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The biological advantage of being awestruck. by Jody August 18, 2012 4:32 pm

It's a theme I've been trying to develop and flesh out here... by ER 2012-08-18 18:08:10
- The real world by TB 2012-08-19 11:51:26
  - Outside all of us lies the same cold, sterile external physical reality, the statistical, relativistic, mechanistic universe of matter, energy, ... by ER 2012-08-19 13:02:05
  - A lot of the learning is done by trial and error, rather than by reading Newton. by alcaray 2012-08-19 12:28:10
    - We live in an enlightened age. by ER 2012-08-19 13:55:31

I want one of these... by Jody August 14, 2012 6:57 pm

What is it? by ER 2012-08-14 19:01:40
- In the latest go-round... by alcaray 2012-08-14 19:04:49
- Cylon toaster! Heh...get it? by TB 2012-08-14 19:02:51
  - I've never seen a complete episode of Battlestar Galactica. by ER 2012-08-14 20:08:42
    - LMAO ER!!!! Amazing what we come up with when we are stoned. Totally convinced of another reality. by Jody 2012-08-15 07:58:51
      - You have to admit... by ER 2012-08-15 08:59:02
        
        Good thing you weren't around and smokin' when that Orson guy did his thing on that derned radio. I watched Team ... by Jody 2012-08-15 10:03:26
        
        You don't have to be smokin' by ER 2012-08-15 12:07:00
    - That second paragraph is the opening paragraph to a great novel. by podrock 2012-08-14 20:30:03
      - Johnny Depp plays the lead in the film version by Ainz 2012-08-14 22:44:19

Mind blowing by Jody August 15, 2012 10:49 am

Cesar's way by Jody August 15, 2012 9:58 am

Kabang is getting a new nose by Jody August 14, 2012 7:50 pm

Can Godzilla be far behind? by BuckGalaxy August 14, 2012 6:14 pm

Sounds more like radiation damage than mutation. by alcaray 2012-08-14 19:03:30

I am sick, sick, sick... by FrankC August 13, 2012 1:55 pm

Look at the bright side. by bowser 2012-08-13 22:19:15
Desert eh? Well then....Texas is waiting! by Jody 2012-08-13 18:02:01
- As appealing as that is in one sense... by FrankC 2012-08-13 23:05:54
  - I drove through El Paso once. by ER 2012-08-14 08:36:41
I spent a couple of weeks in Mobile, by ER 2012-08-13 17:31:43
- Still there and the most visited attraction in the State by FrankC 2012-08-13 17:36:40
  - The sub was there, but I don't remember the museum. by ER 2012-08-13 18:18:56
Where do you live, Frank? by ER 2012-08-13 15:08:43
- Mobile, AL about 50 mi. West of Pensacola by FrankC 2012-08-13 15:32:04

5 psychological experiments that humanity is doomed. by Jody August 10, 2012 1:11 pm

In one training class we had a requirement that we mark our 2 pair of shoes "I" and "II". by bowser 2012-08-11 10:28:36
I was a test-subject in a study somewhat similar to the first one in the article. by alcaray 2012-08-10 13:37:18
- Heh...alcaray was a test subject... by Jody 2012-08-10 19:08:04
  - I was a psych major for 1 year. by alcaray 2012-08-10 22:46:51

Odd links for the day by TB August 10, 2012 5:39 pm

Wish You Were Here; the documentary by podrock August 9, 2012 12:00 pm

Thanks, Pod. I really enjoyed that. by ER 2012-08-09 14:11:53
- Kinda figured you would. by podrock 2012-08-09 15:37:41
  - My home town has its distinctive blues style by ER 2012-08-09 18:09:51
    - You chose wisely. by podrock 2012-08-09 20:19:16

One reason I feel we have let the gay community down... by Jody August 7, 2012 9:46 am

We don't owe the gay community anything. by ER 2012-08-07 10:50:42
- Act as if what you do makes a difference. It does. William James by Jody 2012-08-08 10:05:23
  - We're all doing what we can.---John Lennon by ER 2012-08-08 11:28:37
    - Yeah...I *finally* got that ER. I wanted to be angry at you. I wanted to lash out. I didn't know ... by Jody 2012-08-08 11:35:38
- My friend Jim writes: Jody, I could write you at length about ... by Jody 2012-08-07 18:08:34
  - Its not a civil rights, or even a bigotry issue any more. by ER 2012-08-07 20:33:00
    - ...and it would appear that you have proven the point of my post. by Jody 2012-08-08 08:51:48
      - Well, I never did disagree with you, did I? by ER 2012-08-08 09:25:43
        
        but not one had the courage or decency to speak out. Exactly. by Jody 2012-08-08 09:37:03
    - Do you know how many companies already offer same-sex benefits? by TB 2012-08-07 21:30:16
      - Well, good for them! by ER 2012-08-08 06:19:30
        
        That question wasn't rhetorical. I was talking numbers. by TB 2012-08-08 09:36:44
        
        Gay prejudice isn't caused by capitalism. by ER 2012-08-08 09:44:02
        
        You put up a specific premise, I responded. by TB 2012-08-08 12:16:34
        
        I didn't need to read it... by ER 2012-08-08 12:34:27
        
        "The problem right now seems to be tax laws." by ER 2012-08-08 09:49:37
  - Abby writes: That is a strange statement to me. To be obliged is so forced. by Jody 2012-08-07 18:10:22
- "We have an obligation to treat them wih courtesy, respect, and fairness, just like we should treat everybody else." by alcaray 2012-08-07 13:50:01
  - At the risk of putting words in Jody's mouth... by ER 2012-08-07 14:28:11
    - You don't see anything self-contradictory in... by alcaray 2012-08-07 14:54:30
      - "Not that there's anything wrong with that..." by ER 2012-08-07 15:21:23
        
        Ah, I agree. by alcaray 2012-08-07 16:17:50
        
        Furthermore, I admire the way you overlooked my sarcasm. n/t by alcaray 2012-08-07 16:23:43
        
        That wasn't sarcasm. by ER 2012-08-07 17:13:21
        
        Ouch! n/t by alcaray 2012-08-07 17:19:01

Anyone notice Béla Károlyi in the stands? by RobVG August 7, 2012 10:09 pm

He's over there. by TB 2012-08-07 22:16:45
- Actually I meant anyone 'else'. I've spotted him twice so far. n/t by RobVG 2012-08-07 22:50:34

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