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Will do. I value this site

Orion — Mon, 28 Jan 2013 17:35:44 +0000

In reply to Orion: I'd take Flavius'

Will do. I value this site and its readers very much by the way. Y'all are better than any therapy!

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Orion — Mon, 28 Jan 2013 17:34:43 +0000

In reply to Cuz I made it up. Just like

Bah, humbug!

Flavius — Mon, 28 Jan 2013 02:58:10 +0000

In reply to Orion: I'd take Flavius'

Bah, humbug!

Orion: I'd take Flavius'

artappraiser — Sun, 27 Jan 2013 21:25:09 +0000

In reply to Going up in the lift you saw

Orion: I'd take Flavius' advice if I were you; I happen to know from stuff he's said in the past here and at TPMCafe that he's got way more experience seeing the world change than most of the rest of us here.

Flavius: Speaking about depressive Victorian parsons, begging perchance whenever you feel inspired, would look forward to a word of wisdom along the lines of "it was the best of times, it was the worst of times." (Pre-emptive: I do realize you're not old enough to give us an idea of how awful going through the Industrial Revolution was. )

Going up in the lift you saw

Flavius — Sun, 27 Jan 2013 20:49:57 +0000

In reply to The World As It Is

Going up in the lift you saw there'd been an ice storm . The branches on the hard wood trees - before you got to the evergreens- were coated with ice. Thousands and thousands, all of them.Millions , maybe.

Whatever it had been , the weather was now completely dry and clear. Cold . With bursts of snow materializing in the air ahead of my chair.I suppose as the temperature dropped sufficiently below the dew point.

Around 3 when the sun was just above the horizon it reached a point where you looked right at it from the lift , through hundreds of yards of icy twigs that seemed to be colored a slightly pale yellow. ..

"all prospects please...and only man is vile" according to a depressive victorian parson. But there are plenty of men who aren't . Including you Orion. Hang in there. .

Cuz I made it up. Just like

MrSmith1 — Sun, 27 Jan 2013 16:01:46 +0000

In reply to Are you sure that's your

Cuz I made it up. Just like everyone else.

Are you sure that's your

Orion — Sun, 27 Jan 2013 15:26:52 +0000

In reply to Is there a definable 'world

Are you sure that's your story? How do you know when someone else's story could be so different?

Robert Anton Wilson used to

Michael Maiello — Sun, 27 Jan 2013 15:18:47 +0000

In reply to Is there a definable 'world

Robert Anton Wilson used to write about "Reality Tunnels." Fnord.

Is there a definable 'world

MrSmith1 — Sun, 27 Jan 2013 14:57:04 +0000

In reply to The World As It Is

Is there a definable 'world as it is' or is this plane of existence entirely experiential and dependent on how one reacts to specific circumstances and learned input?

To say the world is 'scary' is a statement of one's experience; it may be your reality, but it is not everyone's, so therefore how can it be real?

We share a physical plane of existence, but not a reality. Reality is created by each individual's thoughts which, in turn, are based on each individual's circumstances and past experiences. All we share is a common location that we call the world, the rest is of our own making ... isn't it?

Anyway ... that's my story, and I'm sticking with it. hahaha