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848 <li id="comment-643" class="comment byuser comment-author-caseybean13 even thread-odd thread-alt depth-1"> 849 <article id="div-comment-643" class="comment-body"> 850 <footer class="comment-meta"> 851 <div class="comment-author vcard"> 852 <img referrerpolicy="no-referrer" alt='caseybean13's avatar' src='https://0.gravatar.com/avatar/9347430085584f91c009f8f1c17405a835defc443a8cff1e8c9b5d1f95b77d09?s=32&d=retro&r=PG' srcset='https://0.gravatar.com/avatar/9347430085584f91c009f8f1c17405a835defc443a8cff1e8c9b5d1f95b77d09?s=32&d=retro&r=PG 1x, https://0.gravatar.com/avatar/9347430085584f91c009f8f1c17405a835defc443a8cff1e8c9b5d1f95b77d09?s=48&d=retro&r=PG 1.5x, https://0.gravatar.com/avatar/9347430085584f91c009f8f1c17405a835defc443a8cff1e8c9b5d1f95b77d09?s=64&d=retro&r=PG 2x, https://0.gravatar.com/avatar/9347430085584f91c009f8f1c17405a835defc443a8cff1e8c9b5d1f95b77d09?s=96&d=retro&r=PG 3x, https://0.gravatar.com/avatar/9347430085584f91c009f8f1c17405a835defc443a8cff1e8c9b5d1f95b77d09?s=128&d=retro&r=PG 4x' class='avatar avatar-32' height='32' width='32' loading='lazy' decoding='async' /> <b class="fn"><a href="http://caseynormando.wordpress.com" class="url" rel="ugc external nofollow">caseybean13</a></b> <span class="says">says:</span> </div><!-- .comment-author --> 853 854 <div class="comment-metadata"> 855 <a href="https://esoterx.com/about/#comment-643"><time datetime="2013-08-27T10:31:06-04:00">August 27, 2013 at 10:31 am</time></a> </div><!-- .comment-metadata --> 856 857 </footer><!-- .comment-meta --> 858 859 <div class="comment-content"> 860 <p>Fascinating stuff–can’t wait read more!</p> 861 </div><!-- .comment-content --> 862 863 <div class="reply"> 864 <a class="comment-reply-link" href="/about/?replytocom=643#respond" onclick="return addComment.moveForm( 'div-comment-643', '643', 'respond', '2' )">Reply</a> 865 </div> </article><!-- .comment-body --> 866 </li><!-- #comment-## --> 867 <li id="comment-685" class="comment byuser comment-author-rface odd alt thread-even depth-1 parent"> 868 <article id="div-comment-685" class="comment-body"> 869 <footer class="comment-meta"> 870 <div class="comment-author vcard"> 871 <img referrerpolicy="no-referrer" alt='Things I Hate... Some I like.'s avatar' src='https://2.gravatar.com/avatar/5185be4c464f6ed3abc3ef7cbe6a323a01047c09d9c51dcdf73ef24f75873839?s=32&d=retro&r=PG' srcset='https://2.gravatar.com/avatar/5185be4c464f6ed3abc3ef7cbe6a323a01047c09d9c51dcdf73ef24f75873839?s=32&d=retro&r=PG 1x, https://2.gravatar.com/avatar/5185be4c464f6ed3abc3ef7cbe6a323a01047c09d9c51dcdf73ef24f75873839?s=48&d=retro&r=PG 1.5x, https://2.gravatar.com/avatar/5185be4c464f6ed3abc3ef7cbe6a323a01047c09d9c51dcdf73ef24f75873839?s=64&d=retro&r=PG 2x, https://2.gravatar.com/avatar/5185be4c464f6ed3abc3ef7cbe6a323a01047c09d9c51dcdf73ef24f75873839?s=96&d=retro&r=PG 3x, https://2.gravatar.com/avatar/5185be4c464f6ed3abc3ef7cbe6a323a01047c09d9c51dcdf73ef24f75873839?s=128&d=retro&r=PG 4x' class='avatar avatar-32' height='32' width='32' loading='lazy' decoding='async' /> <b class="fn"><a href="http://thingsihatesomeilike.wordpress.com/" class="url" rel="ugc external nofollow">Things I Hate... Some I like.</a></b> <span class="says">says:</span> </div><!-- .comment-author --> 872 873 <div class="comment-metadata"> 874 <a href="https://esoterx.com/about/#comment-685"><time datetime="2013-09-23T12:19:31-04:00">September 23, 2013 at 12:19 pm</time></a> </div><!-- .comment-metadata --> 875 876 </footer><!-- .comment-meta --> 877 878 <div class="comment-content"> 879 <p>Hi I have just nominated you for a Versatile Blogger Award. Thank you for your thought provoking blog. Here is a link to the post <a href="http://thingsihatesomeilike.wordpress.com/2013/09/23/the-versatile-blogger-award/" rel="nofollow ugc">http://thingsihatesomeilike.wordpress.com/2013/09/23/the-versatile-blogger-award/</a></p> 880 </div><!-- .comment-content --> 881 882 <div class="reply"> 883 <a class="comment-reply-link" href="/about/?replytocom=685#respond" onclick="return addComment.moveForm( 'div-comment-685', '685', 'respond', '2' )">Reply</a> 884 </div> </article><!-- .comment-body --> 885 <ol class="children">
886 <li id="comment-686" class="comment byuser comment-author-esoterx bypostauthor even depth-2"> 887 <article id="div-comment-686" class="comment-body"> 888 <footer class="comment-meta"> 889 <div class="comment-author vcard"> 890 <img referrerpolicy="no-referrer" alt='EsoterX's avatar' src='https://0.gravatar.com/avatar/0c05f004afd94db50dffc939d298dab90b74c2aad7e2f2573c6e098205269a6a?s=32&d=retro&r=PG' srcset='https://0.gravatar.com/avatar/0c05f004afd94db50dffc939d298dab90b74c2aad7e2f2573c6e098205269a6a?s=32&d=retro&r=PG 1x, https://0.gravatar.com/avatar/0c05f004afd94db50dffc939d298dab90b74c2aad7e2f2573c6e098205269a6a?s=48&d=retro&r=PG 1.5x, https://0.gravatar.com/avatar/0c05f004afd94db50dffc939d298dab90b74c2aad7e2f2573c6e098205269a6a?s=64&d=retro&r=PG 2x, https://0.gravatar.com/avatar/0c05f004afd94db50dffc939d298dab90b74c2aad7e2f2573c6e098205269a6a?s=96&d=retro&r=PG 3x, https://0.gravatar.com/avatar/0c05f004afd94db50dffc939d298dab90b74c2aad7e2f2573c6e098205269a6a?s=128&d=retro&r=PG 4x' class='avatar avatar-32' height='32' width='32' loading='lazy' decoding='async' /> <b class="fn"><a href="https://esoterx.wordpress.com" class="url" rel="ugc external nofollow">EsoterX</a></b> <span class="says">says:</span> </div><!-- .comment-author --> 891 892 <div class="comment-metadata"> 893 <a href="https://esoterx.com/about/#comment-686"><time datetime="2013-09-23T12:29:39-04:00">September 23, 2013 at 12:29 pm</time></a> </div><!-- .comment-metadata --> 894 895 </footer><!-- .comment-meta --> 896 897 <div class="comment-content"> 898 <p>Many thanks!</p> 899 </div><!-- .comment-content --> 900 901 <div class="reply"> 902 <a class="comment-reply-link" href="/about/?replytocom=686#respond" onclick="return addComment.moveForm( 'div-comment-686', '686', 'respond', '2' )">Reply</a> 903 </div> </article><!-- .comment-body --> 904 </li><!-- #comment-## --> 905</ol><!-- .children --> 906</li><!-- #comment-## --> 907 <li id="comment-1994" class="comment byuser 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class='avatar avatar-32' height='32' width='32' loading='lazy' decoding='async' /> <b class="fn"><a href="http://marycontraryness.wordpress.com" class="url" rel="ugc external nofollow">marycontraryness</a></b> <span class="says">says:</span> </div><!-- .comment-author --> 912 913 <div class="comment-metadata"> 914 <a href="https://esoterx.com/about/#comment-1994"><time datetime="2014-02-09T10:31:42-05:00">February 9, 2014 at 10:31 am</time></a> </div><!-- .comment-metadata --> 915 916 </footer><!-- .comment-meta --> 917 918 <div class="comment-content"> 919 <p>Always interesting.</p> 920 </div><!-- .comment-content --> 921 922 <div class="reply"> 923 <a class="comment-reply-link" href="/about/?replytocom=1994#respond" onclick="return addComment.moveForm( 'div-comment-1994', '1994', 'respond', '2' )">Reply</a> 924 </div> </article><!-- .comment-body --> 925 <ol class="children"> 926 <li id="comment-1995" class="comment byuser comment-author-esoterx bypostauthor even depth-2"> 927 <article id="div-comment-1995" class="comment-body"> 928 <footer class="comment-meta"> 929 <div class="comment-author vcard"> 930 <img referrerpolicy="no-referrer" alt='EsoterX's avatar' src='https://0.gravatar.com/avatar/0c05f004afd94db50dffc939d298dab90b74c2aad7e2f2573c6e098205269a6a?s=32&d=retro&r=PG' srcset='https://0.gravatar.com/avatar/0c05f004afd94db50dffc939d298dab90b74c2aad7e2f2573c6e098205269a6a?s=32&d=retro&r=PG 1x, https://0.gravatar.com/avatar/0c05f004afd94db50dffc939d298dab90b74c2aad7e2f2573c6e098205269a6a?s=48&d=retro&r=PG 1.5x, https://0.gravatar.com/avatar/0c05f004afd94db50dffc939d298dab90b74c2aad7e2f2573c6e098205269a6a?s=64&d=retro&r=PG 2x, https://0.gravatar.com/avatar/0c05f004afd94db50dffc939d298dab90b74c2aad7e2f2573c6e098205269a6a?s=96&d=retro&r=PG 3x, https://0.gravatar.com/avatar/0c05f004afd94db50dffc939d298dab90b74c2aad7e2f2573c6e098205269a6a?s=128&d=retro&r=PG 4x' class='avatar avatar-32' height='32' width='32' loading='lazy' decoding='async' /> <b class="fn"><a href="https://esoterx.wordpress.com" class="url" rel="ugc external nofollow">EsoterX</a></b> <span class="says">says:</span> </div><!-- .comment-author --> 931 932 <div class="comment-metadata"> 933 <a href="https://esoterx.com/about/#comment-1995"><time datetime="2014-02-09T10:53:19-05:00">February 9, 2014 at 10:53 am</time></a> </div><!-- .comment-metadata --> 934 935 </footer><!-- .comment-meta --> 936 937 <div class="comment-content"> 938 <p>Many thanks Ms. Marycontraryness!</p> 939 </div><!-- .comment-content --> 940 941 <div class="reply"> 942 <a class="comment-reply-link" href="/about/?replytocom=1995#respond" onclick="return addComment.moveForm( 'div-comment-1995', '1995', 'respond', '2' )">Reply</a> 943 </div> </article><!-- .comment-body --> 944 </li><!-- #comment-## --> 945</ol><!-- .children --> 946</li><!-- #comment-## -->
947 <li id="comment-3379" class="comment byuser comment-author-dwarvengirl odd alt thread-even depth-1 parent"> 948 <article id="div-comment-3379" class="comment-body"> 949 <footer class="comment-meta"> 950 <div class="comment-author vcard"> 951 <img referrerpolicy="no-referrer" alt='dwarvengirl's avatar' src='https://0.gravatar.com/avatar/c86178903ad3be5901abd07749cbff24548871bdb86479b57311c70e99cf5020?s=32&d=retro&r=PG' srcset='https://0.gravatar.com/avatar/c86178903ad3be5901abd07749cbff24548871bdb86479b57311c70e99cf5020?s=32&d=retro&r=PG 1x, https://0.gravatar.com/avatar/c86178903ad3be5901abd07749cbff24548871bdb86479b57311c70e99cf5020?s=48&d=retro&r=PG 1.5x, https://0.gravatar.com/avatar/c86178903ad3be5901abd07749cbff24548871bdb86479b57311c70e99cf5020?s=64&d=retro&r=PG 2x, https://0.gravatar.com/avatar/c86178903ad3be5901abd07749cbff24548871bdb86479b57311c70e99cf5020?s=96&d=retro&r=PG 3x, https://0.gravatar.com/avatar/c86178903ad3be5901abd07749cbff24548871bdb86479b57311c70e99cf5020?s=128&d=retro&r=PG 4x' class='avatar avatar-32' height='32' width='32' loading='lazy' decoding='async' /> <b class="fn"><a href="http://dwarvengirl.wordpress.com" class="url" rel="ugc external nofollow">dwarvengirl</a></b> <span class="says">says:</span> </div><!-- .comment-author --> 952 953 <div class="comment-metadata"> 954 <a href="https://esoterx.com/about/#comment-3379"><time datetime="2014-04-14T13:08:58-04:00">April 14, 2014 at 1:08 pm</time></a> </div><!-- .comment-metadata --> 955 956 </footer><!-- .comment-meta --> 957 958 <div class="comment-content"> 959 <p>This is possibly my favorite blog on the internet. Thank you so much, and please keep up the ghoulish work!</p> 960 </div><!-- .comment-content --> 961 962 <div class="reply"> 963 <a class="comment-reply-link" href="/about/?replytocom=3379#respond" onclick="return addComment.moveForm( 'div-comment-3379', '3379', 'respond', '2' )">Reply</a> 964 </div> </article><!-- .comment-body --> 965 <ol class="children"> 966 <li id="comment-3380" class="comment byuser comment-author-esoterx bypostauthor even depth-2"> 967 <article id="div-comment-3380" class="comment-body"> 968 <footer class="comment-meta"> 969 <div class="comment-author vcard"> 970 <img referrerpolicy="no-referrer" alt='EsoterX's avatar' src='https://0.gravatar.com/avatar/0c05f004afd94db50dffc939d298dab90b74c2aad7e2f2573c6e098205269a6a?s=32&d=retro&r=PG' srcset='https://0.gravatar.com/avatar/0c05f004afd94db50dffc939d298dab90b74c2aad7e2f2573c6e098205269a6a?s=32&d=retro&r=PG 1x, https://0.gravatar.com/avatar/0c05f004afd94db50dffc939d298dab90b74c2aad7e2f2573c6e098205269a6a?s=48&d=retro&r=PG 1.5x, https://0.gravatar.com/avatar/0c05f004afd94db50dffc939d298dab90b74c2aad7e2f2573c6e098205269a6a?s=64&d=retro&r=PG 2x, https://0.gravatar.com/avatar/0c05f004afd94db50dffc939d298dab90b74c2aad7e2f2573c6e098205269a6a?s=96&d=retro&r=PG 3x, https://0.gravatar.com/avatar/0c05f004afd94db50dffc939d298dab90b74c2aad7e2f2573c6e098205269a6a?s=128&d=retro&r=PG 4x' class='avatar avatar-32' height='32' width='32' loading='lazy' decoding='async' /> <b class="fn"><a href="https://esoterx.wordpress.com" class="url" rel="ugc external nofollow">EsoterX</a></b> <span class="says">says:</span> </div><!-- .comment-author --> 971 972 <div class="comment-metadata"> 973 <a href="https://esoterx.com/about/#comment-3380"><time datetime="2014-04-14T13:13:14-04:00">April 14, 2014 at 1:13 pm</time></a> </div><!-- .comment-metadata --> 974 975 </footer><!-- .comment-meta --> 976 977 <div class="comment-content"> 978 <p>Many thanks! As long as they keep making monsters, I’ll keep writing.</p> 979 </div><!-- .comment-content --> 980 981 <div class="reply"> 982 <a class="comment-reply-link" href="/about/?replytocom=3380#respond" onclick="return addComment.moveForm( 'div-comment-3380', '3380', 'respond', '2' )">Reply</a> 983 </div> </article><!-- .comment-body --> 984 </li><!-- #comment-## --> 985</ol><!-- .children --> 986</li><!-- #comment-## -->
