tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post1773539115668657697..comments2024-03-27T11:16:36.951-07:00Comments on One Cʘsmos: Pictures of God, Man, and EverythingGagdad Bobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14249005793605006679noreply@blogger.comBlogger40125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-85558908980067664492014-02-12T21:16:04.424-08:002014-02-12T21:16:04.424-08:00Consider the Riemann sphere, evincing symmetry but...Consider the Riemann sphere, evincing symmetry but with 'circles' which are not static, do not close on themselves, a marvelously apt figure of the infinite in the world, incarnate, both within reach and not; 'not yet, and yet already.' Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-10427111055765788142014-02-11T09:41:36.773-08:002014-02-11T09:41:36.773-08:00argh:"got absence"->"for absence...argh:"got absence"->"for absence"Van Harveyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08470413719262297062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-11644655261208898652014-02-11T05:40:32.087-08:002014-02-11T05:40:32.087-08:00Julie said "True enough, they are everywhere;...Julie said "True enough, they are everywhere; same as it ever was." <br /><br />There have always been vampires and werewolves, sometimes they get pushed away into the shadows until people mistake not visible, got absence, and then they're back.<br /><br />Dana Loesch used to do a bit on her radio show, once a week, called "Florida man!", of bizarre, lol scary stupid news clips from Florida. <br /><br />Now she does them daily.Van Harveyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08470413719262297062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-79224194455991383032014-02-11T05:15:01.079-08:002014-02-11T05:15:01.079-08:00"But then it's as if the seed grows into ..."But then it's as if the seed grows into a different plant."<br /><br />I'll bet it feels that way for someone following one of the straight lines on the double inverted funnels picture. Start off going straight, and keep on the straight and narrow, and suddenly you're plunged down into the depths, swung back around rising up and back to where you started from. What a Trip. Weird.Van Harveyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08470413719262297062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-66037025145697468222014-02-10T08:34:00.694-08:002014-02-10T08:34:00.694-08:00Joel Garreau says there are nine nations in North ...Joel Garreau says there are nine nations in North America: New England, Quebec, The Foundry, Dixie, The Breadbasket, The Empty Quarter, Mexamerica, and Ecotopia. That's eight. The ninth nation, called "The Islands," has Miami as its capital. <br /><br />I always thought New Orleans was more in The Islands, too, but then, I've never been to Miami. Garreau says Henry Flagler (a pal of JD Rockefeller's) started to build a railway bridge between Key West and Havana. A hurricane wrecked the first forty-one miles in 1935. <br /><br />Six of one, maybe.<br /><br />Tonyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00987042455512485699noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-28948368666336938942014-02-09T05:43:35.497-08:002014-02-09T05:43:35.497-08:00Oh, good grief. Thank goodness it's a big coun...Oh, good grief. Thank goodness it's a big county; I've never heard of Oakland Park before. I like how his lawyer says, "she doesn't have any marks on her. He's a perfect gentleman!"<br /><br />Just wow, dude. juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15975754287030568726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-75376753929996419432014-02-09T05:35:47.749-08:002014-02-09T05:35:47.749-08:00http://www.foxnews.com/sports/2014/02/08/ufc-fight...http://www.foxnews.com/sports/2014/02/08/ufc-fighter-accused-threatening-wife-with-gun/?intcmp=latestnews<br /><br />[guess where?]gehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02015936407999495181noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-77337923772497293032014-02-08T15:35:07.640-08:002014-02-08T15:35:07.640-08:00Julie: "that's a factor of being careful...Julie: "that's a factor of being careful about who you let into your home, and paying attention when you sense that something is off."