tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post7931651481008630404..comments2024-03-27T11:16:36.951-07:00Comments on One Cʘsmos: Why I Am Right and Everyone Else is WrongGagdad Bobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14249005793605006679noreply@blogger.comBlogger27125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-69920230977543840912014-07-18T08:21:03.477-07:002014-07-18T08:21:03.477-07:00I might add that a lady doesn't wander all ove...I might add that a lady doesn't wander all over the room and blow on some other guy's dice. Why not let a gentleman see just how nice a dame you can be? I know the way you've treated other trolls you've been with, so Wisdom be a lady with me. Franknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-55684297990234301342014-07-18T07:49:13.858-07:002014-07-18T07:49:13.858-07:00aninnymouse mewled "You strike me as kind of ...aninnymouse mewled "You strike me as kind of a stalker of wisdom."<br /> <br />Stalking the wild Wisdom, yep, that's me.<br /><br />"She's told you politely but firmly that she isn't interested,"<br /><br />That is true as well, Wisdom is not interested in man, man seeks her out because his Life itself depends upon her - without pursuing her, you'd be forced to accept what's Left.<br /><br />" but you persist in hanging about in her vicinity..."<br /><br />As closely as I can possibly get.<br /><br />"... pretending to an non-existent intimate relationship."<br /><br />Heh, I claim no relation to her but that of pursuer, knowing full well that what I see as being True, can always be found to be less true than that which is more deeply True, and there is no way to those depths than by further questioning what you know to be true. There is no Answer that I've found that I do not question still - Question, mind you, not doubt, Question - And... I'm not the one pretending that the any college "studies", the further from the most high, the better, are of value and worthy of popular praise and ca$h, and that a degree actually indicates 'knowing something'.<br /><br />"She's just not that into you. "<br /><br />And I am satisfied with loving her from afar.<br /><br />You, on the other hand, are here, snidely praising your own ability to know more about what you claim can't be known to be true, praising the pursuit of physical sensations, the more gross and disintegrated the better. In the choice between pursuing what can never be fully caught up with, or frolicking in the gutter, you not only choose the gutter but seek with all that's in you to make Progress towards the sewer.<br /><br />Newsflash aninny: That stink ain't perfume. <br /><br />But then again, seeing as you've declared your independence from Truth... that's probably as close to a blessing as you're ever likely to receive. And not only that, it's really funny to watch you preen in it.<br /><br />Comedy, it is golden.Van Harveyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08470413719262297062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-22387076351795475472014-07-18T06:59:24.334-07:002014-07-18T06:59:24.334-07:00Hey, there's a little bit of good news today: ...Hey, there's a little bit of good news today: <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2014/07/17/the-administration-just-took-obamacare-away-from-the-territories/" rel="nofollow">U.S. territories aren't subject to Obamacare</a>. I must say, I quite liked visiting the US Virgin Islands the one time I was there. And hey, if you're going to flee, I can think of worse places than an Americanized island nation. Nice to dream, anyway...juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15975754287030568726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-25899774521106267122014-07-18T06:55:15.688-07:002014-07-18T06:55:15.688-07:00Every secular humanist, every materialist, every l...<i>Every secular humanist, every materialist, every leftist, every postmodernist, is just wrong, wrong, wrong, irrespective of how brilliant they and their disciples think they are. For the human longing for truth does have an object, which we call O. </i><br /><br />I ran across somebody's sig line that said something like, "Perception wins the battles. Reality wins the war."<br /><br />Keynes quote about us all being dead in the long run actually seems to reinforce that idea.mushroomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07651027035577798096noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-21070987943723884512014-07-17T20:41:25.712-07:002014-07-17T20:41:25.712-07:00Indeed he is Cuz, and he's projectin' his ...Indeed he is Cuz, and he's projectin' his experience onto Bob so he can feel better about his own failures in that dept.. <br />No doubt an extension of anon's wymyn troubles.Dr. Skullynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-85718779635356959032014-07-17T17:13:39.290-07:002014-07-17T17:13:39.290-07:00At least he's finally speaking from experience...At least he's finally speaking from experience.Cousin Dupreenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-5504366813007110432014-07-17T17:12:11.556-07:002014-07-17T17:12:11.556-07:00Sounds like yer short on electrolytes again, anon....Sounds like yer short on electrolytes again, anon.