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i think this is really interesting. someone on my chinese herbal medicine discussion group used the term "theocracy of science" in the context of people in the scientific (and other established) community[ies] bullying those who espouse "un-proven" beliefs. the idea is intriguing to me because i have several friends who are very scientifically minded, and have or plan to have carreers in one of various fields of science. i also have many friends and colleagues whose beliefs cannot always be reconciled or explained via the scientific body of knowledge of today. now, remember, the science of today always decries the science of tomorrow, and the science of yesterday is infamous for it's denial of the possibility of the science of today. and in that stream, i think is this argument. anyone so rigid in their beliefs to claim something is impossible are guilty of denying the existence of someone elses beliefs, so this fits everyone who would say that is true of what they think. but the point i'm going to is frequently those in spiritual circles are accused of bullying those outside their beliefs, calling them wrong, or whatever. but what i find interesting is that scientific circles are on many occasions guilty of an analogous crime. they deny the possibility, or truth of what someone says if it is not 'evidenced by' or demonstrated by the science of today. both science and spirituality have grown and changed over time, no one who knows history could deny that-- and they are both a system of laws and rules by which things are made clearer, or more univerally understood. so why is it that if someone calls science a religion they get jumped all over. i realize the words have alot of connotation, carry alot of extra meanings.. i guess it might be like calling a hatfield a mccoy by mistake, or calling an irish catholic a protestant.. well.. maybe that's teh whole thing. they really are both religions, and people are so used to choosing sides, that only a few are flexible enough to see they are both the same.. while the rest simply fall into line behind the one they've chosen.. much the same as democrats and republicans.. people tell you they think about issues, but usually, even if they disagree with the party about something, it won't stop them from voting along party lines.. for simplicity's sake. it's all very strange. or is it? these thoughts and opinions do not necessarily represent the thoughts and opinions of the author of this post, more accurately they illustrate one particular stream of thought, that if it had not been written here, would have been lost several minutes later, when he plans to eat a sammich.

i've given up on comments..

so sad. yes, i think it's very sad.. but well, not that sad, in the overall scheme of things. so yeah. ploopzha. i think i should really figure out how these business license applications work. i'm a little tired of not having the acupuncture things going on . i am getting stressed about le birthday, i get stressed whenever i have an out, like any excuse.. like that neurotic woody allen character in all his movies.. overthinking everything. i noticed today that i was sweating, in the hot car on the way home, and what was interesting was that it didn't smell. weird huh.. i suppose that means two things, my clothes were clean, and my skin was clean.. but what's cool is i never ever wear any kind of deoderant or antiperspirant.. i just think it's counter-intuitive that despite never usingany of those products, i still don't stink, so if you do it right, no one else out there would need them either, theoretically.. then again, i could reek, and i wouldn't know, and everyone else could think i smell hella bad.. but i figure i would at least smell it once in awhile.. youknow, when you been working hard, and catch a whiff.. nope.. even then i don't smell unless i'm wearing dirty clothes.. buti still sweat.. anyhow. i think it's interesting. no one else might.. but maybe the two people who read this will.. actually, maybe just one.. i guess.. just you shannon, i think.

This one's for you, Shannon...

