has the supreme court of Rigsy ruled that cookies must be supplied on demand?? Allan
On Wed, Oct 31, 2012 at 3:39 AM, rigsy03 <[email protected]> wrote: > You are all very sweet to wish me well but I am safely nestled in > America's belly. I will join your collective wishes for the east coast > as it is ruinous and very sad to track.//Catching up: the fall lawn > clean-up and cut backs were the best ever- hope the snow service is > the same later on. My daughter has scared me with visions of a sugar > plum Christmas she remembers from her childhood forgetting that she > has abscounded with most all the decorations- even to the cookie > cutters! We'll work it out. Have been getting bedrooms and kitchen in > gear for the holidays so there isn't a last minute rush/heart attack. > This house is a riot- but that is another topic. A couple invitations- > will go to one- a baby shower. Exit the momastery! And yes, Gabby, was > thinking of the warm sun during these cloudy days and cold nights. Saw > myself sitting in the desert- very strange. Love to all- be safe. > > On Oct 30, 7:53 pm, Molly <[email protected]> wrote: >> Yes, hope all is well for you rigsy. In Detroit we have Sandy's wind and a >> bit of rain and sleet, but nothing like NYC. thinking of you with love. >> >> >> >> On Tuesday, October 30, 2012 5:20:35 PM UTC-4, Allan Heretic wrote: >> >> > sounds like you are really going to be needing your snow guy Rigsy,, >> > heard WV had over a meter of snow fall that must be a bitch. >> > Allan >> >> > On Tue, Oct 30, 2012 at 8:56 PM, gabbydott <[email protected]<javascript:>> >> > wrote: >> > > You see, Neil, that's exactly why I thought we have Rigsy write the >> > > abstract and make her come out of the kitchen after her snow guy had >> > > done his job. You have spoiled it all now! >> >> > > On Tue, Oct 30, 2012 at 11:25 AM, archytas >> > > <[email protected]<javascript:>> >> > wrote: >> > >> I've just become a paradigm case of Bill's "bored traveller" - long >> > >> weekend with an American friend in Rome looking at art entailing the >> > >> Vatican (which didn't spontaneously combust) - Bernini etc. There was >> > >> a Hombeck on candle-light which will stick forever. I got the >> > >> impression Bernini could do something in static stone that would give >> > >> the impression of a Jimmy Johnstone dribble (he was the best ever at >> > >> this spectacle, if not the most effective player in modern soccer >> > >> terms). Couldn't get a coffee in the city that never sleeps at 3 a.m. >> > >> and ended-up in a Mcdonalds. The place is a dreadful tourist rip-off >> > >> and a week would have bankrupted us. Flight home was delayed by an >> > >> outbreak of Italian indolence and refusal to drive the bus to the >> > >> plane. Airport full of disgruntled Americans delayed by Sandy. >> > >> Greece and Rome descend from slave economies and attitudes that work >> > >> scars the soul. >> > >> There was so much to see and it was so pleasant to walk I came home >> > >> hobbling on a blister. >> >> > >> Much biology is based on the economics of energy - we always seem to >> > >> want explanation in terms of why an organism would expend the energy >> > >> required to maintain an organ and so on. Our brains and even memory >> > >> need justification in energy terms. Much of my own interest in the >> > >> subject concerns desire to overcome its predestination - which these >> > >> days would be talked about through the notion of co-evolution and its >> > >> 'arms races'. My own guess for a long time has been we need to >> > >> organise work differently - I favour a federal Europe (World) of a >> > >> free table with work as a shared obligation - but one always finds >> > >> such opinion has been held before - one example here would be the >> > >> Strasser brothers who organised the Nazis when Hitler came out of >> > >> jail. Politically I tend to think we are stuck in the hands of a >> > >> rentier class much as in the inter-war years. >> >> > >> I think some UFO-dreaming could help us understand this and even Star >> > >> Trek touches the fringes. We might, very un-art, start by wondering >> > >> who cleans the toilets on the Enterprise. >> >> > >> On 29 Oct, 19:02, gabbydott <[email protected]> wrote: >> > >>> The Golden Way out of deference? Yes, that's probably the meaning >> > >>> Molly is trying to convey. Thanks, Allan. >> >> > >>> On Mon, Oct 29, 2012 at 5:02 PM, Allan H <[email protected]> >> > wrote: >> > >>> > Gabby one of the major deference between me and christianity is I >> > see >> > >>> > God as what makes up my being,, I do not see God as being else >> > where. >> > >>> > I am expected to live up to my beliefs not making excuses to justify >> > >>> > violating those rules. >> > >>> > Allan >> >> > >>> > On Mon, Oct 29, 2012 at 1:24 PM, gabbydott <[email protected]> >> > wrote: >> > >>> >> Oh, hi Molly! Yes, it's true, I dared to read the bible on the same >> > >>> >> level as fairy tales. My Protestant nature, I guess. Going out, >> > >>> >> looking out, speaking out is part of that tradition too. What is it >> > in >> > >>> >> your life that makes you being different? >> >> > >>> >> On Mon, Oct 29, 2012 at 1:06 PM, Molly <[email protected]> >> > wrote: >> > >>> >>> Looking for God outside oneself can lead to magical gang gods at a >> > level >> > >>> >>> where only the fit and corrupt survive. Many fairy tales are >> > imbued with >> > >>> >>> mystical thinking, including the bible. >> >> > >>> >>> On Monday, October 29, 2012 5:20:17 AM UTC-4, gabbydott wrote: >> >> > >>> >>>> I don't know why these far-away and up-above gods and godesses >> > never >> > >>> >>>> really made it into my heart. Maybe the down-to-earth fairy tales >> > >>> >>>> resembled my surroundings much more. It gives me the creeps when >> > >>> >>>> little street gangstas are referring to Nemesis and believe they >> > have >> > >>> >>>> got the key to the kingdom now. >> >> > >>> >>>> On Mon, Oct 29, 2012 at 4:35 AM, rigsy03 <[email protected]> >> > wrote: >> > >>> >>>> > I pray to a God everyday but am not sure which one. He is male >> > and >> > >>> >>>> > seems helpful. Today he bolstered my strength rearranging some >> > >>> >>>> > furniture then rebolstered me moving stuff back as it was. >> > However, I >> > >>> >>>> > cooked a hearty meal of steak, potatoes and asparagus for >> > insurance.// >> > >>> >>>> > I think the Greek and Roman gods and goddesses represent human >> > nature >> > >>> >>>> > and traits- really provide some valuable insights for mere >> > mortals. >> >> > >>> >>>> > On Oct 28, 12:45 pm, gabbydott <[email protected]> wrote: >> > >>> >>>> >> Ah Lee, by that time you would have forgotten where you were >> > coming >> > >>> >>>> >> from! >> >> > >>> >>>> >> I like monotheism, because it supports my view of myself as an >> > >>> >>>> >> individual. And it allows me to act upon it as such. I am >> > aware that I >> > >>> >>>> >> am a social being though. Polytheism would be able to account >> > for >> > >>> >>>> >> that, but would probably only confuse me. >> >> > >>> >>>> >> On Sun, Oct 28, 2012 at 6:20 PM, Lee Douglas < >> > [email protected]> >> > >>> >>>> >> wrote: >> > >>> >>>> >> > Well that is true Rigsy, and perhaps your prediction is also >> > true. >> > >>> >>>> >> > However >> > >>> >>>> >> > religious faith is 'unreasonable' belief. As it is my >> > stance that we >> > >>> >>>> >> > all >> > >>> >>>> >> > hold to some of these along the way, then perhaps it is a >> > wholly >> > >>> >>>> >> > human/sentient being trait and we'll not be rid of