tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post471427471759768220..comments2024-03-27T11:16:36.951-07:00Comments on One Cʘsmos: The Carbon Based vs. the Reality Based CommunityGagdad Bobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14249005793605006679noreply@blogger.comBlogger31125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-37303382463175261432010-06-04T17:52:10.926-07:002010-06-04T17:52:10.926-07:00HOORAY!
Congratulations, Julie, and welcome Liam. ...HOORAY!<br />Congratulations, Julie, and welcome Liam. This is a joyful day. My prayers for you both as you start your new lives.<br /><br />JWMJWMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05564732483476859555noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-32990109852183350792010-06-03T07:28:33.838-07:002010-06-03T07:28:33.838-07:00Congratulations, Julie, and welcome to the world o...Congratulations, Julie, and welcome to the world of parenting as spiritual path! These omnipotent little gurus are big on cultivating the virtue of absolute selflessness. Yours!Gagdad Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14249005793605006679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-33449298367584690892010-06-03T06:40:33.938-07:002010-06-03T06:40:33.938-07:00yoicks! i forgot Bob Dylan---- + Whitman, Ginzy [s...yoicks! i forgot Bob Dylan---- + Whitman, Ginzy [sign of the Poet]gehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02015936407999495181noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-74161758766042801442010-06-03T06:01:12.335-07:002010-06-03T06:01:12.335-07:00Wonderful news Julie!!!
Little Liam will have the...Wonderful news Julie!!!<br /><br />Little Liam will have the best possible start in life with you as his Mom. Coongratulations!!Stephen Macdonaldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13474300559219020772noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-76121885048969246682010-06-03T05:30:56.243-07:002010-06-03T05:30:56.243-07:00COONGRATULATIONS JULIE!!!
Awesome news!!!COONGRATULATIONS JULIE!!!<br /><br />Awesome news!!!Van Harveyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08470413719262297062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-77010656676742884712010-06-03T05:07:41.295-07:002010-06-03T05:07:41.295-07:00What Rick Said! Hoorah!What Rick Said! Hoorah!Mizz Ehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02325435271880036807noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-11132529208232256062010-06-03T05:03:29.490-07:002010-06-03T05:03:29.490-07:00Liam! Welcome aboard.
You are one lucky guy.
Cong...Liam! Welcome aboard.<br />You are one lucky guy.<br /><br />Congratulations Mom and Dad!<br />It feels like a new house around here already. Everything is new.<br />We are all blessed, Julie.Rickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10589423819039764711noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-17508360055354512532010-06-03T04:49:15.655-07:002010-06-03T04:49:15.655-07:00Enjoy that sweet one, Julie! I'm all grins on...Enjoy that sweet one, Julie! I'm all grins on your behalf. :)Susannahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16381272662339466736noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-784823159255965942010-06-03T04:25:35.170-07:002010-06-03T04:25:35.170-07:00congrats Julie! a...Gemini! just a 'few' g...congrats Julie! a...Gemini! just a 'few' great musicians of that 'air'y persuasion: Miles, Macca, Nilsson, R Strauss [the greatest of his century?---aks G Gould], Malkmus/Pavement, N Drake!gehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02015936407999495181noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-89063725939463937122010-06-03T03:44:01.745-07:002010-06-03T03:44:01.745-07:00Grant suggests the "...way for a raccoon to h...Grant suggests the <i>"...way for a raccoon to help humankind is to propagate more raccoons."</i><br /><br />Sean and Julie agree!<br /><br />Congratulations!walthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01388218390016612051noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-63107222042095431132010-06-03T01:19:20.265-07:002010-06-03T01:19:20.265-07:00Congratulations! So happy for you all. Take care o...Congratulations! So happy for you all. Take care of yourself and kiss that baby for me.<br />Bless you!<br />SalSalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13201226644704622876noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-38613108740563721332010-06-03T01:01:14.709-07:002010-06-03T01:01:14.709-07:00OT, there's one more kit in the world tonight....OT, there's one more kit in the world tonight. Liam finally joined us at 9:24 pm. 7lbs., 14oz., good apgar scores (8 & 9), he's snoozing peacefully now and waiting for his 1st bath.<br /><br />We'll try to have some photos uploaded tomorrow :)juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15975754287030568726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-30374440770197618142010-06-02T18:40:31.441-07:002010-06-02T18:40:31.441-07:00bh said "What am I missing here?"