987 <li id="comment-3440" class="comment byuser comment-author-bit1001001 odd alt thread-odd thread-alt depth-1 parent"> 988 <article id="div-comment-3440" class="comment-body"> 989 <footer class="comment-meta"> 990 <div class="comment-author vcard"> 991 <img referrerpolicy="no-referrer" alt='bit1001001's avatar' src='https://0.gravatar.com/avatar/6c8b9f57cf1196d5dd252df3b1af3e6e40b2dd7859065528f5d20759d0a6b8be?s=32&d=retro&r=PG' srcset='https://0.gravatar.com/avatar/6c8b9f57cf1196d5dd252df3b1af3e6e40b2dd7859065528f5d20759d0a6b8be?s=32&d=retro&r=PG 1x, https://0.gravatar.com/avatar/6c8b9f57cf1196d5dd252df3b1af3e6e40b2dd7859065528f5d20759d0a6b8be?s=48&d=retro&r=PG 1.5x, https://0.gravatar.com/avatar/6c8b9f57cf1196d5dd252df3b1af3e6e40b2dd7859065528f5d20759d0a6b8be?s=64&d=retro&r=PG 2x, https://0.gravatar.com/avatar/6c8b9f57cf1196d5dd252df3b1af3e6e40b2dd7859065528f5d20759d0a6b8be?s=96&d=retro&r=PG 3x, https://0.gravatar.com/avatar/6c8b9f57cf1196d5dd252df3b1af3e6e40b2dd7859065528f5d20759d0a6b8be?s=128&d=retro&r=PG 4x' class='avatar avatar-32' height='32' width='32' loading='lazy' decoding='async' /> <b class="fn"><a href="http://jpa0213.wordpress.com" class="url" rel="ugc external nofollow">bit1001001</a></b> <span class="says">says:</span> </div><!-- .comment-author --> 992 993 <div class="comment-metadata"> 994 <a href="https://esoterx.com/about/#comment-3440"><time datetime="2014-06-12T21:08:56-04:00">June 12, 2014 at 9:08 pm</time></a> </div><!-- .comment-metadata --> 995 996 </footer><!-- .comment-meta --> 997 998 <div class="comment-content"> 999 <p>love the site</p> 1000 </div><!-- .comment-content --> 1001 1002 <div class="reply"> 1003 <a class="comment-reply-link" href="/about/?replytocom=3440#respond" onclick="return addComment.moveForm( 'div-comment-3440', '3440', 'respond', '2' )">Reply</a> 1004 </div> </article><!-- .comment-body --> 1005 <ol class="children"> 1006 <li id="comment-3441" class="comment byuser comment-author-esoterx bypostauthor even depth-2"> 1007 <article id="div-comment-3441" class="comment-body"> 1008 <footer class="comment-meta"> 1009 <div class="comment-author vcard"> 1010 <img referrerpolicy="no-referrer" alt='EsoterX's avatar' src='https://0.gravatar.com/avatar/0c05f004afd94db50dffc939d298dab90b74c2aad7e2f2573c6e098205269a6a?s=32&d=retro&r=PG' srcset='https://0.gravatar.com/avatar/0c05f004afd94db50dffc939d298dab90b74c2aad7e2f2573c6e098205269a6a?s=32&d=retro&r=PG 1x, https://0.gravatar.com/avatar/0c05f004afd94db50dffc939d298dab90b74c2aad7e2f2573c6e098205269a6a?s=48&d=retro&r=PG 1.5x, https://0.gravatar.com/avatar/0c05f004afd94db50dffc939d298dab90b74c2aad7e2f2573c6e098205269a6a?s=64&d=retro&r=PG 2x, https://0.gravatar.com/avatar/0c05f004afd94db50dffc939d298dab90b74c2aad7e2f2573c6e098205269a6a?s=96&d=retro&r=PG 3x, https://0.gravatar.com/avatar/0c05f004afd94db50dffc939d298dab90b74c2aad7e2f2573c6e098205269a6a?s=128&d=retro&r=PG 4x' class='avatar avatar-32' height='32' width='32' loading='lazy' decoding='async' /> <b class="fn"><a href="https://esoterx.wordpress.com" class="url" rel="ugc external nofollow">EsoterX</a></b> <span class="says">says:</span> </div><!-- .comment-author --> 1011 1012 <div class="comment-metadata"> 1013 <a href="https://esoterx.com/about/#comment-3441"><time datetime="2014-06-13T16:10:45-04:00">June 13, 2014 at 4:10 pm</time></a> </div><!-- .comment-metadata --> 1014 1015 </footer><!-- .comment-meta --> 1016 1017 <div class="comment-content"> 1018 <p>Thanks for visiting, and I’m glad you enjoy my humble contributions.</p> 1019 </div><!-- .comment-content --> 1020 1021 <div class="reply"> 1022 <a class="comment-reply-link" href="/about/?replytocom=3441#respond" onclick="return addComment.moveForm( 'div-comment-3441', '3441', 'respond', '2' )">Reply</a> 1023 </div> </article><!-- .comment-body --> 1024 </li><!-- #comment-## --> 1025</ol><!-- .children --> 1026</li><!-- #comment-## --> 1027 <li id="comment-3506" class="comment byuser comment-author-womaninsidewater odd alt thread-even depth-1 parent"> 1028 <article id="div-comment-3506" class="comment-body"> 1029 <footer class="comment-meta"> 1030 <div class="comment-author vcard"> 1031 <img referrerpolicy="no-referrer" alt='Woman Inside Water's avatar' src='https://1.gravatar.com/avatar/d3ee4fdccde2b624007468e7b6c1edf5d76c04b348dcb52da98e59a60505c21a?s=32&d=retro&r=PG' srcset='https://1.gravatar.com/avatar/d3ee4fdccde2b624007468e7b6c1edf5d76c04b348dcb52da98e59a60505c21a?s=32&d=retro&r=PG 1x, https://1.gravatar.com/avatar/d3ee4fdccde2b624007468e7b6c1edf5d76c04b348dcb52da98e59a60505c21a?s=48&d=retro&r=PG 1.5x, https://1.gravatar.com/avatar/d3ee4fdccde2b624007468e7b6c1edf5d76c04b348dcb52da98e59a60505c21a?s=64&d=retro&r=PG 2x, https://1.gravatar.com/avatar/d3ee4fdccde2b624007468e7b6c1edf5d76c04b348dcb52da98e59a60505c21a?s=96&d=retro&r=PG 3x, https://1.gravatar.com/avatar/d3ee4fdccde2b624007468e7b6c1edf5d76c04b348dcb52da98e59a60505c21a?s=128&d=retro&r=PG 4x' class='avatar avatar-32' height='32' width='32' loading='lazy' decoding='async' /> <b class="fn">Heretic</b> <span class="says">says:</span> </div><!-- .comment-author --> 1032 1033 <div class="comment-metadata"> 1034 <a href="https://esoterx.com/about/#comment-3506"><time datetime="2014-08-09T07:22:21-04:00">August 9, 2014 at 7:22 am</time></a> </div><!-- .comment-metadata --> 1035 1036 </footer><!-- .comment-meta --> 1037 1038 <div class="comment-content"> 1039 <p>This blog is amazing. I love your writing. It’s thorough, witty and funny, too!</p> 1040 </div><!-- .comment-content --> 1041 1042 <div class="reply"> 1043 <a class="comment-reply-link" href="/about/?replytocom=3506#respond" onclick="return addComment.moveForm( 'div-comment-3506', '3506', 'respond', '2' )">Reply</a> 1044 </div> </article><!-- .comment-body --> 1045 <ol class="children">
1046 <li id="comment-3507" class="comment byuser comment-author-esoterx bypostauthor even depth-2 parent"> 1047 <article id="div-comment-3507" class="comment-body"> 1048 <footer class="comment-meta"> 1049 <div class="comment-author vcard"> 1050 <img referrerpolicy="no-referrer" alt='EsoterX's avatar' src='https://0.gravatar.com/avatar/0c05f004afd94db50dffc939d298dab90b74c2aad7e2f2573c6e098205269a6a?s=32&d=retro&r=PG' srcset='https://0.gravatar.com/avatar/0c05f004afd94db50dffc939d298dab90b74c2aad7e2f2573c6e098205269a6a?s=32&d=retro&r=PG 1x, https://0.gravatar.com/avatar/0c05f004afd94db50dffc939d298dab90b74c2aad7e2f2573c6e098205269a6a?s=48&d=retro&r=PG 1.5x, https://0.gravatar.com/avatar/0c05f004afd94db50dffc939d298dab90b74c2aad7e2f2573c6e098205269a6a?s=64&d=retro&r=PG 2x, https://0.gravatar.com/avatar/0c05f004afd94db50dffc939d298dab90b74c2aad7e2f2573c6e098205269a6a?s=96&d=retro&r=PG 3x, https://0.gravatar.com/avatar/0c05f004afd94db50dffc939d298dab90b74c2aad7e2f2573c6e098205269a6a?s=128&d=retro&r=PG 4x' class='avatar avatar-32' height='32' width='32' loading='lazy' decoding='async' /> <b class="fn"><a href="https://esoterx.wordpress.com" class="url" rel="ugc external nofollow">EsoterX</a></b> <span class="says">says:</span> </div><!-- .comment-author --> 1051 1052 <div class="comment-metadata"> 1053 <a href="https://esoterx.com/about/#comment-3507"><time datetime="2014-08-09T07:26:33-04:00">August 9, 2014 at 7:26 am</time></a> </div><!-- .comment-metadata --> 1054 1055 </footer><!-- .comment-meta --> 1056 1057 <div class="comment-content"> 1058 <p>Many thanks! Someday I’ll quit my day job and do this full time, or at least that’s what I keep threatening. </p> 1059 </div><!-- .comment-content --> 1060 1061 <div class="reply"> 1062 <a class="comment-reply-link" href="/about/?replytocom=3507#respond" onclick="return addComment.moveForm( 'div-comment-3507', '3507', 'respond', '2' )">Reply</a> 1063 </div> </article><!-- .comment-body --> 1064 <ol class="children"> 1065 <li id="comment-3508" class="comment byuser comment-author-womaninsidewater odd alt depth-3 parent"> 1066 <article id="div-comment-3508" class="comment-body"> 1067 <footer class="comment-meta"> 1068 <div class="comment-author vcard"> 1069 <img referrerpolicy="no-referrer" alt='Woman Inside Water's avatar' src='https://1.gravatar.com/avatar/d3ee4fdccde2b624007468e7b6c1edf5d76c04b348dcb52da98e59a60505c21a?s=32&d=retro&r=PG' srcset='https://1.gravatar.com/avatar/d3ee4fdccde2b624007468e7b6c1edf5d76c04b348dcb52da98e59a60505c21a?s=32&d=retro&r=PG 1x, https://1.gravatar.com/avatar/d3ee4fdccde2b624007468e7b6c1edf5d76c04b348dcb52da98e59a60505c21a?s=48&d=retro&r=PG 1.5x, https://1.gravatar.com/avatar/d3ee4fdccde2b624007468e7b6c1edf5d76c04b348dcb52da98e59a60505c21a?s=64&d=retro&r=PG 2x, https://1.gravatar.com/avatar/d3ee4fdccde2b624007468e7b6c1edf5d76c04b348dcb52da98e59a60505c21a?s=96&d=retro&r=PG 3x, https://1.gravatar.com/avatar/d3ee4fdccde2b624007468e7b6c1edf5d76c04b348dcb52da98e59a60505c21a?s=128&d=retro&r=PG 4x' class='avatar avatar-32' height='32' width='32' loading='lazy' decoding='async' /> <b class="fn">Heretic</b> <span class="says">says:</span> </div><!-- .comment-author --> 1070 1071 <div class="comment-metadata"> 1072 <a href="https://esoterx.com/about/#comment-3508"><time datetime="2014-08-09T07:27:36-04:00">August 9, 2014 at 7:27 am</time></a> </div><!-- .comment-metadata --> 1073 1074 </footer><!-- .comment-meta --> 1075 1076 <div class="comment-content"> 1077 <p>How do you find the time – do you write posts in advance? If you ever end up compiling your writings into a book, I’d be among the first to buy it.</p> 1078 </div><!-- .comment-content --> 1079 1080 </article><!-- .comment-body --> 1081 </li><!-- #comment-## --> 1082 <li id="comment-3509" class="comment byuser comment-author-esoterx bypostauthor even depth-3"> 1083 <article id="div-comment-3509" class="comment-body"> 1084 <footer class="comment-meta"> 1085 <div class="comment-author vcard"> 1086 <img referrerpolicy="no-referrer" alt='EsoterX's avatar' src='https://0.gravatar.com/avatar/0c05f004afd94db50dffc939d298dab90b74c2aad7e2f2573c6e098205269a6a?s=32&d=retro&r=PG' srcset='https://0.gravatar.com/avatar/0c05f004afd94db50dffc939d298dab90b74c2aad7e2f2573c6e098205269a6a?s=32&d=retro&r=PG 1x, https://0.gravatar.com/avatar/0c05f004afd94db50dffc939d298dab90b74c2aad7e2f2573c6e098205269a6a?s=48&d=retro&r=PG 1.5x, https://0.gravatar.com/avatar/0c05f004afd94db50dffc939d298dab90b74c2aad7e2f2573c6e098205269a6a?s=64&d=retro&r=PG 2x, https://0.gravatar.com/avatar/0c05f004afd94db50dffc939d298dab90b74c2aad7e2f2573c6e098205269a6a?s=96&d=retro&r=PG 3x, https://0.gravatar.com/avatar/0c05f004afd94db50dffc939d298dab90b74c2aad7e2f2573c6e098205269a6a?s=128&d=retro&r=PG 4x' class='avatar avatar-32' height='32' width='32' loading='lazy' decoding='async' /> <b class="fn"><a href="https://esoterx.wordpress.com" class="url" rel="ugc external nofollow">EsoterX</a></b> <span class="says">says:</span> </div><!-- .comment-author --> 1087 1088 <div class="comment-metadata"> 1089 <a href="https://esoterx.com/about/#comment-3509"><time datetime="2014-08-09T07:38:31-04:00">August 9, 2014 at 7:38 am</time></a> </div><!-- .comment-metadata --> 1090 1091 </footer><!-- .comment-meta --> 1092 1093 <div class="comment-content"> 1094 <p>Insomnia helps. A little research in advance, but I’m all about instant gratification, so I post ’em as I write ’em. Thanks for your kind comments.</p> 1095 </div><!-- .comment-content --> 1096 1097 </article><!-- .comment-body --> 1098 </li><!-- #comment-## --> 1099</ol><!-- .children --> 1100</li><!-- #comment-## --> 1101</ol><!-- .children --> 1102</li><!-- #comment-## -->
1103 <li id="comment-3677" class="comment byuser comment-author-denismil33 odd alt thread-odd thread-alt depth-1 parent"> 1104 <article id="div-comment-3677" class="comment-body"> 1105 <footer class="comment-meta"> 1106 <div class="comment-author vcard"> 1107 <img referrerpolicy="no-referrer" alt='denismil33's avatar' src='https://2.gravatar.com/avatar/b497e21c493735cc3576acae3bb391b3cd654801841a7f07b35cb3d1c86a6c3f?s=32&d=retro&r=PG' srcset='https://2.gravatar.com/avatar/b497e21c493735cc3576acae3bb391b3cd654801841a7f07b35cb3d1c86a6c3f?s=32&d=retro&r=PG 1x, https://2.gravatar.com/avatar/b497e21c493735cc3576acae3bb391b3cd654801841a7f07b35cb3d1c86a6c3f?s=48&d=retro&r=PG 1.5x, https://2.gravatar.com/avatar/b497e21c493735cc3576acae3bb391b3cd654801841a7f07b35cb3d1c86a6c3f?s=64&d=retro&r=PG 2x, https://2.gravatar.com/avatar/b497e21c493735cc3576acae3bb391b3cd654801841a7f07b35cb3d1c86a6c3f?s=96&d=retro&r=PG 3x, https://2.gravatar.com/avatar/b497e21c493735cc3576acae3bb391b3cd654801841a7f07b35cb3d1c86a6c3f?s=128&d=retro&r=PG 4x' class='avatar avatar-32' height='32' width='32' loading='lazy' decoding='async' /> <b class="fn"><a href="http://denismil33.wordpress.com" class="url" rel="ugc external nofollow">denismil33</a></b> <span class="says">says:</span> </div><!-- .comment-author --> 1108 1109 <div class="comment-metadata"> 1110 <a href="https://esoterx.com/about/#comment-3677"><time datetime="2014-11-27T19:23:44-05:00">November 27, 2014 at 7:23 pm</time></a> </div><!-- .comment-metadata --> 1111 1112 </footer><!-- .comment-meta --> 1113 1114 <div class="comment-content"> 1115 <p>this is a wonderful blog, i really enjoy your articles.</p> 1116<p>it may sound a bit of an odd or unrelated question, but what do you think about the possibility and potential of the human mind? i remember reading a memorable ‘creepypasta’ horror story in which scientists severed all of an elderly man’s physical senses, touch, sight, sound, everything, in an attempt to make him contact with god (at the end the man spoke and hauntingly proclaimed that god had abandoned humanity).</p> 1117<p>i read a group of monks had also used temporary sensory deprivation for a similar purpose, and after recovering, they claimed they had seen/spoken with God while deprived. then there is the common trope that losing your physical eyesight leads to psychic awareness (think of how many movies and books there are in which a protagonist gains clairvoyance after becoming blind). when humans dissociate from the physical realm, do they then enter the spiritual one? buddhism does opine that this physical world is an ‘illusion’ after all.</p> 1118<p>i am also forever intrigued by the theory that we humans, in our lifetime, will only use a small part of what our brain is capable of, with some even claiming we only use a measly 10%- the other 90% of our big juicy brain sitting unused. it was however proven that we use a lot more than 10%, but interestingly also confirmed that by the time of old age/death we only use around 5% (almost as though we ironically get stupider, rather than wiser, as we age? ha). either way, most scientific people are in agreement that we don’t use as much of our brains as we could.</p> 1119<p>i watched films ‘limitless’ and the more recent ‘lucy’ both of which base on the topic. both protagonist are about relatively ordinary people who end up, through some kind of mysterious zootropic drug, ‘activating’ 100% of their brain’s capacity. the man in limitless becomes quickly rich, genius and successful through the drug. lucy’s transformation goes at a more rapid and dramatic, frightening scale, with the drug bestowing her new awareness and intelligence as more and more of her brain awakens. by just 60%, she can ‘switch off’ pain and emotion, understand all human languages, has super-genius intellect, telepathic and telekinetic type powers, can control her own body’
