1. I dreamt I saw a plane floating down the river, the GW Bridge was to my right, it was floating along the river across my field of vision to the left. I knew from the dream the plane had been going to the south and it was either late Fall or Winter. I had this dream in September 2008.
2. I told my friends about the dream. This was the first dream I told my friends about in several years. It was the first one that I had the apprehension about that I have when I dream this type of dream since the Yeltsin dream of 2007 (and that was an easy one, since I turned on the TV immediately and saw Yeltsin was dead).
3. When the "Miracle on the Hudson" event occurred, I was at a business meeting. I didn't connect the dream with the event instantaneously because (a) I was focused on the business meeting, (b) I was on the 67th floor of the Empire State Building, not ground level as in my dream and (c) when nothing had happened by the end of November the previous year I assumed that I was wrong about the dream, that it was the first time I had mentioned something like this that didn't happen and I was mistaken.
4. Before I could even process this very long (i.e., about 30 seconds), the two people in the room looked at me and said, "So your dream did come true".
It is entirely possible I would have made the connection after about 5 minutes or so, but since I had told both people about my dream, they both knew and were both still "waiting to see if something happened".
2. I told my friends about the dream. This was the first dream I told my friends about in several years. It was the first one that I had the apprehension about that I have when I dream this type of dream since the Yeltsin dream of 2007 (and that was an easy one, since I turned on the TV immediately and saw Yeltsin was dead).
3. When the "Miracle on the Hudson" event occurred, I was at a business meeting. I didn't connect the dream with the event instantaneously because (a) I was focused on the business meeting, (b) I was on the 67th floor of the Empire State Building, not ground level as in my dream and (c) when nothing had happened by the end of November the previous year I assumed that I was wrong about the dream, that it was the first time I had mentioned something like this that didn't happen and I was mistaken.
4. Before I could even process this very long (i.e., about 30 seconds), the two people in the room looked at me and said, "So your dream did come true".
It is entirely possible I would have made the connection after about 5 minutes or so, but since I had told both people about my dream, they both knew and were both still "waiting to see if something happened".
Political correctness is the pettiest form of casuistry.
ἡ δὲ κἀκ τριῶν τρυπημάτων ἐργαζομένη ἐνεκάλει τῇ φύσει, δυσφορουμένη, ὅτι δὴ μὴ καὶ τοὺς τιτθοὺς αὐτῇ εὐρύτερον ἢ νῦν εἰσι τρυπώη, ὅπως καὶ ἄλλην ἐνταῦθα μίξιν ἐπιτεχνᾶσθαι δυνατὴ εἴη. – Procopius
Ummaka qinnassa nīk!
*MySmiley*
ἡ δὲ κἀκ τριῶν τρυπημάτων ἐργαζομένη ἐνεκάλει τῇ φύσει, δυσφορουμένη, ὅτι δὴ μὴ καὶ τοὺς τιτθοὺς αὐτῇ εὐρύτερον ἢ νῦν εἰσι τρυπώη, ὅπως καὶ ἄλλην ἐνταῦθα μίξιν ἐπιτεχνᾶσθαι δυνατὴ εἴη. – Procopius
Ummaka qinnassa nīk!
*MySmiley*
Kim Jong-il is dead. Would you become a fervent believer?
- 19/12/2011 03:37:28 AM
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If I was a Christian, I'd pray that he would burn forever in hell.
- 19/12/2011 03:47:52 AM
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See, I can't be an atheist.
- 19/12/2011 03:53:55 AM
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I agree about atheism
- 19/12/2011 04:19:02 AM
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It's an approximation.
- 19/12/2011 05:40:05 PM
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no, I'm not saying that the sheer number of people alone is sufficient
- 19/12/2011 10:13:09 PM
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No, Pascal's Wager is stupid.
- 19/12/2011 03:09:42 PM
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You obviously misread my comments or ignored them.
- 19/12/2011 03:39:59 PM
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You're answering a different point to the one I was addressing.
- 19/12/2011 04:01:54 PM
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For atheism to be a tenable position, one must assume that millions lie about their experiences.
- 20/12/2011 04:11:53 AM
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Look, doesn't this go against your most sacred principle?
- 20/12/2011 06:43:27 AM
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No, it doesn't.
- 20/12/2011 08:30:55 PM
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Re: No, it doesn't.