it, only >> > time will >> > >>> >>>> >> > tell. >> > >>> >>>> >> > Just one of the reasons I want to reach at least 400 years >> > old. >> >> > >>> >>>> >> > On Sunday, October 28, 2012 12:52:50 PM UTC, rigsy03 wrote: >> >> > >>> >>>> >> >> Really? What about the Italian scientists who face prison >> > time for >> > >>> >>>> >> >> failing to predict the severity of an earthquake? What >> > harmony under >> > >>> >>>> >> >> the mantle of monotheism? Science and technology will make >> > god(s) >> > >>> >>>> >> >> obsolete and society can still be managed through various >> > value >> > >>> >>>> >> >> systems based on new realities and methods of control. >> > Presently, we >> > >>> >>>> >> >> are trying to integrate two oppositional positions which >> > accounts >> > >>> >>>> >> >> for >> > >>> >>>> >> >> a good amount of absurdity and disappointment. As extinct >> > creatures >> > >>> >>>> >> >> might have warned us, sentimentality is deadly. >> >> > >>> >>>> >> >> On Oct 28, 2:12 am, Allan H <[email protected]> wrote: >> > >>> >>>> >> >> > I really do not see much beyond monotheism atheism holds >> > little >> > >>> >>>> >> >> > but >> > >>> >>>> >> >> > wishful madness, and as for polytheism the universes >> > would be >> > >>> >>>> >> >> > totally >> > >>> >>>> >> >> > different.. Just doesn't work.. You are right arrogance >> > is a >> > >>> >>>> >> >> > tremendous problem which I seriously doubt man will over >> > come.. >> > >>> >>>> >> >> > those >> > >>> >>>> >> >> > that are arrogant have little reason to change.. It is >> > the >> > >>> >>>> >> >> > monotheism >> > >>> >>>> >> >> > that keeps some what harmony,, the problems I see come >> > from man >> > >>> >>>> >> >> > changing the laws of God that have been handed down >> > through the >> > >>> >>>> >> >> > generations .. It seems these changes are really >> > designed to >> > >>> >>>> >> >> > benefit >> > >>> >>>> >> >> > them and their goals. >> >> > >>> >>>> >> >> > without a singular God there would be no harmony even >> > with in >> > >>> >>>> >> >> > nature >> > >>> >>>> >> >> > and the predictability of science would disappear. >> > >>> >>>> >> >> > Allan >> >> > >>> >>>> >> >> > On Sun, Oct 28, 2012 at 4:12 AM, James < >> > [email protected]> >> > >>> >>>> >> >> > wrote: >> > >>> >>>> >> >> > > I agree with S. W. Hawking where this is unknown >> > territory, we >> > >>> >>>> >> >> > > have a >> > >>> >>>> >> >> > > tendency to being destructive and careless. We must >> > evolve if we >> > >>> >>>> >> >> > > wish >> > >>> >>>> >> >> > > to >> > >>> >>>> >> >> > > survive, boldly while trying to work out that Achilles >> > heel >> > >>> >>>> >> >> > > (arrogance). >> >> > >>> >>>> >> >> > > Allan I was thinking similarly in part, I am not so >> > sure >> > >>> >>>> >> >> > > monotheism is >> > >>> >>>> >> >> > > for >> > >>> >>>> >> >> > > everyone though. Where people can devise stories to fit >> > a niche >> > >>> >>>> >> >> > > in >> > >>> >>>> >> >> > > nature, >> > >>> >>>> >> >> > > then further reconcile from that I think there is much >> > less to >> > >>> >>>> >> >> > > say on >> > >>> >>>> >> >> > > God >> > >>> >>>> >> >> > > than people might, it may even be sacrilege to do so. >> > In the >> > >>> >>>> >> >> > > sense of >> > >>> >>>> >> >> > > attempting authority on the nameless, a belligerent act >> > so to >> > >>> >>>> >> >> > > speak. >> > >>> >>>> >> >> > > Agrarian civilization, centralization of authority, and >> > cultural >> > >>> >>>> >> >> > > homogeneity >> > >>> >>>> >> >> > > (dare add monotheism) have >> >> ... >> >> read more ยป- Hide quoted text - >> >> - Show quoted text - > > -- > > > -- ( ) |_D Allan Life is for moral, ethical and truthful living. I am a Natural Airgunner - Full of Hot Air & Ready To Expel It Quickly. --
