt;-YOU, wanna, are not          an entity; “wanna” is turn of phrase. Short for “want          to”.&lt;br /&gt;       It was capitalized because it was the first word in a fragmented sentence.          Not a proper noun, like a name or place.&lt;br /&gt;       You are totally off base.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;       &lt;p class="MsoAutoSig"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style=";color:black;" &gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;color:black;" &gt;-Fine, I’m going          back to watch Oprah.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;     &lt;br /&gt;       &lt;strong&gt;-Oprah here. This is very expensive, you know, summoning me. This          bold italicized will cost you. But, I brought you this Microwave…&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;     &lt;br /&gt;       &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;em&gt;-I didn't&lt;span style=";color:black;" &gt;&lt;span style=";color:black;" &gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; summon you, Oprah. Wanna          did.&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;       &lt;p class="MsoAutoSig"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style=";color:black;" &gt;&lt;span style=";color:black;" &gt;&lt;o:p&gt;-I thought you said I wasn't an entity.&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;-You          summoned Oprah. You must be one now.&lt;o:p&gt; Also she'll be billing you.          I suggest you pay her. Otherwise, even though she is filthy rich, she'll          sue.&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;       &lt;p class="MsoAutoSig"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style=";color:black;" &gt;&lt;span style=";color:black;" &gt;&lt;o:p&gt;- Time here. Sorry I was tardy. Had          a meeting with Money. Turns out we are NOT related. It's a dirty paradigm.&lt;/o:p&gt;          The meeting with space went very well. We are one and the same. It's just          I do the talking. Space is just so, so, so, so... Spacey.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;       &lt;p class="MsoAutoSig"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style=";color:black;" &gt;- Kevin,          here.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=";color:black;" &gt;&lt;span style=";color:black;" &gt;&lt;o:p&gt; Who are you people? This is a shitty          script. I'm going back to rehearsal. Oh, before I go: sorry about K-PAX.          Big mistake, Jeff Bridges though...I mean, c'mon. Class act. &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3139281118028337152-2363370650603122499?l=maxfriedenberg.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://maxfriedenberg.blogspot.com/feeds/2363370650603122499/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3139281118028337152&amp;postID=2363370650603122499' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3139281118028337152/posts/default/2363370650603122499'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3139281118028337152/posts/default/2363370650603122499'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://maxfriedenberg.blogspot.com/2008/02/you-fell-in-love-with-nut.html' title='You fell in love with a nut.'/><author><name>Max</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02478032660064541386</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='30' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Prj2tx0F_dE/TQHESuFsmYI/AAAAAAAAFjI/VKM3tzO28BU/S220/maya-for-icon-max.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3139281118028337152.post-1430218294696914837</id><published>2008-02-28T14:04:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2008-02-28T14:05:03.517-08:00</updated><title type='text'>How we all fucked up the Superbowl again.</title><content type='html'>First          off, I just realized that quantum mechanically speaking, if you watch          the Superbowl, you'll affect it's outcome.&lt;br /&gt;        Unfortunately there's not much you can to do affect the outcome of the          ads. They were pre-recorded, by those who, by recording them affected          THEIR outcome.        &lt;p class="MsoAutoSig"&gt;So then how we know that the universe is not prerecorded?          Some "show" we are but only watching? How do we know that we          are participants and not just observers? Oh. Now I understand quantum          mechanics. By observing we ARE participating. At the very least, just          by tuning in we are either fucking everything up or setting it right.          It's pretty hard to discover with out getting your muddy footprints all          over the place.&lt;/p&gt;       &lt;p class="MsoAutoSig"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt; color: black;"&gt;But you          can make quite an impression by thinking alone...too. And if you are observing          yourself -- I don't mean staring into the mirror* -- if you are self-aware/sentient,          then well, you are affecting your own, &lt;/span&gt;er, outcome. You are forced          to choose your own path. Your trajectory through life and space-time itself.        &lt;/p&gt;       &lt;p class="MsoAutoSig"&gt;So if you choose to observe the Superbowl it's because          your life path lead you to affect it's outcome.&lt;/p&gt;       &lt;p class="MsoAutoSig"&gt;Did I type "the Superbowl"? Please replace          those words with "an electron".&lt;/p&gt;       &lt;p class="MsoAutoSig"&gt;I'm starting to think that electrons and other fascinating          particles lead Physicists to observe the very particles that that they          themselves are elementally composed of. It's kind of like the universe          CREATED scientists and thinkers to figure out what the universe is, but          we can't because we are part of it too so we just can't see it from our          catch-22 vantage point. &lt;/p&gt;       &lt;p class="MsoAutoSig"&gt;How to escape the loop? How to transcend in a finite          (albeit, seemingly large) universe?