tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post35959563579052296..comments2024-03-29T06:03:45.545-07:00Comments on One Cʘsmos: Intelligence and How it Gets That Way (5.14.10)Gagdad Bobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14249005793605006679noreply@blogger.comBlogger44125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-47579489187031457062007-05-23T05:48:00.000-07:002007-05-23T05:48:00.000-07:00Today's post has had a difficult time sinking in -...Today's post has had a difficult time sinking in - happens sometimes (in many ways most times), takes a few days of mulling over for it to click. About Intelligence, particularly the 'quickness' of high IQ's & memory recall... I've long had the notion that it was the result of either happening across mental algorithms & fileing habits - or less likely, some extra chemical juice - either way, when it comes to worthwhile thought - it doesn't really seem to be that big of a help.<BR/><BR/>It takes considered reflection - holding up the horizontal particulars to the vertical principles - and not in a deductive, rationalistic sort of way, but considering, infering, re-examining over and again...The real problem of intelligence, is how easy it is to be duped into thinking that it is the same as quickness, IQ, the ability to problem solve or having facts & memory recall - useful things, but misleading, and downright dangerous when operating on their own.<BR/><BR/>Intelligence of the sort that wise answers come from - wisdom - seems to me comes from a process. From patient inspection and reflection upon the interaction of the vertical principles and the horizontal particulars; and not only reflecting upon solving the particular problem at hand, but upon whether or not that problem is in fact the actual problem? What is Right? Why? And those 'answers' only come from outside and above the problem solving arena. Problem solvers who don't have their roots in the above, end up like poor Oedipus. Told by an oracle that he was going to kill his father and marry his mother, instead of reflecting upon what flaws he might have that would make that possible, and other deeper issues, he said "Don't think so! I'm moving to Thebes! Problem solved!" and promptly (unknowingly sure, but that's the issue) killed his father and married his mother.<BR/><BR/>With Intelligence, if you fall under it's impressed-with-itself'ness, you can wind up like an example I recall from the Coonifesto... I don't recall the guy's name, but a Westerner that was lost in Moscow, trying to find his way from a map - he was standing by a huge cathedral & trying to find that landmark on the map - but it wasn't there. That particular 'landmark' didn't fit the Map's 'principles' - there was no common ground between the two, and he would remain lost trying to find his way by them. Those too quick to follow maps can search endlessly for landmarks that aren't there, or standing at landmarks, look endlessly within their mental maps trying to locate where it 'fits'. Each should naturally express the other, and finding otherwise should cause us to think not only on what's wrong, but more broadly upon what the issue might clue us in on about why our principles and our particulars don't seem to agree.<BR/><BR/>But that's not a quick answer, it's a sometimes very slow process. There are no McWisdom's out there. Lots and lots of drive thru McTaxHikes, McTaxCuts, McAmnesties & McDeportations though. Lots of ValueMeals... pretty tough to get a good side of Virtues though - they just don't seem to come like that.Van Harveyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08470413719262297062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-81252061403428084582007-05-23T03:01:00.000-07:002007-05-23T03:01:00.000-07:00Smoov:True, true, Lileks was good, very good. But ...Smoov:<BR/><BR/>True, true, Lileks was good, very good. But for my money 'FILTHY MANATEE WHORE' takes the prize.<BR/><BR/>Ha ha, ha ha ha ha ha .......Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-21011601578663323842007-05-23T02:54:00.000-07:002007-05-23T02:54:00.000-07:00It is easily forgotten that no matter how good you...It is easily forgotten that no matter how good your logical skills, if you don't know the things you are thinking about, your thinking will be faulty.<BR/><BR/>Or as our IT teacher used to say: "Garbage in - garbage out."Magnus Itlandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18445902788427523461noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-86155226028327467802007-05-22T23:38:00.000-07:002007-05-22T23:38:00.000-07:00Darn! I forgot what I was goin' to say.Or, more ac...Darn! I forgot what I was goin' to say.<BR/>Or, more accurately, I forgot how I was goin' to say it.<BR/><BR/>Feh! No worries. I think everyone here pretty much said it in their own unique ways. <BR/>It was deep though. I know, because I almost fell in tryin' to remember.