tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33929660.post2365100452326240542..comments2024-03-27T10:27:03.495-04:00Comments on Working Pictures: Back OnlineCarl Weesehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12291898089206705608noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33929660.post-51850004762091343582011-09-27T03:41:43.546-04:002011-09-27T03:41:43.546-04:00Funny thing: take a randomly chosen day when all t...Funny thing: take a randomly chosen day when all the technology is working smoothly as it should. Do we get a warm contented feeling from that, to set against the desperate helpless feeling when it (as we experience it) lets us down? No. <br /><br />A car will sometimes break down, a roof sometimes leaks, the body sometimes get sick, but these things aren't the same kind of betrayal of our faith - abandonment - as when electronics fails to work. Not sure why this is... maybe their normal functioning is so mysterious, offers such a promise of perfection, we use the "negotiate with the supernatural" part of our brains on that?richardplondonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33929660.post-50866655403162381532011-09-27T00:05:13.200-04:002011-09-27T00:05:13.200-04:00Markus, oh my, talk about feeling like you're ...Markus, oh my, talk about feeling like you're in a black hole over the deep canyon. But now everything seems to be not just OK, but better than before.Carl Weesehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12291898089206705608noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33929660.post-40506372106442964912011-09-26T15:39:19.146-04:002011-09-26T15:39:19.146-04:00Good to hear it all worked out well. I know that h...Good to hear it all worked out well. I know that helpless feeling, when those boxes should - but do not work as expected.Markus Springhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08171659178955291708noreply@blogger.com