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Gasiorowski's Law of Conversational Inevitability

During the course of a conversation between two heterosexual teenage males (and possibly other demographics too, but I have not researched this) it is almost certain that the conversation will eventually take on a homoerotic tone. Whether it is a simple "I like you....but not THAT much" that follows a slight mention of sexuality, or merely a suggestion of "Well you could go with ME to <insert arbitrary event name here>" , it is the tendency of teenagers to discuss homosexual relations of some sort between them. This usually leads to either a period of awkward laughter, or merely an awkward silence as each party realizes what he has said or done, if physical actions such as an arm around the shoulder are involved. There are many different variations of this phenomenon, all leading to some sort of uncomfortable, awkward action or conversation. Thus, in an attempt to alleviate this, I propose the introduction of  a rule similar to Godwin's Law, about a similar situation dealing with Hitler and Nazism. I do not know of a previously existing rule, so I propose the title to be Gasiorowski's Law, as I am rather selfish. It goes as follows, borrowing slightly from the phrasing of Godwin's Law: As a discussion between two heterosexual males grows longer, the probability of the occurrence of a homosexual word, phrase, or deed approaches 1. Invocation of Gasiorowski's Law can be used to terminate the discussion leading up to the homosexual deed, thus alleviating any discomfort that may follow.

Note: This is not meant to be offensive in any way to those who live a homosexual lifestyle, nor is it necessary after every incidence. It is merely offered as an option to those who choose to take it.

The Difficulties of Keeping Up a Blog (aka "Why I Haven't Written a Post in Over a Month")

Regular blog posting is hard. That's all there is to it. For a while, I was trying to keep the blog going with minimal effort, yet still relatively decent quality (hence the Gasiorowski Picks). Then, due to vacations, I went for stretches of a week at a time without a post. Then, writing blog posts just became another thing to do on an increasing list of things to do, something that often came to my mind, but was deferred until later. Later became a day, a week, and eventually a month. A month off of posting doesn't seem like a tremendous amount of time. But in the blogging world, it's kind of a lot. Those people who are fans of web-comics or simply like to look at a specific person's Facebook statuses, imagine if there were no new comics or statuses for a month. Seems like a long time in that setting. There is one final encumbrance to my blogging. Facebook. It is far too easy to take a good thought for a blog post, shorten it up a little bit, and make a status out of it. Those of you readers who are my friends on Facebook have probably noticed a few of my statuses like that, including, more recently, a love letter to Facebook that could have easily been expanded into a post. All of this aside, I will make a sincere effort to keep up a steady supply of witticisms, observations, analyses, and other miscellaneous stuff, starting with this piece of advice: If you haven't watched Firefly yet, watch it. You won't be sorry.

Ads

I don't know if any of my readers have seen, but there are currently ads in my sidebar with the headings "Make Him Addicted to You" and "What Really Attracts Men". As the ads are based off of the content of my posts, it would appear that Google believes that I am either a woman or a homosexual man. In an attempt to dissuade this, I will utilize a method exploited by many sitcoms in the past, albeit in a different manner. So: Baseball, football, Nascar, cars, motors, wrestling, guns, women, beer, violence, action, hunting, weight lifting... I think that might do it.

Conversation

The major aspect of conversation that annoys me is its lack of valuable content. This may seem harsh, but as I think back over recent conversations that I have had, I recall only the discussion of events, both present and past. Thus, most conversations that I have are for sharing my experiences with people who are somewhat interested, but really are just waiting for some sort of connection with their own personal experiences so that they can take over the conversation until I find a personal connection and can resume my control of the conversation. If no personal connection is found, the primary conversationalist prattles on and on, with the secondary conversationalist responding with mere one syllable statements while trying, and failing, to pay attention. This awkward situation can be diffused well with a simple transfer of conversational power through the use of a direct question. However, most of the primary conversationalists that become prattlers are not skilled enough in the art of conversation to realize that conversation is dying, and thus will continue to talk until they run out of things to say. This usually results in a conversational loop, which also kills conversation and ends in an awkward silence. As I write this, I am realizing that a conversational chart would be useful, and this may be forthcoming. However, the main point of this post is not the structure, but the content of conversation. And this is the trouble. In a majority of conversations, no new ideas are created, no secret dreams are revealed, and nothing is accomplished. Oh sure, conversations about events are good for socializing and obtaining information. But the gathering of pure information, or, even worse, the recanting of old information, is nothing more than a social diversion. To close this rambling post, conversation should be a creative sandbox, not a worn out old Etch-a-Sketch.