Charissa’s Comments (group member since Nov 17, 2008)

Charissa’s comments from the Axis Mundi X group.

I guess that was your accomplice in the wood chipper.

unlike the water in the Gulf, the water in the Red River this time of year is freezing cold. People wouldn't last five minutes in that water. Looks like everyone is pitching in to build up the levees. Amazing folks in that part of the world. North Dakota has the lowest crime rate in the country. Also, a lot of jello salad.

Nick... I am a big fan of genetic memory. I actually think it's more plausible than reincarnation. It makes sense if only simply from the level of evolution. Every living thing has a code for certain things written into it's genes. I carry the mitochondria of my maternal line all the way back to the first woman. I've had the experience myself of cellular memory. So I think genetic memory makes perfect sense.

super cool Sherrie. Thank you!

My prayers go out to my relatives in Grand Forks and Fargo through this difficult and dangerous night while the flood levels are still rising, the cold is still dropping, and so many people's homes and businesses are in danger. May the levees be high enough and hold through the night!!!

That's because NB operates from the dictionary that lives up Satan's ass. : )

That's an idiotic statement. Environmentalism is at the heart of true prosperity. If we don't live with respect for our environment and natural resources we pollute our surroundings and destroy natural abundance.

I really don't think anyone is suggesting a "one road model". It's a road model. And a good one. Arguably a necessary one.

http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?id=t...

"Green technology has incredible potential. My firm alone has invested in 45 innovative ventures that can provide a greener future. Here are three examples:

Ausra, Inc., builds advanced solar-thermal technology that produces utility-scale electricity. We found this tiny start-up in Australia and helped it move to Palo Alto, Calif. And we helped hire additional world-class engineers and managers. Ausra now has a long-term contract with Pacific Gas & Electric to supply almost 200 megawatts of power. Its costs are the cheapest of any utility-scale solar technology, and with further advances we believe it will compete with coal-fired plants. Over several years Ausra plans to build two gigawatts of capacity, generating 4,000 construction jobs, 1,000 operational jobs and clean power for more than 300,000 American homes, while avoiding 2.5 million tons of emissions annually.

The second example involves a unified, national smart grid. Silver Spring Networks in Redwood City, Calif., works with utilities to install digital networks that allow consumers and utilities to control electricity usage, reducing waste—and emissions—while saving money. In just two years Silver Spring has networked more than 300,000 customers and signed contracts to network 10 million homes. The potential savings are 100 million tons of CO2 and $16 billion. California’s experience suggests that a nationwide smart grid could create 500,000 construction jobs and 280,000 permanent jobs.

The third example is an advanced battery venture still in “stealth mode.” The company’s breakthrough creates stable, durable lithium-ion batteries with greater storage capacity. The result will be electric vehicles that can travel up to three times as far—more than 100 miles—before recharging. Again, we found this team outside the U.S., but we persuaded them to build manufacturing plants that will create thousands of jobs in the Midwest. The company will ship batteries at the end of this year. This technology could revitalize our automotive industry and preserve and create many jobs."

http://www.snopes.com/religion/soulwe...

You're not making it up, Nick SSH. The snopes article describes the entire experiment and it's results. Unfortunately it seems the experiments were too small of a sampling frequency to have any definitive results. But apparently something happens at the moment of death that can be measured in loss of weight. But it appears inconsistent.

It's interesting but also a little like angels dancing on the head of a pin. I suppose for the purely empirically minded having some kind of measurable proof of the existence of the soul would be pretty important.

It's a good question though: Does electricity have mass? I would imagine it has some mass. Maybe Richard Feynman's writings on QED would have some insight into this.

I developed an uncanny capacity early in life for a deep state of denial. Also known as dissociation. I sleep pretty good most of the time.

now all we need are lemon and powdered sugar.

Jackie, those are egg spats! The height of fashion... in Toon Town.

Unfortunately, yes. Can I stab my own eyes out now please?

yes, it's always a plus to not be wearing a giant red egg made entirely of synthetic felt, and somethings that look suspiciously like mouse ears near your styrofoam face opening.

You're much better looking than Matt Lauer, KD.

HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA... that's awesome Isaiah.

does that mean it's cool again for me to play my Woody Guthrie albums?

Ruth, as my mom has been pointing out, she's lived through several recessions already, this one isn't much different. But my mother lives always as if she is in a recession. That woman can make a nickel scream. I aspire, I tell you.

Huh... interesting. Yes, I get what you are saying.

However, just because physicists learned about the quantum nature of the sub atomic universe via experimentation and mathematics, it doesn't change the essential information such as the finding that, while we experience matter as solid, it is actually made up of very little actual "matter", but is instead comprised mostly of energy fields. Or the finding that matter and energy are ultimately interchangeable, given the right circumstances (E = mc2). Or the finding by Schrodinger that you cannot observe something without effecting it. Or the finding that what we call "matter" seems to be actually a set of relationships.

These findings are mathematical, certainly. However, for some of us, they are also intuitive. The quantum nature of the universe doesn't belong only to the realm of mathematics. As the chaos theory and fractals show us, mathematical patterns can describe extreme complexities which seem at first random and chaotic. But those very same patterns shape our selves, our minds. We are part of that mathematical universe, at one with it. But mathematics is not the only way to understand it.

Kate, I don't know... I find the image so horrifying I can't look at it long enough to make out any faces. Although, I did manage to look long enough to suspect that the person in the Pinocchio costume is a woman. The entire scene is so disturbing.

the man has three balls, I really think the stain is the least of his worries.