Ex-Mo's stages of your adjustment to disbelief

[_Gazelam]

sorry, I'll but out.

Gaz

[_Jersey Girl]

sorry, I'll but out.

Gaz

Thank you, Gaz. I know that you mean well. It's just that this is not how I would have liked the thread to go. Not that I have any real control over it!

Jersey Girl

[_MormonMendacity]

sorry, I'll but out.

Gaz

Don't butt out, Gaz.

I can engender a lot of animosity because of my rudeness when I post. I don't hold it against you for coming back at me. Not to be too disrespectful, I find your posts both interesting and entertaining.

So you haven't offended me and I don't think you are being too mean.

[_MormonMendacity]

MormonMendacity,

What is happiness?

Jersey Girl

Runtu? Jersey Girl has a question for you!

MormonMendacity,

My question came from these comments of yours: "I eventually have come to the belief that none of them have any greater claim to truth or, more especially, happiness than the others. I believe that our minds and thinking patterns are what result in happiness. "

I'm just wondering how you would describe happiness.

Jersey Girl

I was kinda kidding about the "runtu" comment.

I don't know if I even have the penultimate answer to that, or the ultimate one for that matter, but I am happiest when I am enjoying adventures and relationships. I want to be happy today in those things -- not tomorrow.

Beyond that, I'm not a deep thinker.

[_Jersey Girl]

MormonMendacity,

Great. Now I have to go look up the word "penultimate". Thank you for your comments.

Jersey Girl
;-)

[_Jersey Girl]

penultimate p-e-n-u-l-t-i-m-a-t-e :-)

This just in from dictionary.com:

Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.0.1) - Cite This Source
pe‧nul‧ti‧mate  /pɪˈnʌltəmɪt/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[pi-nuhl-tuh-mit] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation

–adjective 1. next to the last: the penultimate scene of the play.
2. of or pertaining to a penult.
–noun 3. a penult.


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[Origin: 1670–80; see penult, ultimate]
Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.0.1)
Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2006.

So, you couldn't just say "next to last", eh? Show off.

Jersey Girl
;-)

[_MormonMendacity]

I know you wanted others to respond so this will be my next to last post.

I read Gould's The Lying Stones of Marrakech once and that's when I had to look up the word. The full title is, "The Lying Stones of Marrakech:Penultimate Reflections in Natural History".

Again, this is my penultimate post...I swear.