tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4191084196584249823.post7585947122607077917..comments2024-03-21T06:54:52.136-04:00Comments on Wisdom of the West: A Perhaps Religious Moment in an Otherwise Cynical TimeJim H.http://www.blogger.com/profile/02088100982761595050noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4191084196584249823.post-55313467257580592202012-07-06T16:09:48.954-04:002012-07-06T16:09:48.954-04:00@if: Glass half empty there, dude? Then again, you...@if: Glass half empty there, dude? Then again, you rightly point out the fragility of life itself, desperately clinging to this remote spinning rock somewhere OUT THERE.<br /><br />@RG: I'd love to join you, but you might have to turn the music up!<br /><br />@Ms Pru: Awe is the word. Yes. It's important to properly awed at our littleness and not at the PTB.Jim H.https://www.blogger.com/profile/02088100982761595050noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4191084196584249823.post-53236146871422457292012-07-06T14:47:45.371-04:002012-07-06T14:47:45.371-04:00That little Saturn on the video was the size it lo...That little Saturn on the video was the size it looked like through the telescope when me and some homies watched the transit of Venus. That night was one of the best of my life because of the palpable sense of awe I felt seeing something a hundred times the size of us further away than I can even comprehend. It's so beautiful and spooky at the same time.Prunella Vulgarishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08406854591968722235noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4191084196584249823.post-78368135524137590012012-07-06T08:18:38.564-04:002012-07-06T08:18:38.564-04:00Quantum foam isn't as fun as quantum bubble wr...Quantum foam isn't as fun as quantum bubble wrap. <br /><br />Really sitting down to contemplate this shit usually convinces me to have a shot or three.Randal Graveshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08728992897551848531noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4191084196584249823.post-48717867819986914872012-07-05T19:39:25.249-04:002012-07-05T19:39:25.249-04:00We'll probably extinct ourselves before gettin...We'll probably extinct ourselves before getting too much farther. <br /><br />Thanks to greed and shortsightedness.<br />~ifthethunderdontgetya™³²®©https://www.blogger.com/profile/06252371815131259831noreply@blogger.com