Do Snakes Sleep at Night?

[Klonko]

10 minutes ago, GammaGlobulin said:

Happy to hear this.

Not so happy because the snake fled into the bathroom, 4 professional exterminators could not get it and my wife thinks that I better not use the bathroom for a few days.

[hotandsticky]

18 minutes ago, Klonko said:

Going back to the op's question: this night, a snake creeped into our bedroom.

 

Was it sleep walking/sliding ?

[Liverpool Lou]

8 hours ago, GammaGlobulin said:

I would like to clarify further about, "The World According to Garp".

 

Anyway:

 

"The novel is about the life of T.S. Garp. His mother, Jenny Fields, is a strong-willed nurse who wants a child but not a husband. She encounters a dying ball turret gunner known only as Technical Sergeant Garp, who was severely brain damaged in combat. Jenny nurses Garp, observing his infantile state and almost perpetual autonomic sexual arousal. Unconstrained by convention and driven by her desire for a child, Jenny rapes the brain-damaged Garp once, impregnates herself and names the resulting son "T.S." (a name derived from "Technical Sergeant", but consisting of just initials). Jenny raises young Garp alone, taking a position at the all-boys Steering School in New England."

 

So, you see?

 

Even though one might be brain-dead, STILL, one's snake never sleeps!

 

I highly recommend this book to all those who might mistakenly think they require Viagra.

 

"I would like to clarify further about, "The World According to Garp".

Does anyone care?

[bluebluewater]

The Alabama Black Snake . . .   never sleeps

[Klonko]

30 minutes ago, hotandsticky said:

 

Was it sleep walking/sliding ?

My wife has very good eyes and saw something irregular when she wanted to use the bathroom in the dark. I would have stepped on the snake with my bare feet. The snake was probably searching for a way out. Did not look like sleep walking. At least it was not a black mamba with a Hattori Hanzo.

[GammaGlobulin]

1 hour ago, nikmar said:

never listened before - ive been finding my feet with classical music a little since my old man passed. Sundays. Ive started waking early and have been experimenting, shall we say. Early morning with coffee and the news is now my favourite time of day - recently accompanied by the Four Seasons and the Pastoral Symphony - so a big thanks for widening my world this morning .

As you know, JS Bach worked tirelessly throughout his entire long life to glorify his god through his glorious music.

As it turns out, We, the entire world, are the beneficiaries of his hard work, and of his genius.

 

One could listen to JS Bach for a hundred years, and never tire.

 

There has never been, nor will there ever be, a composer as great.

 

There are many recordings and interpretations of JS Bach available, via torrent, etc., on the internet.

 

For example, the WTC, Well-Tempered Clavier, Book One, and Book Two....

 

You can choose between various guys, according to your taste.

 

It would be a tragedy to die and leave this glorious world without having listened to JS Bach, just because, when you get to heaven, there will be nothing up there half as good.

 

JS Bach is often used to teach music theory in various unis, such as at Haverford.

 

Anyway, here is a sampling of Book One....

 

 

UNFORTUNATELY:  The world, the everyday person, is losing access to JS Bach, which is rarely played in the US.  Maybe Bach is played on the radio more in Europe; I do not know.

 

If you were to compare JS Bach to Newton, there is no comparison.  Newton was a numbskull compared to JS Bach.

Why?

 

Because: If there were no Newtons, then there would have been a Leibniz, or somebody else, to invent Calculus.

 

But, NOBODY could have created the music of Bach.

 

You should feel lucky to be able to so easily download and listen to JS Bach's music.

 

Don't waste this gift...maybe.

 

 

 

 

Edited February 5, 2023 by GammaGlobulin

[GammaGlobulin]

Personally, I love Angela Hewitt, but I don't know about you.

 

Here is WTC Book 2......part of it.

 

I LOVE Angela....

 

 

She is fantastic.

I have listened to all of her Bach recordings.

Over, and over, and over, again.

 

Amazing.

 

 

Edited February 5, 2023 by GammaGlobulin

[GammaGlobulin]

 

Only to be sung directly following either Saturday's or Sunday's services,

Depending upon one's religious persuasion.

 

It's all good.

 

 

[Photoguy21]

12 hours ago, spidermike007 said:

Depends on the snake. Trump claims he only need 3 hours of sleep. Though one must question the veracity of that claim.

 

On a more serious note, the answer to this question depends on if the snake is diurnal or nocturnal. Diurnal snakes sleep during the night and are active in the day, while nocturnal snakes sleep through the day and are active at night.

 

I didnt realise that, only 3 hours wow. Does Biden have 24 hours a day sleep?

