How are you today?

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mettafuture
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David N. Snyder wrote:
Cittasanto wrote:
David N. Snyder wrote:
Thank god? Which god? :tongue:

Rah, Zeus, Jehovah, Brahma, Ahura Mazda (no, not the car)?
Sahampati
:clap: Correct! He is the one who convinced the Buddha to teach.
:rofl:

That one!
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Viscid wrote:Hey! How are you?
Good? Bad? Content? Miserable?
What's going on in your life?

I noticed there wasn't a thread for people to talk about their lives casually, so here it is.
My back hurts. It usually hurts. Thanks for asking.
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James the Giant
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I'm grumpy as hell. Thanks for asking. :tongue:
Then,
saturated with joy,
you will put an end to suffering and stress.
SN 9.11
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James the Giant wrote:I'm grumpy as hell. Thanks for asking. :tongue:
So am I! We should form a club of grumpy gentlemen. I don't know why, either-- It's a beautiful day outside (crazy for January in Toronto) and yet I don't want to engage with anyone. Aside from the Internet. And my music collection. Are you grumpy about anything specific/shareable?
"What holds attention determines action." - William James
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I am happy as hell now I have my new tattoo :D
didn't hurt a bit, and £20 cheeper than I initially thought
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He who knows only his own side of the case knows little of that. His reasons may be good, and no one may have been able to refute them.
But if he is equally unable to refute the reasons on the opposite side, if he does not so much as know what they are, he has no ground for preferring either opinion …
...
He must be able to hear them from persons who actually believe them … he must know them in their most plausible and persuasive form.
John Stuart Mill
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Viscid wrote:
James the Giant wrote:I'm grumpy as hell. Thanks for asking. :tongue:
So am I! We should form a club of grumpy gentlemen. I don't know why, either-- It's a beautiful day outside (crazy for January in Toronto) and yet I don't want to engage with anyone. Aside from the Internet. And my music collection. Are you grumpy about anything specific/shareable?
I'll join. Wait! Do I have to be a gentleman?
I'm grumpy about: chronic pain, unemployment, being in debt, poverty, taxes, traffic congestion, my new health insurance company, all the people turned into zombies by their smart phones, and the Utah Jazz lost again.
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perkele wrote:... like the Mandelbrot set ...
You've seen the Buddhabrot, yes?
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Greetings,
Viscid wrote:
retrofuturist wrote:Greetings,
:woohoo:
Good luck!
Well - there is a 2nd date lined up now. The journey continues...

Metta,
Retro. :)
"Whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think about such things."
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retrofuturist wrote:Greetings,
Viscid wrote:
retrofuturist wrote:Greetings,
:woohoo:
Good luck!
Well - there is a 2nd date lined up now. The journey continues...

Metta,
Retro. :)
:woohoo:
Blog, Suttas, Aj Chah, Facebook.

He who knows only his own side of the case knows little of that. His reasons may be good, and no one may have been able to refute them.
But if he is equally unable to refute the reasons on the opposite side, if he does not so much as know what they are, he has no ground for preferring either opinion …
...
He must be able to hear them from persons who actually believe them … he must know them in their most plausible and persuasive form.
John Stuart Mill
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daverupa wrote:I'm on day 17 of a sickness; it began with the flu, and as that died off a cold arose, made worse by the horrible inversion in Salt Lake City of late. This morning sees me coming out of the woods. Maybe I'll get the flu shot next time.

Luckily, given the holidays, the end result is only about three days taken off of work, and since there were ample sick days saved up there shouldn't be any problems... but, the boss and one or two cow-orkers are probably going to be resentful for a while, so the work environment is going to be fairly stressful going forward, for a time at least.

Livelihood is such a bugbear...

Sorry to hear about your flu. Zap your boss with some metta, so that he/she will be less resentful. I've been similarly prone to illnesses, AFTER my Northern Winter flu jab. It must have over-primed my immune system...
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