- 20/12/2011 09:21:22 PM
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This militant atheism is somewhat amusing.
- 20/12/2011 09:48:57 PM
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... somewhat irrational at times too
- 21/12/2011 01:22:54 AM
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Huh?
- 21/12/2011 10:47:06 AM
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That's somewhat unrelated to the intended point of the post
- 21/12/2011 12:41:49 PM
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My "Huh?" was at your claim that any reasonable definition Kim Jong-il was a millitant athiest
- 21/12/2011 12:58:44 PM
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You're objecting to me calling the Military Dictator militant?
- 21/12/2011 03:13:35 PM
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Your position isn't rational nor logical
- 20/12/2011 12:45:03 PM
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I never stated it was either. That's the problem with spiritual matters.
- 20/12/2011 08:43:46 PM
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How about a faith atheist?
- 19/12/2011 04:28:59 PM
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Nevermind. It appears you answered that in your reply to Tim. *NM*
- 19/12/2011 04:32:19 PM
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Re: See, I can't be an atheist.
- 19/12/2011 04:57:23 PM
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It's impossible to tell if worshipping a false god would be worse than worshipping no god at all.
- 20/12/2011 04:14:59 AM
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Sounds like you must be a modern-day prophet
- 19/12/2011 05:24:24 PM
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Idiocy. Confirmation bias doesn't explain away external phenomena.
- 20/12/2011 04:19:10 AM
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Well.
- 21/12/2011 01:49:36 PM
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I didn't forget about it. I was getting ready to give up on it.
- 21/12/2011 02:27:18 PM
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That doesn't really make sense.
- 21/12/2011 03:04:23 PM
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No, it does make perfect sense.
- 21/12/2011 06:17:02 PM
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Also, learn to use the subjunctive. It's "if I WERE a Christian..."
- 19/12/2011 03:54:20 AM
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The sad thing about that comment...
- 19/12/2011 04:52:57 AM
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I'm pretty sure there's plenty of middle ground between those two examples
- 19/12/2011 05:31:13 PM
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- 19/12/2011 05:31:13 PM
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Tom, I think this means you should take up ForEx trading. *NM*
- 19/12/2011 04:00:20 AM
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I might. I'm close enough to it as is. I just did some ForEx ISDAs for clients...
- 19/12/2011 04:03:11 AM
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I thought you were asking if I believed in KJ-I, the Eternal Leader
- 19/12/2011 06:55:08 AM
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The article I just read said he died on Saturday.
- 19/12/2011 08:58:17 AM
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Yeah, he actually died on a train Saturday morning before Tom made the comment. *NM*
- 19/12/2011 09:13:44 PM
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I'm not claiming causality. And, for the record, I first made the comment on Friday afternoon.
- 20/12/2011 04:25:07 AM
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You know what's really weird?
- 19/12/2011 11:32:23 AM
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They took it down, apparently. *NM*
- 20/12/2011 04:40:24 AM
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Not surprising, still in the revisions if anyone wants to see of course
- 20/12/2011 11:06:05 AM
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He's not dead-dead. Neither is his father. Just ask the North Koreans.
- 19/12/2011 04:23:48 PM
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Re: He's not dead-dead. Neither is his father. Just ask the North Koreans.
- 19/12/2011 09:15:09 PM
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The problem with predictions that come true
- 19/12/2011 05:28:24 PM
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I don't make a lot of predictions. *NM*
- 19/12/2011 08:18:53 PM
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Well you should start at least journaling the ones that you do make.
- 19/12/2011 08:40:18 PM
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I actually now do tell my friends when I have dreams that have the "feel" to them.
- 20/12/2011 04:36:07 AM
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I can attest to the fact that this conversation took place on Facebook Saturday.
- 19/12/2011 09:19:06 PM
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Yes, TMJ, you also contributed in this case. *NM*
- 20/12/2011 04:38:42 AM
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Jeez, I hope I never get on your bad side
- 20/12/2011 12:06:54 AM
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- 20/12/2011 12:06:54 AM
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Things did change for the better with Stalin's death.
- 20/12/2011 02:51:12 AM
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So I guess you want me to destroy the voodoo doll I have of you? Oh wait...never mind.
*NM*
- 20/12/2011 04:37:35 AM
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- 20/12/2011 04:37:35 AM
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