Report on Meeting #2, September 23, 2016

We had a lively discussion today, with enthusiastic participation all around.  Following through on our intent to discuss The Pursuit of Happiness, we touched on many related ideas, such as

• Hypocrisy,
• Integrity,
• Harmony,
• South Park,
• Some ground rules:

1. No more dependence solely on the facilitator -- If Jim Carigan can't be here, then the group will become a self-organizing phenomenon.
2. No discussion of Politics, in specifics.  No advocacy. -- Abstract and conceptual discussion is OK.
3. No discussion of Religion, in specifics.  No advocacy. No recruiting. -- Abstract and conceptual discussion is OK.

• Horses and Mindfulness,
• Plato,
• The Unexamined Life,
• The Partially Examined Life,
• No Country for Old Men,
• Fargo, movie and TV series,
• A Tour of the Links and resources on this Web Site,
• Awareness,
• Negativity, Positivity, and How to use Negativity to achieve positivity,
• Adventures in the retail world,
• Guns / Love
• Ozymandias,
• Ghandi,
• Ockham's Razor,
• Henry Louis Mencken,
• Leo Tolstoy,
• Oscar Wilde,
• Using the Search Tool on the Web Site,
• Walt Kelly and Al Capp,
• Journalism vs Media,
• Etymology,
• Language -- Dynamic or Self-destroying?
• BrainyQuote.com.

Topic for next time, Friday, September 30, at Eastside Branch of Lexington Public Library:

Religiosity