I’m getting annoyed at the shoddy editing on articles that are written to run online and then are “reprinted” in the paper. That same tech article had a line that was clearly a hyperlink in the article but worthless as a paper reader. If you are going to review 5 items, put a damn picture of the items in the paper.
I had never seen the onion video, and as a baseball fan, I found it hilarious.
I have long held that what distinguishes Phillies and Mets fans is their obsession with the other team.
Given the choice of cheering for their pitcher as he takes a perfect game into the late innings, or heckling mercilessly as the other team's villainous star player strikes out, they choose the latter.
What more could one expect from a Philthies Phan. Then again, My Lovely Wife would probably have as her final baseball-related wish to be in left field at Oracle Park to heckle Michael Conforto
Some years ago, there was an obit for a lifelong Iggles fan that said that he had requested members of the team to be his pallbearers so that they could let him down one last time.
I think this is all religion: Guf of Souls, Hindus, Sikhs, Buddhists, even Christians are taught this isn't all there is and we might get a chance at a do-over. I don't believe in it, but I'm still hoping there's something to it because I'd like a do-over.
As for the poor kid who drank bleach, I'd like to think (but the odds are against it) the nun realized that treating this kid like crap helped attribute to her death, but my experience is that most people have no idea how their behavior affects others, or they wouldn't be such tools toward other people.
But I see how a person might accidentally drink bleach. Back when toothpaste started to be put in a tube (long ago, toothpaste was a powder in a container that looked like talc, and shaving cream came in a tube), men got confused all the time with the design. My Uncle Fred was once stumbling around in the bathroom trying not to wake his wife and brushed his teeth with shaving cream because the tubes were impossible to tell apart in the dark. We teased him unmercifully for years about it, but if he had accidentally drank bleach left on the counter of the in the dimly lit bathroom thinking it was a gallon jug of water, the story would have had a different outcome.
Yes, but bleach has a very strong smell. Unless you have anosmia, it's very unlikely you'd accidentally take a drink before realizing it. Also see the Spider Robinson book "Telempath".
I grew up with a kid who lost her sense of smell when a tumor was removed and some people dilute their bleach (my mother was notorious for diluting everything in the house to save money - until I went off to college, I thought shampoo came out of the bottle like water because it was 90% water at our house). For years, I had no sense of smell because of nasal polyps and for a few years after surgery to remove them, I could smell again - until Covid, when I lost my sense of smell again. I read that 3% of the population has no sense of smell. Probably not the case with this kid, but we don't know for sure since we can't possibly know all the facts.
I think it's entirely possible to "accidentally" drink some bleach. There are warnings about storing leftover household chemicals in empty soda bottles and then sticking them under the sink for unwary children to find. Whether it's ever actually happened, I don't know.
It is by now an article of faith that spiritual life in these United States has shifted dramatically over the last half century. Those with no self-identified religious affiliation are now larger in number than any single religious group and are around 30% of the US population. Based on that statistic, at first glance it would thus appear that something like 1 in 8 Americans is an atheist. However, only about 4% of of US adults identify as such. The religiously unaffiliated vary in how they self-identify, with only about 17% of religiously unaffiliated people explicitly identifying as “atheist” on surveys. The rest do not reject religion and religious concepts as vigorously as atheists and often look elsewhere for spiritual fulfillment or say they don't make any special effort to seek it. With that as an introduction of sorts, apparently you can also have a choice when it comes to reincarnation. There's your Eastern view which makes it mandatory, with your life's choices (karma) determining what you come back as, while the Western (largely American New Age) says you essentially get to choose.
I desperately want to believe in reincarnation. It makes life fair. I am existentially against the saying, “life isn’t fair.” It SHOULD be. Reincarnation could make it fair….one life as a poor urchin begging in the streets, next life, Donald Trump. But I digress. I often say, “on alternate Tuesdays and Thursdays, if I’m in a new age mood, I believe in reincarnation.” (Really, I do say that). But I really believe that we live, die, lights out. But it is so tempting….
I'm not sure how I feel about this. I'm not against hunting (I'd never do it myself, but I don't oppose it) as long as the animal in question is killed quickly and humanely, and is not endangered. My guess is that the child in question was brought up in a family in which hunting played a large part in their lives, although as a NYC liberal I can't really appreciate that. I'll also note that some Michigan schools close for the first day of deer season.
