Godzilla, Warrior Princess 8/14/13 Dan Goodman, 1720 Como Ave SE, Minneapolis, MN 55414. dsgood at iphouse.com or at gmail.com.
Wednesday August 14, 2013 To Waite House for NAPS (Nutritional Assistance Program for Seniors) food.
And the twice-monthly produce giveaway. This time, they had a lot of zucchini. Much, much, much zucchini.
***Sent Ed Meskys two sets of information, related to questions raised in THE VIEW FROM ENTROPY HALL #49.
1) A story John Boardman had been searching for (about what would have happened if Joseph hadn't become a slave in Egypt): "Hands Off" by Edward Everett Hale. I'd forgotten author and title, but uchronia.net (devoted to alternate history) has a chronological listing of old stuff.
2) Information on polygamy (polygyny, to be precise) in Jewish law. Quick and dirty summary: Banned for Ashkenazim unless certain very strict conditions are fulfilled. Not exactly banned for other Jews, but extremely rare except where civil law permits it.
***New York Times article on falling population in Germany (with mention of similar problems elsewhere in Europe -- though not everywhere.)
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/08/14/world/europe/germany-fights-population-drop.html?hp&_r=1&pagewanted=all&
***From Twitter:
Matt Novak @paleofuture
1980s College Dean: Universities Will Collapse Because of Liberals http://paleofuture.gizmodo.com/1980s-college-dean-universities-will-collapse-because-1139210184
ACES @copyeditors
Another save by a copy editor. RT @TheSlot "How to protect your garden from rabbis." Yeah, glad I caught that typo.
Retweeted by Lillian Cohen-Moore
Sunday, August 18, 2013
Tuesday, August 13, 2013
Godzilla, Warrior Princess 8/12/13 Dan Goodman, 1720 Como Ave SE, Minneapolis, MN 55414. dsgood at iphouse.com or at gmail.com.
Monday August 12, 2013 Picked up pills at HealthPartners Riverside Pharmacy. They came with the usual warning against breastfeeding while using the medication.
***From Twitter:
Bit Rebels @bitrebels
Turn Your Bathtub Water Into An Immersive Interactive Touchscreen - http://bit.ly/1cuVXEI
[Yes, it's a serious post]
wwwtxt (1988–94) @wwwtxt 10 Aug
The computer hobbyist spirit is almost dead. Perhaps what is really wrong here is a lack of curiosity or unwillingness to experiment. 93MAR
wwwtxt (1988–94) @wwwtxt 10 Aug
I think the only reason this author set his book in 2013 was to include virtual reality. 93JUL
Tom Standage @tomstandage
On one occasion New York's 19th-century pneumatic tube system was used to transport a cat between post offices #Hyperloop #VictorianInternet
Retweeted by Benjamin Lukoff
========
Dennis Lien Aug 10
On Fri, Aug 9, 2013 at 5:53 PM, Daniel S. Goodman <dsgood@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Thursday August 8, 2013 Adult Children Anonymous meeting. (Adult Children of Alcoholic and Otherwise Dysfunctional Families Anonymous.)
>>
>> One poster on the meeting place's wall quoted a sermon John Robinson gave to Pilgrims in 1620:
>>
>> "We limit not the truth of God to our poor reach of mind
>> To notions of our day and place, crude partial, and confined
>> No, let a new and better hope within our hearts be stirred,
>> There is yet more light and truth to break forth from God's Holy Word."
**********
>Nope. These are lyrics from an 1850 hymn by George Rawson, based on alleged prose "farewell" by >Robinson to the Pilgrims, not a sermon as such.
>See "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/More_Light_Presbyterians under "Origin of the Name 'More >Light'" section.
Lee Gold Aug 5
On 8/5/2013 2:21 PM, Daniel S. Goodman wrote:
>>Friday August 2, 2013 Idea I probably won't do anything with: A proposed US constitutional >>convention to clarify the Second Amendment
>I've always felt one should start by looking at the Northwest Ordinance's use of "regulatd" and >"militia" http://avalon.law.yale.edu/18th_century/nworder.asp
Thanks for that link. It does make sense. However, political discussion of the Second Amendment mostly is discussion of magic. Either guns are white magic, or they're black magic.