<BR/><BR/>Juxtaposition. What a cool word.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-74412181088098981152007-05-22T21:55:00.000-07:002007-05-22T21:55:00.000-07:00Any one read C.S. Lewis' The Four Loves? It seems...Any one read C.S. Lewis' The Four Loves? It seems very pertinent to a lot of the discussions here. Lewis also has a paralel to gagdad's caution about when lacking prudence the other virtues turn dark. Lewis says without grounding in the greater Love of God, our human virtues easily turn evil. But because they are in the image of i'e' Love, that places our human vitues up high and conseuently, when they are perverted, come to be very low, a bigger demon.<BR/><BR/>Yet, we do have the substance of goodness within each and every one of us. God had to make us out of something and none of which could be evil. True, evil enters from another direction, but the point is, when people are truly seeking deeply that perfect Goodness which is the Spirit of God, they need to know not to take NO for an answer. Why? because of the true knowledge just mentioned. There is goodness in each soul crying for its home in the greater Goodness of God. This is not blind faith (hate that conception) but real faith based on a sure knowledge of the Godness of God by virtue of same likeness within, that Good nature. So, when faced with darkness that seems insurmpountable, first off you DO NOT TAKE NO FOR AN ANSWER in seeking the goodness that destroys the evil. But evil is not passive. Hmmm, might even make one think they'll die trying to break its hold...but isn't that exactly the point? Sometimes, to break the hardest holds you have to be willing to die...but not as those idiots who blow themselves up crap...but death as Jesus spoke, who so shall save his life shall lose it, but whoso loses it for my sake shall gain it. Meaning, in one's last breath, if they think it to be so, they cry out with all their heart, soul, mind and strength to acquire that Holy Spirit that is pure goodness. This is an internal event geared toward true salvation and is soley betwen an individual and Christ. One might be surprised then, by the fact that in that intant of true commitment, that one has truly let go of self and all of the sudden, so easily, the blockation of evil is moved. Then you sit back and wonder at this. Allow the Holy Spirit to teach, to explain what was just done and how. One's mind has to often be brought up to speed with what is done in the heart. For those top heavy intellects, know that your heart is crucial and has a sharp intelligence all of its own good nature, otherwise there could never be true heartfelt repentance. (Besides the heart is deceitful verse-this verse is not meant to deny the goodness that is also there) Scares the mind to be so IGNORANT of the heart. So admit it, admit the NEED and learn. The problem many have with understanding spirit is that it is not meant to be understood with mind alone, nor heart alone. The eye does not see solely by a lense but all parts work together. The language of the Holy Spirit, to truly understand and not merely sense a presence, one must have integrateed heat and mind together in a common language! Yes, there a one language that unifies them both together. Come on, how else can the greatest commandment be fullfilled? But blockations in the heart cannot easily be moved by the mind. One must sometimes fight feelings with feelings, but the Holy Spirit is able to teach how it is done.<BR/><BR/>In reference to earlier discussion of the lackingness in churches, it is this very personal, individual, irreplacable personal responsibility that only the individual may do between them and God. To truly forsake all, deny oneself, the Holy Spirit teaches an individual about themselves. Yes. No one can take the place of this but pastors and leaders etc. often try to. Our role is mainly, merely to inspire, inspire one to fulfill their sacred responsibilty deep within their own soles, even as every individual is thought to enter Judgment Day alone. <BR/><BR/>Good night alDarrylhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07657866089736980571noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-77371901939578130802007-05-22T21:43:00.000-07:002007-05-22T21:43:00.000-07:00I just got back from reading part one of Whittle's...I just got back from reading part one of Whittle's new piece. (juliec has the link) Look at todays posts here. They could almost all be responses to "You Are Not Alone".<BR/><BR/>Coincidence?<BR/><I>BWAHAHA I think not!</I><BR/><BR/>JWMAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-4563013862169453842007-05-22T21:37:00.000-07:002007-05-22T21:37:00.000-07:00Speaking of phyical attributes:From the closing li...Speaking of phyical attributes:<BR/><BR/>From the closing lines in the VDH post GB<BR/>linked to: <BR/><BR/>"..But like John’s Edward’s haircuts and paid $50,000 dollar sermons on poverty to gullible middle-class university students....