The Future Starts...

in fifteen seconds.

Wait, that's not right.

The future starts now! Hold on. Three-two-one-NOW! What? Oh, okay,
it's a leap year, so the future starts... say, it is NOT a leap year.
That's next year, right?

The future is next year.

(Googles)

"A leap year (or intercalary year) is a year containing an extra day
(or, in case of lunisolar calendars, an extra month) in order to keep
the calendar year synchronised with the astronomical or seasonal year.
For example, February would have 29 days on a leap year instead of the
usual 28. Seasons and astronomical events do not repeat at an exact
number of days, so a calendar which had the same number of days in
each year would over time drift with respect to the event it was
supposed to track. By occasionally inserting (or intercalating) an
additional day or month into the year, the drift can be corrected. A
year which is not a leap year is called a common year. In fact, the
Earth takes slightly under 365 1/4 days to revolve around the Sun."

But when's the future?

And what's a frigging embolismic month?

Okay, for real, the future is just... wait for it. Here it comes!
Alllllmost. The future is almost here. Right around the corner. Here
it comes. It's the one holding the grocery bag and walking the
chihuahua.

No, still the present.

Aw, heck. I just thought of something. After I post this, well, it
automatically becomes the PAST. Archive dust.

Maaaan.

The future was THEN.

This is all too confusing.

HEY PETE! Another reason to hate, well, you know...

"In the Islamic Calendar, leap months are forbidden. They are
forbidden by Allah in the Qur'an."

Jeez. Allah has a lot of rules. You partake in a leap month, they'll
burn your cheese. Guaranteed.

Okay, that's not funny. THE FUTURE IS WHEN I TELL A JOKE THAT'S
FUNNY!

No?

Of course not. We can't wait around forever for the future.

Apologies to Prisoner at War. Couldn't resist. Best of luck in
achieving your goals.

--
Curt

On Wed, 15 Aug 2007, Curt wrote:

> in fifteen seconds.
>
> Wait, that's not right.
>
> The future starts now! Hold on. Three-two-one-NOW! What? Oh, okay,
> it's a leap year, so the future starts... say, it is NOT a leap year.
> That's next year, right?
>
> The future is next year.

Curt, didn't you hear? There's no future! NO FUTURE! NO FUTURE FOR YOU!

> And what's a frigging embolismic month?

That's what you have after following the 'prescription':

http://groups.google.co.uk/group/mis...1d354ba5abeba4

tom

--
Throwin' Lyle's liquor away is like pickin' a fight with a meat packing
plant! -- Ray Smuckles

On Aug 14, 9:28 pm, Curt <curtja...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
> <SNIP>
>
> Apologies to Prisoner at War. Couldn't resist. Best of luck in
> achieving your goals.
>
> --
> Curt



Actually, it'll be "back to the future" for me: I'll only be picking
up where I left off like eight years ago! I really hope I bench 405
by this time next year...I can't imagine why I couldn't, but then
again, my body's been acting real weird these past few years!

BTW, Marcus Aurelius wrote -- hundreds and hundreds of years in the
past, while campaigning against those Teutonic Quadi -- that a man can
only be robbed of the present, which is all anyone ever actually has.
So, um, that's the kind of perspective I have when lifting weights or
logging miles around the track: I neither think "omg, another three
sets" or "yikes, four more laps," but I concentrate on the present,
trying to "get to know" any pains I may be experiencing in order to
diagnose their gravity, or feeling the work of the muscles, trying to
remember what a properly functioning body feels like...so, umm, "the
future" is "now," actually...there is no present, no past, no
future...only that our attention span is limited and can only operate
on those terms, the way a baby can only think in terms of pleasure or
displeasure....

Tom Anderson wrote:
> Curt wrote:
> > in fifteen seconds.
>
> > Wait, that's not right.
>
> > The future starts now! Hold on. Three-two-one-NOW! What? Oh, okay,
> > it's a leap year, so the future starts... say, it is NOT a leap year.
> > That's next year, right?
>
> > The future is next year.
>
> Curt, didn't you hear? There's no future! NO FUTURE! NO FUTURE FOR YOU!

Oh, great, the Time Nazi.

See, Tom? THIS is why you were excluded from a recent post on humorous
contributors to this newsgroup. You simply have absolutely no
funniness in you.

(i keed!)

> > And what's a frigging embolismic month?
>
> That's what you have after following the 'prescription':
>
> http://groups.google.co.uk/group/mis...sg/e01d354ba5a...

Aka http://tinyurl.com/2r9jbz

Ha! I was wondering if I should copy that down, but wasn't sure if
Cohen was serious.

"Yes, we have him in the ambulance. He says he read it on the
Internet."

--
Curt

PaW wrote:
[...]

><snip>"the future" is "now," actually...there is no present,
> no past, no future...only that our attention span is <snip>

What were you saying? Hee! Never mind.

You're welcome to your philosophy, however, for me, there most
certainly is a past. I'm entrenched. But the present's cool and
expectations for the future have great appeal as well.

Again, wishing you the best in your training. It's nearing 3:30 p.m.
here and I need to blow up my computer.

--
Curt

I dedicate my first rep of 315 at the bench to you. By your frame of
reference, it's in the future, but it's really as good as done. =)



On Aug 15, 3:21 pm, Curt <curtja...@gmail.com> wrote:
> PaW wrote:
>
> [...]
>
> ><snip>"the future" is "now," actually...there is no present,
> > no past, no future...only that our attention span is <snip>
>
> What were you saying? Hee! Never mind.
>
> You're welcome to your philosophy, however, for me, there most
> certainly is a past. I'm entrenched. But the present's cool and
> expectations for the future have great appeal as well.
>
> Again, wishing you the best in your training. It's nearing 3:30 p.m.
> here and I need to blow up my computer.
>
> --
> Curt