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Those French guys certainly

moat — Mon, 27 Dec 2010 13:14:54 +0000

Those French guys certainly know their way around a bon mot.

There is one difference between the expressions: Camus is appraising the Beauty from across the room through curling wreaths of smoke while Tolstoy marches toward the Beloved with a cup he filled from the samovar.

Wonderful quote. That

Elusive Trope — Mon, 27 Dec 2010 04:55:41 +0000

In reply to Tolstoy put it this way:"I

Wonderful quote. That Tolstoy fella was one sharp cookie. Camus distilled it down a bit: "The absurd is lucid reason noting its limits."

Tolstoy put it this way:"I

moat — Mon, 27 Dec 2010 04:47:00 +0000

In reply to My Christmas and Shabbat Offering

Tolstoy put it this way:

"I shall not seek the explanation of everything. I know that the explanation of everything, like the commencement of everything, must be concealed in infinity. But I wish to understand in a way which will bring me to what is inevitably inexplicable. I wish to recognize anything that is inexplicable as being so not because the demands of my reason are wrong (they are right, and apart from them I can understand nothing), but because I recognize the limits of my intellect. I wish to understand in such a way that everything that is inexplicable shall present itself to me as being necessarily inexplicable, and not as being something I am under an arbitrary obligation to believe."

Reality in the now = The

Gregor Zap — Sun, 26 Dec 2010 17:29:15 +0000

In reply to Oh yes Momoe. The ducks and

Reality in the now = The geese are gone.

Reason = They could be dead.

Faith = They will be back.

Gregor in the now = I don't know what that means!

That comment, and today's

LisB — Sun, 26 Dec 2010 07:05:24 +0000

In reply to Looking out at the expanding

That comment, and today's cold mixed with warmth, made me think of Dudley Randall's poem: http://poefrika.blogspot.com/2007/09/profile-on-pillow-by-dudley-randall...

yes, exactly. thank you.

Elusive Trope — Sun, 26 Dec 2010 06:39:19 +0000

In reply to The Oxenby Thomas

yes, exactly. thank you.

Merry Christmas, Lis

Elusive Trope — Sun, 26 Dec 2010 06:35:24 +0000

In reply to Beautiful. Merry Christmas,

Merry Christmas, Lis

Looking out at the expanding

Elusive Trope — Sun, 26 Dec 2010 06:25:51 +0000

In reply to I believe in religion. I just

Looking out at the expanding universe, and the looking in the other direction, down past the protrons and neutrons, down til all there is are some dancing super strings vibrating, telling us that we not here and there is no now, and more dimensions than our minds can fanthom, folding into one another. And they tell us our universe may be just one of many, like slices in a loaf of bread, and when two of them shall happen to touch...(big) bang!

Better to just watch the geese fly south.

Oh yes Momoe. The ducks and

Richard Day — Sun, 26 Dec 2010 03:40:07 +0000

In reply to Are all your ducks gone in

Oh yes Momoe. The ducks and most of the birds for sure. Already had -20 up here two and three weeks ago. Ducks are dumber in the south part of the state. I have told stories about that.

But let me tell you, we have some birds who hibernate up here and the pigeons will survive.

But the geese and the ducks are long gone or dead. ha

Are all your ducks gone in

trkingmomoe — Sun, 26 Dec 2010 03:28:24 +0000

In reply to I believe in religion. I just

Are all your ducks gone in your pond now for the winter?