tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post1841334844823695290..comments2024-03-28T12:10:26.197-07:00Comments on One Cʘsmos: On Thinking Your Thoughts and God Thinking HisGagdad Bobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14249005793605006679noreply@blogger.comBlogger33125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-29955048973787877982009-04-25T00:29:00.000-07:002009-04-25T00:29:00.000-07:00Julie, I take your point.Julie, I take your point.David R. Grahamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16416692639208634879noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-27585433073599718222009-04-25T00:03:00.000-07:002009-04-25T00:03:00.000-07:00It didn't cost me anything but a few minutes of my...It didn't cost me anything but a few minutes of my time. Then again, I suppose by some estimates it might have been pretty expensive. wv reminds me that time is <I>moniz</I>, after all...juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15975754287030568726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-63955362608225667962009-04-24T21:55:00.000-07:002009-04-24T21:55:00.000-07:00Julie, "cheap"?Julie, "cheap"?David R. Grahamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16416692639208634879noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-56885097865541295502009-04-24T18:28:00.000-07:002009-04-24T18:28:00.000-07:00:D
I just got called for an NBC poll, sounds like ...:D<br />I just got called for an NBC poll, sounds like it'll come out Monday. All about the first 100 days.<br /><br />Yes, I admit it - I got a cheap thrill out of expressing my disapproval, in a multitude of ways, about pretty much everything he's done so far. Man, that felt good.juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15975754287030568726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-16086291773544704272009-04-24T17:26:00.000-07:002009-04-24T17:26:00.000-07:00I'm lucky too. On the day Bo died I snapped up on...I'm lucky too. On the day Bo died I snapped up one of these <A HREF="http://www.amazon.com/Im-Man-Chess-Masters-1955-1958/dp/B000W7Y1HE/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1240619030&sr=1-1" REL="nofollow">limited editions</A> for under 20 bucks. They instantly went up in price to well over 100, but I see that they now have some for under 50.... Great stuff.Gagdad Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14249005793605006679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-75217833699936374842009-04-24T17:17:00.000-07:002009-04-24T17:17:00.000-07:00"Brang it on Ho-o-o-me--Brang it to Jerome!&q..."Brang it on Ho-o-o-me--Brang it to Jerome!"<br /><br />How lucky I was to have had an elder brother [rip] whose peers in the early '60s living in Kansas City, Mo. had the likes of fellow Missourians Chuck Berry & Bo Diddley playing at proms, intimate mainly-black clubs & venues... and when our past-middleage maid Mattie heard the first few seconds of "Can't Judge a Book by the Cover" [so unlike our other 45s: ie "Tammy", Beach Boys, "Sugar Shack", "Purple People Eater", "Big John" etc] she broke character and started to dance & shimmy like we'd never seen before nor since!gehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02015936407999495181noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-10745467719774884652009-04-24T16:37:00.000-07:002009-04-24T16:37:00.000-07:00"The link between one mind and another that leads ..."The link between one mind and another that leads to destruction is the lie.... The lie is not restricted, as the word 'lie' would ordinarily imply, to the domain of thought, but has its counterpart in the domain of being; it is possible to be a lie and being so precludes at-one-ment in O." <br /><br />Being anti-reality, mis-representing the Truth... how could it not be be destructive, dis-integrating, and lead to, destruction?Van Harveyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08470413719262297062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-65306760428236768872009-04-24T16:30:00.000-07:002009-04-24T16:30:00.000-07:00"They have no essence, because they are nothing bu..."They have no essence, because they are nothing but surface with no depth. They are mere appearance and are thus incapable of displaying any interiority at all..."<br /><br />I didn't know that HvB knew mtcraven... whadyaknow....Van Harveyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08470413719262297062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-81508443272369444202009-04-24T14:47:00.000-07:002009-04-24T14:47:00.000-07:00As Skully points out, noodling has some psychosexu...As Skully points out, noodling has some psychosexual connotations I can't handle. Plus I find cottonmouths and snapping turtles a huge turnoff. I prefer fishing for <I>small</I>mouth bass, crappie, or bluegill.<br /><br />Speaking of piercings and tattoos, those are extremely common in the prison population. I got the sense that they were detached from their bodies -- or that they viewed their bodies as a tool. In any case, it seemed like a dangerous detachment rather than anything positive.mushroomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07651027035577798096noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-84499406726567979772009-04-24T14:20:00.000-07:002009-04-24T14:20:00.000-07:00Mushroom, I couldn't resist googling that. The wik...Mushroom, I couldn't resist googling that. The <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noodling" REL="nofollow">wiki</A> is interesting; I had no idea catfish grew to be so big!juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15975754287030568726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-48831383924144443832009-04-24T14:07:00.000-07:002009-04-24T14:07:00.000-07:00As opposed to ca-noodling which is similar and yet...As opposed to ca-noodling which is similar and yet distinct. Afterall, my Wench may not have those catfish spikes but she is infinitely more dangerous.<br />Nuance.Skullynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-75698168277157819542009-04-24T13:52:00.000-07:002009-04-24T13:52:00.000-07:00a nodding acquaintance with psychoanalytic thought...