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skipper wrote a new post, The deep side of knots 3 months ago
As mariner is wont to do, he fills empty time exploring the world of abstruse subjects. If one wants to get lost in a giant maze with no exit, check out quantum mechanics; or perhaps the process by which ions […]
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skipper wrote a new post, Jobs threatened by AI 3 months ago
On the CBS website, mariner found a detailed analysis of what types of jobs may be most threatened by automation. An easy way to understand the impact is to consider how the Internet has changed the reader’s […]
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skipper wrote a new post, The new job market 3 months ago
There seems to be increasing news coverage about the job market, especially when comparing past, present and future markets as presented by government figures. The presumption from the White House is that the […]
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skipper wrote a new post, A genuine news 'capsule' 3 months ago
Greetings readers, noting a change in weather patterns in the Midwest. In this morning’s email, mariner found an unusually brief but profound news wrap up from the Associated Press:
“In the news today: The […]
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skipper wrote a new post, We need a culture map 3 months, 1 week ago
Every generation has its own lifestyles, a combination of habits, behavioral perceptions and historical benchmarks. For example, how many of us use pen and paper to write long letters? How many of us realize how […]
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skipper wrote a new post, Handle it, handle it 3 months, 2 weeks ago
Does the reader remember the TV show Carter Country (aired in the 1970s)? One of the characters was a chubby character named Mayor Burnside who managed all his duties by saying “Handle it, handle it” . Well, […]
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skipper wrote a new post, Ode to Nature 3 months, 2 weeks ago
Mariner is pleased that in addition to his three alter egos, he has a wife who is the world’s best poet but doesn’t make any money because she refuses to publish her excellent works. Nevertheless, she is willing […]
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skipper wrote a new post, A legitimate view of the future with AI 3 months, 2 weeks ago
It is true that the planet is in a stage of re-creation. And, to use a metaphor, you can’t drive a car the way you drive a horse. How do you drive AI?
In mariner’s most urgent voice, he recommends to readers […]
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skipper wrote a new post, The lost sheep of Christianity 3 months, 3 weeks ago
As many know, Christianity is having a tough time in the new century. 80% of the problem began when Alexander made Christianity a function of government during his reign as Emperor of Rome. This political […]
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skipper wrote a new post, Dog et al 3 months, 3 weeks ago
Another indoor today because as much as two inches of rain is due. Out his front window, mariner saw a man walking his dog on a leash down the street. For those who own dogs, it is a large, life-affecting […]
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skipper wrote a new post, Kiss me, Joaquin 3 months, 4 weeks ago
Axios reported today on a recreation of Joaquin Oliver (school murder victim) as a fully functioning deepfake. His father has recreated his son’s likeness, behavior and voice as a tool to advocate against gun […]
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skipper commented on the post, Have a moment? 4 months ago
Do you think a sheep could say “Bahrain”?
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skipper wrote a new post, Have a moment? 4 months ago
If you plan to have a birthday party, would you have it in a yard or a yard?
Confused? One or the other means a measurement; the other means a contained area.
What’s the same about these words? rain, rein, […]
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I would rather have a birthday party in a garden or a garden, I replied sheepishly.
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Do you think a sheep could say “Bahrain”?
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skipper wrote a new post, Deming 4 months ago
Mariner has pulled another book from his library to review while multiple inches of rain continue to fall. It is the book that set mariner’s style of management during his career. Adam Smith is credited for […]
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skipper wrote a new post, Monomyth 4 months, 1 week ago
Readers want a clearer definition of where the monomyth was in the Native American experience cited by Chief Seattle. The monomyth was the completely accepted reality that all existence was anthropomorphically […]
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Thank you for the clearer definition of the Native American monomyth and the comparison with the world view of the developing Western civilization. It is more clear than Joseph Campbell’s explanation! It also makes me realize that that primitive world view which lasted for thousands of years cannot be sustained with the advent of science and reason. “Knowledge grows from more to more, it cannot grow from more to less.” I think that is Tennyson’s response to Chief Seattle.
However, I may be wrong. Maybe lots of people live perfectly adequate lives without benefit of science or reason.
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skipper wrote a new post, Rummaging for good thoughts 4 months, 1 week ago
Living with Nosey Mole for such a long time and sacrificing television news, and having a disinterest in social events, even the tunnels have their own negative shadows. To pass his time, he has revisited his […]
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skipper wrote a new post, It's always somethin' 4 months, 1 week ago
Nature enthusiasts believed that by living off the grid and using homemade wells rather than using commercially dammed water and river-sourced urban irrigation systems, they were helping Mother Earth. No luck – […]
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skipper wrote a new post, The new party 4 months, 1 week ago
It’s called the ‘Democratic Party’. This is the second week in a row that news sources have focused on low rumblings about the 2028 presidential election. Early possibles include Rahm Emanuel (Mayor-Chi), Pete […]
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skipper wrote a new post, Sleep Remedies 4 months, 2 weeks ago
Having trouble getting to sleep at night? Answer these questions, one each night, to the satisfaction of your own brain’s thought processes. No cheating with the internet.
First night: Why is there a ‘p’ in […]
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skipper wrote a new post, New child care services 4 months, 2 weeks ago
More chatbox memes – look behind you!
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Unless you’re sailing a tall ship there isn’t much that can’t be done with a slipknot, bowline, two (or 3 or 4) half hitches, or a bunch of overhand knots jammed together. Bonus points for sheepshanks and Turks’-heads I guess. Splicing and ropemaking are for people who get paid to do it.
Wow! You are a knot expert. Does it take a lot of knots to fly an airplane – rope knots, not door knots.
Thanks for responding.