tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7740983595962649109.post1506390175040326216..comments2024-03-10T01:26:13.595-08:00Comments on Trainride Of The Enigmas: Genies, Courthouse Doodlebugs And Lunch EnigmasGeo.http://www.blogger.com/profile/16221314320558128986noreply@blogger.comBlogger32125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7740983595962649109.post-91047609312176059022014-11-22T10:51:57.994-08:002014-11-22T10:51:57.994-08:00It's never too late to start. I have to use th...It's never too late to start. I have to use the jumbo olives now, but they come in all sizes.Geo.https://www.blogger.com/profile/16221314320558128986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7740983595962649109.post-45722811786624731822014-11-22T10:47:14.008-08:002014-11-22T10:47:14.008-08:00What a delightful outlook! Zero indicating the pre...What a delightful outlook! Zero indicating the presence of an absence makes more sense than the other way around.Geo.https://www.blogger.com/profile/16221314320558128986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7740983595962649109.post-22493255371821175092014-11-22T05:09:56.715-08:002014-11-22T05:09:56.715-08:00I never ate pitted olives off my fingertips. I thi...I never ate pitted olives off my fingertips. I think I must have missed out!Stephanie Farishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10461865229341760836noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7740983595962649109.post-29875751481663507232014-11-22T01:04:15.172-08:002014-11-22T01:04:15.172-08:00Pitted olives are still finger foods for me, I ass...Pitted olives are still finger foods for me, I associate mess with good eating. I like the zero question because I think it does prove its own absence. Absence always seems like a presence, and zero is a perfect representation of it. (That makes sense in my head.) And from now on I will always have bullseye paint with me when shooting arrows. Lisa Southardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09711376747848601409noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7740983595962649109.post-30245775166075156442014-11-21T10:27:54.937-08:002014-11-21T10:27:54.937-08:00Dude thanks you, Susan, and wishes you the same!Dude thanks you, Susan, and wishes you the same!Geo.https://www.blogger.com/profile/16221314320558128986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7740983595962649109.post-13053344814266500712014-11-21T08:46:11.889-08:002014-11-21T08:46:11.889-08:00Excuse me. For that creaking sound, that is. Your ...Excuse me. For that creaking sound, that is. Your posts always make the rusty gears in my brain spin a little faster. <br /><br />As for the bull's eye question? You think so far outside of the box, you create your own targets, dude, and you nail the center of them every time. (That's a good thing.)<br /><br />May you and all your doodlebugs have a wonderful Thanksgiving. Susan Flett Swiderskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09425315552148200073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7740983595962649109.post-88117693653662225012014-11-21T00:19:42.999-08:002014-11-21T00:19:42.999-08:00Dear Brigitta,
A moving and eloquent comment. What...Dear Brigitta,<br />A moving and eloquent comment. What indeed is innocence? Perhaps it is the preponderance of humanity --going about their lives in peace-- who are certainly nobody's enemy, surviving upheaval, consigning old definitions into stasis and repairing the future. And yes, emphatically, "hoping we will never have to step into that same river twice."Geo.https://www.blogger.com/profile/16221314320558128986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7740983595962649109.post-38050873215867976332014-11-20T23:41:57.357-08:002014-11-20T23:41:57.357-08:00Dear Geo.,
my long silence to this post had nothi...Dear Geo., <br />my long silence to this post had nothing to do with being doodle-buggish. <br />No, I thought about your stunning questions. Still do. Looked up the definition of doodle-bug, found the same answers as Tom, only they reminded me of the bombs my mother was running away from in Hamburg - always the innocent people that suffer, but that might be an enigma too, so I fall into silence again - what is innocence? , hoping we will never have to step into that same river twice. Brittahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10688373434576442657noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7740983595962649109.post-86492712160236110452014-11-20T23:22:21.590-08:002014-11-20T23:22:21.590-08:00Kind Suze, my best to you both.Kind Suze, my best to you both.Geo.https://www.blogger.com/profile/16221314320558128986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7740983595962649109.post-26848676203429357892014-11-20T21:53:19.788-08:002014-11-20T21:53:19.788-08:00My audible responses to this caused my husband to ...My audible responses to this caused my husband to ask across the table, 'Whatcha readin', babe?'