Sunday, 7 June 2009

Overheard the other day....

What's the difference between knowledge and wisdom?

Knowledge is knowing that tomatoes are fruit. Wisdom is not putting them in fruit salad.

Wednesday, 3 June 2009

Really Foreign Languages

There are lots of languages people speak in the world. But there are also a lot of artificial ones and constructed ones as well. This article is a book review but touches on a few...(here).

Esperanto is a constructed language that continues...



Then of course there is Klingon, in case you need to communicate during your inter-galactic travels.

Tuesday, 2 June 2009

Newer Zealand

Inspired by both neighbors, curiosity, and the forward looking Virgin airlines, I found the Flight of the Conchords, a show that only New Zealanders could make. The dry delivery coupled with extraordinarily ordinary situations makes it a laugh riot.

Each episode has two or three songs that serve as a vehicle for moving the plot forward (or are extended comments on the absurdity of the situation) and are a summary of various styles of music. This is one of my favorites, the French Foo Doo Fa Fa.