Useless fact of the day:

The ostrich yolk is the largest single cell in the world.

Good to know :)

Mukkel, a customer, regular and friend here at our Cyber-Café just came by and stared at the headline: "Blabbing along as we go." He proceeded to ask: "Where are we going?"

Now that's a good question. First off, who are "We"? Second, where did we come from? And third, where are we now? Oh the questions, the questions.

Btw, this should warn you of some deep and heavy Blab-Philosophy coming your way in this round of Blabbing ;)

And by the way, this is to Gnug315. You may remove the "Poor Gnug215 is so lonely, he'd love any response to his rants..." now, since I'm not all that lonely anymore :) (may I invite you to join our Excellent TA Wife Exchange Programme sometime soon? We already have such notorious figures as Clannad, Rock, HiRoller and D_Old_Man, plus many more, enrolled! - ed.)

Antiflow, our Gnug-Friend and #gnug channel regular gave me a good idea the other day: Write a Blab(tm) about the Ideals of GNUG!

Well, us Gnugs, being independant individuals all of us, we all have our own Ideals and morals. So I think I'll just list some of my ideals here.
        First off, what is an "Ideal" other than a fancy word for opinions, attitude & morales? (My definition :). Ideals would perhaps be the word for all those put together. A word for the tings you believe in and stand for.
        The ideals I will come up with here are just straight from the top of my mind, and are supposed to be aimed at what it means to be a Gnug, and the things that revolve around what us Gnugs do and have done in the time we've been amongst you humans and non-Gnugs and Gnug-Friends. And so it's mostly going to relate to the TA community. This might draw similarities to that "How one should act online" list I did a few Blabs back.
        My ideals as a Gnug are first and foremost Reason, Honour and FUN. Ok, fun might not be an ideal right out. But an Ideal of mine would be to take most things in good humor, and don't be too ridgid about it all. Seriousness does have its time however.
        Reason consists of a few factors. Be civilized! Don't get agitated for no apparent reason, or over some triviality (Such as a game). And if you get emotional (pissed off), Do try and continue to keep the conversation in a proper manner. If you get all fired up, expect the person you're discussing with to do the same, hence only making the whole damn thing worse. I have found that most hostile situations and animosity stem from misunderstandings and simple differences in opinion. A simple state in it's basic nature, but people insist in so adamantly stick to these and build up animosity towards their opponent. The Ideal here would be to simply avoid hostilities whenever venturing into anything. I don't get the point of having Enemies at all, and constantly arguing and fighting with those enemies.(you're losing me here, boiler - ed.)

Why can't we all just get along ? Silly question, Human Nature :)
     Honour, well, doing the right thing, not cheating, and acting honorably at all times. How does this apply to gaming and venturing online? Many would argue that many terms do not comply online. One can't have friends or enemies online some say. Ok I say, then lets distinguish the online Realm/world/life or whatever it could be called when one is online and chatting/playing. A person I know claims that one can't have friends online, while at the same time saying there is no distinction between online and offline. I say it's a matter of view point, so I dub the activities I have online, and the people I meet and interact with there as my Online-Life/World, just to have a word to use for it. And my friends there are just that; Friends. I may only know the online, so I might refer to them as Online-Friends when making a distinction, but nevertheless, at some level, they're my friends. ANd the greatest reason to distinguish is because most people take on another identity when online. Wheter if it's on purpose or not, it's never TRULY the same as interacting with the person offline, it's a different set of aspects you're met with offline, not a different person, but typing limits a LOT as opposed to lingual communication. (And that's not the only thing that's different. Additionally, there is a lot "missing" in a personality online, and even some offline). (OK, you lost me - .ed)
     Now to get back on track with the Honour thing. Honor DOES apply online, whether or not you distinguish between offline/online or not in any way. I think that people have just as big a responsibility to act honorable online as offline amongst people. The simple reason is the fact that you ARE actually dealing with real people, and respect is deserved. Initially atleast. Some (Many) people might turn out to be dishonorable, disrespectful and hostile. But that doesn't mean that you yourself should stoop to that level. Rather the opposite. Set a good example to other netizens, and act honourably. If the bad element is not to be reasoned with in a quiet and orderly fashion, simply head your attention elsewhere. I would almost suggest an Ignore/mute on the person, but I prefer not to. I will ignore the person without the help of any software gadget, and ignore them on my own wish and command. Self-Control is an important thing, learn it! This ignored person, if handled properly, will make a fool of himself if continuing to yell or harass you. So let the bugger yell. And eventually, they might settle down enough for you to see their wrong doings, and perhaps even apologize. But as long as you stay non-hostile and honorable, there should be no reason for them to hold any grudge towards you, and grudges are just right out silly. So stay sain and calm, and do the honorable thing. It shouldn't be too hard to determine on your own what's right or wrong in a situation, but there will always be people who think opposite of what you do, but they're there to make life more interesting for you, and have something to think about, not to fight with. So keep the discussions civilized. Don't cheat in any fashion whatsoever when actively competing with anyone, or rather, never cheat at ALL. Cheating for me consists of, well, not cheating, more like jokes, Jokes that I pull on my friends, tricking them. Cheating to gain something for yourself, on the behalf of anyone else, not willing to let you is pure selfishness and harmful.

Now I hope that I got to the point that I wanted, cause frankly; I'm too tired to read all this again, and I can't remember most of it, hehe.

So in an ideal Gnug215-World, there would be peace and harmony, and not just in such a happy-happy-joy-joy way as it sounds, but if people just concentrated on a few basic moral principles and ideals, this surely would be a better and more interesting world, where we could think of something more interesting other than money, evil and war. I blame Apathy, Selfishness and Greed. Migth aswell throw in the rest of the 7 deadly sins there :)

Oops, this got a bit too long, not much space for anything else, so I'll just quit here, and send it to Gnug315. Will most likely pick up on this subject in future Blabs, so watch this spot for more incoherent, incosistent, mindless, thoughtless, lingering, groundless Blabbing!

It's been a while since my last Blab(tm) again, but this time I won't apologize for not having posted any Blabs. I simply couldn't find anything to Blab about, I was totally inspirationless, and lacked time to find inspiration, and generally had my mind elsewhere :)

Off for now! Gnug Gnug :)