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From: little man upon the stair on 31 Oct 2009 11:08
On Oct 31, 7:53 am, "S'mee" <stevenkei...(a)hotmail.com> wrote:

> Ah, that was a good laugh. I needed it this morning....lots of stupid
> strong wind and I've fence to fix. 8^\

Live in the moment. Focus on activities that will benefit you and your
family.

> Please get back to me regarding investment opportunities in the Crimea.

Shouting down the toilet of Usenet NG's is not productive at all, but
the habit chains many people to their keyboards, to no benefit
whatever.

Is your glass half full, or half empty? Enjoy what time you have left,
but it is running out uselessly while you sit there typing...
From: BrianNZ on 31 Oct 2009 20:58
little man upon the stair wrote:
> On Oct 31, 7:53 am, "S'mee" <stevenkei...(a)hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Ah, that was a good laugh. I needed it this morning....lots of stupid
>> strong wind and I've fence to fix. 8^\
>
> Live in the moment. Focus on activities that will benefit you and your
> family.
>
>> Please get back to me regarding investment opportunities in the Crimea.
>
> Shouting down the toilet of Usenet NG's is not productive at all, but
> the habit chains many people to their keyboards, to no benefit
> whatever.
>
> Is your glass half full, or half empty?


....that would depend on wether I was drinking it (half empty) or filling
it (half full).



> Enjoy what time you have left,
> but it is running out uselessly while you sit there typing...
From: little man upon the stair on 31 Oct 2009 22:11
On Oct 31, 5:58 pm, BrianNZ <br...(a)itnz.co.nz> wrote:
> little man upon the stair wrote:
> > Is your glass half full, or half empty?
>
> ...that would depend on wether I was drinking it (half empty) or filling
> it (half full).

Clever answer.

But what if each customer only got one serving of whatever potable was
available, and said potable was the only choice?

Would you gulp your portion down all at once, sip it and savor every
drop, or sit there and watch it evaporate?
From: BrianNZ on 1 Nov 2009 04:12
little man upon the stair wrote:
> On Oct 31, 5:58 pm, BrianNZ <br...(a)itnz.co.nz> wrote:
>> little man upon the stair wrote:
>>> Is your glass half full, or half empty?
>> ...that would depend on wether I was drinking it (half empty) or filling
>> it (half full).
>
> Clever answer.
>
> But what if each customer only got one serving of whatever potable was
> available, and said potable was the only choice?
>
> Would you gulp your portion down all at once, sip it and savor every
> drop, or sit there and watch it evaporate?


It wouldn't matter what the 'said potable' is....the answer is the same.
On your one serving, your glass gets to be half full and as you drink
it, the glass gets to be half empty. You are just arguing the speed of
consumption?

From: little man upon the stair on 1 Nov 2009 08:34
On Nov 1, 1:12 am, BrianNZ <br...(a)itnz.co.nz> wrote:

> It wouldn't matter what the 'said potable' is....the answer is the same.
> On your one serving, your glass gets to be half full and as you drink
> it, the glass gets to be half empty. You are just arguing the speed of
> consumption?

Not at all. The classic riddle about whether a glass is half full or
half empty is
a sort of Zen koan that can be applied to existentialism and living in
the moment.

Westerners have a dualistic mind set and usually never realize that
the glass is half full *and* half empty at the same time and that is
the "suchness" of the moment.

The succinct answer to "is the glass half full or half empty" is "it's
both."

The "suchness" of Keith, however, is crudeness, rudeness, and
meanness, ignoring the subtleties of such wisdom, as his life slips
inexorably away.

He continues to shout insults down the abyss of the internet, instead
of getting out into the world and being with other people who, if they
do not feel lovingkindness towards him, at least do not despise him in
the manner that he appears to despise them.

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