Full Moon Madness

Top 43. Oct 1, 1998 4:36 AM

» Daffyclay - Carol, My apologies for missing the one real gardening refere

Carol,

My apologies for missing the one real gardening reference. I must also confess that I no longer read. I gather information and facts. It's horrid, I know, but every since law school where I had to review and be prepared to discuss as high as 150 cases between assignment on Tuesday and the next class on Thursday, it has ruined my reading habits. I now go through a Tom Clancey Novel in two hours, and have been known to finish off a Reader's Digest in 1.5 hours.

Feng Shui I seemed to have missed when I spent the bigger part of five years in the Orient when on active duty. I am familiar with many of their customs and ways of life. Thanks for the link. I found it amusingly interesting. (Awkward choice of words on my part) Keep the spit balls coming professor - they keep me awake.

Clay Higgins, Editor: Clay's Daffodils

claydlp@juno.com

-- posted by Daffyclay

Top 44. Oct 1, 1998 3:51 PM

» Carol Wallace - I'm afraid I'm a skim-reader, too, Clay. One of my favorite stor

I'm afraid I'm a skim-reader, too, Clay. One of my favorite stories is about how once, in school, I realized that I was supposed to have read War and Peace the day before the assignment was due. I almost got it done - I read Peace and really skimmed War. ;-)

How could you possible discuss 150 cases in a class? I'm lucky if my classes get through 8 or less! Unless your law classes were all day seminars. <img src="http://www.suite101.com/userfiles/79/rhubarb.gif" alt="rheum" align=left>

Carol
virtually gardening

-- posted by Carol Wallace

Top 45. Oct 5, 1998 5:22 AM

» Daffyclay - Carol, You asked how could I possibly discuss 150 cases in cl

Carol,

You asked how could I possibly discuss 150 cases in class. I couldn't, but the catch was that if you were called upon, you had to discuss the case the professor was using to demonstrate a point of law.

Now the real facts,is that you didn't always know the points, . . . but, as the old professor said, the difference between an undergraduate and a graduate student is, when called on and he doesn't know the, undergraduate will simply state, "I don't know professor." However, the graduate student will stand and give a 15 minute monolog on the subject." That usually will bring a response from the professor, "that was a nice speach, don't know if it had anything to do with the subject question, however, a fine speach indeed."

So there were times when I was called upon that I made a fine speach . . . .

Clay Higgins, Editor: Clay's Daffodils

claydlp@juno.com

-- posted by Daffyclay

Top 46. Oct 5, 1998 5:40 AM

» Daffyclay - By the way Carol, I did get your pun when you said you read peac

By the way Carol, I did get your pun when you said you read peace and skimmed through war. . . .

I wish I had skimmed war, instead of experiencing it.

Clay Higgins, Editor: Clay's Daffodils

claydlp@juno.com

-- posted by Daffyclay

Top 47. Oct 5, 1998 6:38 PM

» LadyB - Well, gang.....by the light of the proverbial silvery MOON here.

Well, gang.....by the light of the proverbial silvery MOON here.......my niece is due to have her second child just ANY MINUTE NOW and my sister told me that Becky was having contractions every 3 minutes YESTERDAY. At this point with everyone predicting the Full Moon would DO it, her grandaddy chimed in saying:
"She's not going to have it ON THE MOON, she's going to have it IN BED!" (He may have a point there.....)

Lady B, Weeds and Wild Things Cold Spring, New York

-- posted by LadyB

Top 48. Oct 6, 1998 5:04 PM

» Carol Wallace - Clay, I wasn't really a law student - I was a Ph.D. student who

Clay, I wasn't really a law student - I was a Ph.D. student who was allowed to take law classes by special arrangements. That means I missed most of the basics about studying law. I can remember sitting around all night reading cases, then rereading them with my morning coffee hoping that something would sink in. I finally realized that I was all worried about the facts of the case when what I reallyneeded was to extract the tests, rules and precedents. After that it was a snap! But now that you mention it, the night's reading probably *did* cover 150 or more cases.

I was pretty excited when I finally caught on enough to be able to get up and make fine speeches of my own! ;-) <img src="http://www.suite101.com/userfiles/79/rhubarb.gif" alt="rheum" align=left>

Carol
virtually gardening

-- posted by Carol Wallace

Top 49. Oct 7, 1998 4:09 AM

» Daffyclay - Carol, I was a law student while working full time. I couldn'

Carol,

I was a law student while working full time. I couldn't do it, and after a few years converted to a MS Criminial Justice with a concentration in Criminal Law.

Clay Higgins, Editor: Clay's Daffodils

claydlp@juno.com

-- posted by Daffyclay

Top 50. Nov 17, 1999 4:44 PM

» max_read - The "scientific study" you cite

is flawed. Any one who groups motorcycle accidents together with non - perception accidents in evaluating full - moon affect needs to conceptualize better. I'd love to see the actual data. Good article and I like the comment on Feng Shui. I Ching is frequently criticized by those who don't realize it is called an Oracle but was designed by a manager to help managers. Sort of the "Management in 64 Kuas" instead of five minutes. Reading random thoughts that attempt to describe the various events possible in generalized ways forces people to think metaphorically. I used to be criticized when "reasoning by analogy." At least I was reasoning; at the very least the same can be said about Feng Shui, and it is a practice several millenia old.

-- posted by max_read

Top 51. Apr 11, 2001 11:44 AM

» rodney420bso - Re: Well, gang.....by the light of the proverbial silvery MOON h

In response to message posted by LadyB:

wow thats not really amazing. Having kids suck

-- posted by rodney420bso