Happy Thanksgiving

Just us and the turkey.

Carbon Monoxide Poisoning? That doesn't sound good.

Signs and symptoms

Carbon monoxide is toxic to all aerobic forms of life. It is easily absorbed through the lungs.[5] Carbon monoxide is colorless, odorless, tasteless, and non-irritating, which makes it difficult for humans to detect.[5] Inhaling even relatively small amounts of the gas can lead to hypoxic injury, neurological damage, and even death. Different people and populations may have a different carbon monoxide tolerance level.[6] On average, exposures at 100 ppm or greater is dangerous to human health.[1] In the United States, the OSHA limits long-term workplace exposure levels to less than 50 ppm averaged over an 8-hour period;[7][8] in addition, employees are to be removed from any confined space if a upper limit ("ceiling") of 100 ppm is reached.[9] Carbon monoxide exposure may lead to a significantly shorter life span due to heart damage.[10] The carbon monoxide tolerance level for any person is altered by several factors, including activity level, rate of ventilation, a pre-existing cerebral or cardiovascular disease, cardiac output, anemia, sickle cell disease and other hematological disorders, barometric pressure, and metabolic rate.[11][12][13]

The acute effects produced by carbon monoxide in relation to ambient concentration in parts per million are listed below:[14][15]
Concentration Symptoms
35 ppm (0.0035%) Headache and dizziness within six to eight hours of constant exposure
100 ppm (0.01%) Slight headache in two to three hours
200 ppm (0.02%) Slight headache within two to three hours; loss of judgment
400 ppm (0.04%) Frontal headache within one to two hours
800 ppm (0.08%) Dizziness, nausea, and convulsions within 45 min; insensible within 2 hours
1,600 ppm (0.16%) Headache, tachycardia, dizziness, and nausea within 20 min; death in less than 2 hours
3,200 ppm (0.32%) Headache, dizziness and nausea in five to ten minutes. Death within 30 minutes.
6,400 ppm (0.64%) Headache and dizziness in one to two minutes. Convulsions, respiratory arrest, and death in less than 20 minutes.
12,800 ppm (1.28%) Unconsciousness after 2-3 breaths. Death in less than three minutes.

What you been up to Dove?

Whistler at UMMA

Visited the Whistler Exhibition at UMMA this past weekend. Highly recommend going.
Nice to get out and about.

The Meaning of the Finger Pointing to the Moon

Mind & Emotions, Spirituality
The Meaning of the Finger Pointing to the Moon


The finger pointing to the moon
Hotei pointing with the finger to the moon

The nun Wu Jincang asked the Sixth Patriach Huineng, "I have studied the Mahaparinirvana sutra for many years, yet there are many areas i do not quite understand. Please enlighten me."

The patriach responded, "I am illiterate. Please read out the characters to me and perhaps I will be able to explain the meaning."

Said the nun, "You cannot even recognize the characters. How are you able then to understand the meaning?"

"Truth has nothing to do with words. Truth can be likened to the bright moon in the sky. Words, in this case, can be likened to a finger. The finger can point to the moon’s location. However, the finger is not the moon. To look at the moon, it is necessary to gaze beyond the finger, right?"

The finger pointing to the moon is not the moon is the essence here. But what does this mean on a deeper level? How does it relate to todays everyday life? How can we understand the meaning in an useful manner?

The laughing Buddha Hotei is pointing to the moon, who was a monk who lived during the Later Liang Dynasty (907–923 AD) of China. Contentment and happiness being his defining attributes, Hotei has a cheerful face and a big belly.

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Low Hanging Fruit

Stop preaching. OK, It's just so easy with this internet.

What? You Like Scrap, Brah?
No badah me.

Bitter old man

There was a time when I used to think I was a bitter old man, lacking in social graces, blaming the others for my failures as a human being. Not all the time mind you, but enough that it would wear on me and others around me.

But darn it, this week I'm feeling good about myself because there is somebody out their who tops the cake! We are responsible for who we are or become. Don't blame others for everything that is wrong in life. Using the key phrase: "get over it". If you are a jerk, you are a jerk. Nobody makes anybody a jerk.

Certainly, as an adult you can't blame others for who you are or who you become. We all determine the path that we want to go down.

Wow! Isn't interesting that the internet is a FORUM for us. Is it, "the feeling of aimlessness and isolation that makes us sign up for FACEBOOK"? It just seems that this might be a dangerous tool for the disenchanted. Any enough is enough, don't you think.

Dove Speaks

Let's join Jane Austin's Fight Club

Let's join Jane Austin's Fight Club

Happy Birthday

We are off to the coast of michigan to say goodbye to summer, and welcome Sugar to the big 6 oh!

Sean will join us and Pedits will all gather.

Life is sweet, all you need is a little Sugar!

Event Planner In Waiting

Herding more than engineers could be more daunting. You go girl.