Jake,

Enco, how did that never occur to me? Go, go, go read Poe.

Didn’t occur to you? Surely you jest! (And no, I’m not calling you Shirley.😁)

Loved his short stories as a kid. And a few of his poems like the one with Anabelle Lee if memory serves and it is better than the drive-through.

I read them in Elementary School and also…[Read more]

Enco, how did that never occur to me? Go, go, go read Poe.

Loved his short stories as a kid. And a few of his poems like the one with Anabelle Lee if memory serves and it is better than the drive-through.

Jake,

I meant to use the name Poe, the author of “The Raven.”. I was imagining the words coming from a cynical, frazzled English Major student working in the drive-thru trying to hurry things along.

I would, however, use the term “Po” if I spoke Tagalog,

@Enco

I don’t know what it’s like to be you and vice versa. Sometimes, I don’t even know what it’s like to be me.

At the same time, I do wonder what it feels like to be this or that animal. I know my cat about as well as I know any person and sometimes I think we understand each other, sometimes we obviously don’t.

Unseen,

But recall the discussion of Thomas Nagel’s “What Is It Like Being A Bat?” In his What Does It All Mean?. You can’t just observe or infer what is like to be a bat. You have to be a bat being a bat to know for sure. But since you can’t communicate as a bat what it’s like being a bat to a human, the question is unanswerable. Ditto with…[Read more]

Just dawned on me, Enco, your comment using poe. You mean to say i assume po, the tagalog word to show respect to an elder or friend? Yea well not too many Filipinos in service work in my area. A few at Costco and that is about all i have observed.

What’s it like being an octopus, having a brain like you and me but also another brain in each of its eight arms?

And what about squirrels, who are incredibly resourceful and capable of acrobatics that make cats and monkeys stare in abject wonder.

And what about prairie dogs, the only animals science…[Read more]

Fellow Unbelievers,

Sorry, I didn’t mean to repeat myself.

Joke,

I sometimes say “only this, nothing more” when i go through a drive through for coffee or whatever. I think only once, maybe twice, has the response been drive right up or some affirmation of understanding. It’s “anything else sir?”

So, what’d they say? “OK, Poe! Move it on up!” 🐦‍⬛ 😁

Joke,

I sometimes say “only this, nothing more” when i go through a drive through for coffee or whatever. I think only once, maybe twice, has the response been drive right up or some affirmation of understanding. It’s “anything else sir?”

So, what’d they say? “OK, Poe! Move it on up!” 🐦‍⬛ 😁