I know, I know

[Seusomon]

Person posts a topic

Next person says something they know about the topic, and something they wish they knew about it, then posts a new topic. (You can answer other peoples' "wish I knew..." statements, but don't have to.)

Example:

Topic: astrology

I know how to interpret a birth chart
I wish I knew more about transits

Next topic: childbirth

[Sirius]

topic: childbirth

I know what it looks like.
I wish I didn't know what it looks like.
I wish I knew how to make it painless.


(Yea, I had a hard time with wish I knew)


topic: The Fifth Dimension

[cdonley]

<<This might not be "The fifth dimension* you were talking about>>

BUT,

-- I know they have an awesome song: "Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In"
*This is the dawning of the age of aquarius, age of aquarius - uuuuussssss!* ;)
-- I wish I knew how to get that song out of my head once I hear it...



topic: auto mechanics

[atomic_cocktail]

I know auto mechanics are a shady bunch.
I wish I knew a good honest mechanics.



topic: rome

[girl-who-loves-sharks]

I know the names of the seven hills of Rome: Palatine, Aventine, Capitoline, Quarinal, Viminal, Esquiline and Caelian.

I wish I knew whether a vacation in Rome is a feasible non-starvation-inducing trip for a gal and her vegan boyfriend.

Topic: Judaism

[nymphette]

i know that judaism is the right religion for me...

i wish i knew a rabbi in regina...
i wish i knew how long ti would take to convert here...

topic:

homemade ice cream

[Dalmaney]

As far as Rome... I liked Rome all right, but Verona was much nicer. As for the dietary restrictions, I have no idea how that would impact travel plans. There were lots of markets, though, so you could always cook for yourself.

Judaism:
I know the general premises and laws and theology.
I know there is one synagogue in Saskatoon.
I wish I knew someone that was a practising Jew, just for some variety of conversation. They're pretty rare up here.

editted to add:
homemade ice cream
I know how to make it with two different sized coffee cans.
I know it is the yummiest ice cream in existance.
I wish I knew how to convince myself that it was worth making.

Aliens?

[hainlam]

I am Jewish.. I wish I knew why my family celebrates Christmas- not that i mind)

Ok, Homemade Ice Cream- I know that my grandma makes it in this big churn thing in the summer.. I don't know why she only makes it in the summer though.

Next topic: buddhism..

[hainlam]

hmm, variety of conversation.. interesting?

darn, we are all posting at the same time.. boo hoo..

[Seusomon]

Aliens:

I know Julie is pregnant.
I wish I knew how many inhabited planets there are within 100 lightyears of Earth.

Buddhism:

I know meditation and mindfulness and some zen philosophy.
I wish I knew more about devotional Buddhism as practiced in the East.

next topic: history of language

[Alpaca]

History of language:

I know there were many attempts across the centuries to create a "perfect language", all failures.
I wish I could unravel more clearly the history of my language.
I wish I had time to study the history of every language on earth.

Topic:
Caribbean

[Sirius]

Caribbean

I know what St. Thomas looks like from a helicopter. I know what the coast of St. Thomas looks like from a snorkel. I know a bit more than that, but that was enough, right?

I wish I knew how to make a living there.

[atomic_cocktail]

post a topic rustell :P

[medeous]

Originally posted by cdonley@Dec 2 2003, 01:23 PM
*This is the dawning of the age of aquarius, age of aquarius - uuuuussssss!* ;)
-- I wish I knew how to get that song out of my head once I hear it...

we interrupt this chain-game to bring you a Medeous Factoid &copy;:

my daughter is a finicky eater and is quite wary of vegetables. i tried to "friendlify" asparagus for her by singing "this is the dawning of a plate of a asparagus, a plate of asparagus, a-spar-a-guuuuuus a-spar-a-gus!"....she'll sing it, but she still won't eat it. <_<

and now, back to your regularly scheduled chain-game.

[ibiddy_boo]

:lol: :lol: :lol: Too cool medeous!

