The most recent 20 comments posted to Making Light by Marc Mielke:

@8: A friend of mine is like you, loves to debate, and sees all conversation as a chance to show off his scintillating debate skills.

Intellectually, I know him to be scrupulously honest. I can't trust him, however, because he's too convincing.

That's how I feel about debaters.

Re: Bullies; really, is anyone who behaves poorly worth that much to have around? I generally refuse to engage with people who annoy me, much less try to bully me. Outside of a workplace experience where I have to engage with them, I see no problem writing them off completely.

I was in a car accident yesterday (http://marktemporis.blogspot.com for pix) and the po-po made me wait three hours or so for the car to get towed off before I could jaunt off to get looked at by a medical professional. There were no serious injuries, but the docs gave me valium and vicodin, and who am I to argue?

There's some left/right mixing up that I'm doing, but other'n that nothing seems to be wrong. And I mix that shit up all the time.

All my friends are notified to call the authorities if my brain suddenly goes out.

I have actually had both mishaps working with habaneros: touching my eyes afterward and using the restroom. The pain goes away eventually; with the eye incident I did sort of feel like Harvey Dent for a few minutes, but don't think the small but painful amount of habanero residue could do any actual damage.

And it feels really good when the pain stops. I think your body still releases endorphins for a few minutes and there's a real rush there.

My hand-eye coordination is bad enough without gloves, and putting a bladed object in my gloved hands is far more dangerous than either proposition.

Hey @49: tinned beef is kinda gross. Try the extra-cheapo deli-sliced beef for your ramen.

For a nice upscale version, take a tactic from a similar noodle soup, Vietnamese pho, and chop up real, good steak -- raw -- and let it cook in the hot broth. It's great, esp. with a couple thai dragon peppers and mint leaves.

I've never met you folks, but you've had a huge influence on my life since I've started reading Making Light.

My father has of late been terrified of a heart attack -- he won't mention it, but the moment he feels the slightest bit odd, he's checking himself in to make sure it isn't anything serious.

I hope Teresa gets better soon.

Mike @15:
Any particular reason you skipped Dune? I was about the same age when Dad gave me Dune and the first four are among my favorite SF of all time.

Terry@93: I believe you probably read that in the wonderful "American Theocracy" by Kevin Phillips.

I didn't quite expect the amount of economics in there when I started it, but was able to follow it quite well.

It sounds as though the book may be using the feng shui woo more as a hook than anything serious, and the serious message is for cluttery people to get rid of stuff.

Am I right?

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