I am, I was, I will be…
maybe.
I sing, I sang, I will sing again…
perhaps.
The path out of the forest fades
too soon into the hills,
shepherded by small clouds
that scutter on ahead.
Nan 4-18-21
FRACTAL
Published April 18, 2021 by Nan MykelA mixed bag
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DUMB IDEA, but what else would you suggest?
Published April 17, 2021 by Nan Mykel
Grim and unacceptable. The gun and death situation, I‘m speaking of. The only possible action I can think of is to have a nationwide swap of non-lethal weapons for guns immediately, like right now. They’d go quicker for cash, but I don’t want to enrich gun sellers.
And we shouldn’t swap guns for tasers. We know they can be lethal. There are decent non-lethal weapons available to trade for guns, and I’m not talking knives or machetes or baseball bats, but available gadgets (I have one) that can protect your person without killing the attacker. Remember many of our citizens are afraid to be without protection. Hurry. This remedy or another. No time to waste. Life is getting too cheap. To the families, condolences.
SOUR GRAPES?
Published April 12, 2021 by Nan Mykel
WEALTH SURGE
A NEW BILLIONAIRE WAS MINTED EVERY 17 HOURS ON AVERAGE OVER THE PAST YEAR.
SOUR GRAPES?
Maybe. But…
86% of all billionaires are richer than a year ago. Jeff Bezos is the world’s richest person for the fourth year running, worth $177 billion, up $64 billion from a year ago as a result of surging Amazon shares.
How much money are we talking about, anyway?
A million is 1000 thousands, a billion is 1000 millions
Oh.
Is something wrong with these pictures? More wrong than sour grapes, I mean.
Ever Wondered What “Disambiguation” Means?
Published April 12, 2021 by Nan Mykel
Maybe not. I sure have. Stumbled across it tonight looking on Google for things like the Fourth Industrial Revolution, the Future of Life Institute, Benefits and Risks of Artificial Intelligence and Accidental Nuclear War: A Timeline of Close Calls. It appears to simply mean to remove the ambiguity from. Its daily use has increased greatly, thanks apparently to the artificial intelligence movement. BUT WAIT — It has an entirely different meaning in Urdu!
Disambiguate Meaning In Urdu | Saaf Karna صاف کرنا …www.urdupoint.com › … › English To Urdu DictionaryConfuse, Contradict, Deny, Destroy, Disallow, Discredit, Disestablish, Disprove, Fail, Invalidate, Miss, Refuse, Reject, Renounce, Ruin, Stop, Unsettle, Veto, …Wazeh Karna: واضح کرناIbham Daur Karna: ابہام دور کرنا
Incidentally, its meaning in urdu is : ناکارہ ہونا
For a good cause idea take a look at the Future of Life Institute.com.
does no one care?
Published April 11, 2021 by Nan Mykel
Hundreds of autos pass this sight at the intersection of Richland Avenue and 682 in Athens, Ohio, daily. It is on land owned by Ohio University. It’s a sad sight to me, possibly because I so easily identify with it.
Nikki is for Nickname
Published April 11, 2021 by Nan Mykel
I named her when I was 6 and she was just born, because my mother didn’t like being called “LARGE Allie.” Nikki of course was beautiful, blue-eyed and “petite Allie.”
After surviving polio and Rocky Mountain Spotted fever as a child, stomach cancer got her at age 40. I was not a caring big sister, so at least I try to make up for it a little by remembering her on her birthday. She had a great sense of humor. She graced the planet from April 11, 1942 – April 13, 1983. Her husband Bob died February 28, 2021.
Dear little sister, I miss you.
FIFTH GRADE LESSON SHEET
Published April 10, 2021 by Nan Mykel
These particles are unbelievably small. If
you could count the water molecules in one tablespoon of water at the
rate of 1 million molecules every second, it would take you 20 billion
years to count them all!
These particles are unbelievably small. If
you could count the water molecules in one tablespoon of water at the
rate of 1 million molecules every second, it would take you 20 billion
years to count them all!
THE “MAGNETIC MOMENT” described – reblog
Published April 9, 2021 by Nan Mykel
“The particle you thought was a bare muon is actually a muon plus a cloud of other things that appear spontaneously,” said Chris Polly, another leader of the Fermilab Muon g-2 experiment. “They change the magnetic moment.”….
“A muon constantly emits and reabsorbs temporary “virtual: particles. This entourage affects the muon’s magnetic moment, or how much torque it feels while moving through a magnetic field.”
One-Photon correction: “The simplest scenario occurs when a muon emits and reabsorbs a virtual photon. This is the most common possibility, so it has the largest effect on the muon’s magnetic moment.”
(As often occurs in real science, a counter theory has been offered.)
From Muon g-2 Experiment at Fermilab Finds Hint of New Particles | Quanta Magazine by NATALIE WOLCHOVE
I’VE NEVER – a reblog
Published March 30, 2021 by Nan MykelI’ve Never
I have never encountered racial and ethnic insensitivity in my graduate program. . .
. . . except when a professor talked about how Asian students are not fit for philosophy.
. . . except when students have asked me (more than once) to please tell them where I am from, because they “just cannot figure it out.”
. . . except when a student joked in the middle of class about me not having immigration papers.
. . . except when I had faculty member in a private meeting bluntly say that if I want to get a job I needed to specialize in Latin American philosophy. I do nothing of the sort. I work within M&E.
I love philosophy, but sometimes these little things are really, really annoying.PHILSTRUGGLEASIAN AMERICAN, GRAD SCHOOL, LATINA/O AMERICAN
Sorry- Having great difficulty traversing the two editors. The above originally appeared in the 2015 beingaphilosopherofcolor@wordpress,com
I want to ask a question: While eating at a church free luncheon on a university campus I found myself sharing a table with two black men who were presumably students. I did not want to insult them but I was curious what country they were from. Now, that could have been taken as rude and prejudiced, whereas I just hoped for a little friendly dialogue. They told the country and we ended up by them proudly showing a smart phone photo collection of their family back home. What should I say or not have said to start the conversation?
THE THRILL
Published March 30, 2021 by Nan Mykel
Who was that masked man waiting
one line over at the grocery?
He looked familiar.
He turned and she thought he smiled.
“Hello, Agnes!”
“Oh it’s you. Alister! Hello.”
“Had your second shot yet?”
“Yes…And you?” His line moved,
their pleasantries at an end.
While waiting for her On Demand
ride she froze. Had she greeted her
old friend by the wrong name?
Was he too polite to correct
her? What must he think? That she had
forgotten their halcyon tryst?
Why had she called him Alister?
Alister was her second cousin,
not this handsome old devil.
At least she thought this one was
handsome, she couldn’t tell. Agnes
smiled. And he remembered her…
Nan
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