"Heavy snow likely in DC area Monday night/paralyzing blizzard from New York to Boston"! That's terrible! Sounds dangerous. Now in Hemet, California tomorrow the high will be 90! I... more"Heavy snow likely in DC area Monday night/paralyzing blizzard from New York to Boston"! That's terrible! Sounds dangerous. Now in Hemet, California tomorrow the high will be 90! I'm not joking. How about we apply our heat to your blizzard and turn it into rain? How hard could it be?
Based on the mindfullness stuff which I think comes from America.. it's getting popular here.. and more and more people here have heard of it.. They want to introduce it cos, like ... moreBased on the mindfullness stuff which I think comes from America.. it's getting popular here.. and more and more people here have heard of it.. They want to introduce it cos, like America we are seeing more and more troubled teens, self-harm, depression and anxiety.. The thinking is that we should pay attention to the wellbeing of children just as much as their academic attainments... So good idea? What do you think? Or is it just another waste of money new-fad?PS this is only a semi-experiment cos it discusses US items. less
The biggest news story here is the large amounts of damage from the fires that happened from the 6th through the 8th. There were 440,000+ acres burned, lives and homes lost, livest... moreThe biggest news story here is the large amounts of damage from the fires that happened from the 6th through the 8th. There were 440,000+ acres burned, lives and homes lost, livestock gone or severely injured and firefighters injured. Days later and the air still smells burned and gross.
The most easy-going muslim country in the world a year ago, Turkey is changing. The executive has sacked all the liberal-minded judiciary, and imprisoned many newspapermen. Opposit... moreThe most easy-going muslim country in the world a year ago, Turkey is changing. The executive has sacked all the liberal-minded judiciary, and imprisoned many newspapermen. Opposition politicians at a local and national level have been incarcerated.After diplomatic spats with both countries, Turkey has called the leadership of both Germany and the Netherlands "fascist" and "Nazi". Is it time to apply the same sanctions to Turkey as we apply to (some) other dictatorships, or is it too valuable an ally to the West? less
A workmate once spent a few minutes watching me work left handed and said, "You must be quadrilateral" I hope he meant ambidextrous but maybe he thought I was a square.Can you use ... moreA workmate once spent a few minutes watching me work left handed and said, "You must be quadrilateral" I hope he meant ambidextrous but maybe he thought I was a square.Can you use both your right and left hands? Did it happen naturally or did you have to train your weaker hand? Why?
When home invasions make even our homes insecure, can we expect to be safe anywhere? How do you feel about the possibility, however slight, that we may not be safe?
If God had been truly omniscient would he really have revealed his word through written text? Why would he not have used HTML (Hypertext Mark-up Language) so that, say, Moses could... moreIf God had been truly omniscient would he really have revealed his word through written text? Why would he not have used HTML (Hypertext Mark-up Language) so that, say, Moses could have tapped on the third or fourth commandment and gained access to, say, Archangel Gabriel's blog, in order to gain further information.Now I know that the Internet hadn't yet been invented, but a god who knows all could surely have found a way to make it work.Can you think of a way it could have been achieved without electricity? less
First there were only Gods and Godesses. God with animal heads. Gods as planets. Fertility gods. Then men were considered gods. Why was religion needed?