&lt;br /&gt;        I submit the universe is not comprised of countless particles, but rather          one particle moving so fast that it comprises all.&lt;/p&gt;       &lt;p class="MsoAutoSig"&gt;THE UNIVERSE IS M&lt;a href="javascript:void(0)" tabindex="10" onclick="return false;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;ADE OF ONE PARTICLE MOVING AT THE SPEED          OF NOW.&lt;br /&gt;       &lt;br /&gt;        I feel a transcendence coming on. Later.&lt;/p&gt;       &lt;p class="MsoAutoSig"&gt;*if you stare into a mirror long enough it gets more          difficult to discern which side of the mirror you are on.&lt;/p&gt;       &lt;p class="MsoAutoSig"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Observer_effect"&gt;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Observer_effect&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;      &lt;/p&gt;       &lt;p class="MsoAutoSig"&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3139281118028337152-1430218294696914837?l=maxfriedenberg.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://maxfriedenberg.blogspot.com/feeds/1430218294696914837/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3139281118028337152&amp;postID=1430218294696914837' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3139281118028337152/posts/default/1430218294696914837'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3139281118028337152/posts/default/1430218294696914837'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://maxfriedenberg.blogspot.com/2008/02/how-we-all-fucked-up-superbowl-again.html' title='How we all fucked up the Superbowl again.'/><author><name>Max</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02478032660064541386</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='30' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Prj2tx0F_dE/TQHESuFsmYI/AAAAAAAAFjI/VKM3tzO28BU/S220/maya-for-icon-max.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3139281118028337152.post-8511826354115671820</id><published>2008-01-30T20:36:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2008-11-01T21:21:46.244-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Control-Alt-Delete.org</title><content type='html'>&lt;table cellpadding="3" cellspacing="5" width="454"&gt;   &lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;     &lt;td id="tableProps" align="left" valign="top" width="47"&gt;&lt;img id="pagerrorImg" src="http://control-alt-delete.org/media/art/fake_page/the_i.gif" width="25" height="33" /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;     &lt;td id="tableProps2" align="left" valign="middle" width="378"&gt;        &lt;h1 id="textSection1"    style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 15pt; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;font-family:verdana;font-size:13pt;color:black;"&gt;&lt;span id="errorText"&gt;The page          may or may not be displayed. It's kinda iffy...we are a bunch of guessers,          because the odds are dynamic. But not immutable. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h1&gt;     &lt;/td&gt;   &lt;/tr&gt;   &lt;tr&gt;     &lt;td colspan="2" id="tablePropsWidth" height="94"&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 11pt; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:78%;color:black;"   &gt;Therefore page you are looking          for may or may not be currently unavailable. In a possible, yet highly          probable universe, Urgently Weird Temporal Works will have been contracted          to develop control-alt-delete.org, a broom closet at &lt;a href="http://www.highmayhem.org/"&gt;High          Mayhem&lt;/a&gt;. Urgently Weird Temporal Works will have been generating the          site from nothing more than happenstance by using a Synchron Series-K.          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Yes, we know that, for now, that seems completely          nonsensical- this universe is grand but finite -probability suggests that          it will catch on &lt;em&gt;eventually&lt;/em&gt;. The odds are that the odds are better          than you think they are.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;   Some of us are engaged in attempting to brainwash humans to think for          themselves. Others try to quite the opposite...and not for free either.          They are actually charging us to get dumb. Helping us forget that we are          wandering in and out of one another's subjective realities.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;       &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;What will have          been &lt;a href="http://control-alt-delete.org/uwtw.htm" target="_blank"&gt;Urgently Weird Temporal Works&lt;/a&gt;?&lt;br /&gt;   It's a possible, if not highly probable, multi-media design group: a real          heavy flux job. Typically they can have your job done before you even          hire them. They neither read nor invent trends or popular memes...they          remove them just to see if you notice. For them, design is a subtractive          process. Like sculpting marble. Or extracting a song from pure noise.          It's in there somewhere already and if it isn't, then maybe we are already          done.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;       &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Who is &lt;a href="http://control-alt-delete.org/av_kay.htm" target="_blank"&gt;Gregor          Petrov (and why won't he talk to me{?}) &lt;/a&gt;?&lt;br /&gt;   He's a filmmaker and really, really Russian, or so he says. He's been          hired to make films about the employees of control-alt-delete: Doctor          Moniker, Janus Shilling, Dr. Luna Tempers, Kay Levels and ensemble he's          in, &lt;a href="http://www.highmayhem.org/artists/greenorbit/"&gt;Green Orbit&lt;/a&gt;.          Since Gregor is now an employee of control-alt-delete, he, of course,          must also document himself.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;       &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;a href="http://control-alt-delete.org/uwtw_who_is.htm"&gt;Who          are all these entities with specious names?