<br />USS Ben USN (Ret)https://www.blogger.com/profile/07492369604790651538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-38776520633775379872014-07-17T17:05:29.889-07:002014-07-17T17:05:29.889-07:00It's a self fulfilling profit-o-misosophy, onc...<i>It's a self fulfilling profit-o-misosophy, once you've declared that you've fallen out of love with Wisdom, and filed for divorce,</i><br /><br />You strike me as kind of a stalker of wisdom. She's told you politely but firmly that she isn't interested, but you persist in hanging about in her vicinity pretending to an non-existent intimate relationship.<br /><br />She's just not that into you.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-53929289200896945552014-07-17T16:55:24.108-07:002014-07-17T16:55:24.108-07:00I'm eagerly awaitin' Cap'n Bob's t...I'm eagerly awaitin' Cap'n Bob's take on Big Trouble In Little China.<br />Is that a great flick or what? Skullynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-33804385524715959202014-07-17T16:53:38.676-07:002014-07-17T16:53:38.676-07:00Gagdad Bob said...
I have a worthless degree in a ... Gagdad Bob said...<br />I have a worthless degree in a made up subject -- Radio-TV-Film -- but at least it only cost me $105 per semester back in the day."<br /><br />I think it's been rather helpful when you weave that knowledge into your bloggin'. <br />For instance, when you were riffin on Batman, One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest, The Big Lebowski, To name a few that was very helpful to me.<br />USS Ben USN (Ret)https://www.blogger.com/profile/07492369604790651538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-89011581711109027572014-07-17T16:45:54.416-07:002014-07-17T16:45:54.416-07:00There's no isness like O isness like no isness...There's no isness like O isness like no isness I gno...Skullynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-44578113513837707622014-07-17T16:44:46.463-07:002014-07-17T16:44:46.463-07:00Listening to God is just good isness. Listening to God is just good isness. USS Ben USN (Ret)https://www.blogger.com/profile/07492369604790651538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-83115903705516627482014-07-17T14:44:31.657-07:002014-07-17T14:44:31.657-07:00It's a self fulfilling profit-o-misosophy, onc...It's a self fulfilling profit-o-misosophy, once you've declared that you've fallen out of love with Wisdom, and filed for divorce, no longer are you held to such mundane things as Philosophy, Literature and the like... <i>phonebooks</i> couldn't hold the number of 'studies' that can be proclaimed as valid! And necessary! And for Credit Hour$! Imagine the Degree$ just waiting to be peddled!<br /><br />And who's going to say they're wrong? According to <i>what!</i> Fool, you're 'Ultimate Truths were demonstrably wrong, wrong, wrong, not to mention corrupt and reactionary'! Ha! Pay u$ & UP!Van Harveyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08470413719262297062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-1136973133803385832014-07-17T13:21:25.418-07:002014-07-17T13:21:25.418-07:00Now I wish I had majored in Leisure Studies, becau...Now I wish I had majored in Leisure Studies, because it would be such an enduring source of humor. <br /><br />Yes, you can major in Leisure Studies at CSUN. <a href="http://www.csun.edu/health-human-development/recreation-tourism-management/undergraduate-program-curriculum" rel="nofollow">Check out</a> some of the rigorous subjects: Recreation & Leisure in, Recreation & Community Development, Promotion of the Recreation Experience, Models of Play, Recreation & Leisure, and Challenges in Leisure Services.<br /><br />Challenges, like when the batteries go dead in the TV remote control.Gagdad Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14249005793605006679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-254228358092942482014-07-17T13:18:10.753-07:002014-07-17T13:18:10.753-07:00Heh - me too: Painting. Good for getting me a job ...Heh - me too: Painting. Good for getting me a job in a small number of service industry positions. It was more expensive, but not by a whole lot. Thank goodness for state schools!juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15975754287030568726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-23548852045170285692014-07-17T13:12:43.361-07:002014-07-17T13:12:43.361-07:00I have a worthless degree in a made up subject -- ...I have a worthless degree in a made up subject -- Radio-TV-Film -- but at least it only cost me $105 per semester back in the day. Gagdad Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14249005793605006679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-34283680119533978252014-07-17T13:10:38.010-07:002014-07-17T13:10:38.010-07:00Just consider all these intelligent young people w...Just consider all these intelligent young people who spend all that money in order to obtain worthless degrees in made up subjects. <br /><br />Amazing how the left is simultaneously so cynical and