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The World is my Oyster! HAHAHAHA
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Posted:Apr 30, 2020 11:27 am
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Life goes on day after day, after day, after day The animals are winding up The jungle call The jungle call In Xanadu did Kublai Khan A pleasure dome erect Moving on keep moving on-yeah We're a long way from home Welcome the Pleasure dome On our way home Going home where lovers roam Long way from home Welcome the Pleasure dome!!
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Thought Experiment, What would you Do?
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Posted:Apr 21, 2020 9:23 am
Last Updated:May 11, 2024 6:51 am
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Imagine that you’re at the controls of a railway switch and there’s an out-of-control trolley coming. The tracks branch into two, one track that leads to a group of five people, and the other to one person. If you do nothing, the trolley will smash into the five people. But if you flip the switch, it’ll change tracks and strike the lone person. What do you do?
A second variation of the problem involves a “fat man” and no second track — a man so large that, if you were to push him onto the tracks, his body would prevent the trolley from smashing into the group of five. So what do you do? Nothing? Or push him onto the tracks?
This thought experiment reveals the complexity of morality by distinguishing between killing a person and letting them die — a problem with implications to our laws, behavior, science, policing, and war. “Right” and “wrong” is not as simple as it’s often made out to be.
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Erotic Art From The Ancient World
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Posted:Apr 8, 2020 9:33 am
Last Updated:Apr 8, 2020 1:58 pm
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To describe something as ithyphallic is to say it has an erect penis. If you know anything about the Egyptian god Min it is that he is ithyphallic – his statues will not let you forget that fact. Min, an early god known as ‘the maker of gods and men,’ was among the first Egyptian deities to have large statues raised to them. Those statues did not attempt to hide his anatomy. He is often shown holding his penis in his left hand. At his cultic sites his sacred animal was usually a bull – animals known for their virility. When Min was linked to the constellation Orion the three famous stars in Orion’s midriff were definitely not representing a belt.
The penis was a lucky charm for the Romans but so were bells. It, therefore, made sense for them to hang bells from a phallus to increase the power of these charms. Called tintinnabula these wind chimes were hung from doorways and in gardens to ward off evil spirits. But simply mixing two charms together was not enough for the Romans. Some tintinnabula are a complex mix of imagery. The central figure might be an erect phallus with wings and a lion’s tail. This flying phallus might also be sporting an erect phallus of its own. Hanging from these conjoined penises could be bells or even other phalluses, with yet more bells attached.
So what is are sheela-na-gigs? They are statues with exaggerated vulvas that they are gleefully opening up to the world. They are often found on churches, which seems like the last place you would find an exhibitionist female statue. Most commonly found in Ireland and Britain sheela na gig-like sculptures can also be found in mainland Europe. When they appear on churches they are usually positioned over doorways or windows. It is as if the portal being opened by the statue is mirrored in the one below. No one knows exactly why these sculptures began appearing in the 11th century or what their purpose was. The best guess is that like other erotic figures they were used to ward off evil spirits and to keep them from entering the church, perhaps by offering a more tempting place for spirits to enter.
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Thursday
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Posted:Apr 2, 2020 11:23 am
Last Updated:May 11, 2024 6:51 am
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This must be Thursday. I never could get the hang of Thursdays.
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This and That
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Posted:Apr 1, 2020 5:49 pm
Last Updated:May 11, 2024 6:51 am
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Protect from knowing what I don’t need know. Protect from even knowing that there are things know that I don’t know. Protect from knowing that I decided not know about the things that I decided not know about. Amen.
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Fractals in nature
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Posted:Apr 1, 2020 8:56 am
Last Updated:May 11, 2024 6:51 am
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Hope you enjoy these as much as my last posting
Have a awesome day!
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Living with Frontotemporal dementia
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Posted:Mar 31, 2020 7:35 am
Last Updated:May 11, 2024 6:51 am
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Last week I received news that the doctors finally think they know what is going on with me, After months of testing and probing they have diagnosed me with frontotemporal lobar degeneration (FTLD). What is this you ask....
Frontotemporal dementia is an umbrella term for a group of uncommon brain disorders that primarily affect the frontal and temporal lobes of the brain. These areas of the brain are generally associated with personality, behavior and language. In frontotemporal dementia, portions of these lobes shrink (atrophy). Signs and symptoms vary, depending on which part of the brain is affected. Some people with frontotemporal dementia have dramatic changes in their personality and become socially inappropriate, impulsive or emotionally indifferent, while others lose the ability to use language properly.
Frontotemporal dementia is often misdiagnosed as a psychiatric problem or as Alzheimer's disease. But frontotemporal dementia tends to occur at a younger age than does Alzheimer's disease. Frontotemporal dementia often begins between the ages of 40 and 65.
Signs and symptoms of frontotemporal dementia can be different from one individual to the next. Signs and symptoms get progressively worse over time, usually over years. Clusters of symptom types tend to occur together, and people may have more than one cluster of symptom types.
In frontotemporal dementia, the frontal and temporal lobes of the brain shrink. In addition, certain substances accumulate in the brain. What causes these changes is usually unknown. There are genetic mutations that have been linked to frontotemporal dementia. But more than half of the people who develop frontotemporal dementia have no family history of dementia. Recently, researchers have confirmed shared genetics and molecular pathways between frontotemporal dementia and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS).
There's currently no cure or specific treatment for frontotemporal dementia. Drugs used to treat or slow Alzheimer's disease don't seem to be helpful for people with frontotemporal dementia, and some may worsen the symptoms of frontotemporal dementia. But certain medications and speech therapy can help manage symptoms of frontotemporal dementia.
Needless to say this has been a lot to take in and process.
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