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;   They are are Russian Dolls (you know, the ones that fit inside one another?)          on the way to discovering the penultimate container or final layer, if          there is one. That's what they think. Actually, there's no hierarchy.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;       &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;The inhabitants          and, indeed, progenitors of Control-Alt-Delete.org, themselves radical          subjectivists, are coming to the conclusion that, yes, they are all or          will have been, in a highly possible if not probable universe - thanks          to your observations, dear reader - real.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;   They (Janus, Kay, Gregor, Luna And Dr. Moniker) are also coming to *grok*          that they will have created themselves - that is, they are imagining themselves,          or rather each other into existence. You know, like you do with your friends          and others in your social circles. &lt;a href="mailto:info@control-alt-delete.org"&gt;I          can explain.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;       &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;It's game theory.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;       &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;u&gt;They&lt;/u&gt; are          more like each other than we are like ourselves. As we are. As you are          to your various selves. All the semi-different "yous" that you          are to others compared to the you that you are to yourself. How many of          you are there?&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt; It depends upon the number of those observers          and interactors within and without. (humans, animals, insects...any detector,          really.)Soooo, how "real" are you? How true are you? The ratio          of who you think you are compared to how you are perceived by self or          others reflects your trueness. The ultimate fidelity ratio is 1:1. It's          not achieveable by humans these days. Perhaps we ought to let down or          dismiss our gaurds and masks and reveal ourselves universally. But then          if you are transparent, who can see you you? Well, crap. This examination          of suchness isn't going anywhere. &lt;/p&gt;       &lt;p&gt;ANYWAY;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;   What might they --that are you-- learn from &lt;u&gt;this&lt;/u&gt; question?&lt;br /&gt;   &lt;/b&gt;What about this one?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;   &lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;That I am out of your mind...or that I am          out of yours?&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;       &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;__________________________________________________________&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;       &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:78%;"  &gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Thank          you for enjoying this thought experiment, or disliking it and/or coming          to any conclusion* whatsoever after &lt;span id="LID1" style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 11pt; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;font-family:verdana;font-size:8;color:black;"   &gt;you will have run it through          your cultural refractor or emotional prism -- &lt;/span&gt;even if it was for          a moment it means you must have had a feeling that the sensation of the          passage of time has to do with why we often experience one thought following          another instead of some thoughts progressing from anything but a former          one. The speed at which it feels to pass must have something to do with          how many thoughts you experience in a certain amount of "time".          The faster the process, the more "time" you have to observe          the process. Like speeding up the frame rate to crate a slow-motion effect          at baseline playback. Like getting really high and jumping out of a plane          at 3 hours a minute. Or seven years a second...or...&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;       &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:78%;"&gt;*If          you came to no conclusions, yet perceived the site, it's because you are          are still coming to one. If you NEVER come to one, it means &lt;u&gt;you&lt;/u&gt;          probably wrote this. If you did not perceive the site&lt;/span&gt;, well, then          why the hell am I wasting my perception of time writing this? Fuck if          I'm gonna go back and fix typos or forge an effort to prevent new ones,          not EPECIALLY for anyone simply not reading this, but for those who have          seen right through it. I mean, once you learn to read it's near impossible          to NOT read something in your tongue. I'm not saying whole paragraphs          but, you know, the occasional word. Try not to read signage. You can't!          Stop. Yield. EXIT&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;   &lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;IF YOU HAVE SCROLLED DOWN THIS FAR, AND YOU CAN READ ENGLISH,          IT'S A CHALLENGE TO NOT READ THIS SENTENCE. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;   But hopefully none of above will have been written. It's best not to arrive          after you have left. The only thing I know about you is that you would          like to be believed. Authenticated.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;   Don't forget, if you're going to wax ontological, drink plenty of water!          If you don't like water, have a &lt;a href="http://www.bildebier.com/"&gt;Bildebier&lt;/a&gt;          ok?&lt;br /&gt;   &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;       &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.highmayhem.org/"&gt;Looking          for High Mayhem?