Food has been the currency around here in many ways. My second husband could sense trouble brewing when the cooking stalled. :-)
On Oct 31, 2:02 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 > > ... > > read more »- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - --
