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HighlandWindsLLC Miller

vol 69, #21

1) I agree with the below quoted thoughts of Steve Smith --
and 2) Duh ... how stupid am I? .. I thought the joke about Idaho was a reference to gardening -- as in "hoe" ... maybe Doug needs to get out there with the soil more! Or go to Germany for a vacation where it is legal ..
Peggy

Scott Smith:
Either way, everyone thinks everyone else is trying to destroy humanity (and life, the universe, and everything)! If the stakes are this high, why are we screaming and running in every direction at once? Wait... isn't that what we humans (primates, mammals, vertebrates) do? What possible survival value is there in that? The canoe is rocking and tipping madly and we are all rushing to see how far out the side we can hang our bodies to try to balance the "idiots" hanging out the other side. Anyone who's fallen out of a canoe knows that a good strategy when things get tippy is to move to the center and drop down low, not shriek loudly as we manically try to obtain a dynamic balance with the other shrieking occupants.

.......
In the spirit of hunkering down in the center of the canoe... I think I should dig out those 5 year old vegetable seeds and start patiently doing germination tests. Then I should start preparing an area inside my south facing windows to sprout some starts. In about a week, the soil will be ready for some light tilling and I could plant those peas and an early crop of greens outside and start getting ready to put in the starts mid-May. Nah... I think I'll go to the Hummer store and see if the prices are finally down enough that I can finally trade my 30 yr old 40MPG Civic in on... I deserve to ride in style. I am, after all, one of Mother Nature's most special children! Gas is hovering at $2... no big deal. And the produce section is *full* of great green goodness shipped halfway across the planet, all shiny and wrapped up in cellophane, much prettier than anything I could grow myself. What was I thinking? Articles on big thinkers like Dyson get me all nostalgic sometimes.

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Douglas Roberts-2

Re: vol 69, #21

Secret confession time:

(Put the tea down, Pamela)

I deeply, sincerely wanted to mash that promiscuous spud.

Alternatively, I'd consider a trip to Germany...

--Doug

On Tue, Mar 31, 2009 at 10:18 AM, peggy miller <[hidden email]> wrote:

1) I agree with the below quoted thoughts of Steve Smith --
and 2) Duh ... how stupid am I? .. I thought the joke about Idaho was a reference to gardening -- as in "hoe" ... maybe Doug needs to get out there with the soil more! Or go to Germany for a vacation where it is legal ..
Peggy

Scott Smith:
Either way, everyone thinks everyone else is trying to destroy humanity (and life, the universe, and everything)! If the stakes are this high, why are we screaming and running in every direction at once? Wait... isn't that what we humans (primates, mammals, vertebrates) do? What possible survival value is there in that? The canoe is rocking and tipping madly and we are all rushing to see how far out the side we can hang our bodies to try to balance the "idiots" hanging out the other side. Anyone who's fallen out of a canoe knows that a good strategy when things get tippy is to move to the center and drop down low, not shriek loudly as we manically try to obtain a dynamic balance with the other shrieking occupants.

.......
In the spirit of hunkering down in the center of the canoe... I think I should dig out those 5 year old vegetable seeds and start patiently doing germination tests. Then I should start preparing an area inside my south facing windows to sprout some starts. In about a week, the soil will be ready for some light tilling and I could plant those peas and an early crop of greens outside and start getting ready to put in the starts mid-May. Nah... I think I'll go to the Hummer store and see if the prices are finally down enough that I can finally trade my 30 yr old 40MPG Civic in on... I deserve to ride in style. I am, after all, one of Mother Nature's most special children! Gas is hovering at $2... no big deal. And the produce section is *full* of great green goodness shipped halfway across the planet, all shiny and wrapped up in cellophane, much prettier than anything I could grow myself. What was I thinking? Articles on big thinkers like Dyson get me all nostalgic sometimes.

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Steve Smith

Re: vol 69, #21

In reply to this post by HighlandWindsLLC Miller

peggy miller wrote:

1) I agree with the below quoted thoughts of Steve Smith --

Anyone who's fallen out of a canoe knows

.......

Articles on big thinkers like Dyson get me all nostalgic sometimes.

