tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post5495049639435208725..comments2024-03-28T20:04:20.286-07:00Comments on One Cʘsmos: Give Me a Premise and I Will Destroy the World!Gagdad Bobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14249005793605006679noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-84951349386894118692015-06-03T19:16:11.650-07:002015-06-03T19:16:11.650-07:00A Prager University Commencement Address, although...A <a href="http://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2015/06/antidotes-to-silly-commencement-addresses.php" rel="nofollow">Prager University Commencement Address</a>, although students really need the speech <i>before</i> they enter college.Gagdad Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14249005793605006679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-74667541805971626532015-06-03T18:40:58.487-07:002015-06-03T18:40:58.487-07:00Speaking of books, at least I had the chance to re...Speaking of books, at least I had the chance to read <a href="http://www.amazon.com/The-Moral-Case-Fossil-Fuels/dp/1591847443/ref=as_sl_pc_tf_ssw?&linkCode=wss&tag=onecos-20" rel="nofollow">The Moral Case for Fossil Fuels</a>, and it's really great. Gives you all you need and more to cause a leftist's head to implode. Gagdad Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14249005793605006679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-41185441037403898922015-06-03T18:37:22.058-07:002015-06-03T18:37:22.058-07:00That happened to me last week, but it was at night...That happened to me last week, but it was at night, and it was due to a car crash, so I guess it wasn't the same thing. Fortunately I have a few lanterns, so I was able to read more of my books. We actually have a good utility team here, but probably because it's a small town and conservative county. <br />Big city utilities, however, are mediocre at best, bureaucracies that can care less about their customers. Particularly in leftist-run cities. <br />When I was stationed in San Diego they weren't too bad, but I hear San Diego is now run by leftists, so it's really gone down hill, according to a few friends I have that still live there.<br /><br />At any rate, it should still be a private business, perhaps with reasonable govt. QA inspections, or better yet, just get rid of the monopoly.<br />I know, ain't gonna happen in my lifetime.USS Ben USN (Ret)https://www.blogger.com/profile/07492369604790651538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-2743820295505346102015-06-03T18:36:24.824-07:002015-06-03T18:36:24.824-07:00That sucks. I'll bet having their full attenti...That sucks. I'll bet having their full attention is more unpleasant than merely having your power shut off for a day, too.<br /><br />Glad that's all it was, though.juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15975754287030568726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-83428493274122291912015-06-03T18:23:50.398-07:002015-06-03T18:23:50.398-07:0014 houses, AKA, our side of the street, for "...14 houses, AKA, our side of the street, for "routine maintenance." Be nice if they gave some advance notice, but SCE is as responsive to the consumer as is the government.Gagdad Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14249005793605006679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-74524460913236404632015-06-03T18:18:08.177-07:002015-06-03T18:18:08.177-07:00Wow - sounds like a frustrating day. I hope the we...Wow - sounds like a frustrating day. I hope the weather wasn't too hot. Was it the whole neighborhood, or just your house? If that's not too nosy.juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15975754287030568726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-82380659154916339182015-06-03T18:14:17.858-07:002015-06-03T18:14:17.858-07:00The good news: the electricity finally came back ...The good news: the electricity finally came back on, after having been out since 8:00 AM. The bad news: I guess today's post will appear tomorrow.Gagdad Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14249005793605006679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-81779096859293776782015-06-03T13:29:26.330-07:002015-06-03T13:29:26.330-07:00So...Amazon recommended this book to me:
http://ww...So...Amazon recommended this book to me:<br />http://www.amazon.com/The-Abide-Guide-Living-Lebowski/dp/1569759766/ref=pd_sim_14_1?ie=UTF8&refRID=1433TZ1RPMANFAHYN4A4<br /><br />Written by the founders of The Church of the Latter-Day Dude.<br /><br />I've read some of the sample writing and it looks like the Dude Way is similar to the Raccoon Way of Slack.<br />Plus, it's funny. I reckon I'll hafta buy it now, through Bob's Amazon link, of course.<br /><br />Well played, Amazon, well played.USS Ben USN (Ret)https://www.blogger.com/profile/07492369604790651538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-81602451050057287302015-06-03T12:33:09.294-07:002015-06-03T12:33:09.294-07:00And why am I wearing the watermelon on my feet?And why am I wearing the watermelon on my feet?Mr. Furiousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-20213550979845857532015-06-03T12:31:19.638-07:002015-06-03T12:31:19.638-07:00"Learn to hide your strikes from your opponen..."Learn to hide your strikes from your opponent and you'll more easily strike his hide."The Sphinxnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-1630799478825021602015-06-03T12:29:55.440-07:002015-06-03T12:29:55.440-07:00"He who questions training only trains himsel..."He who questions training only trains himself at asking questions."The Sphinxnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-52310135665080113092015-06-03T11:33:46.125-07:002015-06-03T11:33:46.125-07:00"So, I suppose this blog really is one great ..."So, I suppose this blog really is one great big exercise in vertical recollection, or at least avoidance of vertical forgetting, especially mine."<br /><br />God gnos I need it. Thanks, Bob! USS Ben USN (Ret)https://www.blogger.com/profile/07492369604790651538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-8819329562914436932015-06-03T11:28:32.018-07:002015-06-03T11:28:32.018-07:00"This, I think, must be the function and the ..."This, I think, must be the function and the appeal of what a Catholic would say is at the center of the whole existentialda, which is to say, communion. Can't get more physical than that that. It is meant to be a primary, irreducible encounter that bypasses all of our (sometimes) unhelpful pneumababble. Its motto might be Just duit!"<br /><br />That was Jest Suite.USS Ben USN (Ret)https://www.blogger.com/profile/07492369604790651538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-33759889654696408612015-06-02T15:01:07.209-07:002015-06-02T15:01:07.209-07:00I read that the preacher's job is not to teach...I read that the preacher's job is not to teach. It is to remind. Olden Earshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07431608770606724754noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-8147371578143824722015-06-02T13:34:58.648-07:002015-06-02T13:34:58.648-07:00It's a different person that goes back and rec...It's a different person that goes back and recollects -- like the comic that only needs one joke when he works the senior center.mushroomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07651027035577798096noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-72326809847256500672015-06-02T13:23:12.588-07:002015-06-02T13:23:12.588-07:00simply following from its premises
They probably ...<i>simply following from its premises</i><br /><br />They probably don't do geometric proofs in school anymore. You can't do proofs without axioms and the axioms in Euclidean space are not the same as non-Euclidean.mushroomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07651027035577798096noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-86899483938004880512015-06-02T09:42:50.488-07:002015-06-02T09:42:50.488-07:00"I suppose this blog really is one great big ..."I suppose this blog really is one great big exercise in vertical recollection, or at least avoidance of vertical forgetting.."<br /><br />Or a kind of <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0s2H0ScJSMY" rel="nofollow">prayer.</a>Rickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13720790978632771716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-32014427647986024472015-06-02T09:26:38.750-07:002015-06-02T09:26:38.750-07:00From the point of view of (¶), it's all recoll...From the point of view of (¶), it's <i>all</i> recollection, even when we encounter it for the "first" time...juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15975754287030568726noreply@blogger.com