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Semantolkino'hara Book, 2nd Edition Release.

  The second edition of   The Semantolkino'hara and Its Applications: The Eschaton, Musicology, and The Name of God   (by me)    is available.  Mainly, I updated the acknowledgements. The Semantolkino'hara and Its Applications: The Eschaton, Musicology, and The Name of God, 2nd Ed. By David Black 122 pages, published 10/21/2014 A practical music theory and composition system became a template for understanding a union between disciplines- music history, musicology, eschatology, social science, and more. The whole effort started with a simple serial analysis of Trish Phan's "A Letter" and became a huge undertaking once the implications of its importance and wide-ranging applications were realized. The higher-level theological distinctions and clarifications involved are…

The Rules of Play for People on the Internet, by Mr. Black

   I am rewriting the rules of play for interacting with people on the internet because I've noticed people act irrationally.    1. Two to three days is the sensible turn-around for an email response or comment on something. Beyond that you can assume that a response is probably not coming. Never assume you know the reason why people don't reply.  Life can be very complicated. I will add that it is hard to get replies from well-known people because they get inundated. 2. Be courteous. Well-thought-out communications call for a response/ communication of some kind. No one has to communicate with anyone, but be nice, kind, patient, gentle, understanding, etc. As it is written, "A man has joy in an apt answer, And how delightful is a timely word!"(Proverbs 15:23). 3. When communicating hard truths forthrightly, be gentle and understanding. Not all communications are going to be positive. It is sometimes necessary to communicate something with negative components. Imag

The Government is Us

   It starts to look like people have forgotten that the United States was set up as a government "by and for the people" (to quote the Gettysburg Address). In our country the people are the government and we elect people to "represent" us. That's why they are called "representatives."   Look at the Preamble to the U.S. Constitution and you will see that I am correct.  "   We the People  of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America. "   This means that if people don't like the laws or the system, then they have the power to change it. Being afraid of the government is ridiculous, because the U.S. was set up as a representative democracy, a democratic republic. The people a

They Got to Amanda Bynes Harder Now. Stop this nonsense

   Amanda Bynes was placed in an involuntary psychiatric hold, also called a "5150," a legal device used to trample and traipse on people's rights. This was done to her apparently just for tweeting about her father, and trying to explain it away from mind control. Any time someone mentions mind control to authorities, they tend to do a "5150" on that person. Clearly people did not want her saying what she said and that is the cause of this.They have completely floored her by disregarding her first amendment rights, and it is in a vile attempt to control her behavior. She definitely has the right to express concern that there may be a mind-control implant in her head.  Are we at a stone age level of technology? I don't think so. We are in an age of high technology. Her freedom to express that concern is part of her first amendment rights. Look at what happened. She was treated worse for just saying anything.    All of this is completely unacceptable. Please

Description/Synopsis for the Semantolkino'hara book

This is the description I put on magcloud. The link to the book is in the post below. "A practical music theory and composition system became a template for understanding a union between disciplines- music  history , musicology, eschatology, social science, and more. The whole effort started with a simple serial analysis of Trish Phan's "A Letter" and became a huge undertaking once the implications of its importance and wide-ranging  applications  were realized. The higher-level theological distinctions and clarifications involved are intended cultivate acumen and discernment. It is written in the style of a Chautaqua to cover wide-ranging topics and concerns. The word in the title can be broken down as follows: Seman - semantics (rhetoric, language, communication) tolkin - (J.R. Tolkien, fantasy, imagination, art, artistic representations of theological things) o'hara (like the Chicago Airport, the system has consistent production value, a production drive to

Link to my new book- "The Semantolkino'hara and Its Applications"

  The book has a been long time in the works, and you can get it now on magcloud. Thanks to the many who helped.    This book is what The Glorious Scenario magazine was supposed to be. It makes a more concise statement than a multi-issue journal, though. The raw creative materials involved in the discussion have many applications and tie-ins across subject areas. The template of the semantolkino'hara will give its user acumen. The Semantolkino'hara and Its Applications: The Eschaton, Musicology, and The Name of God By David Black 122 pages, published 10/10/2014 A practical music theory and composition system became a template for understanding a union between disciplines- music history, musicology, eschatology, social science, and more. The whole effort started with a simple serial analysis of Trish Phan's "A Letter" and became a huge undertaking once the implications

I see they tried to get to Amanda Bynes now as well

  News reports are showing that Amanda Bynes was arrested under the false pretenses of a "DUI" last sunday.  The details of the case look utterly ridiculous. She should not have been arrested. They should have let her go home and sleep it off. What's the matter, couldn't fit her in the back of the squad car to get her home safe like decent individuals? Stop discrediting people by giving them mental health labels and slapping them with criminal charges. There was no need to book her whatsoever. This is a person who tried to gain freedom from the mental health industry and they're trying to shut her down and discredit her. Leave her alone about the pills and let her be good.    When I look at the news reports I see they tried to draw blood to prove that she had a drug in her system while driving. They didn't find any narcotics whatsoever. What they did find is that she was taking drugs that were prescribed to her. That is preposterous. They prescribe drugs that

We Have Freedom of Speech, right?

   How come everyone seems so afraid to speak against the real politik in our country? We used to have lively political discussion and dissent, and now people with minority opinions seem scoffed at and outcast. This is a bad trend, don't go in that way. The first amendment was set up with one of the intentions being that people would be able to criticize those in charge. It is unbelievable that people could say that a scenario happened like Pearl Jams' "Dissident" describes, and these things happen on American soil?    The 1992 Presidential election is something to look to consider the way things used to be. Third party independent candidate Ross Perot was considered as having equal weight as the two other candidates. There was a strong freedom of the thought in the political spectrum. Perot's money went a long way for him. All things considered, though, billionaires still exist. Where are the Ross Perots of our time, then, who are not afraid to jump in and shake