tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post8085292984822756615..comments2024-03-29T06:03:45.545-07:00Comments on One Cʘsmos: Photosynthesis, Pneumosynthesis, LogosynthesisGagdad Bobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14249005793605006679noreply@blogger.comBlogger107125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-60349453913428173882012-04-23T13:59:26.438-07:002012-04-23T13:59:26.438-07:00Heh. Thats right! I forgot about that...
Thanks...Heh. Thats right! I forgot about that...<br /><br />Thanks Van. :)Cond0011https://www.blogger.com/profile/04576204654819543273noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-50735583106765348232012-04-23T13:49:13.413-07:002012-04-23T13:49:13.413-07:00(apparently he hasn't heard about this cool ne...(apparently he hasn't heard about this cool new tool called "Google")Van Harveyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08470413719262297062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-67443803067863981942012-04-23T13:30:37.931-07:002012-04-23T13:30:37.931-07:00William has been cleaning the Website of his Troll...William has been cleaning the Website of his Trolling. Anybody notice that?Cond0011https://www.blogger.com/profile/04576204654819543273noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-42625436925373813732012-04-23T09:18:14.050-07:002012-04-23T09:18:14.050-07:00what's so wrong with being barefoot and pregna...<i>what's so wrong with being barefoot and pregnant, anyway?</i><br /><br />Not a wage slave paying into the Great Welfare State.<br /><br />Can't have that.Tonyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00987042455512485699noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-87976551719135252942012-04-22T10:40:10.761-07:002012-04-22T10:40:10.761-07:00Thank you. He has to have heart surgery, poor litt...Thank you. He has to have heart surgery, poor little soul, this week. He is their first child.Rickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13720790978632771716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-90118801768649277052012-04-22T10:26:08.079-07:002012-04-22T10:26:08.079-07:00Will definitely pray for the little guy.Will definitely pray for the little guy.USS Ben USN (Ret)https://www.blogger.com/profile/07492369604790651538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-40031677333939071232012-04-22T10:22:21.369-07:002012-04-22T10:22:21.369-07:00Re. Sons & Daughters, :D
Rick - prayers goin...Re. Sons & Daughters, :D<br /><br /><br />Rick - prayers going out for the little one. I hope everything works out alright for him, and his parents.juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15975754287030568726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-46422640685455650092012-04-22T10:07:06.963-07:002012-04-22T10:07:06.963-07:00Yes. I consider it a "good death" if the...Yes. I consider it a "good death" if there is such a thing. I just didn't think of it at the time. But a death none the less, and something must be done about it. Or about the old boy or old girl. Good as the new birth is.<br /><br />And good news about my friend. We are not in the clear yet. His baby boy has only three chambers in his heart. So, prayers if ya got 'em, please.Rickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13720790978632771716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-38681520785669633642012-04-22T10:03:46.172-07:002012-04-22T10:03:46.172-07:00"Wife's view. NOT wide. Egads."
LOL..."Wife's view. NOT wide. Egads."<br /><br />LOL Saying 'Wife' and 'Wide' in the same sentence can land you in the doghouse.<br /><br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4wTg6YB2PRACond0011https://www.blogger.com/profile/04576204654819543273noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-86673197981898681132012-04-22T09:58:28.238-07:002012-04-22T09:58:28.238-07:00Wife's view. NOT wide. Egads.Wife's view. NOT wide. Egads.USS Ben USN (Ret)https://www.blogger.com/profile/07492369604790651538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-42258326610236078742012-04-22T09:56:52.541-07:002012-04-22T09:56:52.541-07:00"In a way, it exposed every little corner of ..."In a way, it exposed every little corner of self-doubt."<br /><br />Aye. It sure was difficult for me to at least appear like I wasn't full of self-doubt.<br /><br />In my case I found it's not a good idea to share that to my lovely wife.<br />At least not entirely. Besides, it seems like insecurity or doubt quickly becomes bigger than Godzilla in my wide's view.<br />Or maybe I'm just bad at conveying it honestly.<br /><br />Most guys who have had children understand without taking it personally or outta coontext.USS Ben USN (Ret)https://www.blogger.com/profile/07492369604790651538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-18822872305675389222012-04-22T09:54:19.109-07:002012-04-22T09:54:19.109-07:00Sons & daughters.<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l1DGLhyPOew" rel="nofollow">Sons & daughters</a>.Gagdad Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14249005793605006679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-10688173553336073412012-04-22T09:50:51.129-07:002012-04-22T09:50:51.129-07:00It's not easy having your heart walking around...<i>It's not easy having your heart walking around unprotected in the world.</i><br /><br />No, it sure isn't. Yesterday mine finally got up the courage to climb a ladder at the playground, with minimal assistance. So on the one hand, I'm very proud, but on the other I'm terrified he's going to try it on his own and crack his head open - but of course, you have to let them try, anyway.<br /><br />Re. having a girl, you'd still have to man up, just in a different way. Plus there's the old saying, "with a boy, you only worry about one penis; with a girl, you worry about all of them..."juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15975754287030568726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-72488402686239905252012-04-22T09:48:08.167-07:002012-04-22T09:48:08.167-07:00Interestingly, I remember hoping for a girl, becau...Interestingly, I remember hoping for a girl, because I thought it would place less pressure on me to have to Man Up, i.e., to truly be the man I wanted him to be. But now I don't even know what I was thinking, because I love having a boy.Gagdad Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14249005793605006679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-12015099406861820742012-04-22T09:44:31.074-07:002012-04-22T09:44:31.074-07:00Regarding the depression, I remembering it revolvi...Regarding the depression, I remembering it revolving around the idea that I now had to become someone's ideal, and whether or not I could live up to that responsibility without hypocrisy. In a way, it exposed every little corner of self-doubt.Gagdad Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14249005793605006679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-49594450562695159352012-04-22T09:44:13.594-07:002012-04-22T09:44:13.594-07:00Glad to hear. I concur, ha ha.
