All sorts of computer errors are now turning up. You'd be surprised to know the number of doctors who claim they are treating pregnant men. Isaac Asimov
If my doctor told me I had only six minutes to live, I wouldn't brood. I'd type a little faster. Isaac Asimov
Part of the inhumanity of the computer is that, once it is competently programmed and working smoothly, it is completely honest. Isaac Azimov
I don't expect to live forever, but I do intend to hang on as long as possible. Isaac Asimov
He had read much, if one considers his long life; but his contemplation was much more than his reading. He was wont to say that if he had read as much as other men he should have known no more than other men. Isaac Asimov
The saddest aspect of life right now is that science gathers knowledge faster than society gathers wisdom. Isaac Asimov
It is not only the living who are killed in war. Isaac Asimov
I read back over your commentary, and my reply, Dee. And I THINK you are laboring under a misconception that I DIDN'T deal with, directly, in my reply. So I'm adding this.
When I say that I didn't "learn" from my family, I'm NOT "blaming" ANYBODY! For ANYTHING! I'm simply making an observation that I THINK has some bearing on the topic under discussion. There's NOTHING to "blame" my family for! My family was MY family. NOT "good". NOT "bad". NOT "right". NOT "wrong". It was just THE family "I" grew up in. (Personally, "I" think my parents were ABOVE AVERAGE parents!)
I AM "judgmental". But I don't NORMALLY air my judgments to the world. MY judgments are only applicable/have value to ME! And so, I don't see that they would be "of interest" to anyone else.
So, while you may PERCEIVE my statements as placing "blame" on my parents, for MY "ineptitude", that's NOT the case, at all. When I say that "I" failed to learn, I'm NOT saying that it was MY FAMILY'S job to teach me! And that THEY failed! I'm saying that "I" FAILED to learn. Because I DIDN'T see this "emotional display" in my house/day to day life, it just never occurred/didn't seem to be IMPORTANT to me, that I SHOULD learn it. My family, and my life proceeded along their way, very well and pleasantly. I'm NOT the product of MY family. (Although, certainly, they WERE a major "influence" in "molding" me.) I'm ME. And EVERYTHING that's been a part of my life has contributed IT'S influence, to make me who/how I am. Along with my genetic predispositions.
HAD my family BEEN emotionally demonstrative, then I PROBABLY would have perceived it as something of SOME importance. And would, most likely, have become interested ENOUGH, to invest some time in understanding and learning all the little "tricks" of social interaction and emoting. But THAT DIDN'T happen. There's NO "blame" to be placed! And your PERCEPTION that I'm "placing blame" is a complete MISconception/interpretation of what I'm saying. My family CAN'T/COULDN'T be "blamed" for failing a responsibility they DIDN'T have! They fed me. They clothed me. They schooled me. They loved me. They spent MUCH time and money seeing to my welfare! In EVERY WAY they perceived/knew how. Would that MOST families did as well by their children, as mine did, by me!
If I were to "blame" my parents for ANYTHING, it would be that they DIDN'T make me "work" as hard as they SHOULD have! I would be a BETTER person, today, IF they had! But then, THAT would have changed the trajectory of my life. And who knows WHERE that might have led me! I MIGHT have become a VERY DIFFERENT person! But I MIGHT have still become the person I AM, today. We'll NEVER know! Because it DIDN'T happen. Just like I DIDN'T learn the "niceties" of social interactions. No "blame". Just "observation".
I'm NOT blaming my family, Dee. I just saying that THAT was how it was, for ME. I DIDN'T learn, when I SHOULD have been learning. And I just HAVEN'T learned, since. Well, that may NOT be entirely true. I DO know the traditional "etiquette" of social interaction. And I understand the "mores" of different "cultures". But I have a certain "insecurity" about interacting with people, these days. I guess you could say that I have "FAITH" issues. (I started to write "trust" issues. But that's not really "it". I trust people, even when I KNOW better! I CONSCIOUSLY CHOOSE to trust even those I KNOW I shouldn't! Because THAT is the person I CHOOSE to be. I WANT to be! I'm sorta like Diogenes. But UNLIKE him, I'm NOT searching for an honest man. I learned VERY EARLY ON that NONE of us are absolutely honest! I'm searching for a "trust" WORTHY man! And I learned, early on, that people AREN'T trustworthy! That, at least up to THIS point, NO person I've ever met DIDN'T have a "line" of "self interest" that they WOULDN'T cross, REGARDLESS of any "commitments" they had made! "I" BELIEVE that they/we/"I" SHOULD BE willing to "stand up and be counted". And "I" TRY to live that belief. But I ADMIT that I've pretty much lost "faith" of ever finding such a person. [I mentioned, earlier, that I'm OVERLY "idealistic and "moralistic". I WAS brought up to "BELIEVE" in certain things. And THAT has ALWAYS been a "problem", for me. I STILL believe in God, and country, and mom's blackberry cobbler {MY mom didn't make "apple pies". She made blackberry cobbler from the gallons of berries my dad and I used to bring home, every year.}, even though experience has TAUGHT me that THAT is all BS! I was TAUGHT to believe that. And I WANT to believe that. So I ACT as if it WERE true!] So I TRY to "trust" people. But I've pretty much LOST any "faith" I once had, concerning ever finding such a person. So I'm sorta "withdrawn" in/from my interactions with people. I KNOW the basic "principles" involved. And I COULD be good at it. I once was PRETTY GOOD. Maybe it would be MORE correct, for me to say that I'm NOT good, because I'm not INTERESTED in being "good", anymore. I don't TRY to be good at interacting with people, anymore. I'm pretty much tired of "believing", now. I don't have the "FAITH" that I once had. I guess you could say, with MUCH accuracy, that I just don't CARE, anymore.
