I was happy to find Peggy Lee recorded this song though I haven't heard it- I admired her voice along with Ella Fitzgerald's. This would be a great day for Lee's "Fever". We have a heat index of 113 F.!!! Anyway, I have a pretty good memory of lyrics as mother wasn't a storybook reader and the radio and 78 rpm records were my nursery songs and stories until the nuns read to us or I could read on my own.
On Jul 17, 1:18 pm, paradox <[email protected]> wrote: > Phew; got so caught up in your ballad, i was just about to singalong, > caught myself just in time. Visions of my daughter's animated > exlamation..."Yes! I knew it! I told you so!" Lol. > > The admiration's mutual...what?? That does't sound right...? You know > what i mean...: i think i need a lie down....lol. > > On Jul 17, 1:30 pm, rigsy03 <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > I can admire men and still not want to be one! No, paradox, "I enjoy > > being a girl..." (song) > > > On Jul 16, 7:29 am, paradox <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > You dont know what you're missing, rigsy! lol. > > > > On Jul 16, 12:53 pm, rigsy03 <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > I could never be a man- in body form or behavior. Thank you, Lord, for > > > > allowing me to be a female!!! :-) > > > > > On Jul 15, 1:41 pm, paradox <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > I have quite some considerable experience of the emotional > > > > > responsiveness of the fairer sex, rigsy :) Personally, i think the > > > > > gender difference, if there is one, is more emotional maturity and > > > > > honesty than anything "structural. > > > > > > On Jul 15, 12:04 pm, rigsy03 <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > Thank you, Tony and Paradox. > > > > > > > Except we can clean up our hard drive! > > > > > > > Maybe I should have said "reactions" rather than moods- esp. since > > > > > > females have the rep of being moody creatures. I'm not sure if it is > > > > > > memory or the sc that is triggered by irrational associations. > > > > > > > On Jul 15, 3:22 am, paradox <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > Not as familiar with the terrain regarding imagination and > > > > > > > creativity, > > > > > > > rigsy; but some thoughts; imagination probably employs the same > > > > > > > object > > > > > > > representation and manipulation routines as event "simulation", > > > > > > > certainly occupies the same higher order region; the process is > > > > > > > just > > > > > > > less well tethered; an analogy that comes to mind is that of the > > > > > > > rider > > > > > > > whose handling on the reins becomes more adept the more confident > > > > > > > he/ > > > > > > > she becomes, and the more conditioned the horse gets over time. > > > > > > > > Creativity is more difficult to pin down; my intuitive sense is > > > > > > > that > > > > > > > it's probably defined in the versatility of transition of > > > > > > > isomorphic > > > > > > > brain "states"; so its not so much a "discrete" attribute, but > > > > > > > more a > > > > > > > "bell curve" function. > > > > > > > > Difficult to say about unexplained moods; could be the result of > > > > > > > chemical or homeostatic imbalances, tensions, unresolved mental > > > > > > > phenomena, or any of a long list of things really; what do you > > > > > > > think? > > > > > > > > On Jul 14, 12:46 pm, rigsy03 <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > Yes- that is too technical for me. :-) I see the sc as the > > > > > > > > hidden > > > > > > > > currents of a river- at least this morning that's my view. > > > > > > > > Where do > > > > > > > > you think imagination and creativity spring from? Or > > > > > > > > unexplainable > > > > > > > > moods? Or the irrational? Don't be too technical, please. > > > > > > > > > On Jul 14, 3:36 am, paradox <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > Interesting psychoanalytic approach; i'm sort of a little > > > > > > > > > closer to > > > > > > > > > the "technical" school; seems to me that dreams and > > > > > > > > > phantasies are > > > > > > > > > pretty much the same "stuff" as conscious thought, but > > > > > > > > > without the > > > > > > > > > coherence, constraints, and "echolocation" of input, > > > > > > > > > cognition, and > > > > > > > > > the autobiographical self; in that sense, we think (neural > > > > > > > > > mapping) > > > > > > > > > pretty much 24/7, conscious, subconscious, or otherwise; it's > > > > > > > > > just so > > > > > > > > > much more elegant when we're conscious, or daydreaming, > > > > > > > > > curiously :). > > > > > > > > > > Re the "great conductor"; in this great cauldron of > > > > > > > > > distributed > > > > > > > > > mapping, something has to "direct" and prioritise attention; > > > > > > > > > that's > > > > > > > > > the job of dispositional affect (value), or emotion, through > > > > > > > > > amygdala, > > > > > > > > > hippocampus, and associated wide area networks. Antonio > > > > > > > > > Damasio has > > > > > > > > > produced some very interesting, very readable and easily > > > > > > > > > accessible > > > > > > > > > works in this area. > > > > > > > > > > On Jul 13, 1:51 pm, rigsy03 <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > The "great conductor" to where? The sc may color our > > > > > > > > > > thoughts and > > > > > > > > > > actions but I have a problem giving it a thought process > > > > > > > > > > similar to > > > > > > > > > > the ego or super-ego. The fact that we cannot control our > > > > > > > > > > sc makes us > > > > > > > > > > want to control it- it can be dangerous or embarassing or > > > > > > > > > > distracting, > > > > > > > > > > for instance. I do think it adds a dramatic complexity to > > > > > > > > > > our thoughts > > > > > > > > > > and actions- esp. those "Freudian slips"! :-) Another > > > > > > > > > > possibilty is > > > > > > > > > > that the sc is a warehouse for our unresolved selves that > > > > > > > > > > pitch and > > > > > > > > > > twist in our minds during dreams or daydreams and sometimes > > > > > > > > > > influence > > > > > > > > > > solutions by interrupting logic, problem solving, > > > > > > > > > > comprehension or > > > > > > > > > > relationships. It may also serve the purpose of keeping us > > > > > > > > > > honest- > > > > > > > > > > somehow the mind has to find a balance- "acting as if" only > > > > > > > > > > goes so > > > > > > > > > > far. > > > > > > > > > > > On Jul 13, 5:13 am, paradox <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > Hi Mando, dont forget that our thoughts are also "merely > > > > > > > > > > > things", and > > > > > > > > > > > our sub-conscious also "thinks"; "emotion" is the great > > > > > > > > > > > conductor. > > > > > > > > > > > > On Jul 12, 2:18 pm, Mando <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > how are we easily swayed from our thought by merely > > > > > > > > > > > > things? is that > > > > > > > > > > > > humans are focused or controlled by the > > > > > > > > > > > > sub-conscious...- Hide quoted text - > > > > > > > > > > > > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - > > > > > > > > > > > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - > > > > > > > > > > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - > > > > > > > > > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - > > > > > > > > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - > > > > > > > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - > > > > > > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - > > > > > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - > > > > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - > > > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text -
