Gravity is a Hoax

But it does; it drags behavior, reluctantly, towards a stable centroid.

One thing that I first noticed about California is that strangers would talk. Like, start discussing vegetables in Safeway. I think that's cool.

Ran onto that problem in Boston. A co-worker with my wife was Catholic. She and her husband were contemplating buying a house, but she feared she'd get pregnant and they would no longer have two incomes.

My wife gave her a little fireside chat...

A few days later she told my wife that they could no longer associate with us :-(

Nice couple, he was chess champion of the 7th fleet, which he 'fessed up to after repeatedly trouncing me ;-)

Yup. There was a girl with the name 'Faith' no less. The standing line was, "Keep the baby, Faith". ...Jim Thompson

California is less social-caste oriented, while New England is more so. Bowlers are for management. The working class may wear derbies or homburgs. You don't share lunch rooms. Gripes go up, not down.

It's very flat. Completely horizontal, until it turns vertical. Both halves - flat.

Apologies :)

Guilt + redemption-through-my-organisation is a powerful method of control and stifling thought. Many (most?) religions practice it in one form or another.

I've seen Catholicism instill guilt in some ~8yo cousins. In that case it was about being rude to their host by having to refuse breakfast on Friday because it contained bacon. Actually, the host (my mother) wasn't offended - except by the religion making young kids feel guilty.

Yeah. The received "wisdom" is that they become either saints or sinners. Both are useful to the church, in different ways!

The inferior form that Newton invented - rather earlier - works just as well.

Huh, Well I'm ~300 miles from the coast, but that must be far enough west. That's exactly how I treat people. I just start talking to them. If I see them often, or if we hit it off then maybe we'll get around to exchanging names. (I'll forget the name in no time...)

If I had to wait for a formal introduction, I'd never get to know anyone.

George H.

Is that the same as Geek Orthodox?

No, those are the ones that work at "blest buy".