Judi S.

I disagree, I think that something can be more or less unique…

When I was about 14, a ‘religious indoctrination’ teacher told me that I was almost unique because I was constantly challenging everything he was saying.

I replied by saying something or someone cannot be ‘almost unique’. Unique implies being one of a kind……like Jesus sir. The…[Read more]

The news from Türkiye is looking good.

@_Robert_ – I stumbled this earlier – it may be of some interest to you.

Soylent Greene works so long as she has to listen to some Radiohead when her trip gets to the cartoon stage 🙂

Killing her ego would make her a better person.

Have a great week!!

Yesterday, during a conversation about Easter and forgiveness with a few theist callers:

Reg, can I ask you a serious question?

Yes, please do.

For the record I did not find the comment about you calling tomorrow “Respawn Sunday” funny. In fact, I found it a somewhat offensive but I am prepared to forgive and for…[Read more]

@Simon – My moral reasoning has definitely been strengthened a lot as I have got older. 

Aging in and of itself does not raise ones moral standards. Thinking about morality does. The more you think about life and the more you ponder various scenarios that require a moral response, the higher your standards will become. If you are constrained by…[Read more]

@theencogitationer –

Blood Pressure and A1-C (which includes cholesterol, blood sugar, and enzyme levels) are very important, I fully agree. I aim, usually with success, to keep both readings in a normal range.

However, BMI, as well as the means of measuring it, I am not yet sure about.

I fully accept the not too scientific nature of the BMI.…[Read more]

On Frans de Waal (from The Guardian)

The honor he was proudest of, however, was the Ig Nobel prize – awarded for research that “makes people laugh, then think” – he won in 2012 with a colleague, Jennifer Pokorny, for a paper showing that chimps can recognize each other by their bottoms.

Have a great week Everyone!

Thanks Strega and Unapolgetic for the links.

OH my bad!! HaHa!. 117, not 177.  Thanks Jake 🙂

Seriously – watch the video above.

I completely stopped eating meat about 10 years ago as I had eaten very little in the previous four or five years. I have been 99% vegetarian since then. I am closing in on sixty and I had a medical checkup recently. The important numbers to know are your BMI, Blood Pressure and Total Cholesterol level. My current stats are 23.2, 117/76 and 4.7…[Read more]

@_Robert_ – Yes it is a concise appraisal of the topic. The bit about the Pope recently getting a patch update from God was good.

If anyone needs an excuse for a Dublin Pub crawl, make it a literary one 🙂

@Davis – any people left in Scotland today? There are thousands here and on the beer having a good time…..even if they lost the Rugby to the best team 🙂

Have a great week everyone!

@Jakelafort – After a day on the trail anything edible tastes like manna from the spaghetti monster. 

Yes, I am just back from a 4 day hike around Lisbon. So many hills!!!