Comments on Fluffytek Art Blog: Statistically speaking, yesterday did not happen

Found these two - I thought they kinda covered yo...

2007-12-16T03:13:00.000Z

Found these two - I thought they kinda covered your day and thoughts.

"We are threatened with suffering from three directions: from our own body, which is doomed to decay and dissolution and which cannot even do without pain and anxiety as warning signals; from the external world, which may rage against us with overwhelming and merciless forces of destruction; and finally from our relations to other men. The suffering which comes from this last source is perhaps more painful than any other."
Author: Sigmund Freud

"Is God willing to prevent evil, but not able?
Then is he not omnipotent.
Is he able, but not willing?
Then he is malevolent.
Is he both able and willing?
Then whence cometh evil?
Is he neither able nor willing?
Then why call him God?"
Author:Epicurus

Hope lifes bumps are smaller in the future.

D.L. wood

If there is an invisible supernatural being who lo...

2007-12-16T03:00:00.000Z

If there is an invisible supernatural being who lords over the universe, he/she, IMO, is merely an observer of all things. Shit happens for no other reason than it happens and the ISB (invisible supernatural being), if one exists, is either proud, amused, appalled, or can totally not give a shit. Anyway, while statistically it seemed unlikely that your day happened, it still did. Ergo, while the odds were long, long-shots, however improbable, sometimes do come in.

Comment said to me: "God won't give you more than ...

2007-12-16T01:07:00.000Z

Comment said to me: "God won't give you more than you can handle. He said so in the bible."

My reply: "Yeah, but I wish he would quit trusting me so much."

I believe there is but one divine being.. "God" an...

2007-12-15T23:55:00.000Z

I believe there is but one divine being.. "God" and "Satan" in the traditional sense makes absolutely no sense.. they are meant to represent "good" and "evil."

But it is "God" who in the bible has the power to create as well as the power to detroy, the power to bless as well as the power to punish, the power to bestow their unconditional love and forgiveness.. or their wrath. It is "God" who sends people to heaven, or to a fire and brimstone hell. All "Satan" is credited with is merely tempting people. He has no actual power.. no more power than Eve with her apple, or all us evil women and the temptations we represent :p.

This is just my opinion but.. I think that when things are going horribly wrong in our lives, it's a signal. A signal that we need to bring about a change. There is something we aren't doing right, and the powers that be are trying to make us aware of it.. we have to figure it out.

I once thought that moving to Chicago was the right thing for me.. I had the worst chain of bad luck ever.. and only when I moved back home did it magically go away, and for good luck to start following me. That kind of thing happens often.. when I'm not sure about something, I only have to watch out for the signs, and I'll know if I'm making a right choice or not.

I really can't comment on the post other than........

2007-12-15T22:01:00.000Z

I really can't comment on the post other than.........fantastic shot Richard.

I wish I had thought of it.

"There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies,...

2007-12-15T21:12:00.000Z

"There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics."

Improbable is not impossible. Re-read/re-watch the physics behind the Infinite Improbability Drive from the "Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" and cross-reference that with the Somebody Else's Problem Field (SEP field) which conceals the frequency with with such events occur, but they are not visible because they are Someone Else's Problem.

In other words, a statistically unlikely bad day does suck, but if these events had been spaced out over a month, you wouldn't have made any connection because they are, in fact, unrelated. So, no reason to get all squishy and start crediting the Flying Spaghetti Monster for these events.

You have my sympathy for family disaster, and the other problems, but just count how many things go right tomorrow.

I like playing with the whole thing. While Murphy'...

2007-12-15T19:23:00.000Z

I like playing with the whole thing. While Murphy's first law says if it can go wrong it will, I believe Murphy's Third Law is that whatever is the most embarrassing situation, that's the one that applies. You can make use of this when you lose something. Accuse your nearest and most loved person of having stolen the item, and by Murphy's Third Law, it will mysteriously appear right in front of you. It works!

Rotten luck about the day Rich. Hope today has been better.
Fondest felicitations
Grommit & Lady T

I'm sorry about all that. I think they call it "M...

2007-12-15T17:26:00.000Z

I'm sorry about all that. I think they call it "Murphy's law". When something CAN go wrong, it will.
It seems like some days are just jinxed, and no matter what you do, it will go wrong or backfire. Don't let it get the better of you though, keep your fingers crossed that tomorrow will be good, and some days are the opposite of the one you just experienced, where everything just goes better than expected. I hope you'll get one of those soon!