DocWard

A bit risky maybe, but: Igot D. Shaft

He landed with Canadian troops on D-Day, and after fighting through the day, was shot by a nervous sentry after having a cigarette. One bullet was deflected by a cigarette case given to him by his brother. Here is what makes him a hero in my book:

Someone at our office gave that puzzle as a gift at our office Christmas party last year. It's actually much bigger.

Negative there, Skippy!

I saw that! I thought the spin move was impressive, then that. I was glad for the replay because it didn't quite register at first.

One was enough. Actually, I think one is more believable. Still impressed by him.

Jack Elam staying in character is impressive to me!

Congratulations to you both!

Easy, just remove the reference to "the Hegelian Dialectic," and leave the remainder. Point made, problem solved!

Hegel was generally thinking of logic, and was using the dialectic process to work toward what I will call "truths" by reconciling the thesis and antithesis. On the other hand, I would proffer that colleges and the professors that push a communist perspective do so as Marx and Engels did. They have an endpoint in mind, and use the process to get where they want to be.

It's not that they didn't get it detailed, they got it wrong.

That would be the Marx and Engels approach, not Hegel.

That is not the Hegelian Dialectic as I learned it way back when in college philosophy class. I mean, maybe if you squint one eye and close the other, and cant your head to the side, it might kind of, sort of, almost resemble the Hegelian Dialectic, but it is a stretch. At its very simplest, there are premises. One is a "thesis," or positive statement, and an "antithesis," or a negative statement contradicting the first. Unlike Plato and others, who would discard both, Hegel asserted a third option, "synthesis," which reconciles the two premises creating a new "higher truth." If we take the synthesis as the new thesis, this can go on ad infinitum. Hegel applied the dialectic process to both logic and things such as understanding the consciousness. This brief explanation doesn't really do the process justice, but it gets the point across. It is perhaps interesting to note that Marx and Engels were critical of Hegel and his philosophy, but essentially used it to say that in the contest between capitalism and socialism (thesis & antithesis) the result would be communism, hence ending the need for further dialectic. Again, they were more in depth, but the above is probably closer to their thoughts than Hegel's.

Everything from Star Trek to Mr. Mom, and definitely don't leave out Young Frankenstein! Very sad news.

I had a history professor who was rather fond of using William’s earlier name. It is also worth noting that Harold and his men won a hard fought battle at Stamford Bridge, then essentially force marched to Hastings to fight William. It is entirely possible that they were tired and beat up from the ordeal.

I will keep Mike, you and family in my thoughts and meditations.

Quite the day in history. A day of underdogs fighting against overwhelming odds. And sometimes winning! Agincourt, Balaclava, the Battle off Samar. All worthy of remembering.

Remember 34 years of "horrifically bad ideas?"

One of the biggest! She had a couple of bobbles in the finals that caused her to place low, but overall it was still a solid ride on her part. If I had to guess, and it is purely a guess since I didn't want to rain on her accomplishment, it was part her getting cut off by one horse, part fatigue, and part her riding through pain. Since an injury a couple of years back she deals with what is called Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS) in her left foot. I don't really understand it, but it is a constant pain that can go from it simply hurts to agonizing. After her injury and that diagnosis, I questioned whether she would ride again, let alone show, so from my perspective this is an even bigger deal. I couldn't be more proud of my wife!

Brag, that is. But at the slight risk of annoying my wife, I would like to brag on her a little. This evening I got to watch AB ride in and make the finals in Level 1 Amateur Select Western Pleasure at the All American Quarter Horse Congress. Many aren't aware of the dedication she has shown, the perseverance and literal blood, sweat and tears. She has overcome misfortune, health issues (hers and those of her horse) and stuck with it because she is passionate about it. Of course, she has had the good fortune of having a top notch trainer in Brent Tincher, who has been there through all the challenges. So, congrats to my wife! Oh yeah, she also got another puppy. I told her it was a horrifically bad idea, and she said something about following through on those for nearly 34 years now. I didn't have any response...

I don’t play music when I’m working on my martial arts.

My bet would be Delta will be doing damage control quickly on this one.

Kind of the point

Most definitely.