<br /><br />So very true. There came a day when my husband saw firsthand that my internal warning system was extremely accurate. I won't let those people in my house and I will not let my kids go into their houses. Even to the point of being rude. Sometimes it has been weeks or years later that I got confirmation I was right.Christina Mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03026226686936294936noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-13987846575337522092014-02-08T11:15:21.497-08:002014-02-08T11:15:21.497-08:00True enough, they are everywhere; same as it ever ...True enough, they are everywhere; same as it ever was. If anything, I suspect it probably happens somewhat less these days, it's just that when it does it usually makes for big news. Also, as ever, it's most likely to happen with family and close friends; in my experience, that's a factor of being careful about who you let into your home, and paying attention when you sense that something is <i>off</i>.juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15975754287030568726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-51869481937212268082014-02-08T09:57:14.463-08:002014-02-08T09:57:14.463-08:00The pedophiles are everywhere. It's a crime a...The pedophiles are everywhere. It's a crime and a travesty that they are released out into the unsuspecting public.<br /><br />Son #2 was named after a family friend who was the medical examiner for Broward County. I have seen and heard things that would curl your hair.<br /><br />But we have the same thing here too, in rural, Bible Belt, God-fearing Tennessee. <br /><br />Same dangers in my little village in Germany. <br /><br />People wonder why moms don't let their kids ramble and play outside all day anymore. There's the biggest reason right there. Christina Mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03026226686936294936noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-40302104937032761712014-02-08T09:45:08.494-08:002014-02-08T09:45:08.494-08:00That, and so much more. In fact, I think there was...That, and so much more. In fact, I think there was another case of naked face-eating in the past couple of weeks that couldn't be blamed on bath salts. But almost any scan of Drudge headlines these days has something awful from Florida. And yeah, I worry about my kids as they get older because this place seems to be a haven for pedophiles.juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15975754287030568726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-18941891108332596052014-02-08T09:36:26.154-08:002014-02-08T09:36:26.154-08:00Wait. Let me guess. It was the face-eating naked...Wait. Let me guess. It was the face-eating naked guy hopped up on bath salts. *shudder*Christina Mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03026226686936294936noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-4763006196341950662014-02-08T09:33:13.964-08:002014-02-08T09:33:13.964-08:00I always wondered why I was so terrified of lettin...I always wondered why I was so terrified of letting the boys out of my sight, when they were smaller. I finally tracked it down to the Adam Walsh story. That's what started the fear, and it lodge deep in my unconscious.Christina Mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03026226686936294936noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-6284162218741356522014-02-08T09:30:29.742-08:002014-02-08T09:30:29.742-08:00South Florida is more a part of the Caribbean and ...South Florida is more a part of the Caribbean and South & Central America than the US. Broward County was the beginning of different country when we would drive north. There was almost nothing there except along the coastline. For me, everything north of Dade-County felt more like northern Florida and Georgia, and the people were very different. More country. More Southern accent. I have no accent at all. If you get a chance or the interest, check out Margorie Kinnan Rawlings' "Cross Creek. That's more what the rest of Florida was like when I was growing up. It was also more like what the Everglades was like too. I spent most of my free time in the Everglades, hunting for orchids and digging on indiam mounds; and on North Key Largo, helping my dad haul hardwoods out of the hammocks (which no longer exist, I think). The drug runners put an end to our rambling in the hammocks and mangroves. It became too dangerous. I once loved southern Florida so much that I thought I could never live anywhere else. I think some of my bitterness is heartbreak.Christina Mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03026226686936294936noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-68950533167768435492014-02-08T08:59:09.310-08:002014-02-08T08:59:09.310-08:00We've lived all over the country, and I even s...We've lived all over the country, and I even spent a good chunk of my childhood in England. Miami is the most foreign place I've ever lived. We joke that we when we bought our house, we moved back to America.<br /><br />Broward is very different. Where we are, inland, is still very close to its country roots. In some ways, our neighborhood is the closest thing to American nostalgia I've ever seen. It's still overcrowded, but there's a church on almost every corner, and they are heavily attended. The parks are simply beautiful, it's very family friendly, and there are tons of families with kids out doing stuff every day.<br /><br />There are some weird things, too - I particularly loathe the gauntlet of panhandlers that stalk every intersection. The lights are very slow to change - I haven't timed it, but it seems to take at least a full minute to cycle, possibly longer - and it gives them enough time to walk up and down the lines of stopped cars and wave at every window.