It is here that I can concentrate my mind upon the Remembered Earth. It is here that I am most conscious of being, here that wonder comes upon my blood, here I want to live forever; and it is no matter that I must die. | |
— N. Scott Momaday | |
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On This Day In: | |
2021 | Learning Stages |
Sometimes It Only Takes A Smile… | |
2020 | Come Laugh With Me |
Make Life Be Life To Me | |
2019 | For Your Consideration… |
2018 | Brown’s Rules |
Day 23: Fasting Visualized | |
2017 | Still Trying To Make It |
2016 | One Lucky Man |
2015 | Food Change ==> Health Change |
2014 | 10 Commandments Of Logical Arguments (Fallacies) |
2013 | Sociology Of The Future |
2012 | 1010 |
There In The Sunshine | |
2011 | Not Enough Time |
Archive for the ‘Philosophy’ Category
From Mountain Tops, Seashores And Under The Stars
Posted in Guitar Stuff, Philosophy, Quotes, tagged Concentration, Consciousness, Life And Death, N. Scott Momaday, Philosophy, Quotes, Remembered Earth, Wonder on August 19, 2022| Leave a Comment »
“Real” Americans Believe In The Separation Of Church And State
Posted in Quotes, Philosophy, Faith, tagged American Taliban, Faith, God, Philosophy, Quotes, Rumi, Separation of Church and State, Silence, Translation on August 18, 2022| Leave a Comment »
Silence is the only language God speaks. Everything else is a bad translation. | |
— Rumi | |
[My message to the members of the “Christian / American Taliban”… — kmab] | |
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On This Day In: | |
2021 | It Cannot Be A Science |
Fallin’ And Callin’ | |
2020 | What’s Inside You? |
Think Of Me And Smile | |
2019 | Impeaching The Idiot In The Oval Office |
2018 | My Religion |
Day 22: Step And Hang | |
2017 | Adrift In The Oval Office |
Regrets – The Donald Failed The Test | |
2016 | Just Ask “The Donald” |
2015 | Did You Pass On It? |
2014 | Even When It Ain’t, It Is |
2013 | Still Happens |
2012 | Possessing Eternity |
2011 | I Thought We Were Talking About Afghanistan |
Enjoying Life
Posted in Quotes, Philosophy, tagged Philosophy, Quotes, Joy, Laughter, Possibilities, Mary Anne Radmacher, Windows on August 17, 2022| 2 Comments »
May your walls know joy, each room hold laughter and every window open to greater possibility. | |
— Mary Anne Radmacher | |
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On This Day In: | |
2021 | A Spoonful Of Sugar |
A Matter Of Fact | |
2020 | Insensitive To Silence |
To All My Friends… | |
2019 | Judging Success |
2018 | Something Else |
Day 21: 10% Loss | |
2017 | Courage |
2016 | Don’t H8! — I’m With Her!! |
2015 | $20 Anyone? |
2014 | And Yet I Still Study |
2013 | Use Your Own |
2012 | Strengthen Freedom |
2011 | Attrition = A Lack Of Imagination |
2010 | Mind The Fire, Love |
Just Beyond My Reach… | |
Even A Life Of Quiet Desperation! | |
Acts Of Courage | |
Getting Into Good Trouble
Posted in Philosophy, Politics, Quotes, tagged Action, Freedom, Just Society, Philosophy, Politics, Quotes, U.S. Representative John Lewis on August 16, 2022| Leave a Comment »
Freedom is the continuous action we all must take, and each generation must do its part to create an even more fair, more just society. | |
— U.S. Representative John Lewis | |
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On This Day In: | |
2021 | Universal Vibrations |
Stitched With Love | |
2020 | Weakness In The Oval Office |
Doo Wop (1961) | |
2019 | A Temporary Surrender |
2018 | I Am Spartacus |
The Privilege Of Milking | |
Day 20: Relief | |
2017 | Try Not To Run Short, Too |
2016 | I Feel The Same (Thankful) |
2015 | It Couldn’t Hurt |
2014 | Sir, I Have Reasoned It Out! |
2013 | What Are We Becoming? |
2012 | Miracles |
2011 | “W” Finds A Nut! |
2010 | No Strain At All, But I’m Not Sure About Stress… |
An Evening at the Pavilion… | |
Small Comfort
Posted in Other Blogs, Philosophy, Quotes, tagged Dan Wakefield, https://news.lettersofnote.com/, Kurt Vonnegut Jr., Kurt Vonnegut: Letters, Letters Of Note, New York Times, Other Blogs, Philosophy, Quotes on August 15, 2022| Leave a Comment »
It may give us some comfort in these worrisome times to know that in all of history only one country has actually been crazy enough to detonate atomic weapons in the midst of civilian populations, turning unarmed men, women and children into radioactive soot and bonemeal. And that was a long, long time ago now. | |
