Clutch - Emily Dickinson [youtu.be] Emily Dickinson Won't you lay your hair down low?

brentan comments on Feb 8, 2019:

I really enjoyed the sentiment in that song. Emily came across very strait-laced for someone whose family life was full of 'complications' as anyone else's. Here's another song about her written by Duke Special from a poem by Michael Longley: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pCztMBruLRY

How many of you support Ocasio Cortez’s “Green New Deal” to make it an emergency priority to ...

brentan comments on Feb 8, 2019:

It's only a suggestion from what I've read. But some ideas are better than none in this situation.

Bryan Ferry - Make You Feel My Love [youtu.be]

brentan comments on Feb 8, 2019:

Am I being really awful saying I think he's very overrated?

Mrs Browns Boys?

brentan comments on Feb 8, 2019:

Yes. There's more to life than being sensible.

The Band, The Weight [youtu.be]

brentan comments on Feb 8, 2019:

It's a classic song but what the hell is it about? I loved The Last Waltz, especially Joni Mitchell singing Coyote.

Morning Person or Night Owl?

brentan comments on Feb 8, 2019:

Night owl. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IpNY3UblOr0

This is funny but it actually makes me want to cry because ....

brentan comments on Feb 8, 2019:

Oh lonesome me!

The Eagle will crash, the dragon shall rise. Beware of the year of the wild Boar

brentan comments on Feb 8, 2019:

I will. Thanks for the warning.

Why is the hard-Left so conservative? - UnHerd

brentan comments on Feb 8, 2019:

It might be because they've taken on the mantle of righteousness that used to belong to conservatives.

No idea whether Einstein actually said this, but interesting nonetheless

brentan comments on Feb 8, 2019:

I guess that means we can tell what kind of soul a person has by what kind of music they listen to.

I'm sure that we are all opposed to this:

brentan comments on Feb 8, 2019:

I never thought of republican and democrats in terms of believers and atheists but maybe that's how it's got.

My studies tend to make me concur...

brentan comments on Feb 8, 2019:

I blame free education. That taught everybody to know how bad they have it.

Now that my hard work has put me in office, we're going to have some changes around here.

brentan comments on Feb 8, 2019:

First let's kill the lawyers - I mean the bishops.

The humbling psychology of being a mere bit of data in the Matrix

brentan comments on Feb 8, 2019:

Be a loyal plastic robot for a world that doesn't care - Frank Zappa. I guess a lot of the data is got at school.

Im evil he he he!

brentan comments on Feb 8, 2019:

That'll learn them!

CAUTION The study of astrology causes the external anal sphincter to tense.

brentan comments on Feb 8, 2019:

I think it's more about socialising than belief in it. It's daft but it gives people something to talk about, like football.

The new magazine is out.

brentan comments on Feb 8, 2019:

That looks very interesting - thanks!

Get to sprinkling! Let's make someone's day! ? &Positivevibes

brentan comments on Feb 8, 2019:

I think the whole world should have a Global Kindness Day. It might be so surprisingly pleasant that new days could be added gradually.

What do you choose?

brentan comments on Feb 8, 2019:

I think seeking happiness directly is counter-productive, like desperately trying to go to sleep. Maybe we should choose to do things that make us happy as a result of those things. I'm not sure about getting happiness through thinking good things but it might work like meditation.

I fucking love her! Just because something is legal doesn't make it moral. [m.facebook.com]

brentan comments on Feb 8, 2019:

I hope she isn't shot.

Gaetano Donizetti. - Luciano Pavarotti....Una furtiva lagrima, L’elisir d’Amore [youtu.be]

brentan comments on Feb 8, 2019:

It's exquisite. That was a massive applause. I had a fleeting tear myself.

Naming your dog.

brentan comments on Feb 8, 2019:

I suppose Rover is a bad choice.

Maybe things are looking up

brentan comments on Feb 8, 2019:

I guess you're not doing jury service.

Some advice

brentan comments on Feb 8, 2019:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ElkBFpLMQ_E

Vanity working on a weak head, produces every sort of mischief.....Jane Austen.

brentan comments on Feb 8, 2019:

Is it Emma?

yes it is Friday

brentan comments on Feb 8, 2019:

That should be Monday.