<I>a nodding acquaintance with psychoanalytic thought<br /><br /></I>For those of you who don't know, in the reddest parts of flyover country, there is such a thing as "noodling". It involves reaching into murky waters under things you can't see and grabbing a big catfish off the nest with your bare hands. Because it is extremely effective and thus leaves the nest defenseless, it is strictly illegal in almost every state. I read the above sentence repeatedly and it came up "noodling acquaintance" every time. In the context, it made perfect sense to me, but I could not believe Dear Leader had ever been noodling.mushroomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07651027035577798096noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-32220202842215302552009-04-24T13:47:00.000-07:002009-04-24T13:47:00.000-07:00Sometimes, science stumbles across the holy grail:...Sometimes, science stumbles across the holy grail:<br />Study finds-<br />Bacon helps cure hangovers!Skullynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-82996382996266776192009-04-24T13:45:00.000-07:002009-04-24T13:45:00.000-07:00"Here again, one cannot help thinking of the poor ..."Here again, one cannot help thinking of the poor atheist, who sees only a wall where we see a window or even Door. What happened to their alpha function? And who really cares?"<br /><br />And the wall they see is a torture device. Because, you know, the terrorists said so.<br /><br />Deep post, bob! I'm treadin' water here.USS Ben USN (Ret)https://www.blogger.com/profile/07492369604790651538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-73706598860369218202009-04-24T11:16:00.000-07:002009-04-24T11:16:00.000-07:00No, I have been on a Doris Day kick.No, I have been on a Doris Day kick.David R. Grahamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16416692639208634879noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-8340542556210469192009-04-24T11:15:00.000-07:002009-04-24T11:15:00.000-07:00Probably saw it in film school, as one of my profe...Probably saw it in film school, as one of my professors was big into the theme of perverse family structure in film noir.Gagdad Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14249005793605006679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-3771770591057264832009-04-24T11:12:00.000-07:002009-04-24T11:12:00.000-07:00Zoltan, those are very complex questions, and I ne...Zoltan, those are very complex questions, and I need to get some work done.<br /><br />Don't recall seeing The Dark Past.Gagdad Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14249005793605006679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-37910840347027615852009-04-24T10:56:00.000-07:002009-04-24T10:56:00.000-07:00Lee J. Cobb also plays a psychiatrist in “The Dark...Lee J. Cobb also plays a psychiatrist in “The Dark Past”. After 12 Angry Men, me and Mrs R were on a Lee J. Cobb kick – I didn’t get to see The Dark Past though… She said it was good.<br />Have you seen that one?Rickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10589423819039764711noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-11164857358994024442009-04-24T10:48:00.000-07:002009-04-24T10:48:00.000-07:00A couple of questions, one lower importance, one a...A couple of questions, one lower importance, one at least middling importance. Both summoned by the Grotstein passage.<br /><br />Is the "self" he describes as emerging -- assuming he means from inside the mother's self to outside her self, out through the birth canal -- a self only following that emergence? Is this self, in Grotstein's view, a self at any time between conception and the completion of gestation?<br /><br />The meta-question there, of course is whether the self, assuming there is such reality, is time-dependent, time being a category of finitude.<br /><br />Second, is love "neurobiological hardware" or "mental software" or some other element of the metaphor of a computer he invokes for this description? And a subquestion: does he intend to use this metaphor as metaphor or as direct description?<br /><br />The subquestion is of some moment because if he intends the metaphor as direct description rather than as metaphor (which it is), he is making the self a man-made mechanical device, i.e., horizontal, is he not? In that case his epistemological posture is that of an idolater, is it not?David R. Grahamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16416692639208634879noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-20715022391984024072009-04-24T10:45:00.000-07:002009-04-24T10:45:00.000-07:00I know I've seen parts. Don't remember if I've se...I know I've seen parts. Don't remember if I've seen the whole thing.Gagdad Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14249005793605006679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-60194667122847393172009-04-24T10:43:00.000-07:002009-04-24T10:43:00.000-07:00“number of tattoos vis-a-vis quality of maternal a...“number of tattoos vis-a-vis quality of maternal attachment”<br /><br />You mean “square feet” of tattoos.<br /><br />BTW, some of the funniest funnies in this one today, Bob.<br /><br />Also, have you seen “The Three Faces of Eve”?Rickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10589423819039764711noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-24167576212282139382009-04-24T10:37:00.000-07:002009-04-24T10:37:00.000-07:00I'm not into studies, but it would be interesting ...I'm not into studies, but it would be interesting to see one looking at number of tattoos vis-a-vis quality of maternal attachment....Gagdad Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14249005793605006679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-7278025722771515872009-04-24T10:34:00.000-07:002009-04-24T10:34:00.000-07:00No, I believe the tattoo craze definitely has to d...No, I believe the tattoo craze definitely has to do with skin containment, as is true of any form of self-mutilation.Gagdad Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14249005793605006679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-76329900892247970352009-04-24T10:30:00.000-07:002009-04-24T10:30:00.000-07:00Skin.
Strange. I just came back from lunch with a...Skin.<br />Strange. I just came back from lunch with a friend who is a therapist at a university near here. She was talking about how girls w/ problems used to cut their HAIR, get a silly perm, or dye it green. Today, as she put it, the SKIN is the canvas. Piercings, tattoos, cutting. We were reflecting, too, that you have to pierce the skin to tattoo it.<br />Whether the change is just a coincidence of fashion or has special meaning I don't know. Food for thought.Cassandranoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-27861859472294056982009-04-24T09:26:00.001-07:002009-04-24T09:26:00.001-07:00Mentally ill people have damaged skin -- either to...<I>Mentally ill people have damaged skin -- either too porous, too insensate, too "thick," etc.</I> <br /><br />And coming back to what Walt said,<br /><br /><I>Debauched sensory feedback is usually completely unconscious, but produces distortions in the realms of thought and feelings...</I> <br /><br />You guys are like a gold mine today; there are so many lines of thought that spring from this, I'm having trouble picking one :)<br /><br />Suffice it to say, this is one of those connections that's fun to ponder. Thanks!juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15975754287030568726noreply@blogger.com