BBQ Season is fast approaching

After four long months of cold and winter, we are finally coming up to spring and BBQ season. Therefore, it is important to refresh your memory on the etiquette of this outdoor cooking ritual, as it's the only type of cooking a real man will do, probably because there is an element of danger involved.

When a man volunteers to do the BBQ, the following chain of events are put into motion:

Routine:

1. The woman buys the food.

2. The woman makes the salad, prepares the vegetables, and makes dessert.

3. The woman prepares the meat for cooking, places it on a tray along with the necessary cooking utensils and sauces, and takes it to the man who is lounging beside the grill - beer in hand.

Here comes the important part:

4. THE MAN PLACES THE MEAT ON THE GRILL.

More routine:

5. The woman goes inside to organize the plates and cutlery.

6. The woman comes out to tell the man that the meat is burning. He thanks her and asks if she will bring another beer while he deals with the situation.

Important again:

7. THE MAN TAKES THE MEAT OFF THE GRILL AND HANDS IT TO THE WOMAN.

More routine:

8. The woman prepares the plates, salad, bread, utensils, napkins, sauces and brings them to the table.

9. After eating, the woman clears the table and does the dishes.

And most important of all:

10. Everyone PRAISES THE MAN and THANKS HIM for his cooking efforts.

11. The man asks the woman how she enjoyed "her night off" and, upon seeing her annoyed reaction, concludes that there's just no pleasing some women!

It's good to be back at work

That's all. It is just really good to be back.

I feel refreshed and I'm just gunna giv'er

Today

Today I had a great day. I finished my last class by writing the final exam. It was pretty hard, but I think I'll do well.

I posted a paper about descriptivism the other day, I got a B+ / A in it, which gives me an "A" for the class.

:) :) :)

Fundamental Truths About Golf ...

- Don't buy a putter until you've had a chance to throw it.

- Never try to keep more than 300 separate thoughts in your mind during your swing.

- When your shot has to carry over a water hazard, you can either hit one more club or two more balls.

- If you're afraid a full shot might reach the green while the foursome
ahead of you is still putting out, you have two options: you can
immediately shank a lay-up, or you can wait until the green is clear and top a ball halfway there.

- The less skilled the player, the more likely he is to share his ideas about the golf swing

- No matter how bad you are playing, it is always possible to play worse.

- The inevitable result of any golf lesson is the instant elimination of the one critical unconscious motion that allowed you to compensate for all of your many other errors.

- If it ain't broke, try changing your grip.

- Golfers who claim they don't cheat also lie.

- Everyone replaces his divot after a perfect approach shot.

- A golf match is a test of your skill against your opponents luck.

- It is surprisingly easy to hole a fifty foot putt ....for an 8.

- Counting on your opponent to inform you when he breaks a rule is like expecting him to make fun of his own haircut.

- Nonchalant putts count the same as chalant putts.

- It's not a gimme if you're still away.

- The shortest distance between any two points on a golf course is a straight line that passes directly through the center of a very large tree.

- There are two kinds of bounces; unfair bounces and bounces just the way you meant to play it.

- You can hit a two acre fairway 10% of the time and a two-inch branch 90% of the time.

- If you really want to get better at golf, go back and take it up at a much earlier age.

- The game of golf is 90% mental and 10% mental.

- Since bad shots come in groups of three, a fourth bad shot is actually the beginning of the next group of three.

- When you look up, causing an awful shot, you will always look down
again at exactly the moment when you ought to start watching the ball if you ever want to see it again.

- Every time a golfer makes a birdie, he must subsequently make two triple bogeys to restore fundamental equilibrium within the universe.

- If you want to hit a 7 iron as far as Tiger Woods does, simply try to layup just short of a water hazard.

- There are two things you can learn by stopping your back-swing at the top and checking the position of your hands: how many hands you have, and which one is wearing the glove.

- Hazards attract, fairways repel.

- You can put a draw on the ball, you can put a fade on the ball, but no golfer can put a straight on the ball.

- A ball you can see in the rough from 50 yards away is not yours.

- If there is a ball in the fringe and a ball in the bunker, your ball is in the bunker. If both balls are in the bunker, yours is in the
footprint.

Does anyone ever have this happen to them?

I coughed so hard that I saw stars today. It wasn't like a cough fit either. I just coughed once really hard, and boom - stars.

Wierd...

