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skipper wrote a new post, God bless us, everyone 1 year, 1 month ago
With political fireworks everywhere and wars in every direction, mariner thought he may need an update from his alter egos. He searched for Nosey Mole but he was nowhere to be found. Mariner hadn’t heard from Amos […]
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skipper wrote a new post, It doesn't take groups, even 1 year, 1 month ago
A few of mariner’s recent posts have focused on that point in time when an individual must reinvent their identity, perhaps look for another income, and not lose their collaboration with their fellow humans. Those […]
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skipper wrote a new post, The past and the present 1 year, 1 month ago
Before moving on to the topic, readers had questions about mariner’s Great Grandmother, Lucy.
It would take 175,000 ‘greats’ to link mariner to Lucy. Mariner has 8 billion grandparents, uncles, aunts, 1st, 2nd, […]
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skipper wrote a new post, Don't mess with Mariner 1 year, 1 month ago
Don’t mess with mariner because his genome comes from his great, great, great, great, great, great, great, great, great, great, great, great, great, great, great, great, great, great, great, great, great, […]
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skipper wrote a new post, Keep it going – addendum 1 year, 1 month ago
When mariner reviewed his post to correct grammar and spelling, he noticed that he had zeroed in on ways to continue productivity as part of continued collaboration. Actually, productivity is a minor issue. It is […]
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skipper wrote a new post, Keep it going 1 year, 1 month ago
Mariner is older than most folks. Old enough, in fact, to look back on that time when a person suddenly becomes old – retired from career, lifelong friends and family are disappearing, maybe even die, institutions […]
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skipper wrote a new post, 'Tis the season, for sure 1 year, 1 month ago
The visiting season approaches. Be sure to have bags packed for visits and pantries full for visitors. The holiday season is upon us. Shop early, especially if the reader plans to use the US Postal Service. […]
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skipper wrote a new post, Marvelous magic of evolution 1 year, 1 month ago
Mariner reads several magazines and journals just for entertainment. For example, here’s an article everyone will want to read:
To achieve remarkable performances, quantum computing systems based on multiple […]
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skipper wrote a new post, Thank you! 1 year, 1 month ago
This column from AXIOS:
“What if instead of getting presents on our birthdays, we gave gifts?
That’s the question author Daniel Pink explores in a recent Washington Post column.
Why it matters: Acts of […]
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skipper commented on the post, Transition 1 year, 1 month ago
Thanks for a good example, Marc. At least there is an effort to talk about human communication and sensitivity. If only our Evangelical movement would make the same effort.
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skipper commented on the post, Transition 1 year, 1 month ago
Alas, just as Chicken Little was a minor presence in mariner’s posts, so, too, Nosey will not be a major influence. Surely you appreciate that it will take a lot for Nosey to stick his head out to be whacked. You may sense his influence by a lack of chicken Little characteristics, given Armageddon et al.
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skipper wrote a new post, Transition 1 year, 1 month ago
There are a few things about which to take note.
֎ First, read the following quote from Scientific American:
” Now researchers led by Daniela Angulo of the University of Toronto have revealed another […]
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May I suggest that the picture of Nosy Mole accompany each post? He has an intrepid and whimsical look about him that is very appealing.
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Alas, just as Chicken Little was a minor presence in mariner’s posts, so, too, Nosey will not be a major influence. Surely you appreciate that it will take a lot for Nosey to stick his head out to be whacked. You may sense his influence by a lack of chicken Little characteristics, given Armageddon et al.
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Regarding public school education: one of our grandsons who is twelve and in the 6th grade needed help with a homework assignment while staying with us over the weekend. He was given examples of human interaction and was asked to identify which showed sympathy, which showed empathy and which showed compassion. While I realize I am not well read after spending my life as a steamfitter I thought this was a particularly difficult assignment. We helped him use a dictionary to define each word but the examples of human behavior were not clear cut enough for the definitions to help much. Fortunately he achieved a 70 on the assignment and was happy he passed.
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Thanks for a good example, Marc. At least there is an effort to talk about human communication and sensitivity. If only our Evangelical movement would make the same effort.
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skipper wrote a new post, Chicken Little moved to hospice 1 year, 2 months ago
Afraid so. It is true that evolution is the dynamic element in all the universe – including galaxies, solar systems, life of every kind and certainly every conceivable element of existence – including the planet […]
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How about Mopey Mole? Nearsighted enough not to see the larger picture, and comfortable enough because he can’t. Mopey because every time he peeks up to look around, he gets whacked!
That’s a suggestion, but I have to say I will miss Chicken Little’s energy. Fortunately he is only in hospice and might yet recover. As might the world as we know it. Not the world as we knew it, but the world nevertheless.
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skipper wrote a new post, Mariner apologizes for writing a negative post 1 year, 2 months ago
In the news today:
At Meta’s annual Connect conference last week, Zuckerberg strode onstage — wearing a t-shirt bearing the phrase aut Zuck aut nihil (“All Zuck or all nothing”) — to demonstrate the compa […]
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skipper wrote a new post, Liberal Arts – the Military Academy of cultural mandates 1 year, 2 months ago
Mariner loves metaphors. One came to mind as he pondered the last post on college education: 40% of the nation’s young people went to college. Perhaps 95% of these students studied the same textbooks and learned […]
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skipper wrote a new post, Bachelor's degree 1 year, 2 months ago
One of the societal areas most affected by cultural bias and economics over the last forty years has been the prejudice associated with having a college bachelor’s degree. In a period when US inflation rose 283%, […]
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skipper wrote a new post, The Important news 1 year, 2 months ago
It is certainly true and defensible that the first concern of any species is its own survival and Homo sapiens is an excellent example on a grand scale. But there is comfort to be found in that the rest of […]
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skipper wrote a new post, A pleasant visit to the 17th century 1 year, 2 months ago
Mariner and his wife often schedule small day trips to places never visited or not visited in a long time. The destinations almost always are within fifty miles round trip. They have visited small parks, […]
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skipper wrote a new post, Short perspective on Middle East 1 year, 2 months ago
The circumstances in the Middle East have been longstanding. Other geographical nation groups have transitioned, in the words of Wikipedia, “The period between 500BCE and 1500CE was marked by economic and […]
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skipper wrote a new post, Listen to the rhythm of the falling rain 1 year, 2 months ago
Remember that old song from the sixties? It came to mind as mariner sat by the window the other day watching it rain. The song spoke of romantic issues but what came to mind was the orderliness of rain. What […]
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What a delightful post! So many things about this planet are gifts over which we have no control. Rain often comes with lack of sunshine which causes a dip in my outlook on life–until I remember that we depend on water in every possible way. What a gift when it falls freely from the sky!
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It was a delightful post and I will try to keep that in mind the next time rain disturbs my orderly life.
P.S. All posts received.
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