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Sheesh. Why do I need two masters degrees to become "marketable"..

The first one only makes me "marketable" on a part-time basis..

For the second one, if that's the way it has to be..

they are going to have to adopt me, give me a home, food, room for the cats.. you know- etc, etc.

No more student loans. Not that that would make much difference anyway- unless I live to be 120 before retirement..

They offered far too much uncertainty in regards to acquiring a doctorate in math..

Soon, I hope.. heh

There were two goats. One was slain, the other released.

and my fate shall be soon decided..

I hope the Academic Numbnuts read my resume before rendering some kind of decision..

No biblical discernment by "elders at the gate" or some-such church review board.

They had long since been "removed" like a landmark, long ago..

So what I wonder. What is there to stop Mr. Galager from simply putting the check in his pocket.. maybe another lawsuit?

Just curious. Not itching ears curious or anything like that..

"nyuk, nyuk, nyuk" and "wub wub wub wub wub wub" may have been more appropriate..

Camp Vision LLC.. is that a subsidiary of CES, or STIFFI? On the books that is..

I dunno.. what particular paper, or work has he done beyond the adultery word study that you consider to be generally biblically honest, and actually relevant, i.e. useful in practical life?

I saw only one difference in one god, one lord and twi doctrine, the treatment of one verse of scripture.

Something in Collosians. It's been so long, I'd have to look it up.

That's about how relevant, or useful in this particular work that I have personally found it so to be..

Depends on the goals of the one designing the system.

If the goal is lives that separate distinctly in quality, like substances in a centrifuge,

then that system makes a great deal of sense.

If the goal is perpetual homeostasis of the planet, then reincarnation makes the most sense.

That has other problems, however.

First of all, the planet is not designed for perpetual homeostasis, and neither is the

Universe. Each had a definite beginning in space and time and each proceeds to a definite

end in space and time. Reincarnation would work with a "steady state" model of the universe.

However, that's been completely discredited because it contradicts all the evidence.

This should be less of a shock to those people who learned that "steady state" was embraced

dogmatically ("religiously") by certain atheistic scientists because it said what they wanted

it to say- it denied an origin. So, they pretended there was evidence for it and embraced it

dogmatically ("religiously") after making a leap of faith.

Second of all, everything I've read states that the goals of reincarnation are to perfect

the individual- that people progress up from lower life forms, return as slightly more

enlightened humans for several cycles, then finally graduate out as above human.

But statistics wouldn't bear that out.

Some people, right now, are fine, upstanding individuals who enrich the lives of others

whenever they can. Some people, right now, are embarrassments to the human race, exploiting

others and disregarding the cost to others and living off them one way or another.

The larger the sample size of lives, the more likely a person would simply end up circling

as a human, and periodically coming back as more or less enlightened, with poor choices in

one life cancelling out excellent choices in another.

Or to put it another way, Mafiosos would have to spend several lifetimes as nuns just to

break even, making up for all the harm they did. It's just applying the rather fundamental

principle of Statistics called "regression towards the mean."

At the very least I can say:

Thank you for a very well crafted intelligent reply. I appreciate every word here..

Second of all, everything I've read states that the goals of reincarnation are to perfect

the individual- that people progress up from lower life forms, return as slightly more

enlightened humans for several cycles, then finally graduate out as above human.

I tend to think that given opportunity to improve oneself, one would do so. Graduating out as above human however.. if the Almighty made man after his own image.. it would seem that even in the religions which embrace reincarnation, they would suggest that a person can graduate out in an existence in which one was created with to begin with..

The other thing.. is balance and stability, in other words, the mean. I personally don't strive to maintain average performance in much of anything.. I actually feel driven to do better. Not in a frenzied, fanatical way or anything.. and I'm sure there are a lot more who feel the same.

I wonder how "just fine" they are, trying to sell off over-valued property..

He didn't screw around in the TWI years - he was too socially inept

I thought I heard a few stories indicating otherwise.. stories of adultery and such.

I think twi hired him only because he had a loud enough of a mouth..

It seems the few simpletons in charge are trying to sell off the property.. looks like the crisis is not over. Looks like a fire sale.. except the selling price is over exaggerated.

Good Luck, fellas..

How Simpletons can end up in charge of any real estate of any real value is beyond my capacity to imagine..

Now for some Squirrelish rambling.

Hmmm. Hey, maybe that's it.. supposedly the Almighty has all of the dead suspended in some kind of closet, waiting to take them out at the right time..

at the same time.

Reincarnation makes far more sense to me, than vic's plagiarized rambling.

why put it all in some limbo closet.. recycling seems to make more sense. I mean, you have millions of confused, wandering souls.. why make more? Seems pretty inefficient.

I remember the "requested donation" being implemented my wow year.. it was really difficult to spin the concept in easily understood words..

Sure.. here ya go..

Maybe that is the best term, sleepers. Programmed to do *something* when they awake..

Stand for "the Word"..

"take on" the denizens of Hell..

they awake in what they consider a foreign culture.. pick up whatever weapon of mass destruction (in this case, usually it is the Tongue).. and then, do whatever it is..

and then, generally speaking, they are not corps participants or such..

Was the impression from the old foundational class this powerful? I dunno.

I'll go by the eastern culture thing. Its my birthday.. what can I do for you? Please don't ask for money. I haven't hit a jackpot here or anything. At the best, ask for very little if you do..

I could help you with a couple bus rides (locally), that's about it..

Is there anything that I could help you with, mathematically, or something closely aligned?

If they had a sign to put up "free wine" or "free beer this way" it just might work.

The Great Northern University I'm thinking of will have to (at least non-publicly) put up this kind of sign..

I mean, it's one thing to claim it's all made up,

but the early Christian Church was crushed under the collective heel of the

Roman emperors. To turn around and say it was all BASED on a Roman emperor?

That pretty much describes modern politics, does it not?

Just Saying..

Maybe it was the other way around, Jesus invented the Romans..

what if, what if. What if.. one could reunite with the Ex.. and one has far less to offer than one had fifteen to twenty years ago..

in a lot of ways.

In a lot of ways.. I see different things..

There are the Offspring. They would really be further ahead if they could herd both of us at the same time to the same place at the end of our insane days.

I've said far too much.

Go home squirrel, you're drunk.

Well.. tonight. Yes.

I would prefer better drugs.. generally the non-addictive ones. Unfortunately, they are not legal at the moment..

maybe what I'm looking for is inside of a six-sided test tube..

and more questions.

what would you do now..

maybe I should not say, or ask.

There has to be room for the Cats. Absolutely. That is the only condition I offer.. if there is not room on a spaceship for relative neat and tidy cats, I doubt whether the offer for me, a messy, uncouth human is really valid..

The Mothership comes.. the Cats, come with me..

Maybe it is really the other way around..

Just curious. I am seriously considering a second masters degree.. if the particular university is willing to adopt me.

I'm figuring.. with a teaching assistantship and stipend, I will incur no further debt, and make roughly the same salary I am making now.