— Bob-a-job-alog-a-roonie

Must have been something in the air… Verbatim, but clearly some are better than others in the sober light of day

24 Art Exhibition – like 7am to 7am. Only chance to see, only chance to buy. Anything unsold will be incinerated.

Dangermen – reality TV show where people with hazardous occupations (like the fishing industry) go The Apprentice and become entrepreneurs. Because both involve risk and money.

AMSR Aliens – movie where someone makes a YouTube channel about opening packets of crisps. He learns that the speed and direction of opening creates unique sounds. When a certain unique sound is heard, for the first time on Earth, aliens hear it and attack us.

Variable Length Encores – it’s always getting that one or two extra songs, or not. How about the band always plays an encore, but the length of the song can vary from 10 seconds to 10 minutes.

Speed versus Accuracy – what if you aim something in precisely the same direction, but the faster you aim it, the less accurate you are. The more care you put into the aim, the more likely it hits the target. Even though the aim of each is the same, care and faith help.

Memory Blackouts – maybe when drunk, people’s brains work slower, like an old computer runs slower. Which means it is forced to create memories of a lower resolution as you get more drunk and more tired. Your memory cells have a minimum resolution requirement. When you fall below that, they refuse to store that memory.

Slogan for a Top Brand:

it is this
or staring at the wall

…literally nirvana vs being a zombie.

There are small steps to becoming friends – as in, not just one big sudden step.

Killer Pool Name Board – most of the names are initials or abbreviated, like Waz, Stu, Rob, LJ. One day all the names on the board waiting to play pool are the acronym of a nasty ancient mystical spell, summoning a demon.

What if Cosmic Rays came from a 4th Physical Dimension? Cosmic rays cause mutations. Beings or a consciousness in the 4th dimension aim those rays on purpose, planned evolution. They also create a feasible source for them in our universe, so we don’t think anything is strange.

Do nappy and toilet paper companies have monopolies or duopolies? Check for each country.

Dogs live faster than us – which is why they are bloody good at fetch. And why they don’t live as long.

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“Lady Luck” is the world’s highest paid prostitute. Operating where it is legal of course.

She works in a large, cubic, windowless building called the Black Box, which includes a brothel and various professional businesses like accountants and consultants. There are no CCTV cameras that can catch who comes in or out. Mobile phones do not work inside the building, and there is no internet.

She is paid a lot for her “encounters” with clients, because she is legendary for bring them good luck in their personal and professional lives.

She is also famous for her extravagant spending. Including a large number of bodyguards who get paid a small fortune for short assignments.

The “accountants and consultants” are all also well regarded and highly paid.

Yes, this is in-your-face money laundering, fencing and assassin hire.

Actual story can be anything. Maybe an undercover Russian spy infiltrates them, posing as a young prostitute. Male/gay?

 

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Every being, from rock to soil to iguana to human, has a similar model. It might take a million years, but get the same result.

But with two key differences: speed and drugs.

Some beings move faster, live faster, have more going on – like insects live fast and die young.

Some are faster, and get a genetic mutation that makes for smart. Like us. That mutation might have arrived via drugs / mushrooms.

This is the first time in 20 years I have felt inspired to write a book. The journey will involve thoughts and ideas at SpeedsOfLife.com

 

 

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It is a common psychological concept that the desire of love can drive behaviour.

I suggest that love is a plus minus thing.

When you get love on the positive side, you want more. It feeds upon itself negatively.

When you get love on the negative side, you want less. It is the wrong side of love.

(the negative side is not the opposite of love, it is the absence of love)

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(sorry, drunk)

I’ve almost worked it out.

Adoption of babies is such a big deal that many prospective adopted parents miss out.

We want to give our love to those who are not our own flesh and blood. It is  a real thing.

But you could argue that such generosity could be clouded by feelings of ownership and “look at me”.

Why not take it to the next level. Where your world has no idea of what you are doing. Your giving is purely something felt by you and the recipient.

I have had a few odd occasions where my helping someone was not broadcast, and the story stayed in my head, and I walked taller because of it.

It is the difference between giving $5 to a homeless person, and giving $5 to a homeless person and not telling anyone you did that.

No. it isn’t so simple. I have a workaround. Build up all of your giving and one day tell someone. It could be 5 years of giving. Be driven by the future admission.

Adopting a baby is relatively easy. There are other forms of adoption one can take. Less rewarding forms in terms of accolades. But rewarding just as much.

Make a friend with someone who doesn’t have friends. Hold hands with someone who snarls at the world.