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 11pt; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;font-family:verdana;font-size:8;color:black;"   &gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;       &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 11pt; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;font-family:verdana;font-size:8;color:black;"   &gt;               &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;   &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt; &lt;p&gt; &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt; &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt; 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THIS IS NOT A BLOG PER SE. Well, it's a blog of possibly future blogs.  Pardon the typos. I don't write it. I comes through me.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;The Crew. A reality show about the crew that produces, directs shoots and edits a reality show.&lt;/span&gt; Except the crew doesn't know.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Shave patterns into my friend's living room carpet, with my Oster. Failing that, use oyster or an annoyster.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Solve the gravity wave problem with an insightful analogy between the compressions and rarefactions of air molecules to propagate the medium we call "sound".  Weeeeeellll, perhaps the compressions and rarefactions of time ( and therefore, M and c) result in "gravity waves".&lt;br /&gt;The waves may be beyond generations of collectible data.  We must have memories of a thousand years or more to perceive one cycle of phase.  Hence the mysteries of the universe may not be understood by one particular culture during one particular era.  Including us earthlings. UNLESS....I seriously have something I can't tell you, but not because you can't understand this time.  Should I die too soon, the answer is hidden in the High Mayhem logo.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Love is all give and no take.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Smart monkeys may be choosy about whom they fuck, go hunting with, share food with, communicate with and in all cases, when.  Smart monkeys can look ahead. Smart monkeys devise...plan...anything.  The formulations of possible futures, implies that probability is a consideration.  If the odds are right (or merely entertain notions of maths)  - you must not be wrong about the nature of the universe.  It made you.  You are not in the universe, but part of it.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;When is then not now?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Self- displacement - liberating to someone else especially if you are not yourself.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Don't put your past in front of you.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;User directed TV&gt; MY camera, MY POV&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Enjoy Pleasure!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;President incorporated: a corporation is a "body" a person and acts as one. Why can't a hundred citizens, form a corp and run as ONE individual?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And you thought insanity was crazy!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It's easy to like people you don't know. Hence the famous.&lt;br /&gt;If you were famous, hardly anyone would know you.&lt;br /&gt;If you were likable and famous who could find out?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;What others think of me -- that is none of my business.&lt;br /&gt;What I think of others is theirs&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;What world-view have you adopted, developed, accepted or even promoted?&lt;br /&gt;WHY?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If there's one thing I can't tell you, I have know idea what it is.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You look like I love you.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The odds are that the odds are better that you think.  More odds:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Do not tap on glass!&lt;br /&gt;To break it, you must maximize force to the smallest possible area!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;_____________________&lt;br /&gt;Time lapse 1 year to in each five feet I move as I cross a 40 foot room.&lt;br /&gt;Try to get back to position as much as possible over the eight years it will take.&lt;br /&gt;If you can bee on mark for 20% of the time, this will be revealed:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We are ghosts. We do not retain matter. We are composed of organic molecules, which over eight years or so, shed and renew completely.  We are not concrete. We are just good at maintaining the patterns of our selves, through life. The "Max" that began the eight year journey across the room is the not, &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;atomically&lt;/span&gt;, the "Max that arrived. &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Anatomically&lt;/span&gt;, he is Max.&lt;br /&gt;He maintained continuity of consciousness, because his brain constantly renewed itself.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;His cells patterns and behaviors were preserved, but each and every element within them is "new parts". Kinda like if you had a car and over the years exchanged every single part for a new one until after eight years none of the original "car" is extant. But there it is...your car.&lt;br /&gt;It's new car but it is the same car.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So the time lapse imagery would reveal a ghostly journey as new molecules take the places of others. We cannot visualize this fact easily because our narrow perception of time and thin memories.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;To a relative observer who is "moving" a factor slower than you (and therefore also experiencing consciousness with greater temporal girth) you may appear less dense. That's because compared to our bodies, space is vast. Space is time and we occupy little of that too.