Re: second part Re: misc and parents, etc...   
     By: Nancy Backus to Damon A. Getsman on Sat Jun 27 2015 18:24:32   
      
    NB> I doubt any of us would become the Buddha... but learning how to manage   
    NB> the insecurities is probably useful enough... :)   
      
     Well doubting it may be the most prodent course of action, but as an aspiring   
   Buddhist I'm gonna go for the whole 9 yards here.  ;)   
      
    NB> Progress continues, though slowly...  She always has been slow at   
    NB> bouncing back, anyway...  Now we just have to figure out how we are   
    NB> going to manage her care when we go camping as an extended family...   
    NB> some will be in tents, some in cabins, so at least we aren't going to   
    NB> have to worry about how to deal with her in a tent...   But there are   
    NB> a few other logistics still to work out... :)   
      
     Things slow as we get older, too.  Not a whole much that can be done about   
   that except keeping the factors ideal that really matter.  Definitely sounds   
   like a good idea to keep her in one of the more plush areas.   
      
    DAG>> find meaningful myself.  Those media seem to be the equivalent of   
    DAG>> background static to me these days.  I find more and more that I'm   
    NB> From what I've seen, there's not a lot of meaningful content... even   
    NB> when meaningful things are being shared...    
      
     Very true.  Except when something like Ferguson pops up.  Then you've got a   
   horde of people that are managing to do a really good job of getting the   
   stories out that the mass media are ignoring, or at least doing their best to   
   be distracted from.  Some of that stuff I really value.  But the everyday   
   content that used to be so nice and shiny to me a few years back...  It's just   
   rough, tarnished sand to me now.  I don't know what to do with it, and I don't   
   really have enough interest to care.  I'm much more interested in meeting IRL   
   people, and not having to wade through a ton of memes and other foolish crap   
   before I get there.   
      
    DAG>> my 'cantankerous a-hole' quota of the day with just a couple of   
    DAG>> keystrokes, too.  ;)   
    NB> As long as you do it in the appropriate echoes...  ;)   
      
     Oh well I've gotten into the fray before, but I try not to do anything like   
   that any more.  I say my 'cantankerous a-hole' quota of the day because for   
   some reason really cranky folks put a smile on my face sometimes, as long as I   
   have a little bit of room to get away from them.  So at this phase in my life   
   it's really more of just watching someone else chuck the hornet's nest around,   
   rather than doing it myself.   
      
    NB> You might be just a bit cynical there... but I've seen the same thing,   
    NB> actually...  :)  It's still possible to meet one's neighbors in person,   
    NB> but it takes more effort, and people aren't nearly so much in evidence   
    NB> as one walks down the street anymore, either...    
      
     Social media has done a lot of wonderful things, especially making it easier   
   to stay in touch with relatives and the like.  At the same time, it's made it   
   easier to 'think' that you're in all the communication with them that matters,   
   when really a few words on a keyboard don't have an ounce on spending a few   
   hours with someone in person.  We're losing the art of conversation with some   
   people that've been too isolated in these environments, and I think isolation   
   as a whole is definitely up on the rise, at least in the more developed   
   countries, because all they need is their facebook now.   
      
     Sorry, it's been a busy and stressful few weeks.  I know I've still got a   
   horde more than I'm waiting on replying to.  Hopefully I can get to them soon   
   here.   
      
     -D   
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