I grew up hunting, and get it. Those are some of the best times, they even tame some people who don’t behave well, as I found trying to bond with my brothers, before they behaved as they usually did even on the hunt.
I think my meaning was clear in that my brothers weren’t the best people, and these were some of the experiences whereby we were in some kind of neutral coexistence. Your meaning is a projection on my experience, which to us is more of a harvesting of wild cattle, and it was done in as ethical a manner as possible. I don’t have a feeling on the theoretical posed by your projection. Your question to me could as equitably be asked of farmers who cull their cattle or fisherman who catch fish.
Thank you. That is indeed a compliment coming from you. I have noted in the past that you are not exactly a SNOB, as you claim to be, but something of a Superskeptic.
its a bit irritating though ( as you always are) because I've been trying to think of a funny not offensive way to make fun of everyone in my area who believes in such wooohooey nonsense,for a column.so now I;d just be badly plagiarizing you so I cant do it.
When I live in Lubbock and went to Texas Tech as a student, I dreamed of moving to DC where the "action" was at. Now the quotes and articles are about Jennings and Holley and even when Bush (elder) was President he had a source contact in Texas to tell him what was really happening. Yep, in Lubbock. Who knew?
I’m getting annoyed at the shoddy editing on articles that are written to run online and then are “reprinted” in the paper. That same tech article had a line that was clearly a hyperlink in the article but worthless as a paper reader. If you are going to review 5 items, put a damn picture of the items in the paper.
Dang, hit the wrong button. Not offensive, funny needs one more vote. Not offensive, not funny, take one away.
I had never seen the onion video, and as a baseball fan, I found it hilarious.
I have long held that what distinguishes Phillies and Mets fans is their obsession with the other team.
Given the choice of cheering for their pitcher as he takes a perfect game into the late innings, or heckling mercilessly as the other team's villainous star player strikes out, they choose the latter.
Every time.
What more could one expect from a Philthies Phan. Then again, My Lovely Wife would probably have as her final baseball-related wish to be in left field at Oracle Park to heckle Michael Conforto
Some years ago, there was an obit for a lifelong Iggles fan that said that he had requested members of the team to be his pallbearers so that they could let him down one last time.
I think this is all religion: Guf of Souls, Hindus, Sikhs, Buddhists, even Christians are taught this isn't all there is and we might get a chance at a do-over. I don't believe in it, but I'm still hoping there's something to it because I'd like a do-over.
As for the poor kid who drank bleach, I'd like to think (but the odds are against it) the nun realized that treating this kid like crap helped attribute to her death, but my experience is that most people have no idea how their behavior affects others, or they wouldn't be such tools toward other people.
But I see how a person might accidentally drink bleach. Back when toothpaste started to be put in a tube (long ago, toothpaste was a powder in a container that looked like talc, and shaving cream came in a tube), men got confused all the time with the design. My Uncle Fred was once stumbling around in the bathroom trying not to wake his wife and brushed his teeth with shaving cream because the tubes were impossible to tell apart in the dark. We teased him unmercifully for years about it, but if he had accidentally drank bleach left on the counter of the in the dimly lit bathroom thinking it was a gallon jug of water, the story would have had a different outcome.
Yes, but bleach has a very strong smell. Unless you have anosmia, it's very unlikely you'd accidentally take a drink before realizing it. Also see the Spider Robinson book "Telempath".
I grew up with a kid who lost her sense of smell when a tumor was removed and some people dilute their bleach (my mother was notorious for diluting everything in the house to save money - until I went off to college, I thought shampoo came out of the bottle like water because it was 90% water at our house). For years, I had no sense of smell because of nasal polyps and for a few years after surgery to remove them, I could smell again - until Covid, when I lost my sense of smell again. I read that 3% of the population has no sense of smell. Probably not the case with this kid, but we don't know for sure since we can't possibly know all the facts.
I think it's entirely possible to "accidentally" drink some bleach. There are warnings about storing leftover household chemicals in empty soda bottles and then sticking them under the sink for unwary children to find. Whether it's ever actually happened, I don't know.
