What is calming you today?

Undertoad · 01-09-2015, 08:29 PM

209 gallons of #2 fuel oil, filling the tank, at $2.20/gallon.

orthodoc · 01-09-2015, 09:38 PM

Carbs, after doubling down on a career gamble.

BigV · 01-09-2015, 11:00 PM

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Invisibilia is a series about the invisible forces that shape human behavior. The show interweaves personal stories with scientific research that will make you see your own life differently.

This week's show:

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The Secret History Of Thoughts

Co-hosts Alix Spiegel and Lulu Miller ask the question, "Are my thoughts related to my inner wishes, do they reveal who I really am?" The answer can have profound consequences for your life.

I've learned the three stages in the secret history of (dark) thoughts; Freudian, where the (dark) thoughts are believed to have meaning, CBT, where the (dark) thoughts are questioned, challenged, and Mindfulness/Meditation where (dark) thoughts are observed as some peculiar, but not dangerous bug might be noticed.

It's a pretty cool show. Relieving to learn that everybody has dark thoughts, and that I needn't give them undue influence.

Griff · 01-10-2015, 09:03 AM

Feet up on the mantle reading teh Cellar.

Clodfobble · 01-10-2015, 09:09 AM

Unless you are doing a headstand, you have a different definition of mantle than I do.

glatt · 01-10-2015, 09:13 AM

You don't have a Grifftopia

Griff · 01-10-2015, 09:20 AM

Maybe hearth would be the typical usage. The stone in front of the door.

classicman · 01-10-2015, 01:46 PM

Started this Christmas with a new hobby for Dan ... and I.

This morning I parked a chair in front of the window and sat alone in silence and watched out back. In addition to the regular culprits, I have a Red-bellied Woodpecker, a small female Downy Woodpecker, some nuthatches, doves, a pairing of cardinals, sparrows and more. I have NEVER seen so many birds in my yard before. See what food does? lol Anyway, watching them relaxes me. Especially when its cold out and I have a nice hot cuppa joe.
Here is one lousy pick of my new Red-bellied buddy.

infinite monkey · 01-10-2015, 02:15 PM

Birds are great. My dad and brother have numerous feeders and houses at their houses and at my dad's lakes. They know what sort of feed and housing attract what sort of birds. My dad has a heated bird bath sort of thing (he made it with wood, a bulb, and a tin plate) for the birds in the winter.

I love birds too. When I see a Blue Heron swooping the river, I feel so happy.

Very nice thing for you and Dan!

Griff · 01-11-2015, 12:09 PM

Yeah, that sounds like the way to chill man.

xoxoxoBruce · 01-11-2015, 03:41 PM

Said Alfred Hitchcock to Tippi Hedren.

glatt · 01-12-2015, 06:47 AM

We never got around to buying birdseed this winter. Gotta remember to do that. Filling the feeder each day or two is a minor chore, but it's worth it to see all the birds.

xoxoxoBruce · 01-12-2015, 11:35 AM

Sounds like a kid's chore to me.

Gravdigr · 01-12-2015, 02:28 PM

Some of today's kids couldn't pour birdseed on the ground, much less into a bird feeder.

Undertoad · 01-12-2015, 03:30 PM

...couldn't pour birdseed on the ground if they had a bag with a hole in it, i believe is how this one goes

01-09-2015, 08:29 PM	#1
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	What is calming you today? 209 gallons of #2 fuel oil, filling the tank, at $2.20/gallon.

01-10-2015, 09:03 AM	#4
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	Feet up on the mantle reading teh Cellar. __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

01-10-2015, 09:09 AM	#5
Clodfobble UNDER CONDITIONAL MITIGATION Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 20,012	Unless you are doing a headstand, you have a different definition of mantle than I do. __________________ My book My other book My spirit animal

01-10-2015, 09:20 AM	#7
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	Maybe hearth would be the typical usage. The stone in front of the door. Attached Images __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

01-10-2015, 01:46 PM	#8
classicman barely disguised asshole, keeper of all that is holy. Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 23,401	Started this Christmas with a new hobby for Dan ... and I. This morning I parked a chair in front of the window and sat alone in silence and watched out back. In addition to the regular culprits, I have a Red-bellied Woodpecker, a small female Downy Woodpecker, some nuthatches, doves, a pairing of cardinals, sparrows and more. I have NEVER seen so many birds in my yard before. See what food does? lol Anyway, watching them relaxes me. Especially when its cold out and I have a nice hot cuppa joe. Here is one lousy pick of my new Red-bellied buddy. Attached Images __________________ "like strapping a pillow on a bull in a china shop" Bullitt

01-09-2015, 09:38 PM	#2
orthodoc Not Suspicious, Merely Canadian Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 3,774	Carbs, after doubling down on a career gamble. __________________ The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated. - Ghandi

01-10-2015, 09:13 AM	#6
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	You don't have a Grifftopia

01-10-2015, 02:15 PM	#9
infinite monkey Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Mar 2011 Posts: 13,002	Birds are great. My dad and brother have numerous feeders and houses at their houses and at my dad's lakes. They know what sort of feed and housing attract what sort of birds. My dad has a heated bird bath sort of thing (he made it with wood, a bulb, and a tin plate) for the birds in the winter. I love birds too. When I see a Blue Heron swooping the river, I feel so happy. Very nice thing for you and Dan!

01-11-2015, 12:09 PM	#10
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	Yeah, that sounds like the way to chill man. __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

01-11-2015, 03:41 PM	#11
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Said Alfred Hitchcock to Tippi Hedren. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

01-12-2015, 06:47 AM	#12
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	We never got around to buying birdseed this winter. Gotta remember to do that. Filling the feeder each day or two is a minor chore, but it's worth it to see all the birds.

01-12-2015, 11:35 AM	#13
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Sounds like a kid's chore to me. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

01-12-2015, 02:28 PM	#14
Gravdigr The Un-Tuckian Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: South Central...KY that is Posts: 39,517	Some of today's kids couldn't pour birdseed on the ground, much less into a bird feeder. __________________ These statements have not been evaluated by the FDA, EPA, FBI, DEA, CDC, or FDIC. These statements are not intended to diagnose, cause, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. If you feel you have been harmed/offended by, or, disagree with any of the above statements or images, please feel free to fuck right off.

01-12-2015, 03:30 PM	#15
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	...couldn't pour birdseed on the ground if they had a bag with a hole in it, i believe is how this one goes

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