Judi S.

Enco – the ambisinistrous amongst us must get very frustrated so 🙂

When I was in junior school my friend was beaten by a Christian brother for blessing himself with his left hand. The Christian was almost gasping for breath with whatever sinister dread this sight brought upon him. The boy went home and about one hour later the boy’s father entered the classroom and asked to speak with the teacher outside. D…[Read more]

Hi Istvan and welcome to AZ.  You seem to have landed in the deep end very quickly 😊 Please bear in mind that we are not engaging in a “pile on” here. It is just that we don’t hold back on attacking ideas (sometimes even ones we agree to see if we are still justified in holding on to them).

You wrote “Hey, so you decide the most appropri…[Read more]

@Enco – You have reminded me of some quotes by W.C. Fields:

Once, during Prohibition, I was forced to live for days on nothing but food and water.

I always keep some whiskey handy in case I see a snake…which I also keep handy.

Horse sense is the thing a horse has which keeps it from betting on people.

I once spent a year in Philadelphia, I…[Read more]

I am working my way through Anil Seth’s book “Being You” and the effort is proving worthwhile.

I think I smell The Ship of Theseus.

You got there first Unseen, I am just giving it a fresh coat of varnish.

After Kirk is beamed down from the Enterprise but before he is “re-assembled” he does not exist. There is no physical body. As the mind is part of the body (no dualism) then his consciousness does not exist.  So, for a period of time, Kirk does not exist. It does not matter if he is re-assembled after a Planck second or after 3 days. He is dead…[Read more]

“…the Kirk which we care about dies.”

Problem solved: I do not care about any of the Kirks.

Huh? But then we would never have experienced this?

Captain, it’s the engines here. Scotty can’t take it anymore!!

But later he did apologize for not thinking about her enough. Of course she still wants to talk about emotions….yada yada yada. 🙂

I sometimes have angst after my human cup of coffee.

Some ideas here about the year 2076.

He is probably in competition with his “brother“, the Cuddly One, that he met in Cuba to see if he had a needle with a very big eye to share.

I had not heard that so thanks for posting.  Yes, it would give Putin an off ramp to get out of Ukraine. He could easily spin it to show that he got what he said he wanted and would look more powerful at home and even on the world stage. Joining the EU is a good option for Ukraine. After the bombing of the maternity hospital in Mariupol it is…[Read more]

OK, I will accept the blame for the confusion as I had written “They are not happy with us since a TV reporter called their ambassador “an apologist for slaughter”.

By they I meant Russia was not happy with us and not the guy I was texting with.

The Russian ambassador to Ireland has said the situation here (in Dublin) is “frankly diffi…[Read more]

I’m sure Trump got his idea from his war room discussions with Sean Hannity who has been talking about his clever plan all week.