old3bob

well I was practicing my tap dancing before some unknown force or probably the little gray guys drew me outside to converse with them....

Good kitty, got a bad alien! (while the little gray guys with big eyes are supposedly ok)

forgot to mention there were also multiple ufo's that night and one of them landed in my backyard whereupon some little gray guys disembarked from their craft to share their take on non-dualism with me ...while a big black cat observed us which I could see with my night vision device.

Not really related but your mention of seeing "patterns" had a sort of example that happened to me early this morning when I looked up into the dark night sky from my back porch, there were stars and constellations there that I had never seen before? Wtf? Anyway I kept looking and then realized that my mind had made or filled in that sight with the explanation of never before seen stars, being that they turned out to be just reflections from my nearby outside lights on the few remaining and upper leaves on my tree where it was hitting at just the right angles to appear as stars was what I was really seeing.

there is no rest in splitting hairs, aka time and matter...

some interesting stuff happens sometimes while experiments are being done, for instance and if I remember correctly LED light bulbs came about that way, which are a big improvement in energy usage. (the old incandescent bulbs and others are uncommon now with few being on the shelves for sale) From Ai: "LED lights were invented through a process that began with early discoveries of electroluminescence in the early 1900s. The first practical infrared LED was accidentally invented in 1961 by Robert Biard and Gary Pittman at Texas Instruments. The first visible light LED, a red one, was developed by Nick Holonyak, Jr. in 1962 while working at General Electric."

do tell...

oh my ass, for gods sake.

Well the mix of "The good, the bad and the ugly" (also beautiful) comes with our human territory but is not part of the heavenly territory. Btw I bought a better mouse trap about a year ago that does not harm a mouse in any way, the catch is that you have to release the mouse somewhere out in the bushes, which I did and was taken aback at how he instantly rocketed out of the traps hinged door with a squeak and a determined will to live while jumping into the bushes regardless of whatever a big human like me was doing! (which kind of reminded me of that mouse in the movie "The Green Mile". --- I once tried those glue traps for mice but what a horrible way for a mouse to go!

Taomeow, you sure have been around the block a few times or should I say the mats... I quit Taekwondo when the black belt kept saying, "one kick one kill" which is not a measured reaction to me that could have different or better out comes. (although for an all out war or battle situation like in the Korean war of the 50's where a commander developed it (or in similar situations) such a saying would be more applicable)

at least cats continue to land correctly when or if falling or jumping.

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cute little cato

Party pooper...

Ai driven fighting machines and various robots are a reality, and depending on their programming something like "Skynet" could become a factor and not just sci-fi...

if pepper spray works on grizzlies maybe it would work on gators?

there are tips on how to properly use your iron skillet with skill, along with related iron palm training that one can practice in the comfort of their own kitchen... (which is good if using skillet as a weapon of for cooking)

the evolution of tool users? (has pros and cons)

cats would eat the cheese but probably not the cauliflower...unless straving.

like trained or acquired muscle memory for certain physical actions/reactions without the slower process of only thinking through a task...also our instinctive type actions or reactions. Btw, some folks have trained and acquired a lot verbal muscle memory in their mouths, lol sometimes.

being somewhat of a gear head your post also translates to me in the sense of a V-8 engine that is designed, built and tuned up very well, and for that to happen all of its parts must work together resulting in good power at the crankshaft which is then hooked to a transmission and the rest of the drive train and finally to the tires where the rubber meets the road...wa-la. (alas, most internal combustion engines lose a lot of energy in various forms like heat, friction and moving their inherent weight around thus the never ending and creative engineering efforts to greatly reduce such losses!)

surely you are not forgetting the subtle and not subtle examples throughout the past couple of thousand years of how evil has often co-opted Christianity for its purposes? ....(and which Jesus saw coming way ahead of time)

hmm, then again thoughts can be like a viscous circle if one can never take a rest from them...we are not thoughts we are really more the energy flowing through thought forms that come and go...granted it is great to have things/thoughts controlled/organized as much as possible.

"No, you should not remove barnacles from sea creatures yourself unless you are a trained professional. Improper removal can cause pain, stress, and serious harm to the animal, including skin and shell damage that can lead to infection. If a creature has a heavy infestation, it likely indicates an underlying health issue, and the best action is to contact a local marine wildlife rescue or veterinary professional for safe and appropriate treatment." agreed

real problems include creatures hurting other creatures past what could called be natural balances, like that algae bloom regardless of its causes.