@PaisleyGina I think they’re making something that is more beautiful than it was before. Taking something that has been destroyed and creating something that is as serviceable as it was but of increased beauty. Similar, maybe, to the Chinese who have the same word for crisis and opportunity.
@PaisleyGina I don’t think that it’s the same concept at all. The Japanese make something more beautiful out of something that is broken. Pragmatic, if artistic I believe.
@PaisleyGina They ‘say that women dream of danger to those in their care and men of danger to themselves’. The Rosd. Cormack McCarthy. That’s wisdom don’t you think?
@TheresonlyoneEm Actually, SAS training only requires half a night out in Edinburgh. My most macho and impressive feat was a night out in Hull, where it’s a million below and everyone is in T-shirts. But the most impressive thing is, not a single erect nipple in sight and, believe me, I looked!
@h8Wankmaggot45 Ah. Honesty in the game of fake love at last. How refreshing. Do let me know where I should send the Chequers? I might need you to post slanderous stories about me from time to time, if that’s ok. Exciting this, isn’t it?
@DogginTrump Oh shit. How much more lame can we get? I thought we had reached a new low with #whitelivesmatter. Well, we had, but at least one hoped that we learned something from that bullshit. Apparently not. This is depressing. 2020 and we are still spouting this bollocks.
@1980Dorothy I’m so happy that you’ve the moral fortitude that made you have to share this piece of...America? Tea came out of my nose which is an excellent indicator that I was very amused. Thank you. Much needed.
@1980Dorothy I have to admire you so much. That your principals are so strong that you’re able to take such a stance is, frankly, astonishing. May your decision feel right and your strength remain high for ever.
I am thinking about all those who be alone this Christmas. Who’ll be eating their turkey balanced on their knees in front of the TV. So if you are alone this Christmas, please let me know. I need to borrow some chairs.
@PaisleyGina @carolleisa@DBruce96454761@sapientprograms @Chris_09765 Vultures probably. Of course I get you, but unless onemanages to distance one’s psyche from the death process, anxiety will prevail. We are so bad at it in the West. Much like kids thinking meat comes from supermarkets, death is sanitized. Odd when it’s the one inevitable.
@carolleisa@DBruce96454761@sapientprograms @PaisleyGina @Chris_09765 Absolutely. I used to be all for a Sky Burial like the Buddha teaches. Left on the exposed rocks for the birds of prey to return to the skies. As one ages and becomes aware of one’s mortality, it’s less appealing. Under a tree is fine.
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@carolleisa@DBruce96454761@sapientprograms @PaisleyGina @Chris_09765 I’m with you totally. We all come into this world naked and alone and we all le shuffle off this mortal coil alone. Material things left behind for relatives to squabble and hate over. I doubt I’ll wish I had a pillow of gold as I die, but golden friendships, loves and memories.
@1980Dorothy I find it hard to view religion as harmless. That the powerful religious right supports Israel mindlessly because they want to ensure they’re in a good position when The Rapture comes to the Holy Land. This is no sweet old lady at the church humble sale. This is apartheid.
@IsadoraBright Polls close at 10pm UK time, that’s 2pm here in California. So 40 minutes left, boys and girls. Get out there and exercise your power. Your one little vote can make the difference. Vote Labour for the many. Get rid of the stinking few. Save our National Health Service!!