<br /><br />My answer: 'A really, really, really great blog post.'Suzehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07908805179119217608noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7740983595962649109.post-42489747595635112542014-11-19T18:01:38.919-08:002014-11-19T18:01:38.919-08:00Its solution requires adding several dimensions to...Its solution requires adding several dimensions to the universe. We need Mr. Spock!Geo.https://www.blogger.com/profile/16221314320558128986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7740983595962649109.post-56588667374086349252014-11-19T17:33:51.533-08:002014-11-19T17:33:51.533-08:00Wow, that one about the photograph on the wall is ...Wow, that one about the photograph on the wall is going to torment me...The Armchair Squidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10739833215220853127noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7740983595962649109.post-58741772532757504112014-11-19T09:55:29.759-08:002014-11-19T09:55:29.759-08:00Thanks! (p.s., server didn't eat your comment....Thanks! (p.s., server didn't eat your comment. I have "comment moderation" enabled, so messages go to my dashboard until I click them to appear here.)Geo.https://www.blogger.com/profile/16221314320558128986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7740983595962649109.post-8388788142651942642014-11-18T22:27:27.748-08:002014-11-18T22:27:27.748-08:00I love how profound your questions and wondering w...I love how profound your questions and wondering were yet you manage to tell it in a light and fun way. I also like your opening spiel. We are our own genie, what we are today is what we wish for from our past. Applause!Lux G.https://www.blogger.com/profile/00557863683608790087noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7740983595962649109.post-66348335902344086802014-11-18T16:44:53.694-08:002014-11-18T16:44:53.694-08:00True! And I suspect it furnishes a refreshing coun...True! And I suspect it furnishes a refreshing counterpoint to all the drama inside the building.Geo.https://www.blogger.com/profile/16221314320558128986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7740983595962649109.post-65109679885439751472014-11-18T16:06:35.745-08:002014-11-18T16:06:35.745-08:00How frustrating that they were so silent. That'...How frustrating that they were so silent. That's a passive aggressive move on the doodlebugs' part. Although, as Che Guevara said; "Silence is argument carried out by other means." Maybe they were making a point after all. :)Kerryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15281288495129054688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7740983595962649109.post-40072608652731879482014-11-18T11:26:31.384-08:002014-11-18T11:26:31.384-08:00There are so many of them squatting around the Fed...There are so many of them squatting around the Federal Courthouse now, maybe they're exercising their 5th Amendment right.Geo.https://www.blogger.com/profile/16221314320558128986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7740983595962649109.post-18185546200332258282014-11-18T11:09:07.834-08:002014-11-18T11:09:07.834-08:00Perhaps the doodlebugs had nothing kind to say so ...Perhaps the doodlebugs had nothing kind to say so therefore said nothing at all.Emma Springfieldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10543689047463574012noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7740983595962649109.post-22150660175501648052014-11-18T11:00:45.880-08:002014-11-18T11:00:45.880-08:00Thanks Mike, I remember hearing the concept zero c...Thanks Mike, I remember hearing the concept zero came to us from Arab scholars, but the etymology of 'cipher' is new to me. The steamboat is retired.Geo.https://www.blogger.com/profile/16221314320558128986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7740983595962649109.post-83229873196287789002014-11-18T10:55:24.719-08:002014-11-18T10:55:24.719-08:00A lot like raising teenagers, isn't it?A lot like raising teenagers, isn't it?Geo.https://www.blogger.com/profile/16221314320558128986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7740983595962649109.post-84763292855870630802014-11-18T10:53:56.872-08:002014-11-18T10:53:56.872-08:00Now you've set that quote agitating my brain, ...Now you've set that quote agitating my brain, Keith. It has many attributions but the earliest version of it I could find is in Proverbs 17:28.Geo.https://www.blogger.com/profile/16221314320558128986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7740983595962649109.post-10751109140438544172014-11-18T10:42:28.199-08:002014-11-18T10:42:28.199-08:00I'll let you know when I've finished puber...I'll let you know when I've finished puberty myself.Geo.https://www.blogger.com/profile/16221314320558128986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7740983595962649109.post-91596723755853977142014-11-18T10:41:24.791-08:002014-11-18T10:41:24.791-08:00Wow. I had no idea doodlebug had any connotation b...Wow. I had no idea doodlebug had any connotation besides resemblance to larva. But then, I often learn from youGeo.https://www.blogger.com/profile/16221314320558128986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7740983595962649109.post-62452697725880419052014-11-18T10:30:39.975-08:002014-11-18T10:30:39.975-08:00He has a standing invitation, Delores.He has a standing invitation, Delores.Geo.https://www.blogger.com/profile/16221314320558128986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7740983595962649109.post-40045542524232418102014-11-18T10:29:38.837-08:002014-11-18T10:29:38.837-08:00Thanks,Tom. The sculptures are the work of Tom Ott...Thanks,Tom. The sculptures are the work of Tom Otterness, whose cartoon-like style got locals to calling the figures doodlebugs --an affectionate term. Geo.https://www.blogger.com/profile/16221314320558128986noreply@blogger.com