1119 cells and other humans, levitate, travel in time – imagining what she will become by 100% is frankly terrifying. </p> 1120<p>but what i find even more interesting is how both of these characters also suffer from having so much access to their brain. in limitless, the protagonist experiences severe memory blackouts, depression and addiction to the drug. it is also heavily implied that while in a memory blackout he had murdered a woman. lucy’s mind overloads and her body begins to disintegrate. she is later told that she is slowly dying and the only cure is even more of the harmful zootropic drug.</p> 1121<p>it reminds me of a doctor’s claim a few years back that the part of the brain which operates speech and language is also the same part that causes schizophrenia and mental illness. he said our speech is the thing that truly sets us apart from other animals and mental illness is the price we pay for being so intelligent.</p> 1122 </div><!-- .comment-content --> 1123 1124 <div class="reply"> 1125 <a class="comment-reply-link" href="/about/?replytocom=3677#respond" onclick="return addComment.moveForm( 'div-comment-3677', '3677', 'respond', '2' )">Reply</a> 1126 </div> </article><!-- .comment-body --> 1127 <ol class="children"> 1128 <li id="comment-3678" class="comment byuser comment-author-esoterx bypostauthor even depth-2 parent"> 1129 <article id="div-comment-3678" class="comment-body"> 1130 <footer class="comment-meta"> 1131 <div class="comment-author vcard"> 1132 <img referrerpolicy="no-referrer" alt='EsoterX's avatar' src='https://0.gravatar.com/avatar/0c05f004afd94db50dffc939d298dab90b74c2aad7e2f2573c6e098205269a6a?s=32&d=retro&r=PG' srcset='https://0.gravatar.com/avatar/0c05f004afd94db50dffc939d298dab90b74c2aad7e2f2573c6e098205269a6a?s=32&d=retro&r=PG 1x, https://0.gravatar.com/avatar/0c05f004afd94db50dffc939d298dab90b74c2aad7e2f2573c6e098205269a6a?s=48&d=retro&r=PG 1.5x, https://0.gravatar.com/avatar/0c05f004afd94db50dffc939d298dab90b74c2aad7e2f2573c6e098205269a6a?s=64&d=retro&r=PG 2x, https://0.gravatar.com/avatar/0c05f004afd94db50dffc939d298dab90b74c2aad7e2f2573c6e098205269a6a?s=96&d=retro&r=PG 3x, https://0.gravatar.com/avatar/0c05f004afd94db50dffc939d298dab90b74c2aad7e2f2573c6e098205269a6a?s=128&d=retro&r=PG 4x' class='avatar avatar-32' height='32' width='32' loading='lazy' decoding='async' /> <b class="fn"><a href="https://esoterx.wordpress.com" class="url" rel="ugc external nofollow">EsoterX</a></b> <span class="says">says:</span> </div><!-- .comment-author --> 1133 1134 <div class="comment-metadata"> 1135 <a href="https://esoterx.com/about/#comment-3678"><time datetime="2014-11-28T05:49:00-05:00">November 28, 2014 at 5:49 am</time></a> </div><!-- .comment-metadata --> 1136 1137 </footer><!-- .comment-meta --> 1138 1139 <div class="comment-content"> 1140 <p>Thanks, and you raise some fascinating points. It does indeed seem like the species has this vague awareness that there is more locked up in our heads than we dare believe. I’m a “glass half-empty” kind of guy, so I look around and see the havoc we wrought with just 10% of our brains. Imagine the catastrophes we would cause using the other 90%.</p> 1141 </div><!-- .comment-content --> 1142 1143 <div class="reply"> 1144 <a class="comment-reply-link" href="/about/?replytocom=3678#respond" onclick="return addComment.moveForm( 'div-comment-3678', '3678', 'respond', '2' )">Reply</a> 1145 </div> </article><!-- .comment-body --> 1146 <ol class="children"> 1147 <li id="comment-3689" class="comment byuser comment-author-denismil33 odd alt depth-3"> 1148 <article id="div-comment-3689" class="comment-body"> 1149 <footer class="comment-meta"> 1150 <div class="comment-author vcard"> 1151 <img referrerpolicy="no-referrer" alt='denismil33's avatar' src='https://2.gravatar.com/avatar/b497e21c493735cc3576acae3bb391b3cd654801841a7f07b35cb3d1c86a6c3f?s=32&d=retro&r=PG' srcset='https://2.gravatar.com/avatar/b497e21c493735cc3576acae3bb391b3cd654801841a7f07b35cb3d1c86a6c3f?s=32&d=retro&r=PG 1x, https://2.gravatar.com/avatar/b497e21c493735cc3576acae3bb391b3cd654801841a7f07b35cb3d1c86a6c3f?s=48&d=retro&r=PG 1.5x, https://2.gravatar.com/avatar/b497e21c493735cc3576acae3bb391b3cd654801841a7f07b35cb3d1c86a6c3f?s=64&d=retro&r=PG 2x, https://2.gravatar.com/avatar/b497e21c493735cc3576acae3bb391b3cd654801841a7f07b35cb3d1c86a6c3f?s=96&d=retro&r=PG 3x, https://2.gravatar.com/avatar/b497e21c493735cc3576acae3bb391b3cd654801841a7f07b35cb3d1c86a6c3f?s=128&d=retro&r=PG 4x' class='avatar avatar-32' height='32' width='32' loading='lazy' decoding='async' /> <b class="fn"><a href="http://denismil33.wordpress.com" class="url" rel="ugc external nofollow">denismil33</a></b> <span class="says">says:</span> </div><!-- .comment-author --> 1152 1153 <div class="comment-metadata"> 1154 <a href="https://esoterx.com/about/#comment-3689"><time datetime="2014-12-08T19:10:12-05:00">December 8, 2014 at 7:10 pm</time></a> </div><!-- .comment-metadata --> 1155 1156 </footer><!-- .comment-meta --> 1157 1158 <div class="comment-content"> 1159 <p>awfully true. i’ve heard what makes humans so determined to wreak havoc is that we are so emotional, with so little logic. it was proven that people with higher intelligence are less emotional. similarly, the portrayals of people with access to all of their brain have them as emotionless, logic taking the lead over feelings.</p> 1160<p>in lucy, there is a scene where she has stabbed a man to force from him information about the drug, and as he writhes in agony, comments ‘this pain you’re feeling right now, it’s blocking you from understanding. pain is all you know’. the concept that pain and thus emotion (since one cannot feel emotion without feeling pain) is the thing holding humanity back from what we are really capable of is interesting. i’ve always thought of emotion as a power source, creating motivation, but it can clearly be crippling as well.</p> 1161<p>interestingly, if nobody felt emotions the world would probably be better than it is. evil actions, like murder, rape, robbery etc, come from instincts in humanity’s early days, when every day was a competition for survival and if something good was on offer you had to get to it before someone else did and assert your dominance in the food chain. i think that is particularly the source of the greed, arrogance and need to put themselves above others humans feel so strongly. genuinely kind and generous people are quite rare and alien, to be honest.</p> 1162<p>most believe emotion, particularly care and love towards others, is the thing that makes us human (people who apparently cannot feel emotion or love, such as psychopaths, seem to trigger some instinctual disturbance and fear inside us) but what if all along it was the opposite, and our emotions ultimately make us less human, by blocking out our full human potential? i guess we will never know.</p> 1163 </div><!-- .comment-content --> 1164 1165 </article><!-- .comment-body --> 1166 </li><!-- #comment-## --> 1167</ol><!-- .children --> 1168</li><!-- #comment-## --> 1169</ol><!-- .children --> 1170</li><!-- #comment-## -->
1171 <li id="comment-3690" class="comment byuser comment-author-denismil33 even thread-even depth-1 parent"> 1172 <article id="div-comment-3690" class="comment-body"> 1173 <footer class="comment-meta"> 1174 <div class="comment-author vcard"> 1175 <img referrerpolicy="no-referrer" alt='denismil33's avatar' src='https://2.gravatar.com/avatar/b497e21c493735cc3576acae3bb391b3cd654801841a7f07b35cb3d1c86a6c3f?s=32&d=retro&r=PG' srcset='https://2.gravatar.com/avatar/b497e21c493735cc3576acae3bb391b3cd654801841a7f07b35cb3d1c86a6c3f?s=32&d=retro&r=PG 1x, https://2.gravatar.com/avatar/b497e21c493735cc3576acae3bb391b3cd654801841a7f07b35cb3d1c86a6c3f?s=48&d=retro&r=PG 1.5x, https://2.gravatar.com/avatar/b497e21c493735cc3576acae3bb391b3cd654801841a7f07b35cb3d1c86a6c3f?s=64&d=retro&r=PG 2x, https://2.gravatar.com/avatar/b497e21c493735cc3576acae3bb391b3cd654801841a7f07b35cb3d1c86a6c3f?s=96&d=retro&r=PG 3x, https://2.gravatar.com/avatar/b497e21c493735cc3576acae3bb391b3cd654801841a7f07b35cb3d1c86a6c3f?s=128&d=retro&r=PG 4x' class='avatar avatar-32' height='32' width='32' loading='lazy' decoding='async' /> <b class="fn"><a href="http://denismil33.wordpress.com" class="url" rel="ugc external nofollow">denismil33</a></b> <span class="says">says:</span> </div><!-- .comment-author --> 1176 1177 <div class="comment-metadata"> 1178 <a href="https://esoterx.com/about/#comment-3690"><time datetime="2014-12-08T19:17:09-05:00">December 8, 2014 at 7:17 pm</time></a> </div><!-- .comment-metadata --> 1179 1180 </footer><!-- .comment-meta --> 1181 1182 <div class="comment-content"> 1183 <p>another thing to think about is what made humans start to become different to other animals in the first place.., though i’ve heard it was around the time we developed our survival skills. once we learned how to get fire and make tools for hunting, survival was no longer such a priority and it seems our brain began to evolve. we developed more complicated instincts and emotions. and we are definitely still changing and evolving even now.</p> 1184 </div><!-- .comment-content --> 1185 1186 <div class="reply"> 1187 <a class="comment-reply-link" href="/about/?replytocom=3690#respond" onclick="return addComment.moveForm( 'div-comment-3690', '3690', 'respond', '2' )">Reply</a> 1188 </div> </article><!-- .comment-body --> 1189 <ol class="children"> 1190 <li id="comment-3870" class="comment odd alt depth-2"> 1191 <article id="div-comment-3870" class="comment-body"> 1192 <footer class="comment-meta"> 1193 <div class="comment-author vcard"> 1194 <img referrerpolicy="no-referrer" alt='Steve Ray's avatar' src='https://graph.facebook.com/v2.2/100003204723301/picture?type=large&_md5=007085bbf2f22ebc5835d19e355d5ba7' srcset='https://graph.facebook.com/v2.2/100003204723301/picture?type=large&_md5=007085bbf2f22ebc5835d19e355d5ba7 1x, https://graph.facebook.com/v2.2/100003204723301/picture?type=large&_md5=007085bbf2f22ebc5835d19e355d5ba7 1.5x, https://graph.facebook.com/v2.2/100003204723301/picture?type=large&_md5=007085bbf2f22ebc5835d19e355d5ba7 2x, https://graph.facebook.com/v2.2/100003204723301/picture?type=large&_md5=007085bbf2f22ebc5835d19e355d5ba7 3x, https://graph.facebook.com/v2.2/100003204723301/picture?type=large&_md5=007085bbf2f22ebc5835d19e355d5ba7 4x' class='avatar avatar-32' height='32' width='32' loading='lazy' decoding='async' /> <b class="fn"><a href="http://www.facebook.com/100003204723301" class="url" rel="ugc external nofollow">Steve Ray</a></b> <span class="says">says:</span> </div><!-- .comment-author --> 1195 1196 <div class="comment-metadata"> 1197 <a href="https://esoterx.com/about/#comment-3870"><time datetime="2015-04-26T05:23:12-04:00">April 26, 2015 at 5:23 am</time></a> </div><!-- .comment-metadata --> 1198 1199 </footer><!-- .comment-meta --> 1200 1201 <div class="comment-content"> 1202 <p>When I hear someone argue that Method X is inelegant or Technique Y is quite, quite behind the times, I figure they’re no good at Method X or Technique Y.</p> 1203<p>Since you’ve denounced strong emotion, competition, and gain as barbarous relics that sap away humanity’s “true” potential, I guess one might say you “prefer intellectual activity,” to turn a phrase.</p> 1204<p>Trying to live by pure logic would be as fatally conceited as any other attempt to live by a Master Plan, because emotion is inseparable from how projects get chosen, started, and stuck with through completion (or abandonment). </p> 1205<p>Our brains are nowhere near as smart and rational as they would like us to think.</p> 1206 </div><!-- .comment-content --> 1207 1208 <div class="reply"> 1209 <a class="comment-reply-link" href="/about/?replytocom=3870#respond" onclick="return addComment.moveForm( 'div-comment-3870', '3870', 'respond', '2' )">Reply</a> 1210 </div> </article><!-- .comment-body --> 1211 </li><!-- #comment-## -->
