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Wow, such enthusiasm! What have I done to deserve such a welcome, I wonder! Anyroad, seems a pretty nifty site y'all have here; shame it took me so long to poke around. (But then, I hardly make time for any of this stuff lately! Need to change that...)
This place is his brainchild/baby and he likes to play provocateur...
Oh, joy. Sounds like fun, I guess.
...he's from your neck of the woods and is a dockworker like you have been/are.
Definitely still an 'are', though I'm often too lazy or tired to check in for work. I am thoroughly spoilt by academia!
Are you a fan of Dr. Michael Shermer by any chance??
I am an occasional fan, I suppose. I often enjoy his books and occasionally read articles in his mag. My guess is that he and I had a very different basic mentality but, with his turn towards scepticism, we are definitely fellow-travellers. (I am effectively a Pyrrhonist.) And I totally agree with his up-front approach on many issues (debating Holocaust deniers, for example). Why do you ask, anyroad?
Do you live near the Irvine area??
Errr, only if admitting as much does not tarnish my working-class image...
are you sensitive to stupid people? do you empathize with them?
(thanks for the advice ozy, but i am bored).
Not very often; I usually get bored or frustrated and walk away. But sometimes, when I'm
not bored, I get vicious. As the trite cliché says, I do not suffer fools gladly...