tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1178284085080580526.post2814830102958003431..comments2024-02-12T23:25:09.583-08:00Comments on Overweening Generalist: Obesity: Some Observations, Part Onemichaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13526042582094867513noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1178284085080580526.post-7743109090669281012012-05-15T16:55:00.646-07:002012-05-15T16:55:00.646-07:00Thanks for the response. Synchronistially, I read...Thanks for the response. Synchronistially, I read a bit from The Skeleton Key to Finnegans Wake today getting ready for tomorrow's Finnegans Wake Club meeting.Eric Wagnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04312033917401203598noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1178284085080580526.post-41937210590658815732012-05-15T15:37:49.601-07:002012-05-15T15:37:49.601-07:00@Tom: Scads of thanks for the info on Sharon McCru...@Tom: Scads of thanks for the info on Sharon McCrumb and the SF community. Es muy interesante.<br /><br />I've come across a few subcultures avowing fat acceptance and it's encouraging. Although: what if you somehow lose significant weight, somehow? Will you alienate your friends? Is it like going over to the Dark Side?michaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13526042582094867513noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1178284085080580526.post-48491050962061074292012-05-15T14:17:25.937-07:002012-05-15T14:17:25.937-07:00@ Eric: This was the topic where I felt I NEEDED c...@ Eric: This was the topic where I felt I NEEDED comments like this to make the posts work, and you and tom came through, in spades. YES: it's regrettable we can't address our drug choices openly without being instantly marginalized by the Dominant Culture, let alone talk about this still-avant idea of Knowing Thyself and choosing our drugs mindfully. What a great comment, Eric. The roboticism of drug use may be the skeleton key to the "problem." At least we have a few forums to talk about it...The Leary anecdote is spot-on apt. It all seems to go back to that TABOO: self-knowledge.michaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13526042582094867513noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1178284085080580526.post-58912639750758117522012-05-15T08:27:42.397-07:002012-05-15T08:27:42.397-07:00This is a big issue in science fiction fandom, whi...This is a big issue in science fiction fandom, which has more than its share of fat people and which has been in the vanguard of "fat acceptance" and trying to make people understand that it's largely a matter of genetics. Hard feelings remain from a book called "Bimbos of the Death Sun," by Sharon McCrumb, which rather unkindly referenced this aspect of fandom.Cleveland Okie (Tom Jackson)https://www.blogger.com/profile/07810736442596736041noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1178284085080580526.post-43122784496516907972012-05-15T07:57:00.521-07:002012-05-15T07:57:00.521-07:00Thanks for a fine blog on one of my lifetime chall...Thanks for a fine blog on one of my lifetime challenges. I think of Bob Wilson and Tim Leary's contention that a great deal of our behaviour seems robotic. I also think of Fritz Leiber's advice for becoming a good writer: get a horrible disease and spend your life fighting it. (He meant alcoholism for himself.)<br /><br />The first time I heard Tim Leary in 1983 he commented that people do the wrong drugs. Loud obnoxious folk drink, gung-ho go getters do coke, people who go around with butterfly nets take acid, laid back groovy critters smoke pot, etc. I once heard Speed Rimopoche of the Crystal Methodists make much the same point. Some people can overear without much danger; others wreck their health. Some can drink socially; others head towards disaster.Eric Wagnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04312033917401203598noreply@blogger.com