Kurt Vonnegut | |
Letter to the New York Times | |
12th September 2002 | |
— Kurt Vonnegut | |
From: “Kurt Vonnegut: Letters” | |
Edited by: Dan Wakefield | |
Found at one of the sites I follow: “Letters of Note“ | |
The specific post is: https://news.lettersofnote.com/p/most-letters-from-a-parent-contain?s=r | |
[Please visit the original site if you have a few spare minutes… — kmab] | |
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On This Day In: | |
2021 | Get It Done |
Toe Tappin’ And Head Bobbin’ | |
2020 | Saddle Up! |
Practicing To Be Clever | |
Anybody Want A Bagel? | |
2019 | Welcome Home |
The Whole Community | |
2018 | The Cells Are Right |
Day 19: Broth | |
2017 | Be Responsible |
2016 | Thinking About November 8th, 2016 |
2015 | Lonely Teardrops |
2014 | Pleasurable Law |
2013 | Room For Justice |
In The Minds Of Others | |
2012 | Extinction, n. |
2011 | Snap! |
Arming Teachers Will NOT Prevent Or Minimize School Shootings (IMHO)
Posted in Education, Philosophy, Politics, Quotes, tagged Children, Civilized Society, Education, Gun Control, IMHO, Joan Ganz Cooney, NRA, Philosophy, Politics, Quotes on August 14, 2022| 2 Comments »
Cherishing children is the mark of a civilized society. | |
— Joan Ganz Cooney | |
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On This Day In: | |
2021 | In A Way |
Solo In The Middle Of The Backroads | |
2020 | What’d I Miss? |
A Little Closer | |
But I Grew Up A Niner Fan… | |
2019 | Tragedy |
2018 | The Beam In Your Eye Adds Up |
Day 18: My Body Mass Index (BMI) | |
2017 | Open Your Eyes (And Your Heart) |
2016 | Privilege Too… |
2015 | Otherwise Obscured |
2014 | Fundamentals |
2013 | Proof – ing |
2012 | Deluge, n. |
2011 | Hail, Caesar! |
Why Were You Sent? | |
A Caution To The 99% About The Mid-Terms…
Posted in Philosophy, Politics, Quotes, tagged 2022 Mid-Term Elections, George Bernard Shaw, Philosophy, Politics, Quotes on August 13, 2022| 2 Comments »
Take care to get what you like or you will be forced to like what you get. | |
— George Bernard Shaw | |
[To all you Independents and “conservative” Democrats who want to send a “message” to President Biden by voting for Republicans in the November mid-terms, remember in doing so, you are voting against supporting the middle-class worker, against voting rights, against national health care, against personal privacy and against reducing climate change. If you are “okay” with the Republican stand on all of those issues / positions – fine. Vote your conscious. Otherwise, I suggest you find and support EVERY Democrat at your local, state and national level – and vote for them. Elections have consequences. — kmab] | |
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On This Day In: | |
2021 | Awaiting The Polisher |
With Old Friends (And Family) | |
…Before You Leap! | |
2020 | I Don’t Want To Get Any Older… |
Maybe I’ll See You There | |
2019 | Free At Last! |
2018 | Some Basic Virtues |
Day 17: Fit In 48’s | |
2017 | Too Soon We Part… |
Rigorous And Difficult | |
2016 | Where And Why |
2015 | The Beauty Of Thy Voice |
2014 | Faith In Men |
2013 | An Average Verge |
2012 | Dew Drop Secrets |
2011 | Champion Freedom |
Faux “News”: Why Wait? We’re Entertainment, Not News
Posted in Philosophy, Politics, Quotes, tagged Facts, Faux News, Mark Twain, Philosophy, Quotes on August 12, 2022| Leave a Comment »
Get your facts first, then you can distort them as you please. | |
— Mark Twain | |
[Why do viewers watch a channel that’s been demonstrated to lie to them. Oh yeah… Because they (the viewers) want to believe the lies. Why does Faux do it? …To laugh all the way to the bank. — kmab] | |
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On This Day In: | |
2021 | Living At The Edge |
A Simple Song | |
More Sounds (Guitar Review) | |
2020 | Poor Proof |
Right From The Start | |
You Voted For An Incompetent And Corrupt Business Person To Drain A Political Swamp | |
2019 | I Wish This Were More True |
2018 | Used To Rejection |
Day 16: Looking Ahead (Just A Little) | |
2017 | Tonight |
I Rejoice | |
2016 | Conscientious Courage |
Speaking Of Which… | |
2015 | The Beautiful Snow |
2014 | Nurtured By The Voices |
2013 | Précis |
2012 | Fear And Understanding |
2011 | Just Being Human |
Cheers, Mate / Cheers, Love!!
