LOL my problem is Gabby I don't know how to bake.. Allan Matrix ** th3 beginning light On Oct 31, 2012 8:39 AM, "gabbydott" <[email protected]> wrote:
> Allan, just download the update for the milk and honey version and get > over with it! Always the same complaints with you techy guys! > > On Wed, Oct 31, 2012 at 8:02 AM, Allan H <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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. > > > > -- > > > > > > > > -- > > > > --
