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May I be the doctor and the medicine
And may I be the nurse
For all sick beings in the world
Til everyone is healed.
May a rain of food and drink descend
To clear away the pain of thirst and hunger And during the aeons of famine May I myself change into food and drink.
Just like space And the great elements such as earth, May I always support the life Of all the boundless creatures.
(The theory of mouth and bodhisattva)
All people have the heart which cannot bear to see the sufferings of others. (Mencius)
It's that time of year to listen to the most beautiful part of Symphony No. 5 and NOT cry.
LOL. For some reason the notion of arthropods having a lot of shoes will never stop amusing me.
Is it more of a US thing I wonder? It always felt like a "joke for the grown ups" that now, being grown up I still don't really get.
At last a sensible answer.
"... trying to reconcile a prophecy that the messiah would be born in Bethlehem with another prophecy that he would be from Nazareth."
I have heard this too. But when I've tried to find out more there are so many People With Agendas in the mix I kind of give up trying to learn anything of consequence.
So, I focus more on what people remember about the story. Because I think we latch on to things that make sense, that keep such stories alive.
I'm confused about no one wanting to bring a pregnant woman inside if she's about to pop off.
I'm thinking the logistics of putting earbuds on cats is why this has not been done.
I went to church enough that I think this ought to be correct, however, I've been very wrong about these things in the past (with confidence) when working from memory.
My understanding was that everyone needed to go home because the Romans were doing a census so they could count all the people and collect taxes, so they were trying to get home in time but didn't quite make it.
Without looking it up can you remember *why* Mary and Joseph were traveling when she was so pregnant? Why didn't they have a place to stay?
If you can't remember or never knew give your best guess. (I'm curious about the stories that live in people's heads as much as the ones that were written down.)
It would be very hard to make Velcro at that scale... but not impossible I think.
Ants could use human Velcro to make necklace clasps.
Honestly if I had to put on that many shoes I might not leave the house most days. Two is more than enough.
Victorian ants wore six-button black boots: that is *thirty-six* buttons to do up just to get ready to go out.
The modern ant loves her sensible trainers, but they are very squeaky.
I'm living in a surveillance state.
I’m being monitored. #picathecat
For "ears back" angry yes I think that's established.
But could they use ears to say "look over there?"
Biology experimental design challenge:
Question: Do cats notice the orientation of the ears of other cats or animals? Can they use this as a cue to locate prey or items of interest? (eg a toy)
Cats can turn their ears to listen directionality. Their ears are very large. Could cats notice the orientation of the ears of other cats or creatures that can angle their ears and use this to locate an item of interest?
Why does my little house cat look like she has the most weighty questions of the world resting on her shoulders?
What does she get up to on her own time???
"isn't it funny the woman journalist thinks she's doing real journalism ho ho ho how amusing. etc."