And here I thought only Nick Thompson read my rants all of the way through (and then mostly to find modal language).

I'm sure Doug at least skims them for Punny opportunities, but I figured everyone else just glazed over and hit <Next>!

Back to the grindage...
- Steve

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Douglas Roberts-2

Re: vol 69, #21

Steve,

I actually read all the way through each of your rants, and always with awe, because of

the amount of time & energy you spend on them,
the perfect punctuation & grammar, and
the fact that each time you seem to be pursuing the rant instead of other programmatic (read: money-making) activities.

--Doug

On Tue, Mar 31, 2009 at 11:23 AM, Steve Smith <[hidden email]> wrote:

peggy miller wrote:
1) I agree with the below quoted thoughts of Steve Smith --

Anyone who's fallen out of a canoe knows

.......

Articles on big thinkers like Dyson get me all nostalgic sometimes.

And here I thought only Nick Thompson read my rants all of the way through (and then mostly to find modal language).

I'm sure Doug at least skims them for Punny opportunities, but I figured everyone else just glazed over and hit <Next>!

Back to the grindage...
- Steve

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Doug Roberts, RTI International
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Nick Thompson

Re: vol 69, #21

In reply to this post by HighlandWindsLLC Miller

Yes. I agree on all points. I think Steve has a future as a professional ranter.

Nick

Nicholas S. Thompson

Emeritus Professor of Psychology and Ethology,

Clark University ([hidden email])

http://home.earthlink.net/~nickthompson/naturaldesigns/

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Subject: Re: [FRIAM] vol 69, #21

Steve,

I actually read all the way through each of your rants, and always with awe, because of

the amount of time & energy you spend on them,
the perfect punctuation & grammar, and
the fact that each time you seem to be pursuing the rant instead of other programmatic (read: money-making) activities.

--Doug

On Tue, Mar 31, 2009 at 11:23 AM, Steve Smith <[hidden email]> wrote:

peggy miller wrote:
1) I agree with the below quoted thoughts of Steve Smith --

Anyone who's fallen out of a canoe knows

.......

Articles on big thinkers like Dyson get me all nostalgic sometimes.
And here I thought only Nick Thompson read my rants all of the way through (and then mostly to find modal language).

I'm sure Doug at least skims them for Punny opportunities, but I figured everyone else just glazed over and hit <Next>!

Back to the grindage...
- Steve

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Doug Roberts, RTI International
[hidden email]
[hidden email]
505-455-7333 - Office
505-670-8195 - Cell

Dede Densmore-2

Re: vol 69, #21

As upset as I got with Steve for that long-ago poem (he'll remember), I, too, always read all the way through his rants; and I do it mostly because, yes, the writing is truly impressive.

Dede

On Mar 31, 2009, at 1:12 PM, Nicholas Thompson wrote:

Yes. I agree on all points. I think Steve has a future as a professional ranter.

Nick

Nicholas S. Thompson

Emeritus Professor of Psychology and Ethology,

Clark University ([hidden email])

http://home.earthlink.net/~nickthompson/naturaldesigns/

----- Original Message -----

From: [hidden email]

To: [hidden email]

Sent: 3/31/2009 11:34:50 AM

Subject: Re: [FRIAM] vol 69, #21

Steve,

I actually read all the way through each of your rants, and always with awe, because of

the amount of time & energy you spend on them,
the perfect punctuation & grammar, and
the fact that each time you seem to be pursuing the rant instead of other programmatic (read: money-making) activities.

--Doug

On Tue, Mar 31, 2009 at 11:23 AM, Steve Smith <[hidden email]> wrote:

peggy miller wrote:
1) I agree with the below quoted thoughts of Steve Smith --

Anyone who's fallen out of a canoe knows

.......

Articles on big thinkers like Dyson get me all nostalgic sometimes.
And here I thought only Nick Thompson read my rants all of the way through (and then mostly to find modal language).

I'm sure Doug at least skims them for Punny opportunities, but I figured everyone else just glazed over and hit <Next>!

Back to the grindage...
- Steve

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--
Doug Roberts, RTI International
[hidden email]
[hidden email]
505-455-7333 - Office
505-670 -8195 - Cell
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