1. First Name: Brett
2. Where you named after anyone? Yes, in a way, because there was someone my parents knew before i was born with the same name.. mostly it put the idea in their head of a cool name.
3. Do you wish on stars? hmm...not in a long time.. but that doesn't mean i wouldn't
4.Which finger is your favorite? thumb.. which i guess isn't a finger, but it is a digit,
5. when did you last cry? oh, i remember, there was this horrible story on tv, like on a crime show i think, and something about it was just so sad.. oh this woman was a cancer nurse and she had cancer herself and she wanted to die, and it was just so sad..
6. Do you like your handwriting? no.. i should probably do something about it.
7. What is your favorite lunch meat? i likes the smoked turkey
8. Any bad habits? indeed..
9. What is your most embarrassing CD on your shelf? i was thinking i would answer with the Shari Lewis and lamb chop cd i have, but well, actually, i think that's it..
10. If you were another person, would you be friends with yourself? i have no idea. i've never met me.. and if i was me wouldn't i be horribly jealous that this person was taking over my place in my world? or would i know me? how do i know that there isn't a me out there somewhere, where i can't see.. my doppleganger if you will, and because i don't know him, i don't care, but if i did, i'd find it odd...
11. Are you a daredevil? nope.
12. Have you ever told a secret you swore not to tell? i suppose.. hopefully nothing too important.. on the other hand, was it still a secret once someone told me?
13. Do looks matter? yes they do, but in different ways for different people. to me they do, i think, i am sometimes intimidated by very very beautiful people.. and i've even sadly found myself disliking terribly ugly people with no other reason.. i'm so shallow..
14. How do you release anger? i'd rather not say. or perhaps i'll answer this way. sometimes i just sit still and breathe deeply.
15. Where is your second home? i just have the one lately. work is where i spend most of my waking hours.. but who knows. i don't consider it a home.
16. Do you trust others easily? yep
17. What was your favorite toy as a child? hmm.. i remember loving my legos most of all. before those i had a stuffed dog that was about as tall as i was, very cool. .
18. What class in school did you think was totally useless? i can't think of one.. let's go back shall we? middle school included some pretty weird classes... how about something from high school.. english... no, mostly good, junior high? math was ok.. not brilliant, but ok.. oh! i just remembered. my botany class at bastyr was a total waste of time. total.. but that's all i could think of.
19. Do you have a journal? just this blog.. and i don't keep it up well..
20. Do you use sarcasm? you know, i think compared to the people i hang out with, i use much less.. but still some.. except i call it wit
21. Have you ever been in a mosh pit? hmm.. maybe..
22. What do you look for in a guy/girl? Cat..
23. What are your nicknames? Scooter. mostly, and several things of that.
24. Do you untie your shoes when you take them off? not if i don't have to.. i hate tying and untieing shoes. i had a pair thatremained tied for one year of daily use before i untied and retied them.
25. McDonalds or Burger King? if i have to eat at one of them, i like them both the same.. except there is nothing at mcdonalds i will eat as it appears on the menu, i have to have them plainify things.
26. Do you think that you are strong? Yes, in many many ways.
27. What's your favorite ice cream flavor? Minty goodness. especially the one in the black box.
28. Shoe size? 10.5, except perhaps recently it may have embiggened
29. What are your favorite colors? i like yellow and brown and green. i like colors to be dark. or something, anyway.. i like orange too.
30. How many wisdom teeth do you have/ none.. they all got busted up, and i really like telling the story, if anyone's interested.
31. Who do you miss the most right now? who do i miss? i miss amy, and all the people i went ot school with, i wish i hung out with them.
32. Do you want everyone you send this to to send it back? this question is irrelevant
33. What are you listening to right now? i think i'm listening to a very very cool documentary on the history channel, called barbarians, all about the mongols and turks and avars and huns and goths and vikings... anyhow.
34. Last thing you ate? my delicious gumbo
35. Last person you talked to on the phone? Cat, at 1 today.
36. The first thing you notice about the opposite sex? hmm.. i notice body language first.. smiles, posture, stuff like that. then the way they talk.. what things they say.
37. Do you like the person who sent this to you? of course
38. How are you doing today? i'm doing just fine. i was enjoying the hottub this morning, which is a great way to start the day, by the way.
39. Favorite Drink? honey lemon tea is good, so also is water. that's the thing i drink the most of.
40. Favorite Alcoholic Drink? huh.. sake is good, so is the rum and coke
41. Favorite Sports? i enjoy watching bowling. i like doing the bowling too, moreso, hitting golf balls is fun, but not with the objective of getting them into a tiny hole. i like to play lawn games, like tag, and stuff i played at recess as a kid..
42. Hair color? Dark brown
43. Eye Color? Dark brown
44. Do you wear contacts? i wear the glasses.
45. Siblings? my sister, Malison. who is funny.
46. Favorite Month? i like lots of months. especially months with days off in them. like may, september, november december, and so on. someday, when i choose my own hours and days off, i'll be taking holidays every month, then i'll like them all equally. woohoo!
47. Favorite Foods? gumbo, whole milk yogurt (oh yeah, that stuff rocks), peaches, lamb, tahini, bacon, ... many other things. spinach..
48. Last movie you watched? um. . . . i watched somthing today that was forgettable. i saw van helsing though.. it was fun. i won't call it good though.
49. Favorite day of the year? i like the day after thanksgiving, because i dn't have to work and i can sit around and do nothing. that's whati like, well, that's what i like right now, when i'm thinking about how i don't want to go to work tomorrow.
50. Are you too shy to ask someone out? hell yeah. i have the no confidence.. except with cat.. for some reason, i was entirely confident getting close to her.. ... but i was popular then, who knows.
51.Scary movies or happy endings? Happy endings, yep.
52.Summer or winter? i like both. i hate being cold though, but a warm house is nice, it's gonna be really nice in this basement thise summer thouhg, because it's hella cool down here..
53. Hugs or kisses? like cat said, those toffee kisses. oy
54. Relationships or one night stands? Relationship ... i like knowing alot about a person.
55. Who is most likely to respond? no one shall. no one at all!!!
56. Who is most likely not to respond? everyone!
57. What books are you reading? i'll read nothing.. nothing!!!
58. What is on your mousepad? no mousepad..
59. Favorite board game? i like risk and trivial pursuit
60. What did you watch on tv last night? i dont' remember. maybe harry potter.. yes. that was it.
61. Favorite smells? Cat's hair, and skin. garlic roasting, things frying, that's good. bacon.
62. What is the first thing you think of when you wake up? time to go.
63. Say one this nice about the person who sent this to you? to Shannon, who sent this first, and to whose email i am replying in post form: You are brilliant, i'm so impressed with all youve done this past year, and i'm not gonna dread you going to school this summer, because i always see you again. i don't think i can come up with something as cool as cat wrote for you, which you could include on your post of the survey. anyway. things are cool and good. mloop.

tuesleday

i bet having this megacool yard full of flowers and plants etc is exacerbating my allergic situation. i don't care for it. i should buy some herbs. but i'm gnoan try not taking any for a little bit to see if i have less disturbances from it. strangely, i feel much worse in the morning. so it may be my bed, or pillows, i wonder about mold in the bedroom carpet, since we routinely run hot showers in the bedroom's bathroom, which isn't separate, and could be moistin' up our whole sleeping space. so we get the moldies around.. on the other hand, Cat says there's hella dust in there, and it's where all our dirty clothes are, and where we spend the time before the next shower, so we spend more time there when we're not clean. so yeah. interesting. i wish our hottub worked. that would be good. not for our carpet, but for us. anyhow. i guess i've rambled on quite enough. but it's fun to do. bloop.

monday

last night i went ot sleep early. it was brilliant. i felt great today, sleepwise. and i got a letter from the department of health about what was outstanding for my license. things are getting good. i hope this summer sees me meeting my goal of 8 patients a week, so i can get to the acupuncture, herbs thing. anyway. i'll go now.