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Great. I'm having an epic appetite for chocolate, it's an outrageous rainstorm outside and all the nearer shops are closed, and then I stumble across a blog with pictures of chocolate... fuck. The last picture is killing me.

Oh my god, that last picture is so frikkin HOT! I'm in the same boat - I've given up Diet Coke. Day three, and I'm getting the shakes a little... which can't be normal?!? xxx

But, then again there is a small probability I could be wrong

I started this about two weeks ago and your latest blog reminded me I hadnt posted it so Ive tried to finish it and remember what I was actually trying to say! I hope it makes some semblance of sense with respect to your epic post...I've not got time right now t o reread your thread and see if it does! lol



Well that was worth waiting for!

Turns out Im just like you.

Scarily so.

I spent years with the stone cold belief that if you cant prove something how can you believe in it? (See: any major religion of the world, that Coventry city will one day regain premiership status) Blind faith in anything just doesnt wash with me.

Im a research scientist/engineer so everything I do in every hour on the job is, and must be, logically thought out and undertaken so that I can prove that X happened because wed changed Y and kept Z constant yadda yadda yaddaand not that X happened becauseermwell, it did, so magic must be responsible.

But Ive never wanted to offend people with my belief that their beliefs/ideas are all crap. I couldnt see the point of making someone unhappy by crushing their beliefs (whether it be something major like a great man in the sky created everything or something trivial like You need to suck the ice cubes in a gin and tonic as the ice cubes absorb the alcohol)

Then, and Im not sure if this comes with age, I grew tired of submitting to silence regarding everyone elses opinions and beliefs and an epiphany occurred.

Nowadays I really dont think people should be left to blindly believe what they want without at least considering what other explanations there are. (Blind faith just doesnt seem right to me)

When we have discussions now, I now explain what I believe and why (via proof), ask them to explain why they believe and what their proof is, examine what they believe what they believe rationally and logically and examine and explain why theyre wrong!

To quote Brian clough We talk about it for 20 minutes and then we decide I was right

I know that makes me sound like some ego driven know-it-all but honestly, Im not.

What I do know and care about, I know inside out and will defend my thoughts with logical reasoning and argument and wont back down.

But I also know a little about a lot of things (though as Alexander Pope said A little learning is a dangerous thing) so lots of my thoughts and beliefs arent grounded in fact but, dare I say it, what Ive assumed or what my parents instilled into me; so this leaves me open to continued learning so there are very few things where my beliefs cannot be swayed with cold hard logical facts.

Ive become a lot more outspoken in me old age but have also becom a lot more open minded about a lot of things

It's a head fuck to me as a physicist too, try teaching it! Damn if only we had evolved as beings that move at relativistic speeds I would have some intuition for this junk! If you haven't read it, I totally totally recommend 'The NEW World of Mr Tompkins', by the physicist George Gamow, it's good times for everyone.

You never know how something you write, say or do will affect others. Words and deeds can seemingly develop a life of their own. However few may initially read your work, who can say how they or others may eventually benefit from it?

I'm looking forward to reading what you've been working on. Please publish whatever you wish whenever you can. No pressure. I've enjoyed the content of all of your blogs

Oh Mr Heathen, I think I may love you.

And I promise to faithfully read your blog when it arrives. After all, you read the endless twaddle I write. x

cutie

Well, aren't you just full of suprises? That was good... and you're a musician! x

That cat looks mightly pissed in the second picture. Aww, I hope he gets well soon.

When I get my two new kitties they will be called Schrodinger and Pavlov.

Cats pwn dogs. x

Owww, I just had to put the lotion on his cut again, and he reeeeally doesn't like that. He hisses at me when I do it.
Sorry buddy, but if you're gonna go gettin into fights...

I hope so

Tune

Whats up?
<3

Problem shared problem halved? x

bahaaa..
all this ain't as funny as it was when he wobbled back into the house. now THAT i'm sorry I didn't film. next time eh...

I wish
just once

I could stop being such a shivering, paranoid OC slave to the spell-checker and just wing it, as in the above...

And I'm so happy that digital cameras, not to mention the interweb, didn't exist back in my salad days