Plus, I'm an introvert, by nature. Which doesn't contribute to any DESIRE to be good at interacting with people. When I say that I'm NOT good at showing emotion, I'm NOT saying that I don't/won't show emotion. But I do it very "bluntly/rawly". I DON'T "dress it up" for people's perusal. I'm NOT "sophisticated" in that way. Because I have no desire to BE "sophisticated". Bottom line, Dee, I'm one of the SIMPLEST men you'll ever meet. But, in OTHER ways, I'm probably MORE "complex" than most. You COULD say I'm so smart, I'm dumb! A GOOD summation.
I sometimes say that "I" THINK too much, for my own good. Life would be MUCH SIMPLER, if I'd just LIVE it, instead of examining every little detail of it. Actually, I do pretty good, when I live on the fly! But I've NEVER LEARNED how to turn off my brain, either. MY mind has a mind of its own! And I'm just along for the ride!
Sounds like you may have a "trust" and "security" issue, Dee. I'm not about to postulate about that. It's not my place. But, in MY "experience", the more trust you give, the more trust you'll get. But that's hard, sometimes. Emotional pain can often be worse than physical pain. But you CAN'T let a little "pain" close all your doors. Sure! You're gonna lose, sometimes. But, you CAN'T "WIN", if you never get in the game! So ya gotta make a choice. Is the chance of winning WORTH the cost of losing? Or is losing such a "tragedy", that you're willing to forego the possibility of winning, in order to prevent it? I've made my choice. I'm a tough ol' bird! I've survived EVERYTHING they've thrown at me, so far! And so have you! Go for the gusto, girl!
It's EASY to see that you're going to "provoke" people (for better, or worse), Cachuchi! From reading your post and threads, you're ALREADY "intrigued" ME! And I'm not usually "impressed" quickly. You're thoughtful, intelligent, open (which is somewhat rare), and "outspoken" (which "I" find "intriguing", in a woman). And I dare say you probably intimidate the hell outta ANYONE that doesn't TRULY have INNER security! I'd LOVE to watch you move through a group of people! Watching how they responded/reacted to you, would not only tell me a lot about THEM, I'm SURE it would be amusing, to! But I also think you reveal ONLY what you want to reveal, about yourself. And you have a "fine" judgment about how you "affect" people, and how they "read/react to" you.
But I agree that friends are where, and when, you find them! I DON'T make "friends" easily. (I'm OPEN to it, but MY experience is that MOST people are TOO INSECURE to let friendship happen. To make THAT commitment.) But there ARE people that you'll meet, occasionally, with whom you just have that IMMEDIATE rapport. And the conversation flows with ease. And even the silences are comfortable. You just CAN'T shut those relationships off. (Well, that's not true. I see people do it everyday. But, for ME, "I" can't NOT pursue it! Friendship is the rarest and most valuable a thing that a man [or woman] can possess.) So, yeah, old friends ARE good friends! But NEW friends can be just as GOOD friends! Every opportunity IS what you can make of it! And if a person shuts thenselve's OFF from those opportunities, the one they're hurting, the most, is only themselves.
Just keep on being you, Cachuchi! If somebody can't "handle" you, that's THEIR loss!
Hey Dee! Just enjoying myself (poetry is FUN, for me), and trying to share a smile! Not a great Limerick, but what can you do, in 2 minutes? All the best! And don't break ALL the boy's hearts! You'll want 1 (or maybe 3 or 4! With YOU I'm NOT too sure!) to keep your tootsies warm, on cold winter's night, when you get old!
