tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-924013241079711992.post7185777017953656407..comments2024-03-11T05:03:14.020-07:00Comments on Ernie's Place: How smart are you?Ernie Branscombhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06391160783604462511noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-924013241079711992.post-83802262271110550372009-10-24T13:13:03.149-07:002009-10-24T13:13:03.149-07:00I overlooked this pearl. This is why we have gridl...I overlooked this pearl. This is why we have gridlock, Ernie. You say: <br /><br />“But, as much as some of us would like to be smarter, it seems that most smart people are out of ballance [sic] in the world that they live in. Would you trade who you are to be smarter?”<br /><br />Did it ever occur to you that “most smart people” are the only ones that actually see the “real” world we live in? And that it is all you “real worlders” that live in a believer's fantasy world? <br /><br />That's not my problem with what you say, however. It is that your kind of thinking, (or should I say ideological assumptions and beliefs?) is why the smart, intelligent kids growing up in this country are loath to be seen and known as someone that might have something really going for him or herself. They're way too interested in getting “in balance” with this “world” brilliant individuals like you screwed up. It's also why there is more emphasis, specially in the so-called education system, on learning how to get along and how to go along in this “out of balance world we live in” rather than encourage and challenge smart, intelligent children to push the envelope. That's why it's more important to look like some dope-dealing punk or some retardant gang member, to drop out of school and just hang out. When all else fails in this “balanced world” of yours it's why there's such a high rate of suicide, of one form or another, among genius quality young people. And that's the real tragedy.<br /><br />Personally, I'll take the smart people any day, that is if I can ever find any anymore. At least they understand what I say and when they don't, they know how to figure it out. And if that doesn't work, they're “savvy” enough to come back and ask questions.Joe Blowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06128478097362231779noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-924013241079711992.post-70343318894641644632009-10-22T11:09:48.490-07:002009-10-22T11:09:48.490-07:00Ernie,
Genius according to the dictionary:
a pers...Ernie,<br /><br />Genius according to the dictionary:<br />a person having an extraordinarily high intelligence rating on a psychological test, as an IQ above 140.<br /><br />140 is kind of low for a refrigerator repairman or an old logger, don't you think?Joe Blowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06128478097362231779noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-924013241079711992.post-24632519423821960252009-10-15T14:18:31.917-07:002009-10-15T14:18:31.917-07:00Wasn't there some kind of disciplinary camp ty...Wasn't there some kind of disciplinary camp type thing for wayward boys (or maybe just teenagers) in the 1970s called Vision Quest? I vaguely remember something about that from my old newspaper days... not as intelligent as I used to be, I guess, since that info is not at the front of my brain. <br /><br />Will Rogers said we're all ignorant... just about different things.Robin Shelleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15282504761189889311noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-924013241079711992.post-55845400485918926082009-10-12T21:37:31.374-07:002009-10-12T21:37:31.374-07:00james arthur ray is a marketing guy who is into ma...james arthur ray is a marketing guy who is into making money. he was charging $9500 for this spiritual warrior retreat. so he grossed over $600,000 for this event. they say that this was the 7th year that he rented that resort. so that's over 4 million cramming rich white people into a sweat box. the sherrif was saying that he didn't have a building permit for it. so probably the only result of all this because he probably made all his guests sign a release of liability is that now the indigineous sweat lodgers will have to get a building permit and pass code to do this in the future. capitalism reigns over indigenous culture again. james arthur ray will probably do the david letterman show and explain his vision of what happened and perhaps offer a free seminar to the survivors of the victims.spyrockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03685726716755909658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-924013241079711992.post-38491136832047637252009-10-12T14:09:13.344-07:002009-10-12T14:09:13.344-07:00Spy, you are a very wise man. Some of the Indians ...Spy, you are a very wise man. Some of the Indians seeking "Vision" died on those quests. For the most part, they didn't seek visions on a lark. I think that they had deep seated problems that they wanted to solve, and they weren't afraid to die seeking wisdom.Ernie Branscombhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06391160783604462511noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-924013241079711992.post-64113277225928709522009-10-12T00:25:35.225-07:002009-10-12T00:25:35.225-07:00there's a movie coming out the first week of n...there's a movie coming out the first week of november called "men who stare at goats" about how the u s military tried out many so called new age ideas to see if they would help men in combat. the man who started it all was an army officer who was in chage of 3 rifle battalions in nam. the people they were fighting we called communists but they have been buddists for hundreds of years. my girlfriends husband was one of the teachers of this experiment that may still be going on. he was helping teach green berets meditation techniques. a former navy seal in nam, he ironically died in a boating accident in the san joaquin delta. i have actually been to the ex officers house in hawaii for dinner that this movie is about. so this may just seem like a big joke to most people, but the u s military decided to go outside the box because of this dude. they may have even used patchoulie oil to disquise soldiers in combat simulations.spyrockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03685726716755909658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-924013241079711992.post-12931414378666660652009-10-11T23:38:17.769-07:002009-10-11T23:38:17.769-07:00alot of those things the indians did in the old da...alot of those things the indians did in the old days were pretty dangerous. how many people do you know that can sit on a cold mountain top for 3 days without food and just enough water to get by. a lot of ceo's out there doing vision quests paying big money for the priviledge. no, i've never have been to an indian sweat nor do i have any plans to attend one. i have been in saunas at hotels and resorts like most people. i'm not really interested in getting a vision that way nor do i like to be in places that i find it hard to breath in. the only thing i do is go in the ocean and only on less than 6 foot waves. and lately i haven't had much time for that. nor do i have time to keep track of how many people died doing this or that. there's lots of things i haven't done. like walk on hot coals, get tattoed, bungee jump, or parachute out of an airplane. don't have no piercings either.