At age 10? And she didn’t do a spit take on the first sip? That was suicide.
George Carlin had a good bit on reincarnation
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yf93fAAc8h4
"Someone is printing up souls, and it lowers their value"
It is by now an article of faith that spiritual life in these United States has shifted dramatically over the last half century. Those with no self-identified religious affiliation are now larger in number than any single religious group and are around 30% of the US population. Based on that statistic, at first glance it would thus appear that something like 1 in 8 Americans is an atheist. However, only about 4% of of US adults identify as such. The religiously unaffiliated vary in how they self-identify, with only about 17% of religiously unaffiliated people explicitly identifying as “atheist” on surveys. The rest do not reject religion and religious concepts as vigorously as atheists and often look elsewhere for spiritual fulfillment or say they don't make any special effort to seek it. With that as an introduction of sorts, apparently you can also have a choice when it comes to reincarnation. There's your Eastern view which makes it mandatory, with your life's choices (karma) determining what you come back as, while the Western (largely American New Age) says you essentially get to choose.
I desperately want to believe in reincarnation. It makes life fair. I am existentially against the saying, “life isn’t fair.” It SHOULD be. Reincarnation could make it fair….one life as a poor urchin begging in the streets, next life, Donald Trump. But I digress. I often say, “on alternate Tuesdays and Thursdays, if I’m in a new age mood, I believe in reincarnation.” (Really, I do say that). But I really believe that we live, die, lights out. But it is so tempting….
Better to beg in the street. Much better. Read "Citizen of the Galaxy" by Heinlein.
Big Heinlein fan!! My fave is Time Enough for Love…kinda like reincarnation!
oh dear, what horribleness must a critter have done to come back as PPOOP (Person Previously Occupying Office of President)? Shudder
There was a real-life wish fulfillment of a dying child that surpasses the Onion.
Note: He had to make a second trip to finally make it all come true.
https://www.tampabay.com/archive/2000/08/14/make-a-wish-shoots-down-dreams/
I'm not sure how I feel about this. I'm not against hunting (I'd never do it myself, but I don't oppose it) as long as the animal in question is killed quickly and humanely, and is not endangered. My guess is that the child in question was brought up in a family in which hunting played a large part in their lives, although as a NYC liberal I can't really appreciate that. I'll also note that some Michigan schools close for the first day of deer season.
I grew up hunting, and get it. Those are some of the best times, they even tame some people who don’t behave well, as I found trying to bond with my brothers, before they behaved as they usually did even on the hunt.
Best times for whom? How are people who kill for sport "tame?"
I think my meaning was clear in that my brothers weren’t the best people, and these were some of the experiences whereby we were in some kind of neutral coexistence. Your meaning is a projection on my experience, which to us is more of a harvesting of wild cattle, and it was done in as ethical a manner as possible. I don’t have a feeling on the theoretical posed by your projection. Your question to me could as equitably be asked of farmers who cull their cattle or fisherman who catch fish.
Are there any species that you feel should not be hunted for sport? How do you justify the exceptions?
good heavens I am both in complete agreement and impressed. Now I have to check my temperature, I must be coming down with something
Thank you. That is indeed a compliment coming from you. I have noted in the past that you are not exactly a SNOB, as you claim to be, but something of a Superskeptic.
its a bit irritating though ( as you always are) because I've been trying to think of a funny not offensive way to make fun of everyone in my area who believes in such wooohooey nonsense,for a column.so now I;d just be badly plagiarizing you so I cant do it.
In two days...https://www.washingtonpost.com/live-chats/2024/05/09/live-chat-children-past-lives/
When I live in Lubbock and went to Texas Tech as a student, I dreamed of moving to DC where the "action" was at. Now the quotes and articles are about Jennings and Holley and even when Bush (elder) was President he had a source contact in Texas to tell him what was really happening. Yep, in Lubbock. Who knew?
An article in today's Washington Post:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/05/08/rfk-jr-brain-worm-health/
As I read the article, I couldn't help but hear in my mind's ear the closing lines of Pink Floyd's "Hey You":
But it was only fantasy
The wall was too high, as you can see
No matter how he tried, he could not break free
And the worms ate into his brain