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Monday, July 29, 2013

And then there was Ben…Part LVII

The park at the bottom of our street offers all kinds of facilities – there are tennis courts, a baseball diamond, and even a soccer field. That’s why it’s a paradise for doggies obsessed with balls, such as my Bennie, since there are always some leftovers. But he had never found a soccer ball –... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, July 24, 2013

And then there was Ben...LVI

After all that heavy stuff, let’s have some fun. And what could be more fun than talking about my doggie? Yesterday I had an interesting experience with him that shows he’s thinking. Let me explain... When we go for a walk in the woods, we never take a ball along since it would get lost too easily,... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, July 23, 2013

On this thing that never really was what I said it was...VIII

In a brief post one cannot possibly convey the nuances of the changes in thinking and attitude which are inevitably part of the sojourn of the mind – at best, I can provide glimpses... How do I even begin? Maybe I’ll start with the very first impression I had when I opened the Koran, many years ago... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, July 21, 2013

On this thing that never really was what I said it was...VII

And all the while I was sitting on my porch... Of course, some people might call it ‘sitting on the fence’, a rather uncomfortable perch, but I wasn’t uncomfortable at all, LOL. Some think of historians as people who are only interested in and think of the past, which is of course nonsense. Most... Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, July 19, 2013

On this thing that never really was what I said it was...VI

Now, after all that, none of which ought to be understood as ‘gospel’ but merely as my position, let me give you a more personal view. I am, as we all are, children of our time and our culture. We know it in a taken-for-granted kind of way, without necessarily being able to explain all we know.... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, July 18, 2013

On this thing that never really was what I said it was...V

I’m too lazy to come up with another name for this series – so I’ll just stick with what I’ve got. Everyone who’s been reading this knows that there really is no ‘misunderstanding’ between TAPS and Mia, if there ever was one... Before we get to the more personal stuff, I’ve got to say a bit more... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, July 17, 2013

On this thing that never really was what I said it was...IV

In continuing with explaining the ‘grounds’ for my position, I think I had better clarify my use of the term ‘myth’. (And remember these are posts! I can’t possibly unpack everything...LOL) In colloquial usage, a ‘myth’ is almost by definition something that is not ‘true’. “It’s a myth that....” is... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, July 15, 2013

On this thing that never really was what I said it was...III

I haven’t yet come up with another name for this series, which began with the ‘storm in a teapot’ as suggested in the title, but long since blown over. I’m sticking with it for now, for the sake of continuity. And I want to make another point, a kind of reminder – don’t take anything I’m saying as... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, July 14, 2013

On this thing that never really was what I said it was...II

Okay. Before getting into the meat of the thing, it seems to me the time has come that, after all these years, I tell you ‘were I am coming from’, to use a well-worn cliché. By training, and quite probably by inclination, I am very much a ‘stoic’. I use the term in the original Greek sense, where... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, July 13, 2013

On this thing that never really was what I said it was...I

(Because of lack of time, you will get this in installments) I must tell you that Mia was not the only one upset by the fall-out of her post of July 11, found here: http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/Mia890/745583; so was I. I was upset that ‘we’ upset our TAPS, for whom I have the highest... Sign in to see full entry.

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