Assessment of Kripke's attack of reference-fixing descriptivism

How is it that when someone speaks a name, we understand who they are speaking about? When someone introduces a new name to us, how do we know what object is satisfied by the conditions with which the name is associated? Reference-fixing descriptivism suggests that a name refers to an object because the name is associated with a definite description, and that definite description refers to the object.
Frege was a descriptivist. He acknowledged that there are some difficulties in cognitive values between certain cases, such as the Hesperus/ Phosphorus case. He explained this cognitive difference by stating that names express the sense of an object, which presents the object that the name refers to. Therefore, the sense of the object that a name expresses determines the object that the name refers to. Thus, speakers can have different senses that present the same object.
Frege believed that his theory of sense and reference can be used for proper names of people as well. Frege uses an example a name of ‘Aristotle,’ where there can be different senses associated with the name 'Aristotle.’ For instance, I can associate the name ‘Aristotle’ with the sense of the philosopher from Stagira, who studied philosophy under Plato. Someone else can associate the name ‘Aristotle’ with the sense of the philosopher who taught Alexander the Great. These are both definite descriptions that act as different senses of the object Aristotle. In short, Frege’s theory on reference-fixing descriptivism suggests that if n refers to o, it is because n is associated with the definite description The F and The F refers to o. Frege explains that our language is imperfect and therefore there can be different senses for the same object.
Kripke finds a problem with reference-fixing descriptivism. What if the sense of the object that is expressed by the name is associated with conditions that are not actually satisfied by the object? Kripke uses the example of Gödel, who developed the incompleteness theorem. Kripke asks that we imagine a philosophical experiment in which Gödel is not the discoverer of the incompleteness theorem. In our thought experiment, Schmidt is the actual discoverer of the incompleteness theorem, but Gödel steals the idea from Schmidt and then Schmidt dies a mysterious death. Gödel then claims that he discovered the incompleteness theorem and nobody knows that poor Schmidt is the true discoverer of the incompleteness theorem. Gödel is associated with the definite description ‘The person who discovered the incompleteness theorem’ (x). But (x) is also associated with Schmidt, the person who actually did discover the incompleteness theorem. Kripke identifies that reference-fixing descriptivism suggests that if n refers to o, it is because n is associated with the definite description The F and The F refers to o. However, the problem presented contradicts the theory because, in the example, Gödel is associated with the definite description the discoverer of the incompleteness theorem, which is false. This suggests that there is a conflict between theory and data.
Kripke makes a good argument, but Frege could have replied to this attack. In the example, the name is simply being attached to the wrong definite description (or the wrong sense). Gödel should be associated with the definite description, the person who most people believe is the discoverer of the incompleteness theorem. In this case, the name Gödel refers to the object (the man who is called Gödel) because the definite description would accurately be associated with the appropriate object, the man who is called Gödel.
Frege might also argue that there are many definite descriptions (or many senses) that can be associated with a name. The reference of a name to an object is not solely dependent on one definite description. The sum of all of the true definite descriptions is the conditions that may be satisfied by the object, which should be associated with the name. Just because there is one wrong definite description that a name refers to does not mean that there are many other definite descriptions for that name that would pick out the appropriate object.
Kripke’s response to this defence would be that Frege is making a false assumption in his analysis. Both of Frege’s claims are circular propositions. If Frege’s argument is that Gödel is being associated with the wrong definite description, and the solution it is to change the definite description so that it refers to the appropriate object that satisfies the conditions, Frege would be presupposing that Gödel refers to the man who is called Gödel. Reference-fixing descriptivism is supposed to supply an answer as to why a name is associated with an object; moreover, why Gödel refers to Gödel. Similarly, if Frege claims that there are many other definite descriptions that will pick out the appropriate object, he is presupposing that we know that Gödel refers to the man who is called Gödel. So, the response supplies a theory as to why Gödel refers to Gödel, but it requires that we already know that the name Gödel refers to the man called Gödel. Kripke would note that the claims violate the condition of circularity, and thus Kripke’s counterexample is valid.

I would probably end up holding it in...

I had a good day today. I studied a bit (not as much as I wanted to) and I came home and had Chinese food with my parents. Then I went to visit my good friend Mark, and we played poker with his parents. They all took turns knocking me out, Mark’s mom knocked me out, Marks’ dad knocked me out (I had a full house, aces and Jacks, he had 4 aces! Man!) then Mark knocked me out in the end.