1212 <li id="comment-4972" class="comment even depth-2"> 1213 <article id="div-comment-4972" class="comment-body"> 1214 <footer class="comment-meta"> 1215 <div class="comment-author vcard"> 1216 <img referrerpolicy="no-referrer" alt='Gladys Alicea (@g_alicea1)'s avatar' src='https://i0.wp.com/pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/826342260337827840/h-EZFMsn_normal.jpg?resize=32%2C32&ssl=1' srcset='https://i0.wp.com/pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/826342260337827840/h-EZFMsn_normal.jpg?resize=32%2C32&ssl=1 1x, https://i0.wp.com/pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/826342260337827840/h-EZFMsn_normal.jpg?resize=48%2C48&ssl=1 1.5x, https://i0.wp.com/pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/826342260337827840/h-EZFMsn_normal.jpg?resize=64%2C64&ssl=1 2x, https://i0.wp.com/pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/826342260337827840/h-EZFMsn_normal.jpg?resize=96%2C96&ssl=1 3x, https://i0.wp.com/pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/826342260337827840/h-EZFMsn_normal.jpg?resize=128%2C128&ssl=1 4x' class='avatar avatar-32' height='32' width='32' loading='lazy' decoding='async' /> <b class="fn"><a href="http://twitter.com/g_alicea1" class="url" rel="ugc external nofollow">Gladys Alicea (@g_alicea1)</a></b> <span class="says">says:</span> </div><!-- .comment-author --> 1217 1218 <div class="comment-metadata"> 1219 <a href="https://esoterx.com/about/#comment-4972"><time datetime="2017-03-17T15:41:26-04:00">March 17, 2017 at 3:41 pm</time></a> </div><!-- .comment-metadata --> 1220 1221 </footer><!-- .comment-meta --> 1222 1223 <div class="comment-content"> 1224 <p>According to recent findings, the human brain took a giant evolving leap when we changed our diet; as many moved further south in Africa towards the ocean protein-rich seafood became a major staple. It was easier to fish than chase (and run away from) wild animals. Archeologists have found caves containing several layers of human activity. FYI, “The Human Odyssey” is a wonderful documentary of humanity’s evolution and movement through time.</p> 1225 </div><!-- .comment-content --> 1226 1227 <div class="reply"> 1228 <a class="comment-reply-link" href="/about/?replytocom=4972#respond" onclick="return addComment.moveForm( 'div-comment-4972', '4972', 'respond', '2' )">Reply</a> 1229 </div> </article><!-- .comment-body --> 1230 </li><!-- #comment-## --> 1231</ol><!-- .children --> 1232</li><!-- #comment-## --> 1233 <li id="comment-3723" class="comment byuser comment-author-iridescentspirits odd alt thread-odd thread-alt depth-1 parent"> 1234 <article id="div-comment-3723" class="comment-body"> 1235 <footer class="comment-meta"> 1236 <div class="comment-author vcard"> 1237 <img referrerpolicy="no-referrer" alt='Iridescent Spirits's avatar' src='https://0.gravatar.com/avatar/39761af08e3f2168f3cc076e986e2d6deccb0f3b9b1ca199f978d8f6fa77cd7c?s=32&d=retro&r=PG' srcset='https://0.gravatar.com/avatar/39761af08e3f2168f3cc076e986e2d6deccb0f3b9b1ca199f978d8f6fa77cd7c?s=32&d=retro&r=PG 1x, https://0.gravatar.com/avatar/39761af08e3f2168f3cc076e986e2d6deccb0f3b9b1ca199f978d8f6fa77cd7c?s=48&d=retro&r=PG 1.5x, https://0.gravatar.com/avatar/39761af08e3f2168f3cc076e986e2d6deccb0f3b9b1ca199f978d8f6fa77cd7c?s=64&d=retro&r=PG 2x, https://0.gravatar.com/avatar/39761af08e3f2168f3cc076e986e2d6deccb0f3b9b1ca199f978d8f6fa77cd7c?s=96&d=retro&r=PG 3x, https://0.gravatar.com/avatar/39761af08e3f2168f3cc076e986e2d6deccb0f3b9b1ca199f978d8f6fa77cd7c?s=128&d=retro&r=PG 4x' class='avatar avatar-32' height='32' width='32' loading='lazy' decoding='async' /> <b class="fn"><a href="http://iridescentspirits.wordpress.com" class="url" rel="ugc external nofollow">Iridescent Spirits</a></b> <span class="says">says:</span> </div><!-- .comment-author --> 1238 1239 <div class="comment-metadata"> 1240 <a href="https://esoterx.com/about/#comment-3723"><time datetime="2015-01-16T12:35:54-05:00">January 16, 2015 at 12:35 pm</time></a> </div><!-- .comment-metadata --> 1241 1242 </footer><!-- .comment-meta --> 1243 1244 <div class="comment-content"> 1245 <p>Awesome! I love these kinds of stuff! I’m so happy that I’
1245ve found your blog! ^^</p> 1246 </div><!-- .comment-content --> 1247 1248 <div class="reply"> 1249 <a class="comment-reply-link" href="/about/?replytocom=3723#respond" onclick="return addComment.moveForm( 'div-comment-3723', '3723', 'respond', '2' )">Reply</a> 1250 </div> </article><!-- .comment-body --> 1251 <ol class="children"> 1252 <li id="comment-3724" class="comment byuser comment-author-esoterx bypostauthor even depth-2"> 1253 <article id="div-comment-3724" class="comment-body"> 1254 <footer class="comment-meta"> 1255 <div class="comment-author vcard"> 1256 <img referrerpolicy="no-referrer" alt='EsoterX's avatar' src='https://0.gravatar.com/avatar/0c05f004afd94db50dffc939d298dab90b74c2aad7e2f2573c6e098205269a6a?s=32&d=retro&r=PG' srcset='https://0.gravatar.com/avatar/0c05f004afd94db50dffc939d298dab90b74c2aad7e2f2573c6e098205269a6a?s=32&d=retro&r=PG 1x, https://0.gravatar.com/avatar/0c05f004afd94db50dffc939d298dab90b74c2aad7e2f2573c6e098205269a6a?s=48&d=retro&r=PG 1.5x, https://0.gravatar.com/avatar/0c05f004afd94db50dffc939d298dab90b74c2aad7e2f2573c6e098205269a6a?s=64&d=retro&r=PG 2x, https://0.gravatar.com/avatar/0c05f004afd94db50dffc939d298dab90b74c2aad7e2f2573c6e098205269a6a?s=96&d=retro&r=PG 3x, https://0.gravatar.com/avatar/0c05f004afd94db50dffc939d298dab90b74c2aad7e2f2573c6e098205269a6a?s=128&d=retro&r=PG 4x' class='avatar avatar-32' height='32' width='32' loading='lazy' decoding='async' /> <b class="fn"><a href="https://esoterx.wordpress.com" class="url" rel="ugc external nofollow">EsoterX</a></b> <span class="says">says:</span> </div><!-- .comment-author --> 1257 1258 <div class="comment-metadata"> 1259 <a href="https://esoterx.com/about/#comment-3724"><time datetime="2015-01-16T12:38:24-05:00">January 16, 2015 at 12:38 pm</time></a> </div><!-- .comment-metadata --> 1260 1261 </footer><!-- .comment-meta --> 1262 1263 <div class="comment-content"> 1264 <p>Welcome! I’ve found it comes naturally. I just sit here and think of things that I ought to be afraid of.</p> 1265 </div><!-- .comment-content --> 1266 1267 <div class="reply"> 1268 <a class="comment-reply-link" href="/about/?replytocom=3724#respond" onclick="return addComment.moveForm( 'div-comment-3724', '3724', 'respond', '2' )">Reply</a> 1269 </div> </article><!-- .comment-body --> 1270 </li><!-- #comment-## --> 1271</ol><!-- .children --> 1272</li><!-- #comment-## --> 1273 <li id="comment-3726" class="comment byuser comment-author-everwalker odd alt thread-even depth-1 parent"> 1274 <article id="div-comment-3726" class="comment-body"> 1275 <footer class="comment-meta"> 1276 <div class="comment-author vcard"> 1277 <img referrerpolicy="no-referrer" alt='everwalker's avatar' src='https://2.gravatar.com/avatar/8790c0ff556299f3cbf68f5a2c3067f0b80cfbbb5203e02527399af09e9b2766?s=32&d=retro&r=PG' srcset='https://2.gravatar.com/avatar/8790c0ff556299f3cbf68f5a2c3067f0b80cfbbb5203e02527399af09e9b2766?s=32&d=retro&r=PG 1x, https://2.gravatar.com/avatar/8790c0ff556299f3cbf68f5a2c3067f0b80cfbbb5203e02527399af09e9b2766?s=48&d=retro&r=PG 1.5x, https://2.gravatar.com/avatar/8790c0ff556299f3cbf68f5a2c3067f0b80cfbbb5203e02527399af09e9b2766?s=64&d=retro&r=PG 2x, https://2.gravatar.com/avatar/8790c0ff556299f3cbf68f5a2c3067f0b80cfbbb5203e02527399af09e9b2766?s=96&d=retro&r=PG 3x, https://2.gravatar.com/avatar/8790c0ff556299f3cbf68f5a2c3067f0b80cfbbb5203e02527399af09e9b2766?s=128&d=retro&r=PG 4x' class='avatar avatar-32' height='32' width='32' loading='lazy' decoding='async' /> <b class="fn"><a href="http://everwalker.wordpress.com" class="url" rel="ugc external nofollow">everwalker</a></b> <span class="says">says:</span> </div><!-- .comment-author --> 1278 1279 <div class="comment-metadata"> 1280 <a href="https://esoterx.com/about/#comment-3726"><time datetime="2015-01-19T10:19:02-05:00">January 19, 2015 at 10:19 am</time></a> </div><!-- .comment-metadata --> 1281 1282 </footer><!-- .comment-meta --> 1283 1284 <div class="comment-content"> 1285 <p>I just wanted to let you know Iâve nominated you for a Versatile Blogger Award. Thanks for writing such great posts! <a href="https://everwalker.wordpress.com/2015/01/19/apparently-im-versatile/" rel="nofollow ugc">https://everwalker.wordpress.com/2015/01/19/apparently-im-versatile/</a></p> 1286 </div><!-- .comment-content --> 1287 1288 <div class="reply"> 1289 <a class="comment-reply-link" href="/about/?replytocom=3726#respond" onclick="return addComment.moveForm( 'div-comment-3726', '3726', 'respond', '2' )">Reply</a> 1290 </div> </article><!-- .comment-body --> 1291 <ol class="children">
1292 <li id="comment-3729" class="comment byuser comment-author-esoterx bypostauthor even depth-2"> 1293 <article id="div-comment-3729" class="comment-body"> 1294 <footer class="comment-meta"> 1295 <div class="comment-author vcard"> 1296 <img referrerpolicy="no-referrer" alt='EsoterX's avatar' src='https://0.gravatar.com/avatar/0c05f004afd94db50dffc939d298dab90b74c2aad7e2f2573c6e098205269a6a?s=32&d=retro&r=PG' srcset='https://0.gravatar.com/avatar/0c05f004afd94db50dffc939d298dab90b74c2aad7e2f2573c6e098205269a6a?s=32&d=retro&r=PG 1x, https://0.gravatar.com/avatar/0c05f004afd94db50dffc939d298dab90b74c2aad7e2f2573c6e098205269a6a?s=48&d=retro&r=PG 1.5x, https://0.gravatar.com/avatar/0c05f004afd94db50dffc939d298dab90b74c2aad7e2f2573c6e098205269a6a?s=64&d=retro&r=PG 2x, https://0.gravatar.com/avatar/0c05f004afd94db50dffc939d298dab90b74c2aad7e2f2573c6e098205269a6a?s=96&d=retro&r=PG 3x, https://0.gravatar.com/avatar/0c05f004afd94db50dffc939d298dab90b74c2aad7e2f2573c6e098205269a6a?s=128&d=retro&r=PG 4x' class='avatar avatar-32' height='32' width='32' loading='lazy' decoding='async' /> <b class="fn"><a href="https://esoterx.wordpress.com" class="url" rel="ugc external nofollow">EsoterX</a></b> <span class="says">says:</span> </div><!-- .comment-author --> 1297 1298 <div class="comment-metadata"> 1299 <a href="https://esoterx.com/about/#comment-3729"><time datetime="2015-01-20T13:37:31-05:00">January 20, 2015 at 1:37 pm</time></a> </div><!-- .comment-metadata --> 1300 1301 </footer><!-- .comment-meta --> 1302 1303 <div class="comment-content"> 1304 <p>A thousand thank yous!</p> 1305 </div><!-- .comment-content --> 1306 1307 <div class="reply"> 1308 <a class="comment-reply-link" href="/about/?replytocom=3729#respond" onclick="return addComment.moveForm( 'div-comment-3729', '3729', 'respond', '2' )">Reply</a> 1309 </div> </article><!-- .comment-body --> 1310 </li><!-- #comment-## --> 1311</ol><!-- .children --> 1312</li><!-- #comment-## --> 1313 <li id="comment-3908" class="comment odd alt thread-odd thread-alt depth-1 parent"> 1314 <article id="div-comment-3908" class="comment-body"> 1315 <footer class="comment-meta"> 1316 <div class="comment-author vcard"> 1317 <img referrerpolicy="no-referrer" alt='Richard Grigonis's avatar' src='https://graph.facebook.com/v2.2/10204197860528045/picture?type=large&_md5=d4fdc029f648a7cfb95f827e0eb4ad04' srcset='https://graph.facebook.com/v2.2/10204197860528045/picture?type=large&_md5=d4fdc029f648a7cfb95f827e0eb4ad04 1x, https://graph.facebook.com/v2.2/10204197860528045/picture?type=large&_md5=d4fdc029f648a7cfb95f827e0eb4ad04 1.5x, https://graph.facebook.com/v2.2/10204197860528045/picture?type=large&_md5=d4fdc029f648a7cfb95f827e0eb4ad04 2x, https://graph.facebook.com/v2.2/10204197860528045/picture?type=large&_md5=d4fdc029f648a7cfb95f827e0eb4ad04 3x, https://graph.facebook.com/v2.2/10204197860528045/picture?type=large&_md5=d4fdc029f648a7cfb95f827e0eb4ad04 4x' class='avatar avatar-32' height='32' width='32' loading='lazy' decoding='async' /> <b class="fn"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/app_scoped_user_id/10204197860528045/" class="url" rel="ugc external nofollow">Richard Grigonis</a></b> <span class="says">says:</span> </div><!-- .comment-author --> 1318 1319 <div class="comment-metadata"> 1320 <a href="https://esoterx.com/about/#comment-3908"><time datetime="2015-05-14T22:25:13-04:00">May 14, 2015 at 10:25 pm</time></a> </div><!-- .comment-metadata --> 1321 1322 </footer><!-- .comment-meta --> 1323 1324 <div class="comment-content"> 1325 <p>Fascinating site. Greetings from a friend of the late Ivan T. Sanderson, who would have loved reading all of this. <a href="http://richardgrigonis.com/Ch01%20Prologue%20and%20On%20the%20Trail%20of%20Ivan%20Sanderson.html" rel="nofollow ugc">http://richardgrigonis.com/Ch01%20Prologue%20and%20On%20the%20Trail%20of%20Ivan%20Sanderson.html</a></p> 1326 </div><!-- .comment-content --> 1327 1328 <div class="reply"> 1329 <a class="comment-reply-link" href="/about/?replytocom=3908#respond" onclick="return addComment.moveForm( 'div-comment-3908', '3908', 'respond', '2' )">Reply</a> 1330 </div> </article><!-- .comment-body --> 1331 <ol class="children">
1332 <li id="comment-3910" class="comment byuser comment-author-esoterx bypostauthor even depth-2"> 1333 <article id="div-comment-3910" class="comment-body"> 1334 <footer class="comment-meta"> 1335 <div class="comment-author vcard"> 1336 <img referrerpolicy="no-referrer" alt='EsoterX's avatar' src='https://0.gravatar.com/avatar/0c05f004afd94db50dffc939d298dab90b74c2aad7e2f2573c6e098205269a6a?s=32&d=retro&r=PG' srcset='https://0.gravatar.com/avatar/0c05f004afd94db50dffc939d298dab90b74c2aad7e2f2573c6e098205269a6a?s=32&d=retro&r=PG 1x, https://0.gravatar.com/avatar/0c05f004afd94db50dffc939d298dab90b74c2aad7e2f2573c6e098205269a6a?s=48&d=retro&r=PG 1.5x, https://0.gravatar.com/avatar/0c05f004afd94db50dffc939d298dab90b74c2aad7e2f2573c6e098205269a6a?s=64&d=retro&r=PG 2x, https://0.gravatar.com/avatar/0c05f004afd94db50dffc939d298dab90b74c2aad7e2f2573c6e098205269a6a?s=96&d=retro&r=PG 3x, https://0.gravatar.com/avatar/0c05f004afd94db50dffc939d298dab90b74c2aad7e2f2573c6e098205269a6a?s=128&d=retro&r=PG 4x' class='avatar avatar-32' height='32' width='32' loading='lazy' decoding='async' /> <b class="fn"><a href="https://esoterx.wordpress.com" class="url" rel="ugc external nofollow">EsoterX</a></b> <span class="says">says:</span> </div><!-- .comment-author --> 1337 1338 <div class="comment-metadata"> 1339 <a href="https://esoterx.com/about/#comment-3910"><time datetime="2015-05-15T05:48:16-04:00">May 15, 2015 at 5:48 am</time></a> </div><!-- .comment-metadata --> 1340 1341 </footer><!-- .comment-meta --> 1342 1343 <div class="comment-content"> 1344 <p>Thank you for your kind words. I have the greatest respect for the the work of Ivan Sanderson.</p> 1345 </div><!-- .comment-content --> 1346 1347 <div class="reply"> 1348 <a class="comment-reply-link" href="/about/?replytocom=3910#respond" onclick="return addComment.moveForm( 'div-comment-3910', '3910', 'respond', '2' )">Reply</a> 1349 </div> </article><!-- .comment-body --> 1350 </li><!-- #comment-## --> 1351</ol><!-- .children --> 1352</li><!-- #comment-## --> 1353 <li id="comment-4029" class="comment byuser comment-author-allthoughtswork odd alt thread-even depth-1 parent"> 1354 <article id="div-comment-4029" class="comment-body"> 1355 <footer class="comment-meta"> 1356 <div class="comment-author vcard"> 1357 <img referrerpolicy="no-referrer" alt='allthoughtswork's avatar' src='https://0.gravatar.com/avatar/0891df2d2721c80f891003b4987d4ad798d0d65e58d7a1fa50cce94fd26a6b4b?s=32&d=retro&r=PG' srcset='https://0.gravatar.com/avatar/0891df2d2721c80f891003b4987d4ad798d0d65e58d7a1fa50cce94fd26a6b4b?s=32&d=retro&r=PG 1x, https://0.gravatar.com/avatar/0891df2d2721c80f891003b4987d4ad798d0d65e58d7a1fa50cce94fd26a6b4b?s=48&d=retro&r=PG 1.5x, https://0.gravatar.com/avatar/0891df2d2721c80f891003b4987d4ad798d0d65e58d7a1fa50cce94fd26a6b4b?s=64&d=retro&r=PG 2x, https://0.gravatar.com/avatar/0891df2d2721c80f891003b4987d4ad798d0d65e58d7a1fa50cce94fd26a6b4b?s=96&d=retro&r=PG 3x, https://0.gravatar.com/avatar/0891df2d2721c80f891003b4987d4ad798d0d65e58d7a1fa50cce94fd26a6b4b?s=128&d=retro&r=PG 4x' class='avatar avatar-32' height='32' width='32' loading='lazy' decoding='async' /> <b class="fn"><a href="http://allthoughtsworkoutdoors.wordpress.com" class="url" rel="ugc external nofollow">allthoughtswork</a></b> <span class="says">says:</span> </div><!-- .comment-author --> 1358 1359 <div class="comment-metadata"> 1360 <a href="https://esoterx.com/about/#comment-4029"><time datetime="2015-09-02T14:29:41-04:00">September 2, 2015 at 2:29 pm</time></a> </div><!-- .comment-metadata --> 1361 1362 </footer><!-- .comment-meta --> 1363 1364 <div class="comment-content"> 1365 <p>You expound upon yourself in the first person, then say “send us a note.” Is there a post on here outlining your Dissociative Identity Disorder or are you still compiling anecdotes from friends and strangers? Enjoying your writing, all of you.</p> 1366 </div><!-- .comment-content --> 1367 1368 <div class="reply"> 1369 <a class="comment-reply-link" href="/about/?replytocom=4029#respond" onclick="return addComment.moveForm( 'div-comment-4029', '4029', 'respond', '2' )">Reply</a> 1370 </div> </article><!-- .comment-body --> 1371 <ol class="children">
