I spent my time being bored, by not being bored. It's a little mystical exercise I've developed. Whenever I feel bored; I reflect on my boredom as if the lyric from Metallica's "Struggle Within" were true - boredom sets into a boring mind.

Actually, I just stop being bored, and find some amusement in not being bored for the sake of not being bored when boredom would otherwise overtake me. Consequently I'm almost never bored, certainly not enough to do anything like this. It has a habitual effect to it, almost as if concentrating on not being bored means I'm less apt to be bored in the future. Wheras, I submit that clinging to psychological states of boredom can form a habit of being bored.

But I find an endless maze of weirdness in my own mind, like this feeling of being bored which can so easily be tossed out for a feeling of not being bored.

Hypothetically speaking; if God and the Devil both sent you a beauquet of flowers, who do you think would be more likely to send you Tulips, and why?

Contrails are not the same as Chemtrails. Contrails are real phenomena following behind jet engines. Con(-densation)trails are visible anytime a jet flies by. Chem(-ical)trails are the conspiracy theorists method for releasing toxic chemicals on unsuspecting civilians.

There may, however, actually be a link between contrails and megachryometeors. We don't know for sure, but they have something to do with condensation building up in the upper layers of atmosphere, they form large balls of ice which are held up by air pressure until they reach a weight enough to fall through the pressure barrier, then they come screaming down to earth and blow up someone's house.

@choggie

I was going to say; you hear a lot about Tesla these days, but not so much Willhelm Reich.

“Only the liberation of the natural capacity for love in human beings can master their sadistic destructiveness.” - Willhelm Reich

I've never seen it before.

One more thing; of course there is less crime in the wee hours of the morn' we are all asleep. We don't commit crimes until we have to go to work in the morning.

It's funny if you add all these statistics up it begins to look like the average person is a lying, cheating, stealing bastard. But we hide it from each other so well don't we?

The myth probably came about because most people do not understand criminology. They think a criminal is someone who chose the dark side, or someone who lost a banjo-duel with the devil. They don't realize that crime is primarily property crime commited by the average citizen (i.e. themselves). The bulk of crime statistics are the result of workplace and other larceny. Think about it the next time you steal a pen or a stapler from work.

According to the Bureau of Justice Statistics, of a total of 20,057,180 crimes in 2009; 15,580,510 of them were "propery crimes". The majority (over 11,000,000) are non-burglary, non-automotive, larceny theft.

The FBI relates:

?Larceny-thefts accounted for an estimated 67.9 percent of property crimes in 2009.

http://dsc.discovery.com/videos/science-of-beauty-baby-faces.html

On another note: the girl in this picture of the Philtrum has artificially modified her appearance to be more like an infant, which men generally find more attractive. Question: Is pedophilia a latent sexual M.O. in the human male?

@Vonskippy

If you are taking a jab at the Niqab:

So, if you fear God, do not be too complaisant in your speech, lest the lecherous-hearted should lust after you. Talk with such people in plain and simple words. Abide still in your homes and do not display your finery as women used to do in the days of ignorance.[Qur'an 33:32–33]

That is more suitable that they will be known and not be abused. [Qur'an 33:59]

More to the point; the psychology of it. Women are mostly valuated by their looks, whether the valuation is coming from a man or woman. Men lust after women and judge them based on their appearances. Even if men do not explicitly abuse a woman, they will implicitly adjust their behavior according to how attracted or repulsed they are to a woman's appearance. Consider that beautiful people are less likely to be convicted of a crime (neaotrama post). That's just one of the many ways in which appearances distort judgments.

The reason for wearing a niqab should therefor be obvious, is it fear? or concern for something actually real? It is convenient for us in the west, who like our sexually explicit material, we love our lust, and our beautiful women, to have our women bare. But it is only convenient for our lust and not for justice or mutual respect, we are deficient when it comes to good values. We focus on lasciviousness and self-indulgence. With the consequence of increased anxiety and mental illness.

Like those former days of ignorance... You are probably too young to remember them.

Just watched a video the other day of a teen girl going insane smearing make-up all over her face, gyrating her hips, dumping beer on her face and shouting "You like me now class? Am I hot enough for you?" It isn't the first time I've seen this, and it won't be the last as long as our societies continue to focus on appearances and satisfying our lusts. I don't know why we can't admit it; we can't handle wearing modest clothing, we can't handle covering ourselves up. We certainly couldn't live like the Amish and all wear the same hat and slacks, we pine to be different, to be unique, and our society allows it to happen, if we were more like Islam or Amish communities, we'd come face to face with our incessant need to stand out and be appreciated as individuals, which conversely means our values are selfish.

First they had to convince you that communism was evil and that corporatism was your savior. Then they convinced you that we could all be managers if we outsourced all labor. Their numerical tricks fooled them all; a country that doesn't produce any goods through labor is a bankrupt country. Currently the managerial class in developed nations like the United States is estimated to be as high as 50% of the population. That's half of all "workers" not producing anything. Of course it can't go on forever, the number fudging is just a way to steal capital from the labor class and future generations.

If I follow Marx economics correctly; all real wealth is generated through labour, but only productive labour, management is not productive labour. It is merely asset management. Bloated managerial salaries cannot help matters.

Face Development in the Womb: Philtrum formation
http://www.devpsy.net/bradwork/?p=268

@Jessss,

He has no backbone? That's not surprising. But have you read "The God Delusion"?

"Though the details differ across the world, no known culture lacks some version of the time-consuming, wealth consuming, hostility provoking rituals, the anti-factual, counter-productive fantisies of religion."
— Richard Dawkins (The God Delusion)

If so it might be worth reading "The Dawkins Delusion" by theologian Alister E. McGrath.

This debate between Dawkins and McGrath from "The Root of All Evil" is a good primer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wxc0NpTZE18 (Part 1 of 15)

I also recommend McGrath's "Christian Theology" and "Christian Spirituality" previews of them can be found on Google Books.

"The banana then SPLIT" OH GOD!

My brother is into writing and he studies metaphor, rhetoric and different writing styles. I asked him about this the other day, because I like choosing words that metaphorically relate to each other. I'd be apt to choose the term "split" instead of left, vacated, jet, disappeared, or what-not, but it bothers me to know end the way newscasters emphasize the word like they were extremely clever about it. It puts an unnatural emphasis on a rather circumstantial verb, and I think it would sound smoother, cooler, and cleverer if they didn't emphasize it. My brother didn't have much to say about it TBH, which surprised me, maybe that's why they fancy themselves so clever, is it not a recognizable artform?