Fun and games

[Paul Mackin]

Just saw the fireworks in Sydney. Spectacular.

Got a message from Terrance saying he was going to be off p-list for a
while. He didn't specify why.
			
			P.
			

On Fri, 31 Dec 1999, rj wrote:

> pm(?)
> > Isn't an attempt to have an intelligent discussion 
> 
> Well, that has been the test, I guess.
> 
> *****
> 
> > Isn't an attempt to have an intelligent discussion about so called ESP
> > hopelessly mired down in the dualistic way of thinking handed 
> > down to us from Plato, Aristotle, Galileo and Descarte--that accepts the
> > existence of two separate domains of phenomona? The distinction between
> > corporeal and noncorporeal is something science would like to do away
> > with but unfortunately no one has been able to measure thoughts. (There
> > are brainwaves (EEG) but these don't cut it.) Philosophy would also
> > like to abolish mind-body separation as witnessed by Heideggar's
> > and other's attempts  to play down the distinction. Alas, religion is the
> > hold-out. There needs to remain somewhere for those spirits to reside.
> 
> I wish Terrance were still around to help out on this one. I wonder what
> did happen to Terrance, after that strange back-dated post from "Seb
> Thirlway" which attempted to deflect the blame for Terrance's sudden
> departure. And the post Terrance forwarded to the list from "Ron
> Meiners"? Or the query from "[Noah S Baer]" to Doug? We haven't heard
> from "paranoid at paranoid.com" about its part in all of this either, have
> we? Nor "Clare Kennedy". And I wouldn't hold out all that much hope for
> "Hilary Granados", s~Z, although "Ann Oy" might be a likely prospect.
> And where's "SIRRJAXMAX", my fave mistress of the salmon salt -- I'm
> starting to miss the delightful and soothing cadences of those
> apocalyptic incantations. Good to see "slothrop666" back on board
> though. 
> 
> There. That should keep the Chuckler busy for a bit.
>