NomDeSpite

I considered John Entwistle but I passed on him because my ignorance of The Who's discography is too high. I wanted to choose something besides "My Generation" or "5:15" and I had no idea what. Dibs on posting "Yours Is No Disgrace".

In the town I live in currently, there is very little crime, we are BLASTED with sunshine (though that's the Southwestern United States in general), there are very nice mountains to the East, there is a charming downtown done in Old West style, it's got a prosperous middle class...a bit sleepy and unexciting, but not too much to complain about other than that.

Not really. I did recommend people print this list out in my first post. Also, posting it on the internet guarantees that people who use the internet too much and want to cut down can see it. I'm bumping this thread because I found an article I found that I really like. Joshua Fields Millburn, writing for the website TheMinimalists.com, removed all internet service from his apartment and now claims that "Killing The Internet At Home Is The Most Productive Thing I've Ever Done". He still uses it, just in public places like the library, or where there's Wi-Fi. Here are some of the benefits he lists: My time at home is more peaceful now, as if my home is a sanctuary. I do more meaningful things with my time. I have more time to read. I have more time to write. I have more time to think. I have more time for friends. I have more time to exercise. I have more time to walk. I am less distracted. I am less stressed. My thoughts are clearer and less fragmented. I no longer crave the internet like I once did. My mind is more focused on meaningful things. I don’t have an internet bill, and that saves me money He says, quite bluntly, "you don't need the internet at your house" and unless your job requires it, that's probably true.

From the bassists already listed, I have to go with Les Claypool and Cliff Burton. I will add: Chris Squire from Yes ("Heart Of The Sunrise" or "Roundabout") and Geezer Butler from Black Sabbath ("Into The Void"). You could also make a case for Michael Rutherford (Genesis) and John Myung (Dream Theater).

I love swimming and am a great swimmer. Backyard swimming pools are a bit small for my liking. But put me in an exercise pool, a competitive pool, an ocean, etc. and I'm a happy clam. I came in 2nd place out of a class of 30 or so, back in high school swimming, for quickest laps. I was going to try out for my university's male swim and dive team, until I discovered that it was discontinued after the Spring 1999 semester. Oh well. That's why recreational teams exist.

You bastard.

I'm going to use this opportunity to take aim at that most vaunted of Tyson quotes: "The good thing about science is that it's true, whether or not you believe in it." This quote is really dumb and now I shall explain why. The word "science" has three definitions. 1. The scientific method. Science as a verb. Observe, Question, Hypothesize, Experiment, Results, Repeat. 2. Science as a body of knowledge gleaned from using the scientific method. 3. Science as a profession or business. The task of performing research and experiments in accordance with the scientific method and getting paid for it. Now, obviously, saying "science is true" in regards to definitions 1 and 3 is absurd. Verbs cannot be true or false (unless you also think the statements "cooking is true" or "playing the saxophone is true" make a lick of sense). And saying "science is true" regarding the scientific profession can't make sense unless you say it to mean "It is true that many people are professional scientists". So that leaves us with definition 2. And science as a body of knowledge is actually a mixture of truth and falsehood. Much of the information we've gleaned from the scientific method has turned out to be wrong (geocentrism, miasma theory, steady state theory, fossil fuel theory) and much of what we think we "know" now will be shoveled into the grave in years to come. Don't be surprised when it happens. If Tyson had simply said, "you can learn alot using the scientific method", I obviously would have agreed. Instead, he chose "science is true, whether or not you believe in it", which sounds fine and dandy upon casual inspection, but turns out to be dumber than hell when you look a little closer.

Why does Cosmos call Bruno a "hero of science" when he wasn't actually a scientist? Why does Cosmos call Bruno's death a martyrdom for science when he wasn't murdered for his dissent from Geocentrism? You give no answer to either of these things.

Both the original Cosmos and this Tyson-led rebooting are of dubious, throwaway quality. Pop-science is a religion for people who consider themselves too smart, cool and "enlightened" for religion. Sagan, Dawkins, Tyson and Nye are more or less the exact same person, all prone to the same errors of fact and errors of reasoning. Here's a specific example:

On Blue Oyster Cult's first album, there is a song called "Then Came The Last Days Of May". The song itself, while decent, is nothing to fawn over. But the title has always stuck with me. It's dramatic and ominous. Like a snippet from an amazing story. That's my favorite song title. My birthday, coincidentally, is also one of the last days of May. But I digress. What's your favorite?

I am male and heterosexual. I'm just fine with being a man but I have had moments where I've thought it would be cool to be a girl. Most people in general, I think have feelings like that. It doesn't mean that you should get transgenderized, though. I think my reasoning is because, as a heterosexual guy, there are alot of women I find really attractive. And that gives these women power over me. In some ways. So if I was female I could make myself attractive looking and be powerful. But then I realized I can do that as a man also. *struts around in a business suit with a briefcase*

I don't really remember if I corrected her. That incident happened in 2005, almost 9 years ago. Memories from that time are often faded.

It looks like a mosquito combined with a velociraptor.