You m...bh said "What am I missing here?"<br /><br />You mean aside from gnothing? <br /><br />Everything.Van Harveyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08470413719262297062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-63336993377644746832010-06-02T17:16:51.841-07:002010-06-02T17:16:51.841-07:00If I have to explain it to you, you can't affo...If I have to explain it to you, you can't afford it.Rickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10589423819039764711noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-74216622792562800902010-06-02T17:02:07.531-07:002010-06-02T17:02:07.531-07:00I guess having it all has jaded me.
I am a teen...I guess having it all has jaded me. <br /><br />I am a teensy bit bored even in the midst of fabulous wealth and accomplishments.<br /><br />The question on my mind is what else is there?<br /><br />You here seem to know, but the way you talk, I can't see you're any happier or healthier (or different) than the average moonbat, except by the things you say.<br /><br />What am I missing here?black holehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07366633817665791528noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-44546474659626128252010-06-02T16:39:38.095-07:002010-06-02T16:39:38.095-07:00"For what does it profit a man if he gains th..."For what does it profit a man if he gains the whole world and loses or forfeits himself?"Susannahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16381272662339466736noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-34762919102819088862010-06-02T16:16:10.702-07:002010-06-02T16:16:10.702-07:00bh drooled "But don't insist on taking ev...bh drooled "But don't insist on taking everyone with you."<br /><br />bh we aren't tracking you down and saying you're a idiot... you are coming here and forcing that conclusion upon us yourself. <br /><br />Please, feel free to stop insisting that we be exposed to your blackhole, and I promise we'll leave it at that.Van Harveyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08470413719262297062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-39451909304117028092010-06-02T15:32:40.837-07:002010-06-02T15:32:40.837-07:00Greetings:
The purely horizontal life is a reason...Greetings:<br /><br />The purely horizontal life is a reasonable choice for some.<br /><br />Why not leave the vertical to those who like it?<br /><br />A satisfied "Horizontal" is replete with money, power, and privilege, and to muck around with success on that level is foolish. Such an individual has a full-time job just enjoying herself and needs no other vocation, or spoil-sports in her vicinity.<br /><br />If you've got it, enjoy it. If you don't "got it", then go vertical to get your ya ya's.<br /><br />But don't insist on taking everyone with you. Some of us, through our own considerable powers, have a heaven here on earth.black holehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07366633817665791528noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-28269219095123000352010-06-02T14:42:34.614-07:002010-06-02T14:42:34.614-07:00Tigtog said "More to the point, we all know s...Tigtog said "More to the point, we all know smart people (people who have been prudent with their assets) and good people (people who are simply by nature good). Which of the two types has the higher virtue? Which would you trust more? Mercy begs us to first see all others as ourselves. I am <b>not sure that prudence alone does this</b>."<br /><br />I think you might be making a mistake here of thinking that you can have one, without the other. True, we do need to distinguish and separate the virtues in order to discuss them, but we shouldn't forget that such analysis <i>is</i> artificial.<br /><br />Also, being 'smart people' doesn't mean they have the virtue of Prudence, and having true Prudence doesn't mean you'll have the appearance of dazzling smarts. Just because someone is 'prudent' with their finances (I think careful, deliberate or sensible would be more appropriate words in this conversation), does not mean they have the virtue of Prudence. They may have some of the mechanical skills, but the skills alone, without the Virtue (and that means all of the virtues), don't add up to anything more than skillfulness... a sort of craftiness, but such skillful craftiness doesn't amount to Wisdom or Prudence.<br /><br />A reality conforming Reasoning, a love of Truth, <i>must</i> be present in order to exercise true Mercy - the knockoff's of sappy bleeding heartism, or of a skittishness to offend and/or an eagerness to seem nice may look the part, but they are as far of the mark of Mercy as craftiness is of Prudence.Van Harveyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08470413719262297062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-49475890849083328442010-06-02T14:27:16.988-07:002010-06-02T14:27:16.988-07:00To Gagdad re Pelosi Word Worship
