Apologizing for Nonsense
July 7th 2009 21:50
Looking back over my last post, I've realized that the title was completely nonsensical. I don't know if this kept anyone from reading the post, but if it did, I'm sorry. I was rather pressed for time yesterday, and the first thing I did upon sitting down was to write that title, which fit the idea I had for the post's content. When I was done, I forgot to replace it. The letters in the title, if you didn't know, are an acronym. They stand for the phrase "keep it simple, stupid," a very poignant summary of the idea known as Occam's razor. K.I.S.S. is often used as a stand-in for this idea in school textbooks. . . with the final "s" erased.
By the way, did you know that I'm not the person who started this blog? My posts begin with a very short piece of writing called "The Start of a Grand Tradition. . . Almost". Anything before that belongs to my esteemed predecessor. He, like me, appears to be an American, and seems to enjoy torturing the English language almost as much as I do. That's all I know about him, and that's all you'll get to know about me. It's a social experiment I'm running, you see. I will keep my race, gender, and national origin secret, thus removing any possibility of bias on your part. This blog shall be about ideas alone- never "human interest".
I also realize that, in my last post, I sounded like a crazy, anti-American jihadist for the duration of the first paragraph. Or, alternately, an intolerant snob. I would like to assure everyone that neither of these were my intention. Sometimes, I just put things wrong. If I were to proofread my paragraphs, nothing like that would happen. And yes, I know that there's sometimes a reason that people criticize the government. Without criticism, the world would never move forwards (or backwards, depending on your point of view). Forgive me.
By the way, did you know that I'm not the person who started this blog? My posts begin with a very short piece of writing called "The Start of a Grand Tradition. . . Almost". Anything before that belongs to my esteemed predecessor. He, like me, appears to be an American, and seems to enjoy torturing the English language almost as much as I do. That's all I know about him, and that's all you'll get to know about me. It's a social experiment I'm running, you see. I will keep my race, gender, and national origin secret, thus removing any possibility of bias on your part. This blog shall be about ideas alone- never "human interest".
I also realize that, in my last post, I sounded like a crazy, anti-American jihadist for the duration of the first paragraph. Or, alternately, an intolerant snob. I would like to assure everyone that neither of these were my intention. Sometimes, I just put things wrong. If I were to proofread my paragraphs, nothing like that would happen. And yes, I know that there's sometimes a reason that people criticize the government. Without criticism, the world would never move forwards (or backwards, depending on your point of view). Forgive me.
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