[GammaGlobulin]

1968

And, FREE to SWIM, for FREE, in Washington, DC.

 

This darling girl is French, Hawaiian, Chinese.

Those were the days!

 

Burn Your Bras, Baby!

 

Edited February 5, 2023 by GammaGlobulin

[GammaGlobulin]

 

[GammaGlobulin]

Why are there so many USELESS political parties, these days?

 

We only need one geomancying party...

 

Unfortunately, very few wish to become a member of the....

 

"Save Our World"

 

...party.

 

Therefore, if one cannot lead a horse to water.....

 

[GammaGlobulin]

Sir!

Very sorry to report, Captain.

We just cannae turn her!

There's just TOO much momentum in the system!

 

 

Been there.

Done that.

 

Now, let's do it again,...

BIG TIME!

 

[GammaGlobulin]

Fortunately, the future world will very soon no longer be my world.

 

Yet, still, no matter my age or location, every breath you take, every move you make, 

Every bond you break,

Every step you take,

I'll be watching you.

 

Welcome to your world!

 

Let's all have a moment of silence,

Out of respect for,

What's to come.

 

 

 

 

[GammaGlobulin]

Aria Reserve Miami - The Tallest Waterfront Dual Towers in the United States?

 

IF ONLY

 

If only we could have one of these here.

 

No need for swimming pools,

Of course!

 

Soon enough, one will be able to go swimming almost EVERYWHERE in Miami.

Free!

 

Buy Now!

 

 

 

[GammaGlobulin]

 

[GammaGlobulin]

Sometimes I wonder why anyone would buy a condo in Miami, rather than to buy a Concert Grand Piano (Model D), in New York City.

 

Well, of course, the condos in NYC are so small that you would not be able to fit one into your NYC condo, unless you were to sleep on top of it, or inside it.

 

You can buy a very nice Steinway for only USD150,000.

 

And, in Miami, for this amount of money, what do you get?

 

Only a shack that will very soon be underwater, despite what the Florida governor might tell you.

 

In this forum, it has been said that some people here wish to emulate the Miami model.

 

Well, .....  Are you sure?

 

Would it not be better to pursue some other more sustainable model?

 

Most Chinese people I know invest all their money towards educating their next generation.

I feel such great admiration.

 

Take this young girl, for example:

 

 

Unfortunately, she is not yet playing on a Steinway. Just a Yamaha, so far.

 

Sure. Anybody with money can buy a sinking/stinking condo in Miami, or elsewhere.

 

But, can money buy this???

 

Can YOU do this?

 

Have you forgotten terms such as social capital and human capital?

 

Very soon,

Maybe not today,

Maybe not tomorrow,

But, soon,

The buildings in Miami will be underwater,

In more ways than one.

 

And, after the buildings are flooded,

This girl will still enjoy playing JS Bach.

 

There is no doubt.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Woof999]

Did I just enter the twilight zone?

[GammaGlobulin]

I very clearly recall listening to Richard Smalley state, during one of his presentations just before he kicked the bucket, that American students are no longer willing to do the very hard work required to excel in the Natural Sciences.

 

He stated that most students, at the time he was speaking, preferred to study Social Sciences.  And most students who could tough it out, and work hard, in the Natural Sciences, were Asian.

 

MOST of you GUYS have no idea what a BUCKYBALL might be, I know.

 

You also might not know who Buckminster Fuller might be.

 

What is a tetrahedron, for that matter?

 

Anyway, I thought I would just post this because....Dr. Richard Smalley, of RICE University, is no small potato in the field of Chemistry.

 

He DID deserve his Nobel.

And, Bob Dylan did NOT deserve his.

 

So, then, how much are we to invest in teaching our next generation?

 

 

 

By the way, I would have far preferred to see Matt Dillon, of Gunsmoke, receive a Nobel, rather than Bob Dylan.

 

If you do not know who Matt Dillon is, then here is a short reminder...(Enjoy).

 

 

 

 

Edited February 5, 2023 by GammaGlobulin

[tjintx]

11 hours ago, bubblegum said:

Huh ?

Forget it, he's on a roll.

[GammaGlobulin]

By the way.

 

A very important final note of mine:

 

Richard Smalley once wrote an essay in which he entirely and absolutely credited his mother for encouraging him, throughout his life, to finally reach his success in Chemistry, and to be awarded the Nobel.

 

Smalley was stating just how important parenting can be for children.

 

So, anyway, I just wished to mention this.

You can read his essay, if you wish.

 

And, please let this be a caution to you mothers.

 

Regards,

Gamma