Ananda wrote: When the washer thingie broke, my first thought was that the hustomte was mad about something. Easy now... I know a back handed trivialization when I see one. And I was the one being called out as having "scoffed" at the beliefs of others. As my "scoff" comment was...

Fist and Faith wrote:Bhagavad Gita and Upanishads

These are a couple of my favourites. Although, with the upanisads, I feel like they could reduce the volume a bit and just write 'om' on a few pages and be done.

I think anyone can convince themselves of anything. And, when the belief is shared by friends, family and community, it only makes it easier. I have tried a little experiment on myself over the last few years. One day, I decided that we have a hustomte living in our basement at the laundry room. A h...

Been on antibiotics and strong medicine for a few days now and am starting to feel better. I didn't realise quite how sick I had become since I didn't slow down to notice and the thingie had been lingering and kept getting slowly worse. Now whit medicines, I realise that I was not feeling so wonderf...

Who remembers being a little kid and messing around with one-eye-open one-eye-closed? Or using a shiny surface to make light 'dance' around on the ceiling? I still think my favorite was colored Christmas lights - viewed all blurry with my glasses off... ...then viewed normally with my glasses on ag...

Orlion wrote:

Ananda wrote: No one here can disprove that The Great Bunny of Ultimate Peace and Hyper-Wrathfulness exists.

I think my cat hunted that particular bunny down last week...ergo, he no longer exists

Funny, Softy! That had to be the most absurd scene in the books.

That's one of the arguments that usually makes me give up on continuing any kind of debate. The problem is you can never prove that a fictional entity does not exist. Lack of any evidence is not enough to people who just *know* they are right. The absurd examples are used to illustrate the impossib...

There are similarities (from my poor understanding of the translated recipe), but I think you will find this creamed kale recipe both easier and more full flavored. aha... that's a fancier/more ingredients version of the same basic thing. This is tradition, though, so I cannot deviate (although, I ...

I'm Murin wrote: That only makes sense if you pretend humans aren't hardwired for a basic level of empathy. It may be geared mainly towards a small circles of people close to you by default, but it exists and it allows the awareness you speak of to come from the self, not some outside intervention....

Norwegian zombie film called Dead Snow. Nazi zombies left over from world war two. Had the nastiest, dirtiest sex scene in any movie ever, too. Not from what you see, but from where it is and the situation.

Back to the tin-foil controversy; Conspiracy theorists - THE SHINY SIDE GOES AWAY FROM YOUR HEAD! [Ahhh.... it's better to get that of my chest.] That's true. If you put the shiny side toward your head, the hat not only doesn't block the rays, but it allows them in and then traps and amplifies them...

Menolly wrote:crockpot creamed kale

Sounds like a jul staple here. Is it like this?
www.recept.nu/recept_nu/smaratter_och_t ... k_gronkal/

:lol: Or delete your browsing history. I remember, in the mid 90s, my father was having trouble with his internet. Pictures were not displaying properly on sites. He asked me to come fix it and, in doing so, I found his entire browser stuff was filled with porn. And, since he was really worried, he...

A friend of mine, who lived in Mexico City until his late teens, is upset that the US lets just anyone in. In his words, he knows what the streets of Mexico City are like, and he doesn't want that coming here. Wasn't that post a little ironic for being posted on the american holiday to celebrate th...

I think that, when we talk about our beliefs and so, we need to remember that we are a collection of many beliefs, some that even contradict each other, and a great deal of them, we have no real understanding of why we even have them. Also, we tend to think what we believe is right at any given poin...

Ananda write: I also approach random people and have conversations with them as a sort of hobby. I like that. I think we all find ourselves in a moment like that once in awhile. But you seek it out, Ananda, you have made it a habit. Wonderful. And you see, that's just it. A moment like that is so c...

An interesting article about geo-engineering to reduce rising temperatures.
www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-30197085