8/25/03
Hmm.... Newt's not as fond of my "crest whitening mint breath" as he is of my prior plain ol' "tartar control mint breath", but he still digs Mr. Minty-floss. I get some, and he gets his own fresh piece of waxy-string to bat around, too. It's no mean feat to perform both proper oral hygiene and play with the cat at the same time.
I'm noticing some weight loss already, in that this morning's meeting clothes are fitting better. I'm going to pick up that silver Ganesh for my brother if it's still there this morning, and if the price is right. I'm liable to grab one of those didgeridoos too. (One of the folks there thought they might be some sort of huge bongs... pretty heavy duty sort, if that were the case!)
Glad to see back, safe and sound, and posting again, too.
The Law & Order Coloring and Activity book. I'm impressed.
Frustrated Austrian highway authorities, unable to reduce the accident rate on a particular stretch of autobahn any other way, have turned to local druids to erect stone monoliths to re-establish the natural flow of "earth energy" and bring the area back into spiritual harmony.
So far, it seems to be working. Read the Sydney Morning Herald story for all the details.
Druids have been brought in to reduce the number of accidents on Austria's worst stretch of autobahn.
The Druids have put up huge roadside monoliths to restore the natural flow of "earth energy". After the one tonne pillars of white quartz were erected beside a notorious stretch of road during a secret two-year trial, the number of fatal accidents fell from an average of six a year to zero.
Gerald Knobloch, who describes himself as an archdruid, used a divining rod to inspect the 275-metre stretch of the A9 in Styria and restore "earth energy lines".
"I located dangerous elements that had disrupted the energy flow," he said. "The worst was a river which human interference had forced to flow against its natural direction. By erecting two stones of quartz at the side of the road the energy lines were restored."
The pillars had a similar function to acupuncture, he said. "Acupuncture needles also restore broken energy lines. What acupuncture does for the body, the stones do for the environment."
Harald Dirnbacher, an engineer from the motorway authority, admitted that they turned to Mr Knobloch as a last resort.
"We had put up signs to reduce speed, renewed the road surface and made bends more secure but we still kept getting accidents," he said. "At that point we couldn't think of anything else to do and decided we might as well try anything.
"I admit when we first looked at it [energy lines] we were doubtful. We didn't want people to know in case they laughed at us, so we kept the trial secret and small-scale. But it was really an amazing turnaround."
Scientists are skeptical of the claims. "Natural sciences need evidence. Whatever can't be measured, does not exist," said Georg Walach, a geophysics professor at Leoben University in southern Austria. "These energy lines and their flow cannot be grasped or measured, and their existence is therefore rejected by scientists." But the motorway authorities are extending the Druids' role across the country, paying them about $A6300 for each investigation - a fraction of the cost of resurfacing a road.
Poor science at the end there. True scientists reject nothing, but toss stuff on the "unknown, to be researched by gathering data and reproducing results" pile. I certainly doubt ley lines, but doubting and rejecting something untested out of hand is simply not science either. Effects and trends can surely be measured, all other things being equal. Heck, I wonder if people just slowing down to look at the cool huge stone monoliths reduced the accident rate?
a year ago - heroclix improvised weapons, deadly toys, poemtag,
2 years ago - pirate joke, selectivity, amor, warning label poll
3 years ago - aliens operate on my body, rhymes, colors, stevie
115 years ago-
Hmm.... Newt's not as fond of my "crest whitening mint breath" as he is of my prior plain ol' "tartar control mint breath", but he still digs Mr. Minty-floss. I get some, and he gets his own fresh piece of waxy-string to bat around, too. It's no mean feat to perform both proper oral hygiene and play with the cat at the same time.
I'm noticing some weight loss already, in that this morning's meeting clothes are fitting better. I'm going to pick up that silver Ganesh for my brother if it's still there this morning, and if the price is right. I'm liable to grab one of those didgeridoos too. (One of the folks there thought they might be some sort of huge bongs... pretty heavy duty sort, if that were the case!)
Glad to see
The Law & Order Coloring and Activity book. I'm impressed.
Frustrated Austrian highway authorities, unable to reduce the accident rate on a particular stretch of autobahn any other way, have turned to local druids to erect stone monoliths to re-establish the natural flow of "earth energy" and bring the area back into spiritual harmony.
So far, it seems to be working. Read the Sydney Morning Herald story for all the details.
Druids have been brought in to reduce the number of accidents on Austria's worst stretch of autobahn.
The Druids have put up huge roadside monoliths to restore the natural flow of "earth energy". After the one tonne pillars of white quartz were erected beside a notorious stretch of road during a secret two-year trial, the number of fatal accidents fell from an average of six a year to zero.
Gerald Knobloch, who describes himself as an archdruid, used a divining rod to inspect the 275-metre stretch of the A9 in Styria and restore "earth energy lines".
"I located dangerous elements that had disrupted the energy flow," he said. "The worst was a river which human interference had forced to flow against its natural direction. By erecting two stones of quartz at the side of the road the energy lines were restored."
The pillars had a similar function to acupuncture, he said. "Acupuncture needles also restore broken energy lines. What acupuncture does for the body, the stones do for the environment."
Harald Dirnbacher, an engineer from the motorway authority, admitted that they turned to Mr Knobloch as a last resort.
"We had put up signs to reduce speed, renewed the road surface and made bends more secure but we still kept getting accidents," he said. "At that point we couldn't think of anything else to do and decided we might as well try anything.
"I admit when we first looked at it [energy lines] we were doubtful. We didn't want people to know in case they laughed at us, so we kept the trial secret and small-scale. But it was really an amazing turnaround."
Scientists are skeptical of the claims. "Natural sciences need evidence. Whatever can't be measured, does not exist," said Georg Walach, a geophysics professor at Leoben University in southern Austria. "These energy lines and their flow cannot be grasped or measured, and their existence is therefore rejected by scientists." But the motorway authorities are extending the Druids' role across the country, paying them about $A6300 for each investigation - a fraction of the cost of resurfacing a road.
Poor science at the end there. True scientists reject nothing, but toss stuff on the "unknown, to be researched by gathering data and reproducing results" pile. I certainly doubt ley lines, but doubting and rejecting something untested out of hand is simply not science either. Effects and trends can surely be measured, all other things being equal. Heck, I wonder if people just slowing down to look at the cool huge stone monoliths reduced the accident rate?
a year ago - heroclix improvised weapons, deadly toys, poemtag,
2 years ago - pirate joke, selectivity, amor, warning label poll
3 years ago - aliens operate on my body, rhymes, colors, stevie
115 years ago-
A plant grows in Mexteca, Mexico, which the natives call the "herb of prophecy." A dose of it produces sleep similar in all respects to the hypnotic state. The subject answers with closed eyes all questions that are put to him, and is completely insensible. The pathologic state brings with it a kind of prophetic gift and double sight. Furthermore he loses his will and is completely under the control of another. On returning to himself he remembers nothing of what he has done.
-Excelsior Cottager, August 25, 1888
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