credulous. Gagdad Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14249005793605006679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-57432934576207743062014-07-17T12:50:28.433-07:002014-07-17T12:50:28.433-07:00Well, it's certainly true of Deepak Chopra, or...Well, it's certainly true of Deepak Chopra, or Tony Robbins, or Dr. Oz... <br /><br />Speaking of why smart people believe dumb things. Though to be fair, a lot of people who think of themselves as smart seem, on the whole, to be kind of dumb. Or maybe just naive, or credulous. I dunno. Anyway, not prone to making wise decisions, nor prone to having a strong grasp of reality and how things work. juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15975754287030568726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-91186636638413625842014-07-17T11:21:52.946-07:002014-07-17T11:21:52.946-07:00And why are you looking at my wallet?And why are you looking at my wallet?Peteynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-71563901881022364312014-07-17T11:17:22.172-07:002014-07-17T11:17:22.172-07:00Is that true?Is that true?Peteynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-65149630720186986182014-07-17T11:10:20.993-07:002014-07-17T11:10:20.993-07:00Every secular humanist, every materialist, every l...<i>Every secular humanist, every materialist, every leftist, every postmodernist, is just wrong, wrong, wrong, irrespective of how brilliant they and their disciples think they are. For the human longing for truth does have an object, which we call O.</i><br /><br />All those things you name derive their existence from the fact that the traditional institutions that claimed to have the authoritative representation of Ultimate Truth were demonstrably wrong, wrong, wrong, not to mention corrupt and reactionary. <br /><br />So the general thrust of the postmodern is not that there is no Truth but that it is generally not to be approached directly, and that nobody has a monopoly on it. And when somebody claims to speak for Truth, you better keep an eye on your wallet.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-48397379326387461992014-07-17T10:26:17.581-07:002014-07-17T10:26:17.581-07:00I don't really understand why everybody else i...<i>I don't really understand why everybody else isn't interested, because one would think it would be the first thing on the human agenda, i.e., exactly WTF is going on down here?!</i><br /><br />Once you start on this track you can't go back.<br /><br />I've realized other persuits are diversions, ok to have in moderation but you gotta keep your eyes on the prize.<br /><br />You shared a quote last week, I believe, about the futility, (sin?) of engaging in the mental grind. Just grinding with no goal. <br /><br />That one hit me.John Lienhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02302615225311776021noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-38302575493297157492014-07-17T09:55:27.211-07:002014-07-17T09:55:27.211-07:00So, Why do intelligent people believe such dumb th...So, <a href="http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2014/07/14/why-smart-people-are-dumb-patients.html" rel="nofollow">Why do intelligent people believe such dumb things</a>? Maybe because they are the most indoctrinated into relativism, or perhaps the death of imagination and religion gives rise to magical thinking. Gagdad Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14249005793605006679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-87166457390877861372014-07-17T09:50:27.973-07:002014-07-17T09:50:27.973-07:00I like this: "it is the writing of the verse...I like <a href="http://neoneocon.com/2014/07/16/my-ordinary-state-of-mind-is-very-much-like-the-waiting-room-at-the-dmv/" rel="nofollow">this</a>: "it is the writing of the verse that produces whatever delights or interests or facets that are going to catch the light. The cutting of the gem has to be finished before you can see whether it shines."<br /><br />And "another definition of poetry is dawn -- that it’s something dawning on you while you’re writing it. It comes off if it really dawns when the light comes at the end." "You’ve got to be the happy discoverer of your ends."<br /><br />The Light -- or Life -- is implicitly there, but it is up to us to capture and reflect it.<br /><br />Gagdad Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14249005793605006679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-58578446701005757042014-07-17T09:37:27.421-07:002014-07-17T09:37:27.421-07:00I'm pretty sure that in my case a prerequisite...I'm pretty sure that in my case a prerequisite wasn't necessarily intelligence but just outsider status. I've always run counter to the culture, whatever the culture, starting with the family I was dropped into. Not their fault, but I certainly didn't fit in.<br /><br />As Russell Kirk emphasizes, in these matters, imagination is more important than intelligence. If the imagination can be successfully killed off -- as it is in public education and college -- then intelligence can never get over the cosmic hump. Gagdad Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14249005793605006679noreply@blogger.com