Hmmmm.

Not sure corn technically counts as a vegetable in the first place. The "seeds" are on the outside, first of all, and the properties of the kernels suggest that it actually ought to be classified with grains or nuts instead...

The way we use it seems to be more in keeping with the "grain" classification...

It's a shame, really...seems people are willing to invest more time in a stupid video game than they would in getting to know someone in all his or her dimensions.

The world. Technology allows us to stay apart and still maintain the illusion of closeness. People no longer feel a need to stay near each other 'cause well, hey, there's a phone, and a computer, and a plane. We move around too much. Forget who our neighbors were. Go off to college or the service, and never quite make it back "home." Get lost in the fray instead, looking to recapture some part of the closeness of a place that doesn't really exist anymore. Hope to find it somewhere, reflected in the hopeful face of some stranger who isn't really as strange as we think at first. Instead of dancing together, and getting to know one another, we dance separately-- apart-- and hope to run into someone who seems to be doing the same dance. By the time we realize we've been swallowed up by the system-- divided and conquered-- it's too late and nobody who matters can bear to remember anyway. And we wonder why there have been so many high school massacres. We've lost touch with the fundamentals of human nature.

Those gun shots are the ones we hear echoed in Harrison Bergeron...

Sounds like baby boy might have been trying to avoid making a mess on the front porch...

Realizing he was about to have an accident?

It has been argued that "love at first sight" is an indication that a person fits your aenima / aenimus archetype particularly well.

http://webspace.ship.edu/cgboer/jung.html

Agreed. Real education comes from life experience. It's nice to have a peice of paper for the purpose of gaining a competitive edge, but that's really and truly about it.

I second that.

I was just going to say the same thing...sorry to be another voice added to the dilemma.

Thank You. Such a sweet thing to say.

Ah...so true.

Intellectual compatability is an absolute MUST for me. Mismatches lead to a breakdown in respect, and it's all downhill from there.

Need I say it? 46 & 2 are just ahead of me...

Ciao from Middlesex

I've come to the realization that there is no such thing as truth. Each time we think we have truth, we find out that in fact, it was only theory-- subject to revisions in light of subsequent discoveries. I, therefore, believe that truth is not something which will ever be entirely within our grasp. We are, after all, inescapably biased by our sensory limitations and our view privileged by those moments which interconnect to create perspective.

Nice to meet you too...

Forgot about that one. Great pick.

In my home state there is a plan to change this system...ugh.

"Adam Kokesh, Iraq Veterans Against the War, Revolution March"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yuBv6WhejGQ

Enough said.

Well, I have a few thoughts to offer. Accept or reject them as you see fit, but please, at least be exposed to what's out there.

1. Bush is the person who started us down the socialist path; I hope Obama will choose to stray away, but this doesn't appear to be consistent with historical patterns.

2. We cannot even blame Bush entirely; this is THE WORST CONGRESS in United States history and our forefathers would be rolling over in their graves if they knew what these people were up to. Ben Franklin, in his speech at the constitutional convention, predicted even then that our system would work until the people became so corrupt as to require a despotic government.

3. Dennis Kucinich, Marcy Kaptur, Ron Paul and Brad Sherman seem to be the only ones who have had both brains and brawn to stand up for what was right. Others in congress began to follow their lead thereafter. Look at what they had to say on the floor of congress.

HOW TO CREATE AN ANGRY AMERICAN:

"Let's Play Wall Street Bailout" --Marcy Kaptur
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S27yitK32ds&feature=related

"Ron Paul on Bailout & Federal Reserve"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SQhHxKz1hEQ&feature=related

"Dennis Kucinich on Criminal Bailout"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VaF_MZVWM3E&feature=related

"The Day America Died" --Rep Foxx
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_A9FtU_ILS4&feature=related

"We Are Under Martial Law" --Rep Burgess
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l7B4laX1E70&feature=related

"Brad Sherman on Martial Law"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HaG9d_4zij8&feature=related

"Adam Kokesh, Iraq Veterans Against the War, Revolution March"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yuBv6WhejGQ

Anyone who is interested in learning more, please let me know. There's much more where this came from...

Nice to meet you all too.

So totally agree. Pretty educated and reflective statement.

Well said. Actually, I think many guys eventually become intimidated and frustrated; especially when they can't reason out of their own bs.