Monday August 12, 2013 Picked up pills at HealthPartners Riverside Pharmacy. They came with the usual warning against breastfeeding while using the medication.
***From Twitter:
Bit Rebels @bitrebels
Turn Your Bathtub Water Into An Immersive Interactive Touchscreen - http://bit.ly/1cuVXEI
[Yes, it's a serious post]
wwwtxt (1988–94) @wwwtxt 10 Aug
The computer hobbyist spirit is almost dead. Perhaps what is really wrong here is a lack of curiosity or unwillingness to experiment. 93MAR
wwwtxt (1988–94) @wwwtxt 10 Aug
I think the only reason this author set his book in 2013 was to include virtual reality. 93JUL
Tom Standage @tomstandage
On one occasion New York's 19th-century pneumatic tube system was used to transport a cat between post offices #Hyperloop #VictorianInternet
Retweeted by Benjamin Lukoff
========
Dennis Lien Aug 10
On Fri, Aug 9, 2013 at 5:53 PM, Daniel S. Goodman <dsgood@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Thursday August 8, 2013 Adult Children Anonymous meeting. (Adult Children of Alcoholic and Otherwise Dysfunctional Families Anonymous.)
>>
>> One poster on the meeting place's wall quoted a sermon John Robinson gave to Pilgrims in 1620:
>>
>> "We limit not the truth of God to our poor reach of mind
>> To notions of our day and place, crude partial, and confined
>> No, let a new and better hope within our hearts be stirred,
>> There is yet more light and truth to break forth from God's Holy Word."
**********
>Nope. These are lyrics from an 1850 hymn by George Rawson, based on alleged prose "farewell" by >Robinson to the Pilgrims, not a sermon as such.
>See "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/More_Light_Presbyterians under "Origin of the Name 'More >Light'" section.
Lee Gold Aug 5
On 8/5/2013 2:21 PM, Daniel S. Goodman wrote:
>>Friday August 2, 2013 Idea I probably won't do anything with: A proposed US constitutional >>convention to clarify the Second Amendment
>I've always felt one should start by looking at the Northwest Ordinance's use of "regulatd" and >"militia" http://avalon.law.yale.edu/18th_century/nworder.asp
Thanks for that link. It does make sense. However, political discussion of the Second Amendment mostly is discussion of magic. Either guns are white magic, or they're black magic.
Monday, August 12, 2013
Our Universe's Horoscope
For the sake of this exercise, I make two assumptions: One which I don't believe, and one which hasn't been proven or disproven (so far this week.)
1) Astrology works.
2) Our universe budded off from an older universe.
If both are true, it is possible to draw up a natal chart for our universe. Provided, of course, we can obtain certain needed information.
What are the physical and spiritual laws of the parent universe, and how do they affect astrology? If they don't allow stars to form, something else will need to serve as markers.
In the parent universe's time, when was our universe born?
For the sake of this exercise, I make two assumptions: One which I don't believe, and one which hasn't been proven or disproven (so far this week.)
1) Astrology works.
2) Our universe budded off from an older universe.
If both are true, it is possible to draw up a natal chart for our universe. Provided, of course, we can obtain certain needed information.
What are the physical and spiritual laws of the parent universe, and how do they affect astrology? If they don't allow stars to form, something else will need to serve as markers.
In the parent universe's time, when was our universe born?
Friday, August 9, 2013
Thursday August 8, 2013 Adult Children Anonymous meeting. (Adult Children of Alcoholic and Otherwise Dysfunctional Families Anonymous.)
One poster on the meeting place's wall quoted a sermon John Robinson gave to Pilgrims in 1620:
"We limit not the truth of God to our poor reach of mind
To notions of our day and place, crude partial, and confined
No, let a new and better hope within our hearts be stirred,
There is yet more light and truth to break forth from God's Holy Word."
***From politicalwire.com:
The Dumbest Candidate Ever?
Stephanie Banister, of the Australian One Nation movement "did her campaign no favors" in a television interview, "mistaking Islam for a country, confusing haram with Koran and drawing a blank on the nationwide disability scheme," the Sydney Morning Herald reports.
She also claimed that ''Jews follow Jesus Christ''.
