Comments on: Thanks to No One http://www.ooblick.com/weblog/2009/11/25/thanks-to-no-one/ All the etcetera that's fit to read. Fri, 12 Mar 2010 10:35:04 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: arensb http://www.ooblick.com/weblog/2009/11/25/thanks-to-no-one/comment-page-1/#comment-181702 arensb Thu, 26 Nov 2009 06:46:17 +0000 http://www.ooblick.com/weblog/?p=1175#comment-181702 Ah. Found <a href="http://books.google.com/books?id=U64d1BD311oC&lpg=PP1&dq=%22orbital%20resonance%22%20%2Bnovel&pg=PA109#v=onepage&q=&f=false" rel="nofollow">the passage I was thinking of</a>. Ah. Found the passage I was thinking of.

]]> By: arensb http://www.ooblick.com/weblog/2009/11/25/thanks-to-no-one/comment-page-1/#comment-181700 arensb Thu, 26 Nov 2009 06:43:18 +0000 http://www.ooblick.com/weblog/?p=1175#comment-181700 <blockquote>better than about 90% of the current human population.</blockquote> Especially if you count past generations. I've often thought that novocaine was one of the great inventions in human history. In the novel <cite><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orbital_Resonance_(novel)" rel="nofollow">Orbital Resonance</a></cite>, there's a Zen sect that engages in a similar ritual: they spend some time before each meal contemplating the topic of the day, such as how the food got to their table.

better than about 90% of the current human population.

Especially if you count past generations. I’ve often thought that novocaine was one of the great inventions in human history.

In the novel Orbital Resonance, there’s a Zen sect that engages in a similar ritual: they spend some time before each meal contemplating the topic of the day, such as how the food got to their table.

]]> By: Dave http://www.ooblick.com/weblog/2009/11/25/thanks-to-no-one/comment-page-1/#comment-181692 Dave Thu, 26 Nov 2009 04:09:10 +0000 http://www.ooblick.com/weblog/?p=1175#comment-181692 I've actually spent some time thinking about this, off and on. I try to spend a moment before meals in contemplation. I've never really thought of it as being grateful to someone, it's more a recognition that I have it better than about 90% of the current human population. It doesn't inspire to rush off to better the world, so much as to help me appreciate what I have (in this specific case, my next meal, sitting on the table in front of me). I’ve actually spent some time thinking about this, off and on. I try to spend a moment before meals in contemplation. I’ve never really thought of it as being grateful to someone, it’s more a recognition that I have it better than about 90% of the current human population. It doesn’t inspire to rush off to better the world, so much as to help me appreciate what I have (in this specific case, my next meal, sitting on the table in front of me).

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