[Sirius]

topic: Memory

[ibiddy_boo]

i know i had one once
i wish i knew where i left it :blink:


disco

[atomic_cocktail]

I know discos are often infernos.
I wish I knew why they were ever so popular. (it had to be the drugs....)


poptarts

[Sirius]

I know they make a mess of the counter and toaster.
I wish I knew what they tasted like. (Yep, I've never had a pop tart)



Mazes

[Cuilanië]

I know they are good places to hide in.
I wish I knew how to get out when I'm done hiding.


Airplanes?

[girl-who-loves-sharks]

I know the body of the airplane is called the fuselage, which is kind of a fun word.

I wish I fully understood how they stay in the air.




Photography?

[Alpaca]

I know how to create double-exposure photography.
I know digital photography pixels will never compete with the beauty of old-fashioned photo grain.
I wish I knew how to get proper portrait lighting without studio equipment.

Topic: dinosaurs

[Cuilanië]

I know the basics of exposure time and focal length, and how to develop black and white film and photos.

I wish I knew more about different film sensitivities, how to use filters properly, and had more time to practice...

:blink: Aaack! Dinosaurs... :)

I know they existed before the apparition of mankind, and a bit about the main types, their habits and so on.

I wish I knew why they disappeared, and what would have happened to humanity if they hadn't.



Psychology?

[Seusomon]

I know a little Freud, a little more Jung, and lots of pop-psych stuff floating around disorganized in my head.

I wish I knew the rationale for at least one psychological model.


Theology?

[medeous]

i know what i believe
i wish i knew if i'm right

bluecrayon?

[hammerquill]

I know what cb stands for.

I wish I knew how to follow her trains of thought without getting dizzy.

quantum theory?

[Alpaca]

I know about Rutherford's experime
I know the history of the theory


I wish I knew the bottom line of it, but they are still looking for it.

Topic: Angels

[medeous]

i know the hierarchy of orders of angels, from high to low: seraphim
cherubim
thrones
dominions
virtues
powers
principalities
archangels
angels
i wish i knew why people think angels are fat naked babies with wings.
http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2003-11/493661/little-angels-t.jpg
hammerquill? ;)

[Cuilanië]

I know I like the way his mind works. And the way he eats his Oreos. :lol:

I wish I knew how tall he is. :D



medeous? ;)

[cindi1023]

I know she sends overly generous and all-around kick-ass PIF's.
I wish she'd post her picture in the photo thread so we could she what she really looks like and picture her as something other than that sock monkey.... :P


Heat embossing?

[Seusomon]

I've been doing it for years, pretty much know what different ink/powder combinations will do.

Wish I knew how to get perfect uniformity every time on a large image.


astronomy?

[Dalmaney]

I know how to find the Big Dipper, Orion, Cassiopea, Mars, and Venus.

I wish I knew where even more constellations and planets were in my night sky.

Chocolate?

[Seusomon]

You can get to Polaris and the little dipper by following the two stars at the outside of the Big Dipper's bowl. You can get to Arcturus by following the handle of Big Dipper in a curving arc. You can get to Sirius by following Orion's belt.

I know it's made from cocoa beans. I know dark, milk, white...

I wish I knew why it affects people the way it does psychologically.


Nervousness Forums?

[kittymao]

I know they can be a busy place on the weekdays.

I wish I knew why sometimes they lose their glimmer.

Goats.

[bluecrayon]

Driving in the city beset with city thoughts I turned a curve past Laguna Honda Hospital and was transfixed to see hundreds of goats wandering along the side of the road -- goats with art deco horns and different colored coats and whiskers tinkly in the wind -- I felt I had entered a medieval kingdom. I pulled over and got out and climbed up the hill and just watched as all these goats began to eat the hillside. I learned they were being used to weed poison oak and dead bark from the hillside. But I leave that aspect for the pragmatic, I just liked laying there in the sun while they moved around me! I know what goats are used for....


white noise.