From Twitter:
William Brazill @InstantFiction
He moved like a polo player, she thought, a man used to commanding a mount and scoring. It thrilled her that he might see her as a goal.
[Not the best romance writing I've seen.]
GlenHiemstra @GlenHiemstra
Modafinil - the time-shifting drug - would you stay awake for 40 hours straight if there were no side effects? http://buff.ly/14kkiXT
inhabitat @inhabitat
Find out why this school district in Texas plans to start micro-chipping their students http://bit.ly/19k1dbY
One poster on the meeting place's wall quoted a sermon John Robinson gave to Pilgrims in 1620:
"We limit not the truth of God to our poor reach of mind
To notions of our day and place, crude partial, and confined
No, let a new and better hope within our hearts be stirred,
There is yet more light and truth to break forth from God's Holy Word."
***From politicalwire.com:
The Dumbest Candidate Ever?
Stephanie Banister, of the Australian One Nation movement "did her campaign no favors" in a television interview, "mistaking Islam for a country, confusing haram with Koran and drawing a blank on the nationwide disability scheme," the Sydney Morning Herald reports.
She also claimed that ''Jews follow Jesus Christ''.
From Twitter:
William Brazill @InstantFiction
He moved like a polo player, she thought, a man used to commanding a mount and scoring. It thrilled her that he might see her as a goal.
[Not the best romance writing I've seen.]
GlenHiemstra @GlenHiemstra
Modafinil - the time-shifting drug - would you stay awake for 40 hours straight if there were no side effects? http://buff.ly/14kkiXT
inhabitat @inhabitat
Find out why this school district in Texas plans to start micro-chipping their students http://bit.ly/19k1dbY
Wednesday, August 7, 2013
Tuesday August 6, 2013 National Night Out. I didn't attend any of the local gatherings -- which, considering the evening's weather (episodes of hail and rain), was just as well.
But there will be a "PPL National Night Out" gathering on the 16th at Van Cleve Park. (The National Night Out movement has had a schism.)
***T-shirt: "Ce n'est pas un t-shirt."
***Seen at the Minneapolis Central Library, a Christian sf novel which I disrecommend: The Tuloriad, (Oct 2009, John Ringo, Tom Kratman, publ. Baen, 1-4391-3304-2, $26.00, 385pp, hc)
Main reason for disrecommendation: Tom Kratman doesn't demonstrate as much Christian charity as th average Satanist.
***Shopped at St. Vincent De Paul thrift store and the Wedge Coop. Paid for next thirty days of no-contract phone service.
At Southeast Library, picked up a collection of George Orwell's essays.
From politicalwire.com:
Bonus Quote of the Day
"What are you going to do about it, grandpa?"
-- Anthony Weiner, quoted by the New York Post, to a 69-year-old man who objected to Weiner touching him at an AARP mayoral forum.
http://preview.tinyurl.com/lf27bjt
From Twitter:
R.L. Ripples @TweetsofOld
Mondays have been designated "Hangman's" day in South Carolina. "We should worry." MN1913
But there will be a "PPL National Night Out" gathering on the 16th at Van Cleve Park. (The National Night Out movement has had a schism.)
***T-shirt: "Ce n'est pas un t-shirt."
***Seen at the Minneapolis Central Library, a Christian sf novel which I disrecommend: The Tuloriad, (Oct 2009, John Ringo, Tom Kratman, publ. Baen, 1-4391-3304-2, $26.00, 385pp, hc)
Main reason for disrecommendation: Tom Kratman doesn't demonstrate as much Christian charity as th average Satanist.
***Shopped at St. Vincent De Paul thrift store and the Wedge Coop. Paid for next thirty days of no-contract phone service.
At Southeast Library, picked up a collection of George Orwell's essays.
From politicalwire.com:
Bonus Quote of the Day
"What are you going to do about it, grandpa?"
-- Anthony Weiner, quoted by the New York Post, to a 69-year-old man who objected to Weiner touching him at an AARP mayoral forum.
http://preview.tinyurl.com/lf27bjt
From Twitter:
R.L. Ripples @TweetsofOld
Mondays have been designated "Hangman's" day in South Carolina. "We should worry." MN1913
Monday, August 5, 2013
Thursday August 1, 2013 ACA meeting (Adult Children of Alcoholic and Otherwise Dysfunctional Families.)
