tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2548010454583144284.post1922973854843811924..comments2023-06-14T06:17:27.052-05:00Comments on Brand of Make Believe: Do As The Rumen Do (When In Rume)Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15840330115866846549noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2548010454583144284.post-28106282366538769072009-10-11T19:08:06.801-05:002009-10-11T19:08:06.801-05:00I know what you mean. On the one hand, my mind wan...I know what you mean. On the one hand, my mind wants to almost celebrate the fact of "no shortcuts." But my body... oh yeah, my body craves things, ease, and shortcuts. My unthinking moments, are not my proudest. But are they my most pleasurable? Sometimes, but not always. <br /><br />Some folks say what kills you is having to get out of bed everyday. <br /><br />I think your right about the pills. Even surgery that reduces the size of your stomach has huge implications to your metabolism, in a bad way. Your become acidic... you get sick. So you can get skinny. <br /><br />Natures route of minimal entropy seems quite astonishing to me. That it is so consistently a sign of life, and yet so contrary to business as usual in the universe... so strange.<br /><br />Garbage can be burned for fuel. It can be eaten by microbes for methane. It can be composted to increase the fertility of soil, and therefore decrease the expenditure of petroleum derived fertilizers, and increase yield (energetically a net gain.) Garbage, best of all, can be dumped in the middle of the town square to show us who we really are. I think that would fuel a fire of sorts. <br />I'm taking my bike too. Sometimes.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15840330115866846549noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2548010454583144284.post-29714199037386876312009-10-10T13:49:15.543-05:002009-10-10T13:49:15.543-05:00Yes, the ancient problem of turning stone into gol...Yes, the ancient problem of turning stone into gold. I think the problem lies in the horrible fact that there are no short cuts. Humans always use tons of energy trying find short cuts to everything I think. I do, at least. I have used up so much energy myself (teasingly much) trying to devise some. A - B; how in the heck are we going to get there without having to climb the mountain in the way? <br /><br />There are not (and I believe, never will be) functioning weight reducing pills which transform the fat person to a slim one in a easy way. Entropy. Nature has long ago devised ways for life press forward with a minimum of entropy, and she is hell no letting anyone go anywhere without using this "route of minimal entropy". I may be absolutely wrong. Let's hope someone finds a way to converse garbage into fuel. Until then, I'm taking by bicycle.Anders Enochssonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05971413442536196199noreply@blogger.com