Foofy Cafe

What's inside the Brain? What lives there? What's not living there?

Recall the name of the Dutch Airline, KLM — Royal Dutch Airlines. Let's use 'KLM' as our mnemonic. And let's just use the letter 'B' for the Brain that houses its residents.

Consider this mathematical equation:

B = K - L + M

So what are K, L, and M?

Let K stand for the scientifically accurate Knowledge — the True Knowledge that lives inside the Brain.

Let L stand for Lacuna — the gaps or missing parts of a comprehensive knowledge base — the empty room at the inn, the empty chair in the parlor.

Let M stand for Misconception — the crazy beliefs, the illusions or delusions. The "crazy uncle" who lives in the brain and spouts nonsense.

For any given Brain, there will be some accurate knowledge, K. And for every brain, there will always be stuff not yet learned, lacunae, L. And for most brains there will be some misconceptions, M.

The bugaboos, of course, reside in the Lacunae, L and the Misconceptions, M.

• How does one validate accurate knowledge, K?

• How does one recognize the gaps, the lacunae, L?

• And how does one recognize the misconceptions, M?

We want to increase K. We want to drive L and M to zero (meaning fill in the gaps and eliminate the problematic misconceptions).

What systematic method do we rely on?

Stacey Druss has proposed some kind of theatrical work of art, perhaps a musical or a dramedy to address or respond to some creative impulses that have yet to be fully outlined.

In the meantime, this venue will provide a place to park possible contributions to the project.

«The Theme is THE BRAIN»

Musical Items (Song Parodies unless otherwise noted.)

•  Make 'Em Cringe! 
•  Team Leader 
•  The Finále to "Lacuna Kvetch Party"
•  Fun Fun Fun
•  What's Going On
•  Wild Child
•  Upon the Goof
•  The Longest Thread In Living Memory
•  Moulton Get Angry
•  Look What They've Done To My Show
•  Original Version of "Do Re Mi" from "The Sound of Music"
•  Original Theme and Lyrics from "Welcome Back Kotter"
•  Original Version of "How Do You Keep the Music Playing" 
•  Original Version of "Rock My Soul" ~ Peter Paul and Mary
•  Original Version of "That's the Way of the World" ~ Earth, Wind & Fire
•  Original Version of "Where do we go from here?" ~ Buffy the Vampire Slayer

Poetry

• Stacey at the Chat
• Bad Poets Society