Posted in Philosophy, Quotes, tagged Mark Twain, Philosophy, Quotes on August 11, 2022| 2 Comments »
The best way to cheer yourself up is to try to cheer somebody else up. | |
— Mark Twain | |
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On This Day In: | |
2021 | Is Your Life Rich? |
Until Then… | |
2020 | Reincarnation Or Groundhog Day? |
Any Sunny Afternoon | |
2019 | Four Days To Go |
2018 | No One Man |
Day 15: Tired (Again) | |
2017 | Strongly Convinced |
2016 | Me, Myself & I |
2015 | God, Give Us Men! |
2014 | Got Any Bezzy Mates? |
2013 | On Being A Nerd – Awesome |
2012 | Writers Write |
2011 | And History Has Proved This Correct |
2010 | Fascinating Discontinuity |
Tasted Bacon? | |
People, Relationships And Experiences
Posted in Philosophy, Quotes, tagged Ann Landers, Life, Philosophy, Quotes, Things on August 10, 2022| Leave a Comment »
The best things in life aren’t things. | |
— Ann Landers | |
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On This Day In: | |
2021 | I Regret To Admit (I Do) |
Two Ways | |
2020 | 3rd November 2020 |
He Sat Down And Opened Up His Mind | |
2019 | Just Two? |
2018 | I Resemble That Remark… (6!) |
Day 14: Two Weeks! | |
2017 | Try It, You’ll Like It |
2016 | Echo Chamber? |
2015 | Embrace The World Like A Lover |
2014 | Democratic Beliefs (for the next President) |
2013 | And Go Now! |
2012 | A World Safe For Diversity |
2011 | What If I Don’t Want To? |
2009 | Restful Sunday and a Movie About Boys’ Dolls (Action Figures) |
The Arc Of Justice Sometimes Bends Too Slowly
Posted in Philosophy, Politics, Quotes, tagged Hurry, Justice, Patience, Philosophy, Quotes, Rivers, Winnie the Pooh on August 9, 2022| 2 Comments »
Rivers know this: There is no hurry. We shall get there some day. | |
— Winnie the Pooh | |
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On This Day In: | |
2021 | Still Stumbling |
Make It Your Own… | |
2020 | #45: Diarrhea Of The Mouth, Constipation Of The Brain |
Not As Often As I Used To | |
2019 | Four Buffett’s |
2018 | Change Happens |
Day 13: Ginger / Mint Relief | |
2017 | Still Removing Bricks |
2016 | Namaste |
2015 | Still Learning |
2014 | Dark Processes |
2013 | To The Last Link |
2012 | Slept In Again |
2011 | Home Again, Naturally |
2009 | Thoughts after a long day of OT… |
Units Of Measure
Posted in Other Blogs, Philosophy, Quotes, Science and Learning, tagged Courage, Intelligence, Other Blogs, Paul Dirac, Philosophy, Quotes, ram H singhal, Science, Scientific Progress on August 8, 2022| Leave a Comment »
Scientific progress is measured in units of courage, not intelligence. | |
— Paul Dirac | |
[Found on one of the blogs I follow: “ram H singhal“ | |
Located at: https://ram0singhal.wordpress.com/ | |
The specific post is at: https://ram0singhal.wordpress.com/2021/07/13/1933-nobel-prize-in-physics-paul-adrien-maurice-dirac/ | |
Please visit the original site if you have a spare moment. — kmab] | |
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On This Day In: | |
2021 | True Fervor |
Still Sparkles | |
2020 | A Destructive Mistake |
I’d Rather Live In HER World | |
2019 | And #IncompetentTrump Is A Failure At Both |
2018 | To Excel At Your Craft |
Day 12: Waiting | |
2017 | Like When You Can Order Others To Fight For You |
2016 | Holding Fast |
