what am i thinking?

[solarbird]

Edited to add thoughts on a LOST hypothesis below.

See, now, I think Morning Glory is pretty. A lot of people dislike it because it's, well, it's kind of a problem - it grows too well and is called "bindweed" for a reason - but I really like the flowers. Sure, they're single-colour - white - but it's not as simple as all that, if you look. For example, c'mon, how can you not like this flower?


Unholy Alliance

I took that one along the walk to the shops. Here's another picture on the same walk, just for lyonesse - we've seen a lot of these recently, so even though this particular shot is a couple of weeks old, it's still current:


Nothing To See Here, Move Along

I also found a couple of opportunities for desktop pictures. Here's one I rather like:



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I saw some leaves on Thursday that were the most astounding set of reds and orange and yellow - all in a single leaf. They were just maple leaves, but with a richness of colour you rarely see. Sadly, spazzkat has his camera with him, so I didn't have it with me and couldn't take a picture. Hopefully there will still be some examples when he gets back!

Thursday's miles: 2.5
Friday's token: 0.2
Saturday's miles: 2.5
Miles out of Hobbiton: 479.0
Miles out of Rivendell: 19.2
Miles to Lothlórien: 447.2

A hypothesis about LOST: I think they were trying to change luck. spazzkat has argued for a while that the crux of any paraphysics actually present in the show was probability; I like that theory a lot and am building on it. But it's not just that they were trying to change luck; it's how they were trying to change luck.

I think they were trying to change luck so that behaviour they saw as good would be sporadically rewarded by the universe itself, in the form of luck. That "good behaviour" - probably collectivist/utopianist, from what we see of their background - would affect your dharma in rewarding ways (hence the B.F. Skinner tie), and "bad" actions would affect it negatively. In effect, they were making karma real, in order to change behaviour, using distributed Skinner-compatible reward methodologies.

I think the "incident," accordingly, was this going wrong. But that leads to another question: was it wrong, per se'? Or was it what their industrialist backer wanted? Or was there a conflict of goals that lead to some form of unpredicted probability damage? It seems unlikely to me that a European industrialist would have the same goals as a couple of New Left hippie social collectivists, regardless - and that conflict would be a very 70s plot, as well, which fits.

I suspect that they tried to execute their plan, and broke something. Possibly badly. And that the film, and the station, and the procedures it describes, have been a continuing mitigation factor to try to minimise the damage - or to hold the damage's probability wave back, to fence it in, to keep it from doing... whatever it wanted to do.

I also note for possible historical support that Western European democratic socialism started falling apart at about the same time as the "incident" mentioned in the film.

Your Hair Should Be Orange

Expressive, deep, and one of a kind. You pull off "weird" well - hardly anyone notices.

What's Your Funky Inner Hair Color?

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I like that last shot.

Autumn color gnomons..

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The leaves haven't really started to change colors here(Kentucky)just yet-My yard is mostly blackberry bushes and morning glories,with a few remnants of a grape arbor. Plus some sheet stainless steel salvaged a decade ago. I mow my yard-occassionally. Enough to keep the city off my case. Some may say my yard is unkempt-I prefer to think of it as having a greater surface area for photosythesis,producing more oxygen than a well manicured one. I like the blackberries,the morning glories cover the rusty 50 year old fence,and the grape arbor still produces a few grapes...Scott