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Two eyes, to see with...
23:35 Aug 29 2011
Times Read: 657

As Dad and I had sat and chatted awhile as we drank our tea, we had debated as to why man has two eyes and was it an illustration that there was a grand design, whether it be divine, or accidental.



The question must be asked though, why do we, like the majority of animals, have two eyes a nose and mouth, in roughly the same place on each species?



And yes, it ould also be viewed as part of a greater philosophical debate, much like the old chicken and egg. You know the one: “Which came first, the chicken, or the egg?’



Or… ‘Who came first, man or woman?’



All of these are interesting questions. Yet currently I find the one relating to the why do we have two eyes most interesting… as the answers pose yet more questions.



I wonder, what others think about the theory of a 'grand design', that made us who we are?

...to avoid distraction
23:27 Aug 29 2011
Times Read: 658

...to avoid distraction and maintain focus, I use my mania... tho... current disappointment is a distraction, that is proving difficult to work round.

‘thoughts are free’, ... by Pete Seeger?...
23:57 Aug 28 2011
Times Read: 660

This is the English version of ‘thoughts are free’, the poem that Hans Litten read, to 'celebrate' Hitler's forty-second birthday.



It was popularized by Pete Seeger and was sung as a leftist protest song during the McCarthy era:



Die Gedanken sind frei

My thoughts freely flower,

Die Gedanken sind frei

My thoughts give me power.

No scholar can map them,

No hunter can trap them,

No man can deny:

Die Gedanken sind frei!



I think as I please

And this gives me pleasure,

My conscience decrees,

This right I must treasure;

My thoughts will not cater

To duke or dictator,

No man can deny–

Die Gedanken sind frei!

And if tyrants take me

And throw me in prison

My thoughts will burst free,

Like blossoms in season.

Foundations will crumble,

The structure will tumble,

And free men will cry:

Die Gedanken sind frei!



Neither trouble or pain

Will ever touch me again.

No good comes of fretting,

My hope’s in forgetting.

Within myself still

I can think as I will,

But I laugh, do not cry:

Die Gedanken sind frei!





Having learnt more of the Hans Litten and what made fellow someone who could ‘cross’ Hitler for a belief, I wanted to share a little of what made him, with a wider audience.

Gawd, this said... so much...
13:31 Aug 23 2011
Times Read: 669

loneliness isn't longing for company, its longing for kindred souls



Quote: translated by ColaDvergen

we get what we want...
23:38 Aug 19 2011
Times Read: 677

we get what we want and, it isn't REALLY what we wanted, for our happiness...



me?



felt low since I got what I wanted and, viewed the x-rays...

Confused
00:03 Aug 13 2011
Times Read: 691




I was watching the news about Syria. And, a twerp called Cameron calling it all wrong and annoying the police with his rhetoric, before he makes many of them unemployed.



And, I got to watching the rest of the news with Dad and, I saw some footage of what’s occurring on the streets in Syria and, the presenter called them ‘protestrs’ and, I put into mind the presentation the world saw through CNN’s eyes, of the events that had transpired earlier in the week in Londown and, what was it ‘the feral youths’ [[Quote: Cameron]] had been called? Oh yes, “Rioters.”



I had turned to Dad as I had laughed, musing aloud, “So, what’s the difference?”

'Coz I was asked... "Sweet Oven Scones"
16:18 Aug 12 2011
Times Read: 703

Sweet Oven Scones





8oz plain flour Up to half a tsp salt

1 and a half oz of fat quarter pint of milk and water

1 and a half bicarbonate of soda 1 egg

1 and a half oz sugar 2 oz dried fruit





Sieve the ingredients and rub in the fat. Beat the egg with the milk. Mix with the liquid to a very soft, but not wet dough; press out to a thickness of half inch, then cut into rounds, triangles or fancy shapes and bake on un-greased baking tray in a very hot oven (450 F., mark 8) for 7-10 minutes.





"This is an adaptation of two recipes and, works well."

'Coz I was asked... "Rock Buns"
15:59 Aug 10 2011
Times Read: 713

Rock Cakes



Plain buns containing fruit and spice, which are baked in small heaps on a tin or baking sheet. The mixture must not be too wet or the buns will spread and lose their ‘rocky shape.’



Rock Cakes



8 oz self-raising flour 2-4 oz dried fruit

A pinch of salt 1 oz finely chopped candied peel

3-4 oz sugar 1 egg

half tsp mixed spice 3-4 oz fat

Plus ~ Milk to mix



Sieve together the dry ingredients and rub in the fat. Add the prepared fruit and candied peel. Beat the egg and add to the mixture, together with sufficient milk to make a stiff dough. Pile into about 12 rocky heaps on a greased tin and bake in a fairly hot oven (400F – mark 6) for about 15 minutes, then cool on a cake rack.



“Note: I don’t use candied peel, salt or an egg and, I use raisens instead of mixed dried fruit, then thrown a handful of dried cranberries in, with some cubes of crystallized ginger, quartered. I cook them for a minute or so longer than the recipe states. I also place the sheets of the prepared buns near to the top of the oven and, towards the end of the bake, will open the oven to check them and perhaps swap the trays about…”

Question & Answer
00:51 Aug 07 2011
Times Read: 721

Question: "Why are you in pain?"



Answer: "hip..? arthritis... lower back.. ?spinal degeneration."

Super 8
00:16 Aug 06 2011
Times Read: 726

... it was ALL it's cracked up to be... goonies crossed with cloverfield... and the young actors were excellent.

my deathday...
01:55 Aug 03 2011
Times Read: 737

essentially a humanist, with buddist leaning and, a pagan inclination, or two...



I want to look up at the stars, a bottle of scotch in one hand, painkillers in the other & a tree behind my back...



when the day comes.





as to my body, when I'm gone... 'they' can do what they want with it. I'll have finished with it.