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 and, for the record, we do not let gift cards go to waste!  no sooner did we win raffles,   -than we were cashing in on the winnings.   smile and  say "cheesecake factory!"

plus, a 94 degree day here in san jose, was the perfect day to cash in our fandango gift cards.  double feature  [havent done that in a hundred years..]  air conditioning, electric recliners, buttery popcorn and two great movies too..    educational/entertaining..  cinemark century at the great mall in milpitas,   with olive garden lunch in between...

oppenheimer brought a memory for me..

and validated one..

when i was elementary school age, when anyone used the word 'communist',  i knew that meant something very bad; awful...     

but without any idea of what it really meant.

in this movie..   it presumes there is already a clear understanding of what communism is/means

   -the word gets dropped, like a bomb itself

i think if you do not already understand,  -this same thing happens:  you know it's evil, by the way, the tone, the context it is used; but without knowing what it actually is..  and WHY it should be stopped at all cost

a movie called, first they killed my father, served for me, as communism explained   -at least i felt i gained a better understanding..

CH thoughts/memories/addendums:  

not that i speak the names often, but over the years,  -how often i gave credit, just in my mind, and/or out loud in conversation; gave credit to oppenheimer for the uncertainty principle -when it's heisenberg.  and i couldn't figure out why, because their names don't even sound alike..  ah!  but it is theoretical physics they have in common..      in any case, without revisiting the scientific meaning behind uncertainty principle, i'll share here the spiritual one:  every human being, being mortal, will die a physical death.  no human being KNOWS when..     -some human beings will live long lives, despite a great deal of self-inflicted life threatening habits   -some will die young, despite taking every conceivable step toward longevity   -and vice versa, with a plethora of variables between..

some may be given 3 months to live, and live 3 decades more..;   some may be on track to live 3 decades easy, but -killed just crossing the street; out of nowhere...

this truth about 'the human condition' is not accidental, circumstantial, or random

this 'uncertainty' is purposeful, meaningful, spiritual.       it is what comes to my heart and mind when i hear those words together:  the uncertainty principle.   this poem also comes to mind

and this post too

and speaking of theoretical physicists...

post to robbert dijkgraaf

and

physicist and the poet

also  -didn't catch it myself, but Robert pointed out for me, the Lawrence in Oppenheimer, is THE Lawrence of Lawrence Livermore Labs...

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my freshman year of high school, and i can see his face in my imagination, but cant remember his name, but one of my teachers shared with the class

"we (the U.S., the world at large) already have the power to blow up our planet 3x over..."

and speaking on behalf of myself, and my generation in a generic way..    we live each day with the understanding this is true, but without any means for un-doing it.

and we live on...      we work on...   we carry on...   we keep going...

Christians (soldiers, each of us) fight the good fight of faith; walk on in love..    believing in eternal salvation.   Thank God, huh... 

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more later..    

amen. 

  

posted by SANDRA HARRISON KAY @ 12:26 PM