<br /><br />And of course, the weirdest and most horrifying news stories lately seem to come out of Florida, so there's that...juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15975754287030568726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-79529762483646633762014-02-08T08:52:44.763-08:002014-02-08T08:52:44.763-08:00And yes, to everything that you say about Miami Da...And yes, to everything that you say about Miami Dade. Christina Mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03026226686936294936noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-21681702214056115692014-02-08T08:51:07.570-08:002014-02-08T08:51:07.570-08:00You are right about Broward. It's another wor...You are right about Broward. It's another world. Up until pretty recently, it was still part of the Everglades and sugar cane country. I know almost nothing about Broward.Christina Mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03026226686936294936noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-72207969180905252372014-02-08T08:48:48.499-08:002014-02-08T08:48:48.499-08:00It's Peter Pan Land. I have earned the right ...It's Peter Pan Land. I have earned the right to say that.Christina Mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03026226686936294936noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-25563246804515416572014-02-08T08:48:09.004-08:002014-02-08T08:48:09.004-08:00This is going to sound rude and smug, but it is no...This is going to sound rude and smug, but it is not. The place is God-Less. Live there for a good while and we'll compare notes. It is a very hedonistic, shallow, soul-sucking place. Christina Mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03026226686936294936noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-57448878457427012772014-02-08T08:46:22.050-08:002014-02-08T08:46:22.050-08:00Nope, we live in Broward, just west of Ft. Lauderd...Nope, we live in Broward, just west of Ft. Lauderdale. So yes, Orthodox Jews :) Although there are some Orthodox Christian churches around, too.<br /><br />Miami-Dade probably still has a lot of Santerians; we rented there for a year, and felt too out-of-place to want to live there permanently. English speakers are the minority, and my Spanish is too rusty; it felt like living in a foreign country. One where they don't much like Anglo Americans.<br /><br />Broward is still recognizably American, almost aggressively so by comparison.juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15975754287030568726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-5751155620909440092014-02-08T08:43:47.256-08:002014-02-08T08:43:47.256-08:00Or do you mean Orthodox Jewish? :) Which would b...Or do you mean Orthodox Jewish? :) Which would be Miami Beach area.Christina Mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03026226686936294936noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-91048202120599908442014-02-08T08:42:17.188-08:002014-02-08T08:42:17.188-08:00I'm guessing Tampa? Huge Greek Orthodox commu...I'm guessing Tampa? Huge Greek Orthodox community.<br />I know nothing about Tampa as it was merely a fishing village when I was growing up.Christina Mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03026226686936294936noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-57680721489393416592014-02-08T08:40:56.181-08:002014-02-08T08:40:56.181-08:00Thanks, Julie. Unbelievable.Thanks, Julie. Unbelievable.Christina Mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03026226686936294936noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-56472523113075603372014-02-08T08:39:59.970-08:002014-02-08T08:39:59.970-08:00That said, I am not sure I'd characterize Sout...That said, I am not sure I'd characterize Southern Florida as "Godless," at least not these days. In my area, churches are particularly prolific, and there are also Hindu temples, a huge Orthodox community, and a good-sized Muslim community. The first house I wanted to buy was a block away from both a mosque and an Orthodox synagogue, which I suspected must make for some interesting neighbors...juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15975754287030568726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-40654606636052073532014-02-08T08:39:56.742-08:002014-02-08T08:39:56.742-08:00Christianity is the only religion that frees one f...Christianity is the only religion that frees one from the fear of superstitions, taboos, and the evil eye (envy from others). I can only imagine that my pagan ancestors must have embraced Christianity with great relief and gratitude at being freed from those fears. Why people would want to go back to the pagan religions is a mystery to me.Christina Mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03026226686936294936noreply@blogger.com