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Pellet Gun
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- Written by: Rod Boyle
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It was a revolver, heavy, Crosman, listed it on Kijiji with a map to the neighboring Circle-K's and 7/11, the dodgiest guys pick it up, throw it in the car, pay me, then barrel out of here, I'm pretty sure they had my map on the dashboard. Makes me laugh...
**Then this morning, more texts from the same buyer, now he's looking for silver jewelry, it's like I'm setting up new immigrants as entry level gangsters...
The Psychiatrist Who Believed People Could Tell the Future
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An interesting and well written article via the New Yorker: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2019/03/04/the-psychiatrist-who-believed-people-could-tell-the-future
Which raises a lot of questions, of course. I like to cultivate a healthy skepticism, but some of the evidence, especially the evidence quoted in the article, is quite compelling. As are some of anecdotal reports of Twin Studies which suggest a psychic connection:
Link: https://www.livescience.com/45405-twin-telepathy.html
There is a point whereupon Skepticism - in the light of so much evidence, even anecdotal, can become it's own form of stupidity.
Lost & Found
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- Category: Treasure
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The original case setting precedent for all "buried treasure" cases within the US.
It argues for an intuitive understanding of what we all comprehend, that if you find something, neglected, disregarded, undiscovered, - it's yours. This is different than, say, discovering gold on a claim held by another where clearly the owner knew it was there (hence the claim) and merely wanted time to extract said gold. This is largely a grey area in parts of Europe (and Canada) where treasure can be seized by the Crown or government on various pretexts, or by property owners (most metal detectorists will reach an understanding with the landowner), or simply outright forbid collection with laws surrounding paleontology, minerals and archeology - AKA old treasures).
Anyways, a good article on a topic that I find interesting.
Labyrinths & Mazes
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- Written by: Rod Boyle
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I liked this. Spelunking - underground, references to Greek Mythology, Some corollaries with rites of initiation, the subconscious...we've a similar cast of mind, only the author is a little more articulate.
I've come to a few conclusions. Anything underground is subconscious. And very often it's part of the larger mythology of death and rebirth - Orpheus and Theseus, to go underground is to die and be reborn, and we share a few of the same conclusions...
Link: https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2019/02/getting-lost-cave-labyrinth-brain/582865/
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