<BR/><BR/>Taranto adds more flesh to Edwards profile today (emphasis mine):<BR/><BR/><I>Edwards is more than just a pretty face. He's also loaded. The San Francisco Chronicle alone reports that he raked in $55,000 in <B>taxpayer</B> dollars for a single speech at the University of California's Davis campus. Topic of the speech: "Poverty, the great moral issue facing America."<BR/><BR/>(Confidential to other institutions of higher learning: If you want a speaker on poverty but John Edwards is out of your price range, we're willing to do it for just $49,500--a full 10% off.)<BR/>[...]<BR/>One area in which Edwards is getting a bum rap, though, is that $400 haircut. The Politico has video in which Edwards explains what happened: "Other people arrange these things, and I wasn't personally involved in it."<BR/>It's not that he's a foppish elitist who spends $400 on a haircut. <BR/><BR/><B>He's a foppish elitist who has servants to make appointments at the beauty salon for him.</I></B><BR/><BR/>I hope Fred Thompson gets to debate that pretty boy on national TV.<BR/><BR/>I'd buy a TV to watch that.Mizz Ehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02325435271880036807noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-21813391819428387142007-05-22T21:14:00.000-07:002007-05-22T21:14:00.000-07:00Ximeze said "I, too, find the 'park your brain at ...Ximeze said "I, too, find the 'park your brain at the church door' a non-starter. But it's also possible to 'look' too hard, & in doing so, somehow miss or lose the kernel."<BR/><BR/>Definitly. It's so easy to allow something that you know about already, or that you excell at - blind you from looking more carefully. That's what I meant yesterday by "Sure made it easy for me to "come by this attitude". Got to watch out for those things that you come by easily." I've mentioned before, that my Dad used to embarrass me, and annoy everyone else by asking the <I>dumbest</I> questions - and ask them of just <I>anybody</I> - but what really bugged us all, was as soon as we all realized that we didn't know as much as we thought we did - it was my Dad was the one everyone knew they'd have to go to for the answers. <BR/><BR/>JWM said "Oddly enough, one that I wrote down but edited out was a sense of seeing scripture, words, people or events illuminated by a kind of invisible light." I find that I have an alarming familiarity with that statement.<BR/><BR/>Will said "...the very reason why there must be a universal dark night of the soul - we all must be pushed to the wall so that we find our frequency. "<BR/>and<BR/>"The problems of the world can be boiled down to the simple fact that these physical attributes are dominant, not Higher Intelligence."<BR/><BR/>Yep.Van Harveyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08470413719262297062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-61464498251630807582007-05-22T20:58:00.000-07:002007-05-22T20:58:00.000-07:00Great piece by VDH today.Great piece by <A HREF="http://victordavishanson.pajamasmedia.com/2007/05/21/post_13.php" REL="nofollow">VDH</A> today.Gagdad Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14249005793605006679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-50890954117153689192007-05-22T20:56:00.000-07:002007-05-22T20:56:00.000-07:00I agree, again, smoov. I also think health care sh...I agree, again, smoov. I also think health care should be insurance. It should be more like how pet health insurance is handled: you pay for what you think you need, and probably not everything. <BR/><BR/>Again, here in the great frozen north, it can take up to six months to get an MRI (unless you are a politician or professional sports player). You can get an MRI on your dog in two or three days. Guess which system is run by the government and which is left to the suppliers and users.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-10356925252728482122007-05-22T20:46:00.000-07:002007-05-22T20:46:00.000-07:00You are right, smoov. Lots of people will buy into...You are right, smoov. Lots of people will buy into MM's lies and propaganda. <BR/><BR/>However, the only thing the Canadian "health" system is good at is creating long waiting lists, while consuming vast amounts of tax money. <BR/><BR/>Unfortunately, far too many of my fellow Canadians think they have a "good" health care system, and are quite proud it is not an "American style" system (even if that would be much cheaper and more efficient). <BR/><BR/>It is very much an emotional thing for these poor sods - they really do try to define themselves as "not American". These folks are really vertically challenged; their socialistic lives are "safe and secure" as long as they are not "American style". They ignore the health care waiting lines, and the incrediblely high taxes; and expect the government to look after them.