Yesterday was my birthday.

brentan comments on Feb 8, 2019:

Happy Birthday, young 'un!

happy people

brentan comments on Feb 8, 2019:

That would be ideal. I wonder, though, how many of us come to peace through isolation in our old age?

I think I'm finally coming out of a Looong spell of non-drinking...

brentan comments on Feb 8, 2019:

It's great being able to carry your own laboratory around with you.

In case of fire...

brentan comments on Feb 7, 2019:

Every bit helps.

You might be a hillbilly if...

brentan comments on Feb 7, 2019:

I think I guess what ROFL means now.

Don't do this!

brentan comments on Feb 7, 2019:

So that's what I'm doing!

Well we have a whole bunch of snowy icy weather rolling in here in the Pacific Northwest looks like ...

brentan comments on Feb 7, 2019:

Sounds good. I'm finishing Wolfenstein at the moment and have Red Dead ready to go.

Coping with S.A.D. and Depression at the same time. Any suggestions?

brentan comments on Feb 7, 2019:

Get up early to see as much daylight as possible Shower regularly Find something you love I hope those darn clouds clear off soon!

It is all in the Reality of the Marketing...

brentan comments on Feb 7, 2019:

If that's how it is, I think I'll be wiping my own arse til I kick the bucket.

Poor Javert...he was only doing his job :'(

brentan comments on Feb 7, 2019:

I love how his thinking is encapsulated in Stars.The lyrics are epic, Miltonian, I think: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=urxk4mveLCw

Green New Deal: Ocasio-Cortez unveils bold plan to fight climate change | Environment | The Guardian

brentan comments on Feb 7, 2019:

She'll be lambasted for this but it's just a suggestion and I think the world, not just America, needs to come up with something. Many Americans will likely think of it as a communist plot, like universal health care.

Meaningful silence.

brentan comments on Feb 7, 2019:

It reminds me of 'empty barrels make more noise' but it's more positive.

Monty Python

brentan comments on Feb 7, 2019:

Yes. My favourite is The Lumberjack Song.

How romantic!

brentan comments on Feb 7, 2019:

A problem shared.....

In praise of famous men A wonderful writer was Herr Friedrich Schiller Though he never produced ...

brentan comments on Feb 7, 2019:

That's very clever. I guess a carol had the meaning of a story at one time.

Or maybe Tech9ne.

brentan comments on Feb 7, 2019:

Yes indeed! If 'Yo Mama' was a real curse, the world would be in trouble.

Opening title theme from Neil Simon's Murder By Death 1976: composer David Grusin [youtu.be]

brentan comments on Feb 7, 2019:

Excellent! Somehow or other, I haven't seen the film and there's lots of great names in it.

Enthralling to me anyway! [facebook.com]

brentan comments on Feb 7, 2019:

It really fooled me. What a trick!

Headmaster of Christian school arrested on suspicion of child molestation - ABC News - via @ABC ...

brentan comments on Feb 7, 2019:

We need to change our attitude about people in positions of authority who have vulnerable people in their control. We need to assume that the wrong type of people are attracted to these jobs and we'll be right most of the time.

Why did the chicken cross the road?

brentan comments on Feb 7, 2019:

It's entitled to *some* privacy.

Musical chairs

brentan comments on Feb 7, 2019:

... and there's one for everybody.

I might have a couple other skills like this!

brentan comments on Feb 7, 2019:

Q.E.D.

Consciousness... Can it be measured objectively?

brentan comments on Feb 7, 2019:

I read that it's the universe's way of recognising itself. I think religion was the only way to understand it for ages, then psychology and philosophy had a bash at it followed by physics. The latest efforts come from the old pagan animist thinking but they're calling it panpsychism now.

Some walks you have to do alone.

brentan comments on Feb 7, 2019:

Jeez, I must have legs of steel!

Well I got a 1/5. How did you do?

brentan comments on Feb 7, 2019:

Don't forget they need to support the abuse of Muslim women too!

I think it's time i get a literary agent.

brentan comments on Feb 7, 2019:

I can't help because all I know about books is reading them. I just want to wish you well and hope you get published.

A good friend of mine headed up the Emergency Dept at a hospital in Toronto and he would sometimes ...

brentan comments on Feb 7, 2019:

There's nowt as quare as folk. 'Other folk, I mean.

how do you react?

brentan comments on Feb 7, 2019:

That must be just for middle-class Americans.

custom walkers

brentan comments on Feb 7, 2019:

That's the spirit! Never say die!