[medeous]

i know white noise calms me.

i wish i knew if there were subliminal messages in there....

multiple intelligences?

[kittymao]

as in like different kinds of Smart?
Okay.

I know that people are smart in some things and not so smart in others. Like People with booksmarts aren't usually so streetsmart. And people who think really fast aren't very observational.

Uhm. I wish I knew how to figure out which kind I was, and which ones I could improve on.

sewing.

[medeous]

i know how to sew on a button so that it won't fall off. i know how to hem a school uniform jumper.

i wish i knew how to sneak up on my sewing machine so that it wouldn't break when it sees me coming.


parochial schools?

[Seusomon]

I know they are better, and expensive.

I wish I knew where they really come from, culturally, and what my child might gain and lose from them.

Your self?

[medeous]

i know i am clever and capable of much more than i accomplish.
i wish i knew why i felt so disconnected sometimes.

me?

[hammerquill]

I know I wish you were a regular guest at dinner parties around here.
Failing that, I know I wish you were that old friend who lives out of town but sends wonderful letters occasionally, out of the blue.
I know you're the person who most often makes me laugh on the forums.

I wish I knew what you look like, apart from the monkey puppet on your hand. ;)

Poetry?

[Alpaca]

I know the structures of and differences between French, English, arabic and Japanese poetry.
I know several classic French poems by heart.

I wish I knew the structure of the poetry of other cultures.

Aquariums?

[Sirius]

I know that a 15 cent feeder goldfish can live in an aquarium for four years.
I know what the inside of the aquariums in Washington DC, New Orleans and Chicago look like.

I wish I knew an easy way to keep an aquarium clean.


Five year olds

[Seusomon]

I know they are tumultuous, learning constantly, and miraculously wise.

I wish I knew where they get their energy.



ATCs?

[atomic_cocktail]

I know that you can build up quite a collection of them fast!

I wish I knew how to make them better


Kittens

(mostly in the subject of how to convince your husband to get you that super cute tuxedo kitten at the shelter :P )

[medeous]

i know their bellies are round and their legs are spindly.
i know their fur is tufty and their toes are soft.
i know their eyes are round and thier teeth are needles.
i know they rumble when they purr and they cry when they're hungry.

i wish i knew why i can't resist them.

no-kill shelters?

[Seusomon]

I know nothing about them, but the name makes me think it's an excellent idea?

I'd like to know more.


African art?

[nymphette]

i know i like african masks
i know i have a postcard of alaagy's 'the rhythm of life'

i wish i could see some in 'real life', at an exhibit...


doppelgangers

[medeous]

Originally posted by Seusomon@Jan 2 2004, 04:46 PM
I know nothing about them, but the name makes me think it's an excellent idea?

I'd like to know more.



a no-kill shelter in santa fe (http://www.animal-sanctuary.org/)

[Seusomon]

Thanks medeous, that's really neat! I think I'll be sending them a donation.

I know doppelgangers are evil lookalikes. I know Eve's life is threatened by one.

I wish I knew how they can be defeated.

:lol:


chakras?

[bluecrayon]

name the other 6 centers of spiritual energy in the human body anyone????

This is part of yogic philosophy. Think of a wheel -- a mandala -- a circle of life.


Mine could probably use some tweaking...


existentialism???

[Seusomon]

I've had philosophy classes and I've read Camus.

I wish I knew things about existentialism that hadn't gone through a teenage boy's filters.



The nine muses?

[Cuilanië]

I know the name of the tenth one. :ph34r:

I wish I could remember more easily their names and what they stand for.


Apples?

[Christine_0701]

i know they taste good

i wish i knew where i could get some New Zealand Rose apples...they're very good.

glue.

[hammerquill]

I know how to make both fish glue and starch paste.

I wish I knew (chemically speaking) why it works, how the process of making it works.

muses: I always remember Calliope is the muse of epic poetry, and Terpsichore is the muse of choral dance, and Clio is the muse of history.

synesthesia?

[Seusomon]

Urania as muse of astronomy is also easy to remember.