1372 <li id="comment-4030" class="comment byuser comment-author-esoterx bypostauthor even depth-2 parent"> 1373 <article id="div-comment-4030" class="comment-body"> 1374 <footer class="comment-meta"> 1375 <div class="comment-author vcard"> 1376 <img referrerpolicy="no-referrer" alt='EsoterX's avatar' src='https://0.gravatar.com/avatar/0c05f004afd94db50dffc939d298dab90b74c2aad7e2f2573c6e098205269a6a?s=32&d=retro&r=PG' srcset='https://0.gravatar.com/avatar/0c05f004afd94db50dffc939d298dab90b74c2aad7e2f2573c6e098205269a6a?s=32&d=retro&r=PG 1x, https://0.gravatar.com/avatar/0c05f004afd94db50dffc939d298dab90b74c2aad7e2f2573c6e098205269a6a?s=48&d=retro&r=PG 1.5x, https://0.gravatar.com/avatar/0c05f004afd94db50dffc939d298dab90b74c2aad7e2f2573c6e098205269a6a?s=64&d=retro&r=PG 2x, https://0.gravatar.com/avatar/0c05f004afd94db50dffc939d298dab90b74c2aad7e2f2573c6e098205269a6a?s=96&d=retro&r=PG 3x, https://0.gravatar.com/avatar/0c05f004afd94db50dffc939d298dab90b74c2aad7e2f2573c6e098205269a6a?s=128&d=retro&r=PG 4x' class='avatar avatar-32' height='32' width='32' loading='lazy' decoding='async' /> <b class="fn"><a href="https://esoterx.wordpress.com" class="url" rel="ugc external nofollow">EsoterX</a></b> <span class="says">says:</span> </div><!-- .comment-author --> 1377 1378 <div class="comment-metadata"> 1379 <a href="https://esoterx.com/about/#comment-4030"><time datetime="2015-09-02T14:43:50-04:00">September 2, 2015 at 2:43 pm</time></a> </div><!-- .comment-metadata --> 1380 1381 </footer><!-- .comment-meta --> 1382 1383 <div class="comment-content"> 1384 <p>I like to give credit to the voices in my head. </p> 1385 </div><!-- .comment-content --> 1386 1387 <div class="reply"> 1388 <a class="comment-reply-link" href="/about/?replytocom=4030#respond" onclick="return addComment.moveForm( 'div-comment-4030', '4030', 'respond', '2' )">Reply</a> 1389 </div> </article><!-- .comment-body --> 1390 <ol class="children"> 1391 <li id="comment-4031" class="comment byuser comment-author-allthoughtswork odd alt depth-3 parent"> 1392 <article id="div-comment-4031" class="comment-body"> 1393 <footer class="comment-meta"> 1394 <div class="comment-author vcard"> 1395 <img referrerpolicy="no-referrer" alt='allthoughtswork's avatar' src='https://0.gravatar.com/avatar/0891df2d2721c80f891003b4987d4ad798d0d65e58d7a1fa50cce94fd26a6b4b?s=32&d=retro&r=PG' srcset='https://0.gravatar.com/avatar/0891df2d2721c80f891003b4987d4ad798d0d65e58d7a1fa50cce94fd26a6b4b?s=32&d=retro&r=PG 1x, https://0.gravatar.com/avatar/0891df2d2721c80f891003b4987d4ad798d0d65e58d7a1fa50cce94fd26a6b4b?s=48&d=retro&r=PG 1.5x, https://0.gravatar.com/avatar/0891df2d2721c80f891003b4987d4ad798d0d65e58d7a1fa50cce94fd26a6b4b?s=64&d=retro&r=PG 2x, https://0.gravatar.com/avatar/0891df2d2721c80f891003b4987d4ad798d0d65e58d7a1fa50cce94fd26a6b4b?s=96&d=retro&r=PG 3x, https://0.gravatar.com/avatar/0891df2d2721c80f891003b4987d4ad798d0d65e58d7a1fa50cce94fd26a6b4b?s=128&d=retro&r=PG 4x' class='avatar avatar-32' height='32' width='32' loading='lazy' decoding='async' /> <b class="fn"><a href="http://allthoughtsworkoutdoors.wordpress.com" class="url" rel="ugc external nofollow">allthoughtswork</a></b> <span class="says">says:</span> </div><!-- .comment-author --> 1396 1397 <div class="comment-metadata"> 1398 <a href="https://esoterx.com/about/#comment-4031"><time datetime="2015-09-02T14:48:21-04:00">September 2, 2015 at 2:48 pm</time></a> </div><!-- .comment-metadata --> 1399 1400 </footer><!-- .comment-meta --> 1401 1402 <div class="comment-content"> 1403 <p>Then you better get crackin’ on an acknowledgements page. You don’t want one of you to sue the other.</p> 1404 </div><!-- .comment-content --> 1405 1406 </article><!-- .comment-body --> 1407 </li><!-- #comment-## --> 1408 <li id="comment-4032" class="comment byuser comment-author-esoterx bypostauthor even depth-3 parent"> 1409 <article id="div-comment-4032" class="comment-body"> 1410 <footer class="comment-meta"> 1411 <div class="comment-author vcard"> 1412 <img referrerpolicy="no-referrer" alt='EsoterX's avatar' src='https://0.gravatar.com/avatar/0c05f004afd94db50dffc939d298dab90b74c2aad7e2f2573c6e098205269a6a?s=32&d=retro&r=PG' srcset='https://0.gravatar.com/avatar/0c05f004afd94db50dffc939d298dab90b74c2aad7e2f2573c6e098205269a6a?s=32&d=retro&r=PG 1x, https://0.gravatar.com/avatar/0c05f004afd94db50dffc939d298dab90b74c2aad7e2f2573c6e098205269a6a?s=48&d=retro&r=PG 1.5x, https://0.gravatar.com/avatar/0c05f004afd94db50dffc939d298dab90b74c2aad7e2f2573c6e098205269a6a?s=64&d=retro&r=PG 2x, https://0.gravatar.com/avatar/0c05f004afd94db50dffc939d298dab90b74c2aad7e2f2573c6e098205269a6a?s=96&d=retro&r=PG 3x, https://0.gravatar.com/avatar/0c05f004afd94db50dffc939d298dab90b74c2aad7e2f2573c6e098205269a6a?s=128&d=retro&r=PG 4x' class='avatar avatar-32' height='32' width='32' loading='lazy' decoding='async' /> <b class="fn"><a href="https://esoterx.wordpress.com" class="url" rel="ugc external nofollow">EsoterX</a></b> <span class="says">says:</span> </div><!-- .comment-author --> 1413 1414 <div class="comment-metadata"> 1415 <a href="https://esoterx.com/about/#comment-4032"><time datetime="2015-09-02T14:59:30-04:00">September 2, 2015 at 2:59 pm</time></a> </div><!-- .comment-metadata --> 1416 1417 </footer><!-- .comment-meta --> 1418 1419 <div class="comment-content"> 1420 <p>Perhaps one of me will win the case, and can keep me in the lifestyle I’m accustomed to.</p> 1421 </div><!-- .comment-content --> 1422 1423 </article><!-- .comment-body --> 1424 </li><!-- #comment-## -->
1425 <li id="comment-4033" class="comment byuser comment-author-allthoughtswork odd alt depth-3 parent"> 1426 <article id="div-comment-4033" class="comment-body"> 1427 <footer class="comment-meta"> 1428 <div class="comment-author vcard"> 1429 <img referrerpolicy="no-referrer" alt='allthoughtswork's avatar' src='https://0.gravatar.com/avatar/0891df2d2721c80f891003b4987d4ad798d0d65e58d7a1fa50cce94fd26a6b4b?s=32&d=retro&r=PG' srcset='https://0.gravatar.com/avatar/0891df2d2721c80f891003b4987d4ad798d0d65e58d7a1fa50cce94fd26a6b4b?s=32&d=retro&r=PG 1x, https://0.gravatar.com/avatar/0891df2d2721c80f891003b4987d4ad798d0d65e58d7a1fa50cce94fd26a6b4b?s=48&d=retro&r=PG 1.5x, https://0.gravatar.com/avatar/0891df2d2721c80f891003b4987d4ad798d0d65e58d7a1fa50cce94fd26a6b4b?s=64&d=retro&r=PG 2x, https://0.gravatar.com/avatar/0891df2d2721c80f891003b4987d4ad798d0d65e58d7a1fa50cce94fd26a6b4b?s=96&d=retro&r=PG 3x, https://0.gravatar.com/avatar/0891df2d2721c80f891003b4987d4ad798d0d65e58d7a1fa50cce94fd26a6b4b?s=128&d=retro&r=PG 4x' class='avatar avatar-32' height='32' width='32' loading='lazy' decoding='async' /> <b class="fn"><a href="http://allthoughtsworkoutdoors.wordpress.com" class="url" rel="ugc external nofollow">allthoughtswork</a></b> <span class="says">says:</span> </div><!-- .comment-author --> 1430 1431 <div class="comment-metadata"> 1432 <a href="https://esoterx.com/about/#comment-4033"><time datetime="2015-09-02T15:05:33-04:00">September 2, 2015 at 3:05 pm</time></a> </div><!-- .comment-metadata --> 1433 1434 </footer><!-- .comment-meta --> 1435 1436 <div class="comment-content"> 1437 <p>The lifestyle you’re accustomed to is what got you into this mess to begin with. Have you tried drinking?</p> 1438 </div><!-- .comment-content --> 1439 1440 </article><!-- .comment-body --> 1441 </li><!-- #comment-## --> 1442 <li id="comment-4034" class="comment byuser comment-author-esoterx bypostauthor even depth-3 parent"> 1443 <article id="div-comment-4034" class="comment-body"> 1444 <footer class="comment-meta"> 1445 <div class="comment-author vcard"> 1446 <img referrerpolicy="no-referrer" alt='EsoterX's avatar' src='https://0.gravatar.com/avatar/0c05f004afd94db50dffc939d298dab90b74c2aad7e2f2573c6e098205269a6a?s=32&d=retro&r=PG' srcset='https://0.gravatar.com/avatar/0c05f004afd94db50dffc939d298dab90b74c2aad7e2f2573c6e098205269a6a?s=32&d=retro&r=PG 1x, https://0.gravatar.com/avatar/0c05f004afd94db50dffc939d298dab90b74c2aad7e2f2573c6e098205269a6a?s=48&d=retro&r=PG 1.5x, https://0.gravatar.com/avatar/0c05f004afd94db50dffc939d298dab90b74c2aad7e2f2573c6e098205269a6a?s=64&d=retro&r=PG 2x, https://0.gravatar.com/avatar/0c05f004afd94db50dffc939d298dab90b74c2aad7e2f2573c6e098205269a6a?s=96&d=retro&r=PG 3x, https://0.gravatar.com/avatar/0c05f004afd94db50dffc939d298dab90b74c2aad7e2f2573c6e098205269a6a?s=128&d=retro&r=PG 4x' class='avatar avatar-32' height='32' width='32' loading='lazy' decoding='async' /> <b class="fn"><a href="https://esoterx.wordpress.com" class="url" rel="ugc external nofollow">EsoterX</a></b> <span class="says">says:</span> </div><!-- .comment-author --> 1447 1448 <div class="comment-metadata"> 1449 <a href="https://esoterx.com/about/#comment-4034"><time datetime="2015-09-02T15:12:54-04:00">September 2, 2015 at 3:12 pm</time></a> </div><!-- .comment-metadata --> 1450 1451 </footer><!-- .comment-meta --> 1452 1453 <div class="comment-content"> 1454 <p>I like to think that I’ve not only tried drinking, but actually succeeded at it!</p> 1455 </div><!-- .comment-content --> 1456 1457 </article><!-- .comment-body --> 1458 </li><!-- #comment-## --> 1459 <li id="comment-4035" class="comment byuser comment-author-allthoughtswork odd alt depth-3 parent"> 1460 <article id="div-comment-4035" class="comment-body"> 1461 <footer class="comment-meta"> 1462 <div class="comment-author vcard"> 1463 <img referrerpolicy="no-referrer" alt='allthoughtswork's avatar' src='https://0.gravatar.com/avatar/0891df2d2721c80f891003b4987d4ad798d0d65e58d7a1fa50cce94fd26a6b4b?s=32&d=retro&r=PG' srcset='https://0.gravatar.com/avatar/0891df2d2721c80f891003b4987d4ad798d0d65e58d7a1fa50cce94fd26a6b4b?s=32&d=retro&r=PG 1x, https://0.gravatar.com/avatar/0891df2d2721c80f891003b4987d4ad798d0d65e58d7a1fa50cce94fd26a6b4b?s=48&d=retro&r=PG 1.5x, https://0.gravatar.com/avatar/0891df2d2721c80f891003b4987d4ad798d0d65e58d7a1fa50cce94fd26a6b4b?s=64&d=retro&r=PG 2x, https://0.gravatar.com/avatar/0891df2d2721c80f891003b4987d4ad798d0d65e58d7a1fa50cce94fd26a6b4b?s=96&d=retro&r=PG 3x, https://0.gravatar.com/avatar/0891df2d2721c80f891003b4987d4ad798d0d65e58d7a1fa50cce94fd26a6b4b?s=128&d=retro&r=PG 4x' class='avatar avatar-32' height='32' width='32' loading='lazy' decoding='async' /> <b class="fn"><a href="http://allthoughtsworkoutdoors.wordpress.com" class="url" rel="ugc external nofollow">allthoughtswork</a></b> <span class="says">says:</span> </div><!-- .comment-author --> 1464 1465 <div class="comment-metadata"> 1466 <a href="https://esoterx.com/about/#comment-4035"><time datetime="2015-09-02T15:17:52-04:00">September 2, 2015 at 3:17 pm</time></a> </div><!-- .comment-metadata --> 1467 1468 </footer><!-- .comment-meta --> 1469 1470 <div class="comment-content"> 1471 <p>*clinks cocktail glasses with EsoterX.</p> 1472<p>PS: EsoterX keeps popping up as Apteryx in my mental Rolodex. If you are also coincidentally a New Zealander, my head will explode in 3…2…1….</p> 1473 </div><!-- .comment-content --> 1474 1475 </article><!-- .comment-body --> 1476 </li><!-- #comment-## -->