It was a fun day. My parents just got back from Florida and they are home now. While they were away, the upstairs was being renovated and it is absolutely beautiful. They redid their bedroom, made a nice big closet and a nice big bathroom with concrete countertops (Go Figure eh!)

The nicest part of the day today was walking home from Mark’s house at 1:00. The Northern Lights were as big and as bright as ever. I missed seeing them in the city, it’s just a nice reminder that small town Saskatchewan is really where I want to live. Not the big city. Sure it has its perks, but the city lights are too much for me. I like being able to walk 5 minutes and be surrounded in complete darkness. One of my favourite things to do is walk over to the golf course and lay on the #1 tee box and look at the stars. There are no lights there, only the moon and the stars. And tonight, the Northern Lights. For those of you who have never seen them, they are wondrous. I’m looking forward to coming home this summer and getting to work. This is going to be a very busy summer, I’ve got 4 weddings I’ve got to attend to, then Jackie has I think three weddings that we have to make it to. So, it’s going to be busy. Oh well, it will give me an excuse to get dressed up and go out.

And give me another excuse to see my girlfriend wear a cute dress that shows off her cute bum. Hee hee hee. ( Insert giggle here)

After this weekend I’m getting into heavy exams, so I doubt you’ll see me for the next little while. But I’ll keep you posted with marks and other occurrences in my life. Anyways, I hope everyone has a wonderful Easter Weekend. I hope everyone remembers what this holiday is about, and remember to celebrate Christ and his gift that he gave to us.

God Bless!

Good stuff

Borrowed this from my buddy James.

Very funny.

Check it out here.

Oh yeah, and if you go to James' blog, scroll down to see some and the muslim cartoon. Also very funny.

Only In Saskatchewan

Only in Saskatchewan
The owner of a golf course in Saskatchewan was confused about
paying an invoice, so he decided to ask his secretary for some
mathematical help.
He called her into his office and said, "You graduated from
The University of Saskatchewan and I need some help. If I were
to give you $20,000, minus 14%, how much would you take off?"
The secretary thought a moment, then replied, "Everything
but my earrings."
{You gotta love those Saskatchewan women.}
__________________________________________________________

A group of Saskatchewan friends went deer hunting and paired
off in twos for the day. That night, one of the hunters returned
alone, staggering under the weight of an eight-point buck.
"Where's Henry?" the others asked.
"Henry had a stroke of some kind. He's a couple of miles back up
the trail," the successful hunter replied.
"You left Henry laying out there and carried the deer back?"
they inquired.
"A tough call," nodded the hunter. "But I figured no one is
going to steal Henry!"
___________________________________________________________

A senior in Saskatchewan was overheard saying .. "when the end
of the world comes,
I hope to be in Saskatchewan." When asked why, he replied he'd
rather be in Saskatchewan
because everything happens in Saskatchewan 20 years later than
in the rest of the civilized world.
___________________________________________________________

The young man from Saskatchewan came running into the store and
said to his buddy,
"Bubba, somebody just stole your pickup truck from the parking
lot!"
Bubba replied, "Did you see who it was?
"The young man answered, "I couldn't tell, but I got the license
number."
__________________________________________________________

NEWS FLASH! - Saskatchewan's worst air disaster occurred when a
small
two-seater Cessna 150 plane, piloted by two University of
Saskatchewan students,
crashed into a cemetery earlier today. Search and Rescue workers
have recovered 300 bodies so far and expect the number to climb as
digging continues into the evening.
The pilot and copilot survived and are helping in the recovery
efforts.
__________________________________________________________

The Saskatchewan RCMP pulled over a pickup on Highway 16.
The RCMP officer asked,
"Got any ID?"
The driver replied, "Bout whut?
___________________________________________________________

A man in Saskatchewan had a flat tire, pulled off on the side of
the road, and proceeded to put a bouquet of flowers in front of the car
and one behind it. Then he got back in the car to wait.
A passerby studied the scene as he drove by and was so curious
he turned around and went back. He asked the fellow what the problem was.
The man replied, "I have a flat tire." The passerby asked, "But
what's with the flowers?"
The man responded, "When you break down they tell you to put
flares in the front and flares in the back!
I never did understand it either."

Weight Watchers Progress

1st week results:

273lbs, down two pounds from last week...

Holy Mackerel!

