Is americ still around? I rarely see him posting anywhere, although that's probably because I'm looking in the wrong places :)

He pops in and out, much like the rest of us...

where'd Americ and friends go????

he's right in front of me now. I'm sitting in his class. This morning in the class that I teach, an 87 year old student handed me a philosophical poem that she channeled years ago...i wonder if we are open to receiving, if we wouldn't get lots of stories like hers.

Wish Americ would come around again!

Where's he been, Terry?

Dunno. it'd be cool if he'd reappear!

Maybe if we emailed him and apologized for our behavior...

and if we promise to keep our hands (and mouths) to ourselves in his topic???

Ratthing has been installed as cohost of philosophy. Now, he may introduce himself if he likes.

thanks, terry. i live in san ano whoops, i mean san antonio and have had an active interest in philosphy for about 20 years now. my specific areas of interest are philosophy of science, ethics, philosophy of mind, lots of other stuff too. i look forward to conferencing with all of you here!

then maybe you haven't read all of our posts in this confere yet...anyway, Welcome Aboard!

no joke! welcome, uh, ratthing, ray, whatever you wanna be called *smile*

thanks folks. i've read what has been posted here and i like it. hopefully we can see some more posting of folks discussing their own personal experiences with philosophy, life, etc.....

You read all of The Couch? And asked to be host anyway? Cool...

ratthing recognizes raw talent when he sees it!

good one wer! my thoughts exactly *giggle*

You are one brave and intrepid conference host, ratthing...you have to dig thru a lot of innuendo to arrive at one nugget around here...

kinda like extended foreplay before sex...

Do you see what you're going to be dealing with here?????

LOL!!

well, hey, philosophy is mental masturbation, right? if this place is extended foreplay, then it's perfect, especially since you won't be doing it alone. ;)

oooooo, i like that *grin*

Now, let me get this straight, is it going to be mutual or shared? *giggle* Just so you know, I happen to know the difference! (thanks to wer)

we be one horny bunch o' philosophers!

Where's Freud when you need him?

hi wer (and nighty-night!)

philosophy as mental masturbation... had I known that, my college transcript would've looked MUCH different!

lol

got a Quotations topic going, so when you feel one coming on... anyway, it allows us the keep them in their place, while keeping them in the conversations... peace! (or at least nurturing chaos!!!)

'ask not what your country can do for you, but what you can do for your virtual community' (or something like that.

Riette's computer is down for this here stuff until, like, the beginning of June...she's going through Spring withdrawal, and can't wait to get back...

It's fixed!!! She should be back on sometime today!!!

Really? Who told you that? . . .

Has anyone other than me noticed we've run another host off in this conference?

I sure have. Not only him, but Nick is gone too. And Mike. Was it something we didn't say?

you mean me? no, i am still here, just very busy with Life Itself!

Hey Ray, good to see you again.

*sigh o' relief* glad to see you again, Ray!

what in the real world is keeping you too busy to drop by?

lookit us...stace, terry, ray, and me all on at the same time!!! wolf should be back on soon, and maybe nick, also...

it'd be a virtual party!

pahr-tay, pahr-tay, pahr-tay....

working WER?

nope, day off actually...

i started a new job with EDS as a consultant, and i am also doing a lot of volunteer work, as well as helping my fiancee plan our wedding!

you're actually helping?!?!? My god! What a man! congrats on the new job!

well, helping = being a sounding board most of the time. it's my second marriage, so i have some vague ideas about what i want, not like the first time.

hopefully on your lift of wants... a marriage that lasts. scary prospect. (sounding boards are extremely necessary!)

Nonsense, it isn't scary at all!!! Marriage is great fun!!! Many, many, many congratulations, Ray - have a blast!

a marriage that lasts and babies are on my list of wants and hers too!

Well, that's great, because they are two rather important things to have in common. When's the big day?

as soon as complete the annulment of my first marriage. my fiancee and i want to marry in the catholic church, and the annulment is a necessary pain in the tuckus.

