My mother took me to the original movie when I was 7 or 8. May still have a lingering crush on John Garfield. Or- the movie might have totally screwed up my life! :-) As to the snowmen- this service is split between two guys so I haven't met with the shovellers yet.
America is not a true democracy- it's a republic built on a system of checks and balances- now, out of kilter in many respects. On Oct 31, 8:39 am, archytas <[email protected]> wrote: > Sorry Gabs - I did leave the Aristotle space for rigsy - the above > went to the 'tropes of democracy' thread. Does rigsy's snowman always > ring twice? > > On 31 Oct, 07:55, Allan H <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > 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 > > ... > > read more »- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - --
