Michael Shermer is a sceptic

                                 Shermer would prefer skeptic

Tough

he wrote about a man who while a young boy listened to Roosevelts Fireside Chats on the familys radio

    a Philco Lowboy console

somehow it broke  but by then television was becoming the rage and the family owned three

his parents passed away

the house was left to him

when he married they held the ceremony in the spacious backyard on the lawn

midway through it music began playing inside the house the song was a favorite of his parents

unable to help himselfhe excused himself to his fiancée and rushed inside  he stood before the radio until the song was over and when it ended the lighted dial flickered flickered  dulled

                                                                                       and went out

it never worked again 

Shermer was sceptical

reading the passage he was not

                                   as a boy his family had a handmedown Zenith portable black and white television set

it broke

there wasnt money in the family budget to have it repaired

    one Saturday he read in the newspaper that the Wizard of Oz was going to be televised  a weekend matinee

he dug the moviehe thought  What the hell

plugged the television into the wall

turned it On

turned it to Channel 9

there were ten minutes before it would air

as he sat before it on the threadbare carpet his mother entered the room from the kitchen What are you doing? she asked

The Wizard of Oz is going to come on

she saw he had plugged it in 

the screen was black

The television doesn’t work.

No  It hasnt

    she shrugged I suppose you’ll see.

I suppose I will

                 aneven as he said it he was willing it be  he had nothing to lose

she went back into the kitchen to continue preparing food to make dinner

                                                                             she yelled  It’s a beautiful day.

You ought to go outside and enjoy it.

at One PM on the wall clock above the television and stand nothing appeared on the screen

matinees usually began with their host boring him to tears with their introductions

at OneOfive the screen flickered flickered

                                            then flickered to life as the host concluded

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_M1IpBxoQ3U

he heard his mother drop something a bowl he thought  it broke

                                                                     she rushed in  What did you do?

he was tempted to ask her what she did  Nothing  he said

                                                                 Im watchin the Wizard of Oz

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    he was happy that was over

                          Sheesh

what did he do to deserve that    forum

    he knew he didnt have to do anything to provoke himselfwaylay himself accost  himself

he was a masochist

his mother a sadist

    he was perfectly conditioned for dreams to torment himnot nightmaresnever nightmares at worst a baad dreeam

               actually

he believed his dreams were decadent    streaming  he binged

                                                                    who needed on-line  

thatsaid

           he still wandered in from time to time youtube   for intellectual tokes               

he found transhumanism there Ofcourse he woud

                                                   Christians fear it

he found “History provides he liked supplies constant tests of what your religion is for and there is no end until the end, right?”

                        a pet peeve right?

he found “Every moment (is) a moral test.”  

                                                         grateful it didnt concluded with right?

 

    intellectual tokes

occasional pro hockey and football highlights

                                                highlights  because he couldnt endure the commercials

not that masochistic

                   and because without choice  he had to endure static tic tik tok breaks in his dreams

 

    intellectual tokes

invited by what he read in one book or another whoYes Who  who challenged him more than people when he interacted would  or could

                                    their concerns usually had nothing to do with his

his had nothing to do with theirs

at cross purposes

would likely provoke crossness

                                   one or the other nailed to one  desirable

out and aboutwhether he meant it or not he was a provocateur and frankly he understood the last thing people out and about needed in their lives was him stepping on their toes

fortunately

                   he lived alone

     he was a handful

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Ezra Klein/Ross Douthat  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YVn0jNxz_cE

Transhumanism  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YVJEtY-2kL0

harrassed all nightyes 2 Rs   amplifying just how much he was harrassed

                                                                                        FORUM

bound  bulletpointed  as his sketchybecause interrupted dreams unrolled unfurled unfolded

and when it did the frame containing it shuddered flickered remained on screen

                                                                                     FORUM FORUM FORUM FOURUM

clever

    what forum

what place  situation in situ meeting conference assembly  to exchange ideas  to discuss issues  issued DIDNT

         stubbornly remained in frame  shuddering flickering

and given this situation  forum    it wasnt budgingwould  in its own good time

                                                                                       he played

flopped it over a onceover egg

                              rumfored

rumored

favored

flavored

          rum   for rum 

rummy

random

ran dumb

freed

            apparently a static a tic a commercial break in his dreamhis dreams

 

then it occurred again

                                            was freed

    reoccurred

                   he found if he patientlyremained in a hypnopompic state images found their way through the letters around their edgesimperfect images  incongruent   though fascinating

