Towards A Virtual Williamsburg!

[Gattigap]

Originally Posted by Greedy,Greedy,Greedy

I find it disconcerting that the way most people find my blog is by searching for the term "whale penis".

That's not the only disconcerting thing. Let me add a couple more.

You have a blog?

You have a blog that discusses whale penises?

[Adder]

Originally Posted by Gattigap

That's not the only disconcerting thing. Let me add a couple more.

You have a blog?

You have a blog that discusses whale penises?

What he said.

[LessinSF]

Originally Posted by Adder

What he said.

My jackass filter has apparently spared me.

LessinBrisbane, Australia

[sebastian_dangerfield]

Originally Posted by Fugee

That does suck.

As ABBA hasn't been here in a while, I'll fill her spot with a depression PSA.

Pay attention to those commercials for depression meds or read up on the symptoms. If you have several of the symptoms, haul ass to your doctor. Lawyers are one of the professions where depression runs rampant.

If you think someone you know might be depressed, say something. After I told a partner I used to work for that I'd been disgnosed with depression, he said, "I thought that might be the case." He's married to a doctor and he didn't think to say anything to me. Meanwhile I couldn't figure out what was wrong with me. Depression never occurred to me because I didn't feel "sad." It's a chemical imbalance thing, not always about being "sad" though situational depression also occurs. Winter is a particularly bad time for some people because of the short days and lack of sunlight.

So don't worry about offending someone -- speak up.

Funny thing... I never recall a depressed day in my life prior to attending law school.

Engage in vigorous exercise enough to get runner's high every day and you can whip 75% of depression's effects. (Sex, Socializing, Sex, Hobbies and Sex can eradicate most of the rest.)

[Icky Thump]

Originally Posted by sebastian_dangerfield

Funny thing... I never recall a depressed day in my life prior to attending law school.

Engage in vigorous exercise enough to get runner's high every day and you can whip 75% of depression's effects. (Sex, Socializing, Sex, Hobbies and Sex can eradicate most of the rest.)

Google "depression day after long run"

I know you said every day but be aware of it.

[sebastian_dangerfield]

Originally Posted by Icky Thump

Google "depression day after long run"

I know you said every day but be aware of it.

Interesting. I've never experienced that, but I have felt kind of dumb after a long workout. It's a pleasant sort of fuzziness. Subtle, but noticeable, particularly if you find yourself arguing in court or conducting a negotiation within an hour or so of having been at the gym.

It's odd. You're quite lucid. Just overly calm, and not inclined toward intense concentration.

[Icky Thump]

Originally Posted by sebastian_dangerfield

Interesting. I've never experienced that, but I have felt kind of dumb after a long workout. It's a pleasant sort of fuzziness. Subtle, but noticeable, particularly if you find yourself arguing in court or conducting a negotiation within an hour or so of having been at the gym.

It's odd. You're quite lucid. Just overly calm, and not inclined toward intense concentration.

Simply put, exercise releases the same chemicals that heavy drugs do. Why wouldn't withdrawal have the same effects. However, exercise has fantastic physical side effects and drugs not so much but YMMV.

[Greedy,Greedy,Greedy]

Originally Posted by Gattigap

That's not the only disconcerting thing. Let me add a couple more.

You have a blog?

You have a blog that discusses whale penises?

It is dedicated to Herman Melville. You can find it by googling whale penis.

[Adder]

Originally Posted by Greedy,Greedy,Greedy

It is dedicated to Herman Melville. You can find it by googling whale penis.

You said that, but I'm now on some sort of Google watch list for trying to find it that way.

[Did you just call me Coltrane?]

Originally Posted by sebastian_dangerfield

It's odd. You're quite lucid. Just overly calm, and not inclined toward intense concentration.

I bet you're loving how the college football season has played out so far.

[Hank Chinaski]

We are getting spam phone calls from a marketing company called CRS- and ignoring them, but our robo-call announcer keeps saying "Call from Christ," and the lapsed Catholic boy in me feels guilty letting it ring

[Icky Thump]

Originally Posted by Hank Chinaski

We are getting spam phone calls from a marketing company called CRS- and ignoring them, but our robo-call announcer keeps saying "Call from Christ," and the lapsed Catholic boy in me feels guilty letting it ring

You could answer and see what happens . . .

[Not Bob]

Originally Posted by Hank Chinaski

We are getting spam phone calls from a marketing company called CRS- and ignoring them, but our robo-call announcer keeps saying "Call from Christ," and the lapsed Catholic boy in me feels guilty letting it ring

I think that the Son of Man is more of an in-person kind of guy, no? Like appearing before Thomas and saying all of that "reach hither thy hand" stuff? The Holy Spirit calling you? Sure - I can see that. You know, the whole dove descending thing could be compared to a phone call. But not Christ.

Apropos of Nothing, the local classic rock station morning show guys (the "Mike and Mike Show" - and they had the name before Golic and Greenberg, but whatever) used to have a quiz game called Catholic Jeopardy. They had a theme song for it, done to Supertramp's "The Logical Song" - "when I was young, I thought that everyone was Catholic" etc. Funny because it's true.

Anyway, that's all. Carry on.

[Hank Chinaski]

Originally Posted by Not Bob

I think that the Son of Man is more of an in-person kind of guy, no? Like appearing before Thomas and saying all of that "reach hither thy hand" stuff? The Holy Spirit calling you? Sure - I can see that. You know, the whole dove descending thing could be compared to a phone call. But not Christ.

Apropos of Nothing, the local classic rock station morning show guys (the "Mike and Mike Show" - and they had the name before Golic and Greenberg, but whatever) used to have a quiz game called Catholic Jeopardy. They had a theme song for it, done to Supertramp's "The Logical Song" - "when I was young, I thought that everyone was Catholic" etc. Funny because it's true.

Anyway, that's all. Carry on.

I'm telling a story at a Moth tonight and the punch line is "No, I'm Catholic, and fucking a priest is a way worse sin."

(said to my old neighbor who had maried a priest, and believed me Jewish, and when complaining that we had sold our home to a lesbian couple, said to me "You're jewish so you don't care but we're Catholic and it's a sin to us.")

[ThurgreedMarshall]

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