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Originally posted by Nard Kordell:
Seeing beyond the person can be disarming.

The secret is to imagine everyone in their underwear - than you'll see God!

Since this thread is just a jumble of thoughts, I just wanted to confess that I'm *still* jealous of my teenager for getting to meet Ray Bradbury. It was nice, however, that my son shared that he reads and rereads my old dog-eared copy of "Dinosaur Tales", a book I bought for myself almost nearly 25 years ago (and sometimes read for nostalgic pleasure).

I'm happy my son had such a pleasant interaction; Mr. Bradbury was apparently very approachable. And if it were between me and my son, I'm happier that he got to, because I want him to chase down challenging reading material. Meeting one of the legends is something he might not appreciate now, but in 10 years, he will realize exactly how special it was.

Okay, I'm done threadjacking.

Doug: Really? Exactly how does that work?

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Originally posted by Nard Kordell:
Exactly how does that work?

It makes them appear more "human" somehow.

“Clothes make the man. Naked people have little or no influence on society.”

-Mark Twain

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My word: phraseology

My response:

vernacular!

My word?

Sunshine


Also, its just a force of habit to add the U. Terribly pretencious, my apologies.

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Originally posted by WildGravity:
My word? Sunshine

My answer: (surprise) Ray!

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Also, its just a force of habit to add the U. Terribly pretentious, my apologies.

Not at all - I use it myself! I'm just pretentious that way.

My word: aplomb

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Originally posted by Nard Kordell:
Phil Knox: That's a tough one. Seeing beyond the person can be disarming. But I agree. You must!

The artist is a vessel, I can see that. Some are just so much better vessels than others!

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aplomb

effrontery!

and

Temerarious?

my word?

intrepid!!


Now, heres my word

Blush

http://home.earthlink.net/~jkt/images/BRADBURY%20WATER.mp3

This link will bring you to a sound clip from a KPCC radio clip honoring water being discovered on MARS. This is John Rabe on his program Off-Ramp.

A very scary pumpkin from last Halloween at Mr. B's play.

Cool carving there, John!

Say, Biplane, I noticed a post of yours on the "turntable" thread, and I wanted to ask you here (in the "miscellany" thread) are you plagued with "love bugs" right now? Florida's supposed to get them in May.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Love_bug

We'll be seeing lots of creatures here soon with the same soubriquet, but a different species:

http://www.michigan.gov/mda/0,1607,7-125-1566_2405_4883-9130--,00.html

Awesome pumpkin.