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Escape From Escapism?
From Facebook, Wednesday night
Not interested (@work) just think a silly funny, headline and story...
'Orlando Bloom allegedly tries to throw punch at Justin Bieber during Ibiza club scuffle'
From New York Daily News
From my philosophical perspective, too much interest in celebrity life, and the same could be stated for sports news, is an over-reliance on escapism, when in reality the time would be better spent by a person attempting to better one's own life to make it more interesting and fulfilling.
I am certainly only in process as far as working on a fulfilling life, but my Christian world-view has me primarily focus on the Biblical God and then people next which includes family, friends, and meeting new persons. A career and work is also important, but less so.
Fulfillment would Biblically and philosophically come from having one's own house in order, as opposed to observing the houses of others in a serious manner and in the above New York Daily News story it looks like order is not too central to events.
Although, I suppose for comedy, educational and entertainment purposes, escapism, does have its merits.
The Concise Oxford Dictionary will suffice where it states escapism is 'the tendency to seek distraction and relief from reality, especially in the arts or through fantasy.' Oxford (1995: 460).
On the 'pro' side, I am in favour of escapism as I think it is at times a God-given, reasonable philosophical, practical approach to life. Work as in employment, academy study, domestic life and exercise can be physically and mentally tiring and escaping to the worlds of art, as is music, fine arts, film and television for example, or the world of sports, or video games can be relaxing and educational endeavors away from the more serious work of life.
On the 'con' side, escapism can become too frequent and intense and used as a way to avoid the challenges of life that may seem too daunting, or there is little obvious hope in overcoming certain difficulties.
Concise Oxford Dictionary (1995), Oxford, Clarendon Press.
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My Blogger pageview statistics seem to be maintaining at a good rate. This morning was the first time I have reviewed them for several weeks, which indeed shows how busy I have become in life with various types of work and then social life on the weekends.
I have 10, 000 pageviews approximately for this blog in July, 2014.
I have 7, 000 pageviews approximately for the Dr. Russell Norman Murray blog in July, 2014.
Therefore, I basically am maintaining my 15, 000 to 20, 000+ pageview average per month. A fair sign is that for a few years now that statistics have leveled off. A good sign is that this year I am not receiving a summer decline in statistics like I have in some previous years.
Fourteen posts this month and so I am attempting to keep writing in the fields of theology, philosophy of religion and Biblical studies, while remaining hopefully interesting, entertaining and varied.
Thank you readers.
Good or Bad Timing?
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| From perfectlytimedsphotos.com-And I thought my previous situation with vitreous floaters was bad. Well, the laser worked a little for me prior to the vitrectomy. Laser those mics! |
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| That looks a bit like a 'Spain' jersey. They won three major tournaments in a row (two UEFA European Championships and one FIFA World Cup), I do not think they deserve this kind of treatment in matches as that is very disrespectful and also appears an interesting fusion of ultimate fighting and football. |
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| The metapicture.com-Hot dog? Or demon-possessed dog for you hyper-fundamentalists out there. A sign in the last days? |
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| Perfectlytimedphotos-This battle looks like a very painful draw (of sorts). |
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| FIFA-Apparently, documented as a Libya versus Algeria brawl. Not worth it boys, Europe and South America win all the FIFA World Cups anyway. Save your energy, especially 'Bruce Lee' on the top left. Do you think he received a red card? Suspended for how many matches? |
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| From metapicture-Well that just demonstrates it scientifically when the scientists start working with animal and human cloning, it leads to... |
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| Meemes.com-A foul?, a dive (lol), a fancy martial arts move?, a missed header? |
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| Metapicture-Staged or not? The instructors do not seem surprised. |
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| Metapicture-More ammunition for the hyper-fundamentalists? |
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| Metapicture-Sex change in progress? |
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I was out @ the Safeway gas bar completing, this very warm and sunny Saturday afternoon, shopping and homecare duties. I was putting some oil in the engine and I suppose these two ‘gentlemen’ thought it might be an opportunity.
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Decent possibility, the likely recent immigrants of some type did not know that there were any persons in the booth when they approached me. There were two employees inside which I knew because I purchase gas there weekly.
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No one else at the scene was even aware of what was happening, so this is a reminder to be street smart I suppose.
These guy are dumb on another point. I have seen RCMP park right near there fairly often as they hit the Tim Horton’s.
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