Tangents
I like my coffee black…
90% of Black and Blue Berries are edible, while only 10% of White and Green Berries edible. Red Berries are 50 – 50… but this is just a rule of thumb.
The term “Rule of Thumb”, means a method or procedure which comes from practice or experience, without any formal basis. There is a myth that it comes from English Law dating back to the mid-1700’s and describes the legal thickness of a stick in which a man could beat his wife. The truth is far less colorful. There are records dating back to the early 1500’s that describe carpentry work and measurements done by thumb (much like measurements done by foot) that imply the practice probably dates back even further.
Another misconception is that the world’s oldest profession is that of prostitution. That doesn’t even make sense if you think about it. Poor to average men would have just taken “it” without paying, and wealthy men would have slaves and concubines to provide “it”. I’m not going to count Hunting as a profession (or Gathering for that matter) as it was unlikely that anyone was hired to perform these functions, but instead performed those functions as a means of survival. Which leads me to tribe elder, shaman, which doctor… or as we know them Astrologers. This was a profession, something learned and passed on that was actually compensated (paid) for the giving of a consultation in matters of love, fortune telling and prophecy.
According to Chinese Astrology, I’m a Dragon…
In Eastern culture Dragons are regionalized by the number of claws they have. Most five-clawed Dragons are Chinese, while three clawed Dragons are Japanese. Four clawed Dragons are depicted in Korean, Indonesian and some Chinese art.
Indonesia is the world's third largest producer of coffee…
I like my coffee black…
90% of Black and Blue Berries are edible, while only 10% of White and Green Berries edible. Red Berries are 50 – 50… but this is just a rule of thumb.
The term “Rule of Thumb”, means a method or procedure which comes from practice or experience, without any formal basis. There is a myth that it comes from English Law dating back to the mid-1700’s and describes the legal thickness of a stick in which a man could beat his wife. The truth is far less colorful. There are records dating back to the early 1500’s that describe carpentry work and measurements done by thumb (much like measurements done by foot) that imply the practice probably dates back even further.
Another misconception is that the world’s oldest profession is that of prostitution. That doesn’t even make sense if you think about it. Poor to average men would have just taken “it” without paying, and wealthy men would have slaves and concubines to provide “it”. I’m not going to count Hunting as a profession (or Gathering for that matter) as it was unlikely that anyone was hired to perform these functions, but instead performed those functions as a means of survival. Which leads me to tribe elder, shaman, which doctor… or as we know them Astrologers. This was a profession, something learned and passed on that was actually compensated (paid) for the giving of a consultation in matters of love, fortune telling and prophecy.
According to Chinese Astrology, I’m a Dragon…
In Eastern culture Dragons are regionalized by the number of claws they have. Most five-clawed Dragons are Chinese, while three clawed Dragons are Japanese. Four clawed Dragons are depicted in Korean, Indonesian and some Chinese art.
Indonesia is the world's third largest producer of coffee…
I like my coffee black…
posted by Survival Cookies at 7:17 AM
1 Comments:
Ah, but who are you to say concubinage isn't a profession? There's still something of a quid pro quo going on there.
Dragons rock. Although I'm a monkey, in the Chinese zodiac. Earth monkey, to be specific.
I used to like my coffee black. But that was before I moved to Seattle and discovered lattes. Then I liked lattes. But that was before I developed a bleeding ulcer. Now, I like the smell of coffee, black or otherwise.
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