I know it is a condition where people perceive input through one sense in the form of another (for examples, sounds create visual colors). I've always thought it was fascinating.

I wish I knew whether the synesthetic perceptions seem any less "real" than the ordinary ones.


Ancient Mesopotamia?

[hammerquill]

I know that Uruk, Ur, and Babylon were its great cities, or capitals, if such a word can really be used, and I think it was in that order.
I think I know that's where the Epic of Gilgamesh came from.

I wish I knew the languages they used and wrote (I mean knew the languages, not knew their names)...

Cocoa?

[bluecrayon]

cocoa comes from the chocolate bean which was considered the equivalent of gold in Inca terms -- it was thought to be the beverage of the gods -- it was used as a trading chip ...

It tastes good and I drink a lot of it!


the Bermuda Triangle?

[hammerquill]

I know it's a modern legend, born of anecdote and people's inability to grasp statistics or use critical thinking.

I wish I knew why anyone still thinks there's anything to it.

statistics?

[bluecrayon]

Statistics might be the hobgoblin of narrow agendas -- or they might be proof of God. It all depends on how they are gathered and how they are used. This country's unemployment statistics, for example, do not count people who have given up looking for work -- what good is spin on so sobering a problem???


Machiavelli?

[Cuilanië]

I know he theorised the politics of expediency and no ethics.

I wish I knew why his theories work.


Economics?

[Seusomon]

I know some of the philosophy behind different economic theories, plus a few technical bits like utility functions.

I wish I knew why people place any confidence in economic models.


The Moon?

[Christine_0701]

I know that the US is planning on sending another lunar mission, by 2013

I wish I knew if they've decided to let other countries in on the fun ;)

Planetary Systems besides our own?

[Seusomon]

I know that when I got my PhD in astronomy in 1990, there were only a few suggestive observations; now there are gobs of confirmed examples.

I wish I knew whether any of them were inhabited.

bananas (anyone listen to NPR this morning)?

[Christine_0701]

I know that those "seedless" banana's are a joke, because NO banana has seeds in it

I wish I knew why people were so gullible about things like that


speaking of gullibility:

Growth Hormone?

[marmarg]

I know that the human growth hormone is a protein made up of 191 amino acids.

I wish I knew where I could get some because frankly, I'm too bloody short.

MONKEYS!!!

[Christine_0701]

I know there's a group of evil french ones planning to take over the world

I wish I knew where their head office was ;)

For more information on growth hormone, visit the Magic Foundation (http://www.magicfoundation.org/)

Sharpies?

[cryptaesia]

i know (sharpies) dance the (sharpie) dance....i have the song....
(tahts what i meant, really....)

i wish i knew how to make erica smile

ninjatune

[medeous]

i know nothing about ninjatune. i wish i knew if i know nothing because i'm old and dorky or if i know nothing because it's incredibly obscure or if i know nothing because it was just made up.

heart disease?

[Christine_0701]

i know there's many different kinds, some that they can't test for

i wish i knew the results of when my dad got tested for the type that runs in his family

Canada?

[cryptaesia]

i know canada is the best country in the world to live in.

cookie monster?

[Christine_0701]

I know that he loves to eat everything, especially cookies.

I wish I knew how he digests plates :lol:

cell phones?

[hammerquill]

I know that a key element of their mechanism for staying connected and encoded was based on ideas invented in part by the actress and pinup Hedy Lamarr for use in WWII code machines.

I know I've never seen a connection deal good enough to tempt me to get one.

I wish I understood the details of how they work.

Clockwork?

[cryptaesia]

i know that roots manuva wrote a song called clockwork

chain games

[Christine_0701]

i know they're addictive

i wish i knew why ppl always bend the rules to suit themselves

time

[Jennyblue]

I know that time does ease the pain of things.

I Wish I knew why time seems to fly so much faster as you get older.


Meditation

[Christine_0701]

I know that it's a good way to rejuvinate your body, and to relax.