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-57789596581454081892007-05-22T20:29:00.000-07:002007-05-22T20:29:00.000-07:00Not that the US system is anywhere close to perfec...Not that the US system is anywhere close to perfect.<BR/><BR/>I go along with Arnold Kling, who suggests (I'm paraphrasing from memory here):<BR/><BR/>1. Health insurance should be just that: <I>insurance</I>. It should cover catastrophic illness or accident, not every visit to the doctor for a sniffle. This would make the premiums vastly cheaper.<BR/><BR/>2. Programs for the truly poor and indigent would be run by local governments and charities.<BR/><BR/>3. Excluding things covered by insurance (#1) people would pay for their health care out of their own pockets. This would finally bring market forces into play, with all the good that automatically thereby obtains.<BR/><BR/>There's more to it, but suffice it to say that the current bloated US system needs radical change. It needs to be changed by moving as far away from the Canadian model as humanly possible, rather than changed into the Canadian model as the Left would have it.<BR/><BR/>(I would add that there should be far more <I>preventitive</I> medicine practiced in general. Most US insurers won't cover this, and socialist systems can't even conceive of it.)<BR/><BR/>wv: olpsgxs - drop one in your <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pan_Galactic_Gargle_Blaster" REL="nofollow">Pan-Galactic Gargleblaster</A> (<I>with one of those plastic sword toothpicks, natch</I>)Stephen Macdonaldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13474300559219020772noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-59840113049287357032007-05-22T20:20:00.000-07:002007-05-22T20:20:00.000-07:00terrence:The worst thing of all is that the Canadi...terrence:<BR/><BR/>The worst thing of all is that the Canadian system is extremely expensive. Canada spends the second highest amount per capita in the world on health care, after the US. Due to the socialist (i.e., inherently irrational and inefficient) nature of the system, the WHO ranks Canada 30th in the world in terms of quality of care.<BR/><BR/>So what are the chances that millions of Americans will understand any of this once Moore's latest lie-laden masterpiece has circulated through every Blockbuster, high-school auditorium and cable channel in the nation? Zilch.<BR/><BR/>At least some people are calling Moore on his seriously evil penchant for producing Darkness.Stephen Macdonaldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13474300559219020772noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-87166736900209822372007-05-22T20:14:00.000-07:002007-05-22T20:14:00.000-07:00Here is but one example of the esteemed Canadian "...Here is but one example of the esteemed Canadian "health" system:<BR/><BR/>"David Malleau awoke in hospital with a gaping hole in his skull.<BR/> <BR/>The 44-year-old Hamilton truck driver had suffered a devastating car accident in 2004 that forced doctors at Hamilton General Hospital to remove a fist-sized piece of bone from his skull to relieve pressure on his brain.<BR/><BR/>Once the swelling subsided and he was ready for surgery in March 2005, Malleau was sent home and placed on a waiting list.<BR/><BR/>Three months passed. Then six. He waited at home, a prisoner unable to leave the house for fear something would hit the exposed side of his brain – for him a potentially fatal incident. In the end, it took nearly a year before he could get skull replacement surgery..."<BR/><BR/>http://www.thestar.com/News/article/216280Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-71728702269880736252007-05-22T19:51:00.000-07:002007-05-22T19:51:00.000-07:00Don't touch that dial, my fellow Raccoons!Good thi...Don't touch that dial, my fellow Raccoons!<BR/><BR/>Good thing we're on a secure circuit, eh?<BR/><BR/>I've been tryin' to write all day, but too many distractions and, um, honey do lists. Not that they are distractions (Dear, trust me, this is important stuff we're workin' on here).<BR/><BR/>The Coonhatten project? Naw, sounds to...I dunno, maybe contrived (told ya Skully!).<BR/><BR/>The CoonCosmic Juxtaposition of Slack?<BR/>I kinda like that one. It sounds cool anyway.<BR/>Thoroughly Useless, if you know what I mean.<BR/><BR/>Hmmm...I'm gonna have to change my routine up.<BR/><BR/>But I had so much to say...sigh.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-55449914936893240052007-05-22T19:25:00.000-07:002007-05-22T19:25:00.000-07:00will:That's one of the key insights I've gained ha...will:<BR/><BR/>That's one of the key insights I've gained hanging around here and reading the Coonifesto. It took a while for the distinction to sink in, but I now understand perfectly what Bob means when he talks about an activated gnosis--about how intellect is a means to apprehend that which is superior to it. It is one of the ways we come to know Spirit, but Spirit is much greater than--and contains--rationality.