Symbolic of nonsense going on now.

brentan comments on Feb 7, 2019:

Never mind the cost. It's the principle of the thing!

feeling much better, today Paradise by John Prine [youtube.com]

brentan comments on Feb 7, 2019:

Mr. Peabody's coal-train hauled Paradise away. Terrific folk song.

Sade: No Ordinary Love [youtu.be]

brentan comments on Feb 7, 2019:

So smooth.

“You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view, until you ...

brentan comments on Feb 7, 2019:

I saw an example of the effort made to fully understand what a person of another opinion is saying. I know it's hardly complete empathy but it's a start in argument. It's called 'steelmanning' and it's an attempt to do the very opposite of strawmanning. Neither of you are allowed to continue the discussion without first relating back to the other person what they have said and get their approval. I saw it used to good effect when Douglas Murray asked Jordan Peterson and Sam Harris to do it in debate with each other.

Piano movers are here

brentan comments on Feb 7, 2019:

Mammy, buy me that!

What did you guys think of the dummys state of his delusions address?

brentan comments on Feb 6, 2019:

7 key takeaways from the SOTU speech: 1. Immigration "Congress has 10 days left to pass a bill that will fund our government, protect our homeland and secure our very dangerous southern border." 2. 'Partisan' investigations "An economic miracle is taking place in the United States and the only thing that can stop it are foolish wars, politics or ridiculous partisan investigations." 3. Trade "To build on our incredible economic success, one priority is paramount - reversing decades of calamitous trade policies." 4. Infrastructure "Both parties should be able to unite for a great rebuilding of America's crumbling infrastructure." 5. Healthcare "The next major priority for me, and for all of us, should be to lower the cost of healthcare and prescription drugs and to protect patients with pre-existing conditions." 6. Foreign Policy As we make progress in these negotiations (with Afghan groups), we will be able to reduce our troops' presence and focus on counter-terrorism and we will indeed focus on counter-terrorism. 7. Abortion "To defend the dignity of every person, I am asking the Congress to pass legislation to prohibit the late-term abortion of children who can feel pain in the mother's womb." What’s not to like? https://www.independent.ie/world-news/north-america/president-trump/seven-key-takeaways-from-trumps-state-of-the-union-address-37787593.html

Artist Joan Miro Spain

brentan comments on Feb 6, 2019:

Perhaps the paintings are technically good or the elements signify something but there seems to be nothing intuitively expressive about them.

Just had a weird conversation with a co-worker.

brentan comments on Feb 6, 2019:

It's wishful thinking. Religion is about belief in god.

It's that constipated look that gives it away!

brentan comments on Feb 6, 2019:

That's an attitude I'm seriously trying to avoid even though it's very likely to be true.

Why are religious people so judgemental?

brentan comments on Feb 6, 2019:

It's because they can only understand the fruits of the spirit in terms of the fruits of the flesh.

The Book of Revelation

brentan comments on Feb 6, 2019:

And the horn means it has a lot of power. Oh lordy!

Do you tell yourself what you love about yourself?

brentan comments on Feb 6, 2019:

Jordan Peterson would approve of No. 10.

All in a day's work.

brentan comments on Feb 6, 2019:

Chefs are evil bastards.

The Interrupters - "She's Kerosene"

brentan comments on Feb 6, 2019:

What a bitch! But if you didn't provide the match...

my kind of joke (although not single)...

brentan comments on Feb 6, 2019:

The correlation of an ex-relation.

this is me

brentan comments on Feb 6, 2019:

Or stay and I'll make the effort to be comfortable with you.

If you don't agree, I'd say you're not human.

brentan comments on Feb 6, 2019:

Doggone.

Want to post this in the Sexy Classic Picture Forum too. AOC is smoking hot!

brentan comments on Feb 6, 2019:

No lo importa, cabron!

I need all your best breakup songs.

brentan comments on Feb 6, 2019:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K4xoHjNjxus

The Donnas - It's on the Rocks [youtube.com] breakupsongs

brentan comments on Feb 6, 2019:

That was a very pleasant surprise!

Seriously I’m that old. 😊

brentan comments on Feb 6, 2019:

Thank goodness we got our priorities right.

Hi Fairly new here ,have to get up to 200 points to do lots of things,,enjoy meeting like minded ...

brentan comments on Feb 6, 2019:

Hi. Welcome to the forum.

