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Jill Reeves's avatar

It is interesting to regard one’s religion as cultural vs. The Truth End All to everything.

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E.L. Zeitgeist's avatar

I’m going through something right now that’s potentially changing my beliefs. It’s a GOOD thing though, rather than grief, that’s triggered the change. Either way, you’re right… I don’t care much about its validity, just that the explanation feels satisfactory at this point in my life.

As for punzle, super clever in hindsight! Though, yes, high on the difficulty level (gotta know spoonerisms, explore varieties of curdled milk, think outside dips and moreso ingredients that need to be processed to be a dip). When the answer didn’t arrive in your late Sunday night email, I toyed with it again to fall asleep. I was working with pick and trying to find the second dip-related word, starting with P, but stopped when I didn’t know if Spooner rules dictated the words had to be spelled correctly. I wonder if this rephrasing could’ve helped a little bit: “Spooner says, ‘Choose deliciously curdled milk.’” That way it’s the same verb: Spooner says pick cheese // Spooner says chick peas. Maybe?

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Jeff Gill's avatar

Your last point about the verb is a good one. Noted.

Hooray for positive belief updates!

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Denelle DeFer's avatar

I’m so glad I rewrote my story. It is my life that is about truth and good stuff. Bad things happened to me like others. I chose to live and love and see my past life as a stepping stone. I’m here now 🪷

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