So, tonight Jackie and I played poker with my poker group in Yorkton. Jackie came in 4th, and I won. There were 11 people there, so it was pretty good. Jackie played really well. It was a $5 buy in, and I took home $60, 2nd place took home $15.

We just finished (2:30 am, and although I am really tired, I had to write about this one hand before I go to bed.

One of the girls there said, “I should just go all in blind right now…” So I said, yeah, let’s both go all in. I won’t look at my cards, let’s just push them in.” She chickened out, and folded. Two other guys were in the hand. The blinds were 50 – 100. I was sitting with a not bad stack, I wasn’t winning by any means, but I wasn’t losing either. The guy 3 spots away from me pushed an all in, about half of my stack, and someone called him.

I took a peak, I had bullets.

So, I put player number 2 all in.

He called. Dwayne had pocket tens.

Kyle had A-Q suited.

The flop came down, and the dealer dealt it super slow.

10.

Crap. I lost. Crap. Crap crap.

Q.

Double Crap.

Q.

Triple crap. I lost to both of these suckers. Crap.

4.

Who cares, poker blows.

Ace.

What? Holy bony macaroni. I just won.

It was the craziest poker hand I had ever seen.

There were a few other good hands, but I like this one the best.

Have a good night everyone and wish me luck on my exams…

p.s. Happy Holy Week to all….

Happy Easter to all

New song discovered!

All of you! Go and get the song by Gnarles Barckley called Crazy

Seriously, it's a great song. It's very different. It's got a great beat. Go now!

The Sequel that we all want to see

Physical Assessment

Many times throughout my life I have been told that I’m not overweight, that I am big boned, that I would look stupid if I were skinny. But at this point of my life I am certain that I need to gain control of my weight. When I moved to Winnipeg, I was 185lbs, and now I am 175lbs. But my weight has yoyoed up and down since I moved here. As a good friend told me, when debating whether or not to do an action, always side on the course of action. Because in general, we always regret the things that we don’t do, not the things we do.

So I went to get a physical assessment done. I had to do a few tests, the data was then compiled and analysed.

The results came on a single print out, which read:

You’re fat, but really strong.
...(but smell isn’t everything)



No, not quite. But that’s the short version.

My resting heart rate is 60 Bpm. My resting blood pressure is 120 over 70 mmHg. Both of these are good/normal. My height is 185 cm (6’1) and 124.9kg (275lbs). My BMI is 36.4 Kg/m^2. My % of body fat is 35.37%. There were a few other tests that were done that said, “Yup, you’re fat.”

However, my cardiovascular Endurance was really good. I had a lung capacity of 5 litres of oxygen, per minute which is outstanding. However, the efficiency that the oxygen can get to my body is 40ml / KG / minute. That is not so good. My analyst told me that, holding all other things constant, if I were 20lbs lighter, that number would skyrocket.

My Grip Strength is 70 KGs in my right hand, and 57 in my right. Apparently that is excellent. I did 20 pushups to the point of exhaustion (which made me pissed off that I couldn’t do more, but yet again, I am overweight, so I’m not too upset by that number). This is in the good category and I did 25 curlups, which is again, excellent.

So, analytically speaking, I’m just too damn overweight. I had a good consultation with the testor, and she told me that if I were to drop 20 lbs, all of those tests would go through the roof. She gave me some goals to strive for. We didn’t really talk about what I should weight, but we did talk about my body mass index and my body/fat ratio. She told me that the body mass index is always going to show me as overweight, but there is little I would ever be able to do about it. However, my body fat ratio should be lower, and my skin folds should be lower. She said that if I were to reduce my waist size to 38, it would be a huge achievement for me. Overall, I'm fit for a fat guy. But I need to lose weight. (I know, I was shocked too when I heard it!)

So, evidently I have a new goal.

When I got home, I signed up for weight watchers online and I started today with my new program. I’ve been on it before but I couldn’t stand the person who ran the meetings. (And, let’s face it. If I completed my degree almost all online, why can’t I do the same for weight watchers?)

Wish me luck, and I’ll keep you all up on the progress. This isn’t too convenient with Easter around the corner, but I’ll have to get through it.

I bought my first item on Ebay!

It's Sim City. I have always loved that game but haven't played it in years. I think it's the French version, but I have no problem with building a city in France. Or maybe Quebec...

I've always used a different version

But this one is well organized