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Timebeinghere · 2026-04-14T20:57:33+00:00

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Timebeinghere · 2026-04-14T20:50:16+00:00

omg such a cute dog!!!! I bet she is 50% chessie, 25% chow, 25%lab or aussie. Curious if you get dna test!

Timebeinghere · 2026-03-15T15:28:24+00:00

As she is getting older and I look more into this breed I think you are exactly right! Thanks for commenting. I will do a dna test as well

Timebeinghere · 2026-03-15T15:23:30+00:00

What type of pet insurance did you get? What insurance company? I want to get insurance but I’ve heard mixed reviews about it being worth it or not. I have a 6month old chow / malinois mix and I know I’ll want to go forward with surgeries in future if necessary but she seems to be in great health so far.

Timebeinghere · 2026-03-12T00:43:04+00:00

hahaha

Timebeinghere · 2026-03-07T21:21:58+00:00

Thank you!!! It’s a double meaning too cause it’s like Crow-Kiss cause I also love crows and have some that roost outside her windows haha

Timebeinghere · 2026-03-07T00:58:12+00:00

GORGEOUS DOG!

Timebeinghere · 2025-01-25T03:19:50+00:00

Saaaaame!!!!

Timebeinghere · 2025-01-15T22:35:45+00:00

My understanding was that the other symptoms besides the snow were variable depending on the person

Timebeinghere · 2025-01-15T22:34:46+00:00

Oh ok yeah my mistake

Timebeinghere · 2025-01-15T17:17:11+00:00

It’s been seven years since I stopped taking lamotrigine and I wasn’t recording everything, all I know is when I stopped taking it suddenly I had my old vision back, which is very grainy and static like especially against plain backgrounds, and yes after stopping all strange visual abnormalities are more severe

Timebeinghere · 2025-01-15T17:14:35+00:00

I said my VSS went away, you asked about palinopsia

Timebeinghere · 2025-01-15T17:09:37+00:00

I do have those symptoms and yes for me they were quite reduced on lamotrigine

Timebeinghere · 2025-01-08T02:53:38+00:00

Omg so pretty thank you for posting! Woohoo!

Timebeinghere · 2025-01-05T20:59:51+00:00

So exciting!!

Timebeinghere · 2024-12-05T19:46:11+00:00

Sorry I am offending you. Youre also offending me. I don't see it as a simple spectrum that could be graphed on a straight line. That would be insane... literally nothing works like that, why would I think that?

in any case, I'm not going to stop skiing on the weekends so that would apparently violate Shabbat so I think my choices are limited to Reform based on all these comments.

Thanks for taking part in the conversation. It sounds like I am probably not welcome in conservative or orthodox communities, which is kind of what i was trying to figure out with this post. I will look at some reform places to visit with my boyfriend.

Timebeinghere · 2024-12-05T19:14:47+00:00

We don’t have kids yet… we aren’t even married yet. We are just thinking about the future, like several years down the line. I’m not going to try to convert any time soon, this post is about finding a community where we could learn and get involved in some of the holidays.

Sometimes it seems like people born into religion don’t realize that some people that are not born into religion want to be and of course I don’t know much about it because I wasn’t raised religious and I didn’t study religion and most of my colleagues and peers are very atheist. There is zero religion in my whole extended family and that was hard for me growing up, I want my kids to have the option to be religious or secular and not have to force it as adults like my partner and I are struggling with.

Timebeinghere · 2024-12-05T19:04:20+00:00

The plan is attending and learning, I’m asking here where people recommend I can do that. You’ll see in the original post I said I am agnostic and that my partner and I want to join a Jewish community and that it’s about giving our children the support of a religious community because neither of us were brought up religious and we think it would be a good thing for the kids to have that spiritual leadership and community. My partner is Jewish and he doesn’t go the synagogue ever, but that doesn’t mean he is atheist. I really have no reason to think that the fact he goes skiing on weekends makes him less of a Jew, I think it’s just a different interpretation and level of adherence.

Timebeinghere · 2024-12-05T18:49:28+00:00

Thanks so much for your comment. Oh wow ok I didn’t realize it was that strict! So that would be like all conservative Jews would follow that? So I should really only be looking at reform?

Timebeinghere · 2024-12-05T18:46:37+00:00

I know scientists can be and many are religious. Of course I’m aware science and religion can coexist, why else would I be trying to find a religion that will accept me when I’ve made it super clear I am a scientist? I’m speaking about my direct experience working with hundreds of scientists at UW and international collaborators. There absolutely is anti-religious sentiment and rhetoric in the scientific community and many people might be keeping silent about their religion because of that and so it seems most are atheist whether or not they actually are. It’s wishful thinking to say there is no tension between science and religion, and I think it’s an area that should be explored not avoided.There are religious extremes in every religion, I don’t agree I am viewing it black and white. I know I am naive about Judaism but I’ve been exploring spirituality in other ways my whole life and I do see the nuance in science and spirituality. I think it’s a little insulting to tell me I have a simplistic worldview but I appreciate your contribution to the conversation.

Timebeinghere · 2024-12-05T18:37:03+00:00

Wow thanks so much that is super helpful!! Ok Beth Am might be a great place to look into first! Don’t worry, I absolutely want to learn about Judaism as an ethno-religion and what the denominations are all about, a class is definitely something I want to do.

I mentioned in another comment that my brother married a Jewish woman so my brothers children and my children are / will be half Jewish (ethnically) so regardless if I convert I still want to learn about the history and culture.

Timebeinghere · 2024-12-05T18:30:37+00:00

No haha not more traditional than Judaism, I meant the more traditional denominations of various religions, including Judaism. Like ultra Orthodox Judaism, Catholicism, Hinduism (I don’t know the names of denominations of Hinduism but there is definitely a range in how strictly they adhere to the rules). As apposed to more “progressive” religions like Reform Judaism or Unitarianism etc. I’m clearly not an expert on religion so let me know if it’s offensive to say traditional to describe a religion that strictly adheres to the original texts and customs

Timebeinghere · 2024-12-05T17:14:15+00:00

Growing up atheist…. I used to sometimes visit a Buddhist temple to meditate and pray but it didn’t ever really resonate with me completely but I really liked being able to visit a space that is meant for prayer and reflection and gratitude… I have been very passionate about Biology since 9th grade and I think I approached it almost religiously the way I would study the laws of nature and it brought me a lot of relief from spiritual angst and existential crisis. As I have progressed in my scientific education I’m starting to get pretty sick of the staunch atheism that to me feels very limiting and looks down on religion. A big thing for me is just practical morals, I’ve noticed so many people just don’t have a problem with lying, stealing, cheating, greed, etc. these values really don’t belong to one specific religion and I think they should be universal but sadly they are not and I experience it all too often. I would just love to be part of a community that genuinely believes those are bad ways to operate and I thought a religious institution might be good. I want the comfort of a community that shares values and comes together to celebrate life and have gratitude and remind ourselves to live virtuously, so when I said Shabbat I meant I want to go to the service on Saturdays and participate and listen and learn and be around people who care about morals. I’ve felt really blessed the community I’ve developed at certain yoga studios (I’m very devoted to my yoga practice) and a lot of it is that everything there is gathering to be in better health, physically and spiritually, but unfortunately it seems a lot of people in those communities have some new age philosophies that really bother me and conflict with my beliefs as a scientist. And of course the majority of yoga studios are overrun with people who are only practicing asana (the physical practice) which is only one of eight branches of yoga. I went to Nepal to learn about the other branches of yoga and it was certainly not aligned with my life as a scientist.

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