Personally, I wouldn't put Putin in charge of a forest -- too much chance of him burning it down. Maybe he'd be suitable as a toilet cleaner at a larg...
How does the person making this generalization exempt himself? Are you immune to bullshit? Our famous rulers, from William the Conqueror on down to Jo...
Minutiae! Here's a good example. A friend of mine who is interested in a lot of different topics, was a volunteer at a museum. One of his tasks was so...
Learning the secrets of stars, whales and cicadas involves a tremendous amount of tedious work -- work considered tedious by the people who love doing...
Quite possibly. I haven't read much in anthropology, and have not found a lot of magic in sociology, psychology, and philosophy--literally and figurat...
Yes, but "magic" is a loosey goosey term, once it's taken out o the theater and pressed into service at the Academy. A lot of what we say about religi...
I guess I don't find "magic" and "enchantment" very helpful concepts. Some people do, of course. an interesting aside: Ursula LeGuin's phantasy worlds...
Quite interesting. I've seen some references to electrical stimulation in wound healing. The fleshy tip of my finger regenerated. This didn't involve ...
A rich topic! That phrase alone is going to require a fair amount of unpacking. From a secular POV (which everyone, of course, doesn't share) we never...
There is a dent in the kitchen floor where I intended to smash a mug. The mug didn't break. I was going to throw it through the window but checked tha...
I like pasties (pron. with diphthongish "a" as in 'past' and not the long 'a' of 'waste' which is what strippers cover their nipples with). In additio...
I cut the tip off my left middle finger while cutting up tickets on an extra large paper cutter. The campus doctor was in, so he wrapped it up. It ble...
But clearly, not in Georgia! https://64.media.tumblr.com/1b22c628e1f94c29def198bea62c6a1a/85a9d99837f4bce1-a9/s1280x1920/dc7cd11398e98b20e54eab3f05696...
Could you give us more clinical information on your finger? Like, did you slice the fleshy end off, and maybe some of the nail? Make a long cut in the...
The news of your damaged digit cut deep. Tragic! You can buy frozen meat pies. I have heard you can get frozen pancakes, too, so no need to risk going...
Could be. I've never watched Tucker Carlson. https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BNGQzMjQyNWMtMmIxZi00YTg1LWEyYmUtYWYzYzU1YTU4MWM4XkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyN...
A Lebanese deli in Minneapolis serves it raw or cooked. The raw version's consistency, mouth feel, and flavor just doesn't work for me. The baked vers...
Trump is slapping DeSantis, governor of Florida, and currently the main threat to Trump's return (like a dog returns to its vomit). I don't know who S...
In honor of the Oscars REACH OUT AND SLAP SOMEONE https://ci5.googleusercontent.com/proxy/vjLVUVNhZ5BSxr6M9otxvyr2c_hvgL4NwRKW-qVaQyq8syYhPosK2MePk-MY...
The shoutbox will be impoverished without your regular participation. If people are attacking you, tell them to go fuck themselves. (figuring out how ...
Is "Progress: an insufferable enthusiasm"? Interesting topic and already 6 pages of discussion, which I haven't read. So... Primitive conditions have ...
FOOTNOTES ARE GOOD I've been reading Tara Zahra's Against the World: Anti-Globalism and Mass Politics Between the World Wars 2023. It shows that histo...
Go with what you like. Whole grains are more alike than they are different and are more nutritious than refined grains, whether it is wheat, spelt, ry...
If I was teaching an English class in the USA, I would call "spelt" (past tense of to spell) a minor error, like "humour" instead of "humor". UK Engli...
Did your English learning book tell you what 'bollocks' are? They are cojones. Habla cojones en Español? Probably not. Habla chorradas en Español? Bol...
There are certain instances of eating that one regrets the moment it is over. It isn't that the food makes one sick. These are not toxic, botulinus in...
Two hours! Hey, we're starving here. BTW, frequent meals cooked over glowing coals or flames raises the risk of gastrointestinal cancer. So, donate to...
Oh! You were using a phone. Sorry. As smart as phones are alleged to be, for some tasks they are obstinate idiots. Actually, I don't know how to obtai...
Vlad will get it before you do; you'll be sent to Siberia for not bringing him the actual sandwich. Vlad is a hungry lad. By the way, the technical gl...
How can something be "pre-made"? If it hasn't been made, then it isn't. If it has been made, then it is. Some for "pre-pare", "pre-sliced", "pre-chopp...
It absolutely is NOT held in place by any sort of deep reading of politics, scripture, or anything else, save some sort of dark, nihilistic claptrap. ...
OK, I've tortured you long enough. Tensions between the US and China with respect to Taiwan have been daily fare on the news here for some time. "Will...
Interesting concept -- Taiwan invading Australia, but why not? Will it be in the interests of the US to protect Oz from Taiwan with nukes? Don't know....
Didn't the Brits already invade Australia around 1788? Used it as a penal colony? Boomerangs didn't stop them, either. On the other hand, China probab...
Damned if I know why people believe in their guns more than they believe in Jesus. But note, it's been 40+ years that the the NRA and conservatives ha...
I don't believe authors such as Paul Auster do a very good job of accounting for the level of violence present in the United States today by linking i...
But that characterizes posts that are made every 5 minutes, never mind the first one in a vacant 24 hour period. I'm surprised the blind have a partic...
Comments