Comments for AndrewAlan.com

Comment on Do we dream into the future? by Chris

Chris — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 23:01:19 +0000

Don't ever fall asleep to the History Channel or you may wake up before you are born! This is a fun observation, and I will have to see the movie “Stay.” Do you have any more details about the movie?

Comment on Do we dream into the future? by Kevin Drum

Kevin Drum — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 22:30:51 +0000

I know exactly what you mean. The misconception here is that your dreams happen in real-time. That is, as soon as your brain perceives the phone ringing, your brain begins to make sense of that sound within the context of your dream (perhaps someone in your dream leads you to a phone booth). By the time, the phone rings a second or third time in reality (and you wake up), several minutes of perceived dreamtime can have gone by. I hope that makes sense. Freud did quite a bit of study on external influences on dreams. Also, the film “Stay”.

Comment on ‘Social Networking’ (outside the wire) by Travis

Travis — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 19:26:32 +0000

I concur with Scott. Although the technology may be secondary, it does accelerate the pace of knowledge and information transfer. The internet is just a big transportation device. Enabling many more “Real Estate office meetings” in a shorter time period to occur. Alvin Toffler may be right in predicting that one day information overload will hit. The net result is people will rely on “topic experts” in their online social network to help make decisions.

Comment on Me and my body clock by Sandy

Sandy — Sat, 24 Jan 2009 18:46:49 +0000

We recently traveled to Australia/NZ (14-16 hours ahead) – I almost think that time shift was easier to handle than the one to Europe and back, maybe because it’s nearly opposite and the plane ride is sooo long. We boarded in LA around midnight and arrived after a 14-hour “night” in Brisbane in the bright and sunny AM – so it wasn’t too hard to shift. Coming back was a little harder – left Auckland around dinner time after a full day of activities, and arrived in Pgh at midnight the same night after traveling about 20 hours. I think daylight is the key to shifting your body clock quickly.

Comment on Not liking the ButterMilk (Bonnag) by Jennifer Landefeld

Jennifer Landefeld — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 03:07:35 +0000

Acquired tastes. (-;

When I spent time in Germany I lived across the street from a dairy. We had raw milk available every morning with breakfast. Though both of my folks had grown up on farms, and likely had raw milk, I never did as a kid. That was definitely hard to get used to in the mornings. I’d grown up on homogenized milk and raw milk is absolutely nothing like it.

Comment on mmm English Breakfast by Cynthia Closkey

Cynthia Closkey — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 14:31:32 +0000

That looks absolutely delicious.

Comment on Could/Couldn’t care less by Cynthia Closkey

Cynthia Closkey — Sun, 04 May 2008 03:41:48 +0000

The correct phrase is “couldn’t care less.”

I don’t understand why people have a problem with this idiom. Then again, I also don’t understand how people can mistakenly call Alzheimer’s Disease “old timer’s disease.”

I definitely could care less about people getting “couldn’t care less” right. I suppose I could also care more. I won’t correct anyone or get into fisticuffs, but I will wince.

Comment on Clothes maketh the man by Cynthia Closkey

Cynthia Closkey — Sun, 04 May 2008 03:37:03 +0000

I have never been identified on the basis of my clothing (or lack of clothing, for that matter).

I think I spend much too much time thinking about clothes, especially given the results. (I’m reminded here of Dolly Parton’s famous line, “It’s expensive to look this cheap.”)

Last weekend, I went to an event here in Butler. I walked to the event, and given that it was a weekend and I was walking, I’d chosen to wear jeans and a concert t-shirt (Pixies, recent reunion tour). I had my hair in a ponytail and a baseball cap on.

I saw a friend at the event, one of the organizers, and I walked over to congratulate her on the event’s success. She saw me walking over, smiling, but she didn’t respond until I said her name.

“I didn’t recognize you,” she said. “You always look so nice, and today you’re….”

So, i guess if I ever do need to go incognito, all I need to do is throw away the skirts and heels and stick to jeans and concert shirts. Just as good as the Witness Protection Program.

Comment on “What did you do today?” by Crystal

Crystal — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 17:03:12 +0000

What did I do today? Before I got out of bed, I checked my email, my feedburner and Technorati stats, and Twitter. I also thought through the outline for today’s post.

It’s already 1pm and I haven’t yet written it because I’ve been reading for my database systems class and logging into my online uni. And of course, commenting on interesting posts

One thing I NEED to do every day is exercise. The only thing I’m sure to do every day is give my hubby a huge hug and thank him for working while I spend the day writing!

Hope you have a great day today, whatever you do!

ps I found you through Chris Brogan’s post on what he did today

Comment on Underquantified and the Germans by Derek Jay Steen

Derek Jay Steen — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 15:09:11 +0000

Andy, I can totally relate.

I may not run a business or know ‘everything’, but I have a lot of life experience. Surprisingly more than a lot of my peers. I often do find it difficult to convey my knowledge an experience, but I strive to give it my best.

I try not to brag, but I always tell people what I do and how I could potentially assist their needs.

I love life and I want other people to love it too!

I discovered a lot of things I didn’t know about you on your Bio page. You really are a[n Andy] of all trades.