I wish i could find a good method of meditation that would work for me :huh:

REM Sleep

[bluecrayon]

The rapid, cyclical and jerky movement of the eye during dream states -- or maybe a slumber party with Michael Stipes and Peter Buck and Mike Mills in which we night swim and drink our orange crush... you choose.

lava-lava

[Seusomon]

I know its like lava, only twice.

I wish I could be sure I'm not missing something here. :P


Passion?

[cryptaesia]

i know it can burn bright

socks with toes

[Christine_0701]

i know they're cool and comfy

i wish i knew where james could find a pair

rain

[bluecrayon]

when I was a kid I thought it was God crying...

maybe that's still the right answer.

plasmagene

[Christine_0701]

i know it's used in figureing out hereditary characteristics

i wish i knew exactly how it's used

tae bo

[traceybeast]

an exercise style created in the late 1990's to induce pain and suffering upon it's followers :)

That was very Hollywood Squares of me but hey :)

ELECTRIC SLIDE

[Christine_0701]

i know it's a form of dance

i don't know how to dance it, and i wish i did

melamine

[bluecrayon]

some kind of chemical compound -- I'm thinking leather tanning??? Not sure.

habeas corpus?

[kittymao]

I know it's latin, and the Corpus part means Body but can't get habeus.

I wish I knew what it was so I didn't look like an idiot.

Sleep??

[Christine_0701]

i know it has 5 different levels

i wish i knew how to have a lucid dream

melamine is a type of metal, often in non-microwaveable plasitc, or camping dishes

hard water

[bluecrayon]

habeas corpus is one of the foundations of our democracy -- it ensures the right of citizens to come before a jury when accused of a crime; it ensures that no one be restrained without being accused of something -- it is a bedrock of our freedoms and John Ashcroft is chipping away at it...

melamine: "a white crystalline compound used in making resins and for tanning leather."

hard water is what we have in California -- it is water with mineral deposits in it. (I think)

damselfly?

[Christine_0701]

oh, i didn't know it was for also tanning leather...but it is really truly in non-microwaveable plastics, and that's why they're non-microwaveable

I know it's like a dragonfly, but has differences

i wish i knew what the differences are

stars

[Christine_0701]

*bump*

[velma]

I know they're incredilbly hot and huge balls of energy containing everything that you and I and all else are made of. I know the "twinkling" effect is caused by their light passing through fluctuations in our atmosphere.

And I know they're beautiful.


leukopenia

[Lilac]

I know it means that the body's white blood cell count is low.

It might mean cancer, but I'm not really sure.


Lepidoptera

[Christine_0701]

I know that it is any type of insect that as an adult has 4 wings

i know this includes butterflies, moths, and "skippers"

i wish i knew what a skipper was??

I don't think leukopenia is a cancer...leukemia is, however

Egoism

[Christine_0701]

anybody?

[Lilac]

Egoism is the thought that everyone is mainly concerned about themselves.

carrageenan

[rockermom]

it makes my chocolate milk so silky smooth with it's
yummy seaweed self. yuuuuuuum. i wish i knew how they
ever thought to put it in my chocolate milk. why, why why?

nori

edited twice for my awful spelling.

[Lilac]

ahhhh...seaweed

jib

[rockermom]

i like the cut of yours, sailor!
can you jib and jive? are there jive sailors?
are afros bouyant?

mizzenmast

[Lilac]

In a three masted schooner, it's the third mast. The one furthest from the bow. (I sail a lot, and although my boat certainly does not have a mizzenmast, it does have a jib!)

clitellum

[rockermom]

worm girddle!

or was that a book i read in my women's fiction class?
(cliterature, we called it)

metatarsal

[Lilac]

The foot bones connected to the...other foot bone

Avogadro's constant

[Christine_0701]

I know nothing about this, but i'd guess it's a mathematical/scientific theory

tycho brahe

[Lilac]

An early astronomer...and um....yeah, that's all I remember w/o googling.


cycloid