tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5558726.post112475198479112490..comments2024-02-20T17:40:21.618-05:00Comments on jeremy freese's weblog: keel overjeremyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12755662766163119607noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5558726.post-1124904068464025792005-08-24T13:21:00.000-04:002005-08-24T13:21:00.000-04:00Jeremy, I'm surprised to hear that you have troubl...Jeremy, I'm surprised to hear that you have trouble keeping up. I thought that -- of the 7 deadly sins -- lust beat out gluttony for you. Maybe the diet has skewed things.Tonyahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10156140761362996117noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5558726.post-1124829735592243342005-08-23T16:42:00.000-04:002005-08-23T16:42:00.000-04:00Ang: Thanks, of course. Sorry!Tonya: Sometimes ...Ang: Thanks, of course. Sorry!<BR/><BR/>Tonya: Sometimes it's hard to keep up with all your entendres. Even more so than the dining room furniture dance moves you were showing off yesterday.jeremyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12755662766163119607noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5558726.post-1124829471995107062005-08-23T16:37:00.000-04:002005-08-23T16:37:00.000-04:00Yeah, Dorotha/Tonya: thanks. Ang, you can go strai...Yeah, Dorotha/Tonya: thanks. Ang, you can go straight to hell.Anghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07005514932002735616noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5558726.post-1124826048195309702005-08-23T15:40:00.000-04:002005-08-23T15:40:00.000-04:00We may not be talking about the same type of cooki...We may not be talking about the same type of cookies. If we are, then that was some first class flight you were on!Tonyahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10156140761362996117noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5558726.post-1124823246848593412005-08-23T14:54:00.000-04:002005-08-23T14:54:00.000-04:00Dorotha/Tonya: Thanks. Incidentally, I had my fi...Dorotha/Tonya: Thanks. Incidentally, I had my first cookie in many weeks on my accidental first class flight from Boston to Chicago on Saturday.jeremyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12755662766163119607noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5558726.post-1124817289717625622005-08-23T13:14:00.000-04:002005-08-23T13:14:00.000-04:00Dorotha is right. Not everyone is making out and ...Dorotha is right. Not everyone is making out and eating cookies. Some of us are making out and eating chocolate. <BR/><BR/>Really, I do think it's important to try and to take risks. There are four magnets on my frigde with quotes on them. They are:<BR/><BR/><I>in the long run we only hit what we aim at </I>(thoreau)<BR/><BR/><I>never, never, never give up</I> (winston churchill)<BR/><BR/><I>always make new mistakes </I>(esther dyson)<BR/><BR/><I>in the middle of difficulty lies opportunity </I>(albert einstein)<BR/><BR/>My friends laughed at me when I bought those magnets. They laughed right in my face. But, I see those magnets every time I open my fridge and they remind me to resist my natural inclination to be timid and shy. It helps too that (like you) I have a new attitude toward life. Mine was prompted by a midlife crisis, rather than by getting tenure, but still a new attitude can be helpful in putting aside one's fears about failure and rejection. <BR/><BR/>Besides, if you don't take chances, you may never get a chance to eat those cookies.Tonyahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10156140761362996117noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5558726.post-1124810224974826232005-08-23T11:17:00.000-04:002005-08-23T11:17:00.000-04:00you just told me, in person, to comment on your bl...you just told me, in person, to comment on your blog about this. i already spoke to you, in person, about this very topic (except without the sports metaphor). anyway, to repeat myself for your public, trying is very brave and very scary and an end in itself. <BR/><BR/>remember: everyone is <I>not</I> making out and eating cookies. it just seems that way.dorothahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11612428988803385580noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5558726.post-1124809764398753802005-08-23T11:09:00.000-04:002005-08-23T11:09:00.000-04:00Not to burst your bubble but I am certain that at ...Not to burst your bubble but I am certain that at the time of the play there was really no concious thought involved. It was a matter of instinct and reaction.<BR/><BR/>Still, the receiver had trained himself to have the instinct to always try, even when it appeared hopeless and he was going to get popped, so he deserves credit for training himself.<BR/><BR/>TrippAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5558726.post-1124807715942942302005-08-23T10:35:00.000-04:002005-08-23T10:35:00.000-04:00I agree wholeheartedly that there is something exh...I agree wholeheartedly that there is something exhilarating about making the decision to willfully go down swinging and then going ahead and doing it.jeremyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12755662766163119607noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5558726.post-1124801963919803782005-08-23T08:59:00.000-04:002005-08-23T08:59:00.000-04:00a little like coleman's notion of "zeal" in founda...a little like coleman's notion of "zeal" in foundations? (1) fun "problem" to study in choice and learning theory (a characteristic of persons or groups or situations?); (2) fun to enact -- to willfully "go down swinging" can be absurdly liberating. A friend once said with utter conviction (and a far-away smile), "Bring the car around. I'm going to be hurt real bad in about 8 minutes." Turned out bad, but not *real* bad...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5558726.post-1124772549222974132005-08-23T00:49:00.000-04:002005-08-23T00:49:00.000-04:00Anon 7:49pm: One should never underestimate my cap...Anon 7:49pm: One should never underestimate my capacity for sappiness.jeremyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12755662766163119607noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5558726.post-1124765765605278452005-08-22T22:56:00.000-04:002005-08-22T22:56:00.000-04:00I agree with Ang. J, dust yourself off, readjust y...I agree with Ang. J, dust yourself off, readjust your pads, and line up again...the next play is being called and it's coming your way.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5558726.post-1124760022661003052005-08-22T21:20:00.000-04:002005-08-22T21:20:00.000-04:00Well duh.Well duh.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5558726.post-1124758171368651232005-08-22T20:49:00.000-04:002005-08-22T20:49:00.000-04:00Is that metaphor for something current in your lif...Is that metaphor for something current in your life, or are you just a sap?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5558726.post-1124753915499453142005-08-22T19:38:00.000-04:002005-08-22T19:38:00.000-04:00It is admirable to make yourself vulnerable in ord...It is admirable to make yourself vulnerable in order to at least try to get the glory. And yeah, the guy got smashed to bits and didn't catch the ball. So it didn't work out this time. But if you never <I>try</I> to catch it, you never <I>will</I> catch it, it's as simple as that.Anghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07005514932002735616noreply@blogger.com