Comments on: 274th Friday Blog Roundup

By: lynn @ human, being

lynn @ human, being — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 22:22:13 +0000

No pee snow here. Unless the only other option was drinking my own pee. ew.

But snow ice cream for sure. Your kids will love it.

In Denver, any time it snows TV weather people predict Snomageddon to the point that I’ve stopped paying attention at all. With rare exception, the storm turns out to be not much.

I hope your No Bickering rule lasts until the snow melts!

By: Tireegal

Tireegal — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 17:19:47 +0000

Your snowmaggedon prep sounds so fun! Can I come over and play? Your children sound so wise and funny and whimsical. Not sure about the yellow snow just yet:)

By: coffeegrl

coffeegrl — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 10:26:52 +0000

Once again, I’ll miss the chance to win a fabulous Purim gift basket but all of those things sound luscious and I suppose I might be motivated enough to try to bake something on my own here.

Your gift of a movie for Josh cracked me up!

I think I’d pass on the snow with pee. Mostly because right now I’m feeling like external means of guaranteeing me that state of mind aren’t required (there have been times in the past when it would have been tempting though!).

By: Bea

Bea — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 01:53:45 +0000

Oh, and the winning games philosophy is interesting, too, and brings a similar debate. I think it depends a bit how it’s done. It can be understood as an act of indulgence, kind of like giving someone a gift for their birthday (ie not because they deserve the gift, but because they are and because they are loved).

My grandparents and father used to let us win sometimes (and we were beaten sometimes) but we were always aware it wasn’t real, but part of the play. It made it fun to muck around with games that were too old for us to play properly (especially important with an age spread of 5 yrs between oldest and youngest for the sake of sharing and peace) and we had the opportunity to practice rules and strategy so definitely learnt something along the way. And I think it taught us the zen of playing to play, too, especially when we played with younger siblings/cousins/miscellaneous beginners and we had to let them win a bit, just like we’d been allowed to win a bit.

Bea

By: Bea

Bea — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 01:42:15 +0000

Dog pee. Sometimes, your mind is kind of strange.

The reason I am equivocating is not because of the pee. I wouldn’t get sick and the snow would water it down and freeze my taste buds, also, probably slow the evaporation of ammonia so it wouldn’t smell so rancid during the ordeal. So a bit gross, but whatever.

What gets me more is that it would be a mental state produced by a sort of drug, I guess you could say, and I am all for taking psychiatric medications as needed, and the odd spot of wine or chocolate for the feelgood factor in moderation, but I’m not sure I would take a whole, straight, consecutive year’s worth of something I didn’t need, even if it was going to be pleasant. Kind of empty. Don’t you think?

Bea

By: Billy

Billy — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 22:47:32 +0000

When we were kids we liked (hmmmmm… I suppose I still do..) to munch on the sour stalk of this flower, that the folk tale was that it is sour since dogs pee on it. It never bothered us.. And there was no happiness involved in chewing that stalk.. So I guess if you are now going to give me happiness for drinking dog pee, yeah I’ll take it! (oh, and thanks for not letting me know whose dog pee it is, I think I would rather not know..).

By: Jamie

Jamie — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 12:35:41 +0000

I think it’s admirable Wolvog ~wanted~ to play chess. I’m 32 and I can’t bring myself to try and learn the rules! Of course I do remember the day when you thought you were entitled to win every game you played. Games were much more fun back then.

I would drink happy pee in a heartbeat. Even if it was just a state of mind. Sometimes I think that is all happiness it. Everyone has life problems and some are better and not freaking out over what they can’t control and just being happy with their blessings. I’m not naturally one of those people. So if snow pee would help, I’d be all over it!

By: Battynurse

Battynurse — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 05:12:52 +0000

Glad you are enjoying the snow or at least the thought of snow. I’m so glad I’m not in the DC area right now as being snowed in sounds horrible. Granted as a nurse being snowed in usually isn’t much of an option. You’re sort of expected at work anyways.
Laughing about the movie.
And no, there would be no snow pee or pee snow entering my body.

By: jill

jill — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 22:09:05 +0000

Have fun in the snow! and LOL @ “The Boys in the Band”!!

By: Kristin

Kristin — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 20:08:21 +0000

Can I come hang out at your house during the snow storm? It’s going to be rainy and gross here.

Eating yellow snow?!? Don’t think I could do it. I also think a full year of happiness wouldn’t be a good thing. Pure happiness could be completely overwhelming.