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[info]busterbenson
May 7th, 2006
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I just got this email from one of my fans regarding the Morale-O-Meter and the fact that I'm a deadbeat. It cracked me up.
This morale-o-meter makes no sense. You're plotting on the same vertical axes measurements in units of time (sleep), in units of weight (caffeine), in units of volume (alcohol), and then totally subjective units (morale, health).

Ali: "Hey, Erik Benson, what time is it?"
Erik Benson: "Um.... 4 pints of beer."
Ali: "Dude, I need $5 bucks. How much can you spare RIGHT NOW?"
Erik Benson: "Ummmmm.... really happy?"

this is the worst attempt at quantification i have i've ever seen.


if you were serious about making a good morale-o-meter, or even a cute display that didn't piss off people who know better, you could have put these different measures on appropriately different axes.

Ali.

Ps: and pay those fuckers their $10 for jumping in that pool. noone likes a deadbeat, especially one who can't make quantitative plots.

Hee hee. How should I reply?
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you should reply by altering his morale data to make him look like a total alcoholic.
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you can begin by asking him who the hell noone is. cause apparently this noone character likes a deadbeat. and people who don't recognize that no one does not = one word (it even looks silly) might not want to cast stones.
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That was pretty funny

(Anonymous)

2006-05-08 02:04 pm (UTC)

It was either a practical joke, maybe one of your friends, or some nut. If it were me I wouldn't respond. They're probably crazy.

Stephanie the perfectly sane cat lady
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choose one:

"Really happy!"
"YAWN"
"YOU'RE A JUNGLE THEME!"
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YOU'RE A JUNGLE THEME is my vote.
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Hello.


I changed my name from Erik Benson to Buster McLeod on the flip of a coin in September of 2006. When I got married on Oct 4th, 2008, I changed it again to Buster McLeod Benson. I live in Seattle, WA. I'm co-founder of The Robot Co-op (self-help internet startup) and McLeod Residence (art gallery and bar). I wrote a book called Man Versus Himself. I believe life is art. I believe in doubling down on big living, big loving, big risk, and big change.

I have a manifesto of 12 things you can do to make your life more interesting. They are:

1. You must not dilly-dally.
2. You must be your word.
3. You must have good intentions.
4. You must admit to being the maker of meaning.
5. You must not feel sorry for yourself.
6. You must have a vision that you are striving for.
7. You must tie creativity and experimentation with survival.
8. You must be the change.
9. You must rally others with your vision.
10. You must stake your reputation on your better self.
11. You must be responsible for your own failure and success.
12. You must be comfortable with big failure.
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