only 35… ? not even 1 year for each kid ?
further learning:
magic (n.)
late 14c., magike, "art of influencing or predicting events and producing marvels using hidden natural forces," also "supernatural art," especially the art of controlling the actions of spiritual or superhuman beings; from Old French magique "magic; magical," from Late Latin magice "sorcery, magic," from Greek magike (presumably with tekhnē "art"), fem. of magikos "magical," from magos "one of the members of the learned and priestly class," from Old Persian magush, which is possibly from PIE root *magh- "to be able, have power."
*magh-
Proto-Indo-European root meaning "to be able, have power." It forms all or part of: dismay; deus ex machina; may (v.1) "am able;" might (n.) "bodily strength, power;" main; machine; mechanic; mechanism; mechano-; mage; magi; magic.
It is the hypothetical source of/evidence for its existence is provided by: Sanskrit mahan "great;" Greek mēkhanē "device, means," mekhos, makhos "means, instrument;" Old Church Slavonic mošti, Russian moč' "can, be able;" Old English mæg "I can," Gothic mag "can, is able," Old High German magan, Old Norse magn "power, might."
Druid (n.)
"one of the order of priests among the ancient Celts of Gaul, Britain, and Ireland," 1560s, from French druide (16c.), from Latin druis, fem. druias (plural druidae), from Gaulish Druides, from Celtic compound dru-wid- "strong seer," from Old Celtic derwos "true" (from PIE root deru- "tree," especially oak) + wid- "to know" (from PIE root *weid- "to see"). Hence, literally, perhaps, "they who know the oak" (perhaps in allusion to divination from mistletoe). Anglo-Saxon, too, used identical words to mean "tree" and "truth" (treow).
heh. Gate kid here too. I have captain logs from my grandpappy in WWII shooting down kamikaze fighters…
absolutely zero zilch record of him in existence online.
pretty fascinating shit we have in our lives. I'm curious why they took out my grandparents when my dad was 10. Everything has meaning.
If I can offer some of my personal experience…
Sometimes we're asking the wrong question, or the question has been answered but we haven't "realized" it yet.
To "realize" something ( real-ize : to make real ) it needs to be thoroughly defined/examined.
There's a few 'natural laws' to keep in mind ( natural law being unbreakable/static )
1- you dont know what you dont know
2- truth is stranger than fiction
3- logic can be ephemeral and not always applicable, this is where faith and/or self-trust plays a role
4- life is a Rube Goldberg experience
check it.
I was talking to my dad about my busted garage door yesterday afternoon. On the phone, regular call. iphone.
I did not google or search or text anything about 'garage' or 'door' at all yesterday.
2 hours after the call I got an ad on my screen for busted garage doors.
if this fuckin garage door repair company can know I have a busted garage door 'automagically'… Imagine what the CIA has.
Its just a matter of getting it introduced as evidence & fully admissable in court.
what is this