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1. 6 days ago on The Buckets

   Darn right, cuzinron47!

2. 6 days ago on The Buckets

   That’s fun! I had someone (a friend) pestering me a lot over what my zodiacal sign was. I finally said, “Year of the Snake”, and she said, “No, no! I mean the WESTERN zodiac!” so I quickly said, “Oh, heavens! You don’t believe in the WESTERN one!?! You know that one’s made up!”

3. 6 days ago on The Buckets

   Expectations often run afoul of what we find.

4. 6 days ago on The Buckets

   Met one. Real life. No kidding. Could NOT believe it. Not stupid, just loooooooved him the idea that he was being lied to and science was all somebody’s scam. He called reading stuff on the internet “Research”, and most of his counter-arguments were memorized verbatim from very silly videos.

5. 6 days ago on The Buckets

   Ha! Yeah, I’m mimicking my kids’ middle school. I can’t recall, but I think they quit doing school uniforms by the time both my kids were in high school. Sorry, Target! No more khaki and polo sales twice a year!

6. 6 days ago on The Buckets

   He’s trying. No kidding, I’ve HAD this conversation with people who aren’t stupid. We, as a nation, don’t teach this stuff very well any more.

   I miss Carl Sagan.

7. 6 days ago on The Buckets

   What’s REALLY sad is that I’ve transcribed this conversation from life… and had it several times. One time with a guy I was positive knew better. The whole “There’s no difference between 93 million miles and 93 million miles” is a fantastic shorthand toward understanding that something else is at work.

8. 7 days ago on The Buckets

   Oh, that’s easy… ’cause the doll industry taught them to dress like that. Now ask me about street violence and video games!

9. 7 days ago on The Buckets

   I was once asked why boys did dumb things (I think the subject was bicycle stunts at the time) in order to impress girls- who weren’t impressed by dumb stunts. I said, “It’s easier to understand than that. Boys do dumb stunts to impress other boys, thus claiming alpha dominance and driving off the other males so that the alpha boy has a better chance at the girls.”

   Oh, you should have seen the clarity arrive in eyes in the group…

10. 11 days ago on The Buckets

    There is a reason.