1477 <li id="comment-4036" class="comment byuser comment-author-esoterx bypostauthor even depth-3"> 1478 <article id="div-comment-4036" class="comment-body"> 1479 <footer class="comment-meta"> 1480 <div class="comment-author vcard"> 1481 <img referrerpolicy="no-referrer" alt='EsoterX's avatar' src='https://0.gravatar.com/avatar/0c05f004afd94db50dffc939d298dab90b74c2aad7e2f2573c6e098205269a6a?s=32&d=retro&r=PG' srcset='https://0.gravatar.com/avatar/0c05f004afd94db50dffc939d298dab90b74c2aad7e2f2573c6e098205269a6a?s=32&d=retro&r=PG 1x, https://0.gravatar.com/avatar/0c05f004afd94db50dffc939d298dab90b74c2aad7e2f2573c6e098205269a6a?s=48&d=retro&r=PG 1.5x, https://0.gravatar.com/avatar/0c05f004afd94db50dffc939d298dab90b74c2aad7e2f2573c6e098205269a6a?s=64&d=retro&r=PG 2x, https://0.gravatar.com/avatar/0c05f004afd94db50dffc939d298dab90b74c2aad7e2f2573c6e098205269a6a?s=96&d=retro&r=PG 3x, https://0.gravatar.com/avatar/0c05f004afd94db50dffc939d298dab90b74c2aad7e2f2573c6e098205269a6a?s=128&d=retro&r=PG 4x' class='avatar avatar-32' height='32' width='32' loading='lazy' decoding='async' /> <b class="fn"><a href="https://esoterx.wordpress.com" class="url" rel="ugc external nofollow">EsoterX</a></b> <span class="says">says:</span> </div><!-- .comment-author --> 1482 1483 <div class="comment-metadata"> 1484 <a href="https://esoterx.com/about/#comment-4036"><time datetime="2015-09-02T15:22:06-04:00">September 2, 2015 at 3:22 pm</time></a> </div><!-- .comment-metadata --> 1485 1486 </footer><!-- .comment-meta --> 1487 1488 <div class="comment-content"> 1489 <p>Until such time as they revoke my citizenship, I’m an American. </p> 1490 </div><!-- .comment-content --> 1491 1492 </article><!-- .comment-body --> 1493 </li><!-- #comment-## --> 1494</ol><!-- .children --> 1495</li><!-- #comment-## --> 1496</ol><!-- .children --> 1497</li><!-- #comment-## --> 1498 <li id="comment-4046" class="comment byuser comment-author-johannamassey711 odd alt thread-odd thread-alt depth-1 parent"> 1499 <article id="div-comment-4046" class="comment-body"> 1500 <footer class="comment-meta"> 1501 <div class="comment-author vcard"> 1502 <img referrerpolicy="no-referrer" alt='johannamassey711's avatar' src='https://2.gravatar.com/avatar/5b46dc0777f9cf3809277561f9f8aaab71c93f48c682ba230a9f0b43f51c5ce3?s=32&d=retro&r=PG' srcset='https://2.gravatar.com/avatar/5b46dc0777f9cf3809277561f9f8aaab71c93f48c682ba230a9f0b43f51c5ce3?s=32&d=retro&r=PG 1x, https://2.gravatar.com/avatar/5b46dc0777f9cf3809277561f9f8aaab71c93f48c682ba230a9f0b43f51c5ce3?s=48&d=retro&r=PG 1.5x, https://2.gravatar.com/avatar/5b46dc0777f9cf3809277561f9f8aaab71c93f48c682ba230a9f0b43f51c5ce3?s=64&d=retro&r=PG 2x, https://2.gravatar.com/avatar/5b46dc0777f9cf3809277561f9f8aaab71c93f48c682ba230a9f0b43f51c5ce3?s=96&d=retro&r=PG 3x, https://2.gravatar.com/avatar/5b46dc0777f9cf3809277561f9f8aaab71c93f48c682ba230a9f0b43f51c5ce3?s=128&d=retro&r=PG 4x' class='avatar avatar-32' height='32' width='32' loading='lazy' decoding='async' /> <b class="fn">JoHanna Massey</b> <span class="says">says:</span> </div><!-- .comment-author --> 1503 1504 <div class="comment-metadata"> 1505 <a href="https://esoterx.com/about/#comment-4046"><time datetime="2015-09-03T03:49:38-04:00">September 3, 2015 at 3:49 am</time></a> </div><!-- .comment-metadata --> 1506 1507 </footer><!-- .comment-meta --> 1508 1509 <div class="comment-content"> 1510 <p>It’s going to be a real hoot following this blog!</p> 1511 </div><!-- .comment-content --> 1512 1513 <div class="reply"> 1514 <a class="comment-reply-link" href="/about/?replytocom=4046#respond" onclick="return addComment.moveForm( 'div-comment-4046', '4046', 'respond', '2' )">Reply</a> 1515 </div> </article><!-- .comment-body --> 1516 <ol class="children"> 1517 <li id="comment-4061" class="comment byuser comment-author-esoterx bypostauthor even depth-2"> 1518 <article id="div-comment-4061" class="comment-body"> 1519 <footer class="comment-meta"> 1520 <div class="comment-author vcard"> 1521 <img referrerpolicy="no-referrer" alt='EsoterX's avatar' src='https://0.gravatar.com/avatar/0c05f004afd94db50dffc939d298dab90b74c2aad7e2f2573c6e098205269a6a?s=32&d=retro&r=PG' srcset='https://0.gravatar.com/avatar/0c05f004afd94db50dffc939d298dab90b74c2aad7e2f2573c6e098205269a6a?s=32&d=retro&r=PG 1x, https://0.gravatar.com/avatar/0c05f004afd94db50dffc939d298dab90b74c2aad7e2f2573c6e098205269a6a?s=48&d=retro&r=PG 1.5x, https://0.gravatar.com/avatar/0c05f004afd94db50dffc939d298dab90b74c2aad7e2f2573c6e098205269a6a?s=64&d=retro&r=PG 2x, https://0.gravatar.com/avatar/0c05f004afd94db50dffc939d298dab90b74c2aad7e2f2573c6e098205269a6a?s=96&d=retro&r=PG 3x, https://0.gravatar.com/avatar/0c05f004afd94db50dffc939d298dab90b74c2aad7e2f2573c6e098205269a6a?s=128&d=retro&r=PG 4x' class='avatar avatar-32' height='32' width='32' loading='lazy' decoding='async' /> <b class="fn"><a href="https://esoterx.wordpress.com" class="url" rel="ugc external nofollow">EsoterX</a></b> <span class="says">says:</span> </div><!-- .comment-author --> 1522 1523 <div class="comment-metadata"> 1524 <a href="https://esoterx.com/about/#comment-4061"><time datetime="2015-09-03T09:53:05-04:00">September 3, 2015 at 9:53 am</time></a> </div><!-- .comment-metadata --> 1525 1526 </footer><!-- .comment-meta --> 1527 1528 <div class="comment-content"> 1529 <p>Cheers! Glad you enjoy it.</p> 1530 </div><!-- .comment-content --> 1531 1532 <div class="reply"> 1533 <a class="comment-reply-link" href="/about/?replytocom=4061#respond" onclick="return addComment.moveForm( 'div-comment-4061', '4061', 'respond', '2' )">Reply</a> 1534 </div> </article><!-- .comment-body --> 1535 </li><!-- #comment-## --> 1536</ol><!-- .children --> 1537</li><!-- #comment-## -->
1538 <li id="comment-4215" class="comment odd alt thread-even depth-1"> 1539 <article id="div-comment-4215" class="comment-body"> 1540 <footer class="comment-meta"> 1541 <div class="comment-author vcard"> 1542 <img referrerpolicy="no-referrer" alt='Blaine Lusk's avatar' src='https://graph.facebook.com/v2.2/911746745576647/picture?type=large&_md5=779519b26e7f56a409fdc3dd8f1e010b' srcset='https://graph.facebook.com/v2.2/911746745576647/picture?type=large&_md5=779519b26e7f56a409fdc3dd8f1e010b 1x, https://graph.facebook.com/v2.2/911746745576647/picture?type=large&_md5=779519b26e7f56a409fdc3dd8f1e010b 1.5x, https://graph.facebook.com/v2.2/911746745576647/picture?type=large&_md5=779519b26e7f56a409fdc3dd8f1e010b 2x, https://graph.facebook.com/v2.2/911746745576647/picture?type=large&_md5=779519b26e7f56a409fdc3dd8f1e010b 3x, https://graph.facebook.com/v2.2/911746745576647/picture?type=large&_md5=779519b26e7f56a409fdc3dd8f1e010b 4x' class='avatar avatar-32' height='32' width='32' loading='lazy' decoding='async' /> <b class="fn"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/app_scoped_user_id/911746745576647/" class="url" rel="ugc external nofollow">Blaine Lusk</a></b> <span class="says">says:</span> </div><!-- .comment-author --> 1543 1544 <div class="comment-metadata"> 1545 <a href="https://esoterx.com/about/#comment-4215"><time datetime="2015-10-21T03:57:28-04:00">October 21, 2015 at 3:57 am</time></a> </div><!-- .comment-metadata --> 1546 1547 </footer><!-- .comment-meta --> 1548 1549 <div class="comment-content"> 1550 <p>On our way this afternoon to buy property at the foot of Fort Mountain.I was searching the web for local water table depths for the area and ended up with this lovely bit of writing.Now that I shall be armed with truly useful information of the area, I feel compelled to weave into the story the obvious and necessary historical adjustment of having to appease the retinally challenged little bastards with Moon Pies in exchange for a peaceful homesteading.When my associates and I return they will once again feel the need to research my delusions and my fondest hope is that they find this article.l bet I can get the Moon Pie bit to stick.</p> 1551<p>Cheers</p> 1552 </div><!-- .comment-content --> 1553 1554 <div class="reply"> 1555 <a class="comment-reply-link" href="/about/?replytocom=4215#respond" onclick="return addComment.moveForm( 'div-comment-4215', '4215', 'respond', '2' )">Reply</a> 1556 </div> </article><!-- .comment-body --> 1557 </li><!-- #comment-## --> 1558 <li id="comment-4271" class="comment byuser comment-author-ashodara even thread-odd thread-alt depth-1"> 1559 <article id="div-comment-4271" class="comment-body"> 1560 <footer class="comment-meta"> 1561 <div class="comment-author vcard"> 1562 <img referrerpolicy="no-referrer" alt='ashodara's avatar' src='https://0.gravatar.com/avatar/9ae3011a5890d7bdd24c3104e8f918dd9e30e111da37f92770d434f741c22c3d?s=32&d=retro&r=PG' srcset='https://0.gravatar.com/avatar/9ae3011a5890d7bdd24c3104e8f918dd9e30e111da37f92770d434f741c22c3d?s=32&d=retro&r=PG 1x, https://0.gravatar.com/avatar/9ae3011a5890d7bdd24c3104e8f918dd9e30e111da37f92770d434f741c22c3d?s=48&d=retro&r=PG 1.5x, https://0.gravatar.com/avatar/9ae3011a5890d7bdd24c3104e8f918dd9e30e111da37f92770d434f741c22c3d?s=64&d=retro&r=PG 2x, https://0.gravatar.com/avatar/9ae3011a5890d7bdd24c3104e8f918dd9e30e111da37f92770d434f741c22c3d?s=96&d=retro&r=PG 3x, https://0.gravatar.com/avatar/9ae3011a5890d7bdd24c3104e8f918dd9e30e111da37f92770d434f741c22c3d?s=128&d=retro&r=PG 4x' class='avatar avatar-32' height='32' width='32' loading='lazy' decoding='async' /> <b class="fn">ashodara</b> <span class="says">says:</span> </div><!-- .comment-author --> 1563 1564 <div class="comment-metadata"> 1565 <a href="https://esoterx.com/about/#comment-4271"><time datetime="2015-11-13T02:07:26-05:00">November 13, 2015 at 2:07 am</time></a> </div><!-- .comment-metadata --> 1566 1567 </footer><!-- .comment-meta --> 1568 1569 <div class="comment-content"> 1570 <p>There’s a twilight world that I visit every night. It beckons me when I’m awake and in my sleep I belong to it….</p> 1571 </div><!-- .comment-content --> 1572 1573 <div class="reply"> 1574 <a class="comment-reply-link" href="/about/?replytocom=4271#respond" onclick="return addComment.moveForm( 'div-comment-4271', '4271', 'respond', '2' )">Reply</a> 1575 </div> </article><!-- .comment-body --> 1576 </li><!-- #comment-## -->
1577 <li id="comment-4376" class="comment byuser comment-author-strangor odd alt thread-even depth-1"> 1578 <article id="div-comment-4376" class="comment-body"> 1579 <footer class="comment-meta"> 1580 <div class="comment-author vcard"> 1581 <img referrerpolicy="no-referrer" alt='The Poker Spot's avatar' src='https://2.gravatar.com/avatar/b5436b08a5b37b2561590b991d6a94ed96105566c4eb1b17705d0b4946ffdfc9?s=32&d=retro&r=PG' srcset='https://2.gravatar.com/avatar/b5436b08a5b37b2561590b991d6a94ed96105566c4eb1b17705d0b4946ffdfc9?s=32&d=retro&r=PG 1x, https://2.gravatar.com/avatar/b5436b08a5b37b2561590b991d6a94ed96105566c4eb1b17705d0b4946ffdfc9?s=48&d=retro&r=PG 1.5x, https://2.gravatar.com/avatar/b5436b08a5b37b2561590b991d6a94ed96105566c4eb1b17705d0b4946ffdfc9?s=64&d=retro&r=PG 2x, https://2.gravatar.com/avatar/b5436b08a5b37b2561590b991d6a94ed96105566c4eb1b17705d0b4946ffdfc9?s=96&d=retro&r=PG 3x, https://2.gravatar.com/avatar/b5436b08a5b37b2561590b991d6a94ed96105566c4eb1b17705d0b4946ffdfc9?s=128&d=retro&r=PG 4x' class='avatar avatar-32' height='32' width='32' loading='lazy' decoding='async' /> <b class="fn"><a href="http://docsuesszueszen.com/" class="url" rel="ugc external nofollow">Dr. Suesszues-Zen</a></b> <span class="says">says:</span> </div><!-- .comment-author --> 1582 1583 <div class="comment-metadata"> 1584 <a href="https://esoterx.com/about/#comment-4376"><time datetime="2016-01-24T10:20:12-05:00">January 24, 2016 at 10:20 am</time></a> </div><!-- .comment-metadata --> 1585 1586 </footer><!-- .comment-meta --> 1587 1588 <div class="comment-content"> 1589 <p>Glad I decided to stumble. Wait… Well, doesn’t matter. Glad to be here, awesome stuff…</p> 1590 </div><!-- .comment-content --> 1591 1592 <div class="reply"> 1593 <a class="comment-reply-link" href="/about/?replytocom=4376#respond" onclick="return addComment.moveForm( 'div-comment-4376', '4376', 'respond', '2' )">Reply</a> 1594 </div> </article><!-- .comment-body --> 1595 </li><!-- #comment-## --> 1596 <li id="comment-4390" class="comment byuser comment-author-bekitschig even thread-odd thread-alt depth-1 parent"> 1597 <article id="div-comment-4390" class="comment-body"> 1598 <footer class="comment-meta"> 1599 <div class="comment-author vcard"> 1600 <img referrerpolicy="no-referrer" alt='bekitschig's avatar' src='https://0.gravatar.com/avatar/c0ad536db0f3202b74b090a7867e11639a65bd7e1bd377ffa862cb2b3ee11f20?s=32&d=retro&r=PG' srcset='https://0.gravatar.com/avatar/c0ad536db0f3202b74b090a7867e11639a65bd7e1bd377ffa862cb2b3ee11f20?s=32&d=retro&r=PG 1x, https://0.gravatar.com/avatar/c0ad536db0f3202b74b090a7867e11639a65bd7e1bd377ffa862cb2b3ee11f20?s=48&d=retro&r=PG 1.5x, https://0.gravatar.com/avatar/c0ad536db0f3202b74b090a7867e11639a65bd7e1bd377ffa862cb2b3ee11f20?s=64&d=retro&r=PG 2x, https://0.gravatar.com/avatar/c0ad536db0f3202b74b090a7867e11639a65bd7e1bd377ffa862cb2b3ee11f20?s=96&d=retro&r=PG 3x, https://0.gravatar.com/avatar/c0ad536db0f3202b74b090a7867e11639a65bd7e1bd377ffa862cb2b3ee11f20?s=128&d=retro&r=PG 4x' class='avatar avatar-32' height='32' width='32' loading='lazy' decoding='async' /> <b class="fn"><a href="http://bekitschig.wordpress.com" class="url" rel="ugc external nofollow">bekitschig</a></b> <span class="says">says:</span> </div><!-- .comment-author --> 1601 1602 <div class="comment-metadata"> 1603 <a href="https://esoterx.com/about/#comment-4390"><time datetime="2016-01-29T03:16:27-05:00">January 29, 2016 at 3:16 am</time></a> </div><!-- .comment-metadata --> 1604 1605 </footer><!-- .comment-meta --> 1606 1607 <div class="comment-content"> 1608 <p>Hi, Iâve nominated you for the Infinity Dreams Award <a href="http://bekitschig.wordpress.com/2016/01/29/the-infinity-dreams-award/" rel="nofollow ugc">http://bekitschig.wordpress.com/2016/01/29/the-infinity-dreams-award/</a> If you are an award free blog, this is a shout out to you! I really like this blog. Your is important</p> 1609 </div><!-- .comment-content --> 1610 1611 <div class="reply"> 1612 <a class="comment-reply-link" href="/about/?replytocom=4390#respond" onclick="return addComment.moveForm( 'div-comment-4390', '439