<BR/><BR/>I think pretty much anyone can "get" this, regardless of IQ. Other factors besides intelligence obstruct the gap through which Light shines, and they are legion on the Left.Stephen Macdonaldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13474300559219020772noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-23758129128944943602007-05-22T19:08:00.000-07:002007-05-22T19:08:00.000-07:00160 IQ anonymous - IQ is a physical attribute, jus...160 IQ anonymous - <BR/><BR/>IQ is a physical attribute, just like phystical strength, good looks, etc. Such things can be assets in life, obviously - I mean, c'mon, who really wouldn't want to be physically stronger, better looking, have a loftier IQ?<BR/><BR/>Physical attributes are not problems in and of themselves. But - all these attributes can become serious liabilities if not subordinated to one's Higher Intelligence. The problems of the world can be boiled down to the simple fact that these physical attributes are dominant, not Higher Intelligence.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-42545058264490770552007-05-22T18:55:00.000-07:002007-05-22T18:55:00.000-07:00jwm - >> I called it The Alignment of SidesThat's ...jwm - >> I called it The Alignment of Sides<<<BR/><BR/>That's it exactly, I think. A Quickening polarizes, goats from sheep.<BR/><BR/>It brings out your inner Tongan, for better or worse.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-68038808266344415572007-05-22T18:34:00.000-07:002007-05-22T18:34:00.000-07:00When I wrote last night about the difficulty I hav...When I wrote last night about the difficulty I have with 'loving' God I tossed out a couple of images to try to get a hold on what I experience: being drawn to Christian Faith by a sort of gravity, or magnetism, and being linked into a web of coincidence(Synchronicity).<BR/>Oddly enough, one that I wrote down but edited out was a sense of seeing scripture, words, people or events illuminated by a kind of invisible light. It's hard to put the words on it. And the Quickening. I like Will's term for it. But I'd bet we all have sensed it. Ever since 9/11. I called it The Alignment of Sides. Prager speaks about the future of the World as having three options: The path of the Judaeo Christian West, The Euro-socialist model, or islam. That comes darn close to it. But it is happening. We all sense it or we wouldn't be here at OC. I frequently sit and talk with people who are utterly, and totally clueless. They think all this "trouble in the Middle East" is because of America in general, and Bush in particular. I have alluded to the fact that we are fighting against a global jihad. It ain't just Iraq. It doesn't register. Holy War does not compute in their minds. I've said on a few occasions, "It doesn't matter if you believe in an apocalyptic holy war for the future of the human race, or not. They do. And they are very busy waging that war against you right now. You can get to feel like Kevin McCarthy in the next to the last scene of the old "Invasion of the Body Snatchers" pretty fast. Now I never engage any of them. They can't see it they can't hear it. Therefore, it isn't there.<BR/>:/<BR/><BR/>JWMAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-26608287985724778732007-05-22T17:49:00.000-07:002007-05-22T17:49:00.000-07:00Extreme intelligence is not always a blessing.I'm ...<I>Extreme intelligence is not always a blessing.</I><BR/><BR/>I'm an ex-kid genius, IQ 160 (estimate), and I can second that.<BR/><BR/>With me, it means having a mind that's always running at redline and never slowing down -- not even when I sleep. It means having a dozen lines of thought constantly going through my head, so many so fast I cannot hold onto any one long enough to do anything with it. Thrashing in place, with a thrash rate somewhere around 90%.<BR/><BR/>It means having the rest of my personality lag behind my age while my IQ raced ahead of it; at 50 I find myself finally figuring out how to be an adult -- a 20-year-old psyche with 50 years of scar tissue built up.<BR/><BR/>It means years of "What do you mean, 'I Don't Know'? YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO BE A *GENIUS*!!!!!" And a *GENIUS* is never allowed to be wrong; a *GENIUS* is never allowed to make a mistake, a *GENIUS* IS expected to know everything about everything without ever having to learn or be taught. A *GENIUS* is never anything more than an IQ score.<BR/><BR/>The fantasy of "the kid genius" is Wesley Crusher and/or Jimmy Neutron.<BR/><BR/>The reality is Dallas Egbert III.