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Given a finite number of minutes per day and time to interact with fellow-humans is it best to ignore those people you are in physical proximity with and only talk to old acquaintances?
Having sat at at meal with both my neice and nephew playing with their phones it did occur to me that social graces are going, and also the idea that you can learn something from new people. I call us new as we see and speak to them 6 monthlyish.
I love meeting new people and do not particularly feel that there is an inherent virtue in being in contact with your school mates from Grade 1 through 12.
Facebook has though thrown up a storm of troubles - notably the number of divorces attributed to it. Also lax secutriy and the commercialisation of the information. But then if you make something glitzy enough and it apprently fills a need the majority of people do not see the downsides.
In respect to your niece and nephew: as with anything, moderation is the key.
My dad and step-mom feel similarly as you do about facebook; only bad things to say about something they've never tried. Maybe it's the folks who spout their opinions on something they know very little about who are the idiots, eh?
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But are you well-informed idiots?
Michael
Not always, but sometimes.
'Twas good to hear today that my Japanese relatives are all okay, for example. Got the news via a facebook posting.
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My opinion is that they are probably not (good) as no distinction can be made between the idiot and the intelligent person.
Ah, yes, but we're informed idiots. =)
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For clarification, dt should have stressed that these cheeks are off the head of a pig.
On a related note, last month, a friend was going on about how yummy mackeral cheeks are. I was imagining how much work would go into cutting the cheeks off a mackeral, and just how many one would need to make a meal. Apparently they're "not inexpensive, but worth it."
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My parents have prepared pork crackling and I've tried it. And maybe I'll give pig cheeks another try some day (or maybe I already have without knowing it).
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Gee. D'ya think?
I wouldn't know, and wouldn't pretend to know. I simply don't take an interest in what types of behaviour are linked to which mental illnesses. I had chalked Sheen's bizarre behaviour up to drug use - which seemed entirely plausible given his reputation for drug abuse along with his alarming physical state. Up until yesterday, I'd only heard opinions from news and entertainment reporters (and wtf do they know?), but now mental health experts are also piping up with their opinions.
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I actually used to like this guy....I wish he would quit doing things to make himself seem insane though.
I would imagine it's hard for an insane person to make himself not seem insane. He enjoys sharing his gnarly-isms.
By the way, experts are now starting to weigh in saying he's bi-polar.
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Any meat can be ruined.
Agreed. With enthusiasm. But I swear there was no meat, only fat. I'm not sure there is a proper way to prepare it.
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You can eat hemp hearts like you would flax seed or chia seed (brand name Salba). They're all similar in size. The package I have suggests sprinkling it on salad, and that's what I've done. But I've also just poured a handful and eaten it straight up. That's when I can taste the similarity to pistachios.
Look at the product pics online. This is the brand I've tried...
http://www.manitobaharvest.com/
And this is the brand my best friend orders off the internet...
Gotta love the home page of this site. I think someone was smoking the hemp leaves when they designed this page.
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Pig cheeks ... ugh ... I once had a pasta dish at a restaurant that contained pig cheeks. They were like little pork flavoured fat strips (way worse than bacon, even!) in my pasta dish. I left all the little bits in a neat pile on the side of my plate.
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Where's the beef?
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Well, you know, i'm trying to get in touch with my feminine side.
You and me both, sista. You and me both...
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I hit the QUOTE button, ...
It seems you hit the delete button as well. It must be that darned webbing between your fingers that's interferring with your dexterity on the keyboard.
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But it was french kiss! And i'm sure this happened in sauna with steamy air and sweaty guys.
...mmmm... [drool]
If you're a "bird" then I guess you've proven the Beast's point. But I get the impression you've proven Affie's point.
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I'm warning you guys that there are pictures of me french kissing 2 dudes. You guys have any idea how many birds a stunt like that pulls? I can say lots.
I'm guessing Finland is a strange place. I doubt you'd have the same outcome in North America.
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Hemp hearts (the inside of the seed) are readily available at organic markets and online. They remind me of pistachios in both taste and texture.
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Actually, for a number of reasons that I won't go into here, that's not at all inappropriate.
Because lighting your farts on fire is a favorite pastime of yours?
BTW, did you ever read the book by that name by Roger Zelazny?
Michael
No. Did he write about the brightest stars in the firmament?
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Oi - Booster! 'sup with your game?! Stop flirting with the Lord of Light and send me my turn!
Lord of Light? Emrys? Lord of Light? Please explain.
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Damn straight!
And there is also that group of people who are watching me to see when I discover a product I really like. Then they bring pressure on the manufacturer to stop making it. It then gets replaced on the shelves by another product that doesn't work nearly as well. Are they Satanists? Well, there's no proof that they aren't.
Michael
That's just like when a new food item comes to market and it's soooo super delish that you're hooked right away because the ice cream, for example, is filled with lots of Little Pieces of Heaven. Then one day you buy the ice cream and you notice the search for Little Pieces of Heaven is eerily similar to the Hunt for Red October* and you're all like "Wtf, where's all the good stuff?" But by then they think they've got you hooked and you won't notice, and even if you do notice, you'll continue purchasing the product because you are, afterall, a creature of habit.
Don't tell me that isn't done on purpose 'cause I know better.
*with the exception of, among other things, the politics, nuclear threat and seamen
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The tinfoil hat conspiracy theory is listed at #6? That's the first thing that comes to mind when I think about crackpot conspiracy theories. I hadn't even heard of the other conspiracy theories on this list. And who hasn't met someone who needs to wear a tinfoil hat?
I was at a veterinary clinic one day when a balding man with a lumpy scalp came in asking to have his head scanned with the microchip reader. He needed a tinfoil hat.
As for myself, I believe the toilet paper manufacturers intentionally use dull equipment to create the perforations so that the squares don't separate easily, causing users to rip one, two or three more squares than they meant to. And the only reason this didn't make the list is because there's nothing 'crackpot' about it. It's for realz, man.
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Its...beginning to feel a lot like Christmas!
What does that feel like? Wallet's a little lighter, pants are a little tighter?
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It is the anniversary of the day I got my first suit.
And that suit still fits! Hope it was a happy "anniversary".
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A multi-tailed dragon with a bad case of intestinal worms.
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Amazing pictures, indeed! I found myself studying almost every one of them. Thanks for the link.
Are Facebook and Twitter good?
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I'm convinced that this point is completely lost on people who haven't tried facebook. You don't have to give any real info on that site if you don't want to. Although users are encouraged to use their real names, I've seen plenty of users who have obviously-fake names. And I never use my real birth date when I sign up for anything online - facebook included. It's not like we're slaves to the site just because we want to be on it. Now, if you'll excuse me, I have to check my wall for new posts.