16120', 'respond', '2' )">Reply</a> 1613 </div> </article><!-- .comment-body --> 1614 <ol class="children"> 1615 <li id="comment-4391" class="comment byuser comment-author-esoterx bypostauthor odd alt depth-2"> 1616 <article id="div-comment-4391" class="comment-body"> 1617 <footer class="comment-meta"> 1618 <div class="comment-author vcard"> 1619 <img referrerpolicy="no-referrer" alt='EsoterX's avatar' src='https://0.gravatar.com/avatar/0c05f004afd94db50dffc939d298dab90b74c2aad7e2f2573c6e098205269a6a?s=32&d=retro&r=PG' srcset='https://0.gravatar.com/avatar/0c05f004afd94db50dffc939d298dab90b74c2aad7e2f2573c6e098205269a6a?s=32&d=retro&r=PG 1x, https://0.gravatar.com/avatar/0c05f004afd94db50dffc939d298dab90b74c2aad7e2f2573c6e098205269a6a?s=48&d=retro&r=PG 1.5x, https://0.gravatar.com/avatar/0c05f004afd94db50dffc939d298dab90b74c2aad7e2f2573c6e098205269a6a?s=64&d=retro&r=PG 2x, https://0.gravatar.com/avatar/0c05f004afd94db50dffc939d298dab90b74c2aad7e2f2573c6e098205269a6a?s=96&d=retro&r=PG 3x, https://0.gravatar.com/avatar/0c05f004afd94db50dffc939d298dab90b74c2aad7e2f2573c6e098205269a6a?s=128&d=retro&r=PG 4x' class='avatar avatar-32' height='32' width='32' loading='lazy' decoding='async' /> <b class="fn"><a href="https://esoterx.wordpress.com" class="url" rel="ugc external nofollow">EsoterX</a></b> <span class="says">says:</span> </div><!-- .comment-author --> 1620 1621 <div class="comment-metadata"> 1622 <a href="https://esoterx.com/about/#comment-4391"><time datetime="2016-01-29T03:45:20-05:00">January 29, 2016 at 3:45 am</time></a> </div><!-- .comment-metadata --> 1623 1624 </footer><!-- .comment-meta --> 1625 1626 <div class="comment-content"> 1627 <p>Many thanks!</p> 1628 </div><!-- .comment-content --> 1629 1630 <div class="reply"> 1631 <a class="comment-reply-link" href="/about/?replytocom=4391#respond" onclick="return addComment.moveForm( 'div-comment-4391', '4391', 'respond', '2' )">Reply</a> 1632 </div> </article><!-- .comment-body --> 1633 </li><!-- #comment-## --> 1634</ol><!-- .children --> 1635</li><!-- #comment-## --> 1636 <li id="comment-4504" class="comment byuser comment-author-nevalee even thread-even depth-1 parent"> 1637 <article id="div-comment-4504" class="comment-body"> 1638 <footer class="comment-meta"> 1639 <div class="comment-author vcard"> 1640 <img referrerpolicy="no-referrer" alt='Gala Copley's avatar' src='https://1.gravatar.com/avatar/7383e914f48d23679d33ff4197db54db9ae3f215c1fe3260b45d518b8c4809a6?s=32&d=retro&r=PG' srcset='https://1.gravatar.com/avatar/7383e914f48d23679d33ff4197db54db9ae3f215c1fe3260b45d518b8c4809a6?s=32&d=retro&r=PG 1x, https://1.gravatar.com/avatar/7383e914f48d23679d33ff4197db54db9ae3f215c1fe3260b45d518b8c4809a6?s=48&d=retro&r=PG 1.5x, https://1.gravatar.com/avatar/7383e914f48d23679d33ff4197db54db9ae3f215c1fe3260b45d518b8c4809a6?s=64&d=retro&r=PG 2x, https://1.gravatar.com/avatar/7383e914f48d23679d33ff4197db54db9ae3f215c1fe3260b45d518b8c4809a6?s=96&d=retro&r=PG 3x, https://1.gravatar.com/avatar/7383e914f48d23679d33ff4197db54db9ae3f215c1fe3260b45d518b8c4809a6?s=128&d=retro&r=PG 4x' class='avatar avatar-32' height='32' width='32' loading='lazy' decoding='async' /> <b class="fn"><a href="http://keysreview.wordpress.com" class="url" rel="ugc external nofollow">G. R. Hendershott</a></b> <span class="says">says:</span> </div><!-- .comment-author --> 1641 1642 <div class="comment-metadata"> 1643 <a href="https://esoterx.com/about/#comment-4504"><time datetime="2016-04-04T07:21:06-04:00">April 4, 2016 at 7:21 am</time></a> </div><!-- .comment-metadata --> 1644 1645 </footer><!-- .comment-meta --> 1646 1647 <div class="comment-content"> 1648 <p>I was really impressed by your scholarship! I can see that I’ll be dedicating a string of evenings reading up on all your past work ð</p> 1649 </div><!-- .comment-content --> 1650 1651 <div class="reply"> 1652 <a class="comment-reply-link" href="/about/?replytocom=4504#respond" onclick="return addComment.moveForm( 'div-comment-4504', '4504', 'respond', '2' )">Reply</a> 1653 </div> </article><!-- .comment-body --> 1654 <ol class="children">
1655 <li id="comment-4505" class="comment byuser comment-author-esoterx bypostauthor odd alt depth-2"> 1656 <article id="div-comment-4505" class="comment-body"> 1657 <footer class="comment-meta"> 1658 <div class="comment-author vcard"> 1659 <img referrerpolicy="no-referrer" alt='EsoterX's avatar' src='https://0.gravatar.com/avatar/0c05f004afd94db50dffc939d298dab90b74c2aad7e2f2573c6e098205269a6a?s=32&d=retro&r=PG' srcset='https://0.gravatar.com/avatar/0c05f004afd94db50dffc939d298dab90b74c2aad7e2f2573c6e098205269a6a?s=32&d=retro&r=PG 1x, https://0.gravatar.com/avatar/0c05f004afd94db50dffc939d298dab90b74c2aad7e2f2573c6e098205269a6a?s=48&d=retro&r=PG 1.5x, https://0.gravatar.com/avatar/0c05f004afd94db50dffc939d298dab90b74c2aad7e2f2573c6e098205269a6a?s=64&d=retro&r=PG 2x, https://0.gravatar.com/avatar/0c05f004afd94db50dffc939d298dab90b74c2aad7e2f2573c6e098205269a6a?s=96&d=retro&r=PG 3x, https://0.gravatar.com/avatar/0c05f004afd94db50dffc939d298dab90b74c2aad7e2f2573c6e098205269a6a?s=128&d=retro&r=PG 4x' class='avatar avatar-32' height='32' width='32' loading='lazy' decoding='async' /> <b class="fn"><a href="https://esoterx.wordpress.com" class="url" rel="ugc external nofollow">EsoterX</a></b> <span class="says">says:</span> </div><!-- .comment-author --> 1660 1661 <div class="comment-metadata"> 1662 <a href="https://esoterx.com/about/#comment-4505"><time datetime="2016-04-04T07:22:21-04:00">April 4, 2016 at 7:22 am</time></a> </div><!-- .comment-metadata --> 1663 1664 </footer><!-- .comment-meta --> 1665 1666 <div class="comment-content"> 1667 <p>Many thanks!</p> 1668 </div><!-- .comment-content --> 1669 1670 <div class="reply"> 1671 <a class="comment-reply-link" href="/about/?replytocom=4505#respond" onclick="return addComment.moveForm( 'div-comment-4505', '4505', 'respond', '2' )">Reply</a> 1672 </div> </article><!-- .comment-body --> 1673 </li><!-- #comment-## --> 1674</ol><!-- .children --> 1675</li><!-- #comment-## --> 1676 <li id="comment-4511" class="comment byuser comment-author-brianonley even thread-odd thread-alt depth-1 parent"> 1677 <article id="div-comment-4511" class="comment-body"> 1678 <footer class="comment-meta"> 1679 <div class="comment-author vcard"> 1680 <img referrerpolicy="no-referrer" alt='Brian O's avatar' src='https://1.gravatar.com/avatar/471286dba11f8755990681347370046d2b7b07043a0f5692114da484dd26653d?s=32&d=retro&r=PG' srcset='https://1.gravatar.com/avatar/471286dba11f8755990681347370046d2b7b07043a0f5692114da484dd26653d?s=32&d=retro&r=PG 1x, https://1.gravatar.com/avatar/471286dba11f8755990681347370046d2b7b07043a0f5692114da484dd26653d?s=48&d=retro&r=PG 1.5x, https://1.gravatar.com/avatar/471286dba11f8755990681347370046d2b7b07043a0f5692114da484dd26653d?s=64&d=retro&r=PG 2x, https://1.gravatar.com/avatar/471286dba11f8755990681347370046d2b7b07043a0f5692114da484dd26653d?s=96&d=retro&r=PG 3x, https://1.gravatar.com/avatar/471286dba11f8755990681347370046d2b7b07043a0f5692114da484dd26653d?s=128&d=retro&r=PG 4x' class='avatar avatar-32' height='32' width='32' loading='lazy' decoding='async' /> <b class="fn"><a href="http://brianonley.wordpress.com" class="url" rel="ugc external nofollow">Brian Onley</a></b> <span class="says">says:</span> </div><!-- .comment-author --> 1681 1682 <div class="comment-metadata"> 1683 <a href="https://esoterx.com/about/#comment-4511"><time datetime="2016-04-09T18:00:48-04:00">April 9, 2016 at 6:00 pm</time></a> </div><!-- .comment-metadata --> 1684 1685 </footer><!-- .comment-meta --> 1686 1687 <div class="comment-content"> 1688 <p>Great and invigorating place you have here. Cheers</p> 1689 </div><!-- .comment-content --> 1690 1691 <div class="reply"> 1692 <a class="comment-reply-link" href="/about/?replytocom=4511#respond" onclick="return addComment.moveForm( 'div-comment-4511', '4511', 'respond', '2' )">Reply</a> 1693 </div> </article><!-- .comment-body --> 1694 <ol class="children"> 1695 <li id="comment-4512" class="comment byuser comment-author-esoterx bypostauthor odd alt depth-2"> 1696 <article id="div-comment-4512" class="comment-body"> 1697 <footer class="comment-meta"> 1698 <div class="comment-author vcard"> 1699 <img referrerpolicy="no-referrer" alt='EsoterX's avatar' src='https://0.gravatar.com/avatar/0c05f004afd94db50dffc939d298dab90b74c2aad7e2f2573c6e098205269a6a?s=32&d=retro&r=PG' srcset='https://0.gravatar.com/avatar/0c05f004afd94db50dffc939d298dab90b74c2aad7e2f2573c6e098205269a6a?s=32&d=retro&r=PG 1x, https://0.gravatar.com/avatar/0c05f004afd94db50dffc939d298dab90b74c2aad7e2f2573c6e098205269a6a?s=48&d=retro&r=PG 1.5x, https://0.gravatar.com/avatar/0c05f004afd94db50dffc939d298dab90b74c2aad7e2f2573c6e098205269a6a?s=64&d=retro&r=PG 2x, https://0.gravatar.com/avatar/0c05f004afd94db50dffc939d298dab90b74c2aad7e2f2573c6e098205269a6a?s=96&d=retro&r=PG 3x, https://0.gravatar.com/avatar/0c05f004afd94db50dffc939d298dab90b74c2aad7e2f2573c6e098205269a6a?s=128&d=retro&r=PG 4x' class='avatar avatar-32' height='32' width='32' loading='lazy' decoding='async' /> <b class="fn"><a href="https://esoterx.wordpress.com" class="url" rel="ugc external nofollow">EsoterX</a></b> <span class="says">says:</span> </div><!-- .comment-author --> 1700 1701 <div class="comment-metadata"> 1702 <a href="https://esoterx.com/about/#comment-4512"><time datetime="2016-04-09T18:05:48-04:00">April 9, 2016 at 6:05 pm</time></a> </div><!-- .comment-metadata --> 1703 1704 </footer><!-- .comment-meta --> 1705 1706 <div class="comment-content"> 1707 <p>I appreciate that. Thanks for visiting. </p> 1708 </div><!-- .comment-content --> 1709 1710 <div class="reply"> 1711 <a class="comment-reply-link" href="/about/?replytocom=4512#respond" onclick="return addComment.moveForm( 'div-comment-4512', '4512', 'respond', '2' )">Reply</a> 1712 </div> </article><!-- .comment-body --> 1713 </li><!-- #comment-## --> 1714</ol><!-- .children --> 1715</li><!-- #comment-## -->
1716 <li id="comment-4746" class="comment even thread-even depth-1 parent"> 1717 <article id="div-comment-4746" class="comment-body"> 1718 <footer class="comment-meta"> 1719 <div class="comment-author vcard"> 1720 <img referrerpolicy="no-referrer" alt='Akib Rhast's avatar' src='https://graph.facebook.com/v2.2/10208718790301654/picture?type=large&_md5=599823c38bce85449eadef66abf2974e' srcset='https://graph.facebook.com/v2.2/10208718790301654/picture?type=large&_md5=599823c38bce85449eadef66abf2974e 1x, https://graph.facebook.com/v2.2/10208718790301654/picture?type=large&_md5=599823c38bce85449eadef66abf2974e 1.5x, https://graph.facebook.com/v2.2/10208718790301654/picture?type=large&_md5=599823c38bce85449eadef66abf2974e 2x, https://graph.facebook.com/v2.2/10208718790301654/picture?type=large&_md5=599823c38bce85449eadef66abf2974e 3x, https://graph.facebook.com/v2.2/10208718790301654/picture?type=large&_md5=599823c38bce85449eadef66abf2974e 4x' class='avatar avatar-32' height='32' width='32' loading='lazy' decoding='async' /> <b class="fn"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/app_scoped_user_id/10208718790301654/" class="url" rel="ugc external nofollow">Akib Rhast</a></b> <span class="says">says:</span> </div><!-- .comment-author --> 1721 1722 <div class="comment-metadata"> 1723 <a href="https://esoterx.com/about/#comment-4746"><time datetime="2016-08-13T19:41:32-04:00">August 13, 2016 at 7:41 pm</time></a> </div><!-- .comment-metadata --> 1724 1725 </footer><!-- .comment-meta --> 1726 1727 <div class="comment-content"> 1728 <p>Holy mother of god dude , you are awesome this blog is awesome, and the comments have some of the weirdest topics in it</p> 1729 </div><!-- .comment-content --> 1730 1731 <div class="reply"> 1732 <a class="comment-reply-link" href="/about/?replytocom=4746#respond" onclick="return addComment.moveForm( 'div-comment-4746', '4746', 'respond', '2' )">Reply</a> 1733 </div> </article><!-- .comment-body --> 1734 <ol class="children"> 1735 <li id="comment-4747" class="comment byuser comment-author-esoterx bypostauthor odd alt depth-2"> 1736 <article id="div-comment-4747" class="comment-body"> 1737 <footer class="comment-meta"> 1738 <div class="comment-author vcard"> 1739 <img referrerpolicy="no-referrer" alt='EsoterX's avatar' src='https://0.gravatar.com/avatar/0c05f004afd94db50dffc939d298dab90b74c2aad7e2f2573c6e098205269a6a?s=32&d=retro&r=PG' srcset='https://0.gravatar.com/avatar/0c05f004afd94db50dffc939d298dab90b74c2aad7e2f2573c6e098205269a6a?s=32&d=retro&r=PG 1x, https://0.gravatar.com/avatar/0c05f004afd94db50dffc939d298dab90b74c2aad7e2f2573c6e098205269a6a?s=48&d=retro&r=PG 1.5x, https://0.gravatar.com/avatar/0c05f004afd94db50dffc939d298dab90b74c2aad7e2f2573c6e098205269a6a?s=64&d=retro&r=PG 2x, https://0.gravatar.com/avatar/0c05f004afd94db50dffc939d298dab90b74c2aad7e2f2573c6e098205269a6a?s=96&d=retro&r=PG 3x, https://0.gravatar.com/avatar/0c05f004afd94db50dffc939d298dab90b74c2aad7e2f2573c6e098205269a6a?s=128&d=retro&r=PG 4x' class='avatar avatar-32' height='32' width='32' loading='lazy' decoding='async' /> <b class="fn"><a href="https://esoterx.wordpress.com" class="url" rel="ugc external nofollow">EsoterX</a></b> <span class="says">says:</span> </div><!-- .comment-author --> 1740 1741 <div class="comment-metadata"> 1742 <a href="https://esoterx.com/about/#comment-4747"><time datetime="2016-08-13T19:46:16-04:00">August 13, 2016 at 7:46 pm</time></a> </div><!-- .comment-metadata --> 1743 1744 </footer><!-- .comment-meta --> 1745 1746 <div class="comment-content"> 1747 <p>Many thanks. I just think of the stuff that keeps me awake at night. </p> 1748 </div><!-- .comment-content --> 1749 1750 <div class="reply"> 1751 <a class="comment-reply-link" href="/about/?replytocom=4747#respond" onclick="return addComment.moveForm( 'div-comment-4747', '4747', 'respond', '2' )">Reply</a> 1752 </div> </article><!-- .comment-body --> 1753 </li><!-- #comment-## --> 1754</ol><!-- .children --> 1755</li><!-- #comment-## --> 1756 <li id="comment-4975" class="comment byuser comment-author-marialberg even thread-odd thread-alt depth-1"> 1757 <article id="div-comment-4975" class="comment-body"> 1758 <footer class="comment-meta"> 1759 <div class="comment-author vcard"> 1760 <img referrerpolicy="no-referrer" alt='marialberg's avatar' src='https://1.gravatar.com/avatar/d56f4901c2aa263eb23588b55b58a2f59a61d719872b68c3994ceac23cced0e4?s=32&d=retro&r=PG' srcset='https://1.gravatar.com/avatar/d56f4901c2aa263eb23588b55b58a2f59a61d719872b68c3994ceac23cced0e4?s=32&d=retro&r=PG 1x, https://1.gravatar.com/avatar/d56f4901c2aa263eb23588b55b58a2f59a61d719872b68c3994ceac23cced0e4?s=48&d=retro&r=PG 1.5x, https://1.gravatar.com/avatar/d56f4901c2aa263eb23588b55b58a2f59a61d719872b68c3994ceac23cced0e4?s=64&d=retro&r=PG 2x, https://1.gravatar.com/avatar/d56f4901c2aa263eb23588b55b58a2f59a61d719872b68c3994ceac23cced0e4?s=96&d=retro&r=PG 3x, https://1.gravatar.com/avatar/d56f4901c2aa263eb23588b55b58a2f59a61d719872b68c3994ceac23cced0e4?s=128&d=retro&r=PG 4x' class='avatar avatar-32' height='32' width='32' loading='lazy' decoding='async' /> <b class="fn"><a href="http://mariabergswritinglife.wordpress.com" class="url" rel="ugc external nofollow">marialberg</a></b> <span class="says">says:</span> </div><!-- .comment-author --> 1761 1762 <div class="comment-metadata"> 1763 <a href="https://esoterx.com/about/#comment-4975"><time datetime="2017-03-28T17:27:34-04:00">March 28, 2017 at 5:27 pm</time></a> </div><!-- .comment-metadata --> 1764 1765 </footer><!-- .comment-meta --> 1766 1767 <div class="comment-content"> 1768 <p>Love your use of “gematriac”!</p> 1769 </div><!-- .comment-content --> 1770 1771 <div class="reply"> 1772 <a class="comment-reply-link" href="/about/?replytocom=4975#respond" onclick="return addComment.moveForm( 'div-comment-4975', '4975', 'respond', '2' )">Reply</a> 1773 </div> </article><!-- .comment-body --> 1774 </li><!-- #comment-## -->