Rather! But if that's important to you both, it'll be worth the waiting, I'm sure. Oh, I never never want to go through another wedding day again!

welcome to our new conf. host - ratthing! i really like the header, btw :) (although it might be nice to have your name as host in there, too :))

i was just playing around with some of the conf header stuff for both the web and Unix versions. i'll see if i can get a little more time to add some more stuff.

I would like to invite all visitors of this conference to the International Conflicts conference here on the Spring: http://www.spring.net/yapp-bin/restricted/browse/InternationalConflicts/all This new conference is dedicated to the disputes between groups all over the world, be that social, cultural, political or ethnical differences.

Hello. I'm an armchair philosopher who spends his life uncovering the meaning of concepts like Orenda, and Urim and Thummim, which our culture seems to have overlooked.

welcome Barry!

think we can bolt another arm onto the couch for him?

I took an online course in postmodernist philosophy and now I'm hooked. But I live in Waco, Texas,and look what happened to our last original thinker! So I drive to Dallas to the Philospher's Forum twice a month--from Gadamer, Heiddegger to Ken Wilber and Jimmy Lathrop. I was surprised that there is nothing like this in Austin, except for U.T. students. I'm glad to find out about this website, though.

Welcome! It is always good to have fresh insight. We are a multi-interest group here and there are all sorts of conferences around to satisfy almost any curiosity. Feel free to browse and post!

Really, glad to have someone from Waco on here. Feel free to start topics (in this conference and others) that interest you! What aspects of philosophy are you focused on?

Hey Segue! Nice to have you here! Does your name mean something significant?

Is it pronoucned seg 'way?

....or perhaps, seeeg...?

How the hell should I know? It's exactly like the other words I read on the listservs of philosophy departments; nobody actually uses words like this in Waco. My adventures online as Captain of the Transcendental Millenial Falcon vs the Ravenscraft of SouthPaws as well as Ken Wilber's PureLandingGyre have left me wounded, but undaunted, in my neverending Quest to Tai up their Chi. I was in Tokyo last week and this dogon seated next to me in the Ginza leaned over and said, "I know who you are--Holy Ratdog of God! How did you escape from the Compound when They did away with your first husband?" It was one of them. Another claims to live on Cesar Chavez, so I am as ever, en garde. Nevertheless, everyone on this list had better get the complete library, even Heidegger for Idiots, because I am being studied for the Internet addiction as well as others which are hohum merely genetic.

Ah, perhaps you should check into the Paranormal Conf with all the others who are being studied... What does your alien surveillance device look like?

"Off to my left I see five mounted cowboys. Off to my right, quite a dozen or more. I caught a good one it looked like it could run."

Ride 'em cowgirl.

Hoh! Way ta go!

Guess she went that-a-way... Have not seen her since. Musta been some cowboy!

Rode off into the sunset?

I reckon...

Ya reckon?

It figgers...!

philosophy, philosophy i barely knew ye

What's up these days, Nick?

just haunting all of austin's poetry joints (we're at the hideout right now, putting together a peace anthology, that no one will ever read)... what's up with you? (whomever you may be, conf admin)

Almost made it to the poetry slam at Ego's but I'll have to catch it on reruns, a friend videotaped it.

Nick, I thought you lived in Washington state. Am I on crack or has it just been too long??? Hey Paul, we're headed to Texas... 4/27-5/14. Most of the time it'll just be me and the kids and we'll be hanging out in SA but we are headed to Austin for a friend's wedding 5/10. I hate to make plans and break promises but I'll let you know when we head your way!

that's great, we'll have to meet up!

we moved back to austin about a year ago... the west coast didn't agree with me (and yes, it's been too long)... egos is a good venue, but it's slam (defjam) poetry, a very mixed bag... some good performers (like the mc, mike henry, who's an old chicago house guy)... a lot of drivel, though, and the idea of scoring the work is a lttle repulsive... you should try the hideout sometime, as well...

Where's the Hideout, refresh my memory ok?

near the SE corner of s. congress and seventh st. (next door to wendys, one block south of the paramount)