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Tijuana, Refined
I was asking if the word "scofflaw" made you suspicious because you might have discussed it when he was not in disguise as Beaudeau. It'd be no doubt great fun for you if he tripped himself up on something like that. :) More nosy questions: How could he have been picking your brains for these stories, then? Most of them are pretty current, aren't they? And he translates from La Frontera, much of the time? So, here I thought you were occasionally picking on the guy for his errors of fact, but all along you have been just trying to draw him out, gringo? ;)— February 4, 2010 4:37 p.m.
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Conservative estimate is, I would need at LEAST a week to set up for that, Pete. Aside from needing to pick a day I feel well, there's that small matter of interviewing bodyguards, and checking on bonds and licensing. ;)— February 4, 2010 4:28 p.m.
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A lot of those bags don't have outside pockets, and the top part is usually narrower, and tucked up under the arm anyway, so I guess we know unoriginal is not a pick-pocket ;) I happen to like those bags, and appreciate a good non-leather one. You can throw a sweater in as well as a book, and the rest of your usual. I disagree about high end fashion, since I consider it to be an art form--wearable art can be deliciously satisfying and intimate--for those who can afford it ;(— February 4, 2010 4:22 p.m.
Tijuana, Refined
Intrigue on a boring work-addled afternoon! Did you and the friend you believe to be Beaudeau have a convo about scofflaws? When did you first start to think you knew who he was?— February 4, 2010 2:39 p.m.
Wall Street is feasting off Main Street’s pain
Actually, foulizarde, you were the one to utter these words, and Duhbya was right to point out their error: re: #153: "I detest the modern quacks who treat neuroses with surgery. Healthy bowels should not be cut by gastric bypass because someone has a neurotic desire to eat. Healthy testicles should not be removed because someone feels stylish only in a dress." I will elaborate: It is likely an uninformed assumption that gastric bypass is never a viable medical treatment. A preferred one? Probably shouldn't be, but we'd have to be clear on the etiology of the patient's disease, whatever it may be, and the prognosis of his/her condition(s). I'm happy to leave that to qualified experts. As for gender reassignment: If you, foulizarde, suffered lifelong mental distress because, as you gradually realized, you were born in the wrong body, I'm sure you would appreciate the option of gender reassignment, which might allow you to avoid the usual alternative--suicide. Freud was the bomb, but he would have gotten the prescription wrong on this one, too, entrenched as he was within his generation's understanding of proscriptive male/female roles. Anyway, those who undergo gender reassignment have a lot of psychiatric hoops to jump through before they are approved for it. I'm also happy to leave them to qualified medical experts, rather than to the "Just Deal With It" school of psychiatry. re:#166: So true! From my small store of experience I can say that birdwatching takes a lot of coordination; your eyes are glued above while your feet may be about to walk you into a mud pit. I bet out in Colorado you have better birdwatching than we do here, Mr. Bauder. I'm tired of taking my laminated "Southern California Shore Birds" card down to Coronado, and trying to imagine I've been able to differentiate between the beak's curve and length of dozens of birds who all resemble one--the common sea gull. re:#169: Since we've hijacked this thread, so you haven't seen a Glass work, but have you heard one? re:#170: Well played! re:#173: Do go on, Mr. Bauder. I can't imagine a Romantic era style composition for Beckett, but perhaps you can change my mind ;) Attention: foulizarde, we are now totally out of my intellectual comfort zone, so jump in! I'd be ok with Satie--quirky, little sound cues here and there, but no opera! Can't deal with the thought of a Beckett play as an opera! Sob. Perhaps I cannot be swayed...— February 4, 2010 12:52 p.m.
innocent until proven guilty
Oh, never mind on that--yes, the right brain thinker is supposed to be the creative one, as you say, and the left brain is the more analytical of fact. The way things have been going, I think I need more of a whole brain theory--and all it can spare, too! ;)— February 4, 2010 12:23 p.m.
innocent until proven guilty
nan wrote: "...began writing a book on a Native American genetic engineering project in the 4 corners in the Southwest ..." This sounds amazing! You say it wasn't published, but you call it book--so did it finally end up published, nan? Any way you can share some of it? "stream of consienceness writer ala "the Sound and the Fury (my favorite all time book)..." I'm a fan of that book too, nan, and yes, why I like your stuff, besides the fact that reading you is like walking through a weedy, tangly back wood, and suddenly coming on little clearings and bright flashes of colorful flowers--those would be your startling, fresh images ;) "i think i'm primarily a Right brain thinker...intuitive and i tend to flow within the premise of each short post" I like the confines of posting boxes too, obviously, since I neglect my blogs for them! I'm not a believer in this right/left brain theory, since I ran into so many statements that it is hooey, but it is so useful for describing one's thinking tendencies and habits. So refresh me: Is it the right or left brain thinker who tends to access the more intuitive and creative ways of processing information? Because I see you as that type--intuitive, definitely. I used to write poetry along these lines, imagining I was turning the dial of a radio, and recording what snippets of dialogue or monologue, lyric, etc. were picked up. I totally agree with jayallen that you are very much a lyricist.— February 4, 2010 12:21 p.m.
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Only every time someone makes a non sequitur ;) Nah, seriously? I love wine, esp. but haven't been able to drink for the last eight months or so, due to health stuff. Why?— February 4, 2010 11:45 a.m.
Wall Street is feasting off Main Street’s pain
re: 153: "We the insane want to thank Dr. Freud for being the first to listen to us carefully" foulizarde: Freud rocked, to be sure, and I am a staunch fan, but he did not listen to us that carefully--not in the way you suggest. In fact, his "blank screen" approach to the analyst/analysand relationship--or lack thereof--an oversight which has led in our time to to an entirely new branch of therapy called "relational psychoanalysis." Agreed with #154: A gentle reminder to psycholizard that comments on Freud should perhaps be a bit reserved until one gets a few more texts under one's belt? ;)— February 4, 2010 1:40 a.m.
Wall Street is feasting off Main Street’s pain
re: 162: Correction: Exhaustion made me say "exhortion" instead of exhortation. Looks like a word, perhaps could be a word, is not a word--unlike chimpmunk ;)— February 4, 2010 1:27 a.m.