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I never read Kurt Vonnegut. but he basically had it right, our existence is controlled by a collection of microbes. or star wars had it right if you want to be one of the cool guys. it would be ok to live in a world where people say may the force be with you.
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there is only one reward in life for getting old, and that's having all your questions in life answered. no matter how much you have to squint. everyone's does get answered. perhaps that's the tragedy of dying young. you could say everything in the world has a meaning. or a purpose. or a life.
maybe we should spend as much money that we can into probing the mysteries of science, or maybe that would be like probing the forest for the trees.
will humanity ever live long enough. we might not be the only ones in the universe, but we are definitely a top 10 player.
we are like a team in the super bowl waiting to see if anyone shows up. it's unique. everyone one of us is a star. you are one of a kind. each person should enjoy knowing that. you are impossible. all of us are so fucking amazing, we don't even know how amazing we are.Comment
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May the force be with you.Originally posted by nullnor View Post“There’s no normal life, Wyatt, it’s just life. Get on with it.” – Doc Holliday
"It doesn't matter what you think" - The Rock
"I borked the entry." - Some dude on the Internet
Have I told you about otters being the only marine animal that can lift rocks?Comment
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5/4 - May the fourth be with you.I'm just here for the baseball.
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More American children die by gunfire in a year than on-duty police officers and active duty military.Comment
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if you haven't seen the video of a cat jumping 5 stories. it's not the original video I saw in slow motion. it happens fast in regular time. in slow motion you can see his tail constantly to the left of his body. it's really just signifying his preference for right handed or left handedness, not balance. it was a perfect jump. he had to land with his hind feet first to avoid injury to his spine. because most of the time cats will jump head first and land with their front feet first. this causes injury if attempted too high.
cats have extra cartilage in their joints that allow them to do this. their spines are set up to be extra flexible. there are a lot of nuances to this jump. first of all that cat probably sat in that window for years thinking, I can make that jump. so he had it planned out. and had the confidence to do so. and when it happened, he didn't panic. he had to clear that wall and land on the grass. so if he had to make a running start, and I think he did, that made it even harder.
totally physics. gravity, motion, acceleration. was it like Hawking drawing up all the necessary equations in his head. we'll never know because it's a cat. and like the universe, they don't give up their secrets easily.
on a side note, cats don't handle fire very well. that's one thing dogs will always beat a cat at. when your house is on fire, a cat will be like OMG! and freak out. while a dog will calmly wake you up and be like, dude the house is on fire. this is because over the last 10's of thousands of years, dogs have hung out with us by the fire. they have learned not to be afraid of fire.
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one of the greatest essays is to build a fire by Jack London. it has a problem because he uses the N word to describe hills of snow. I don't know much about that. not is intent I think but someday it's an essay that will be canceled.
but it really shows the nature between man and dog and fire. it's an important lesson. it's on the greatest essays I've ever read.
the lesson of Jack London, everyday he would right 200 words. go with what you know. write about the things you experience. if you are unsure about something, don't attempt to try to understand it. stay in your area of expertise. this is what makes our species specialists. we are like lily's and dandelions. we wilt at the slightest lack of rain. while dandelions thrive but lack beauty. but when the conditions change, and the earth is changing, can we adapt. we are like polar bears. we thrive in our environment. we are special. nature has allowed us to hone our skills.
I watched a movie the other day about nuclear war. in was a movie made in England in 1984. I watch a lot of those types of movies, ones based on survival. https://tubitv.com/movies/531445/threads tubitv is good because they have pretty good taste.
the common house cat is the top predator in the world. they catch 50% of their prey but have so much they can adapt to it puts them over cougars that catch 90%. cats.. not pack animals. so wtf is up with lions? lions seem like an anomaly.
I don't know. what does it all means. I don't know. just one of those things in life that maybe someday it will be answered. my girlfriend once asked, Larry, is it better to be like polar bears or cats? if you were going to pick a field of study that generalized or specialized, which way should you go?Comment
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this is why I shy away from debates about vegetarianism, it's a rabbit hole, and the deeper you go you'll end up like Godel and starve yourself to death.Comment
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when you teach a cat a word in the human world, it's a major breakthrough. it does make it easier to teach other words. but that first word is special.
most of the time the first word they learn is what the fuck, or a swear. they are more inclined to learn curse words because something went wrong. lol. so yes, I actually try not to curse around my four legged children. it's not the first word I want to teach them. but once you are able to teach them a word, it makes other words easier.but it's really mostly tones. that's how animals talk.
and that's another big fuck you to Noam Chomsky.Comment
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in the animal world it's always about being in the right place at the right time. every major kerfuffle in the yard late at night, I happened to be awake and intervened. so much that the invaders immediately gave up. and it saddened me because later I found one of them hit by a car down the road. if the invader had stayed by and still played with me, it would still be alive.
it's their world though. a simple man can only do so much.Comment
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it's really hard to handle this feral cat. she makes noises when she falls into a deep sleep. I am not sure if it is a breathing problem or she is having nightmares. i'll know when the more she is under my protection if she stops making the noises.Comment
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The Naming of Cats" is a poem in T. S. Eliot's 1939 poetry book Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats. It was adapted into a musical number in Andrew Lloyd Webber's 1981 musical Cats, and has also been quoted in other films, notably Logan's Run (1976). The poem describes to humans how cats get their names.
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before I moved in here in my mint condition 1978 kick ass 440 RV, and it's funny because people in the neighborhood, after a year and a half now are like, hi Larry, like they realize I am a part of the community here, he once had 22 stray cats. there are only two cats left now. their names are Mama and Brownie.
Mama is the total social one, he named her because she was the mother to many of them. Brownie is a brown calico. they are the two survivors. together they work as a team. Mama is the brains and Brownie is the muscle. Mama is really the mother of Brownie, the old guy doesn't know that. but I do from watching them when they come in my RV. Mama is much smaller than Brownie. being a calico has it's advantages. she's got big paws and she's 50% feral.
the old guy here is literally the old guy in logans run.
it's amazing to watch the changes happening in their world, everyday and how they adapt to me being the 'normal guy'. the calico has been waiting for the chance to be normal her entire life. wanting to join the world. each day she makes a small step towards that progress. I respect her wildness. and it's extraordinary to be in between both worlds.
it's a world that won't last forever. and that's what makes it special.Comment
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