BB; Thanks again for the complimentary appraisal. I try not to take life too seriously though it seems that you have to some degree let someones seriousness rattle your senses. I think you would be surprised at the amount of humor that passes through the ranks here. Sometimes we all can become a bit intimidated by the commentary that appears to come across as authoritative but in all reality most often it is simply a matter of opinion combined with scientific fact. Even the brilliance of people like Stephen Hawkings gets challenged by peer perspectives and in one instance I know of Hawking came back with a new updated formulation that dispelled the doubts. This is where you are challenged, in the area of reinforcing your view, theory or idea even when encountered by doubt or ridicule. Either that or you could re-evaluate your view. A quote from my profile "I see the world from where I stand and have a strong desire to see it from where others stand so that I may challenge or reinforce my own view". It's easy to understand the world around us when it all revolves around our personal perspective. It is like those who still believe in ridiculous religious myths while the scientific facts show otherwise. While for some the Solar Eclipse is an auspicious event for others it is a sign of doom. In India pregnant women are not allowed outside because of a fear the child could be born with marks. A Chinese myth claims a heavenly dog is swallowing the sun and the people make loud noises to scare off the dog. Personally I think it is the sun experiencing a moment of macular degeneration. lol. All in all I think you should stick around, just weed out those obtuse to your way or level of thinking. Remember we have people in here that span the educational gamut, from HS drop outs to double PhD's. Then of course there is brilliance such as mine that is above and beyond even having a designation. Yeah right! lol Well I know for you it's a sin in here to get too wordy so I'll have to cut and run now, just to keep the peace. Chao! Sayonara! Adios!
On Aug 4, 12:17 am, BB47 <[email protected]> wrote: > One thing I can say about you Slip is you are more fun than most in > here. Ripping , yes, but at least more fun. You have a sense of > humor. A rare and special gift it seems among these people. So > many in here are simply pompus and arrogant, but you do that with > humor! It is a nasty humor, but humor nonetheless, and I will take > nasty humor over no humor at all any day. This is the most humorless > room I have been in since jury duty, It is like you threw a party at > the public library. This is a tough crowd. > > It is like an academic morgue in here mostly. I have felt more warmth > looking down at the fish on ice at the market. It is like telling > jokes in a shark tank. You know I always thought that when a person > achieved some wisdom, through knowledge and experience, they would > become more "gentle" like a grandfather talking to a child. No sir! > The more books you folks read the more blowhard you get. The angle of > the snoot just changes. > > You know what academics I admire? The poets. Only because their > entire goal is to condense their idea down to its purest form. They > spend all their time crossing out lines while you folks add more and > plop some big words in for spice and a nice insult on top. The poets > would rather find the perfect word to reduce the rest. Not that I > like poetry. Hate most of it to be honest. I just like that idea. I > only like one out of a hundred, but that one sure is powerful. > > On Aug 3, 9:05 pm, Slip Disc <[email protected]> wrote: > > > BB, now look what you have done, tsk tsk tsk. > > Now you are going to have to make amends by saying three Our Fathers, > > two Hail Marys, and five Sob's, but wait, that 's not all, you will > > also have to do 59 sit ups, that is if you can put a vacuum cleaner > > hose up your butt to suck in that belly fat far enough to pull it > > off. After that you will have to write a letter, in triplicate, to > > everyone about how sorry you are about derailing Orn's thread and IF > > that is not enough you are going to have to listen to 450 hours > > straight of Billy Mays loud mouth, in your face commercials. > > I'm sure that Orn might reduce the infraction to a smidgen, after all > > he's not that bad of a mod. > > > On Aug 3, 10:44 pm, BB47 <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > I may have missed the point, but I had one. I am trying to avoid > > > politics. Sorry to derail your thread. Carry on. > > > > On Aug 3, 8:29 pm, ornamentalmind <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > If you read the article, you seem to have missed the point. > > > > > On Aug 3, 8:23 pm, BB47 <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > Can bacon be considered a necessary evil? Am I too simple to be in > > > > > this group? I love bacon but I avoid it whenever I am able. > > > > > But let me tell you, bacon adds flavor to certain things like nobody's > > > > > business. Is it nobody's business? I don't know. I think it should > > > > > be a personal choice. Is it basically bad for you? I think it > > > > > probably is. Certainly not something you want to eat everyday if your > > > > > goal is a really long life. Are there exceptions to that? Probably > > > > > Do I want to live a really long life? Not really. But ask me when I > > > > > am really close to the end. I might want to extend it. Can't promise, > > > > > but maybe. If you told me it was the bacon, I might have to accept > > > > > it. It sure was good. > > > > > > Is the goal of life to live long? Like 90 something? It doesn't > > > > > look that great to me, but being that life is the only game in town, > > > > > it might be good enough. What if you sacrificed every single really > > > > > good tasting, good feeling thing in life just to live to 90? Was it > > > > > worth it? I don't think so. > > > > > > On Aug 3, 7:31 pm, ornamentalmind <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > First, a lay of the land by a former FDA head: > > > > > > > "Former FDA Commissioner David Kessler: “The End of Overeating: > > > > > > Taking > > > > > > Control of the Insatiable American Appetite” > > > > > > A new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention > > > > > > warns > > > > > > that the direct medical costs of obesity total about $147 billion a > > > > > > year. That amounts to nine percent of all US medical costs. It’s > > > > > > also > > > > > > over $50 billion more than the annual spending on cancer...." > > > > > > > for the rest of this story, go > > > > > > to:http://www.democracynow.org/2009/8/3/former_fda_commissioner_david_ke... > > > > > > > And now for the weapons: > > > > > > > "From the McDonald’s McGriddle to Wendy’s “Baconator” to > > > > > > “baconnaise” > > > > > > to bacon-infused vodka, bacon has become a ubiquitous ingredient in > > > > > > many diets in this era of extreme food combinations. Arun Gupta of > > > > > > The > > > > > > Indypendent writes, “Behind the proliferation of bacon offerings is > > > > > > a > > > > > > confluence of government policy, factory farming, the boom in fast > > > > > > food and manipulation of consumer taste that has turned bacon into a > > > > > > weapon of mass destruction.” ..." > > > > > > > for the rest of this story go > > > > > > to:http://www.democracynow.org/2009/8/3/arun_gupta_on_bacon_as_a-Hidequo...- > > > > > > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - > > > > > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - > > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups ""Minds Eye"" group. 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