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  1. It's odd, but the two funniest books which came to mind are both about immigrants. The Inscutable Americans by Anurag Mathur and Sour, Sweet by Timothy Mo. The Inscrutable Americans is probably the funnier of the two, esp. if you have some experience w/ Indian culture or have lived there for a while. Neither book pokes fun at America or its immigrants, but rather you're laughing with the characters as they acclimate to life in the USA.
  2. I can't decide which of these two Marx quotes is better: "Time flies like an arrow. Fruit flies like a banana." "I once shot an elephant in my pyjamas. What he was doing in my pyjamas, I'll never know."
  3. >>"the hatred of the good for being good"<< This boggle my mind as well. I just don't get it, either. Best example I've seen is the practice of 'keying' an expensive car. What goes through those tiny little minds???
  4. Those who fail to learn from history are doomed to repeat it? Beware of Greeks bearing gifts
  5. I can only hope this is apogee of the pendulum's swing toward the nanny state, though I'm doubtful. Prohibition was overturned, after all.
  6. I like that, esp. the first question. Turns the topic away from navel-gazing, and provides a much broader outlook.
  7. What happens when you strip away all the "shoulds" and "oughts" and find you're not motivated toward accomplishing anything? Got any exercise to capture squelched values? Jim
  8. Ted makes a good point which, to my knowledge, has *never* been adequately explained to the layman. Genes are instructions for construction. That's it. Two recipes for mayonnaise may appear almost identical, but the one which reads "slowly beat eggs into oil" will fail; while the one which reads "slowly beat oil into eggs" will succeed. The recipes may be identical to 99.99 percent, but if this crucial instruction sequence is mixed up, you ain't getting mayonnaise, no way, no how.
  9. I pull the ferrets out for some playtime. One or the other of the three always needs a walk, whether it's rain or shine... Laundry. Alway best to keep on top of it. Ironing -- ditto. Have this thing about linen napkins: my personal outlet for OCD. Have a cigarette and look out the window. Peruse Craigslist "Rants and Raves" Tender sage advice at Hardwareguys.com What's your history forum, Danneskold? Jim
  10. If the Cold War was a poker game, SDI was Reagan's way of buying the pot. The only thing which matters in poker is winning or losing. We won. My hat's off to the Gipper.
  11. Eeuuwww! Jodie Foster would get my vote.