1775 <li id="comment-5020" class="comment odd alt thread-even depth-1 parent"> 1776 <article id="div-comment-5020" class="comment-body"> 1777 <footer class="comment-meta"> 1778 <div class="comment-author vcard"> 1779 <img referrerpolicy="no-referrer" alt='John Chewter's avatar' src='https://graph.facebook.com/v2.2/10158812898465273/picture?type=large&_md5=c6236e7738073716deee7f0069cafde6' srcset='https://graph.facebook.com/v2.2/10158812898465273/picture?type=large&_md5=c6236e7738073716deee7f0069cafde6 1x, https://graph.facebook.com/v2.2/10158812898465273/picture?type=large&_md5=c6236e7738073716deee7f0069cafde6 1.5x, https://graph.facebook.com/v2.2/10158812898465273/picture?type=large&_md5=c6236e7738073716deee7f0069cafde6 2x, https://graph.facebook.com/v2.2/10158812898465273/picture?type=large&_md5=c6236e7738073716deee7f0069cafde6 3x, https://graph.facebook.com/v2.2/10158812898465273/picture?type=large&_md5=c6236e7738073716deee7f0069cafde6 4x' class='avatar avatar-32' height='32' width='32' loading='lazy' decoding='async' /> <b class="fn"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/app_scoped_user_id/10158812898465273/" class="url" rel="ugc external nofollow">John Chewter</a></b> <span class="says">says:</span> </div><!-- .comment-author --> 1780 1781 <div class="comment-metadata"> 1782 <a href="https://esoterx.com/about/#comment-5020"><time datetime="2017-06-07T19:00:09-04:00">June 7, 2017 at 7:00 pm</time></a> </div><!-- .comment-metadata --> 1783 1784 </footer><!-- .comment-meta --> 1785 1786 <div class="comment-content"> 1787 <p>Great stuff. Ever wanted to host your own web radio show? I think you would be great.</p> 1788 </div><!-- .comment-content --> 1789 1790 <div class="reply"> 1791 <a class="comment-reply-link" href="/about/?replytocom=5020#respond" onclick="return addComment.moveForm( 'div-comment-5020', '5020', 'respond', '2' )">Reply</a> 1792 </div> </article><!-- .comment-body --> 1793 <ol class="children"> 1794 <li id="comment-5021" class="comment byuser comment-author-esoterx bypostauthor even depth-2"> 1795 <article id="div-comment-5021" class="comment-body"> 1796 <footer class="comment-meta"> 1797 <div class="comment-author vcard"> 1798 <img referrerpolicy="no-referrer" alt='EsoterX's avatar' src='https://0.gravatar.com/avatar/0c05f004afd94db50dffc939d298dab90b74c2aad7e2f2573c6e098205269a6a?s=32&d=retro&r=PG' srcset='https://0.gravatar.com/avatar/0c05f004afd94db50dffc939d298dab90b74c2aad7e2f2573c6e098205269a6a?s=32&d=retro&r=PG 1x, https://0.gravatar.com/avatar/0c05f004afd94db50dffc939d298dab90b74c2aad7e2f2573c6e098205269a6a?s=48&d=retro&r=PG 1.5x, https://0.gravatar.com/avatar/0c05f004afd94db50dffc939d298dab90b74c2aad7e2f2573c6e098205269a6a?s=64&d=retro&r=PG 2x, https://0.gravatar.com/avatar/0c05f004afd94db50dffc939d298dab90b74c2aad7e2f2573c6e098205269a6a?s=96&d=retro&r=PG 3x, https://0.gravatar.com/avatar/0c05f004afd94db50dffc939d298dab90b74c2aad7e2f2573c6e098205269a6a?s=128&d=retro&r=PG 4x' class='avatar avatar-32' height='32' width='32' loading='lazy' decoding='async' /> <b class="fn"><a href="https://esoterx.wordpress.com" class="url" rel="ugc external nofollow">EsoterX</a></b> <span class="says">says:</span> </div><!-- .comment-author --> 1799 1800 <div class="comment-metadata"> 1801 <a href="https://esoterx.com/about/#comment-5021"><time datetime="2017-06-07T20:22:14-04:00">June 7, 2017 at 8:22 pm</time></a> </div><!-- .comment-metadata --> 1802 1803 </footer><!-- .comment-meta --> 1804 1805 <div class="comment-content"> 1806 <p>Many thanks.</p> 1807 </div><!-- .comment-content --> 1808 1809 <div class="reply"> 1810 <a class="comment-reply-link" href="/about/?replytocom=5021#respond" onclick="return addComment.moveForm( 'div-comment-5021', '5021', 'respond', '2' )">Reply</a> 1811 </div> </article><!-- .comment-body --> 1812 </li><!-- #comment-## --> 1813</ol><!-- .children --> 1814</li><!-- #comment-## --> 1815 <li id="comment-5522" class="comment odd alt thread-odd thread-alt depth-1"> 1816 <article id="div-comment-5522" class="comment-body"> 1817 <footer class="comment-meta"> 1818 <div class="comment-author vcard"> 1819 <img referrerpolicy="no-referrer" alt='Anthony Weir's avatar' src='https://graph.facebook.com/v2.9/557323848130717/picture?type=large&_md5=3f3f25d4630f7d2b95ab1c5ce097f157' srcset='https://graph.facebook.com/v2.9/557323848130717/picture?type=large&_md5=3f3f25d4630f7d2b95ab1c5ce097f157 1x, https://graph.facebook.com/v2.9/557323848130717/picture?type=large&_md5=3f3f25d4630f7d2b95ab1c5ce097f157 1.5x, https://graph.facebook.com/v2.9/557323848130717/picture?type=large&_md5=3f3f25d4630f7d2b95ab1c5ce097f157 2x, https://graph.facebook.com/v2.9/557323848130717/picture?type=large&_md5=3f3f25d4630f7d2b95ab1c5ce097f157 3x, https://graph.facebook.com/v2.9/557323848130717/picture?type=large&_md5=3f3f25d4630f7d2b95ab1c5ce097f157 4x' class='avatar avatar-32' height='32' width='32' loading='lazy' decoding='async' /> <b class="fn">Anthony Weir</b> <span class="says">says:</span> </div><!-- .comment-author --> 1820 1821 <div class="comment-metadata"> 1822 <a href="https://esoterx.com/about/#comment-5522"><time datetime="2019-06-22T05:05:19-04:00">June 22, 2019 at 5:05 am</time></a> </div><!-- .comment-metadata --> 1823 1824 </footer><!-- .comment-meta --> 1825 1826 <div class="comment-content"> 1827 <p>Further to your 2013 article on Kalas and Kirttimukhas, you might be intertested in my web-page on scary column-sucker dragons on Romanesque churches⦠I could adapt it for youâ¦<br /> 1828<a href="http://www.beyond-the-pale.org.uk/column.htm" rel="nofollow ugc">http://www.beyond-the-pale.org.uk/column.htm</a></p> 1829 </div><!-- .comment-content --> 1830 1831 <div class="reply"> 1832 <a class="comment-reply-link" href="/about/?replytocom=5522#respond" onclick="return addComment.moveForm( 'div-comment-5522', '5522', 'respond', '2' )">Reply</a> 1833 </div> </article><!-- .comment-body --> 1834 </li><!-- #comment-## -->
1835 <li id="comment-5697" class="comment even thread-even depth-1 parent"> 1836 <article id="div-comment-5697" class="comment-body"> 1837 <footer class="comment-meta"> 1838 <div class="comment-author vcard"> 1839 <img referrerpolicy="no-referrer" alt='Unknown's avatar' src='https://graph.facebook.com/v6.0/218767620257396/picture?type=large' srcset='https://graph.facebook.com/v6.0/218767620257396/picture?type=large 1x, https://graph.facebook.com/v6.0/218767620257396/picture?type=large 1.5x, https://graph.facebook.com/v6.0/218767620257396/picture?type=large 2x, https://graph.facebook.com/v6.0/218767620257396/picture?type=large 3x, https://graph.facebook.com/v6.0/218767620257396/picture?type=large 4x' class='avatar avatar-32' height='32' width='32' loading='lazy' decoding='async' /> <b class="fn">Shaun Brehm</b> <span class="says">says:</span> </div><!-- .comment-author --> 1840 1841 <div class="comment-metadata"> 1842 <a href="https://esoterx.com/about/#comment-5697"><time datetime="2021-08-09T21:35:21-04:00">August 9, 2021 at 9:35 pm</time></a> </div><!-- .comment-metadata --> 1843 1844 </footer><!-- .comment-meta --> 1845 1846 <div class="comment-content"> 1847 <p>You got me from the Hunter S Thompson quote! (I have been lurking around reading your articles for a couple of weeks now.)</p> 1848 </div><!-- .comment-content --> 1849 1850 <div class="reply"> 1851 <a class="comment-reply-link" href="/about/?replytocom=5697#respond" onclick="return addComment.moveForm( 'div-comment-5697', '5697', 'respond', '2' )">Reply</a> 1852 </div> </article><!-- .comment-body --> 1853 <ol class="children"> 1854 <li id="comment-5698" class="comment byuser comment-author-esoterx bypostauthor odd alt depth-2"> 1855 <article id="div-comment-5698" class="comment-body"> 1856 <footer class="comment-meta"> 1857 <div class="comment-author vcard"> 1858 <img referrerpolicy="no-referrer" alt='EsoterX's avatar' src='https://0.gravatar.com/avatar/0c05f004afd94db50dffc939d298dab90b74c2aad7e2f2573c6e098205269a6a?s=32&d=retro&r=PG' srcset='https://0.gravatar.com/avatar/0c05f004afd94db50dffc939d298dab90b74c2aad7e2f2573c6e098205269a6a?s=32&d=retro&r=PG 1x, https://0.gravatar.com/avatar/0c05f004afd94db50dffc939d298dab90b74c2aad7e2f2573c6e098205269a6a?s=48&d=retro&r=PG 1.5x, https://0.gravatar.com/avatar/0c05f004afd94db50dffc939d298dab90b74c2aad7e2f2573c6e098205269a6a?s=64&d=retro&r=PG 2x, https://0.gravatar.com/avatar/0c05f004afd94db50dffc939d298dab90b74c2aad7e2f2573c6e098205269a6a?s=96&d=retro&r=PG 3x, https://0.gravatar.com/avatar/0c05f004afd94db50dffc939d298dab90b74c2aad7e2f2573c6e098205269a6a?s=128&d=retro&r=PG 4x' class='avatar avatar-32' height='32' width='32' loading='lazy' decoding='async' /> <b class="fn"><a href="https://esoterx.wordpress.com" class="url" rel="ugc external nofollow">EsoterX</a></b> <span class="says">says:</span> </div><!-- .comment-author --> 1859 1860 <div class="comment-metadata"> 1861 <a href="https://esoterx.com/about/#comment-5698"><time datetime="2021-08-10T00:01:11-04:00">August 10, 2021 at 12:01 am</time></a> </div><!-- .comment-metadata --> 1862 1863 </footer><!-- .comment-meta --> 1864 1865 <div class="comment-content"> 1866 <p>Welcome! Please enjoy.</p> 1867 </div><!-- .comment-content --> 1868 1869 <div class="reply"> 1870 <a class="comment-reply-link" href="/about/?replytocom=5698#respond" onclick="return addComment.moveForm( 'div-comment-5698', '5698', 'respond', '2' )">Reply</a> 1871 </div> </article><!-- .comment-body --> 1872 </li><!-- #comment-## --> 1873</ol><!-- .children --> 1874</li><!-- #comment-## --> 1875 </ol><!-- .comment-list --> 1876 1877 1878 </div> <!-- /comments --> 1879 1880 </div> <!-- /comments-inner --> 1881 1882 </div> <!-- /comments-container --> 1883 1884 <div id="respond" class="comment-respond"> 1885 <h3 id="reply-title" class="comment-reply-title">Leave a comment <small><a rel="nofollow" id="cancel-comment-reply-link" href="/about/#respond" style="display:none;">Cancel reply</a></small></h3><form action="https://esoterx.com/wp-comments-post.php" method="post" id="commentform" class="comment-form"><div class="comment-form__verbum transparent"></div><div class="verbum-form-meta"><input type='hidden' name='comment_post_ID' value='2' id='comment_post_ID' /> 1886<input type='hidden' name='comment_parent' id='comment_parent' value='0' /> 1887 1888 <input type="hidden" name="highlander_comment_nonce" id="highlander_comment_nonce" value="3dff5f3ccb" /> 1889 <input type="hidden" name="verbum_show_subscription_modal" value="" /></div></form> </div><!-- #respond --> 1890 1891</div><!-- #comments --> 1892 </article> <!-- /page --> 1893 1894 1895 </main> <!-- /content --> 1896 1897 1898<div class="sidebar"> 1899 <aside id="search-4" class="widget widget_search"><div class="widget-content"> 1900<form method="get" class="search-form" action="https://esoterx.com/"> 1901 <label> 1902 <span class="screen-reader-text">Search for:</span> 1903 <input type="search" class="search-field" placeholder="Search" value="" name="s" title="Search for:" /> 1904 </label> 1905 <button type="submit" class="search-button"><span class="fa fw fa-search"></span><span class="screen-reader-text">Search</span></button> 1906</form> 1907</div><div class="clear"></div></aside><aside id="text-4" class="widget widget_text"><div class="widget-content"><h3 class="widget-title">Frightening Thoughts</h3> <div class="textwidget"><p>âIt is a condition of monsters that they do not perceive themselves as such. The dragon, you know, hunkered in the village devouring maidens, heard the townsfolk cry âMonster!â and looked behind him.â<br /> 1908-Laini Taylor</p> 1909<p>“If you want to tell people the truth, make them laugh, otherwise they’ll kill you.”<br /> 1910-Oscar Wilde</p> 1911<p>“Life is Hard. After all, it kills you.”<br /> 1912-Katherine Hepburn</p> 1913<p>“Horror is beyond the reach of psychology.”<br /> 1914-Theodor Adorno</p> 1915<p>“All would be well. All would be heavenly–If the damned would only stay damned.”<br /> 1916-Charles Fort</p> 1917<p>“If only it were all so simple! If only there were evil people somewhere insidiously committing evil deeds, and it were necessary only to separate them from the rest of us and destroy them. But the line dividing good and evil cuts through the heart of every human being. And who is willing to de
1917stroy a piece of his own heart?â<br /> 1918-Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn</p> 1919<p>“Constantly choosing the lesser of two evils is still choosing evil.”<br /> 1920–Jerry Garcia</p> 1921<p>“You can’t create a monster, then whine when it stomps a few buildings.”<br /> 1922–Yeardley Smith</p> 1923<p>“Horror is the natural reaction to the last 5,000 years of history.”<br /> 1924–Robert Anton Wilson</p> 1925<p>“The earth, it has been said, is one vast graveyard, and man can nowhere put down his foot without stepping on the remains of a brother.”<br /> 1926–M. Schele de Vere</p> 1927<p>“Even from the greatest of horrors, irony is seldom absent.”<br /> 1928–H.P. Lovecraft</p> 1929<p>âIf the sleep of reason produces monsters, what does the sleep of unreason produce?â<br /> 1930–Guillermo Cabrera Infante</p> 1931<p>âThe problem with people who say monsters don’t really exist is that they’re almost never saying it to the monsters.”<br /> 1932— Seanan McGuire, Discount Armageddon</p> 1933<p>“Just because you’re paranoid doesn’t mean there isn’t an invisible demon about to eat your face.â<br /> 1934–Jim Butcher, Storm Front</p> 1935<p>âWhat monstrosities would walk the streets were some people’s faces as unfinished as their minds.â<br /> 1936–Eric Hoffer, American Social Philosopher</p> 1937<p>âThe human head is bigger than the globe. It conceives itself as containing more. It can think and rethink itself and ourselves from any desired point outside the gravitational pull of the earth. It starts by writing one thing and later reads itself as something else. 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