2015 | Alms Or Balms |
2014 | A Day At The Beach |
2013 | Pillows |
Steppin’ | |
2012 | Invincible Summer |
2011 | Being Objective |
2010 | First Things First… |
Northwest Passages – Intro | |
Northwest Passages – Day One | |
Northwest Passages – Poetry | |
Northwest Passages – Evening One | |
Northwest Passages – Morning Two | |
Wake Up Call For November 2022
Posted in Philosophy, Politics, Quotes, tagged Frank Herbert, Philosophy, Politics, Quotes, Sleeping, Vote In November 2022, Waking Up on August 7, 2022| 4 Comments »
Without new experiences, something inside of us sleeps. The sleeper must awaken. | |
— Frank Herbert | |
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On This Day In: | |
2021 | And It Will Be Here Last |
Still Goode 40 Years Later | |
2020 | Necessary And Desirable |
Who Made The Rules? | |
2019 | The Far Side |
2018 | Hold On |
Day 11: Just Plain Tired | |
2017 | Why Don’t You Tell Us What You Really Think? |
2016 | Discontent |
2015 | Do You Know Me? |
Appetite For Life Update | |
2014 | Tough Journalism |
2013 | Things I’ve Learned |
2012 | Abstainer, n. |
2011 | Rain, Rain, Rain |
Test Your Strength | |
2009 | End the mistakes… |
Maybe We Should Start Over?
Posted in Philosophy, Quotes, tagged Complex Systems, John Gall, Philosophy, Quotes, Systemantics (3rd Ed.): The Systems Bible on August 6, 2022| Leave a Comment »
A complex system that works is invariably found to have evolved from a simple system that worked. The inverse proposition also appears to be true: A complex system designed from scratch never works and cannot be made to work. You have to start over, beginning with a working simple system. | |
— John Gall | |
From his book: “Systemantics (3rd Ed.): The Systems Bible“ | |
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On This Day In: | |
2021 | Born Again |
Begin Writing | |
2020 | Nah… I’m Still Chuckling |
Squeaking By With “C’s” | |
2019 | Consider Me A Phony |
2018 | Last |
Day 10: Double Digits | |
2017 | Could You Repeat The Question? |
2016 | Still Busy? |
2015 | Why, Just This Morning… |
2014 | Just Kindness |
2013 | Now Shaking |
2012 | Absurdity, n. |
2011 | Minor Changes |
Things I’ve Learned From Life – Nana Carter | |
Acting Out | |
Bees And Flowers
Posted in Education, Philosophy, Quotes, Science and Learning, tagged Adult Restrictions, Bees, Children, Education, Flowers, Free Thinkers, Joshua Davis, Personal Computers, Philosophy, Quotes, Science and Learning, Self-Organization, Sugata Mitra, Wired Magazine on August 5, 2022| 2 Comments »
If you put a computer in front of children and remove all other adult restrictions, they will self-organize around it like bees around a flower. | |
— Sugata Mitra | |
As quoted by: Joshua Davis | |
From his article: “Free Thinkers“ | |
Appearing in: Wired Magazine; dtd: November 2013 | |
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On This Day In: | |
2021 | Revolutionary Protest |
‘Cause Dreaming Can Make You Mine | |
2020 | Too High For #45 |
Talkin’ ‘Bout Her | |
2019 | Little Things… |
2018 | Have Thee Paid Yet? |
Day 9: Fingertips | |
2017 | Hopefully, I’m Good Company |
2016 | Maybe Not Most |
2015 | Differences That Matter |
2014 | But Sometimes It Takes A Village |
2013 | Laughter > Grief |
2012 | Pioneers |
2011 | It Is Free |