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-13278661478662539672007-05-22T17:31:00.000-07:002007-05-22T17:31:00.000-07:00Juliec - I was struck by Whittle's use of the word...Juliec - I was struck by Whittle's use of the word "frequency" as the medium which characterizes the Remnant. Either one is attuned to that frequency or one is not, and for those who are not, the meaning is, well, meaningless.<BR/><BR/>I often use the word "frequency" when I speak of the quickening - if one is attuned to it (the frequency of a higher dimension), then one finds the quickening to be a relatively natural change into a higher consciousness. If one is not so attuned to the frequency, then one is overwhelmed with confusion and meaninglessness.<BR/><BR/>As BH points out, one doesn't really know what frequency one is attuned to until a situation arises that "activates" one's attunement. Again, I believe this is the very reason why there must be a universal dark night of the soul - we all must be pushed to the wall so that we find our frequency.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-8549675552299874552007-05-22T17:19:00.000-07:002007-05-22T17:19:00.000-07:00On another topic, Mikey Moore's latest crockumenta...On another topic, Mikey Moore's latest crockumentary was sold as his "mature" product. From what I gather he savages the US health care system and fraudulently represents the Canadian socialist system as practically flawless. <BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://www.imdb.com/news/sb/2007-05-21/#2" REL="nofollow">Moore Receives Cheers at Cannes, Boos From Canadian Crtics</A><BR/><BR/>As a Canadian green-card holder I've used both systems extensively. Lord, may the day never come whereby I am reduced to having to suffer the sheer cruelty of the disastrous Canadian system for anything more than a sprained ankle.<BR/><BR/>I am quite serious when I tell you I maintain an (corporate) aircraft in order to make it back to the US expeditiously should a medical emergency arise (well, that is part of the reason). <BR/><BR/>Later this year we're opening our new office in Florida. Most of our Canadian employees have already signed up for the transfer (which is optional). Most of those who did sign up have families to raise. Canadians are gadually awakening from the nightmare of partial communism. (In fact, only North Korea, Cuba and Canada formally <I>outlaw</I> all private medicine for medical necessities).<BR/><BR/>Moore is about as horizontal as they come. My favorite take on that filthy manatee whore comes from the estimable Lileks:<BR/><BR/><I>If you ask me, Michael Moore is a gasbag who, if stuck with a pin, would fly around the room until he ended up on the floor as three pounds of wrinkled hot-dog skin and a sweat-stained ballcap. And if he is a balloon, that would mean that his penis is twisted in a tight little knot. <BR/><BR/>Which would certainly explain a lot. </I><BR/><BR/>Worthy of Dupree himself, no?Stephen Macdonaldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13474300559219020772noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-42941167505321605292007-05-22T17:03:00.000-07:002007-05-22T17:03:00.000-07:00NoMo said I need my own grinder. There's way mor...NoMo said I need my own grinder. <BR/><BR/><I>There's way more there than I would dare respond to.</I><BR/><BR/>Say NoMo, I invite you to stop by MizzE's watering hole sometime. There's a new fountain and today I'm hosting a gala photo op for all coons AND there's a link to <A HREF="http://gobsmackedagain.blogspot.com/2007/05/mizze-shes-not-flying-solo-alone.html#comments" REL="nofollow">Sal's</A> fabulous production <BR/>of <I>Les Miz</I> (not me) the Victor Hugo musical she co-created.Mizz Ehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02325435271880036807noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-64181726676994480412007-05-22T16:36:00.000-07:002007-05-22T16:36:00.000-07:00Extreme intelligence is not always a blessing. A f...Extreme intelligence is not always a blessing. A former friend with a measured IQ in the 185 range (spoke 9 or 10 languages fluently, taught higher mathematics at McGill U., etc.) once told me that he considered his "gift" to be an intolerable burden. A few years later he hanged himself.<BR/><BR/>I'm content to be bright enough to differentiate between someone like Bob, and someone like Hitchens (to learn from the former; pity and disdain the latter). Many aren't so lucky.Stephen Macdonaldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13474300559219020772noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-69026076287458655902007-05-22T15:54:00.000-07:002007-05-22T15:54:00.000-07:00MizzE - There's way more there than I would dare r...MizzE - There's way more there than I would dare respond to, but<BR/><BR/>1) Great audiovisual<BR/>2) There's nuthin' like funnin' with strangers<BR/>3) You need your own grinderNoMohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01100042056270224683noreply@blogger.com