                                                                                         and finding that

entertained by that

FORUM retreated

                                             ceased

quietly he hummed the music that went with the words

                                                           Goin’ to heaven putting on my shoes I thank Gawd Im free at last  Ill walk round spread the news  I thank Gawd

Im free at last

                                        

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Soul Stirrers  Free At Last  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JE8kb93xBHg

I read an article earlier about lying.

he didnt like the way she was looking at him

                                                 You implyin something

Implying?   Ohgoodness no, no, no.

                                         You’re a ruthless straight arrow, your truths have barbs.

You were lookin at me funnylike

Sorry.  As I was saying the article emerged into my eyes againcalled lying a social lubricant.

Lubricant  Grease the rails

                             They head straight to Hell figurativelyspeaking  no Hell below us above us only sky  Thank you John

Amen.

he eyed her

Figuratively.  Love yanking your chain.

Listen

         When you get the urge to yank my chainlemme know  Ill get my cock out

she smiled  dimples

                         And what would I do with that?

Idle hands are the devils workshop

Anything you want

You’ll get your cock out.

                           How do you . .

. . Inseminate 

No.  Inculcate.   How are you able to inject sex into any every conversation?

A talent  Practise makes perfect

                                   But lets not to get sidetracked  societys lubricant

Yes.

       Crazy article. I couldn’t tell by the end of it if the author authors can’t remember believed their premise  lying was . . . necessary . that we have to expect lies.

Conjecture  Lies make us human

Possibly.

            Could explain why you’re inhuman.

 

I walked into tha didnt I

Ya did.  

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    he was still in the mood

                                     to antagonise Teach

If not urlish or urish you don think  howbout titular tickular seem synonymous to me

You know titular

Backatcha

Need I repeat myself?

Ya do Im anxious to see if you remember whaya said not a few moments ago

                                                                                 Stage floor  all yours broheim

And what’s that?

Maybe yaoughta repeat yourself first before goin onto a new subject

I said . . .

Hint

No.

        I’ve got this.

 

Hidden deep in the mysterious

    Hint.

I chastised you about imagining nonsensical urs

Yes.

       I saidno I asked why you come after me, if it fulfills some kind of need you have.

Excellent  A sliver of prompting an youre gangbusters

                                                          Now   The two words I thought might be synonymousHINT  ones a real word tha we have similar affection for

Similar affection . . for.

 

    A little more help

Yeah.

               I really need to do something about this.

We are

         Were makin a game of it

Ready

I am.

Tit  ought to facilely remi . .

. . Titular.

And

And?

Ill give you titular  Means

It means holding a position or title without any real authority.

Tick

Tickular.

              Clever.

Its always fun to play

If one’s in the mood.

                      Yet . . you seem to be always in the mood.

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You know ur.

               he didnt see how ur occurred in theirOhyes he did theyd been talking about coacervates protobionts precellular structures possibly precursors to first living cells self-organised spherical collection of lipids  the fatty compounds in the cell membrane that helps regulate what comes in and out of them

he remembers that by thinking of fat Nineteenfifties white cops serving in southern American state jails and prisons

               I do

What then?

cat had made a career as a teacher

his career was not having one

                                 Is this a test

Is it?

No

 

    Then? which sounded like a grade school command given a pupil a pupa to come up front to the chalkboard and write it out for the whole class to see

otherwise known as coercion

I believe the definition in order is primitive original earliest

Yes.  You are correct.