I MEAN "I SHOULDA known!" We share MANY "sympathies", Dee. But we ALSO "clash"! Have you ever taken the time to WONDER about WHY that is? I HADN'T thought about it, because "I" have this "knack" with MOST people. And I THINK you might share this trait! Why? Because we're BOTH Libras! ME, more than MOST! Because, not ONLY am I a Libra, I ALSO have Libra as my RISING sign! Which indicates that OTHERS "SEE" those traits inherent in Libras, in me. I'm a DIFFICULT "Sign" combination, for MOST people to "deal" with. I'm a Libra, Libra, Leo. Astrologically speaking, I'm smarter, quicker witted, more insightful and a lot of other things, MORE than most people. But I'm ALSO more "thoughtful" (in the sense that I spend MORE of my time THINKING/ANALYSING" things), more idealistic, more moralistic and a lot of OTHER things, that tend to bring me into conflict with others! I have the BAD habit of "correcting" people, in PUBLIC! Plus, having a Leo moon, means that "I" have VERY "SPECIFIC" notions of what "love" is/should be! Altogether, NOT the easiest person to "get along" with. Because of my INHERENT "nature", from an astrological standpoint.
I think it was you that asked me what I MEANT, by saying that ''I" was "SOCIALLY" awkward/inept. One aspect of that, that I DIDN'T mention, in my reply, is reflected in my horoscope. Libra is the ONLY sign in/of the Zodiac, that is NOT a "living" being. And there are certain IMPLICATIONS inherent in THAT fact! Libras are LESS "transparent", emotionally, than any OTHER sign. I'm NOT saying that Librans HAVE less emotions than anybody else. It's that a Libran CAN BE harder for OTHERS to "read", than anybody else. ESPECIALLY if they don't WANT to be "read"! And, since, as I said, "I" come from an emotionally NON-demonstrative family, I NEVER LEARNED how to "share" my "emotions", in socially "acceptable" manners. I never learned what WAS socially "okay". As a result, I THINK about how I SHOULD/CAN "show" my emotions! (Which is NOT the "best" thing to do/be, when you're BEING "emotional".) And, if I'm UNSURE about a particular "methodology", I DON'T/WON'T exhibit those/that emotion.
Probably the EASIEST way this is "seen", by you (and others, on this forum) is by my "verbosity", as most people here, call it. I have the tendency to OVERSTATE/CLARIFY my "meaning/thoughts", in "explaining" my "position". Because I THINK that OVER CLARIFYING, is better than UNDER clarifying a question at issue. Leaves LESS chance for MISunderstandings/interpretations.
In the same way that I OVERSTATE my "position", I "UNDESTATE" my "emotions". And for, basically, SOMEWHAT similar reasons! I'm NOT an "easy" person to get to "know", or "appreciate". But I DO have some friends who "appreciate" what I bring to the table. ENOUGH so, that they TOLERATE my "honesty/bluntness/untactful/ineptitude".
I think you have a good "handle" on Scorpios. Such a "union" WOULD require the "sensitivity" of a tightrope walker! And MOST of that, would devolve to/on the Aquarian, to make it "work". ALL signs have strong and weak points. And you ARE a good match, for/with a Sagittarian! YOU are "Air". THEY are "Fire". And Fire NEEDS Air, or it will NEVER reach its maximum "potential". Just as Air APPRECIATES the "warmth" of Fire. They are "complimentary" signs. An Aquarian's "guidance" will contribute MUCH, to a Sagittarians success!
A limerick for the Limerick lady That I wish, I wish that maybe But just one thing, my darling Dee Do YOU qualify, as a celebrity If YES, then YOU are SURELY she!
Oh, Lindsey! I forgot to mention the ABILITY to "APPRECIATE" the absurd! That's because I LOVE smiles! And if they CAN'T appreciate the absurd, then they're PROBABLY not finding MUCH to smile about! Ya GOTTA have a sense of humor, about the insanities inherent in life/living! Otherwise, you'll be CRAZY, or angry all the time!
I used to run away from any woman that used the "M" word more than once. But that was BECAUSE I've seen enough marriages that WEREN'T working. Usually because NEITHER party was living up to the RESPONSIBILITIES inherent in the word "Marriage". And I doubted that "I" was ready for THAT type of "commitment".
Nowadays, I don't run so fast. And most of the women I deal with are more "mature" (and I DON'T necessarily mean "in age"). So, IF one of those asks me, I'd consider it. It would depend on several things. #1. of which would be our ability to talk, openly and honestly, with each other. #2. of which would be that I'd have to know her WELL ENOUGH to actually "LIKE" her. #3. Would be that she'd have to be strong enough to A. NOT let herself get runover by ME! B. Be able to TOLERATE me, as demonstrated over A PERIOD of time!
