Every now and then something strikes me (no, not that).

"In the information society, nobody thinks. We expect to banish paper, but we actually banish thought."
-Michael Chrichton

A Perfect 10

I am, I am...
EP - 10
BP - 110

For those who are curious, that's eye pressure and blood pressure; both of those I need to look after, since I inherited a few "issues".
But, happy I am.

You must be mad...

You must be either mad or bursting with the need for self-expression (or both) to dedicate yourself to art in a world in which art is little valued and less understood. (fr Harvey Sachs)

A walk. Ok, a stroll - leisurely at that - along the waterfront.
There was a tapping sound, very bucolic I must say, that caught my attention.
Too close, and yet fairly soft, yet sharp.
Got it!
Two woodpeckers, very close together (not more than two feet apart) on the same small tree/shrub tapping away in their own code, looking for breakfast. Nice.

More wonderfulness

Ooooh.
Today, I saw a "patron" sneeze into the newspaper at McD's.
What a nice gift of microbial numerosity.
Of course, this was one of the "patrons" with hearing issues - aka, VERY LOUD.

Correlations, anyone?

Dangerous, possibly.

I rarely post things about my "beliefs" in order to avoid the troll fanction. But I do speak to those who ask, in person only. And in private, generally. (CAUTE)
I sometimes feel, that in many eras, and certainly in many parts of the world today, what was written about the dangers of Spinoza's thinking might apply: "...the impact of his ideas might have on those who had nothing but faith to maintain the balance of their lives.
There's a lot of that to go around.
A heretic in any religion. I fear that is me.

Another batch of Aspie tests.

So, out of curiosity, I took a batch of on-line tests - don't remember what the site was - and I guess I'm not any different. I did NOT keep a record of previous "versions", but this was interesting.

AQ - 37/50
EQ - 18/80
FQ - 37/135
SQ - 67/80 (version 1)
SQ - 133/150 (version 2)

So, on that basis, I guess Aspiedom is my domain.

In fact, a couple of those scores were not on-the-grid at all for Aspie rating. Whatever that means.

Time is life's most precious gift.
- Boteach
You can't explain everything.
- Leopold Auer

Fond of Quotes I am.

Actually, I have an intense admiration for those who write well. This coincidentally includes all 4 of my children (shouldn't really call them that - they're all old-enough-to-not-quite-fit that nomenclature).
Sometimes, when I'm reading, it seems that the author exactly captures what I happen to be thinking, only far better and more succinctly than I could. So now and again, I may post some goodies. For this one:

He who loves God must not expect God to love him in return.
- Goethe
God's only excuse is that he does not exist.
- Stendhal ( I find this one immensely funny.)
Human beings are mere occasions of subjective individuality in a largely mysterious universe.
- Damasio