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skipper wrote a new post, I don't want to talk about it but 2 months ago
There is no doubt in mariner’s mind that in the near future there will be a bot to help you when you are finished taking a dump. Be pleased – it will run ads about toiletry products while it wipes you and will […]
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skipper wrote a new post, Let's talk about strings 2 months ago
In recent months mariner has passed time reading around in the sciences. There is a much debated concept in quantum physics called the ‘string theory’. It never seems to get settled primarily because it is a […]
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skipper wrote a new post, Indicators 2 months ago
There is no doubt that the public suffers from a cacophony of disturbing, destructive, socially dismembering headlines. The political vitriol is deafening.The razing of government ethics is profound. The crescendo […]
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skipper wrote a new post, How will it turn out? 2 months, 1 week ago
[[[ Before mariner starts his post, Scientific American magazine reprinted an expert accounting of the current influenza infections. Almost one in 10 people who visited a doctor in the U.S. in the week ending o […]
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skipper wrote a new post, It's all about results 2 months, 1 week ago
As seasoned readers know, mariner has been spending a lot of time living with alter ego Nosey Mole. His labyrinth of tunnels and small rooms provide privacy and isolation from the noise of the outside world. Nosey […]
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skipper wrote a new post, Inherent rank versus government 2 months, 1 week ago
Over the years, especially since retirement, mariner has watched dozens of TV programs, read science journals, roamed about in Wikipedia – all of which had in common the subject of behavioral zoology. Evolution […]
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skipper wrote a new post, Did you have fun on Christmas? 2 months, 1 week ago
On January 5th, the day mariner is writing this post, his wife noticed that their decorations were the only ones still in place along our street. In olden days, January 6th was known as the Epiphany, the day the […]
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skipper wrote a new post, Holidays 2 months, 2 weeks ago
Celebrations seem loose and fun. How can you call Halloween, Christmas, Thanksgiving, Independence Day and New Year’s ‘rituals’? Rituals are for religious exercises or displaying cult fetishes; rituals are for […]
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skipper wrote a new post, Homo sapiens is a powerful creature 2 months, 2 weeks ago
As many do in frigid winter weather, mariner was playing with his array of electric heaters and gas furnace to accommodate a comfortable home as inexpensively as possible. After a few weeks, he found a good […]
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skipper wrote a new post, Who is the Ancient Mariner? 2 months, 3 weeks ago
Greetings readers. If you have ever clicked on the header “About the Ancient Mariner”, you will have discovered a blank page. This has lasted for years but at last he has repaired the text and it was a labyrinth […]
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skipper wrote a new post, The magic of bonding 2 months, 3 weeks ago
Mariner believes in group bonding as a key physiological behavior. It is a requirement to have a complete and, indeed, a happy life. Bonding is a real dimension of human existence without which there can be no […]
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skipper wrote a new post, How sensitive are humanoids? 2 months, 3 weeks ago
Before mariner accepts AI as a new evolutionary species, he has a few questions.
1. If you have a humanoid house maid working in your home and you are dissatisfied with it’s attitude so you punch it in the […]
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skipper wrote a new post, Carl, welcome to the new species 2 months, 3 weeks ago
It is an unpleasant morning for mariner. Another fictitious Homo has been born in the new species, Homo fictitious: Tilly Norwood meet Solomon Ray. Solomon is your new associate in the entertainment business. […]
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skipper wrote a new post, A word from Carl 2 months, 4 weeks ago
Like many of us, mariner keeps a neat and accessible office. One must acknowledge that cleaning an office is not a recyclable state of existence. It is more like a continuous evolution that never stops. While e […]
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I share your thoughts, Robert – we are more like a rubber band than we make think. Consider the hummingbird, an ascendant from dinosaurs or the whale, it’s ancestors were beach combing wolves.
Carl was right though, The human brain is little more than a piece of meat in a slow crock pot. It was only since 1940 that humans had a lifespan of 40.instead of 78.
Sorry for Amos’s negative tongue – he’s getting old.
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skipper wrote a new post, Musk Money 3 months ago
Elon Musk has begun funding GOP House and Senate campaigns for the 2026 midterms — an indication his relationship with President Trump has thawed since their messy breakup earlier this year, Axios’ Alex I […]
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I would respectfully disagree with ending the practice of voting by mail. Jeannie and I began voting by mail during COVID and the State of Maryland has continued this practice to facilitate participation by the elderly and disabled who cannot vote in person. Voting by mail has it’s origins dating back to the War of 1812 and is used primarily by our Armed Forces stationed away from home around the world. Ending this practice would disenfranchise many and I believe voting by mail is no more vulnerable to tampering than any other method. The greatest danger to our democracy in regards to elections is corporate funding.
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Hello Marc. Thanks for responding. I understand both the convenience and the long tradition of post office mail-in of ballots.For many years I did the same. There came a point in my life that I realized that the attention I paid to government affairs, a government that I “owned” was not working. I am not a party activist at my age but I attend the sessions leading to the primaries, stay informed through party mailings, write to various officials and without fail, vote at the voting location.
If I’m willing to go to church to keep my faith and an still a lifetime Baltimore Colts fan, certainly I should pay close attention to ‘my’ government which manipulates my health, retirement and taxes. It’s not so much tradition but a concern that I need to pay more attention. The least I can do is show up at the voting service.
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skipper wrote a new post, Jesus, Christmas Trees and faith 3 months ago
Mariner’s last post was a tongue-in-cheek consideration of how Jesus and flying reindeer fit together. Responder Ben said appropriately they don’t. But why do they remain related? Because faith is a deep-brain […]
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This bothers me in ways I can’t seem to articulate! The mix of politics, religion and reindeer is beyond me. It seems to dilute the power of faith to make it just a psychological turn of mind that gives us comfort. But Christmas with all of its trappings, lights and music does give me comfort in the cold of winter!
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skipper wrote a new post, What Would Jesus Say 3 months ago
Mariner’s town has about six inches of snow on the ground and single digit temperatures. Everything is motionless under a coat of icy snow. Churches were cancelled, not even driveways are cleared of the latest […]
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I know not what Jesus would think of a Christmas tree (they would have known pine, cedar, and cypress evergreens in Judea), nor what curses he would have had for snow when his pickup got stuck. But given the dual Roman/Christian origin of Christmas and its dual secular/religious nature today, I think “Render unto Caesar that which is Caesar’s, and render unto God that which is God’s” is as wise an approach as any.
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A perceptive insight, Ben. It leaves me wondering the value of either rendering.
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skipper wrote a new post, Growth in stages 3 months, 1 week ago
Thanks to Axios for this article.
If you’re close to your 9th, 32nd, 66th or 83rd birthday, you’re approaching one of four pivotal shifts in brain development.
That’s according to a new study in Nature […]
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skipper wrote a new post, It's time to deadhead – us or AI? 3 months, 1 week ago
Our first fully intended, and fully human and fully placed in an artificial reality, has arrived. No, not Mickey Mouse. No, not Arnold Schwarzenegger. No, not Taylor Swift. Our new flame is one Tilly […]
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skipper wrote a new post, ! 3 months, 1 week ago
Mariner has a tag line that often causes a response. Many people use the trite phrase, “Kill two birds with one stone.” What did birds ever do? Mariner says “Kill two people with one bullet”.
Yes, it’s that […]
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In reply to the aptly titled !, I’m glad Mariner has a safe haven in Nosey Mole’s tunnel. Is there room for all of us down there? Poor Nosey!
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