tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3020960402708303830.post8169139774955430223..comments2024-03-28T14:53:38.827-04:00Comments on BLCKDGRD: Finding Hammers By the Sides of RoadsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3020960402708303830.post-67725377529333621142016-04-21T08:49:48.413-04:002016-04-21T08:49:48.413-04:001)about emotions of animals - last night i watched...1)about emotions of animals - last night i watched a tv show on pbs about beavers - they live in families and so when a human is fostering a young beaver in hope of returning it to the wild, it needs a lot of face time with the caregiver, which is not generally advised for wild animals in general - the teenage beavers serve as apprentices in dam and lodge projects before striking out on their own the next year - one thing i didn't know was that in addition to creating ponds by damming, the beavers dig out deeper passages at the bottom of these ponds - truly, while other animals are architects, beavers have earned their sobriquet of "nature's engineers"<br /><br />2)on your blogroll is welcome to pottersville 2 - where i saw this quote - <br /><br /><b><br /><br />"It is not necessary that you leave the house. Remain at your table and listen ... The world will present itself to you for its unmasking." - Franz Kafka<br /><br /><br /><br /></b>mistah charley, ph.d.https://www.blogger.com/profile/06303695341246058680noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3020960402708303830.post-807961349616516422016-04-19T11:47:29.217-04:002016-04-19T11:47:29.217-04:00Yes, he reads, and I asked for and got his permiss...Yes, he reads, and I asked for and got his permission to do this. I promised not to use his name or initial and to not say where he works on campus. He has an open invitation to comment, says he won't unless I say something in the shorthand I use that is either errant and/or unfair to his pov. He promises if he DOES comment he'll make it as sockpuppety as possible. Almost makes me want to say something errant and unfair!BDRhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06557941385560728052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3020960402708303830.post-13157205292822430742016-04-19T11:29:57.297-04:002016-04-19T11:29:57.297-04:001)i wonder if your hillaryite colleague reads this...1)i wonder if your hillaryite colleague reads this blog<br /><br />2)after reading "it's not a debate, it's a war" i was reminded of the saying "there is no law, there is only power" - and i noticed the surname of the author of the "it's not a debate" piece and wondered if she chose it herself or received it from parent or spouse in the more usual way<br /><br />2a)and there's a quote i saw earlier today<br /><br /><b>"When bad men combine, the good must associate; else they will fall one by one, an unpitied sacrifice in a contemptible struggle." <br /><br />Edmund Burke</b><br /><br />3)after looking at tom clark's piece on kindness, i am reminded of the silly debate that once existed - perhaps still exists - about whether "animals have human feelings" - obviously, it is humans who have animal feelings - not that there's anything wrong with that<br /><br />4)the title of the poem posted today reminds me of the song "if i had a hammer" - wikipedia states<br /><br /><b>"If I Had a Hammer (The Hammer Song)" is a song written by Pete Seeger and Lee Hays. It was written in 1949 in support of the progressive movement, and was first recorded by The Weavers, a folk music quartet composed of Seeger, Hays, Ronnie Gilbert and Fred Hellerman. It was a number 10 hit for Peter, Paul and Mary in 1962 and then went to number three a year later when recorded by Trini Lopez.</b><br /><br />5)"silver dagger" - sung by heather hammers in her bedroom, accompanying herself on ukulele<br /><br />https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=haUaco73RB4<br /><br /><br /><b></b><br /><br /><br />mistah charley, ph.d.https://www.blogger.com/profile/06303695341246058680noreply@blogger.com