There ARE no "wrong" places, Neda! oNLY different PLACES! But you're right in thinking that our "stars" are in constant motion, and are exerting ever changing influences of our lives!
You want "magic" Maya! Go for Geminis or Pisces! Pisces are the MOST "mystical/mysterious/intuitive" sign in the zodiac. And trying to "understand" THEIR "reasoning" is IMPOSSIBLE! Because they DON'T "reason"! And Geminis are ABSOLUTELY schizophrenic! Following a Gemini's mind is DIFFICULT for a Libran! And NOBODY ELSE should even TRY! So it SEEMS they're doing SOME TYPE of magic, even when they're sitting still! Which is ALMOST never!
The thing people don't understand, about Astrology, is that it DOESN'T make predictions, in the sense of whether a person's going to die of cancer, or marry a redhead. That's NOT what Astrology deals with! It's SORTA like statistics! IF all other things are EQUAL (which they NEVER are) then THIS person is MOST LIKELY to choose THAT! While THAT person is more LIKELY to choose THIS. It's like a guy goes walking down a road. The road forks. One fork is sunny and warm. The OTHER fork is shady and cool. If the ONLY factor was the warm sun, or the cool shade, then the person would be MORE "INCLINED" to this, or that. But the warm sun, or the cool shade are NEVER the ONLY factors affecting the guys "choice"! So there IS NO "CERTAINTY"! Another example would be if a person had to make a choice, And his options were A, B, and C. ALL OTHER THINGS being equal, there's a 15% chance he's gonna choose A. A 45% chance he's gonna choose B. And a35% chance he;s gonna choose C. But THAT leaves him with a 5% chance of choosing NONE of the above! Astrology CAN'T make predictions, simply because ALL the factors are NEVER going to be known! ALL astrology CAN do, is give you "probabilities/predilections/tendencies". For BEST CASE scenarios! The BEST computers in the world can't PREDICT the weather! So HOW/WHY would you think that astrology can/could PREDICT human behavior? Which is EVEN MORE complicated, than the weather? You HAVE to know/understand your TOPIC, BEFORE you attempt to extract information from it! Which only a FEW of you have shown ANY familiarity with, so far!
Libra - Aries CAN BE a VERY good match! But it's kinda "tricky". YOU have ALL the "traits" SHE DOESN'T have, and LACK ALL the "traits" SHe has. So you're sort DIAMETRICALLY opposed@ But, IF you can work it out, you're the PERFECT compliment to each other! She covers YOUR weak points! And YOU can cover HERS! You've got ALL the bases covered, BETWEEN you! You NEED to work as a "TEAM"! But Libra's ARE the sign that rules "teamwork/partnerships"! Hopefully, your "tact" is well enough developed, to blunt her headfirst recklessness, WITHOUT upsetting her "feelings". THERE is the "trick" to such a relationship! It's a fine line to walk, and, unfortunately, the "burden" of that relationship is going to fall UNEQUALLY, o the Libran.
I shoulda known! Yes, Dee. As a Libran, you're an Air sign. Air signs mix BEST with OTHER Air signs. To wit: Geminis, Aquarians, and other Librans. But ya kinda need to watch the "other Librans". Two people of the SAME sign, are either the BEST possible, or the WORST possible matches. Other than THAT, your NEXT best matches are the Fire signs, Aries, Leos, and Sagittarians. As an Air sign, YOU provide the "nourishment" that a Fire sign needs! You probably want to AVOID Water and Earth signs. Air doesn't mix well with EITHER of those. Hope that helps you narrow your search down! But IF you come knocking on MY door, MY redheaded temper is PROBABLY gonna collide HEADFIRST with YOUR Irish feistiness! All the BEST! Hope you find what makes you happy!
OF COURSE Earthly astrology won't "fit" to NON-earthly things. To THINK that earthly influences will apply uniformly, throughout the cosmos is the height of foolishness. That you would think that THAT concept hadn't been dealt with LONG ago, just shows that YOU aren't very perceptive!
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RE: Memes
All sorts of computer errors are now turning up. You'd be surprised to know the number of doctors who claim they are treating pregnant men. Isaac AsimovIf my doctor told me I had only six minutes to live, I wouldn't brood. I'd type a little faster. Isaac Asimov
Part of the inhumanity of the computer is that, once it is competently programmed and working smoothly, it is completely honest. Isaac Azimov
I don't expect to live forever, but I do intend to hang on as long as possible. Isaac Asimov