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Half-full, Half-empty, Does the Glass Leak, or is it Just Too Large a Glass?

This is another post for which the idea has been floating around in my cranium for some time. The absolute insanity surrounding the evil coronavirus and political situation has prompted me to do my best to get it written. We are a world divided. We have the poor and rich, the white and people of color, democrats and republicans, men and women, religious and non-religious, old and young, new world and old world - or third world, and many, many other definitions and labels. Then those labelled groups have their divisions within. The religious groups are divided between Christianity, Islam, Hinduism (considered in the Eastern world to be much more than a religion, but for this we will go with the flow of Western thought), Buddhism (also not strictly a religion, it is considered one by most, again especially in Western culture), Judaism, Sikhism, and others. Then within those are many divisions. For example, within Islam are the main divisions of Sunni and Shia. Christianity has Protesta...

Go ahead, take out that $1 million mortgage

I was going to write one of my stunning commentaries on life, liberty, and small animals; but decided to wait and see if I need to. The CERN people in Europe are firing up the Large Hadron Collider again. So, we may all be headed to a black hole. If you don't remember or know what I am talking about see the two posts below and/or Google it. I'm Baaaack from Sept 13, 2009 and Still Here from Nov 7, 2009. Wonder if any "birds" got 300 feet underground again? I will admit that finding the Higgs bosun is a facinating prospect, but I still wonder about this thing. Oh well, at least it will be quick...