tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4300332596847087857.post671506149319841146..comments2024-03-11T01:56:27.279-07:00Comments on The Chubby Chatterbox: What Do We Really Know?stephen Hayeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17659054447637207734noreply@blogger.comBlogger37125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4300332596847087857.post-25719879507443207772012-07-07T12:05:56.544-07:002012-07-07T12:05:56.544-07:00When we’re little everything is in black and white...When we’re little everything is in black and white…it’s easy to know who is wrong and who is right. There is us and there is them and nothing in between. As we get older, we realize that not everything is as clear and simple, and there are times when both parties can be justified and still someone lose. When I was little I heard my grandmother say, “kids these days” referring to my parents. When I grew a little older I heard my mother say, “kids these days”, when talking about us. Recently I heard my husband say “kids these days”…and I had to start laughing.Kris @ beyond the whiskershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09203207720501898374noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4300332596847087857.post-4279531402115012622012-07-06T04:24:29.545-07:002012-07-06T04:24:29.545-07:00Words of wisdom, Stephen.
The GlaxoSmithKline cor...Words of wisdom, Stephen.<br /><br />The GlaxoSmithKline corruption case lends further emphasis to your assertion that we can't always believe what we are told (by psychiatrists/drug companies) or what we read (even in so-called scientific journals.Bryan Joneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18193232823492134184noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4300332596847087857.post-55896473191341327762012-07-06T04:11:30.519-07:002012-07-06T04:11:30.519-07:00Awesome post, Stephen. And great reminders--that ...Awesome post, Stephen. And great reminders--that faith and optimism can carry us through and not to "fritter away time on trivial issues" Going into a weekend with some really tough family member situations, so this was incredibly appropriate for me to read this morning. You leant hope, which is a true gift--thank you!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16807400887814224333noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4300332596847087857.post-12668170201465044262012-07-05T15:49:07.372-07:002012-07-05T15:49:07.372-07:00Thanks for coming by my site. Had been to yours a ...Thanks for coming by my site. Had been to yours a couple of times but left no comments. Sorry. Nice post. <br />I believe every day offers something of importance if we are not afraid to look for it, grasp it, and use it to affect our lives and those around us. Perhaps it is a kind word or smile, a gesture of mercy toward someone you have held resentment against, or even a hug when someone needs it. A donation, a meal, a helping hand. Advice that is supportive, not damning, loving and tolerant, not critical and abusive. Maybe it's just a smile. It doesn't have to be "world changing" in terms of global effect, like a meteoric impact. It can just change the day of someone else, who then can change their attitude and the effect it has on others and over time, that can have a global effect, though in a slower, less noticeable fashion...except for those who are the direct recipients. For them, it's huge.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4300332596847087857.post-26718373739501924792012-07-05T15:04:22.247-07:002012-07-05T15:04:22.247-07:00HAppy belated 4th of July!
Waht do we really know?...HAppy belated 4th of July!<br />Waht do we really know?<br />Live for today, becuase it is the tomorrow I worried about yesterdayCarolehttp://pigletinportugal.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4300332596847087857.post-15855107769223698542012-07-05T11:30:22.316-07:002012-07-05T11:30:22.316-07:00What do I really know? It's does not mean its....What do I really know? It's does not mean its. <br /><br />Love,<br />JanieJanie Junebughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10573607241326291404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4300332596847087857.post-36685177636928159352012-07-05T10:09:05.375-07:002012-07-05T10:09:05.375-07:00I don't know much of anything...and am coming ...I don't know much of anything...and am coming to learn I don't need to because I have faith that God knows.momto8https://www.blogger.com/profile/13964950285763339907noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4300332596847087857.post-60206680271401017202012-07-05T07:08:34.074-07:002012-07-05T07:08:34.074-07:00What a good read, Stephen. You ask "what do w...What a good read, Stephen. You ask "what do we know" and I would ask "what have we learned?" If history repeats itself, which it often does, I say "NOTHING!" Who was it who said most of us just live our lives in quiet desparation'? That guy was on target. We see this stuff going on in the world, and we just sit back and DO nothing... and nothing changes. Yea I vote, but I have to ask myself why. Thank God for people who do pay attention to the political stuff, but I just can't hack it...I have enough trouble just trying to avoid worrying and all my other "issues". Thanks for causing me to think about something thought provoking:)Laurel's Quillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11992961037629400452noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4300332596847087857.post-70706636804916690612012-07-05T06:23:01.198-07:002012-07-05T06:23:01.198-07:00Being aware is the best I can be.
