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Recent content by Shevek

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    The last thing that made you laugh

    I sent a very plain black and white card reading "This is a no frills birthday card / because at your age, the frill is gone."
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    Happy Pi Day!

    Most of my life, if a calculator didn't have pi, I'd use 22/7. Now I use 355/113, which is far more accurate.
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    What faux pas, have you Made not knowing

    I had a roommate whose name was spelled differently but pronounced the same. We had fun getting all our friends used to the situation. Then, he graduated and got an office job. I went to see him, and asked the receptionist to see "John Browne." "And who shall I say is calling?" she...
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    What faux pas, have you Made not knowing

    I was well known at the bike shop, and was asked my opinion on the appearance of a new bike with nice light blue paint, and as many gold-anodized components as were available. It was striking, but as a jeweler I'm sensitive to mixing gold and silver in one piece, and found it jarring. I just...
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    (30M) I'm relatively ugly and I'd like some advice

    You look a lot better than my friend Stan, who had many lady friends. He is the only man I've ever known to change clothes three times before going out. He put a lot of effort into what he could improve. He didn't spend much on clothes, but they were a bit theatrical. He might wear a scarf...
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    does life happen to you? or do you happen to life?

    I used to make bigger plans and often carried through, but most of the details were still determined by availability. Now, I try to live inside a fairly conventional situation.
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    Does your physical appearance match your inner view of yourself?

    Geeks refer to software, hardware, and wetware, but meatware works too. I think that our meat suits are systems that are controlled by tiny signals. For a ghost to push a cup off a shelf takes tremendous effort, but it can run a body just like we drive a car, and then totally identify with...
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    List just one thing you did today

    The faucet is a MOEN, with a lifetime guarantee. My small-town hardware store had the free replacement I needed, even though the newer units are installed differently. Now I have hot water as usual again.
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    List just one thing you did today

    I disassembled a very unusual shower faucet that quit working, and managed to jury-rig things sufficiently until I can get parts.
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    Does your physical appearance match your inner view of yourself?

    My inner view is of a landscape of ideas. My outer appearance has good and bad aspects. A photographer could easily emphasize either one. If you struggle, you might want to invest in a professional portrait.
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    How you experience movies

    It sounds as if you think like a movie maker, but can still be immersed without analyzing the techniques. That's rare. For me, a movie can easily be overwhelming with all the constant input, and I often miss significant, but brief activities.
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    The last thing that made you laugh

    In Ireland, where Catholics and Protestants don't mix, there were three Protestant ladies who thought that perhaps they should at least see for themselves what went on in a Mass. So, one busy Sunday, they slipped in just before it was to begin, and saw that all the pews were near full. Seeing...
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    Time change

    Here, solar noon averages around 1:05 PM. I like it. Next week, most of my regular Zoom meetings will be an hour earlier, but some won't, and it is a hassle to know which. People even forget they are on daylight time and post meeting times as standard.
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    Did you learn anything new today??

    Today, I realized that we always hear about child abuse, but almost never about the antidotes that help kids have mild reactions and quick recovery from problems that would really set others back. Punishment followed by forgiveness, within a field of unconditional love is not traumatizing. I...
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    What is your current special interest?

    How our pre-verbal brain is hard-wired to make decisions that the neocortex then rationalizes. Also, that "human nature" is not at all monolithic. Just as Ma Nature makes men and women, black and white, tall and short, she makes liberal and conservative, because each type is better suited to...
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