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The universe is not many particles jostling about. The universe (the temperature of the universe reveals the on average most atoms don't appear to be moving much) is just one particle moving at the speed on NOW. One particle Not a type or class of particle .ONE SINGLE PARTICLE..THING...EVENT...LOCATION...Is-ness bit. One BIT.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;To us the things that seem the most dense, seem that way because the BIT spends more time there. The liquids and gasses we can navigate through - the BIT...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;What? This is getting very silly.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;...Yeah, and I think that things don't just LOOK smaller the further away they are. They actually ARE smaller.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;___________________________________________________&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ok everybody here on Lunesta raise your hand. Nobody? All  sleeping?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ok everybody not willing to admit something, raise your hands.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;don't be somebody else. be your self - just make sure you are are not behaving in ways that are the not somebody else.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;cover for me&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Shedding of atoms and cells timelapse ghost effect  TIMELAPSE (above)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Speed of thought defines perception of passage of time. i KNOW BECAUSE OF MY BIKE ACCIDENT.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The universe is one particle moving at the speed of now,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"aliens" as time travelers. HOW COME THEY LOOK SO MUCH LIKE US? They ARE us. From many possible futures.  Ain't no way a being from a completely different system, gonna have hands, feet, face...probably wouldn't even be carbon based!  Or even on the same scale!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;balder dash show  -  whats the difference&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;genesis  a book about creation myths&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Comic about comic.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;i know what&lt;br /&gt;LOOP LIVWE TGEATRE&lt;br /&gt;WITH CPPENS WHEN YOU EL DIE.&lt;br /&gt;i can only not tell you the secret because you cannot know...yet.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;i dont know half of you&lt;br /&gt;half as much as i would like&lt;br /&gt;and i like less than half you&lt;br /&gt;half as much as you deserve.  - LOTR? or screenwriters?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;ravel unrave  inter exercourse important exportant.  words without positive&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;tom's of maine who the fuck is tom? just some dude tinkering with baking soda?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;ebarter.com&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;testing the pad&lt;br /&gt;a cat named dander&lt;br /&gt;packaging "Cashews" instead of peanuts. gourmet packaging anti breakage. bubble wrap each peanut and then put those in a package.  fuck it - package each and every molecule. make it safe&lt;br /&gt;for the consumer.  "if this molecular seal is broken, please discard"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;scratch and sniff ANYTHING. i HAVE A SCRATCH and sniff yearbook!  My girlfried DID smell like that.   Unfortunately so did our Chorale instructor.   Scratch his face.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;WHATS THE DIFF?  lunesta or  neulasta&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;make fun of him in front of his back&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;here's what i've noticed about a thing i find interesting:&lt;br /&gt;if it weren't for observation we wouldn't notice anything&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;worry of nothing be sorry of naught&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;That notion/assumption is bizarre, unfounded and implies some kind of conspirancy to undermine you, is at work.&lt;br /&gt;I have noticed this view of the world pervades your thinking across many realms&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;conversation about information seeking and time it takes to "know"something&lt;br /&gt;or appear to know something.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;will free will in dreams&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;filtering information to prevent "madness"  crazy as paradigm of not being able to "deal with" knowing the ineffable vs. enlightenment&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Ashbar Kucha and the hidden painting.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Terri(y) Nolan and the coral urine.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3139281118028337152-3923534586058144643?l=maxfriedenberg.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://maxfriedenberg.blogspot.com/feeds/3923534586058144643/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3139281118028337152&amp;postID=3923534586058144643' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3139281118028337152/posts/default/3923534586058144643'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3139281118028337152/posts/default/3923534586058144643'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://maxfriedenberg.blogspot.com/2007/07/shedding-of-atoms-and-cells-timelapse.html' title=''/><author><name>Max</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02478032660064541386</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='30' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Prj2tx0F_dE/TQHESuFsmYI/AAAAAAAAFjI/VKM3tzO28BU/S220/maya-for-icon-max.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry></feed>