Your words &qu...Being aware is the best I can be. <br /><br />Your words "we love each other more than we hate our differences, " is where I hope we get to in my lifetime.CiCihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02466038341689494316noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4300332596847087857.post-71960244619939221632012-07-05T05:56:39.096-07:002012-07-05T05:56:39.096-07:00It is easy to think in terms of groups, or sets of...It is easy to think in terms of groups, or sets of beliefs, and to forget that most people, one on one, are polite, often friendly and often astonishingly generous. I have lately been thinking about what I "know" also, and I realize that there is actually very little that I actually know from personal observation. It is all things I imbibed from school or reading or conversation or TV. I have long thought one of the dangers of reading those crap tabloids was that a year later you remember what you read, but don't recall if it was in the New Yorker or some check-out counter rag. And you "know" something negative about someone who is celebrated - even if you disbelieve the specifics of an article, it is hard to shake the impression that this person is kind of a jerk, or insensitive or whatever characteristic is on display. <br /><br />As to King George, even after he found out what had happened, it probably never meant as much to him as to us. How many of us worry about what happened in American Samoa today? Britain was where the action was - the colonies were just supply systems and markets, and hardly worth the cost.DavidShaghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02378015294494222646noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4300332596847087857.post-637402257504815352012-07-05T00:28:40.941-07:002012-07-05T00:28:40.941-07:00Introspective and thought provoking. I read a pie...Introspective and thought provoking. I read a piece about Andy Griffith and included a portion below. <br /><br /><br />John Watkin told USA Today. "'The Andy Griffith Show' and Mayberry represented in some sense this kind of idealized view of what America was. It contains such a heart, such a sense of community."<br /><br />Some said Griffith's Mayberry was too sanitized with none of the strife generated by the anti-war and civil rights protests of the time.<br /><br />The more things change, the more they remain the same... or something to that effect. ;-)Danhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09127276493023198480noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4300332596847087857.post-53998530066400212692012-07-04T19:30:31.538-07:002012-07-04T19:30:31.538-07:00Very well said. I hope your day was wonderful.Very well said. I hope your day was wonderful.Hilaryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12787493532006658679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4300332596847087857.post-73265062388417253972012-07-04T19:19:36.076-07:002012-07-04T19:19:36.076-07:00Very thoughtful piece. I hope that those important...Very thoughtful piece. I hope that those important things are happening. <br /> I hope you had a great Fourth of July.Redhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17996243850279671523noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4300332596847087857.post-7358540615344117592012-07-04T19:10:35.224-07:002012-07-04T19:10:35.224-07:00I know that nothing wrong happened today, so I gue...I know that nothing wrong happened today, so I guess that is good.Crack You Whiphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03071785490304845124noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4300332596847087857.post-79323405629367961552012-07-04T17:42:16.897-07:002012-07-04T17:42:16.897-07:00Wow. What a wonderful piece of writing and how I c...Wow. What a wonderful piece of writing and how I chuckled at the scene you described from Jurassic Park!<br /><br />I always loved that scene.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4300332596847087857.post-43700107693810727782012-07-04T17:19:28.890-07:002012-07-04T17:19:28.890-07:00Happy Independence Day. Like Al, i only know some...Happy Independence Day. Like Al, i only know someday, we die. Other than that, it's all speculation and belief.messymimihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10649529601786689712noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4300332596847087857.post-17148841737303311612012-07-04T17:10:30.744-07:002012-07-04T17:10:30.744-07:00I know that it's better to be alive and fairly...I know that it's better to be alive and fairly well today than the alternative.Anvilcloudhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07974744042579564912noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4300332596847087857.post-89843829967932628792012-07-04T17:01:03.188-07:002012-07-04T17:01:03.188-07:00Glossing over the big picture, and making your pos...Glossing over the big picture, and making your post all about me...