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  1. Tiki Tom

    Oumuamua

    Oh, please. basically: 1. Ufo stories are anti-democratic because they promote conspiracy theories; 2. Ufo stories are anti-intellectual because they dismiss science; 3. ufo stories are racist because they misrepresent the stories/legends of indigenous peoples AND because one group of aliens...
  2. Tiki Tom

    You know you are getting old when:

    We don’t have five week cures. We have two week vacations! :)
  3. Tiki Tom

    Oumuamua

    Caught on film: A luminous orb moves across a field and then, suddenly, it transforms into two humanoid beings. Just as suddenly they then turn back into an orb. The film is from Mexico. Crazy stuff.
  4. Tiki Tom

    You know you are getting old when:

    If you really live in the country and you really haul a lot of stuff, then having a monster truck is fine. But if you live in a congested urban area, share tight parking spaces with 1000 other people, and you work as an accountant in a cubicle, the ownership of a monster truck might just be an...
  5. Tiki Tom

    Oumuamua

    So… Lockheed Martin. Credible sources have claimed that Lockheed Martin is in possession of at least one recovered off-world craft. David Grusch has reportedly given the Intelligence Community Inspector General (ICIG) the ADDRESS where Lockheed Martin is (or was) storing this crashed UFO. In...
  7. Tiki Tom

    You know you are getting old when:

    ^^^^^ When I was in high school, you were either a corvette lover or a corvette hater. Everyone loved the old mustangs, although they were already a little outdated. In my high school there was also a vocal faction who loved the Datsun 240Z. These sportscar fans were in contrast to the...
  8. Tiki Tom

    Social Media for those of a certain age?

    Caught red handed: your phone really is listening to you. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-13805393/Facebook-partner-brags-listening-phones-microphone-serve-ads.html
  9. Tiki Tom

    Oumuamua

    Remarkably clear footage from Brazil.
  10. Tiki Tom

    What Are You Reading

    I will have to add “Piece of Cake” to my list. Ripping WWII RAF Battle of Britain novel. Most of the reviews that I read were very good. Unfortunately I‘m having trouble inserting a link in this case (keeps rolling over into ads.) Anyway, PoC Fits right into the interests of the Lounge. Thanks!
  11. Tiki Tom

    Why vintage?

    Oh, absolutely. I remember every mistake I made in my life, every unkind deed, and every stupid thing I’ve said with agonizing clarity. I dread death not for the usual reasons, but because they say you have to sit through a life review where you have to re-experience everything you did. Ugh...
  13. Tiki Tom

    Why vintage?

    Oh, my magical thinking can sometimes run all over the place. My career was more exciting than it actually was. That dame at the book Store has a thing for me. I’m better looking than the evidence supports. My foreign language skills are fantastic. I fit the wise old man stereotype. The...
  14. Tiki Tom

    Why vintage?

    My problem is that I can’t get my magical thinking to the level where I actually believe it.
  15. Tiki Tom

    Oumuamua

    It is as if they were reading our minds! :) https://www.theguardian.com/books/article/2024/sep/01/jeffrey-j-kripal-how-think-impossibly-souls-ufos
  16. Tiki Tom

    The Ernest Hemingway Thread

    Okay. I would definitely go to see this movie. https://www.vulture.com/article/review-hemingways-across-the-river-and-into-the-trees.html I agree that Across the River and into the Trees was the worst thing that Hemingway published in his lifetime. I’ve actually tried to read it twice. The...
  17. Tiki Tom

    So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

    Those of us who are native English speakers are blessed, indeed, insofar as English has become the lingua Franca of the world and —for the most part— we can travel to most big cities without having to learn the local language. It certainly makes travel easier. My daughter just accepted a job...
  19. Tiki Tom

    The Agents of F.L.A.S.K.

    Well. This is just freakin’ weird. Probably a natural cloud formation, but still very crazy! At that distance, if it was a “being”, it would have to be about 200 feet tall! The footage comes From China.
  20. Tiki Tom

    So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

    ^^^^ My super power is that I always get in line behind that person. Or the one who has a coupon, but can’t find it. Or the person who has brought in a plastic bag of loose change to pay with. Or the one who has specially chosen items without price codes. The list goes on and on. But rest...
  21. Tiki Tom

    Favorite/worst job?

    That’s horrifying. R.I.P., poor thing. And it reinforces the stereotype of the soulless, anonymous cubicle. Having spent some of the early years of my career in a cubicle, this Story made a shiver run down my spine.
  22. Tiki Tom

    The Agents of F.L.A.S.K.

    More strange stuff that also happens to be true. Remember that Nun who was buried in Missouri? After four years they dug her up to rebury her elsewhere, and it was found that her body had not decayed in the normal manner? Well, here is the update. Scientist studied the body and found that it...
  23. Tiki Tom

    You know you are getting old when:

    Many are called, few are chosen. Should we feel pity for all those who are called to be great artists, yet get exactly nowhere? Or is that just one of the normal roads to becoming a grownup? its Almost inevitable to a degree, given the “you can be whatever you want to be” mantra that our...
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