O(k)O(n) :^)Glad to hear. I concur, ha ha. <br />O(k)O(n) :^)USS Ben USN (Ret)https://www.blogger.com/profile/07492369604790651538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-22006194075052317392012-04-22T09:42:43.504-07:002012-04-22T09:42:43.504-07:00@ Bob 09:25
"I think it's why men genera...@ Bob 09:25<br /><br />"I think it's why men generally have a stronger drive to create, i.e., to bring an unborn into the world."<br /><br />Several years ago, I remember a homily by a Catholic Priest that talked about 'Spiritual' children (works of art, Philosophy, good deeds) and it really helped me understand the drive of those who do take the vow of celibacy. Powerful homily.<br /><br />As a Man, life-time Bachelor, (voluntary) and childless, I can say I have never envied the pregnant woman, though I must say I have had the desire of the Knowledge that a child growing with the woman I love would be from the sharing we both experienced and that the nine months would be as pleasing for him (conceptually) as it is for her (physically and conceptually). Many different kinds of pleasure out there - besides the physical ones.<br /><br />This womb-envy that some men exercise strikes me as perverse and spiritually truncated.Cond0011https://www.blogger.com/profile/04576204654819543273noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-74131842654306509162012-04-22T09:41:33.348-07:002012-04-22T09:41:33.348-07:00There are a multitude of theories, but my guess is...There are a multitude of theories, but my guess is that the hormonal changes destabilize the personality and make it vulnerable to cracking along various developmental fault lines. For example, there could be envy of the privileged infant, fears of displacement on the part of the father, retroflected rage turned inward, evocations of one's own infantile abuse, or separation anxiety, or abandonment depression -- the whole spectrum of unresolved attachment issues.<br /><br />Think of ancient times, when you didn't want the baby, you just chucked it over a cliff, or exposed it (ever see the film 300?). No doubt for some people there is unconscious resentment that they can't still do that. <br /><br />In my case, I recall getting somewhat depressed after Leslie became pregnant, for a host of reasons. At that point, life became much less theoretical and much more serious, to put it mildly. It's not easy having your heart walking around unprotected in the world.Gagdad Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14249005793605006679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-91911039261344004812012-04-22T09:39:32.963-07:002012-04-22T09:39:32.963-07:00Ben!
I'm doin ok. (Ok is the new great!)
Bad w...Ben!<br />I'm doin ok. (Ok is the new great!)<br />Bad weather coming indeed. It's been awful dry though..Rickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13720790978632771716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-41486267706164160682012-04-22T09:35:37.385-07:002012-04-22T09:35:37.385-07:00Hi Rick!
How's it goin'? Batten down the ...Hi Rick! <br />How's it goin'? Batten down the hatches, you got a late noreaster to deal with, it looks like.USS Ben USN (Ret)https://www.blogger.com/profile/07492369604790651538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-53599931838142472222012-04-22T09:33:29.046-07:002012-04-22T09:33:29.046-07:00Julie said...
"I think that for men there ar...Julie said...<br /><br />"I think that for men there are both hormonal (though hopefully less severe) and emotional issues."<br /><br />The physical manifestation of which triggers the flight or duck instinct. :^)USS Ben USN (Ret)https://www.blogger.com/profile/07492369604790651538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-37266724780241096892012-04-22T09:32:34.618-07:002012-04-22T09:32:34.618-07:00Julie, precisely! the person I was thinking of.
Bo...Julie, precisely! the person I was thinking of.<br />Bob's post reminded of the father that is contains in the boy, or the mother in the girl, as the tree is contained in the seed. Another kind of telos.Rickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13720790978632771716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-60676650966868059522012-04-22T09:29:21.855-07:002012-04-22T09:29:21.855-07:00Cond, no, I'm not thinking of the wide topic o...Cond, no, I'm not thinking of the wide topic of depression. I have a friend (seriously :-) who just had a baby (yesterday) and I was reminded of it. She is not suffering that symptom as far as I know. I was just reminded.Rickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13720790978632771716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-18983841117328268672012-04-22T09:28:15.479-07:002012-04-22T09:28:15.479-07:00Rick, good questions. I didn't suffer from it ...Rick, good questions. I didn't suffer from it with L, but my sister who's just had her 5th kid had it every time. I don't think my husband went through it, but I think that for men there are both hormonal (though hopefully less severe) <i>and</i> emotional issues.<br /><br />To be honest, when you said "the loss of a person" I assumed it was the loss of the person one was before becoming a parent. As Bob has often said, every birth is a death...juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15975754287030568726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-50065311771335844582012-04-22T09:26:19.267-07:002012-04-22T09:26:19.267-07:00Then again liberal perfessors get paid to fling th...Then again liberal perfessors get paid to fling their shit.<br />Quite possibly the dirtiest job in America.USS Ben USN (Ret)https://www.blogger.com/profile/07492369604790651538noreply@blogger.com