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Re: Misc Monday – Short Story, off the cuff.

Wendy — Mon, 05 Mar 2012 11:19:51 -0000

I remember you sharing this story years ago. I liked it then and I like it now. I so enjoy reading your work. Your stories suck you in and you feel like you are there. Keep it up and keep on posting.

Re: People don’t have templates.

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Re: People don’t have templates.

Jonno Morris — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 01:31:40 -0000

You are unique & also my very special friend ;-)

Re: People don’t have templates.

Wendy Lynn — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 22:24:11 -0000

You are also a daughter :)

Re: Initial reaction: IQ link to drug use | Science News SciGuru.com

Melissa Felton — Mon, 19 Dec 2011 02:13:23 -0000

I would love to know everyone's thoughts on this - I'm not going to have as much time to expand upon it as usual. Big freelance job. :D

Re: People don’t have templates.

Sarah Lynn — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 17:00:28 -0000

You are also a sister :)

Re: Happy Birthday!

Sarah Lynn — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 16:58:28 -0000

I believe since I am of blood relation to you that I deserve one on my birthday! :)

Re: Einstein Ends Misc. Monday

LissaRhys — Wed, 21 Sep 2011 02:39:35 -0000

It's all done through Wordpress - check out the links at the bottom of the screen.

The color choices and customizations are me and an evening of Photoshop.

-LissaRhys

Re: Common Choices

Nancy — Tue, 20 Sep 2011 15:04:15 -0000

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Re: Talk like a Pirate Day, Netflix CEO Email, & Misc. Monday

LissaRhys — Tue, 20 Sep 2011 04:10:12 -0000

*Yoda Voice* Exist, do people? Hmmmm..... *poke with stick,
-LissaRhys

Re: Einstein Ends Misc. Monday

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Re: Misc. Monday, 9.12.11

LissaRhys — Sun, 18 Sep 2011 18:40:39 -0000

Sorry, been playing with theme and I know it threw some people. Glad to see you about! Just put up a new post by the by. :)

Re: Misc. Monday, 9.12.11

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Re: Misc. Monday, 9.12.11

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Re: Einstein Ends Misc. Monday

LissaRhys — Sun, 18 Sep 2011 03:10:39 -0000

Thank you very much for the kind words. :) Hope to see you around sharing your own opinions.

-LissaRhys

Re: Einstein Ends Misc. Monday

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Re: Stuff – a Theory Thursday

LissaRhys — Thu, 15 Sep 2011 15:29:02 -0000

Ok, let's hear it!

Some starting ideas:

Stuff as a gauge of the materialism of a culture can be tricky to judge. What are the gauges? The value? How new it is? The sheer volume? Is a millionaire more or less addicted to stuff than an ocd hoarder... especially if money itself (beyond that needed to live at a basic level) is included in the category?

Re: Ways of Thinking

Alice Renee S. — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 13:40:00 -0000

I agree that some sort of example would illuminate this perspective better...

So the motivation is misguided? Indirect? If the motivation for a task is simply the social or financial gain at the end, then why *should* someone take on a task that is more difficult? Isn't this really a question about people not doing their best?

I think calling it a "paradox" makes it sound more mysterious than it actually is. People's priorities are often dictated by advertisements and summed up in cliches (especially the thought-terminating ones). We are conditioned to think that when everything is made easier, we have made the world a better place. The words "easy" and "convenient" have substituted accomplishment. It's another way of perpetuating the idea that everyone is equal- equally *entitled* to the treatment that we are all winners deserving of the most convenient services and products.

The simple/complex argument sounds like an argument to justify/condemn a less-than-stellar performance or result, such as someone earning millions from internet sales while not doing much work versus a man who worked hard his whole life for pennies a day. So which person did it the "best" way? There are too many factors and biases to consider before judging, yet that is what people do.

If tasks are merely taken as they are then people would see themselves as they really are- perhaps it would be a humbling experience.

Re: Ways of Thinking

Rhys — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 16:26:00 -0000

Sorry about the generalization. The point is to get people asking questions and to generate discussion. I find that if I wrap things up all neatly, there is a human tendency to simply say "Oh, how interesting..." and move on.

Re: Ways of Thinking

Ike — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 21:20:00 -0000

Sometimes, doing things the hard way is more interesting/fun! Especially when the reward is "thing works normally again."

Point of note- while I get the idea of this post, it just kind of trails off at the end. Might want to throw in a specific example somewhere, otherwise the interchangable use of "difficulty/ease" generalizes the whole question.

Re: Common suffering

Alice Renee S. — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 16:16:00 -0000

I think this takes some more introspection on your part, really. I could see how you'd think of it as "bragging" in a subtle way, but really it's the same reason people talk about TV shows or books- it is something that defines them and gets a reaction from others. Usually someone who tells a sob story has had practice, so they know about the level of acceptance and sympathy they will get.

It's not the most honest way of presenting oneself, nor is it the wisest, but if people are gabbing and getting to know each other you find out what people are like just by sharing a story. The story, I think, is irrelevant. It's all part of the social game.

"We must suffer into truth."

Re: Common suffering

Ike — Sun, 11 Jan 2009 22:47:00 -0000

I don't know if I'd call it bragging (in either direction), but having to go through unpleasant crap is certainly a point on which we can identify with one another. The one-upsmanship probably comes from the fact that the worst stories are usually the more interesting ones. In my case, one big severed leg > 40 gorram tonsils in one day, regardless of which one was actually more stressful.

And honestly, if going through crap doesn't give us some kind of meaning, why would we endure it? It's not really so much a matter of 'enduring' anyway, as suffering doesn't simply pass over us like a cloud. We have to interact, actively making our way to the other side, and in the end we know what we have measured up against.

Re: Acronyms – A Misc Monday

Trill — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 19:18:00 -0000

Just for the record, yes, I knew the meanings for both http and html - I even surprised Ridley the other day by knowing what IT stood for. Not bad for a Class-A technophobe, eh?

Re: Acronyms – A Misc Monday

Alice Renee S. — Sat, 27 Dec 2008 19:05:00 -0000

html: HyperText Markup Language. I used to dabble...

This is why I like etymology- you learn just how far removed we are from the source. Next time I'm picky about sloppy grammar or shortcuts, I'll remember how far removed we are from Latin and German and French. There is a reason we have a versatile language like English, which comfortably forms new "open" words like "cock-mongler" and "pedo-bear." Hey, I didn't come up with them.

BTW- "Stat," like most doctor words, comes from the Latin word "statim," which means "immediately." This is a "jargon" word that is actually less jargon and more "archaic." The reason they say "stat" instead of "statim" is because of the tense. Saying "Stat!" and dropping the -im denotes a command, such as "You-*action*" is implied in a sentence like "Bring it to me!"

Re: Acronyms – A Misc Monday

Ike — Wed, 24 Dec 2008 20:31:00 -0000

html= hypertext.. mapping.. language? I'm pretty sure the L is 'language', but I'm not sure. :/ But then again I only know enough to adjust fonts and make links.. but at least I knew http.

And if you ever want to hear way too many indecipherable acronyms, talk to someone who plays too much World of Warcraft. On second thought, don't.