 

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I am super lucky that I can be non-biased when looking at my own personal data. I am rigid when it comes to what is statistically relevant. And I can exclude my own personal oddities. Self-diagnosis for me is typically very accurate…

When I wander around the city, I am hyper-aware of myself, my place in it, and others.

I am hyper-sensitive to caffeine. Not just in intensity, but in duration. Typically 0.25 to 0.5 of a standard coffee (I take it in pill form) will have me “wired” for 36 hours. Only heavy drinking can get me to sleep. This is not something acknowledged by science, I could be the only one, for all I know…

I take caffeine on average twice per week. On the mornings after, I notice people (mostly women) in crowded footpaths in the city are looking directly at me more often, when I am abuzz with caffeine. I am good at noticing such things, I consider it factual.

I suggest that people drink coffee for a subtle reason they may not be aware of – it makes them more attractive.

 

 

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A concept for personality diagnosis:

100X/100Y is someone with Asperger’s, the most pointy end of nerd
100Y/100X is a serial killer, the bad end

Seriously. Being a serial killer is the least empathetic job, and it is the opposite of logic to give clues to the cops via ritual.

The Worst People Ever

…do not foresee consequences (lack of logic), and do not care (lack of empathy). Psycho.

The Best People Ever

… foresee consequences (logic) and do care (empathy). Saint. Despite popular belief, they will socialise to do the correct thing.

The next step, find some famous people who suit, and graph them.


Obviously 80% of us are in a well-balanced situation.

Book Cover:

Logic

*Empathy = Saint
*(non-empathy) Psycho = Serial Killer

*Stupid (non-logic) = Autistic
*Logic

 

A non-nerd does not want to be seen as a nerd

A non-serial killer does not want to be seen as a serial killer

The ultimate serial killer is incredibly methodic and non-empathetic

But will therefore disguise himself as an idiot who cares – a saint.

The serial killer who disguised as a saint, to thwart the axis.

There are people who can read/learn people on the axes, odd ones.

 

 

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The concept: many office workers go out for lunch and eat alone, staring at their food. Why not entertain them?

Every day between 12:15 – 12:45, and 1:15 – 1:45, there will be something to watch while you eat, on a stage.

Examples:

  • Monday is Fashion Day, with catwalk models
  • Tuesday is Business Day, with presentations from companies, like you get at conferences
  • Wednesday is Live Music Day
  • Thursday is Lucky Dip Day – often product demos, or a Ted Talk on the big screen
  • Friday is Stand Up Comedy Day

Food is for sale, food court style, so it can be served quickly.
OR, you can bring your own (to start with, anyway)

The future plan is to charge entry, say $10, for which you get a food/beverage voucher worth $10. That keeps freeloaders away.

Finding a suitable venue might be hard – maybe a failed food court?
Seating is for people on their own, facing the stage. Like a university lecture room, but roomier

Bonus: the venue can be used for business conference breakfasts ($10 breakfast and coffee), and evening Meetups (food AND alcohol).

Performers play for free. Businesses pay to promote their product.

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This is an idea for a new book form. Think of the old Rolodex, and get someone to redesign the general concept as a work of beauty – a new kind of coffee-table book. Minimalist and cleverly functional. Maybe handles of either side of the spindle and a button to turn the pages.

Because of the style, these books lean towards a minimalistic structure – no cover page, no table of contents, no page numbers.

My idea for a first iteration is called More is Less – Everything Has a Limit, with a theme of highlighting where “progress” isn’t necessarily good. For example:

Nuclear power / Chernobyl
Capitalism / the 1%
Plastic / polluted oceans, dead creatures

Every pair of open pages have a photo or art on the left and a short quotable sentence, and/or statistics on the right.  It should be punctuated with irony.

The price of the book is 4x cost to produce, and promoted as such. Contributors get a 50% share of the profits, and charities get the other 50%.

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Polls are showing roughly a 51% / 49% advantage to Labor over the Coalition, two party preferred

But

  • Polls are more skewed towards old folk than ever – people at home who answer landlines
  • More young folk are enrolled than ever, thanks to the gay marriage referendum
  • The swing seats matter the most, and polling in those is too small to really know
  • Climate change is the #1 issue, being ignored by the Coalition, and championed by the Greens
  • Voters have noticed that following how-to-vote cards has led to some odd senators

In the lower house, I predict that Labor/Greens will win with a 5-10 seat margin over the Coalition, and not need any/many independents to achieve whatever they aspire to.

In the Senate, much harder to predict. It could have the most minor parties ever. It probably won’t have a Labor majority, because people are thinking checks and balances…

 

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