You're right, Conrad. Stations often change format like they change their socks, and often don't say a word about it on the air. "Oh, no, we've always been this way." I listened to that "light rock"...

Jared Huffman is the our newly elected US Representative for the 2nd District which includes Sebastopol, West County, Windsor and Healdsburg. I'm delighted to see him get on this important band...

If you are fortunate enough to have a true anam cara, be grateful with every breath you take. Fate has given you a gift beyond measure. If you are like me and have not been so fortunate, at least...

WORDPLAY: Vocab Rehab with Marcia Singer

This Month’s Word
ANAM CARA (aw-nawm caw-raw)

First appeared in Upbeat Times...

I saw the poll but there were no options for "none of the above." What's up with that?

Having never identified with any group, age-based or otherwise, at any time in my life and having never...

It was in one of those many posts above. Presidents have reversed Secretary decisions in the past so this may be the only recourse.

Thanks for blasting this issue!
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Things out here are going from bad to worse. Having the Feds descend on your community is dreadful with visits to terrified oyster farm workers (two heros were there to help, thank god) and early...

After several years of hard work and support from hundreds of community members, Waterfall Park is finally ours!

Bohemia Ranch, where the beautiful waterfall is located in the west county, will...

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I enjoyed reading these quotes from genius Richard Feynman just yesterday, so I thought I'd share:

An introduction to one of his lectures:

What I am going to tell you about is what we teach our...

Sorry, I don't have time to respond in full, or even read your missive in full. A few quick points: I really didn't mean that you were accusing anybody of being psychotic. Rather the term delusion...

Well said, Barry! Even scientists have difficulty agreeing with each other, tamper and skew "evidence" and data to support their theories (and maintain their funding), suffer from epistemological...

Thank you Barry,
Very well said.

Two quotes for Dixon and anyone else who is interested:

"Logic will get you from A to B. Imagination will take you everywhere."
Albert Einstein

"You can't...

Here's how this unfolded:





Dixon, you first used the term delusion in response to Gene's comment: "Three's are magical, can't offer any proof but some things just prove themselves over...

this is a good example, actually, though a counter-example to your main point. Accupuncture has been one of the better-studied 'alternative' treatments, and mechanisms other than the placebo effect...

The Miriam-Webster dictionary defines delusion as ": a persistent false psychotic belief regarding the self or persons or objects outside the self that is maintained despite indisputable evidence...

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I hope you can find a way to be "punchy and pithy" without being quite so abrasive and huffy. :heart:

wow
I couldn't even get through your post.
I think you lost me on the tenth use of the word insult.

I used the word insult once to describe your intention with Gene's big "delusion". ( I...

Dixon, it's all good, no offense taken. Did anyone read the couple of lines I wrote about no proof just a feeling. That's like saying prove that God exists, prove God doesn't exist. That solid object...

Hi Gene, I know exactly what you mean by the threes in the triangles of the Star of David.
That's how I see it, too, being an oh-so-visually oriented person.
I am not counting the triangles, ...

Thanks for the quote SandBar, beautiful. Three's are magical, can't offer any proof but some things just prove themselves over and over in one's life. You can't prove their true but you know they...

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