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determinism vs. randomness
just a thought:
if it's all random, then why do humans strive for morality?
if it's all predetermined, then why do humans struggle to make the best choices? -
Things I like
1. jumping on the trampoline at night after the kids are in bed ( Read more... ) -
Personal Reflection
the best days of my life are spent with my friends and their special needs kids ( Read more... ) -
Moments
Sometimes life's pace is so fast I have to make an effort to slow it down. I say to myself, "make it stop. quiet the noise. breathe, just BE for a moment ( Read more... ) -
Guiseppe Verdi
And who doesn't love Los Italianos,eh? As my great grandmother (maternal lineage) was from Napoli, it goes without saying.
( Lesson Number Two: Va Pensiero ) -
Mozart
I'm not really a fan of Mozart. Well, that is to say, typically I find his music to be very fast and high strung. Even when I was learning classical music as a piano student, I found his music to be irritating. I prefer Beethoven, Bach, Handel, Schubert, Schuman, Mendelson, etc ( Read more... ) -
Conversation with LJ
*Singer talking to LJ*
Singer: Hey, where did my flist go?
LJ: Um... facebook?
Singer: really?
LJ: That or Twitter.
Singer: no way. Not twitter. How annoying.
LJ: or their lives are too busy and interesting for them to take the time to be here *sniff sniff*
Singer: *hugs LJ* there now, they'll be back. I hope.
LJ: yeah, you're right. Eventually ( Read more... ) -
S.L.U.T.S.
this acronym, I see on a bumper sticker of the vehicle in front of me while I wait for the left-turn green arrow. Honestly, living a block away from one of the busiest intersections in our community is a total drag. I sit at the light, sometimes two turns of the light. I can see the main street for my subdivision from the intersection but can I ( Read more... ) -
Compulsive Gambling Addiction?
Here's a good laugh to jump start your day.
Apparently, the drug Requip, a dopamine agonist administered to some Parkinson's patients to quell tremors, can be linked to compulsive gambling?
Well, according to Jim Sokolove's law firm, anyway. "Parkinson’s patients taking dopamine agonists such as Requip were three times more likely to engage in ( Read more... ) -
My two cents
On IVF, unscrupulous doctors and unwed, welfare moms ( Read more... )