Noble Dust

What the hell does that mean?

This is also true but simply speaks to the complexity of my jokes as well as my rants as well as the giant size of my brain.

Most people don't realize that I'm actually the funniest poster here. While Hanover is prancing around yelling profanities and making embarrasing face...

I get that. For me there's nothing quite like walking down the smelly trash-strewn streets of lower Manhattan on a sweltering sunny afternoon with two...

https://youtu.be/QGxTl9YyAVU

I'm going to start referring to @"T Clark" in this way.

Yes, the art (no pun intended) of sitting with a work of art without distractions for an extended period of time is, well, a lost art. But museums and...

That's a great idea; I might try that.

I'm just saying I don't think we consciously "choose" philosophical positions. When I was 14 I thought I felt a "spiritual conviction" to "give my lif...

You said choosing a position and arguing it is boring, so I was just wondering if there's an alternative that keeps you posting.

I'm listening. So why keep posting?

Lard is actually one of the healthiest fats, whatever your midwestern upbringing might tell you. It took me years to break the bondage. I just bought ...

I had zero expectations for the new Sigur Ros album, but this slapped: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OrBncFu_Gs0

Ok, I see this is what I missed. Maybe I'm too young to get here. It sounds depressing, and I say that as a depressed person. I'd like to imagine a wo...

Ok, I'm now re-reading UBIK, but at a snails pace because I'm taking copious notes. :grin:

I'd like to know what it is, but I'm trying to figure it out from what you said after.

:halo: I read philosophy threads based on tone rather than content, often. It helps in sussing out motives which retroactively informs philosophical q...

Back to the foodbox: I made a super healthy green lentil stew. I feel very healthy, and the flavors are very earthy, but it's a little too healthy. I ...

I don't think you "picked" a metaphysical position, though; I don't think anyone has metaphysical volition. It's in you for whatever reason, and it ma...

I only ask because to whatever extent the Russian people are duped or not duped by state propaganda, I assume they know this whole thing happened. Tha...

Also an excellent discussion point. I’m feeling motivated to get this thread going.

The power of intuition, which we also agree on, despite me reading you the business about your stubbornness about your experience of Taoism in the pas...

Has this at all penetrated Russia’s native propaganda front? There seem to be cracks that aren’t easily painted over.

Haha, that's fair enough. There's no requirements, I just personally feel responsible for re-reading it in order to make a quality OP.

Just wait for the forthcoming thread, then!

I'm not super well read on him. I've read a few I didn't care for, like Eden. I do like the recurring theme in some of his work of alien life being in...

Ah, those I would consider Hard Sci-Fi. PKD began trying to write normal, everyday non-Sci-Fi novels and was not successful, so he pivoted to harder S...

Well, now that I say that, I should clarify since I might have misspoken. I think and write too quickly at times. His later novels are not Hard Sci-Fi...

His later novels are anything but old school Sci-Fi. I plan on starting a serious thread about UBIK. I need recruits. There are good images, yes, desp...

In the "natural" wine world, wines, usually reds, that have "barnyardy" scents have been in vogue for about 10 years here, but I think the term and de...

Good point.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dgzwZV9iqOE

There's a silver casing to every thug...?

Oh sure, I'm just asking questions in part to better understand the situation.

Isn't he also a member of the Oligarch class he's talking about?

Could there be an inkling of truth in some of what he's describing?

True yes, sorry to use you in an inside joke. There's also been some discussion at length on cucumbers in the shoutbox. Er...

Neither do I. You and I have even more in common than @"T Clark" and I do.

Interesting to read your thoughts. I still plan on making a thread, so I'll wait to respond. I need to read it again to respond to some of your points...

True. I will do what I can to get involved more. I often feel intimidated because I'm less well read than most I think, but these discussions are help...

Although I like tart, acidic things, I realized a few years ago Kiwis are often under ripe and too acidic. If you get one that's sufficiently ripe it'...

It all began with watermelon.

Beer and fish together is underrated. No longer. The decade-long rebuild is almost over. Hate's a strong word but I've never liked it either, even as ...

I’m unsure what to read next, so I’ve been combing through sections of The Nag Hammadi Library again. If nothing else it’s good for falling asleep. Th...

Pizza is for all seasons, whether weather or life.

By the way, I never mentioned that as it's an outdated term that Gen X use.

You fucked up, not me.

See above.

@"Jamal" Maybe just don't suggest that you know where someone lives. That feels like a bannable offense.

What's weird is that you remember this weird thing that happened like 4 years ago. I remember it because I was offended but I slogged it off. It's wei...