I had read about...To Gagdad re Pelosi Word Worship<br /><br />I had read about it, but watching it made me extremely uncomfortable. She did have an ecstatic quality in her presentation, but her words were unsettling. Does this mean she is dealing with her closet Catholicism? Hey Nancy, come out of the closet.Tigtoghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03290914498892961024noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-55654983432756727952010-06-02T14:05:56.028-07:002010-06-02T14:05:56.028-07:00Earlier today I stumbled upon this book review at ...Earlier today I stumbled upon <a href="http://www.thefreelibrary.com/_/print/PrintArticle.aspx?id=85462607" rel="nofollow">this book review</a> at New Criterion, written by Derbyshire in 2002. Fascinating. The gazillion, historical<br />misinterpretations of the Tao te Ching and the subsequent use of such for the purpose of statecraft resembles what we see in the likes of Pelosi and Jim Wallis. Liberals, sheeze.Mizz Ehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02325435271880036807noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-14116170924711301422010-06-02T13:52:27.083-07:002010-06-02T13:52:27.083-07:00To USS Ben re:
"BTW, do not follow this advi...To USS Ben re:<br /><br />"BTW, do not follow this advice in combat..."<br /><br />Therein lies the answer. So you do concur that prudence should come first afterall. :^)<br /><br />I am not sure that you have made your point or that you have made mine? The adage to be still and think is not necessarily simply prudent, but rather the act of being prudent underscores the first impulse to be merciful which implies justice. Prudence is only needed to decide the best course of action to achieve merciful justice. <br /><br />More to the point, we all know smart people (people who have been prudent with their assets) and good people (people who are simply by nature good). Which of the two types has the higher virtue? Which would you trust more? Mercy begs us to first see all others as ourselves. I am not sure that prudence alone does this.Tigtoghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03290914498892961024noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-62211378936727266512010-06-02T12:49:04.805-07:002010-06-02T12:49:04.805-07:00I meant to post this very special VIDEO link in th...I meant to post this very special VIDEO link in the comment section of Bob's Memorial Day Blog post, but forgot.<br /><br />Better late than never:<br /><br /><br />3 1/2 minute video http://vimeo.com/5645171 <br /><br />VJ Day, Honolulu Hawaii, August 14, 1945<br /><br />"65 Years Ago my Dad shot this film along Kalakaua Ave. in Waikiki capturing spontaneous celebrations that broke out upon first hearing news of the Japanese surrender. Kodachrome 16mm film... [in excellent original color]Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07033051400545893690noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-55370830196832214582010-06-02T11:08:31.856-07:002010-06-02T11:08:31.856-07:00I sent an e-mail to the site asking that the blog ...I sent an e-mail to the site asking that the blog posts conform to the site's "comment code of conduct," which, among other things, states:<br /><br />"I will not exaggerate others' beliefs nor make unfounded prejudicial assumptions based on labels, categories, or stereotypes. I will always extend the benefit of the doubt. (Ephesians 4:29)"<br /><br />I'd say his final point in particular put him in direct violation of this policy. I requested a retraction, but who here thinks I'll get one? ;)Susannahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16381272662339466736noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-83302947986882876132010-06-02T11:02:22.414-07:002010-06-02T11:02:22.414-07:00In order to be found one must first acknowledge th...In order to be found one must first acknowledge that one is lost, but his liberal sanctimony (another form of pride) forms a barrier to that recognition.Gagdad Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14249005793605006679noreply@blogger.com