Arya fuckin kiddin me

                       I am correct 

You are. evidently you can take the teacher out of the classroom but yacant take the classroom out of the teacher

    So out of thin airthe blue wha do ya think  Urlish  or  urish  

                                                                      Im fond of urlish not to be mistaken as a townland in Ireland near Killybrone killer boner

Really? his humour had a flat   I don’t think.

No ya don

            Has to be as difficult as when you attempt imagining anything like the nonsensical urs I just gambled

Gambled An I won

                       Because I knew you woudnt consider the proposition Clear transparent  as a freshwashed pane of glass

Pain  in the ass

Why do you come after me like that? Does that fulfill some need?

Ive an idea

                                  Imagine   

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You wear a mane.

her words bugged him

                                almost as much as they bothered her          

    I wear my hair long

It’s a mane.

Its long

             Wha of it   

Arya making some kind of statement?

was suddenly in a place he hadnt conceived

                                            A statement

Yes. You know what a statement is.

    Is it possible our meanings of statement diverge

                                                       You first  Please    Ladies first

No. I put the question to you, yasay.

Initially you didnt ask a question   You made an assertion

                                                               Asserted

Because until you say  I have no context to address

    I may look stupid

But Im not

Balls in your court kiddo

It bothers me.

My hair bothers you

                         Why

It’s ridiculous on a man.

    Coming into this life I may have had first pick top shelfcant remember all the items I took  but if pressed Id refer prefer it a matter of genetics

                                          My fortunate conformation hasnt shit to do with me

If obligedan I am  Im obliged to maintain it

                                                 So whaif I wear my hair long

Do wha it may

It’s ridiculous.   Do you know you actually make women jealous?

    No  But thas not on me

Actually it is.

Only  Perhaps

                        Because it bugs you

I don know you to be petty

Yeahwell, who knows anybody?  

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she gave him a jigsaw puzzle for his birthday

                                             a fabulously coloured onethousand piece hummingbirds puzzle

he had no where to build it

had cats

            curiositycats curiosity destroys things inadvertently without blame  they are animals guided by their innate gifts

                  unlike

human beings 

                who

endup having to make excuses for theirs

not he

           punished as a boy for saying  You can blow me

parents threw a tizzy

                       until

he informed them what blow meant

                                      How do you know that? they demanded

his curiosity would always outstep outdistance their bizarreneed to protect him

   tha occurred to him

before it occurred to them

a funny smile curled inside his mouth he did not share it

                                                                 Yacant protect me

his words hit like hammer blows

he was the eldest six siblings

                                    he had a sense

I can understand why you might

                                   But you cant    Tha doesnt diminish you in my eyes

Yajust cant

An Ill not pullback on being who I am

If I coud apologise I woud

                              I cant

  Was a really beautiful puzzle

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Zeppelin  Whole Lotta Love  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fIQMktyP90s

seemed almost necessarydare say  crucial he disagreed  elemental for someone when making a statement concluding it with  . . . right?

Yada yada yada yada  . . . right?

                                     Wrong

a trigger

          if he was in conversation or happened at the edge of a one that made a point of inviting interlopers he  actively listened   and when that miserable pearlRIGHT drops  hes rude

unsolicited I disagree 

                       although attempts to take razorblades off the edge of his voice trying to leave the baseball bat in hand head in the dirt or against the floor

                                                              an intentional  menacing  presence

rather prefers its intimidation

                               because

hes usually the sole individual not noddingagreeing to their Right?

he understands itbelieves it is a parcel a societalcultural generational incorporation after his  his childrens  despite his brutal Wrongs  he couldnt keep them from using it

as young adults they were more among their peers than him

                                                                       RIGHT?   he could hear it beggin

if among friends theyd say Would you quit that shit?

                                                              NO

Im not paving anyones way don wantem to thinkfor a nanosecond  Im in agreement

                                                                                         because

theyre laying the land they have the floor

It’s rude.  they countered

It is

     Anwhen they cease being rudeRIGHT?  Ill quietly accommodateem

                                                                                     Right 

  

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Ross Douthat on Ezra Kleins podcast  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YVn0jNxz_cE    Right?