<br /><br />You must be some kind of crazy psychic. C'mon. Admit it. I'm at least HALF right, huh? I dropped in earlier this morning, and BLOGGER was being a butt and wouldn't let me comment. And I read your little question at the end, and thought, "Yeah, right. Nothing ever happens to me." And then it DID! So I'm sure you were talking specifically to me. Right? Just nod your head. I'll know.Valhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13025832536749983018noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4300332596847087857.post-22700331710517295332012-07-04T16:57:12.152-07:002012-07-04T16:57:12.152-07:00A T-Rex devouring a man sitting on a toilet!!?? U...A T-Rex devouring a man sitting on a toilet!!?? Uh oh, better get that picture off my blog.<br />Great post, by the way.<br />If I know anything, I know I'll die.<br />Don't know much more than that, I guess.Al Penwasserhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14052950809151897315noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4300332596847087857.post-82837357998982155742012-07-04T16:01:03.320-07:002012-07-04T16:01:03.320-07:00You are so right. In God We Trust is more importan...You are so right. In God We Trust is more important now than ever before. Also, I had never known about King George's diary entry. Very interesting!Felt Familyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06780591740062565033noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4300332596847087857.post-12771931019809012652012-07-04T15:09:21.112-07:002012-07-04T15:09:21.112-07:00I just finished reading a newspaper article about ...I just finished reading a newspaper article about the potential discovery Higgs boson - the "God particle" - and was frustrated by my own ignorance and inability to comprehend what exactly those scientists and physicists are trying to explain to us. I don't think the average person comprehends the importance of this event. And then I came here, to read your post "What do we really know?" It was surreal - did you know I was going to read about Higgs boson? I believe with this discovery we are like the dinosaurs, like the Romans, like King George III - we have no idea...<br /><br />Now let me go and fritter away some time on a trivial issue: hot dogs or hamburgers?<br /><br />Happy Fourth of July, great writing as always.Pixel Peeperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17553862902461169270noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4300332596847087857.post-3668961827355181102012-07-04T14:03:15.009-07:002012-07-04T14:03:15.009-07:00Excellent post! Things have changed so much. Our...Excellent post! Things have changed so much. Our government has become old enough to be as corrupt as the best of them. I hope we can attempt to get back to the ideals we wanted to have and I think the majority still want. I do love my floundering country and I have faith is us as a people. Happy 4th. :)Ritahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02043285884495492598noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4300332596847087857.post-32158404404656264712012-07-04T13:28:35.944-07:002012-07-04T13:28:35.944-07:00My country when right, and when wrong to be put ri...<i>My country when right, and when wrong to be put right.</i> Poetry, my friend, pure poetry.Catalysthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03804837416104556928noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4300332596847087857.post-66934114500119354062012-07-04T13:09:51.615-07:002012-07-04T13:09:51.615-07:00Thanks for getting the inner wheels turning with y...Thanks for getting the inner wheels turning with your question. This is always a day of melancholy. On the one hand it prompts a childhood sense of joy and delight. On the other it recalls true patriotism, devotion and sacrifice adjoined to how we modern Americans regard the day as little more than a reason to eat, drink, be merry and watch bombs that sparkle instead of those that have more lethal outcomes. After all is said, I come down on the thought that more than anything this is a day that should celebrate conviction and principle. John Adam's did not celebrate nor observe the 4th of July, despite his contribution to our birth. He did not because he noted the Declaration was "declared" on July 2nd and he thought that should be the day of <br />observation. That is an example of the American spirit. That is what we celebrate, or at least it is under all the trappings of modern party.Tom Cochrunhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04046822056852446079noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4300332596847087857.post-23276334985821010692012-07-04T10:01:54.348-07:002012-07-04T10:01:54.348-07:00Wonderful things happen to me everyday of my life....Wonderful things happen to me everyday of my life. I enjoy each and everyday to its fullest. Always have and always will. Life is so full of possibilities. You just need to pay attention.<br /><br />Have a terrific Independence Day. :)Sandeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06785788498697004273noreply@blogger.com