<br />there's a price to pay when you try to do something different like living. doing something new. doing something dangerous. i spent my years doing dangerous already. so yes i would warn people to be careful that they could die of doing practically anything at all. but its up to them to make their own choices and be responsible for their own actions.spyrockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03685726716755909658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-924013241079711992.post-72676522559650713742009-10-11T23:01:23.205-07:002009-10-11T23:01:23.205-07:00From Urban Dictionary:
Patchouli:
An annoying...<b>From Urban Dictionary:</b><br /><br />Patchouli: <br /> An annoying stank masking scent (commonly a scented oil) that subliminally causes internal cringing for members of the bathing community...A.K.A. - "Pseudo Bath", "Trustafarian Tramp Serum", "Hippie Stink" , "Soap Substitute", "Dopehead Dry-Clean", "Coward Shower", "Dank Stank", "Wanker-stank", "Hygiene Hi-jinks", "Greatful Dread", "Granola Grout", "Magnolia Mud-flap", "Drag-rat Sludge Fudge" ...Did I miss one?<br /><br />Like in: <br />"There goes another Trustafarian Granola. That patchouli scent almost ALWAYS precedes pretentious hygienic procrastination and self-righteous drivel !"Ernie Branscombhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06391160783604462511noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-924013241079711992.post-91226938808066771492009-10-11T22:05:58.744-07:002009-10-11T22:05:58.744-07:00Ernie, What the h-ll is patchouli oil???Ernie, What the h-ll is patchouli oil???Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-924013241079711992.post-83806955905243768242009-10-11T19:36:36.919-07:002009-10-11T19:36:36.919-07:00Chris, yes. At first I thought that it was some ki...Chris, yes. At first I thought that it was some kind of stage name, because she answers questions directed to her intelligence. But, it is her real name. The following is from Wikipedia:<br /><i>"Marilyn vos Savant was born Marilyn Mach in St. Louis, Missouri to Joseph Mach and Marina vos Savant, who had immigrated to the United States from Germany and Italy respectively. Vos Savant believes that both men and women should keep their premarital surnames for life, with sons taking their fathers' surnames and daughters their mothers'.[1] The word "savant", meaning a person of learning, appears twice in her family: her maternal grandmother's maiden name was Savant, while her maternal grandfather's surname was vos Savant. Vos Savant is of German and Italian ancestry,[2] and is a descendant of physicist and philosopher Ernst Mach."</i>Ernie Branscombhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06391160783604462511noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-924013241079711992.post-56209865288813322712009-10-11T19:26:48.052-07:002009-10-11T19:26:48.052-07:00i think the INDIANS had plenty of ventilation when...i think the INDIANS had plenty of ventilation when pulling these stunts???probably in tee-pees???<br />PLENTY of air gaps in that kind of building!!!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-924013241079711992.post-27420893255250674442009-10-11T16:30:11.836-07:002009-10-11T16:30:11.836-07:00Don't you find it mildly amusing that a woman ...Don't you find it mildly amusing that a woman with such as high IQ is named <i>Savant?</i>Chris Crawfordhttp://www.tsblogs.com/techblog/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-924013241079711992.post-23459574155233550062009-10-11T10:21:25.689-07:002009-10-11T10:21:25.689-07:00Spyrock
I know that you have attended "sweats...Spyrock<br />I know that you have attended "sweats". What do you think went wrong at the Arizona sweat house where two people died? There were about sixty people at the sweat, did they suffocate?Ernie Branscombhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06391160783604462511noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-924013241079711992.post-41981657031210447892009-10-11T10:17:21.892-07:002009-10-11T10:17:21.892-07:00Actually Ben, you probably have more knowledge and...Actually Ben, you probably have more knowledge and memory than you had twenty years ago. Your brain has slowed down from having to move around so much knowledge in your “attic.” But, it really doesn't make much difference what you know, some people won't accept it anyway.<br /><br />Our brains automatically throw some stuff out when they get too full. (My theory anyway)Ernie Branscombhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06391160783604462511noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-924013241079711992.post-3599621790937018652009-10-10T20:31:07.229-07:002009-10-10T20:31:07.229-07:00I was a lot smarter 20 years ago.I was a lot smarter 20 years ago.Bennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-924013241079711992.post-52243548388985557262009-10-09T22:39:18.215-07:002009-10-09T22:39:18.215-07:00IQ 170 You can explain that to Ernie that fixing ...IQ 170 You can explain that to Ernie that fixing a refrigerator isn't important because he's must write blog posts for you to read.Kymhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04724133309876710731noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-924013241079711992.post-66920552761040523252009-10-09T20:35:20.297-07:002009-10-09T20:35:20.297-07:00yeah, I like that one too, it's just that I...yeah, I like that one too, it's just that I've never quite gotten there.Ernie Branscombhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06391160783604462511noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-924013241079711992.post-27844931399164397772009-10-09T20:29:36.768-07:002009-10-09T20:29:36.768-07:00i like #160!!!i like #160!!!ROSS SHERBURNnoreply@blogger.com