Part of what was discussed: "Adult children guess at what normal is."
Which brought to the surface something I'd been coming to realize for a while. In one sense of "normal," there's no way I could manage it. I deviate too much from the norm. In good ways (above average intelligence, ability to come up with ideas.) In bad ways (ADD/ADHD, minor degree of cerebral palsy.) And in one which I consider neutral (synesthesia of various kinds.)
And I'm a few years older than the Baby Boomers. Which means that what was normal when I was growing up is way out of date.
Another ACA member has a saying; "I don't want to be normal. I want to be healthy."
I think I'm getting there.
***Read Volume 3 of The Collected Stories of Roger Zelazny. Among information in this volume: After Zelazny quit his job to write full time, his production didn't go up. He wrote no more than he had when he also worked full time at the day job.
***Apologies to anyone in whom the following arouses unwanted lustful thoughts.
From Ansible 313, THOG'S MASTERCLASS:
_True Romance Dept._ 'But then the tips of her breasts became erect on their own, and the flood in her loins washed morals, despair, and all other abstract assessments away in a cloud of some sort of divine cologne of his. Now his big generative jockey was inside her pelvic saddle, riding, riding, riding, and she was eagerly swallowing it swallowing it swallowing it with the saddle's own lips and maw -- all this without a word.' (Tom Wolfe, _Back to Blood_, 2012)
Part of what was discussed: "Adult children guess at what normal is."
Which brought to the surface something I'd been coming to realize for a while. In one sense of "normal," there's no way I could manage it. I deviate too much from the norm. In good ways (above average intelligence, ability to come up with ideas.) In bad ways (ADD/ADHD, minor degree of cerebral palsy.) And in one which I consider neutral (synesthesia of various kinds.)
And I'm a few years older than the Baby Boomers. Which means that what was normal when I was growing up is way out of date.
Another ACA member has a saying; "I don't want to be normal. I want to be healthy."
I think I'm getting there.
***Read Volume 3 of The Collected Stories of Roger Zelazny. Among information in this volume: After Zelazny quit his job to write full time, his production didn't go up. He wrote no more than he had when he also worked full time at the day job.
***Apologies to anyone in whom the following arouses unwanted lustful thoughts.
From Ansible 313, THOG'S MASTERCLASS:
_True Romance Dept._ 'But then the tips of her breasts became erect on their own, and the flood in her loins washed morals, despair, and all other abstract assessments away in a cloud of some sort of divine cologne of his. Now his big generative jockey was inside her pelvic saddle, riding, riding, riding, and she was eagerly swallowing it swallowing it swallowing it with the saddle's own lips and maw -- all this without a word.' (Tom Wolfe, _Back to Blood_, 2012)
Friday August 2, 2013 Idea I probably won't do anything with: A proposed US constitutional convention to clarify the Second Amendment; supported by groups with rather different ideas of what "the right to bear arms" should mean.
And found myself thinking about adding functional constituencies to Congress.
***Never let it be said that American politics is a few clowns short of a circus.
From politicalwire.com:
August 02, 2013
Quote of the Day
"We all are freaky. He just exposed his freaky-ism in the wrong way."
-- Jimmy McMillan of The Rent is Too Damn High Party, quoted by Politicker, endorsing Anthony Weiner in the New York City mayoral race.
For those who don't keep up with such news: Anthony Weiner sent x-rated messages (in some of which he exposed himself) to various women. Some of them after he had supposedly stopped doing so.
And found myself thinking about adding functional constituencies to Congress.
***Never let it be said that American politics is a few clowns short of a circus.
From politicalwire.com:
August 02, 2013
Quote of the Day
"We all are freaky. He just exposed his freaky-ism in the wrong way."
-- Jimmy McMillan of The Rent is Too Damn High Party, quoted by Politicker, endorsing Anthony Weiner in the New York City mayoral race.
For those who don't keep up with such news: Anthony Weiner sent x-rated messages (in some of which he exposed himself) to various women. Some of them after he had supposedly stopped doing so.
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