Where did the meme group go? I can't find it in my list and found this gem..........

brentan comments on Feb 6, 2019:

But who likes golden showers? OK, rhetorical question.

Infidels in all ages have battled for the rights of man, and have at all times been the fearless ...

brentan comments on Feb 6, 2019:

I guess you can't rely on the faithful to be innovative.

Another day, another letdown. Such is life.

brentan comments on Feb 6, 2019:

(sh)It happens.

Are they happier because they live in a goddamn dream world where fluffy happy clouds and rainbows ...

brentan comments on Feb 6, 2019:

They are happier because they have the benefits of a kind of tribal living. It is a huge support group that many secular people do not enjoy. Loneliness is a huge problem nowadays. The cost of such a life is total commitment to the beliefs and modus operandi of the faith.

Many cells..

brentan comments on Feb 6, 2019:

Everything was just fine and dandy and then they had to start with quantum dynamics.

❤ Ricky Gervais ❤ [youtube.com]

brentan comments on Feb 6, 2019:

Justice for Karl Pilkington. He has been abused enough!

The Cure - A Forest [youtube.com]

brentan comments on Feb 6, 2019:

Great band. Great song. I love the atmosphere of the songs. Atmosphere might not be the right word. But you know what I mean. My favourite video is the live concert in Berlin, 2002.

I love Daryl's but l kind of wish he had just let Joe take care of this.

brentan comments on Feb 6, 2019:

Daryl's House is a great repository of great music played by great musicians.

Adele. - Someone Like You. [youtu.be]

brentan comments on Feb 6, 2019:

Oh my heart. What a wonderful singer!

Worth thinking about...

brentan comments on Feb 6, 2019:

I often thought the coffee culture was a symptom of that, without really knowing what 'that' was. Good old Freud. He gets dissed a lot. I think he was a genius.

Ultra-orthodox Jewish "police" enforce Hasidic norms on non-Jews. [patheos.com]

brentan comments on Feb 6, 2019:

I know that can't be true because the Jews understand victimisation as well as anybody.

I was looking out over the pasture lands I can see through my kitchen window.

brentan comments on Feb 6, 2019:

I guess you'll need to share with the rest of us. Perhaps not.

PJ Harvey - Down By The Water [youtu.be]

brentan comments on Feb 6, 2019:

She is brilliant! I love her latest incarnation as anti-war performer. My absolute favourite song of hers is Rid Of Me.

Alanis Morissette - Right Through You (live, from the "Feast on Scraps" DVD) [youtu.be]

brentan comments on Feb 6, 2019:

I feel better already.

Yes you will..

brentan comments on Feb 6, 2019:

It's true. I'm doing it.

This was on fb from two writer friends. Honestly, i've been feeling this same way recently.

brentan comments on Feb 6, 2019:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tnlNUZqFzgY

When you hear that another missionary has been jailed in a foreign country for trying to convert the...

brentan comments on Feb 6, 2019:

It is really terrible. You couldn't help them even if you wanted to.

WE WILL BE HOME SOON MOM.

brentan comments on Feb 6, 2019:

I guess it's intensely personal so I don't understand many of the references but it seems she lived, suffered and died and left her children with much respect and fondness.

hi hru nw iam flor from pilpines 39 here widow ...

brentan comments on Feb 6, 2019:

Hello Flor. You're very welcome!

From the film "La Bamba," Lou Diamond Phillips as the great Richie Valens (1941-1959) [youtu.be]

brentan comments on Feb 6, 2019:

'Para bailar La Bamba Se necessita una poca de gracia' 'To dance The Bamba All that's needed is .......'. I think this is the best explanation of gracia in the context. Habilidad natural para hacer bien ciertas cosas. A natural ability to do certain things. The best I can come up with in English is flair or proclivity. It's just as well the song is in Spanish.

Ancient church beneath Turkish lake, and maybe a pagan temple underneath that. [livescience.com]

brentan comments on Feb 6, 2019:

I've heard of walking on water but a whole congregation attending services underwater, that's truly miraculous!

Some of the earliest examples of Homo Sapiens found in Morocco. [archaeology.org]

brentan comments on Feb 6, 2019:

And they say Adam was a gardener!

Just can’t believe it...

brentan comments on Feb 6, 2019:

I guess life's injustices never end!