tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7875069982976812251.post8049308731021374822..comments2023-10-17T04:51:08.765-10:00Comments on KauaiEclectic: Musings: ConnectionsJoan Conrowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00172330100788007499noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7875069982976812251.post-38576266924187877042007-12-10T06:46:00.000-10:002007-12-10T06:46:00.000-10:00As I've mentioned before, Gadfly, this is a peace ...As I've mentioned before, Gadfly, this is a peace and love blog, and abuse is not acceptable here, nor is racism, nor is shock jock kine stuff. So do remember that as Doug said, you could just wind up getting censored.Joan Conrowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00172330100788007499noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7875069982976812251.post-57921228812321214162007-12-09T23:04:00.000-10:002007-12-09T23:04:00.000-10:00Squawk! The gadfly dropped his cheese.Squawk! The gadfly dropped his cheese.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7875069982976812251.post-27620974111494215682007-12-09T21:43:00.000-10:002007-12-09T21:43:00.000-10:00The more attention Gadfly gets, the more vulgar an...The more attention Gadfly gets, the more vulgar and abusive he becomes. So let's ignore him. I hereby vow to not respond to Gadfly's posts from this moment on.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7875069982976812251.post-26199153794853409452007-12-09T17:10:00.000-10:002007-12-09T17:10:00.000-10:00... Or, gadfly could wind up censored. Heh.... Or, gadfly could wind up censored. Heh.Doughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00278477472958926963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7875069982976812251.post-7550129114706391252007-12-09T13:47:00.000-10:002007-12-09T13:47:00.000-10:00Wow. I've made it to "the medium time" being feat...Wow. I've made it to "the medium time" being featured in one of your "Musings".<BR/><BR/>I do enjoy how you seguay (sp?..don't know/care) from your morning observations of the environment to the real subject at hand. It's obvious you are a very talented writer.<BR/><BR/>Since "perception is reality" - a foundation of 19th century sociology (more correctly stated: "if an event is perceived as real it will be real in its consequences") still alive and well in the 21st - I must mention the differences of our perceptions of my reality.<BR/><BR/>For "community and people" persons such as yourself, I'm sure it does seem prison-like. But, to us (my wife and I), it isn't prison-like at all. It is a vast array of wonderous natural beauty, just typically unpopulated by people for the most part.<BR/><BR/>That's why we live in the center of a vast area surrounded by no people. That's why the things we love to do involve only the two of us...hiking...diving...kayaking...photography...tennis....travel (on our own, of course).<BR/><BR/>Even when people are there, they aren't really there ("reality" being the nebluous thing it is, after all) due to a highly-developed nack for social and psychological distance.<BR/><BR/>Its interesting that I've spent my educational and professional career in the behavioral sciences since I'm not a "people person". I suppose it's becaure I'm more an "outside observer", carefully developing the professional detatchment necessary in the work I did.<BR/><BR/>I suppose it's also a function of being just a few percentile points this side of "sociopath" on most psychological instruments.<BR/><BR/>I'm much better at talking "to" people than talking "with" them...analyze, define, report, get paid, move on.<BR/><BR/>But, anyway, each person's world is what his/her mind says it is, within certain boundaries, of course. Mine involves an ultra private gated McMansion with a "back yard" big as the whole world, only a plane ride away (and soon, a ferry ride). <BR/><BR/>If I had to do it all over again, I wouldn't change a thing based on how it's turned out so far.<BR/><BR/>My editorial comments on "life's grand pageant" that I observe unfolding before me are obviously from my own point of view with no regard for how it will be taken. After all, I'm not getting paid for this.<BR/><BR/>To all the gentle readers out there:<BR/><BR/>I am an equal opportunity abuser, however, as shown by one of my fav jokes:<BR/><BR/>Know why Mexico doesn't have an Olympic team and America does? Because anyone who could run, jump or swim is already here!<BR/><BR/>I even opined on Poinography that naked woman poi wrestling could open up new marketing avenues for that otherwise disgusting stuff.<BR/><BR/>If I get your blood boiling as I rape your delicate sensibilities in my various irreverent postings, think of it as exercise.<BR/><BR/>I'm having a lot of fun. I could emerge as the "shock jock" of blog commenters.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com